Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has snagged international sales rights to the feature film adaptation of romantic bestseller “All That We Never Were” “(“Todo lo que nunca fuimos”) by Spanish author Alice Kellen. Directed by Jorge Alonso, the film stars Maxi Iglesias (“The Cook
It’s a high-stakes gambit to assemble a cast of relative newcomers for a first feature film — especially when that film is set against the sprawling, kinetic, unpredictable backdrop of the Nigerian megacity of Lagos. But if early returns are anything to go by, British Nigerian
India is mounting its most comprehensive presence at the Berlinale in recent years, with six films screening across the festival’s Generation, Forum, Forum Expanded and Classics sections while the National Film Development Corporation of India deploys a strategic market
The feature debut of actor Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas A. Vignale, premiering in Berlin's Perspectives section, brings us a non-professional actor as its star, Malambo, and a trip into the big city and solitude.
In a bold move to take Spain’s biggest comedy franchise to the world, Film Factory has secured international sales rights to “Torrente for President,” created, directed and starring Santiago Segura as the perpetually drunk, self-centered sexist and racist scumbag ex-cop
Rome-based TVCO has seized worldwide distribution rights – excluding Latin America – to “Hidden Island” (“Isla oculta”), a high-concept sci-fi series from Chile’s Rio Estudios. “TVCO’s long track record in the European market gives us great confidence in successfully
Indonesian filmmaker Edwin makes his first proper foray into horror with “Sleep No More,” a darkly comic supernatural thriller that transforms labor exploitation into the source of terror itself. The film has its world premiere in the Berlinale Special Midnight section. The
Alex Kahuam has wrapped production in Kentucky on his slasher horror pic “House of Holloway,” starring Laura Marano (“The Perfect Date”), Doug Jones (“The Shape of Water”), following a difficult winter shoot. The film, which also features Orlando Piñeda (“Griselda”) and Bonnie
Greed is good? Not in Anke Blondé’s “Dust.” Premiering in Berlinale’s main competition, it sees two 1990s Belgian entrepreneurs, Luc and Geert (Jan Hammenecker and Arieh Worthalter), who suddenly lose everything when their many lies are about to be exposed. Panicked, they try
Sales and finance outfit Global Constellation has secured a first wave of pre-sales on its upcoming World War II drama “Crux” as it debuts first footage at the European Film Market. Helmed by Ulrike Toni Vahl in her feature debut and produced by Martina Haubrich (“Michael
Following the breakout success of her debut feature, “A Dance With Rainbows,” director Lee Yi-shan is developing supernatural crime thriller “Ghostbusters Club” (working title), Taiwan’s Flash Forward Entertainment revealed at Berlin’s European Film Market. The announcement
Dissident Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi — known internationally for works such as “Women Without Shadows,” “Travelogue” and “Son-Mother” — is at the Berlinale with “Roya,” about a woman who, just like herself, has been detained in Tehran’s Evin prison for political
France’s Blue Monday Prods. has boarded Kerala-set drama “Kurinji” as a co-producer alongside U.S.-based FilmKaravan and India’s Eastern Eagle Production. The partnership was unveiled at Berlin’s European Film Market. The project, helmed by filmmaker Payal Sethi, was presented
Casey Wasserman has decided to put his namesake talent agency and marketing firm up for sale while he grapples with the intense fallout from the revelations of his past relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell as detailed in the Epstein files disclosure. Wasserman confirmed his plan
The star, who received the ASCAP Founders Award in recognition of his musical accomplishments, also reminisced about his salad days of busking on subway platforms.
The A-lister participated in a career-retrospective conversation and then collected the fest's Outstanding Performer of the Year Award from his costar and fellow first-time Oscar nominee Delroy Lindo.
Sony Pictures Animation’s “Goat,” opening in theaters Feb. 13, is an original action-comedy set in an all-animal world and centered on the high-stakes sport of roarball — a version of basketball that’s co-ed, full-contact and dominated by the biggest, fastest and fiercest
Stephen Amell has landed a lead role in Fox’s upcoming “Baywatch” reboot, Variety has learned. This is the first confirmed casting for the series, which was picked up for the 2026-2027 broadcast season by Fox back in September 2025 with a 12-episode order. Fox is set to host an
“WWE SmackDown” is getting a temporary new home on Friday nights thanks to the 2026 Winter Olympics. “SmackDown” normally airs on the USA Network, but the channel has switched over to 24/7 Olympic programming until Feb. 22. Most scripted shows on USA Network are on pause during
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the first three episodes of “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette,” now streaming on FX and Hulu. Born in Sun Valley, Idaho, Dree Hemingway spent most of the ’90s living between her home state and her mother’s film
A new trio of crime fighters might utter the trademark greeting “Good morning, Charlie” on the big screen once again. Sony Pictures is in early development on a new feature version of “Charlie’s Angels,” the female-fronted 1970s TV crime drama turned big-screen action movie
In the high-concept world of Sony Picture Animation’s, “Goat,” what happens off the court is just as important as the game played on it. In this case, that game is roarball, a co-ed, enormously intense version of basketball that Will Harris (Caleb McLaughlin), a Boer goat with
“Heated Rivalry” star Hudson Williams got an early start on his birthday festivities Thursday night, celebrating at Gold House’s inaugural Lunar New Year party in New York City. Williams, a co-host of the lavish event at Chinese Tuxedo, hit the dance floor with “The Summer I
Blumhouse-Atomic Monster has teamed with Behaviour Interactive to adapt the Canadian gaming studio's hit horror video franchise
The scribe behind 'Crazy Rich Asians' and 'The Proposal' is working to revive the 1970s TV hit for the big screen.
