Oscar-winning “Anora” director Sean Baker will serve as president of this year’s Red Sea Film Festival’s features jury. The Saudi Arabian fest is holding its fifth edition from Dec. 3 to 14, with a lineup including Angelina Jolie’s “Couture,” “The Wizard of the Kremlin”
The U.K.’s National Theatre has released first-look rehearsal images of Nicola Coughlan, Siobhán McSweeney and Éanna Hardwicke in a new production of “The Playboy of the Western World.” The images, photographed by Marc Brenner and Cameron Slater, show the cast preparing for the
Veteran marketing executive Dominic Curran has joined CAA to head international growth for the CAA Brand Consulting division. Curran will work in collaboration with Aubree Curtis, Jeff Eccleston and Liz Gray, who are global co-heads of CAA Brand Consulting. He will relocate
Alan Cumming has unveiled Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s programming for 2026. This will mark Cumming’s inaugural year as the theater’s artistic Ddirector for the theater and coincide with the 75th anniversary of of the Scottish Highland Theatre. “My first season of programmed
The Oscar-winner will oversee the features jury for the fifth edition of the Saudi event.
NBCUniversal is back in the game of operating a stand-alone sports network. The Comcast-controlled media conglomerate said it would revive NBCSN, or NBC Sports Network, and devote it to sports programming that usually streams on the company’s Peacock service, including
Disney closed out its 2025 fiscal year on a streaming high note, delivering healthy quarterly subscriber growth for Disney+ and Hulu — the final quarter the media giant will report subscriber figures — and a 39% increase in direct-to-consumer operating income. The Mouse House
Disney’s revenue for the September quarter was roughly flat year over year — coming in short of Wall Street estimates — and adjusted earnings per share declined 3%. But Disney+ and Hulu subscriber additions were better than expected, and the company says it’s still on track to
Taskovski Films has picked up sales rights to documentary “Paikar,” the debut feature by Afghan-Dutch filmmaker Dawood Hilmandi, which will world premiere at IDFA in the Luminous section. Born in Afghanistan and raised in exile, Hilmandi grew up in the shadow of his father,
The independent Telugu-language feature “Nadhi” has completed production after a yearlong shoot, with a cast led by acclaimed actor-director Nandita Das and veteran performer Nasser, it was revealed at the American Film Market (AFM). Set in the forests of Andhra Pradesh,
Saidam Baryl and Argentic Productions have signed a co-production agreement on “Thaw,” a folk-horror feature written and directed by Yakutian filmmaker Stepan Burnashev. The deal, signed at the American Film Market (AFM), represents what is believed to be the first narrative
Four years into its Asia Pacific rollout, Disney Plus is accelerating its commitment to regional content production while exploring new formats including vertical video and gaming adaptations. In an interview with Variety at the Disney+ APAC originals preview at Hong Kong
The upcoming U.K. version of “Saturday Night Live” has revealed three key members of its creative team. “The Late Late Show With James Corden” alum and two-time Emmy winner James Longman will serve as the sketch show’s lead producer, while Liz Clare, an experienced live event
“Dust to Dreams,” a short film written and directed by Idris Elba and produced by Nigerian media mogul Mo Abudu, will premiere on streaming platform EbonyLife ON Plus on Nov. 14. Set in Lagos, the film follows a dying nightclub owner who passes her legacy to her reserved
Marrakech Film Festival has unveiled a starry lineup for this year’s conversations program, including Jodie Foster, Guillermo del Toro and Bong Joon Ho. The Moroccan fest, which runs from Nov. 28 to Dec. 6, will also host talks with “The Matrix” actor Laurence Fishburne;
Poppy and Nick O'Hagan discuss the benefits of theatrical windows and community in the age of Netflix and A24, launching with director Richard Hawkins' Tallinn-premiering title, and their next projects.
The creators of Emmy-winning drama “Shogun” offered tantalizing glimpses into the ambitious scope of the show’s second season during a discussion at the Disney+ originals preview at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort on Thursday, promising unprecedented battle sequences and an
Thomas Stuber ('In the Aisles') discusses his Tallinn-premiering road movie about a German man with Down syndrome and a Japanese tourist, Buddhism, and why he likes a slow cinematic pace.
