Javier Bardem‘s upcoming Spanish-language drama “El Ser Querido” from multiple Goya Award-winning writer-director Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“The Realm,” “The Beasts”) is heading to the EFM with the English title “The Beloved,” with Goodfellas launching the project to buyers. The film — also starring Victoria Luengo (“The Room Next Door”) — is a drama about an acclaimed film director
Representation for women in leading or co-lead roles hit a record high in the top-grossing films of 2024, while opportunities for people of color took a sharp decline. For the first time since Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative began evaluating each year’s 100 top-grossing films (1,800 in total since 2007),
Drake & PartyNextDoor What Super Bowl Burn??? We Got $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U!!! Published February 11, 2025 9:53 AM PST Drake and his OVO Sound compadre PartyNextDoor are putting Kendrick Lamar‘s Halftime Show shots at them in their rearview mirror … as they they try to respond to that huge moment in the culture.
Every season of “The White Lotus” marks a leveling up in ambition. The first, Maui-set season of the HBO anthology was a COVID-era contingency plan, shaped by the need for speed and physical isolation. After its creative and commercial success elevated auteur Mike White into the pantheon of prestige showrunners, Season 2 ventured further afield,
Kanye West‘s Yeezy.com is no longer online amid controversy over the rapper selling a swastika shirt on the merchandise website. Visitors to the Yeezy website are now met with error messages that read “something went wrong” and “this store is unavailable.” The site had used e-commerce platform Shopify to complete its transactions. “All merchants are
Fox is breaking into the mobile gaming business with a title based on its hit reality competition “The Masked Singer.” Launching Wednesday tied to “The Masked Singer” Season 13 premiere, “The Masked Singer: Mask Mania” mobile game app tasks the player with clearing levels by shooting digital bubbles, which include “Masked Singer” characters like Ice
Justin Vernon’s band Bon Iver is returning with a new album. The record — “SABLE, fABLE” — is set to be released on April 11 via Jagjaguwar. It follows the critically-acclaimed three-song EP “SABLE,” which was released in October. The first single “Everything Is Peaceful Love” is set to arrive this Friday, which happens to be Valentine’s
As YouTube marks its 20th anniversary this year, CEO Neal Mohan is positioning the video platform as a core player in the media and entertainment ecosystem — and the culture at large. Mohan, a longtime Google and YouTube exec, is now in his third year as CEO after assuming the role in February 2023. In
Autlook Filmsales has acquired “Cutting Through Rocks,” winner of the Grand Jury Prize of the World Cinema Documentary Competition section at Sundance Film Festival. Autlook will host a market screening of the film at Berlin’s European Film Market. The film was directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni, and produced by Gandom Films Production. It
As the European Film Market kicks off Feb. 13 in Berlin with a new market head, Tanja Meissner, at the helm, this year’s buzziest titles suggest the industry will be looking toward tried-and-true genre fare and splashy, star-driven packages to thaw the winter chill. Bankable stars are expected to heat things up in Berlin, with
Starring Elsa Pataky (“The Fast and the Furious,” “Furiosa – A Mad Max Saga”) and “Money Heist’s” Enrique Arce and Hovik Keuchkerian, SkyShowtime Original “Shades” (“Matices”) and Bulgarian drama “Shattered Bonds” will head Beta Film’s slate at the Berlin Festival’s European Film Market. “Shades” is one of the two titles featured at a Berlinale Series
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is set to showcase its newly-acquired family competition format, “100 Choices,” at the London Screenings. Acquired from Japan’s Fany Studio, this competition format brings a blend of physical challenges and brain-busting questions. In 100 Choices, contestants are presented with a nearly impossible question and 100 potential answers. To help narrow down
Scandinavia’s leading sales agent TrustNordisk has swooped on the international sales rights of Amanda Kernell’s “Brace your Heart” (“Förbannelsen”) ahead of the European Film Market in Berlin. The Swedish drama, which starts filming this week in the Kiruna region, Northern Sweden, is Kernell’s third pic after the Swedish Oscar entry “Charter” and her acclaimed debut “Sami Blood” (a
As the Berlinale prepares to kick off its 75th edition on Thursday, the festival has clarified its position on freedom of expression, including when it comes to showing solidarity with Palestine. In a FAQ post on dialogue and exchange published on Tuesday, organizers — led by Tricia Tuttle in her debut as artistic director —
Indie distributor Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to “Paying for It,” an indie comedy about an introverted cartoonist who starts sleeping with sex workers that premiered positively in Toronto. Set in the late ’90s, “Paying for It” is a live-action adaptation of Canadian alternative-cartoonist Chester Brown’s bestselling graphic novel. In the partly autobiographical film,
