“The Family Man” Season 3 has shattered records to become Prime Video India’s most-watched series of 2025 in its first week, the streamer has revealed. The spy-action thriller, which launched Nov. 21, reached 96% of post codes in India during its debut week and trended in the
Fremantle has locked in a series of scripted sales throughout Asia, led by action-adventure series “Sandokan: The Pirate Prince.” The Lux Vide-produced “Sandokan,” adapted from Emilio Salgari’s classic saga for Rai, stars Can Yaman, Alanah Bloor, Ed Westwick and John Hannah.
When asked to describe this year’s edition of the Red Sea Souk, the Arab region’s largest market nested under the dates of the Red Sea Film Festival, market director Holly Daniel is direct and concise: “Bigger.” A year after first taking over the position, Daniel is leading the
Singapore-based animated horror anthology “A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts” has expanded its international co-production footprint with the addition of Kucing Hitam, one of Indonesia’s largest independent creative producing and IP management company, the producers revealed at Asia
HBO Max is coming to Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein on Jan. 13, the streamer revealed on Wednesday. This nearly completes HBO Max’s rollout in Europe, with just the U.K. and Ireland left to launch. For the first time, viewers in these
It’s a year of change in the programming of the Red Sea Film Festival. Its fifth edition, taking place between Dec. 4-13, marks the first for Fionnuala Halligan as director of international programs. The seasoned journalist and curator arrives at a time of expansion at the
Studiocanal and Heyday Films, who last teamed on the hugely successful “Paddington” franchise, are partnering up again on another prestige British family IP with blockbuster potential, “Mr. Men Little Miss.” The two companies are developing a feature film which will bring the
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival opens on Thursday with the Middle East premiere of Rowan Athale’s boxing biopic “Giant,” starring Egyptian-British actor Amir El Masry as iconic British-Yemeni featherweight “Prince” Naseem Hamed and Pierce Brosnan as his trainer, just as
Singapore’s Mediacorp has partnered with Chinese production house Linmon Media to produce “Only Thirty-Five,” the sequel to acclaimed contemporary drama “Nothing But Thirty.” The collaboration was formalized at the Asia TV Forum and Market, with support from Singapore’s
Universal’s “Wicked: For Good” stayed atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for a second weekend, adding £7.7 million ($10.1 million) and bringing its total to £32 million ($42.2 million), according to Comscore. Disney’s animated sequel “Zootopia 2” bowed in second place with
Laurence Fishburne has plenty of sore memories from his time in “The Matrix.” “We were essentially the first Western actors to work in the Hong Kong style,” he says of himself and co-stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss. “And so [martial arts choreographer] Yuen Woo-ping was
Jordanian filmmaker Zain Duraie arrives at this year’s Red Sea Film Festival with her first feature “Sink” (“Gharaq”), a deeply personal drama screening in competition. The film, which traces a mother’s increasing desperation as her teenage son slips into mental illness, marks
The president has raged against reports that he is showing “signs of fatigue”
Shopping for a golfer can feel oddly high-stakes. They have opinions about everything — clubs, tees, gloves, even ball markers — which makes it tough to know what will actually be a hit. And if you’re not a golfer yourself, the jargon alone can feel like trying to decipher a
George Clooney told The Sunday Times that he’s still upset about losing the role of J.D. in Ridley Scott’s 1991 film “Thelma & Louise” to longtime friend and collaborator Brad Pitt. “I got to the final test for a role in ‘Thelma & Louise.’ And, motherfucker, Brad got it,”
India’s rapidly expanding entertainment market is creating unprecedented scale for major players, with JioStar – the country’s biggest media conglomerate – reaching over 760 million monthly television viewers while its digital platform JioHotstar engages 400 million active
Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda have claimed the top two positions on IMDb’s Most Popular Indian Stars of 2025 list following their performances in Yash Raj Films’ romantic drama “Saiyaara.” The ranking, based on page views from more than 250 million monthly visitors worldwide
Streaming platforms operating in Australia are already investing more in local content than traditional broadcasters, according to new data that the streaming industry says undermines recently passed legislation mandating content quotas for subscription services. Major
Netflix came to the defense of its new docuseries “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” on Tuesday night after the film’s subject, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and his team attacked the project as a “shameful hit piece” that used “stolen footage that was never authorized for release.” A Netflix
“Our objective today is to figure out the nature of this project and what we must do to contain it.” The line is from the trailer to “White Horse,” which got its unofficial debut on Tuesday at the federal trial of director Carl Rinsch, who is accused of swindling Netflix out of
The Asian Academy Creative Awards has unveiled its 2025 National Winners, marking what organizers call the world’s largest showcase of Asia Pacific content with a record-breaking 331 contenders from 16 nations competing across 40 categories. Jacob Elordi will represent
Dr. Salvador Plasencia is due to be sentenced on Wednesday for his role in Perry's ketamine overdose death
He also produced 'What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,' 'Color of Night,' 'Hear No Evil' and 'Breaking Up.'
David Matalon, a founding member of TriStar Pictures and producer of films like “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” and “Hear No Evil,” died on Dec. 2 in his Beverly Hills home, Variety has learned. He was 82. Born in 1943, Matalon began his career at Columbia Pictures International.
