The Fantasia International Film Festival has announced its first wave of 2026 premiere titles, including Jenn Wexler’s “The Last Temptation of Becky,” Kasper Kalle’s “No Rest for the Wicked” and Andrea Corsini’s “Ferine,” among others. The festival’s 30th edition, running from
U.S.-Japan anime studio N Lite has struck a co-development partnership with Japanese publishing giant Kodansha to produce a serialized manga based on its feature film “Mfinda,” with the debut set for Kodansha’s Biblio Sirius Magazine in 2026. The manga, written by N Lite
The Montreal genre fest also has first looks for the latest pics by Jenn Wexler, Kasper Kalle and Casey Walker for its 30th edition this summer.
Larry The Cable Guy has been tapped to host “American Mayhem,” a new first-run syndicated series set to launch this fall. The clip show, produced by V10 Entertainment and distributed by CBS Media Ventures, has an initial weekly order of 52 episodes. Also, beyond syndication,
As Javier Bardem was preparing to present at this year’s Oscars, one very famous incident loomed large in his mind. “Vanessa Redgrave, back in the ’70s,” he recalls recently. When the British actress won a supporting actress Oscar for “Julia” in 1978, she referred to critics of
United Talent Agency has signed Grammy-nominated artist and creator Alex Warren for global representation across film, television, content creation, podcasting, publishing, brand partnerships, and more. Warren continues to be represented by the Team for touring in North
Austin City Limits has announced the lineup for its 25th anniversary, which includes headliners Charli xcx, Rufus du Sol, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, Skrillex (weekend one), Kings of Leon (weekend two) and the xx. The lineup also includes Turnstile, Labrinth, Lola Young, the
Tech mogul Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest individual with a net worth currently estimated at $659 billion, agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to settle an SEC lawsuit accusing him of failing to properly disclose stock he was amassing in Twitter in violation of
When the 79th Tony Awards revealed its list of contenders on Tuesday morning, there were expected nominations for the likes of John Lithgow (“Giant”), Nathan Lane (“Death of a Salesman”) and Joshua Henry (“Ragtime”), as well as plenty of notable omissions. (How does Lea Michele
Pathé and its holding Merit France have partnered with Vendôme Pictures to launch a new production and finance company. Called Emotion Pictures, the banner will specialize in commercial, English-language films. It will develop, acquire, fully finance and produce a slate of
Whit Stillman has set his return to the big screen for the first time in 10 years. “A Night at Claridge’s” (working title) marks the Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s first feature since 2016’s “Love & Friendship,” and will reunite the director with “Nobody Wants This” star Adam
HBO Max wants to charm viewers into watching (or rewatching) the original eight “Harry Potter” movies with a new podcast that digs deep into Warner Bros.’s cinematic Wizarding World. “Harry Potter: The Official Film Podcast” is set to debut May 19, with a special two‑episode
The film, which stars Dominic Sessa, is due in August
Brendon died of atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, leading to a 90-percent blockage of his right artery, coroners report states
The cause of death for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actor Nicholas Brendon has been revealed, nearly two months after he died at 54. According to a report from the coroner’s office in Putnam County, N.Y., obtained by Page Six, Brendon died of atherosclerotic and hypertensive
“The Nature of Invisible Things,” the debut feature of Variety Next Gen Brazilian Talent to Track Rafaela Camayo, has been sold to Sundance TV (Spain) and RTP (Portugal) by The Open Reel. “After the massive turnout and numerous awards at international festivals since its debut
For Georgia’s Ketevan Vashagashvili, whose debut feature documentary “9-Month Contract” recently won the Alternativa Film Festival’s Spotlight Award, making it has impacted her life profoundly. “I think we grew together and changed each other’s lives,” she says of Zhana, the
Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”) and Ana de Armas (“Blonde”) will next star in “Impunity,” an espionage thriller from award-winning Chilean filmmaker Felipe Gálvez (“The Settlers”). Shot between Chile, U.K., Spain – in English and in Spanish — the film is set against the
A24 has released the first trailer for the upcoming Anthony Bourdain biopic “Tony,” starring “The Holdovers” breakout Dominic Sessa in the starring role. The film is set in 1976, when a young Bourdain has a life-changing experience working and living in Provincetown, Mass.
The entire 10-season run of true crime series “World’s Most Evil Killers” has landed at Radial Entertainment, with Seasons 9 and 10 set to debut on the company’s FilmRise channel this month, pushing the franchise to 200 episodes and more than 150 hours of programming. Both new
When she first started putting the pieces together for her upcoming album, Tori Kelly took a write-what-you-know approach. “I was pretty clear on what I wanted to say, which were three pillars: My faith, my marriage and then motherhood,” the singer-songwriter tells Variety
Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Andrius Blazevicius’ “How to Divorce During the War,” a beautifully directed portrait of a couple navigating the dissolution of their marriage during the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. The
Attention, soccer fans: Fox Sports may have the summer job of your dreams. Executives at the Fox Corp.-backed sports-media outlet aren’t looking for the next Colin Cowherd or Tom Brady. Starting Tuesday, however, they will have their eyes peeled for a sports fan who can watch
Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall and Antonio Banderas also star in director Matt Johnson's feature that centers on the late kitchen personality landing a pivotal restaurant job at age 19.
