TF1 Studio has scored several pre-sales on Ludovic Colbeau-Justin’s “The Lion,” the anticipated action comedy starring Dany Boon and Philippe Katerine. Currently in post-production, “The Lion” has been picked up for Canada (TVA films), Spain (Dea Planeta), Benelux (Alternative Films), Switzerland (Pathe Films), Greece (Spentzos Film), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais), CIS (Top Film), Poland (Monolith),
Box office record-breaker and pioneer that it was, “Avatar” was in many ways a dry run for the mega-production that is now under way in multiple studios across New Zealand. James Cameron and his long-term producer partner Jon Landau have mounted an unprecedented exercise in logistics, use of resources and ambitious film-making techniques in order
Zoe Saldana and Reese Witherspoon are teaming to adapt Tembi Locke’s memoir “From Scratch” as a limited series for Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively. Saldana will star in the series, which is described as an autobiographical romance that follows an American woman as she falls in love with a Sicilian man while studying abroad in
To hear celebrated production designer Grant Major tell it, New Zealand’s film industry was reborn in the last years of the 20th century, thanks to “The Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson, who pioneered, agitated and doggedly got on with things. Today, the industry has grown far beyond its leading practitioner into one that
As Poland prepares for its closeup, with the introduction of a 30% cash rebate earlier this year, the local industry is gearing up to show the world how much it has to offer. Easily accessible from anywhere in Europe, the country boasts diverse locations, highly skilled crews, and a rich movie-making tradition. Even the lack
Check out the official The Invisible Man trailer starring Elisabeth Moss! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for The Invisible Man: https://www.fandango.com/the-invisible-man-2020-221261/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up
TCG, a consumer and digital media focused investment firm co-founded by former top News Corp exec Peter Chernin, announced that it closed an inaugural fund with over $700 million of commitments from investors. The company did not identify the investors that contributed to the fund. Chernin, together with former Goldman Sachs and media exec Jesse
Endeavor has recruited industry veteran Lloyd Braun to oversee WME and the rest of the company’s portfolio of representation and management businesses. As part of the arrangement, Endeavor has invested in Braun’s Whalerock Industries consulting banner. Whalerock will continue to function with Endeavor as operating partner. Whalerock chief operating officer Anne-Marie O’Neill will become CEO
“I’m so happy you’re here.” Those five words saved my life when I was a new DJ at KROQ. Working behind the mic at a legendary radio station can be an intimidating mindf—, and I had a bad case of Imposter Syndrome. I began talking myself out of doing the gig, paying too much attention
November 7, 2019 8:22AM PT “The Masked Singer” returned from its World Series enforced hiatus to slightly lower TV ratings numbers than before on Fox. A two-hour doubleheader of the singing competition show yielded a 2.0 rating among adults 18-49 in both hours, with the 9 p.m. slot growing in total viewership from the first,
When the story concerns the very fabric of the universe and the human characters require a CGI dæmon – a creature that embodies the person’s soul – the VFX bar for a TV production is going to be set sky-high. So it was with “His Dark Materials,” the lavish new series that has just bowed
The Oprah Winfrey Network has announced it is partnering with the Association of National Advertisers’ #SeeHer initiative, which aims to increase the accurate portrayal of women and girls in advertising and media, Variety has learned exclusively. The partnership is designed to encourage and empower brands to apply an intersectional lens in ads and entertainment media to
The percentage of LGBTQ series regulars on broadcast television in the 2019-2020 season has reached a record high of 10.2%, according to GLAAD’s annual “Where We Are on TV” report,” up from 8.8% in the previous season. That’s 90 out of 879 series regulars on broadcast scripted primetime TV. The study also found that LGBTQ
Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, who’s recently made significant moves into the country music sphere with her founding of the Highwomen and production of Tanya Tucker, will come to Nashville to receive CMT’s Impact Award at the network’s annual Next Women of Country event, taking place at the CMA Theater Nov. 12, the day before the CMA
If any brand knows its way around collaboration, its Adidas. But its latest team-up isn’t with your favorite rapper (the brand has partnered with Kanye) or the hottest star athlete (David Beckham, James Harden). This time Adidas is dipping its three-striped insole into the luxury pool for a special collaboration with Prada. “#Pradaforadidas @adidas @adidasoriginals.
