Category Archives: Variety

It's been almost 50 years since the first "Star Wars" was released. And it's taken that long for a movie in the beloved franchise - "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" - to be shot in Los Angeles. ...

“Star Wars” has officially returned to the big screen courtesy of “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” and members of the film press are calling the franchise’s comeback “a...

Copenhagen-based sales outfit TrustNordisk has acquired international rights to "Shadow & Light" from acclaimed Danish writer-director Niels Arden Oplev ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "We Sha...

For his historical drama "Moulin," which premieres in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Oscar-winning Hungarian filmmaker Lszl Nemes ("Son of Saul") traveled back in time to WWII-era ...

Several characters in "Decorado" are on the brink of a mental breakdown. Poverty, unemployment and a constant state of paranoia have driven them to feel like they are trapped inside an artificial set,...

Oscar-Nominated "Sentimental Value" star Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas will join "The Secret Agent" lead Wagner Moura on Brazilian film "The Outsider," where Ibsdotter Lilleaas will have the central role. &...

Producer Ohno Atsuko of Hassaku Labs, whose Fukada Koji film “Nagi Notes” is competing at the Cannes Film Festival this year, is reteaming with writer-director Pan Nalin on “The Man ...

“Everybody Digs Bill Evans,” the jazz biopic that received a rapturous reception in the Berlinale and would go on to win the Silver Bear for director Grant Gee, has been picked up for the ...

Warner Bros.' Spanish romantic dramas "All That We Never Were" and "Ask Me What You Want" have struck major sales deals. International sales agent FilmSharks reports that all North American rights to ...

The city that works is now into overtime. During the first quarter of 2026, Chicago saw seven series lensing in town. Production expenditures in Illinois hit a record $703 million in 2025, per stats r...