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Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions is gearing up for the second edition of its “No Drama” filmmaker initiative, presented in partnership with Universal Film. The global initiative — developed by Universal’s Filmmaker…
SFFilm will present a special preview screening A24’s “Club Kid” in 35mm at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre on Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m. with writer, director and star Jordan Firstman making an appearance for a post-screening…
Oscar-winning production designer Patrice Vermette will be honored with Variety’s Creative Impact in Production Design Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. Vermette is Denis Villeneuve’s go-to production designer.…
Among the five Madrid Film School (ECAM) Incubator titles this year comes “The Unmoving Hands” (“Las manos quietas”) from Barcelona-based Victor Diago, who describes his project as a “queer horror story about desire,…
Colombia’s Federico Durán, long associated with Rhayuela Films (“Alias María”) where he remains a shareholder, has officially launched his new company El Sol Ermitaño at the San Sebastian Film Festival where the first…
“Lucky Dog: Paws with Purpose,” a new series from Hearst Media Production Group, will premiere Oct. 3 on CBS, as part of its “CBS WKND” Saturday morning educational/informational lineup for the 2026-27 season. In “Lucky…
Diane Lane has joined the upcoming Hulu-Onyx Collective limited series “Victoria,” Variety has learned. The erotic thriller, which was announced last week with a series order, will star Li Jun Li as Maxine Tao, who is…
Vice TV has greenlit the anthology docuseries “Everybody Hates,” Variety has learned exclusively. The show goes behind the scenes on polarizing figures in the sports world, with each episode profiling a different…
One of the highlights of this year’s festival circuit, “La Gradiva” has debuted its trailer ahead of its Dec. 18 release in the U.S. which will be handled by 1.2 Special. It was one of the five films shortlisted by the…
Leah Nelson’s “Tangles,” Louis Clichy’s “Iron Boy” and Ervin Han and Raúl García’s “The Violinist” are among the titles set to screen during Animation Is Film’s ninth edition. The festival will take place October 16…
Verve has signed Quan Millz, the publishing phenom behind one of BookTok’s biggest literary empires, for representation. The agency will work with Millz to expand his catalog and audience across publishing, film,…
The Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFIFF) has announced this year’s lineup, which will open with Robert Burnett’s “In Memoriam,” starring Marc Maron, and close with James Gray’s “Paper Tiger,” starring Adam…
For decades, law-enforcement procedurals have been staples on television, and when they are done well, these series build loyal fanbases that stick with them for years. NBC’s newest drama, “Line of Fire” is from…
Paris-based sales agent Urban Sales has boarded Ricardo Alves Jr.’s “The French Teacher” ahead of its world premiere at the Horizontes Latinos section of the San Sebastián International Film Festival. The deal is part…
Just when staffers at CNN thought the news giant’s path to the future was becoming more clear, new fog has set in. In recent weeks, the Warner Bros. Discovery outlet appeared to have found its groove. Yes, its linear…
Covered by Variety, BBC News – Entertainment & Arts. There’s no long tail like a “Choosin’ Texas” long tail. Ella Langley’s smash has just set the all-time record for the most weeks spent by a single at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: 23. That pushes it out of the…
Lionel Richie will miss at least a few concert dates after being hospitalized this week and undergoing a procedure to treat atrial fibrillation, the singer’s rep says. “Lionel underwent a common procedure for Atrial…
From Donna Langley to Pearlena Igbokwe to Frances Berwick to Liz Jenkins, female executives largely run the show at NBCUniversal. In television, Igbokwe’s core team is tasked with overseeing NBCU’s television studio…
Geico’s famous animated Gecko used to turn up only in TV commercials. He recently enjoyed guest-star billing on a podcast. The cartoonish figure with the sophisticated accent appeared in June on WNBA player Azzi Fudd’s…
Jensen Ackles is set to star in the thriller series “Rules of Prey,” which has been greenlit at MGM+. The eight-episode series is based on the book of the same name by John Sandford (a.k.a John Camp), which is the first…