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Fantasia Festival 2026: 10 Wild Must-See Genre Movies, From Nazi Beatdowns to Christmas Chaos

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‘Reacher’ Star Alan Ritchson in Talks to Lead Splashy Netflix Action Movie ‘Maelstrom’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Big Break’: In This Meta Horror Comedy, a Real-Life Sketch Group Pursues Fame and Dodges a Killer

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‘Backrooms,’ ‘Longlegs’ Producer Oddfellows Signs First-Look Deal With Warner Bros.

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Walter Hill to Be Honored with Fantastic Fest Lifetime Achievement Award and Alamo Drafthouse Retrospective Screening Series (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Conjuring’ Prequel Movie Casts Young Ed and Lorraine Warren, Sets 2027 Release

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Frontières Juicy Dark Horror Comedy ‘Gro(ceries),’ Starring and Co-Written by ‘Sex Education’s’ Chinenye Ezeudu-Sterling, Adds French Co-Production Partners (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Moana’ Could Lose at Least $100 Million in Theaters. Does Disney Need to Rethink Its Live-Action Remakes?

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Carey Mulligan Joins Billie Eilish in ‘The Bell Jar’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Tubi Taps Shannon Olivas to Lead Communications and Publicity

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‘Gone With the Wind’ Sets First 4K Blu-ray Release With New Restoration and Bonus Features (EXCLUSIVE)

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Variety’s Actors on Actors Lands Two Daytime Emmy Nominations

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Steve Johnson Created Movie Icons Like Slimer in ’Ghostbusters’ Before Flaming Out on Drugs. A New Doc Traces His Art and Recovery

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Disney Set to Launch Inaugural ‘Created in L.A.’ Event, Hosted by Jon Youshaei

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Sam Neill’s Cancer Battle Left His Immune System ‘Compromised,’ Actor’s Ex Says: He Was ‘Pretty Sick for the Last Couple of Weeks’

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Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk Doc Headlines Bleecker Street’s Biggest Awards Slate Ever, Alongside New Films Starring Helen Mirren and Carrie Coon (EXCLUSIVE)

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World Cup Final Halftime Adds New York Philharmonic and Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, to Be Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel (EXCLUSIVE)

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Tate McRae, Sombr, Tyriq Withers, Malachi Barton to Be Honored at Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood

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Syndicated Game Show ‘Scrambled Up’ Renewed for Season 2

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‘Akira’ Gets Its First New 35mm Print in Decades, Set to Tour U.K. and Ireland Cinemas

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TV’s Upfront Market Has Nearly Wrapped, Even if Big TV Won’t Say So (EXCLUSIVE)

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Content Partners Expands Into Creator Economy, Launching Wonderloom Media With Ed Simpson, Acquiring Dr. Insanity True Crime Franchise

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‘The Shards’ Trailer: Drugs, Sex and a Serial Killer Haunt L.A. Teens in FX Drama Series

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Radio Host Elvis Duran Launches Video Podcast Venture Podrophenia With Paul Heyman, MCM Studios for Creator-Led Shows (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Moana’ Claims No. 1 at U.K. and Ireland Box Office as ‘The Odyssey’ Looms

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‘Behemoth!’ Trailer: Pedro Pascal Plays a Classically Trained Cellist in Tony Gilroy’s Music Drama

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Guatemala’s Film Industry Takes Root as Argot Producciones Fires Up Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

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Surprise: Many People Prefer AI Audiobooks, New Study Finds

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Hailey Bieber Launches ’90s-Inspired Denim Collection With Gap

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AI-Generated ‘Odyssey’ Movie Adaptation Coming From ‘Dreams of Violets’ Director

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Iron Maiden Sells Music Catalog, Name, Image and Likeness Rights to Pophouse

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Frontières Buzzy Zombie Romcom ‘Cold Feet’ Adds Co-Pro Partners, Cast (EXCLUSIVE)

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Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Her Private Hell’ Ignites Fantasia’s 30th Edition as Hot Global Genre Titles Get Set to Stoke or Take Over the Mainstream

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Rosemary Who? Get Ready for Emma’s Baby as ‘Birth’ Seduces Tallifornia Film Fund With ‘Grotesque and Terrifying’ Take on Pregnancy (EXCLUSIVE)

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Isaac Ezban Sets Next Movie ‘Delivery,’ His ‘Most Personal Project Yet,’ Partnering With Sin Sentido Films (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Bluey’ Helps Power 17% Profit Growth at BBC Commercial

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BBC Warns of ‘Real Jeopardy’ as License Fee Base Erodes Despite Record-Breaking Content Year

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Ellen Burstyn to Receive Venice’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

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‘Adolescence’ Co-Creator Jack Thorne, ‘Bridgerton’ Star India Amarteifio, Judi Dench Join National Youth Theatre’s 70th Anniversary Show (EXCLUSIVE)

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Webtoon Productions, Espotlight Forge First-Look Pact for Spanish-Language Wattpad Adaptations (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Stranger Things’ Star Linnea Berthelsen to Make U.K. Stage Debut in ‘Darkling’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Glassriver, ZDF Studios’ Network Movie Team on Lilja Sigurðardóttir Crime Series ‘Áróra’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Fandango Sales Picks Up Explosive Locarno Premiere ‘The Chilean’ Where ‘Everything Is on the Verge of Detonation’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Hong Sangsoo’s ‘Nowhere to Lay My Eyes’ Lands at Cinema Guild Ahead of Locarno Premiere

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‘The Hunt for Gollum’ Star Anya Taylor-Joy Has Not Read the ‘Lord of the Rings’ Books Yet, but Is ‘About to’ Soon

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States Seek Injunction to Prevent Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal From Closing

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Jon Stewart Slams Donald Trump’s Reaction to Lindsey Graham’s Death

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Paramount CEO David Ellison Backing Bipartisan Federal Film Tax Incentive

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‘Kong x Godzilla’ Ride Set to Open at Korea’s Lotte World This Month: It’s ‘Extremely Immersive’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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