Of all the mysteries in the Netflix thriller “The Beast in Me,” the least suspenseful is its source of inspiration. The limited series co-stars Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis, a reclusive New York real estate heir widely suspected of murdering his first wife who decides to
World premiering in main competition at Tallinn,”The Frog and The Water” by Thomas Stuber, a student Oscar winner for his 2012 short ”Of Dogs And Horses,” sounds like a fairytale. And it is. A warm-hearted story about the most unlikely characters, two drifting souls, who
The actor and director also confirmed that Season 3 of Severance is coming "soon-ish"
Disney+ has greenlit a second season of Korean crime series “Made in Korea” before the first season’s premiere, with production already underway on the follow-up. The renewal was revealed during a panel with stars Hyun Bin, Jung Woosung and Woo Dohwan, alongside director Woo
The popular series' NSFW episode depicted the president and VP getting it on in the White House
The Walt Disney Company is ramping up its local content investments in Japan and Korea as it enters a new phase of scaled production, while plotting expansion of its ESPN sports offering beyond Australia and New Zealand. Luke Kang, president of The Walt Disney Company Asia
Korean star Ji Chang-wook and Japanese actor Mio Imada will lead the cast of cross-cultural romantic comedy “Merry Berry Love” (working title), set to premiere on Disney+ in 2026. The series follows a struggling Korean spatial designer and a strawberry farmer who discover
After a four-year hiatus, Prime Video’s hit Indian spy thriller “The Family Man” is finally returning with its third season, and the cast and creators say the extended development time was necessary to maintain the show’s high quality standards. “It does take a long time. We’re
“South Park” returned to its regularly scheduled programming on Wednesday night after detouring for a Halloween Special on Oct. 31. The third episode of Season 28 saw Butters experimenting with OpenAI’s generative AI video platform Sora 2, much to the chagrin of fellow South
Kojima Hideo took the stage at the Disney+ originals Asia Pacific preview on Thursday to reveal “Death Stranding Isolations” (working title), an original animated series based on his video game franchise that will debut exclusively on Disney+ in 2027. The legendary game creator
“Shogun” Season 2 has unveiled its writers, directors and new and returning cast members. Newcomers for Season 2 include Asami Mizukawa as Aya, Masataka Kubota as Hyūga, Sho Kaneta as Hidenobu, Takaaki Enoki as Lord Ito and Jun Kunimura as Gōda. They join returning stars
SPOILER ALERT: The following recap contains spoilers for the finale of “The Golden Bachelor” Season 2. Mel Owens’ journey on “The Golden Bachelor” has been full of drama since before his season even started. (As his contestants’ chose not to let him forget, he said on a podcast
The actor revealed that he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last year
The actress admits she "really put myself through it" when taking on her emotionally distraught character, Dani, in the film.
ABKCO Records, which owns the rights to the master recordings of the Rolling Stones up to 1970, has sued Behr Paint, alleging copyright infringement over the use of the group’s 1966 song “Paint It, Black” in one of its online commercials. The complaint, filed in the U.S.
James Van Der Beek is seeking additional finances to help cover costs for his cancer treatment. The 48-year-old “Dawson’s Creek” star has elected to team with Propstore to sell memorabilia he’s obtained through his career. The catalog includes wardrobe, props and set pieces,
FX has canceled “English Teacher” after two seasons, Variety has confirmed. The comedy series was created by Brian Jordan Alvarez, who starred as Evan Marquez, a high school English teacher in Austin that navigates several personal and political scandals at work. The cast also
“RRR” director S.S. Rajamouli has unveiled the first look of Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Mandakini in his upcoming globe-trotting adventure film. The film is described as “an original action-adventure epic following heroes on a series of perilous missions around the world.” Ever
Emily Blunt sat down with Elle magazine for its Women in Hollywood cover series and looked back at her first movie audition, which was for Paweł Pawlikowski’s 2004 romance drama “My Summer of Love.” Blunt was 19 years old at the time. The movie encouraged improvisations, so
“Magazine Dreams,” the violent bodybuilding drama from director Elijah Bynum that earned critical acclaim at Sundance in 2023 only to get caught up assault allegations against its lead star Jonathan Majors, is now set to hit cinemas in the U.K. The release comes through a
With 'The Deputy,' a gritty, darkly comic crime thriller directed by longtime friend and collaborator Matt Sukkar, Nicholson takes center stage for the first time.
The married couple — known for roles in the 'Spider-Man' video games and 1,200 other credits between them — offer advice for aspiring actors as they launch a new online course to train the next generation of talent.
Kendra Scott is once again going full Dolly. The Austin-based jewelry brand has reunited with Dolly Parton for a third limited-edition collection, which dropped Tuesday morning and draws directly from her song “Change It,” written for “9 to 5: The Musical.” “If you don’t take
“Batgirl” and “Orange Is the New Black” actor Ruby Rose has taken to Threads to slam Sydney Sweeney as a “cretin” following the release of “Christy,” Sweeney’s biopic on the wrestler Christy Martin that disappointed in its box office debut with just $1.3 million. The drama
Sara Joe Wolansky left her job as a video producer at The New Yorker in 2022 to pursue a feature documentary career. After a few months of reflection, Wolansky decided to make a film about a topic that she was passionate about: cheesemongers. Like a sommelier whose expertise is
Valve, the maker of the popular Steam Deck handheld PC gaming console, is launching new video-game hardware, Steam Machine, in 2026. The Steam Machine, a 6-inch cube gaming console meant for stationary play vs. the portable Steam Deck option, will debut next year along with the
Polish production outfit Lightcraft's movie, being launched at the American Film Market, centers on 12-year-old Jake and his friend Jenny, who confront the mysterious Vagapulga in their dreams.
Eddie Murphy opens up in his Netflix documentary “Being Eddie” about his decision to stay away from “Saturday Night Live” for decades. It all stemmed from a joke David Spade made on “SNL” in 1995 about Murphy’s struggling movie career. Murphy previously called the joke
The veteran film editor is making his feature directorial debut with an indie coming-of-age tale to be shot in Los Angeles and shopped at the American Film Market.
CAA has promoted six Elevate trainees, including Josie Abrahams, Stefano Priante, Will Purslow, Sydney Shiffman, Serena Silver and Morgan Southwick to agent or executive. Abrahams has been promoted to executive in talent business ventures, Priante to agent in baseball, Purslow
AdHoc Studio’s choose-your-own-adventure-style video game “Dispatch” launched its final two installments Wednesday, giving the more than 1 million players who have purchased copies a conclusion to the superhero workplace comedy. Of course, given that the path a player chooses
