“Erratics,” featuring Denis Lavant, was awarded at IFFR’s co-production market CineMart. Directed by Thomas Woodroffe it tells the story of a ghost of a filmmaker, Lucien Castelnau, who, after a long time trapped in the glaciers of Patagonia, finally breaks free. The film – produced by Bloques Erráticos and co-produced by La Belle Affaire Productions
The board of ASIFA-Hollywood, the organization behind the 52nd annual Annie Awards, pondered, like many other organizers behind events on the awards season calendar, whether the show should be postponed or scaled back because of the devastating fires that ravaged Los Angeles in early January. Many members of the animation community are among those who’ve
In 2024, the volume of original TV series — scripted and unscripted — dropped significantly for a second straight year. Box office is up, comedy is hard, “Star Wars” fatigue is real and “Fool Me Once” was one of Netflix’s most-watched series of the year. Those are among the many conclusions drawn out in the
In a Florida courtroom last month, a plaintiff’s attorney asked jurors to “send a message” by holding CNN accountable for defaming security contractor Zachary Young. The jury responded, awarding $5 million to compensate Young — who was described as being part of a “black market” for refugees fleeing Afghanistan — for damage to his reputation.
M88 has signed actor Jaalen Best for representation. Best is primed for a breakout moment as he’s set to portray Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) in Amazon’s forthcoming show “The Greatest,” the first authorized scripted series about the life of the legendary boxer. Helmed by showrunner Ben Watkins, who also created the hit
Global music superstar J Balvin is making his first foray into anime voice acting, joining the cast of Crunchyroll and Aniplex’s “Solo Leveling Season 2 — Arise From the Shadow” in a key role. Though details of his part are being kept under wraps, the Grammy-nominated Colombian artist will provide both English and Spanish voice
Black Sabbath has announced what is being billed as the “final” show by its original lineup — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — a benefit titled ‘Back to the Beginning’ in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, England, taking place on July 5 at the city’s Villa Park. Also performing at “Back
China’s film market enjoyed a record-breaking Lunar New Year, amassing a staggering RMB9.51 billion ($1.31 billion) in total box office revenue over the seven-day holiday period ending Feb. 4, according to a new report from Maoyan Research Institute. With 187 million tickets sold, the lucrative holiday window set an all-time high for the period. The
Drake Disses LeBron With Lyric Change … Amid Beef Published February 5, 2025 7:24 AM PST | Updated February 5, 2025 8:38 AM PST Drake is still in his feelings when it comes to LeBron James … ’cause the rap superstar switched up his song lyrics to take shots at the Lakers champion amid their
Saturday Night Live star Chloe Fineman recently took to her front-facing camera for what she jokingly described as a PSA. “There is no such thing as a capsule wardrobe,” she said. “You’re not capsuling, curating…you’re just buying.” Fineman’s tone may have been arch, but she was tapping into a collective frustration with prescriptive personal style—if
Disney thinks an emerging suite of so-called “skinny bundles” serves as a better way to make ESPN available to cord-cutters than Venu, a now-scuttled streaming sports joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox Corp., ever would have. Disney’s goal for ESPN is “to make ESPN as accessible as possible and in as many ways
In Prime Video‘s “Newtopia,” love doesn’t just survive the apocalypse — it thrives in it. The Korean series pairs Blackpink‘s Jisoo and acclaimed actor Park Jeong-min in a romantic comedy with undead twists that’s being billed as a fresh take on the zombie genre. The series follows Lee Jae-yoon (Park), a late military conscript, and
A24 has signed a deal with Nordic studio and distributor Nordisk Film to release its films across Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. The first titles covered by the non-exclusive agreement are Josh Safdie’s comedy “Marty Supreme” with Timothée Chalamet, Benny Safdie’s sports drama “The Smashing Machine” with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, Mark Anthony Gordon’s
“Dog Man” is expected to lead the box office pack as two newcomers, Universal’s action comedy “Love Hurts” and Sony’s gory slasher “Heart Eyes,” join the fray. In what’s expected to be another chilly winter weekend for cinemas, “Love Hurts” and Heart Eyes” are each targeting single-digit debuts of $7 million to $8 million. That
Thirteen years after “Mummy Is Coming,” American filmmaker Cheryl Dunye (“The Watermelon Woman”) is gearing up to produce a new feature film with “Black Is Blue” through her production company Jingletown Films. The film, loosely based on her eponymous 2014 short, is one of the projects selected at this year’s CineMart, the co-production market of
