“The Saviors,” the provocative sci-fi thriller that recently bowed in SXSW, is heading to the Cannes Marché. Protagonist Pictures has boarded international sales on the film, featuring an ensemble cast including Adam Scott, Danielle Deadwyler, Theo Rossi, Kate Berlant, Nazanin
Shooting on supernatural horror thriller “Hide and Don’t Speak” is now underway in Northern Ireland, with a trio of rising stars joining the cast. Momona Tamada (“Avatar: The Last Airbender”), Kaitlyn Kemp (“Street Smart”) and John Hewson (“These Sacred Vows,” also son of U2
NXT’s premium live events (PLEs) will air on The CW in a multi-year deal between WWE and the network. The deal will kick off with NXT’s Great American Bash this summer, with The CW set to broadcast 20 PLEs over the next few years, including Stand and Deliver, Deadline, and
Taylor Swift dove deep into her songwriting process in a new video interview with The New York Times —which just named her one of the 30 greatest living American songwriters — and got candid about the persistent online speculation surrounding who her songs are about. It’s no
Billie Eilish graces the cover of Elle magazine ahead of the theatrical release of her concert movie “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)” and reveals her fourth album is “more than half way” done, although “that’s all I will say” on what’s in store for her next LP. The
“Ted Lasso” is set to return this summer, Apple TV has confirmed. Season 4 of the soccer-themed series, which stars Jason Sudeikis as a Kansas football coach who relocates to the U.K., will debut Aug. 5 with episodes dropping weekly until Oct. 7. Sudeikis also exec produces the
Tribeny Rai’s debut feature “Shape of Momo” claimed the Grand Jury Prize for best feature at the 24th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. “We are honored to award the Grand Jury Prize to a debut film that deftly creates a protagonist who inhabits the gray area between
Epic Pictures Group has taken international sales right for upcoming feature “The Marshall,” starring Oscar nominee Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”), and will launch the film at this year’s Marche du Film in Cannes. From director Andrew Baird (“Zone 414,” “One Way,” “Sunrise”) and
A real-life story about a supposedly cursed painting has inspired an upcoming U.K. feature that has recently wrapped filming in the British seaside town of Hastings. “Curse in a Frame” — from New State Pictures and the feature debut of writer-director Maria Pawlikowska — is
As widely rumored earlier this year, BMG and Concord have officially announced “a definitive agreement to combine their businesses,” creating what is basically the fourth major music company, although they’re terming it “the leading independent music company in the world.” The
Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman,” “Fantastic Four: First Steps”) and Emmy nominee Lewis Pullman (“The Testament of Ann Lee,” “Thunderbolts*”) are to star in the “The Spacesuit,” the next feature from “The Assistant” and “The Royal Hotel”
International sales for 'The Spacesuit,' following an astronaut (Kirby) forced to make an impossible decision after her co-pilot compromises the mission, will launch at Cannes.
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the North American distribution rights to Carolina Cavalli’s “The Kidnapping of Arabella,” which premiered last year at the Venice Film Festival in Horizons. The film marks Cavalli’s sophomore feature following her debut “Amanda,” which
More than two decades after Barry Diller established IAC (InterActiveCorp.) as a media holding company, he announced that it will change its name to “People Incorporated” by its Q2 earnings in August. The name change is “to reflect its focus on its People publishing business
Paris-based sales company Indie Sales has concluded multiple deals for animated feature “Brave Cat,” which will world premiere at Annecy Film Festival in June in the Annecy Presents section. The film has been acquired by Gebeka (recently acquired by KMBO) for France, Cine
Gird your loins, because “The Devil Wears Prada 2” has finally been unveiled to members of the film press and first reactions are trickling in for highly-anticipated sequel. The movie, which marks the return of Meryl Streep to her Oscar-nominated role of fashion magazine
Beta Film’s hit shows including “Bookish” and “Professor T” have found a home at leading French broadcasters and platforms. Canal+ has acquired both seasons of “Bookish,” the English-language crime series created by and starring Primetime Emmy Award winner Mark Gatiss, as well
Penny Chapman, co-founder of Matchbox Pictures and former head of drama at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), used the 2026 Hector Crawford Memorial Lecture at the Screen Forever Conference on the Gold Coast on Tuesday to issue a sharp challenge to Australian screen
Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision said higher operating expenses tied to Mexican broadcasts of the Winter Olympics cut into its cash flow in the first quarter, while efforts to generate more advertising in the U.S. met with headwinds. The company has been working
Zoe Saldaña, who won an Oscar with “Emilia Pérez,” her sisters Cisely and Mariel Saldaña and their production company Cinestar Pictures have joined forces with five-time Academy Award nominated studio Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Studio, Aircraft Pictures and Sun Creature on the
Led by France and Japan, the packed, wide-ranging lineup of the 2026 Annecy Animation Film Festival hardly hints at the rampant market crisis suffered by much of animation production worldwide. “We’ve heard of course about a crisis in the animation industry,” Annecy artistic
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled a stacked Special Events program led by Brad Bird’s “Ray Gunn,” Pixar’s “Gatto,” Ricky Gervais’ “Alley Cats” and a “Rick & Morty” spin-off. In a long-awaited return to Annecy of two-time Academy Award winner Brad
Highlights of the world's leading animation festival include honorary Cristal Awards for 'King of the Hill' creator Mike Judge and stop-motion pioneers the Brothers Quay.
