Beta Film has secured several key deals across Europe for its slate of premium Spanish drama series. German-French public service broadcaster ARTE and German public broadcaster SWR have acquired two Beta drama series by writer/director/actress Leticia Dolera: drama “Pubertat –
Local romance “Once We Were Us” maintained its position at the summit of the South Korean box office for a second consecutive weekend, according to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. While the local hit continued to draw the largest
The popular stand-up and digital voice, who has in the past also made headlines by playing pranks on the likes of Donald Trump, Kanye West, and FIFA, "is truly in the Premier League of U.K. stand-ups."
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Disney’s “Zootopia 2” remained the top film in China for the Jan. 16–18 weekend, as the market continued to soften ahead of the Lunar New Year corridor. The animated sequel added RMB36.2 million ($5.1 million), according to Artisan Gateway, pushing its cumulative gross to
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFF) has unveiled the initial slate of 17 in-development projects selected for the 24th edition of the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), set to take place March 17-19 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition
Zee Studios and Bhansali Productions have unveiled a teaser for Bollywood romantic drama “Do Deewane Seher Mein.” The film stars Siddhant Chaturvedi and Mrunal Thakur in what is billed as a “perfect love story between two imperfect people” and as a “modern romance that feels
Ajay Devgn and Danish Devgn have launched their first original property from Lens Vault Studios, marking the entertainment company’s entry into AI-driven content creation with “Bal Tanhaji,” an expansion of the “Unsung Warriors” franchise. The generative AI-powered narrative
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the premiere of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” now streaming on HBO Max. Westeros is not ready for “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.” The new “Game of Thrones” prequel, which takes place about 100 years before the main series
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains plot details for “The Commander and the Grey Lady,” Season 4, Episode 2 of HBO’s “Industry,” now streaming on HBO Max. All is not well in the House of Muck. After underlining his credentials as a failed entrepreneur in Season 3, “Industry”
India’s Junglee Pictures has tapped filmmaker Raj Kumar Gupta to helm a tentpole theatrical feature, bringing together the studio behind “Badhaai Ho” and “Raazi” with the director of the “Raid” franchise. Gupta, whose credits include “Raid,” “Raid 2,” “No One Killed Jessica”
Medialink Group Limited is launching Con-Con Hong Kong 2026, billed as Asia’s first comprehensive intellectual property extravaganza, set for April 4-5 at AsiaWorld-Expo. The inaugural two-day gathering aims to merge IP-focused programming with a large-scale music festival and
It’s time to journey back to Westeros. HBO’s latest “Game of Thrones” prequel spinoff, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” goes back in time and zeroes in on a lowly hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), rather than focus on the grand politics of the Iron Throne. The
Ben Affleck recently told Fox 32 Chicago that he had food poisoning while shooting his emotional goodbye scene with Bruce Willis in the 1998 disaster blockbuster “Armageddon.” “When we shot that scene, I had food poisoning,” Affleck said. “I wasn’t an experienced enough actor
The second season of “Landman” has come to an end, and while the dramatic focus of the series shifted from oil business to family matters, Billy Bob Thornton’s character Tommy always remained the central focus. Brash, brilliant and funny, Tommy is always able to keep cool under
Bay Area natives Green Day will kick off Super Bowl LX’s opening ceremony, the NFL announced on Sunday. It all takes place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. According to the announcement, the band “will open Super Bowl LX by ushering generations
Francois Ozon’s “The Stranger,” an adaptation of Albert Camus’ literary masterpiece which world premiered at Venice, topped the 31st Lumières Awards, taking best Film, best Actor for Benjamin Voisin, and best cinematography for Manu Dacosse at a ceremony held Sunday at the
CBS News is getting ready to put a delayed and much-scrutinized “60 Minutes” segment out into public view, but it remains unclear that doing so will tamp down the controversy that has erupted around it. The previously-impeded segment is called “Inside CECOT” and is a piece by
The “blind box” trend popularized by the seemingly omnipresent Labubu dolls last year has now hit one of the most popular films of 2025 too, with a new KPop Demon Hunters Mystery Box. Available now on Amazon and at Hot Topic online, each Mystery Box contains one random “KPop
Melissa Leo, who won the best supporting actress Oscar for “The Fighter” in 2011, said during a Q&A with The Guardian that her career was “much better” before winning the award. “Winning an Oscar has not been good for me or my career,” Leo said. “I didn’t dream of it, I never
Allers, who received an Oscar nomination, worked on other Disney films including 'Aladdin,' 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'The Little Mermaid.'