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights,” in theaters now. Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” has just been released in theaters, but there have already been weeks of discourse surrounding her adaptation (or “reinterpretation”) of
The lore of why Emerald Fennell decided to adapt “Wuthering Heights” for the big screen is almost as well-worn as the copy of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel that the Oscar-winning filmmaker has read a hundred times. Fennell discovered the classic tome when she was a teenager — 14
The rolling grasslands of Slovakia stand in for the plains of 19th-century Wisconsin in “A Prayer for the Dying,” though the spiritual setting of Dara Van Dusen’s unforgiving western lies in some remote outpost between anywhere and nowhere. As a small rural settlement is
In the riveting family drama “Yellow Letters,” German-born Turkish director İlker Çatak employs a culturally tilt-shifted backdrop for his tale of authoritarian crackdowns. The film announces, upfront via enormous on-screen text, that its setting is “Berlin as Ankara,” with the
As David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance continues to pursue its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the company has hired a new leader for its public policy and regulatory teams: Rene Augustine, a former attorney in President Trump’s White House and one-time deputy
SAG-AFTRA is joining the industry condemnation of ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, for releasing a new video model that has enabled widespread copyright infringement online. SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin is among those whose likeness has been used in videos generated by
Shay Mitchell‘s first major role in Hollywood was in “Pretty Little Liars” as Emily Fields. In 2018, she starred in the first season of Netflix’s “YOU” as Peach Salinger. That same year, she launched BÉIS, a brand that has since redefined the luggage market. Eight years later,
The common layman’s shorthand for the BAFTA Awards is that they’re the “British Oscars,” in the way that the César Awards are the French Oscars or the Goya Awards are the Spanish Oscars. Yet the comparison isn’t quite correct: Where the Césars and Goyas exclusively recognize
“Love Story” showrunner Connor Hines is defending the decision not to consult the Kennedy family for the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series, which explores the marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. and fashion publicist Carolyn Bessette. “As a writer, it’s more
There are different ways to say “I love you” in Norwegian and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is teaching us. It wasn’t in the script for her to say it to her co-star Renate Reinsve in one of the most pivotal scenes of the best picture nominee “Sentimental Value.” Some versions are
Now in its 29th edition, the European Shooting Stars platform, run by European Film Promotion and supported by Creative Europe’s Media Programme, brings another 10 promising European acting talents to the Berlin Film Festival, to help them build their careers internationally.
Shelly Desai, a character actor whose work spanned generations of television and film, died Feb. 10 in Los Angeles. He was 90. His family announced the death but did not disclose a cause. Desai built a decades-long career appearing in dozens of shows and movies, earning
It’s time to raise a glass to the Disney+ “Muppet Show” special. Per the Mouse House, the revival of the beloved variety series has delivered 7.58 million multiplatform viewers across Disney+ and ABC since it debuted on Feb. 4. That viewership comes on top of rave reviews for
Every episode of the HBO docuseries “Neighbors” begins with the camera zooming in from outer space. But before the action alights in the location of the latest dispute between adjacent property owners to catch the eye of directors Harrison Fishman and Dylan Redford (yes,
Zazie Beetz spoke out against the proliferation of AI at the Berlin Film Festival press conference for Gore Verbinski’s new film “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,” which tackles the hot topic with humor. The sci-fi adventure, premiering on Friday night as a Berlinale Special
Also opening over the long Presidents Day/Valentine's Day weekend is Amazon MGM's star-packed heist pic 'Crime 101,' which has earned a combined $1 million in Thursday previews and previous sneaks.
Rupert Grint is fully aware that he’s hasn’t exactly been supplying his 5.5 million Instagram followers with gold. Having joined the platform in late 2020 with a photo of his newborn daughter, he broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to reach one million
Co-founded with his brother and producing partner, Juan de Dios Larraín, the new TVOD platform offers filmmakers pricing control, 80 percent revenue share and global territory flexibility.
There are few books as compelling to Hollywood as Emily Brontë’s Gothic classic, “Wuthering Heights.” The Victorian era novel has been adapted, yet again, for the big screen by “Saltburn” filmmaker and British actress Emerald Fennell. The latest in a long list of adaptations,
The jazz piano of Bill Evans was characterized by grace and poise, a lightness of touch yielding a plaintive depth of feeling, that belied a life beset with chaos and tragedy. It would be easy for an Evans biopic to lean into the latter, as music biopics tend to do — turbulent
Creative Artists Agency has made six key promotions, upping staff to agent or executive roles inside the company in divisions like motion picture talent and sports broadcasting. Casey Fraser, Kevin Goldfinger, Jonathan Granville, Joy Jiu, Katherine McConnell and Chris Meyer all
Morgan Neville's feature boasts unprecedented access to the 'SNL' creator.
Lorne Michaels, the legendary creator of “Saturday Night Live,” has allowed Morgan Neville behind-the-scenes of his television empire. The resulting film, “Lorne,” is getting released by Focus Features on April 17. Neville, an Oscar-winning filmmaker, is no stranger to TV
The first race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series is the Daytona 500. Going into race day, all eyes are on Connor Zilisch, who’s racing full-time for Trackhouse Racing, as he grows in the ranks of NASCAR. In fact, some have compared the 19-year-old to the next Jeff Gordon or Kyle
Spain is in the middle of a two-pronged talent revolution, with big-name name filmmakers leveraging festival prestige into bigger movie packages and global renown and new voices sporting first features that use genre and emotional uplift to travel faster, without surrendering
