Category Archives: News
Series Mania 2025, 10 Takes From the Fest’s New Commercial Edge to Crime’s Sway on European TV and the First Inkling of Market Rebound
Bowing March 21 with Apple TV+'s "Carme," an ambitious sex-sluiced French riposte to "Bridgerton," 2025's Series Mania lifted off with a spring in its step, standing tall for one more year as Europe's...
John Hopewell Mar 24, 2025
Sea.Hear.Now 2025: Blink-182, Hozier and LCD Soundsystem lead line-up
The line-up for New Jersey’s 2025 edition of the Sea.Hear.Now festival has been revealed – check out the line-up and ticketing details below. READ MORE: Blink-182 at Reading Festival 2024:...
Surej Singh Mar 24, 2025
Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist Zakk Wylde teases that the frontman could be in a “throne that flies over the stadium” for final Black Sabbath gig
Ozzy Osbourne‘s longtime collaborator and guitarist Zakk Wylde has teased that the frontman could be in a “throne that flies over the stadium” for Black Sabbath‘s final gig. RE...
Poppy Burton Mar 24, 2025
All3Media International Inks Multiple Pacts for New Pictures’ Thriller Series, ‘Protection’ (EXCLUSIVE)
All3Media International, the sales arm of the production-distribution U.K. giant behind such hits as "Fleabag" and "Midsomer Murders," has struck key deals in multiple territories for New Pictures' si...
Anna Marie de la Fuente Mar 24, 2025
CPH:Roughcut Filmmakers Talk Ukraine, OnlyFans, Migrant Hunter in Bulgaria, Stav Shaffir, Herding Tradition Under Threat (EXCLUSIVE)
The brand new CPH:Roughcut showcase, with five outstanding European documentary projects looking for distribution, sales and festival platforms, will be pitched Monday at Copenhagen's documentary fina...
Leo Barraclough Mar 24, 2025
Series Mania Competition Title ‘Generations,’ a Danish Family Chiller, Unpacked by Creator Anna Emma Haudal as DR Sales Drops Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
In Danish series 'Generations' created by Anna Emma Haudal, it's all in the family. "I've always been interested in family dynamics. It drives everything I write," she tells Variety ahead of the...
John Hopewell Mar 24, 2025
China Box Office: ‘Ne Zha 2’ Leads Again, as New Releases Make Modest Debuts
China’s box office for the weekend of March 21-23 saw “Ne Zha 2” maintaining its dominant position, while new releases made modest debuts. “Ne Zha 2” earned RMB85.7 milli...
Naman Ramachandran Mar 24, 2025
‘Gulliver’s Travels’ Set for ‘Fun’ TV Series Adaptation With ‘Full Monty’ Producer Uberto Pasolini as Showrunner (EXCLUSIVE)
Oscar-nominated multi-hyphenate Uberto Pasolini - who produced “The Full Monty” and most recently directed “The Return,” starring Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus - has embarked on a ...
Nvivarelli Mar 24, 2025
Amanda Seyfried Talks Her ‘F— ed Up’ Character in Series Mania Title ‘Long Bright River,’ Calls for Compassion for Victims of Addiction
Amanda Seyfried admired her "fearless" character Mickey Fitzpatrick in "Long Bright River". "She doesn't have a good bedside manner and rubs people the wrong way. But she just doesn't care what they t...
John Hopewell Mar 24, 2025
‘Parasite’ Studio CJ ENM Inks Three-Year Pact With Academy Museum to Spotlight Korean, Asian Cinema
Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM has locked a three-year partnership with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The deal, unveiled as CJ ENM celebrates its 30th anniversary, aims to amplify Kor...
Naman Ramachandran Mar 24, 2025