All3Media International has teamed with Korean production companies Luyworks Media and Something Special to bring a local adaptation of the reality competition format phenomenon “The Traitors” to South Korea, with actor Cha Seung-won tapped to host. The Korean version marks
The Mexican director of 'Pan's Labyrinth,' 'The Shape of Water' and 'Frankenstein' will receive the highest accolade of the British Film Institute at an event in London next year.
“Frankenstein” director Guillermo del Toro is set to receive a BFI Fellowship, the film organization’s highest honor. The award will celebrate del Toro’s “extraordinary contribution to film and the distinctive artistry that runs through his work across animation and live
Tusday night’s “Dancing With the Stars” special may be celebrating the holiday season with musical performances and festive routines, but co-host Julianne Hough is also celebrating Season 34 — and her long-running career on the show. “I feel like it’s just part of my DNA now,
Netflix is ramping up its investment in Southeast Asian storytelling with a comprehensive slate of industry initiatives unveiled at Indonesia’s Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, including a two-year partnership with the Indonesian Producers Association (APROFI) and the debut of
New Zealand-based sales outfit Black Mandala has secured rights to develop an animated series and action figure line based on “Guerreros del Manana” (Warriors of Tomorrow), the cult Argentine superhero toy franchise that launched in the 1980s. The deal, closed during Ventana
Palme d’Or-winning Japanese filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu is in post on a live-action adaptation of Fujimoto Tatsuki’s bestselling manga “Look Back,” with the film scheduled for a late 2026 release. The project marks the first live-action version of Fujimoto’s coming-of-age story
In November 2023, the day that Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs, director Alexandria Stapleton and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson got to work. Together, the pair created Netflix’s “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” a four-part docuseries that not only dives into
James Cameron wants moviegoers to know before “Avatar: Fire and Ash” opens in theaters worldwide that no generative AI was used in the making of the sequel. Speaking to ComicBook.com, the Oscar winner said he was speaking out on the matter not because he has a vendetta against
BD Wong issued a lengthy apology on Threads after making a “racist comment” on social media. The “Law & Order” and “Jurassic World” actor ignited backlash after commenting on a post from Mike Holston (aka @TheRealTarzan, which boasts 16 million Instagram followers). Holston,
Timothée Chalamet leads Josh Safdie’s 1950s ping-pong sports comedy, out in theaters Dec. 25.
The new 4K remaster of “Mad Men” debuted Monday on HBO Max, and it came with an unexpected barf machine. Variety has confirmed that Lionsgate will soon deliver a corrected version of the “Mad Men” 4K episodes, after an unedited version of the series was accidentally uploaded to
“When Calls the Heart” has been renewed for Season 14 at Hallmark Channel. Based on Janette Oke’s novel of the same name, “When Calls the Heart” follows Elizabeth Thatcher, a school teacher and single mother, as she adjusts to her evolving hometown and the different people who
A tale of absence, the documentary “My Father and Qaddafi” is fashioned by debuting director Jihan as both a political and personal portrait. It comes achingly close to cohering as a singular narrative, which recounts the disappearance of the filmmaker’s father at the hands of
Under the supervision of executive Cesar Conde, NBC News has rolled out a long suite of streaming products that offer digitally savvy news aficionados access to “Today,” “Dateline” and more. Now, the company will offer all of its content in a single basket. The new service will
Finding the ideal artist to reopen the historic Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs might have seemed like a tall order, at least if the 89-year-old venue’s new operators wanted to touch every possible important base for a refurbishment-celebrating gala. Someone whose concert
“Stranger Things” Season 5 had a record-breaking debut on Netflix. In its first five days of streaming, the season achieved 59.6 million views. That’s the best premiere-week viewership an English-language Netflix series has ever achieved, and the third-best overall, coming
“Vanderpump Rules” fans will officially be introduced to a new crew of SUR staffers on Tuesday night. Bravo’s Emmy-winning reality show returns for its 12th season on Dec. 2 at 9 p.m. ET. The best way for cable-cutters to tune into the premiere is on Sling TV, whose Sling Blue
The third film in James Cameron's groundbreaking franchise premiered in L.A., after the filmmaker said he'd be willing to walk away from his planned fourth and fifth movies if it's not a box office breakout.
Along with mislabeled episodes, crew members can be seen in the background of a Season One episode as Roger Sterling pukes on the carpet of Sterling Cooper
The triple threat wrote the 'It' movies, directed 'Annabelle Comes Home' and is producing 'The Revenge of La Llorona.'
Paramount Global alum Jeff Shultz is taking the helm of Radial Entertainment, the recently formed entertainment company encompassing FilmRise and Shout! Studios, as CEO. Shultz most recently was chief strategy officer and chief business development officer of Paramount
Mariah Carey, Chappell Roan and Post Malone are among the performers helping to ring in 2026 as part of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest.” Additional performers slated for the telecast include KPop Demon Hunters’ EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, Maren
Filmmaker Miriam Guttmann's feature is set to begin streaming this month on Marquee TV.
‘Tis the season to be a country fan. Country stars such as Megan Moroney, Lady A, Riley Green and more will perform at the CMAs Christmas Special this Tuesday night. The holiday special will air on ABC on Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. ET and will be available to stream the next day on
While Dead & Company fans await word on whether that band will be returning to Sphere next year, there’s some other good news for fans of improvisationally rich rock bands: Phish will be swimming back to Las Vegas in 2026. The band announced Tuesday that it will be returning to
