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Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is an American filmmaker. A director of TV and film, he first came to wide prominence by directing the first season of the HBO series True Detective (2014). He is known for directing critically acclaimed films such as the thriller Sin nombre (2009), the period drama Jane Eyre (2011), the war drama Beasts of No Nation (2015) and the 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die (2021). He also co-wrote the Stephen King adaptation It (2017). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series as the director and executive producer of True Detective. He also directed and executive produced the Netflix limited series Maniac (2018) and executive produced and directed several episodes of the Apple TV+ miniseries Masters of the Air (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Cary Joji Fukunaga, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Midnight Shroud is a 2026 American science fiction action martial arts film and the first installment in the Midnight Shroud franchise. Produced by Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the first film in the Global Ninja Warrior Universe. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga from a screenplay by Chad Stahelski and Zack Snyder, the film stars Rina Sawayama, Michael Jai White, Jude Law, Sydney Sweeney, and Jimmy Wong as the Midnight Shroud, alongside Anna Akana, Kelsey Grammer, Jeremy Renner, Mads Mikkelsen, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Yeoh, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. In the film, a team of five heroic ninjas—Phantom Ronin, Silver Viper, Cypher, Nightshade, and their leader Vanguard travel across the world to dismantle the operations of their biggest enemy, the Eclipse Clan, to prevent them from endangering innocent lives. Midnight Shroud had its world premiere at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on September 6th, 2026, and was released on October 8th;it was a box-office success, grossing $813 million worldwide, and received generally positive reviews from critics, audiences, and fans of the martial arts genre, citing its story, themes, visuals, action sequences, performances, and the emotional weight compared to previous martial arts films. A sequel is in development as well as a prequel intended to focus on Phantom Ronin's origin story.
