variety.comadded August 2026
Varietyby Varietymattdonnelly27d ago
The Toronto International Film Festival is still obsessed with “Obsession.” The blockbuster horror indie sold out of the festival last year, launched digital creator Curry Barker as an auteur and...
Varietyby Jennie Punter27d ago
Sandra Wollner’s “Everytime” lands in Toronto this week for its North American premiere, kicking off a run that includes both the New York and Vancouver film festivals, and aiming to amplify the...
Varietyby Carolehorst27d ago
Earlier this year, Belgium’s Flanders region returned to the Berlinale competition after a 45-year hiatus with Anke Blondé’s “Dust.” A few months later, Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, the...
Varietyby Joseph Otterson27d ago
Ben Platt and Russell Tovey have joined the fifth and final season of “Industry,” Variety has learned.
Varietyby Postcardjunky27d ago
Nigerian super-producer Mo Abudu returns to the red carpet at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival this week, where “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives,” premiering in the TIFF Centrepiece strand...
Varietyby Emeza80527d ago
In making “Jo of Montreal,” Ameen Nayfeh, director of the award-winning Palestinian drama “200 Meters,” embarked on a very different kind of project than his debut feature, namely a feel-good...
Varietyby Todd Spangler27d ago
As U.S. politicians on both sides of the aisle have taken aim at the growing cost and complexity for Americans to watch their favorite sports teams on streaming services, three of the industry’s...
Varietyby Mya Copeland27d ago
Ziwe Fumudoh has built her career in comedy and as an interview host who can handle any guest, from political figures to drag queens.
Varietyby Rafa Sales Ross27d ago
Luciana Paes (“Friendly Beast”) and Camila Márdila (“I’m Still Here”) have been cast in “The Favorite Daughter” (“A Filha Favorita”), the new film by rising Brazilian director Rafaela Camelo.
Varietyby Kevin Giraud27d ago
How far would you go to keep a love one close? Belgian studio Fabrique Fantastique‘s debut animated feature “Juul” comes to TIFF Market a few days after Studio 100 Film announced having picked up...
Varietyby Cynthia Littleton27d ago
Rising entrepreneur Steven Bartlett has teamed with Authentic Brands to launch OBSN, a business venture designed to support creators and facilitate the development of consumer products and services...
Varietyby Clayton Davis27d ago
Oscar nominee Salma Hayek Pinault is stepping behind the camera. Variety can exclusively reveal that the Oscar-nominated actor of “Frida” and Emmy-nominated actress and producer of “Ugly Betty”...
Varietyby Emeza80527d ago
Distribution, by common consent, has become the weakest link in the whole of the film industry. If it weren’t for public-sector aid, it would hardly exist.
Varietyby Jennie Punter27d ago
On the heels of global sensation “Heated Rivalry,” Canadian streamer Crave is bringing witchy back with “Yaga,” writer and showrunner Kat Sandler’s horror mystery series in which the ancient lore...
Varietyby William Earl27d ago
Macklemore has responded to being dropped from the remaining U.S. dates of Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour, after comments he made onstage about Palestine drew controversy.
Varietyby Jordan Moreau27d ago
Bob Mackie, the “Sultan of Sequins” known for creating flamboyant, show-stopping looks for divas like Cher and Diana Ross, died Monday. He was 87.
Varietyby Todd Spangler27d ago
Netflix has hit the start button on multiple adaptations of Sega hit gaming franchises. The first project under the companies’ new multititle deal is a feature-film adaptation of “Crazy Taxi,”...
Varietyby Jem Aswad27d ago
The annual Stagecoach festival will return to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. next April, and as usual it has a powerful set of headliners: Garth Brooks, Riley Green and Zach Top, with a...
Varietyby Cynthia Littleton27d ago
Amanda Brocato has been promoted to president of Rosenfield Media Group, where she helps lead the corporate communications practice and drives business development and strategy for the independent...
Varietyby Alex Ritman27d ago
SkyShowtime, the European streaming service co-owned by Comcast and Paramount Skydance, could be shuttered.
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