Franchise-focused production & brand management company Foundation Media Partners has formed Foundation Books and launched a groundbreaking new partnership with publishing company Macmillan Publishers. Foundation has accelerated its expansion into the book space by forming a multi-year publishing deal with Macmillan. Spearheaded by Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group President and Publisher Jen Besser and Foundation Media
Month: February 2025
Amazon founder and current executive chair Jeff Bezos has a question: “Who’d you pick as the next Bond?” Following the shocking news that Amazon MGM Studios has taken full creative control of the 007 franchise, Bezos riled up the fandom on X by asking his 6.8 million followers for their thoughts on who should succeed
Copenhagen documentary festival CPH:DOX is set to launch a Summit in partnership with Documentary Campus and the Danish Producers’ Assn. on March 24. The Summit will bring together politicians, thought leaders and film and TV professionals to discuss the future of the industry. It aims to make possible “cross-sector dialogues, enabling key decision-makers to address
Bell Media has struck a new co-development deal with comedian Tom Green to create content for the Canada-based entertainment company’s streamer Crave and linear network CTV. The new agreement expands native Canadian Green’s ongoing relationship with Bell Media with previous projects including “The Tom Green Show” and “Tom Green’s House Tonight,” as well as Green’s
Canadian pop star Tate McRae has been booked and busy: Between headlining her world tour and choreographing her elaborate dance moves, she found the time to craft her latest album, “So Close To What,” and one of its standout tracks, “Sports car,” is quickly becoming a fan favorite. In an episode of Variety’s Behind the
Hong Kong director Jun Li has prompted a small political storm at the Berlin Film Festival, reportedly sparking a police probe after making a pro-Palestinian speech during the presentation of his film “Queerpanorama.” While presenting “Queerpanorama,” which premiered in Berlin’s Panorama section on Saturday, the director made a speech on behalf of the film’s protagonist
“Conclave” director Edward Berger and the Oscar-nominated film’s Italian stars Isabella Rossellini and Sergio Castellitto will be celebrated by the Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival, which will run Feb 23 to March 1 at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theater. Berger, whose Vatican thriller just scored four BAFTA wins, will be feted with a best director
IFPI, the global recorded-music industry trade organization, has announced that “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone is the winner of the IFPI Global Single Award for 2024. Boone was also named, with Shaboozey, Variety‘s Hitmakers newcomer of the year for 2024. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” was No. 2 and Teddy Swims’ with “Lose Control” landed at No. 3 — see the complete
By most measurements, James Blake is quite a successful musician: a popular, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter-producer specializing in electronic-based, pop-leaning music, who released eight albums on major labels over the past decade, sells out major venues regularly and has guested on songs by Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott and Kanye West. He even performed with Timothee Chalamet
Everyone’s a friend of Frendo. RLJE Films and Shudder have released the first red band teaser trailer for “Clown in a Cornfield,” Eli Craig’s 2025 South by Southwest Film Festival-bound horror movie based on Adam Cesare’s novel of the same name. “Clown in a Cornfield” stars Katie Douglas and Carson MacCormac as father-daughter duo Quinn
It takes a village — or what remains of one — to raise a child in “Timestamp,” the latest in a shattering run of documentaries presenting the current reality of living in Ukraine as Russia continues to wage its unconscionable war on the territory. From the Oscar-winning “20 Days in Mariupol” to “Porcelain War” to
In Netflix’s new political thriller series “Zero Day,” Dan Stevens plays Evan Green, a brash, outspoken internet star who becomes enmeshed in a White House investigation into a global cyber attack. Robert De Niro stars as George Mullen, a former U.S. president who comes out of retirement to lead the investigation. In one scene, De
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to “Vulcanizadora,” a dark comedy from Joel Potrykus, the indie director behind “Ape” and “Buzzard.” The movie stars Potrykus along with the guerrilla filmmaker’s longtime collaborator Joshua Burge. Financial terms of the sale were not immediately available. According to the official description: “The film follows two friends as
Scatena & Rosner Films is rolling out Grammy and Tony winner Jhett Tolentino‘s film directorial debut “Asian Persuasion” across North American theaters, with a digital/VOD bow to follow. The romantic comedy, penned by Mike Ang, toplines “Hook” alum Dante Basco and Filipino star KC Concepcion (“Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill”). The film, which snagged the
“Naruto,” one of the world’s most popular and profitable manga and anime franchises, is getting its first-ever North American symphonic concert tour. Variety can now exclusively unveil the tour’s dates and locations. Fresh off a successful European tour that drew over 60,000 fans, Naruto the Symphonic Experience will visit more than 60 North American cities,
