Piers Morgan walked out of a heated interview with controversial influencer Harrison Sullivan, aka HSTikkyTokky, whose inflammatory rhetoric was spotlighted in Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary “Inside the Manosphere.” In Theroux’s documentary, Sullivan is seen chanting
The honors were evenly distributed at the 2026 Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) awards with three film projects winning two prizes each and several others picking up one award apiece. The event concluded with the announcement of Asian Stories – Next Gen, a new feature
"Updated Reflections on Contemporary Palestinian Documentary Filmmaking," a panel during the industry conference of CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, drew a crowd.
SXSW London has unveiled the first music acts for its 2026 edition, including Afrobeats superstar Tiwa Savage, rapper Earl Sweatshirt and singer-songwriter Rachel Chinouriri. After its inaugural edition last year, the festival returns to London’s Shoreditch neighborhood from
NCAA March Madness games starts on Thursday, Mar. 19 with the top 68 teams in college basketball competing for the 2026 National Championship. The tournament ends on Monday, Apr. 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The action tips off with No. 9-ranked TCU Horned
The Oscar-winning actor has continuously denied all of the allegations made against him.
The Doha Film Institute’s Qumra Arab film industry incubator — which has been scrapped as a physical event and moved online due to the ongoing U.S.-Israel-Iran war — has unveiled the 49 projects from 39 countries that will be on digital display from March 27-April 8. Features
The HBO cult icon shared how Street photography inspired him and why "I really don't like manipulating the image" during an on-stage interview at the industry conference of CPH:DOX in Copenhagen.
Kevin Spacey has reached a settlement with three men who sued him over sexual assault claims, according to BBC News, avoiding a civil trial in London that was set for October. The men alleged that Spacey had assaulted them between 2000 and 2013, and in November it was
Russell T Davies’ award-winning drama “It’s a Sin” is set to be adapted as a dance by leading U.K. dance company Rambert. Davies will exec produce the project alongside pop duo Pet Shop Boys and Glyn Fussell. Rambert’s artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer will choreograph and
Who would have thought that Kevin Spacey, after his Hollywood career ended amid various sexual assault allegations, would feature in a blockbuster? Well, it’s happened, at least in Spain. “Torrente for President,” featuring Spacey in a cameo role and released by Sony Pictures
Bangkok-based production company N8 and “Drag Race” producer World of Wonder have released the official trailer for “Heals,” a feature documentary on Thai drag star Pangina Heals, directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Pailin Wedel. The film traces Pangina’s path from a
Swedish artist Ester Bergsmark merges art forms, an approach for which she has developed a reputation: "This film is about the human pulse that keeps so many transgender people alive today."
Italy’s The Open Reel has picked up international sales rights to Daniel Nolasco’s Brazilian hybrid feature “Little Tragedies” (“Pequenas tragédias”), winner last week of the Malaga Festival’s WIP Ibero-América Award. The film collected a €5,000 ($5,752) cash prize at MAFIZ,
"Everyone's hilarious and I'm laughing out loud," the actress admitted on Jimmy Kimmel Live
With the first tournament in Africa of the season, the 2026 LIV Golf South Africa tees off starting on Thursday, Mar. 19 and goes until Sunday, Mar. 22 at Club at Steyn City in Midrand, South Africa. In its inaugural year of play in South Africa, the pro golf season extends
Pophouse Entertainment, the Sweden-based company co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, has completed a transaction that sees Pophouse becoming an owner alongside BMG in “the music interests of the music catalogue” of the late, legendary R&B singer-songwriter Tina Turner.
Berry plays an American housewife who reinvents herself as a high-end Parisian dominatrix in the upcoming drama from 'Our Father, the Devil' director Ellie Foumbi.
Zazie Beetz, Myha'la and Patricia Arquette star in the horror-comedy film that Warner Bros. releases later this month following its SXSW premiere.
In 2010, British journalist Louis Theroux went to Israel to interview ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers who believed it was their religious and political obligation to populate the West Bank for the BBC doc “Ultra Zionists.” Last year, over a decade and a half later, the
How many phenomenal young British female singers can one world withstand? It’s hard to imagine a more enjoyable onslaught than the wave that has brought us Olivia Dean, Raye and Sienna Spiro, among other standouts — and, of course, Lola Young, who may count as the edgiest of
Brisbane’s Red Empire Prods. and Taipei- and Los Angeles-based Organic Media Group have unveiled their first animated vertical series, “Home Away AI.i.Ce,” at Hong Kong FilMart. Created and written by Cherelynn Baker and directed by Amie Casey, the 12-part sci-fi microseries
Mei Ah Entertainment may be one of the biggest and oldest media distribution companies in Hong Kong – it is currently in its 42nd year of operations – but it has always learned to adapt quickly with the times, from its roots as a VHS distributor during the city’s golden age of
Anjali Patil, who co-produced “The Shadowbox,” which played at Berlin in 2025, is producing Sailesh Rathnakumar’s debut feature “Selvi,” a work-in-progress project selected for the 24th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum. The Tamil-language drama centers on Selvi, a homecare
Fresh from its acquisition by Japanese entertainment giant Toho, Glasgow-based Anime Limited is positioning “Godzilla Minus Zero” as a defining theatrical release for Japanese cinema in the U.K. and Ireland, building on the record-breaking success of its predecessor. The highly
Taiwan is mounting a significant presence at Hong Kong FilMart, where the Taiwan Pavilion is hosting 106 companies showcasing 243 titles spanning film, television and cross-platform projects, underscoring the territory’s expanding ambitions in international co-production and
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 14, Episode 10 of “The Masked Singer,” “Star Trek Night,” which aired March 18 on Fox. Order in the court: TV judge Greg Mathis and actor/singer Evan Ross (son of Diana Ross) were the latest celebrities to be revealed on Season 14 of
Liza Diño and Ice Seguerra’s “Funeral Flowers” takes place entirely inside a chapel during the four-day wake of Manuel Santos, a beloved public servant and notorious womanizer, as his daughter Maya leads funeral arrangements while mistresses arrive, siblings clash and political
Joko Anwar’s horror comedy “Ghost in the Cell” has secured distribution across multiple key territories following its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, with Barunson E&A closing deals for Poland, the U.K., Ireland, France and Australasia. Media4fun picked up Poland
Tan Ce Ding’s debut feature “Somewhere in the South” follows protagonist Boon, a restless young man in a forgotten Malaysian town who gets roped into wearing a political party’s tiger mascot suit during a sudden by-election, only to discover he’s losing himself inside. The
Nearly 20 years after moving to Beijing on a whim, Laclau has worked with some of the biggest names in Chinese art-house film.
