Laika Unveils ‘Wildwood’ Trailer in Cannes
The Travis Knight-directed stop-motion feature, from the studio behind 'Coraline' and 'ParaNorman' hits theaters on Oct. 23.
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How ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ Went From Bestseller to Netflix With Sally Field, Lewis Pullman
Anonymous Content manager Kassie Evashevski helped Shelby Van Pelt's novel make it to the screen: "It was one of the few things at the time that I read that made me just feel good."
Olive Nwosu’s Sundance-Winning Debut Feature ‘Lady’ Acquired by Cohen for U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)
Cohen Media Group has bought U.S. distribution rights to “Lady,” the debut feature from Nigerian-born writer-director Olive Nwosu, being sold by HanWay Films. The acquisition follows the film’s world premiere in the World Dramatic Cinema Competition at this year’s Sundance Film
YouTube Sees Growing Share of Consumers Eager to Watch Its Videos
YouTube has long been known as a place popular among younger viewers, but what happens when those people get older? For Brian Albert, the executive who represents the Google video-sharing service in its negotiations with Madison Avenue, the answer is simple: They keep watching
Nine Major TV Companies in Partnership to Tie Commercials to Business Results
A+E Global Media, AMC Global Media, Fox, Hallmark Media, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Scripps Networks, TelevisaUnivision and Warner Bros. Discovery have struck a partnership with Open AP that aims to introduce a single, standardized way to connect exposure to TV commercials with
Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson on ‘Embracing Desire,’ Sex and a Ton of Blood for Cannes’ Queer Horror Slasher ‘Camp Miasma’
Gillian Anderson had a “panic attack” when she watched a particular scene in “Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma” in a cinema for the first time. “That blood day,” as she calls it, “was pretty serious… just remembering the amount of liquid and how to not drown while shooting
Peter Jackson Talks Upcoming Projects, AI’s Role in Filmmaking: “It’s Just a Tool Like Any Other”
In Cannes to accept an honorary Palme d'Or, the director teased his long-awaited return to narrative features with 'Tintin' and WWII projects in the works, while also sharing some thoughts on Andy Serkis' forthcoming 'The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.'
Pentagon, Do Better. Your UFO Videos Look Terrible
Hollywood owns the UFO genre and has actual standards for this sort of thing. The government needs to step it up.
‘Dua’ Review: A Conflicted Kosovan Coming-of-Age Drama Beset by War
A coming-of-age drama that gradually turns morose, Blerta Basholli’s sophomore feature “Dua” follows up her Sundance-winning 2021 debut “Hive” as a reflection of Kosovan women in the late 1990s. This time, however, the director draws from her own experiences as a girl who came
Berlin-Based Data-Driven Submission Platform Miralot Aims to Better Connect Filmmakers and Festivals (EXCLUSIVE)
Ahead of this year’s Marché du Film in Cannes, former festival distributor Moritz Schneider is launching Miralot, a data-driven film festival matching and submission platform aimed at helping filmmakers navigate the increasingly fragmented global festival landscape more
Peter Jackson Says ‘I Don’t Dislike’ AI in Film, Explains Not Directing Next ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie and Claims AI Debate Is Why Andy Serkis Won’t Win an Oscar for Gollum
“Lord of the Rings” filmmaker Peter Jackson doesn’t “dislike” AI being used in film — but he thinks it’s a shame that the debate surrounding it is partly why Andy Serkis will never win awards for his motion-capture performance as Gollum. Speaking at a Cannes Film Festival
‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Immersive Experience Set to Sail Into U.K. With Secret Cinema, Disney Theatrical Group
An immersive theatrical experience based on “Pirates of the Caribbean” is coming to the U.K. Produced by Secret Cinema and TodayTix, and licensed via Disney Theatrical Group, “Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Immersive Adventure” will sail into London in Feb. 2027 with an
My Cannes Moment: Anaïs Demoustier
The French actress, star of the 2026 Cannes opening night film 'The Electric Kiss,' discusses her first festival red carpet – for Michael Haneke's 'Time of the Wolf' (2003).
