The Match Factory has closed multiple distribution deals for its Berlinale-awarded titles “Queen at Sea” by Lance Hammer and “Rose” by Markus Schleinzer. More to follow.
Sandra Hüller won Berlin's best performance Silver Bear for 'Rose,' with Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall sharing best supporting performance honors for 'Queen at Sea.'
“Paddington the Musical” and “Into The Woods” lead the field at the 2026 Olivier Awards with Cunard, earning 11 nominations each, as British theater’s most prestigious honors unveiled its full slate of nominees on Thursday. The two musicals are trailed by three plays with six
In “Ngwato,” the story of a young, gay black South African man, travelling from the city back to his ancestral village to tell his parents he’s getting married to a man and seeking their blessing for the union, is not just a queer depiction on-screen but of the relationship
Timothée Chalamet is taking his viral marketing campaign for “Marty Supreme” to Asia, with the actor unveiling Japan and China legs of his promotional tour as the A24 ping-pong drama crosses $172.8 million worldwide and closes in on the $200 million mark. The film opens in
Fremantle has appointed Ben Crompton as its new global head of entertainment. The Brit will take up the senior leadership role later this month and will report directly to global CEO Jennifer Mullin. Compton will succeed Andrew Llinares, who is stepping down from his role. A
Now that New Zealand is in the final, the other part of the championship match has yet to be decided. The 2026 ICC T20 World Cup featured the top 20 best squads from all of the world competing for tournament trophy. And while New Zealand defeated South Africa with a total score
Suki Chan and co-editor Michael Ellis of 'Superman' fame discuss her debut feature, their collaboration, artistic inspirations, "transporting" viewers to inner worlds, and the surprising "gifts of dementia."
“Normal People” and “Brassic” star India Mullen has stepped behind the camera for her debut short “Lia & Ro” and has lined up an array of Irish talent on screen and off. The short stars Maya O’Shea (“Blade Runner 2099,” “Verdigris”) and Toni O’Rourke (“God’s Creatures,” “Gangs
ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall has rejected concerns that the newly announced Banijay-All3Media merger leaves ITV Studios subscale, while also pushing back against reports that the company’s talks with Sky over the possible sale of its Media & Entertainment business have
"Just when you thought Melania couldn't find another reason not to sleep with him," the host joked
When attached to a story about sexually indiscreet academics of fine literature, the name “Vladimir” automatically invokes the author Nabokov. (Problematic age gaps in teacher-student relationships recall “Lolita,” though a closer analog might be the campus satire “Pnin.”) But
International Emmy-nominated South African production company Both Worlds and Atlanta-based outfit Freeli Films have launched a co-production partnership to develop and produce premium microdrama series and feature films, the companies announced at the Joburg Film Festival on
U.K. media giant ITV has posted full-year 2025 results the company said beat market expectations, with strong performances from its studios arm and streaming platform ITVX offsetting a decline in linear advertising revenues – even as talks continue with Sky over a possible sale
Canal+, busy with aggressive cost-cutting since it recently acquired Africa’s MultiChoice pay-TV group, is shuttering its loss-making and money-guzzling video streaming service Showmax that MultiChoice ran in partnership with NBCUniversal. Variety has reliably learnt that
Specialty distributor 3388 Films has dated Vietnamese family dramedy “Scent of Pho” (“Mùi Phở”) for an international theatrical bow beginning March 13. The film, which marks the directorial debut of Vietnamese entrepreneur-filmmaker Minh Beta, will launch across the U.S., U.K.,
'Hoppers' could mark the biggest opening in a decade for an original Pixar title. Conversely, Gyllenhaal's foray into Frankenstein territory isn't going over so great with critics.
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains stories from the two-part Season 1 finale of “The Beauty,” now streaming on FX on Hulu and Disney+. FX’s body-horror odyssey “The Beauty” spent its first season reveling in the gooey, revolting transformations born from taking a drug that can
With the start of the 2026 Formula 1 season, the best drivers in the world, including Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Pérez, Oscar Piastri, George Russell and others, gather “Down Under” for the Australian Grand Prix. And coming in as reigning champion is Lando Norris,
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 14, Episode 8 of “The Masked Singer,” “OzzFest Night,” which aired March 4 on Fox. All Jack Wagner needs is just a little more time. To be sure what he feels. Was it all in his mind? ‘Cause it seems to hard to believe… that “The Masked
Gary Dontzig, a writer and producer on the hit CBS sitcom “Murphy Brown,” died Feb. 23 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 79. His longtime writing partner, Steven Peterman, confirmed Dontzig died of a rare autoimmune disease on Facebook. Dontzig began his
For years now, there has been a lot of waiting, guessing and surely in-house prevaricating about who will be the next James Bond. But there is no need to dally, or shouldn’t be, on the question of who will record the next James Bond theme. It will be Sienna Spiro, the upstart
There’s a reason Lizzy McAlpine’s “Doomsday” now lives in the minds of “School Spirits” fans the way ghosts haunt the hallways of Split River High. For Whitney Pilzer, the music supervisor behind Paramount+’s supernatural mystery series since its first season, moments like that
Nancy Hall, a media-buying executive who has cultivated a specialty in data and ad tech, has been named CEO of the U.S. operations of WPP Media, putting her at the helm of one of the most influential agencies in the media and entertainment sectors. WPP Media controls billions
Ahead of MLB Opening Day on Wednesday, Mar. 25, the best and brightest baseball player from all around the world, such as Aaron Judge from the United States, Shohei Ohtani from Japan, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. from the Dominican Republic, Bo Naylor from Canada and others, gather to
Supernatural reality competition “Battle of Fates” has shattered viewership records on Disney+ in Korea, overtaking the platform’s previous all-time premiere benchmark set by “Moving” in 2023. Judged by audience figures accumulated within the first 12 days of release, the show
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the season finale of “School Spirits” now streaming on Paramount+. The ghosts of Split River High finally found a way out. It just wasn’t the one they’d been waiting for. The Season 3 finale of the Paramount+ supernatural drama
Ahead of NCAA Women’s March Madness and the start of the 2026 WNBA season, Unrivaled, a new women’s three-on-three pro basketball league, showcases their second annual championship game. The final game of the season features the Mist Basketball Club and the Phantom Basketball
FX has greenlit the drama series “Disinherited,” Variety has learned. The show was originally announced with a pilot order at the basic cabler in June 2025. As previously reported, the show hails from Peter Gould and stars Victoria Pedretti, Kiera Allen, Karl Glusman, Alan
Margot Robbie is attached to star and produce the Warner Bros. feature through LuckyChap.
