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Flanders Audiovisual Fund Is Small in Scale but Has Outsize Ambitions
It's a great moment for Flemish television. Just a few months after a historic four series at Canneseries ("How to Kill Your Sister," "Dead End," "The Big Fuck-Up" and "Surface"), the Dutch-speaking n...
Leo Barraclough Oct 10, 2025
How ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Star Wars’ Fandom Inspired Dean Devlin to Become a Billion Dollar Producer
Stepping into Dean Devlin's sun-filled, second-floor office in the West Hollywood headquarters of his company Electric Entertainment on an afternoon in mid-September, the first thing that grabs the at...
Todd Longwell Oct 10, 2025
Blackpink’s Jisoo and Zayn Malik Drop Duet ‘Eyes Closed’
South Korean superstar Jisoo of Blackpink has teamed up with British artist Zayn Malik for “Eyes Closed,” a new collaborative single released Friday via Warner Records. The release confirm...
Naman Ramachandran Oct 10, 2025
Hrithik Roshan to Make Streaming Debut as Producer With Prime Video Thriller ‘Storm’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan is making his debut as a producer in the streaming space, teaming with Prime Video for “Storm” (working title), a high-stakes thriller series set in Mumb...
Naman Ramachandran Oct 10, 2025
Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment Celebrates 25 Years of Success with ‘The Ark,’ ‘The Librarians,’ ‘Leverage’ and an Unexpected Business Model
When Dean Devlin launched Electric Entertainment back in 2000, he thought it was going to be business as usual. And that business was making big-budget, sci-fi adventure movies like "Stargate" (1994) ...
Todd Longwell Oct 10, 2025
France TV Distribution Boards Award Winning Thriller ‘Laura’s Treatments’ (EXCLUSIVE)
France TV Distribution has boarded "Laura's Treatments," a critically-acclaimed social thriller that recently took top honors at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival. The international distributor will la...
Becroll Oct 10, 2025
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Unveils Main Competition With Abu Bakr Shawky, Júlia de Paz Solvas, Thomas Stuber, J. Sengedorj and a Bold First Features Strand
One of the biggest festivals in Northern Europe, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PFF), headed by the charismatic Tiina Lokk, has unveiled its main competition and first feature strands. In the...
John Hopewell Oct 10, 2025
Judge drops Drake’s defamation suit over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’
Drake has lost his defamation suit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track ‘Not Like Us’. READ MORE: Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud: the full timel...
Poppy Burton Oct 10, 2025
How Fremantle Is Reaching Out to the YouTube Generation: ‘We Shouldn’t Give Up on Young People Just Because It’s Harder to Reach Them’
As he prepares to travel to Mipcom, Andrew Llinares, Fremantle's director of global entertainment, talks to Variety about his market slate and the enduring appeal of the production and distribution po...
Leo Barraclough Oct 10, 2025
Every song on the ‘Tron: Ares’ soundtrack
Tron: Ares has arrived in cinemas, but what songs make up the much-anticipated soundtrack? Find the full list below. READ MORE: Nine Inch Nails live at Mad Cool 2025: a blistering masterclass in ...
Max Pilley Oct 10, 2025