Macaulay Culkin ‘Had Unfinished Business’ With ‘Home Alone’ Mom Catherine O’Hara When She Died: ‘I Owed Her a Favor. I Don’t Like Having Outstanding Debt’
Macaulay Culkin recently told Gentleman’s Journal that part of the reason why Catherine O’Hara’s death hit him so hard earlier this year is because “I felt that we had unfinished business.” O’Hara played Culkin’s mother in the comedy classics “Home Alone” and “Home Alone 2:
Australia’s Screen Sector Is Booming. Now Comes the Harder Work
The boom is real. The ambition is bigger. When the Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man” needed to recreate Stoke-on-Trent – a gritty English industrial city with little obvious resemblance to the Pacific – the production simply decamped to Queensland. “Nothing looked like
‘Mutt’ Star Lío Mehiel, ‘House of the Dragon’s’ Emily Carey to Lead Neo-Western ‘Camino,’ Beso and Pucci Productions Launching at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Lío Mehiel (“Mutt,” “After the Hunt”) and Emily Carey (“House of the Dragon”) are set to star in “Camino,” a neo-Western feature from Beso and Pucci Productions that will be introduced at the Cannes Market this week via Breaking Through the Lens. Written and directed by
Secret Cinema Unveils Its Next Large-Scale Immersive Theatrical Experience: ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ (Exclusive)
The London company has promised its "most ambitious production ever" as they prepare to invite audiences aboard the Black Pearl in the first-ever theatrical experience adaptation of the Disney blockbuster.
Clémence Poésy Directorial Debut Among 18 Projects Pitched by Participants of Producers on the Move Program in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
European Film Promotion is playing host at the Cannes Film Festival to up-and-coming European producers, selected for its Producers on the Move program. Variety invited the producers to share details of their upcoming projects, which include “Vanda,” Clémence Poésy’s debut
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Roasts Stephen Colbert as Selina Meyer From ‘Veep’ Before ‘Late Show’ Ends: ‘Your Cancellation Gave Trump Such Pleasure,’ You’re the ‘Stormy Daniels of Late Night’
Julia Louis-Dreyfus stopped by Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” for one last interview before the CBS late night franchise comes to an end on Thursday, May 21. While she was on to promote her new movie, “The Sheep Detectives,” Louis-Dreyfus had a ruthless surprise in store for
Indonesian Horror Slate Heads to Cannes Film Market as Producer Intan Kieflie Launches ‘Ibu’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Indonesian-Australian producer Intan Kieflie will present a focused genre slate at the Cannes Film Market through her companies Kraken Entertainment and Anak Negeri Films, including the market launch of “Ibu: Mother of the Lost,” a bilingual maternal horror project in
‘In Waves’ Review: Elegantly Animated Adaptation of AJ Dungo’s Bestseller Is an Unapologetically Conventional Tearjerker
A doomed love story, especially one based on real-life young people braving their own “The Fault in Our Stars”-style tale, is bound to shatter even the coldest of hearts. Earnest, disarming and unapologetically conventional, prolific graphic artist Phuong Mai Nguyen’s elegantly
‘Zero Meets Hero’ Leads Mockingbird Pictures’ Cannes Film Market Slate of Vietnamese Commercial Titles (EXCLUSIVE)
Vietnamese sales and distribution company Mockingbird Pictures is bringing a commercial slate to the Cannes Market anchored by “Zero Meets Hero,” a multigenerational comedy-drama from Huỳnh Lập, director of “The Ancestral Home,” one of the highest-grossing Vietnamese films ever
Thai-Chinese Thriller ‘Someone Special’ Lands at Fearfolks for Global Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Bangkok-based sales and distribution outfit Fearfolks has acquired world sales rights to “Someone Special,” a Thai-Chinese thriller co-directed by Petong Sakulchai and Ariel Cheng, and will represent the title at the Cannes Market. Sirat Intarachote (“4 Kings,” “4 Kings 2,”
Why France Is Making ‘Les Mis’ Again — and Why This Time Feels Different
French producers Richard Grandpierre and Olivier Delbosc on their $47 million bet with Studiocanal that audiences are ready for a reimagining of Victor Hugo’s epic as a propulsive action thriller — with the original politics very much intact.
Cannes Un Certain Regard Title ‘Elephants in the Fog’ Lands First Deals, Debuts Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
“Elephants in the Fog,” which will world premiere in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, has landed its first distribution deals. It is sold internationally by Best Friend Forever. The trailer debuts below. The film will be co-distributed in France by Arizona Distribution and
Saudi Arabia’s Shattered Hollywood Dreams: Will the Warner Bros. and Paramount Merger and a Shift in Strategy Help the Kingdom Rebound?