Just hours after landing from Los Angeles, where he attended the Golden Globes that saw two Croisette alumni – “Sentimental Value” and “The Secret Agent” — take home major awards, Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux made it straight to landmark 18th century restaurant
Roger Allers, a longtime Disney writer and the co-director of the 1994 animated classic “The Lion King,” has died. He was 76. Allers’ death was confirmed by veteran visual effects supervisor Dave Bossert, who honored his friend and collaborator on Facebook. “I am deeply
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the Season 2 finale of “Landman,” “Tragedy and Flies,” now streaming on Paramount+. After an annoying penultimate episode that finished with two shocks, “Landman” ends Season 2 with its best episode. Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) has
Paramount+ has released the first teaser for Taylor Sheridan’s latest “Yellowstone”-adjacent series, “The Madison,” which premieres March 14 on the streamer. Cast members for “The Madison” include Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Beau Garrett, Elle Chapman, Patrick J. Adams,
Tennis champion Coco Gauff is a “Heated Rivalry” fan. Following a gushing review of HBO Max’s queer hockey romance series on social media, the American sports star said, “I’m their number one fan, I think.” Gauff’s comments came during her Australian Open media day press
“Zootopia 2” is hopping to another box office milestone. Disney’s hit sequel has earned $1.7 billion globally, overtaking another hit Disney sequel, 2024’s “Inside Out 2” ($1.69 billion), to stand as Hollywood’s highest-grossing animated film in history. China’s “Ne Zha 2,” a
In an unbilled performance Saturday night at the Light of Day festival in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen took solemn time out during an otherwise celebratory 75-minute set to dedicate “The Promised Land” to the memory of slain Minneapolis woman Renee Good, decrying the “Gestapo
“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” proved to be no match for “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” which remained No. 1 at the domestic box office in its fifth weekend of release. “The Bone Temple” stumbled with $13 million over the weekend and a projected $15 million in its four-day debut
Gregoire Melin’s Kinology has scored a raft of international sales on “Hell in Paradise,” Leila Sy’s suspense-packed survival thriller hailing from “Lucy” producers at EuropaCorp. Buyers include Dea Planeta in Spain, Dimeo Films in Poland, Falcon in the Middle East, Star in
Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat’s “No Good Men,” which is set to open the upcoming Berlin Film Festival, has been boarded by French sales company Lucky Number. The Paris-based company will launch sales at next month’s European Film Market, where it will also unveil exclusive
“The Seduction” star Anamaria Vartolomei is lining up a polyglot year, with projects spanning English, French and Romanian. Born in Bacău, Romania, and raised in Paris, Vartolomei won the César for Most Promising Actress for her breakout performance in Audrey Diwan’s Venice
“Marty Supreme” is officially A24’s highest-grossing movie in North America with $80 million. The sports dramedy overtook the benchmark held by “Everything Everywhere All at Once” with $77 million domestically. “Everything Everywhere,” an Oscar-winning multiversal adventure,
César winner Nadia Tereszkiewicz (“The Crime Is Mine,” “Forever Young”) is set to star in “Souveraines,” the feature debut of acclaimed filmmaker Rémi Allier. Allier won a César for his 2017 short “Little Hands,” later shortlisted for the Oscars. His debut follows a fiercely
