Category Archives: Variety

Action-Thriller ‘The Butler,’ Starring Jean Reno and Tom Hollander, Sells to Multiple Territories (EXCLUSIVE)
K5 Intl. has closed a raft of sales on action-thriller "The Butler," starring Jean Reno and Tom Hollander, which receives its final market screening in Cannes on Saturday evening. Buyers are Arna (CIS...
Leo Barraclough May 16, 2026

‘Once Upon a Time in Gaza’ Wins Best Film at Critics Awards for Arab Films Announced in Cannes
Gaza-born twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser’s “Once Upon a Time in Gaza,” their riff on the Western genre that premiered last year in Un Certain Regard, won best film at the 10th ...
Nvivarelli May 16, 2026

Julianne Moore Doesn’t Want to Act in Movies ‘With Explosions and Guns’ When ‘Things Are Rough Globally’: ‘I Don’t Want to Watch It’
Julianne Moore reflected on her decades-long career in a conversation with Variety‘s Angelique Jackson during a Kering Women in Motion Talk at Cannes on Saturday, discussing everything from fema...
Ellise Shafer May 16, 2026

Jaime King and Natasha Lyonne Team for ‘Pet Sematary’ Director Mary Lambert’s Dark Comedy Thriller ‘Darlene’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Jaime King and Natasha Lyonne are to star in and produce “Darlene,” a dark-comedy thriller from director Mary Lambert, best known for helming the 1989 adaptation of Stephen King's “P...
Alex Ritman May 16, 2026

It’s Time for German Dogma as Tom Tykwer, Nora Fingscheidt, Kurdwin Ayub, İlker Çatak and Helene Hegemann Pledge to Create Five Films According to Its Rules
The Dogma 25 movement is spreading. Tom Tykwer, Kurdwin Ayub, lker atak, Nora Fingscheidt and Helene Hegemann have joined forces as a group to create five independent films under its umbrella, i...
Marta Balaga May 16, 2026

‘Mask’ and ‘Eraser’ Director Chuck Russell, Higgsfield Team for AI-Driven Sci-Fi Features ‘Hyperia’ and ‘b’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Two original sci-fi features built around generative AI across their entire production pipeline have been unveiled at the Cannes Film Market, as filmmaker Chuck Russell and his company Neumorphic AI s...
Naman Ramachandran May 16, 2026

‘Club Kid’ Review: Jordan Firstman Cleans Up His Act in a Sweet, Surprisingly Old-Fashioned Heartwarmer
Jordan Firstman’s first Cannes premiere began with him gleefully twerking on the red-carpeted steps of the festival’s Debussy theater, before expressing in his onstage intro how thrilled h...
Guy Lodge May 16, 2026

Matilda Lutz, Suzanne Clément, Holt McCallany and Fernanda Urrejola Star in Nicolas Bary’s Futuristic Thriller ‘Increase’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Nicolas Bary (“Trouble at Timpetill”) is gearing up for his next feature, “Increase,” an English-language futuristic thriller starring an international cast led by Matilda Lutz...
Elskes May 16, 2026

Augenschein Moves Up a Level With Filmmaker-Driven Movies With Stars Attached Like Anne Hathaway, Ethan Hawke, Kristen Stewart
Fresh off the success of "Mother Mary," starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Cole, German production company Augenschein is stepping up a level with more Hollywood projects and higher budgets. The comp...
Leo Barraclough May 16, 2026

‘Carte Blanche’ Director Gerardo Herrero Discusses Blowback of Spain’s War in Morocco and Rise of Franco
"Carte Blanche" is a harrowing thriller that explores Spain's seemingly forgotten Rif War in Morocco, the innate dehumanization of conflict that spurs rampant killing and its impact on the countryR...
Emeza805 May 16, 2026