In 2018, Saudi Arabia removed its religious ban on cinema and revealed its intentions to transform itself from an oil-based economy into an entertainment powerhouse. The goal was to use the country’s wealth to not only invest in media companies, but to lure studios to the
French Deal for Cannes-Selected U.S.-Set ‘I’ll Be Gone in June’ Sealed by Luxbox, Trailer Released (EXCLUSIVE)
Luxbox has closed a French distribution deal and shared an exclusive first trailer with Variety for Katharina Rivilis’ “I’ll Be Gone in June,” which has its world premiere in Cannes Un Certain Regard. Nour Films will release the film in France, with a release date to be set for
Bryan Cranston Teases Crazy Madonna Appearance in ‘The Studio’ Season 2: ‘You Will Not Believe It’
"I guarantee you, you will utter to yourselves, ‘Oh my God!'" the actor confirmed
‘Jim Queen’ Stars a Gay Influencer Facing a Virus That’s His Worst Nightmare (Exclusive Cannes Clip)
The animated feature, the directorial feature debut of Nicolas Athané and Marco Nguyen, world premieres in the Cannes Film Festival's Midnight Screenings program.
Together Films Boards Queer Romeo and Juliet Pic ‘Lisa & Lilly’ From ‘Young Royals’ Helmer Julia Lindström (EXCLUSIVE)
London-based sales and impact outfit Together Films has picked up international rights to the Swedish love drama “Lisa & Lilly,” produced by Fifth Season’s Scandi production powerhouse Nordic Drama Queens. The project, due to start lensing in August, marks the feature length
From the Psychological to the Ancestral, Blood Window Showcase Is Set to Scare Audiences at Cannes’ 2026 Marché du Film (EXCLUSIVE)
The Cannes Film Festival’s Blood Window Showcase has announced its lineup of eight feature films representing among the best of contemporary Ibero-American genre cinema. Set to unspool on May 14 at the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film and staged in collaboration with the
‘A Woman’s Life’ Stars Léa Drucker as a Surgeon in Her 50s Whose Life Threatens to Unravel (Exclusive Cannes Clip)
Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet's competition title, produced by David Thion ('Anatomy of a Fall'), also stars Mélanie Thierry as a young novelist who meets Gabrielle, who has a carefully constructed life and career.
Marion Cotillard on Choosing Family Over Hollywood, ‘Contagion’ in the Time of Hantavirus and Brutal Cannes Premiere ‘Karma’
There are 12 rules of karma in eastern philosophy. In Hollywood, there’s an unofficial 13th: Marion Cotillard will inevitably return to the Cannes Film Festival. The Oscar-winning actress hits the Croisette this year with two new projects, representing her 14th and 15th
Watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus Channel ‘Veep’ Character Selina Meyer to Roast Stephen Colbert
"Your cancellation gave Donald Trump so much pleasure I always think of you as the Stormy Daniels of late night"
New AI Disclosure Standard for Film Launched at Cannes Film Market (EXCLUSIVE)
London-based The Mise En Scène Company has unveiled Human Provenance in Film, a no-cost AI disclosure standard for the film and TV industry, opening consultation at the Cannes Film Market and inviting participation from producers and distributors through to insurers, platforms,
Free(d) Turkeys? Wild Boars? In ‘Too Many Beasts,’ It’s Farmers Versus Hunters (Exclusive Cannes Clip)
The feature debut of Sarah Arnold, starring Alexis Manenti and Ella Rumpf and premiering in the Directors' Fortnight, sees boars ravaging crops, sparking an open war. And there are turkeys, too!
‘Rush Hour 4’ Director Brett Ratner Reportedly Heading to China With Trump to Scout Locations
Donald Trump. Elon Musk. Tim Cook. And Brett Ratner? Yes, the “Rush Hour” and “X-Men: The Last Stand” auteur is reportedly hitching a ride with President Trump and his delegation of business and technology moguls as they make the trek to China for a high-stakes summit with Xi
Japan Is Everywhere at Cannes This Year
With Kore-eda, Hamaguchi and Fukada in competition and a new generation pitching at the market, the country of honor is making the most of its moment.