Yahoo News published an augmented reality (AR) feature dubbed “Rebuilding Paradise” as part of a new partner program for immersive news content Thursday. The feature takes viewers inside the reconstruction process for a home destroyed in last year’s deadly Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. “We want to put the user in the middle of the
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, addressed the continuing controversy over her company’s policy to not fact-check political advertising — defending it as a critical part of “political discourse.” “This is a really complicated issue. It is hard, and there are a lot of strong opinions on all sides,” said Sandberg, speaking at Bloomberg’s The
The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, today announced that Bruce Wheeler has been promoted to general manager, effective immediately. Wheeler, a 30-year veteran of the live-entertainment and music industries, came aboard as the theater’s director of production in October of 2017, and has overseen the venue and its complex production system for more
Check out the official Soul Teaser Trailer starring Jamie Foxx! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Soul: https://www.fandango.com/soul-2020-221440/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US
November 7, 2019 6:00AM PT Dwayne Wade, Candace Parker and Shaquille O’Neal have a new teammate on TNT. Adam Lefkoe, the Bleacher Report host, will expand his duties under a new deal with Turner Sports that will make him the studio host for the Tuesday night broadcast of “NBA on TNT,” the AT&T-owned operation announced.
Worldwide royalty collections for creators of music, audiovisual, visual arts, drama and literature reached a record €9.65 billion in 2018 ($10.74 billion), according to the 2019 Global Collections Report published today by CISAC (the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers). The organization represents 232 member societies in 120 countries, totaling more than 4
Discovery Inc. is considering a range of options for making its U.S. content more widely available on a streaming platform designed to reach non-cable subscribers. Discovery CEO David Zaslav told Wall Street analysts on Thursday morning that the company will be making decisions over the next few months about how to best capitalize on the
Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren) is a widow in her 70s who lives in a home full of tasteful pastel furniture in a calmly boring suburb of London. She’s sweet, pretty, pert, and polite, with glowing skin framed by an impeccable gray-white coif; if Doris Day had been a conventional middle-class Englishwoman, she might have looked
Cinema Libre Studio has acquired Chinese drama “Enter the Forbidden City” and will release it in the U.S. in early 2020. Directed by female filmmaker Hu Mei and written by Zou Jingzhi (Zhang Yimou’s “Coming Home,” Wong Kar Wai’s “The Grandmaster”), the historical epic won the Chinese American Film Festival’s top prizes for best director
France is getting its own “Love Island” after Amazon ordered a local version of ITV’s sun-and-fun reality hit. The streamer has also ordered another unscripted French show, adventure format “The Missing One,” and two drama series, Cold War-set “Operation Totems” and “Voltaire, Mixte,” which is set in a French high school in the 1960s. Amazon
The $16.7 billion Asia Pacific market is the world’s No. 1 box office region, commanding a 40.6% share of the global total despite trade tensions between the U.S. and China, MPA and former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd said at the Asia Society’s U.S.-Asia Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles. “Whether you like it or not,
Amid some streamlining at Warner Bros.’ unscripted and alternative television division, Shed Media general manager Pamela Healy, Telepictures’ creative affairs exec vice president Stuart Krasnow and some development execs from each team are exiting, a source familiar with the matter has confirmed to Variety. Potential back-office efficiencies are also being considered between both groups’ operations
Netflix is putting boots on the ground in ever greater numbers and setting up offices and production hubs worldwide. With a splashy regional HQ being prepped in Amsterdam and a Paris office about to launch, as well as new outposts that opened this year in Sydney and Berlin and production facilities in countries including Canada
Exclusive Getty Chris Brown got the kind of attention from L.A. cops and city officials that someone gets when they commit a really serious crime … thing is, all he was doing was holding a yard sale. TMZ has learned, a swarm of authorities visited Chris’ San Fernando Valley property Tuesday … the day before
Bob Weis, the president of Walt Disney Imagineering and creative executive of the Shanghai Disney Resort, has outlined a cooperative rather than competitive view of newcomers to China’s theme park industry. “A rising tide raises all boats,” Weis told Variety on the sidelines of the Asia Society’s U.S.-Asia Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles. “The more there