variety.comadded August 2026
Varietyby Zack Sharf3 Sept 2026
Miley Cyrus has dropped her last name in the lead up to her tenth studio album, “Bass Persuades,” prompting her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, to speak out on X in defense of the decision.
Varietyby Varietyschneider3 Sept 2026
Vertical/microseries studio and platform aTwist, founded by TV vets Jana Winograde, Susan Rovner and Lloyd Braun, launched Thursday with a slate of scripted, unscripted and animation originals.
Varietyby Nvivarelli3 Sept 2026
Paolo Strippoli, who is Italy’s hottest young helmer of genre movies, is back at Venice Film Festival with “The Spiral.” The high-concept thriller stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a demonic...
Varietyby Alex Ritman3 Sept 2026
Lesley Manville battles snow and spies in the trailer for upcoming Cold War thriller “Winter of the Crow,” from director Kasia Adamik and set against the turmoil of 1981 Warsaw.
Varietyby Rebecca Rubin3 Sept 2026
Sisters Rooney and Kate Mara had to talk in sync with each other for Werner Herzog’s drama “Bucking Fastard,” revealing the challenge was “surprisingly” easy for them.
Varietyby Isabelle Farina3 Sept 2026
Colman Domingo will emcee the fifth annual Caring for Women Dinner on Sept. 10 at The Pool in New York City. Paris Hilton will DJ at the after-party.
Varietyby Jennie Punter3 Sept 2026
Verve Ventures has boarded Jerome Sable’s black comedy “Wolf of the North” for North American sales ahead of its bow at Frontières at TIFF: The Market.
Varietyby Rebecca Rubin3 Sept 2026
John Malkovich is downplaying the Oscar buzz that he’s already getting for “Wild Horse Nine,” a darkly comedic drama that premieres at the Venice Film Festival.
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran3 Sept 2026
Gloria Steinem, the writer and activist who became the public face of the American women’s movement and helped launch Ms. magazine, died Wednesday at her home in New York City. She was 92.
Varietyby Ellise Shafer3 Sept 2026
Amelia Dimoldenberg is ending her viral YouTube series “Chicken Shop Date” after 12 years. The host, writer and producer announced the news on Thursday in an Instagram post, writing: “I never...
Varietyby Postcardjunky3 Sept 2026
Swiss French filmmaker Ursula Meier (“The Line”) is prepping her long-gestating English-language debut, “Quiet Land,” a detective story-cum-romantic drama set in Big Sky country that she’ll be...
Varietyby Elskes3 Sept 2026
Sandra Hüller will star in “Arbeit und Struktur” (“Work and Structure”), Maria Schrader’s adaptation of the acclaimed autobiographical work by German writer and artist Wolfgang Herrndorf.
Varietyby Leo Barraclough3 Sept 2026
Movie marketing and publicity specialist Rob Deacon has set up Phoenix Film Finance to leverage his expertise in the industry to make an impact on the independent production scene.
Varietyby Postcardjunky3 Sept 2026
Mexican animators Roy and Arturo Ambriz, the groundbreaking duo behind their country’s first-ever stop-motion animated feature, are hoping to hit a high note with “Ballad of the Phoenix,” which the...
Varietyby Emeza8053 Sept 2026
“Our Missing Sons,” a politically charged French mystery series inspired by true events, is making its international market debut at this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre ahead of its...
Varietyby Alex Ritman3 Sept 2026
See-Saw Films, the multi-award winning Brit TV and film banner behind “Slow Horses” and upcoming Apple original feature “Tenzing,” has hired Ben Irving as managing director.
Varietyby Leo Barraclough3 Sept 2026
“The Possessed,” the third feature by Bosnian-Dutch writer/director Ena Sendijarević, has completed casting as the film moves toward principal photography, with a trio of hot talents boarding the...
Varietyby Postcardjunky3 Sept 2026
Greek filmmaker Elina Psykou (“Stray Bodies”) has attached a trio of Hellenic heavyweights to the cast of “Patrimonial Fears and Other Illusions,” which will head to the Venice Gap-Financing Market...
Varietyby John Hopewell3 Sept 2026
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (also known as PÖFF), the largest and only A-list festival in the Baltics, is turning the spotlight on Baltic Cinema, with...
Varietyby Tanya Fedak3 Sept 2026
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “12th Quarter,” the Season 2 finale of “Chad Powers,” now streaming on Disney + and Hulu. It sure is tough being Chad Powers.
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