David Jonsson Joins Gracie Abrams, Connor Storrie and Tom Burke in A24’s ‘Please’ From ‘Babygirl’ Director Halina Reijn (EXCLUSIVE)
“Babygirl” writer/director Halina Reijn is continuing to expand the cast for her next film with A24, this time adding a BAFTA winner into the mix. David Jonsson, who won the BAFTA Rising Star award in 2025 for his breakout turns in “Rye Lane” and “Alien: Romulus,” has joined
Dennis To Returns for New ‘Ip Man’ Spinoff ‘Kung Fu Legacy’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Dennis To will reprise his role as the legendary Wing Chun grandmaster in “Ip Man: Kung Fu Legacy,” the next installment of the martial arts franchise. All Rights Entertainment has launched presales at the Cannes Film Market for the new feature. Production is scheduled to begin
Myriad Pictures Nabs North American Rights to Sebastian Schindel’s ‘A Silent Death’ (EXCLUSIVE)
L.A.-based Myriad Pictures has snapped up “A Silent Death,” the latest psychological crime thriller from Sebastian Schindel. The deal, hammered out between Myriad’s Kirk D’Amico and FilmSharks’ Guido Rud and Federico Pascua, targets a North American release in the third quarter
‘Sheep in the Box’ Expands Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Empathy to Humanoid Androids and the Architecture They Inhabit
Japanese auteur Kore-eda Hirokazu returns to competition at Cannes with “Sheep in the Box,” a thorny yet sensitive meditation on the encroachment of AI on our ability to let go of those who are no longer with us. In the film, Otone (Ayase Haruka) and Kensuke (Yamamoto Daigo)
Latest Film by ‘Perfect Strangers’ Director Paolo Genovese ‘The Sound of Something New’ Scores Sales in Cannes via RAI Cinema (EXCLUSIVE)
Italy’s RAI Cinema Intl. Distribution has scored a batch of sales on “The Sound of Something New,” the new film by “Perfect Strangers” director Paolo Genovese, which is being sold at the Cannes Marché du Film. “Something New,” which is produced by Lotus Production, a Leone Film
Garret Dillahunt, Michelle Hurd and Henry Ian Cusick Team for Psychedelic Amazon Thriller ‘Bloodwood,’ Essential Launching in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
Garret Dillahunt (“No Country for Old Men”), Michelle Hurd (“Star Trek: Picard”) and Henry Ian Cusick (“Lost”) are set to lead upcoming psychological thriller “Bloodwood.” The film marks the feature directorial debut of Robert Menzies, who also wrote the original screenplay
Jim Thompson Thriller ‘The Ideal Man,’ About CIA Agent Turned Thai Silk King Who Disappeared, Set at Foreign Concept Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
Foreign Concept Entertainment is developing “The Ideal Man,” a thriller centered on Jim Thompson — the former CIA operative who built one of Thailand’s most recognized lifestyle brands before vanishing without explanation in 1967. The script is set during the Vietnam War, with
Donald Gibb, ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ and ‘Bloodsport’ Actor, Dead at 71
Gibb was best known for his memorable role as the towering "Ogre" in the beloved Eighties cult classic
‘Quadrophenia’ Doc, Zandra Rhodes Film Among Projects at Sadie Frost and Simon Jones’ New Company Frost&Jones (EXCLUSIVE)
Director-actress-producer Sadie Frost and producer Simon Jones have launched Frost & Jones, a production company developing premium documentary and scripted film and television. The venture follows the critical and commercial performance of Frost’s documentary “Twiggy” and is
Vietnamese Horror ‘The Scourge,’ Inspired by Hit Video Game, Leads Skyline Media’s Cannes Film Market Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
Skyline Media, a Vietnam-based international sales agent, is heading to the Cannes Film Market with a five-title slate led by “The Scourge,” one of the first feature film adaptations of a Vietnamese video game IP. The source game has topped China’s Steam Early Access chart,
Filmax Gathers ‘Moss’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Having joined forces on WWII drama-thriller “Frontier,” a Menemsha Films U.S. pickup, Catalan director Judith Colell and Barcelona-based studio Filmax are reuniting on another war tale. This time, however, it will be told through an animated feature and the story of the
Amy Madigan, Chris Cooper Set for John Sayles’ Western, ‘I Passed This Way’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Academy Award winners Amy Madigan (“Weapons”) and Chris Cooper (“Adaptation”) are set to star in “I Passed This Way,” a Western from two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker John Sayles (“Passion Fish,” “Lone Star”) that marks his first feature in more than a decade. “I Passed This
