Roy Wood Jr. is returning to host the 78th annual Writers Guild Awards New York at Manhattan’s Edison Ballroom on March 8. The WGA East and WGA West hold simultaneous award ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles. The CNN host, who leads the network’s satire news program “Have I
For more than five months, Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison has tried in vain to win a deal for Warner Bros. Discovery. Nothing has worked: The WBD board of directors has rejected Paramount’s acquisition overtures eight times and remains committed to its industry-altering $83
Jimmy Kimmel is always targeting Donald Trump in his monologues on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” but his latest one took aim at Trump’s wife, Melania, ahead of her eponymous documentary opening in theaters nationwide. Directed by Brett Ratner, “Melania” is being distributed by Amazon
After a decade of performances as a two-part theatrical event, the London West End production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will transition to a streamlined one-part format this fall. The reimagined version will open on Oct. 6 at the Palace Theatre, following final
Italian multi-hyphenate Gennaro Nunziante is, understandably, quite proud. The writer-director and sometimes actor, who has co-written and directed five movies starring Italian comedy sensation Checco Zalone, just became part of a record-breaking feat. This week, their latest
“Dalziel and Pascoe,” the iconic British crime drama that ran on the BBC from 1996 until 2007 and spanned eleven seasons, is getting a reboot. BritBox has ordered a “contemporary reimagining” of the show, which is being produced by West Road Pictures, behind recent detective
The Television Academy may have finally solved its talk and scripted variety conundrum. As the number of eligible late night talk shows and sketch series continues to shrink, the org’s Board of Governors has voted to once again merge the outstanding scripted variety series and
Spotify paid out yet another record sum to the music industry in 2025, according to a new announcement: $11 billion, topping its previous-year total by a billion for the second year in a row, making what they claim is the “largest annual payment to music from any retailer in
Serena Williams has appeared in several Super Bowl commercials, but never one quite like this. In a new spot from telehealth-provider Ro, the tennis great gives viewers granular detail about the effects of GLP-1 on her weight, joint stress, blood sugar and even cholesterol “I’m
For Instacart, the Super Bowl is bananas. The delivery company wants to let potential they can give specific instructions about the attributes of the groceries they want to buy, even notes about the ripeness and brightness of the elongated fruit. But getting into such nitty
Director Christina Tournatzés knew “almost instantly” that Elise Krieps, the daughter of lauded “Phantom Thread” actor Vicky Krieps, was the right choice to lead her searing examination of trauma, “Karla.” The film, playing as part of the prestigious Ingmar Bergman competition
Director Chingiz Narynov discusses genre, mythology and environmental trauma behind his new feature, which gets its international premiere at IFFR.
The 76th Berlinale has unveiled the juries for its Perspectives, Documentary, Generation, and Shorts sections.
Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce will soon be pitching America on how to get a good night’s sleep now that he has become an investor in Sleep Number Corp. Kelce, a three-time Super Bowl winner with the Chiefs, will appear in national TV spots for the firm that sells
The BBC has named Rhodri Talfan Davies as its interim director general and confirmed that outgoing director general Tim Davie will exit in April. Davie stepped down in November in the wake of a scandal over “Panorama’s” editing of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 speech,
The New8 – the production and broadcast collaboration between eight major European broadcasters to commission, produce and distribute original series – has been renewed for another three years. The renewal was announced during a panel on Wednesday at the Göteborg Film
The Berlin Film Festival has announced the full roster of its main jury members that will comprise U.S.-based directors Reinaldo Marcus Green (“King Richard”) and Hikari (“Rental Family”), and “The Zone of Interest” producer Ewa Puszczyńska, alongside Wim Wenders who is the
'King Richard' director Reinaldo Marcus Green is also among the group joining jury president Wim Wenders in picking this year's Berlinale winners.
Amazon announced that it was eliminating about 16,000 jobs across its corporate departments, coming after it laid off 14,000 employees last October. All together, the 30,000 jobs represent almost 10% of the ecommerce giant’s previous corporate-level headcount. Amazon execs have
Harry Styles has added more London dates to his upcoming “Together, Together” tour, meaning that he will make Wembley Stadium history. Originally announced as a six-concert run, Styles’ upcoming Wembley residency will now go for 12 nights: June 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 23, 26, 27,
French international sales company Andana Films has boarded Tawfik Sabouni’s documentary “The Other Side of the Sun,” which will receive its world premiere as part of the Panorama section of this year’s Berlinale. In the film, the director returned to the Syrian capital of
Production on Babak Jalali’s next feature “A Town in Nova Scotia” is now underway. Bill Nighy (“Living,” “About Time”) leads the cast as Leon, a widowed man living in a block of council flats in Liverpool. Makram J Khoury (“Munich,” “The Master and Margarita”) plays his best
Starring Gustaf Skarsgård (“Oppenheimer,” “Vikings”), the anticipated – and highly modern – reboot of “Wallander,” set up at Banijay Entertainment’s Jarowskij/Yellow Bird and Swedish broadcast network TV4, has added further key cast: Sophia Martinsson (“Festen,” “Bror”), Ana
Tiago Melo’s sci-fi satirically tinged drama “Yellow Cake” has debuted its trailer ahead of the world premiere in the Tiger Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Urânio Filmes is handling world sales. This is Tiago’s second feature film following “Azouge
Sony Pictures Television has secured an option agreement with Thailand’s TV Thunder and Columbia Pictures’ Aquaverse to develop “100 Choices,” SPT’s unscripted entertainment format, with production set to take place at the Columbia Pictures-themed water park in Thailand. The
What would you do if your best friend’s father killed your abusive father? P. R. Monencillo Patindol’s feature examines grief, friendship and inherited violence in a rural community.