“The Violinist,” a hand-drawn animated feature co-directed by Singaporean filmmaker Ervin Han and Spanish director Raul Garcia, has been selected for the official competition at the Annecy Animation Film Festival 2026, marking the first time in the festival’s 65-year history
The long-awaited sequel to the hugely popular 2006 fashion dramedy starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway hits theaters on May 1.
Spotify reported results for the first quarter of 2026 that were in line or slightly ahead of expectations across all key metrics — gaining 3 million Premium subscribers in the period to reach 293 million total, notwithstanding its recent price increases in the U.S. Total
French actress Ariane Labed, who won the best actress award at Venice for Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Attenberg,” has boarded “The Possessed,” the third feature from Bosnian-Dutch writer-director Ena Sendijarević. The film will mark Sendijarević’s English-language debut and is
London’s Royal Albert Hall will stage its first “Star Wars” in-concert weekender over four days in spring 2027, with the London Symphony Orchestra performing the iconic scores live to all three original trilogy episodes across two screenings each. Running from April 29 to May
The Hong Kong screen icon will head the Golden Goblet Awards jury at the festival's 28th edition, running June 12-21.
"We're so fucked in this country right now," he said. "We can't even pull off a dinner that shouldn't have existed in the first place"
The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival has tapped revered actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai to head the jury for its main competition Golden Goblet Awards. The festival opens June 12 and runs through June 21. Leung has been a fixture of Chinese-language cinema for more than four
"It was not, by any stretch of the definition, a call to assassination, and they know that," the host said of saying Melania Trump had the glow of an "expectant widow"
Universal’s “Michael” opened at No. 1 at the U.K. and Ireland box office with £11.6 million ($15.6 million), according to Comscore, delivering one of the strongest debuts of the year in the territory. The studio also held second place with “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” which
Banijay Germany is bringing the immersive experience “Luminiscence” to Hamburg’s St. Michaelis Church, in collaboration with French immersive producer Lotchi, the creator of “Luminiscence” and part of Banijay Live. Hamburg becomes the third German city, following Münster and
The auteur's first feature since 'The Spy Gone North' in 2018 casts Son Suk-ku as a young Roh Tae-woo and Ha Jung-woo as dictator Chun Doo-hwan, the architects of the 1979 coup that plunged South Korea into another decade of authoritarian rule.
Lisa Kudrow recently told The Times of London that she had to endure some “mean stuff” from the writing staff of “Friends,” who were “mostly men,” during her 10-season run on the NBC sitcom. Kudrow, who starred as the free-spirited Phoebe Buffay, said the writers reprimanded
Jimmy Kimmel is responding to calls from Donald and Melania Trump for him to be fired by Disney and ABC. The President and the First Lady of the United States posted separate statements on social media condemning Kimmel for a joke he made at Melania’s expense on the Thursday,
First Ray Films, the Mumbai-based production company founded by actor-filmmaker Anshuman Jha, has set six films covering 2026 to 2028 as the banner heads into its second decade, with the slate set to be presented at the Cannes Film Market this May. Two titles are scheduled for
On Monday, Clooney addressed the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last week and decried political violence
The actor has seen a recent career resurgence with his roles in the 'Five Nights at Freddy's' franchise and 'Scream 7,' among others.
George Clooney took a moment to get political while he was honored with Film at Lincoln Center’s 51st annual Chaplin award. Clooney, who has long been one of Hollywood’s most outspoken critics of Donald Trump, struck a somber tone as he addressed these politically charged
After a historic Olympic hockey tournament that saw Team USA take home the gold medal, the National Hockey League is back, with teams facing off in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, for a choice to hoist the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. Hockey has seen a
George Clooney is speaking out in defense of Jimmy Kimmel after Donald Trump’s latest attempt to pressure ABC to fire the late-night host. The president blasted Kimmel’s “despicable call to violence” on Monday, referring to a joke about Melania having the glow of an “expectant
Based at Paramount, he worked often with directors Peter Segal, John Badham and the Zucker brothers.
Some of the bigger horror filmmakers of the last few years started off in shorts. Is the next big horror maestro on this list?
Over the past year, Camper has quietly been steering the sound of contemporary R&B. The producer, whose real name is Darhyl Camper Jr., has sat behind the boards for tracks from Justin Bieber, Coco Jones, Mary J. Blige, Ty Dolla $ign and Victoria Monét, among many others. So
Based on the bestseller from the author, Johnson stars in the film adaptation that teases lingering secrets and a dark sinister mystery awaiting to be solved.
Paramount Skydance said the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery will be 49.5% owned by foreign investors, with about 38.5% of the equity in the new company held by a trio of Middle Eastern funds. In a filing Monday with the FCC, Paramount said Saudi Arabia’s Public
Will lightning strike a fourth time for Colleen Hoover? Amazon MGM has released the trailer for the twisted thriller “Verity,” the author’s fourth novel to get the big screen treatment in two years. Hoover’s three prior films, “It Ends With Us,” “Reminders of Him” and
He interviewed hundreds of legends over the years and was instrumental in bringing the “Bronze Fonz” monument to Milwaukee.