A drama featuring Sylvester Stallone and France’s minister for gender equality, Aurore Bergé, is becoming a catalyst for a battle pitting Europe’s thriving dubbing industry against the existential threat of AI. For 50 years, Bergé’s father, Alain Dorval, was known as the “Voix de Stallone.” From the 1970’s onwards French audiences identified Dorval’s baritone with
Universal has unveiled the trailer for “Jurassic World Rebirth.” This feature will mark the seventh film in the 31-year-old cinematic franchise. The official synopsis for “Jurassic World Rebirth” reads: “Five years post-‘Jurassic World Dominion,’ an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.” Scarlett Johansson plays
Netflix has revealed its slate of original series and films from Thailand and Indonesia set to premiere throughout 2025, as the streaming service continues to invest in Southeast Asian content at a time when “the competition is pulling back,” according to Minyoung Kim, VP of Netflix Content (APAC, ex-India). The Thai slate features nine titles,
Kay Burley, one of the most recognizable figures on U.K. news and a 36-year veteran of Sky News, has announced that she is retiring from the network. She said it had been “an honour and a privilege to work with some of the best and hardest working teams in the business” as she closed Sky
Animated blockbuster “Moana 2” put wind into Disney‘s sales for the last three months of 2024. The sequel’s strong showing at the box office, along with another profitable quarter for Disney+ and Hulu, helped the Mouse House beat Wall Street forecasts for revenue and earnings. Disney’s entertainment streaming business, comprising Disney+ and Hulu, delivered its
Gaëtan Bruel, the former director of the French Cultural Services in the U.S., has been appointed president of France’s National Film Board (CNC), the country’s most powerful film institution. The 36-year-old joins the CNC from France’s Ministry of Culture, where he’s worked as chief of staff since January 2024. Prior to that, he spearheaded the
British pop royalty Take That will take the stage at the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards, performing their hit single “Greatest Day,” featured in the BAFTA-nominated film “Anora.” Jeff Goldblum will play the piano for the In Memoriam segment. The actor-musician, who recently wowed audiences as The Wizard in the hit “Wicked” film adaptation, brings his
The first trailer for drama series “Other People’s Money,” which has its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, debuts here. Variety spoke to its producers and the creator-showrunner about how they crafted the show, which is inspired by the real story of the biggest tax fraud in European history. Beta Film is handling worldwide
No one lauds the “Wicked” quite like Billie Eilish, at least when she is in full Ariana Grande fangirl mode, as she was in interviewing her longtime singing heroine after a screening of the movie musical in Hollywood Tuesday night. The Q&A at the Directors Guild of America’s theater, held for Academy and guild members,
“Scream 7″ star Mason Gooding says with Kevin Williamson at the helm, who wrote the original 1996 movie-centric slasher, franchise villain Ghostface is “the most brutal he’s been” in the seventh installment. “It feels like an amplification of what’s came before, and there’s no better indication of that than Kevin Williamson, who wrote the original,
After Lin-Manuel Miranda collaborated with director Jon M. Chu on the 2021 movie musical “In The Heights,” the pair almost worked together on 2024’s biggest Broadway adaptation: “Wicked.” During a recent appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Miranda explained that he had his eye on the role of a munchkin who delivers a
A love letter to the the people and places of the New York borough for which it’s named, “Love, Brooklyn” is also a showcase for the talents of its three attractive lead actors. In this entry at Sundance’s US dramatic competition, Andre Holland, Nicole Beharie and DeWanda Wise play upwardly mobile creative New Yorkers in
As a sequel series to the beloved “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is in the works with a near pilot order at Hulu, the original show’s 1997 premiere date is nearing its 30th anniversary. Sarah Michelle Gellar is in final talks to reprise the iconic title character and there are dozens of prolific actors who, like
A 14-year-old is obliged to stay at her grandparents’ lake home after her impulsive mom elopes and decides to prioritize her new husband. At the competitive music camp across the water, a determined young violinist pushes himself to be named first chair, sacrificing the personal connections he covets more. Meanwhile, at the local bar, a
The Peacock horror thriller series “Hysteria!” has been canceled after just one season, Variety has learned exclusively. The show aired its one and only season at the streamer in October 2024. It had originally been ordered to series in August 2022 and began production in 2023, but was forced to shut down after filming just
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