Emma Kawawada’s “Life Is Yours” centers on Kimie, a 71-year-old cleaner who infiltrates a luxury resort owned by a foreign company that seized her land and caused her husband’s death. Seeking revenge, she approaches the young CEO, Lily, but an unexpected maternal bond develops
Creative technology company SQNXR is bringing its Xinemarte cinematic art platform to Asia, transforming underutilized cinema spaces into premium immersive audiovisual experiences. The rollout is scheduled to begin in May and the rest of the year in Taiwan, Hong Kong and South
French production company Master Movies has acquired the French remake rights for the 2023 Chinese comedy feature “Johnny Keep Walking!” The deal was struck with Chinese film company Tiger Pictures Entertainment and marks one of the rare instances of a mainland Chinese film
Some theater owners — starved for big movies — wish the wealth could be spread out over time: "That’s a level of overwhelm that doesn’t make sense."
Alireza Ghasemi’s “Rainy Dreams” combines live action and animation to explore the dreams of displaced children waiting in limbo in Calais, France, transforming their nocturnal visions into animated sequences including a candle sealed in a crate, a circus of judgment and a boy
The 'Project Hail Mary' star is detailing some stories while filming 2017's 'Blade Runner 2049' with the legendary actor.
Indian filmmaker Sanju Surendran’s “Fishers of Men” centers on Sreekumar, a vegetarian bank officer in Kerala whose contented, orthodox life unravels after a bizarre incident at a party forces him to consume alcohol and fish, triggering an uncontrollable obsession that
Singapore-based studio Edenstone has revealed “Spore Fall,” a human-written, AI-realized microdrama series. The sci-fi project introduces a hybrid production model in which human-authored scripts and narratives are brought to life through AI-generated visuals, targeting
AI and its rapidly expanding role in film and television production took center stage at a FilMart, which gathered five industry veterans across technology, directing and production to discuss the hot topic. Opening the session, Oscar-winning filmmaker Ruby Yang, who heads the
Anime streamer Crunchyroll is making its most aggressive push yet into India, backed by audience data showing watch time in the country has grown 3.5 times in a year, a mass-market brand campaign and an exclusive on “Chainsaw Man the Movie: Reze Arc” — all part of a long-term
Pop Mart and Sony Pictures’ “Labubu” movie has officially unveiled the creative team that will bring the global phenomenon to the big screen. BAFTA-nominated director Paul King (“Wonka,” “Paddington”) will produce and direct the film, and will co-write the screenplay with
The studio confirms that a feature is officially in early development that will adapt Pop Mart's line of monster figurines.
Chatting with The Hollywood Reporter at Filmart, the Korean auteur shares the vision behind his violent new film 'KO Club,' and the three Korean movies that most shaped him.
The Hollywood Reporter selects five buzzy titles from HAF that could follow Tommy Ng Kai-ching's 'Another World' and Wu Zao's 'Light Pillar' and become breakout successes.
Generative AI has already changed commercial advertising, is replacing countless processes within film and TV production and is poised to upend even newer technology such as virtual production, says filmmakers and technologists who have spoken to Variety on the sidelines of
When Nippon TV premiered “Tokyo Miko Ninja” in January, the Japanese broadcaster wasn’t testing the waters on AI-integrated drama production. It was, by its own account, making a declaration. Set in a stylized version of present-day Tokyo where the sensibility of the Edo period
With war in the Middle East and between Pakistan and Afghanistan reshaping viewing habits across the region, Begin CEO Jonathan Mark-Tatti sees opportunity where others see disruption. “Geopolitical instability creates economic and operational challenges, but it often increases
Filmmakers from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia, Russia) are mounting their first organized appearance at Hong Kong FilMart, presenting a regional booth with a slate of more than 20 projects spanning horror, supernatural thrillers, comedy and socially driven drama. The
Hong Kong cinema takes a bold leap into the immersive era as veteran director and cinematographer Kwok-man Keung unveils “Harbour Dreams: Hong Kong XR Adventure” at this year’s FilMart. Hailed as the city’s first 6D multi-sensory film, the 20-minute experience blends VR, AR,