Madrid-based Onza, one of Spain’s top indie production-distribution houses, has kicked off filming on Season 2 of hit gridlock comedy series “Traffic Jam” (“Atasco), which is set to premiere on Prime Video Spain. It has also shared on-set photos in exclusivity with Variety. Launched May 24 on Prime Video Spain, the first season of the series
BBC Studios has confirmed that it is discontinuing its local production activities in India and has struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with Banijay Asia to adapt its formats for the Indian market. The deal gives Banijay Asia exclusive rights to BBC Studios’ unscripted and scripted format catalog in India. The agreement takes effect after BBC
Miles Teller has landed another lead role. The “Whiplash” and “Top Gun: Maverick” star is set to play Italian cycling champion and WWII hero Gino Bartali in upcoming biopic “Bartali.” The hot project comes from directing duo E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, who won an Oscar for their documentary “Free Solo” and made their
Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù has landed a leading film role. The fast-rising British actor — best-known for “Gangs of London” but recently seen in the third season of “Slow Horses” — will appear in “My Father’s Shadow,” the feature directorial debut of British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies, whose Sundance-winning short film “Lizard” was BAFTA nominated. The film, co-written by
In a key strategic move and following some of the smart TV money in these current times, New Regency has partnered with Bravado Equity to drive into Europe, making its first European series acquisition “Beyond” (aka “Oderbruch”), one of the standout recent TV hits in Europe. New Regency will launch “Beyond” at the London TV
Barcelona-based sales agency Jambika Docs has acquired the documentary feature “Noah” ahead of the European Film Market in Berlin. “Noah” will have a limited theatrical release in Spain followed by a broadcast on TV3, À Punt Televisió of Valencia and RTVE. The film follows Noah, a 26-year-old activist, who has turned her battle against seven
South Korea’s Plus M Entertainment arrives at the 2025 Berlin European Film Market (EFM) with a star-studded lineup led by “Squid Game 2″ actor Kang Ha-neul in crime thriller “Yadang: The Snitch” and an international cast including Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, and “Squid Game” actor Hoyeon in Na Hong-jin’s “Hope.” “Yadang:
Prime Video India is diving back into the mysterious world of Kaalipattanam with “Suzhal – The Vortex” Season 2. The sophomore season of the critically acclaimed Tamil-language crime thriller promises to unravel a fresh mystery against the backdrop of the visually striking Ashtakaali festival. The series picks up where the first season’s climactic finale left
On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart‘s ex-correspondent, John Oliver, made a surprise appearance to “gloat” about Donald Trump ushering in America’s “monarchy era” with his unprecedented use of executive authority. After failing to identify anyone who could stand up to Trump as he runs rampant with executive orders and government cutbacks,
Blackpink star Lisa battled some nerves while making her acting debut in the new season of HBO’s “The White Lotus.” The K-pop player told Variety on the red carpet that she sees a possible action movie in her future. And while she enjoyed bonding with her castmates during the “White Lotus” shoot in Thailand, she
Armie Hammer is addressing the allegations that derailed his Hollywood career four years ago. And while he spoke candidly about his harmful behavior, he insisted his actions were “not illegal.” “People were sort of like my bags of dope with skin on them,” Hammer said on “The Louis Theroux Podcast.” “You make me feel amazing,
Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, best known for competing on two dozen seasons of MTV’s “The Challenge,” is under fire for a message posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Feb. 4. It all began days earlier, as he shared multiple messages about the competition between “The Challenge,” “Big Brother,” “Survivor” and other reality shows. On Feb. 3,
The Super Bowl has achieved its biggest audience ever for the second year in a row: An average of 126 million viewers watched the Philadelphia Eagles play the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 9. That’s a 2% improvement from last year’s telecast, which was already reported by Nielsen as the largest TV audience it had
Ke Huy Quan told Entertainment Weekly that Harrison Ford calmed his nerves when he got scared on the set of Steven Spielberg’s 1984 adventure “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” which marked Quan’s first acting job. He was just a child at the time. “When we shot this sequence, I was so scared,” Quan
Kanye West‘s Yeezy.com advertisement during Sunday night’s Super Bowl stunned viewers with its bizarre vibe. But then what happened next shocked the station execs who ran it and media buyers who approved the spot even more: West immediately flipped the website after the ad aired, replacing its previous content with just one item: A swastika
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