Isabella Rossellini is set to star in Italian director Alice Rohrwacher’s adaptation of U.S. author Audrey Niffenegger’s novel “Three Incestuous Sisters,” alongside previously announced cast members Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley and Josh O’Connor. The film marks
Nominees for the 79th annual Tony Awards are being announced. A selection of categories will be announced beginning at 8:30 A.M. ET on CBS Mornings, followed by the remaining categories announced by Tony nominee Uzo Aduba and Tony winner Darren Criss on the official YouTube
Women’s college volleyball is poised for a growth spurt in the coming years. The game will get a big spotlight this summer under a deal struck between Full Day Productions and GSE Worldwide to produce “Spikes Under the Lights,” a showcase event that will bring the four best
Sabrina Carpenter delivered one of the biggest surprises inside the Met Gala, as Stevie Nicks joined her on stage to sing a duet of Fleetwood Mac’s song “Landslide.” The song, which Nicks wrote for Fleetwood Mac’s eponymous 1975 album, was recently featured in the finale of
U.K. crew union Bectu has staged a protest outside the London offices of some of the world’s biggest production companies and broadcasters, including Netflix, Amazon and Disney, over what they call a “broken turnaround.” The union says that turnaround — a contractual 11-hour
Poland’s Millennium Docs Against Gravity, the documentary film festival that takes place simultaneously across seven Polish cities, returns for its 23rd edition from May 7 – 17 with a focus on the audience-facing attitude that has helped it evolve from a scrappy local affair
Beta Cinema has added two films to its Cannes Market slate: “The Other Side,” an Alpine-set adventure thriller starring Nina Hoss (“Tár,” “Hedda,” “My Little Sister” and “Barbara”), and “The Rome Eight,” an underdog story based on true events, starring Oliver Masucci, who was
It took Peru’s Augusto Zegarra nine years to complete his debut feature documentary “Runa Simi” but less than a year to reap a boatload of awards. He just took home the Alternativa Film Festival’s Focus Award last April 30, which includes a hefty cash prize. This would be the
The arthouse specialist has snatched up rights to the Korean sci-fi action thriller starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, and Hoyeon.
Pics from as far afield as Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Japan, Brazil and Georgia competed in the Alternativa Film Festival, the burgeoning nomadic festival that launched in Kazakhstan, continued in Indonesia and celebrated its third edition in Medellín, Colombia. Founded by tech
In the run up to the Cannes Film Festival, French entrepreneurs Emmanuel Lipszyc and Thomas Cohen have launched IPFC, an ambitious new startup aiming to protect and monetize creative IP consumed by generative AI systems. Their model draws inspiration from rights management orgs
Mubi is once again flexing it financial muscle ahead of Cannes, picking up one of the buzziest films heading to this year’s festival. The arthouse distributor and production company has acquired Na Hong-Jin’s (“The Wailing,” “The Yellow Sea”) sci-fi action thriller “Hope” for
”By turns provocative, spiritual, and formally daring, his films have for more than a quarter century probed the outer limits of faith, desire, and obsession.”
The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate Darren Aronofsky with its Honorary Leopard Award. The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema will celebrate the American auteur on Aug. 14 during a ceremony on its 8,000-seat Piazza Grande. Aronofsky will also present his films
Berlin-based Picture Tree Intl. has boarded international sales on “The Perfect Holiday” (Der perfekte Urlaub), the latest feature from hit German filmmaker Bora Dagtekin. Picture Tree will introduce the project to buyers during the Cannes Market with a first teaser. Dagtekin
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar – the 51-year-old Tamil cinema superstar known to fans worldwide as Vijay, or simply as “Thalapathy” (Commander) – has delivered the most seismic electoral debut in Tamil Nadu’s modern history. His Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won 108 seats in Monday’s
London-based MetFilm Sales has acquired Mongolian filmmaker Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig’s debut feature documentary “Colors of White Rock” for worldwide sales representation. The film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next month as part of the official
Chada Entertainment has taken on international sales rights to Thai supernatural horror “1 After One” ahead of the Cannes Film Market, with a first-look image unveiled. The project is produced by Taweewat Wantha – whose “Death Whisperer” franchise ranks among the
Four Indonesian short films, each co-directed with a Southeast Asian counterpart, will world premiere at the Critics’ Week sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, with Jakarta-based KawanKawan Media uveiling the official trailer for the anthology on Tuesday. The program,
“The Odyssey” director Christopher Nolan joined Stephen Colbert on Monday night’s episode of “The Late Show.” During his interview, he discussed working with Tom Holland and watching Anne Hathaway in “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” He also likened Homer, the original author of “The
Christopher Nolan's epic film releases in theaters on July 17.
Universal has released a new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” The latest glimpse into the world of Homer’s Greek epic shows Matt Damon’s Odysseus doing battle with the Cyclops, as Robert Pattinson’s villainous Antinous tries to take the throne of Ithaca. The
Taraji P. Henson joined Meredith Lynch in criticizing the stars who attended this year’s Met Gala, since it is sponsored by honorary co-chairs Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos. Lynch posted a video on Instagram Saturday in which she warned A-listers not to wear their “ICE
“It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This” duo Nick Toti and Rachel Kempf, who made waves by vowing to never release their word-of-mouth hit horror film onto streaming, VOD or physical media, are back with their newest indie feature. The duo is releasing the trailer for their
Blake Lively made an appearance at the Met Gala on Monday night, after news of her settlement with Justin Baldoni went live earlier in the day. Lively walked the carpet at the starry New York event in an archival 2006 Atelier Versace multi-colored and layered pastel gown,
Fashion’s biggest night is here as the Met Gala kicks off in New York City. Walking the carpet alongside seasoned Met Gala attendees were a couple of first-timers who made their debut at the event held the first Monday in May.Connor Storie and Hudson Williams – leads of the