The director’s black-and-white tribute to the making of Jean Luc Godard's "Breathless" picked up 10 nominations for the French equivalent of the Oscar.
Jason Sudeikis’ long-awaited return to AFC Richmond now has a date. Apple TV has announced that that the fourth season of “Ted Lasso” will debut globally this summer, while the streamer has also sharing new stills and plot details. Currently in production, the show will see the
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has unveiled the complete ensemble for the U.K. premiere of “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” the Tony Award-winning Broadway comedy that will run at the London venue from March 18 through April 25. Set in a bustling Harlem braiding salon, the comedy
Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” a love letter to the French cinematic movement known as the New Wave, is leading the race at the Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, with 10 nominations. The black-and-white movie, which world premiered in competition at the
The news comes hot on the heels of the 'Sinners' Oscar nominations record last week.
"The film reminds us why documentary cinema matters: not to offer easy answers, but to confront us with urgency, nuance and the complex human realities behind events often reduced to headlines."
COL Group International’s Zhuhai-Macau production studio has officially commenced full operations, marking a significant expansion of the company’s production infrastructure with TVB’s “City of Splendour” and Mango TV’s “He Will Return Before Dawn” as its first active projects.
The documentary “Mariinka,” directed by Belgian filmmaker Pieter-Jan De Pue, has been selected as the opening film of the 23rd edition of CPH:DOX, also known as the Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival, taking place March 11-22 in Copenhagen. The film will celebrate its
Opening this year’s TV Drama Vision at the Göteborg Film Festival, London-based Ampere Analysis’ executive director Guy Bisson spoke about the industry’s current moment of “reinvention” following the seismic five years that saw the COVID-19 pandemic, the writers’ strike and the
IFFR Pro’s CineMart and new Safe Harbour initiative, along with the work of the Hubert Bals Fund, aim to further support emerging and displaced voices in an increasingly volatile industry.
Sunny Side of the Doc will take place June 22-24, in La Rochelle, France, following a strategic partnership with Documentary Campus that has revived the documentary market after its cancellation was announced last December. The event’s return marks a dramatic turnaround for the
Paris-based sales-production Charades, a director-driven sales banner intent on bringing new voices to the world such as Gints Zilbalodis’ Oscar winner “Flow,” has boarded “Almost There,” the feature debut of Norway’s Rikke Gregersen whose first short “Dog Eat Dog” (2018) won a
Copenhagen-based international film sales and aggregation house LevelK has acquired world sales rights to Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdóttir’s “The Pension Heist,” the first feature to benefit from the company’s strategic partnership with audience-insight company Publikum. “The Pension
Prime Video has greenlit “Don’t Be Shy,” an original romantic comedy produced by Alia Bhatt and Shaheen Bhatt through their Eternal Sunshine Productions banner, with Grishma Shah and Vikesh Bhutani serving as co-producers. Written and directed by Sreeti Mukerji, the
The Hole rocker, a no-show at her festival premiere, stars in a 98-minute doc about her rollercoaster life, late love Kurt Cobain and the new music that is helping her heal: “One song can change everything.”
India’s Panorama Studios has inked a four-film overseas distribution pact with Phars Film that will see the Ahmad Golchin-founded company handle international theatrical releases for a Malayalam-language cinema slate anchored by “Drishyam 3,” the latest installment in the
Seth Rogen, Ed Norton and Penélope Cruz co-star in the Sundance stand-out directed by Wilde.
After an old-fashion, multi-day bidding war, Olivia Wilde’s Sundance darling “The Invite” has sold to A24. A24 and Focus Features were locked in a tense fight for rights to the relationship comedy after other interested buyers, like Neon, Netflix, Apple, Searchlight and new
With “The Real Housewives of Orange County” gearing up to begin production on its history-making 20th season — a landmark for the Bravo franchise that changed popular culture as we know it — its cast is taking shape, and Gretchen Rossi will not be in the ensemble, Variety has
In Dawn Porter’s powerful documentary “When A Witness Recants,” Ta-Nehisi Coates presents — both as an executive producer and occasional subject — a stirring tale of American injustice, which he remembers from his high school days. The story of three Black teenage boys falsely
“Ireland is often referred to as a nation of cinema-goers, but we do not always see as much world cinema as we could or should," says festival director Gráinne Humphreys.
The movie is built around a freewheeling interview with King today, who unfurls the saga of her life. She’s 82 now, and the filmmakers frame her in a single head-on shot. She’s wearing fuchsia horn-rims and a teal athletic jacket, and what gives the documentary its unique pulse
On Tuesday's episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers , Colbert reflected on the conclusion of his talk show and what he'll miss most about it
Meredith Marks was in the hot seat during the three-part reunion of Season 6 of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” which concluded on Tuesday. Bravo’s reunion host (and the franchise’s executive producer) Andy Cohen pressed Marks throughout — about that infamous airplane
