variety.comadded August 2026
Varietyby Guy Lodge7 Sept 2026
The title of “Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing” is the closest that Erik Shirai‘s documentary comes to a joke at the expense of its subject: sumo wrestling, the Japanese sport largely known in the...
Varietyby Anna Marie de la Fuente7 Sept 2026
Enterprising Flemish broadcaster VRT has boarded the historical coming-of-age drama series ‘King of Hearts’ from Giles Coulier, whose company, De Wereldvrede, is behind such hits as 2019 series...
Varietyby Alex Ritman7 Sept 2026
Gary Oldman‘s connection to the world of James Bond may be unknown, but the actor claims to have some key information about the casting of the next 007.
Varietyby Todd Spangler7 Sept 2026
Sony’s Tom Rothman took a bit of a victory lap with the studio’s boffo success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” which has become the highest-grossing film of 2026 to date.
Varietyby Ellise Shafer7 Sept 2026
When Pamela Anderson was diagnosed with hepatitis C in the late ’90s, there was no cure. “It was a death sentence.
Varietyby Kevin Giraud7 Sept 2026
It’s been almost 240 years since France started its very first Revolution. But fear not, French TV producers still have what it takes to bring yet another one to modern fiction, blending hints of...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran7 Sept 2026
Countries, screen industry bodies and rights organizations adopted five thematic declarations at the Lumière Summit on Monday at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, establishing...
Varietyby Cynthia Littleton7 Sept 2026
Top filmmakers including Richard Linklater, Rebecca Zlotkowski, Jafar Panahi, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Wim Wenders, Tarik Saleh and Jia Zhang-ke have signed on to take part in the...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran7 Sept 2026
Monday’s Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence generated a cluster of industry announcements alongside its headline declarations, with deals spanning co-production financing, distribution...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran7 Sept 2026
France and Korea have each pledged €500 million ($581 million) to a joint initiative designed to strengthen the global screen industries, with the first funding instruments deploying from 2027...
Varietyby Emeza8057 Sept 2026
France TV Distribution is presenting four new TV movies, including two female-fronted action thrillers, a light crime drama and a dramedy, at this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre, which...
Varietyby Nvivarelli7 Sept 2026
French actor and director Louis Garrel, who gained international fame starring in Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Dreamers,” is at the Venice Film Festival with a film by another Italian auteur, Nanni...
Varietyby Emeza8057 Sept 2026
Paris-based Halley Production has boarded Javier Polo’s feature film thriller project “Carro Seco” (“Carreau”), showcased at the upcoming Iberseries & Platino Industria’s Co-Production and...
Varietyby Anna Marie de la Fuente7 Sept 2026
Cuba’s Jorge Perugorría, best known for his lead role in the iconic Oscar-nominated Cuban classic “Strawberry and Chocolate” (“Fresa y Chocolate”), has been cast in the upcoming film, “Hotel...
Varietyby Alex Ritman7 Sept 2026
The original lead cast of cult Brit teen comedy series “The Inbetweeners” are officially back for the upcoming reunion movie at Netflix, which the streamer has confirmed is now in production.
Varietyby Owen Gleiberman7 Sept 2026
In a world where Lindsay Clancy can inspire an onslaught of sympathetic voyeuristic fascination, why not Elizabeth Holmes?
Varietyby Todd Gilchrist7 Sept 2026
The self-professed “story of a theatrical revolution and how it shaped a nation,” Freddie Fox’s documentary “Into the Breach” attempts to chronicle the impact that British theater has exerted on...
Varietyby Emeza8057 Sept 2026
Paris-based The Party Film Sales, attached to Oscar-nominated “The Voice of Hind Rajab” and Cannes Un Certain Regard winner “Congo Boy,” has inked multiple deals on the French documentary “Tax Me...
Varietyby Postcardjunky7 Sept 2026
Venice Golden Lion winner Lav Diaz (“The Woman Who Left”), who returns to the Lido this week with the Venice Open selection “Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors” (Makikiraan Po), is in post-production...
Varietyby Nvivarelli7 Sept 2026
A group of prominent Palestinian, Arab and international filmmakers and industry professionals on Monday launched the Gaza Cinema Academy at the Venice Film Festival.
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