David Del Rio, the actor who was escorted off the set of “Matlock” last fall, has filed an arbitration claim against CBS Studios over his termination. Del Rio played Billy Martinez on the show, which stars Kathy Bates. Del Rio’s character was written off the show following an
Netflix is no longer contemplating a future that includes Warner Bros., having ceded the heated M&A battle to Paramount Skydance. Netflix CFO Spence Neumann, speaking Wednesday at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, reiterated the company’s position that
An hour before The Abbey’s inaugural “Survivor” watch party is set to begin, the bar’s substantial interior has become a standing-room-only affair. Some superfans are even trying to heave patio chairs inside to get an up-close seat to the action, which, in this case, is the
Director Lee Isaac Chung is exiting the “Ocean’s 11” prequel over “creative differences.” Margot Robbie’s company LuckyChap is producing the film for Warner Bros. She’s also starring in the movie opposite Bradley Cooper. Chung, best known for “Twisters” and the Oscar-nominated
Director Akiva Schaffer's feature reboot surpassed $100 million at the global box office when Paramount released it last year.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Hijack” Season 2, which had its season finale on Wednesday. “Hijack” Season 2 reaches the end of the line on Wednesday, March 4, with viewers finally getting to see whether arch negotiator Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) can save
Australia’s Jump Street Films has unveiled its 2026 slate for the Jewish Australian Screen Fund, headlined by attachments including Shekhar Kapur, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Yael Abecassis and Shlomi Elkabetz, while simultaneously launching the inaugural Jewish Australian Screen
“Full House” star Jodie Sweetin recently appeared on an episode of the “Only Child With Bob the Drag Queen” podcast (via EW) where she briefly touched upon her political differences with former co-star Candace Cameron Bure. The duo starred as sisters Stephanie and D.J. Tanner
Films including “Whisperings of the Moon,” “Silver” and “Zumeca” were among the winners at the 32nd Slamdance Film Festival. Dedicated to celebrating emerging filmmaking talent from around the world, the in-person awards ceremony took place on Feb. 25 at the Egyptian Theater in
Padma Lakshmi didn’t think she’d ever return to cooking competition shows. In 2023, when she stepped away from the Bravo touchstone “Top Chef” after hosting for 19 seasons, Lakshmi was “burnt out” and ready to focus on other projects — like “Taste the Nation,” her Hulu travel
“When Harry Met Sally” co-stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan will reunite at the Oscars to honor Rob Reiner. Sources tell me that details now include Crystal talking about the late filmmaker and actor during the In Memoriam segment. Ryan will be on the stage at the same time
Create Music Group has announced the successful completion of its latest funding round, valuing the company at $2.2 billion and securing over $450 million of new equity and debt capital to support its continued expansion. Create, which was founded in 2015, remains
The filmmaker broke down how she put her own spin on Frankenstein and The Bride while at the film's New York premiere on Tuesday.
Exactly a year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump referred to Lesotho as an African nation that “nobody has ever heard of,” but it’s precisely in this ruggedly beautiful mountain kingdom that Carl Houston Mc Millan set and made his independent film “Kabelo.” The Sesotho-language
Terry Crews and Jermaine Harris are set to star in “Inauguration Day,” a coming-of-age film set in a high school on Jan. 20, 2009, the day of President Barack Obama’s inauguration. Described as a “socially resonant dramedy,” the movie is executive produced by Grammy-winning
“The Bear” is ending with its upcoming fifth season, according to recurring guest star Jamie Lee Curtis. The actress recently posted a photo of herself and co-star Abby Elliott from the set of Season 5 that got fans talking about whether the FX show was reaching its finale. In
Following the brouhaha around whether art should be divorced from politics at the Berlinale, the organizers of the 8th Joburg Film Festival at Tuesday night’s opener were adamant that all voices and viewpoints are welcome, noting that African filmmaking is inherently political.
Mike Flanagan, known for his Stephen King adaptations 'Gerald's Game' and 'Doctor Sleep,' is writing and will direct the feature film.
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to streamline some film permitting procedures and seek an audit of FilmLA, the regional permitting body, as it tries to address a dramatic downturn in local production. Councilman Adrin Nazarian has sought for the last year to
Slava Tsukerman, the Russian-born writer and director of the stylish 1982 cult hit “Liquid Sky,” died Monday. He was 85. The video distributor Vinegar Sky was among those of his associates announcing his death. Liquid Sky’s statement on social media said, “We are saddened to