Since September 2024, ELLE has partnered with Substack, enlisting some of the platform’s most-followed fashion writers to pen essays accompanying our fashion shoots. Today’s edition features Jalil Johnson, author of the Consider Yourself Cultured newsletter. I grew up in the South, where Western style—cowboy boots, fringe, anything suede—was practically a rite of passage. But ever
Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) continues to push creative boundaries with his latest score for the historical film “Chhaava,” while simultaneously spearheading ambitious plans to revolutionize India’s musical theater landscape. The globally acclaimed musician, speaking with Variety, reveals how he approached the score for director Laxman Utekar’s historical epic following their previous successful collaboration
Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision narrowed its losses in the fourth-quarter despite a $900 million non-cash impairment charge and declines in revenue at its Mexican operations after the company worked to streamline the merger that placed the Univision television network and the Televisa TV operations under the same corporate umbrella. TelevisaUnivision said revenue in the fourth
Kirsten Sheridan, the Oscar-nominated writer who recently wrote several episodes of hit FX series “Say Nothing” and was an exec producer on the Sky/Peacock drama “Lockerbie: A Search for Truth,” is set to bring the story of one of Ireland’s national heroes to the big screen. The Irish filmmaker — also the daughter of Jim Sheridan
You can see why Munir, a soul-sick writer from an unspecified country in the Middle East, chooses Germany’s remote Hallig Islands as the place to end it all. The soft, watery landscape serves as a suitably calm and scenic backdrop to one’s final days on earth, though it’s not so spectacular or stimulating as to
It’s time to “Check the Czechs” as the new Audiovisual Fund comes into force. “That’s what it says on my T-shirt. You should ‘check the Czechs’ because we are ready. There’re lots of good producers, so let’s go,” teased Vratislav Šlajer, chairman of the Association of Audiovisual Producers. During the Berlinale panel, CEO of the
France TV Distribution, the sales and co-production arm of public broadcaster France Televisions Group, is launching international distribution on Season 2 of comedy series “Aspergirl” at the upcoming edition of Mip London, set for February 23-27. Distributed worldwide by France TV distribution, the country’s biggest TV exporter, “Aspergirl” Season 2 is produced by Paris-based Patafilm,
Piece of Magic Entertainment has acquired theatrical rights from Mercury Studios for “One to One: John & Yoko” across a broad swath of European territories, including France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The documentary from Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald (“The Last King
Banijay Entertainment is set to impress at the upcoming London TV Screenings with one of the most extensive and diverse lineups in global TV in terms of both quality and quantity. This year’s showcase, Banijay @ BAFTA 195 Piccadilly, open exclusively to buyers, will spotlight 13 scripted titles, 15 factual series, nine new unscripted formats,
Fremantle has acquired the global distribution rights to high-energy Japanese competition format “Ants,” where teamwork is the way to win. The format is inspired by the high-level coordination of ant colonies. “Ants” was created and produced by Nippon TV and further developed by Fremantle North America for global expansion. The game show launched in Japan
It’s baffling that a film featuring a two-time Oscar winner and a promising, beloved young actor as squabbling hitmen could be as dreadfully dull as “Old Guy.” Director Simon West (“Con Air”) and writer Greg Johnson (“The Last Son”) take the tired Grumpy Veteran Argues With Fresh-Faced Rookie trope to all-new lows in a film
Southeast Asia‘s premium video-on-demand market saw robust growth in 2024, with total industry revenues jumping 14% to $1.8 billion and viewership hitting 440 billion minutes, according to fresh data from Media Partners Asia (MPA). Netflix dominated the landscape with a 52% viewership share and 42% revenue share, while capturing nearly half of all new subscriptions
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 13, Episode 2 of “The Masked Singer,” “Shrek Night,” which aired February 19 on Fox. Oscar De La Hoya earned a Grammy nomination back in 2001 for best Latin pop album — so he does know a thing or two about singing. But nonetheless, he faced tough competition on
Daniel Craig isn’t enlisting into the DC Universe after all. The actor has dropped out of consideration for the title role in “Sgt. Rock,” the DC Comics adaptation from Craig’s “Queer” director Luca Guadagnino and screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes. News of Craig’s possible involvement first broke in November, but a source with knowledge of the project
Netflix has greenlit a new Korean romantic comedy series “Boyfriend on Demand” (working title), featuring Blackpink member Jisoo alongside Seo In-guk (“Doom at Your Service,” “Café Minamdang”) in lead roles. The high-concept drama centers on an overworked webtoon producer who discovers romance through a subscription-based virtual reality dating program. Jisoo will portray Seo Mi-rae, a
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