Category Archives: Variety

Tiara Hargrave Named General Manager of Influence Media’s Slang Label
Slang, the independent frontline record label under the Influence Media umbrella, has named Tiara Hargrave general manager. She is based in New York and will report to Influence partner and founding a...
Jem Aswad Feb 06, 2025

Steve Coogan Says New Season of ‘The Trip’ Is Due to Film This Summer in Plea to Avoid Driving Ban
Did Steve Coogan just reveal that a fifth season of “The Trip” is on the way? According to a letter sent by the comedian to Birmingham Magistrates Court and obtained by the Evening Standar...
Ellise Shafer Feb 06, 2025

Warner Music Announces New Deal With Spotify as Part of Mixed Earnings Report
Warner Music Group and Spotify have announced a new, multi-year agreement, covering both recorded music and music publishing, that effectively ends the companies' disputes over the streaming giant's "...
Jem Aswad Feb 06, 2025

Netflix, Max and Prime Video Negotiate With French Film Guilds for Earlier Access to New Releases After Disney+ Deal
Netflix, Max and Prime Video are currently in the thick of negotiations with French film guilds to seek earlier access to newly released theatrical movies as part of an industry-wide process to update...
Elskes Feb 06, 2025

U.K. Film and High-End TV Spend Reached Almost $7 Billion in 2024, Up 31% From Strike-Ravaged 2023
Film and high-end TV production in the U.K. made considerable gains last year, according to new figures from the British Film Institute. In its annual report, the BFI said that film and high-end TV pr...
Alex Ritman Feb 06, 2025

Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ Heading to European Film Market in Search of International Buyers After Actor’s Assault Conviction
Jonathan Majors' violent bodybuilding drama "Magazine Dreams" is heading to market for international sales for the first time ahead of its U.S. release on March 21 via Briarcliff Entertainment. Celsiu...
Alex Ritman Feb 06, 2025

Federation Studios Teams With Alessandro Usai to Launch New Italian Outfit No Name Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
Pan-European production and sales company Federation Studios ("The Bureau") has teamed up with prominent Italian producer Alessandro Usai to launch a new film and TV shingle in Italy called No Name En...
Nvivarelli Feb 06, 2025

Takeshi Kitano Reveals He Suffered a Concussion Right Before Venice ‘Broken Rage’ Premiere and Doesn’t Remember Much: ‘I’m Quite Embarrassed’
Japanese icon Takeshi Kitano offered a surprisingly candid admission about his Venice Film Festival appearance for “Broken Rage” last year: he barely remembers it, having suffered a concus...
Naman Ramachandran Feb 06, 2025

Surveillance Thriller ‘Stranger Eyes,’ Venice Golden Lion Nominee, Nabbed by Film Movement for North America (EXCLUSIVE)
Film Movement has landed North American rights to “Stranger Eyes,” the surveillance-themed thriller from Singaporean director Yeo Siew Hua that competed for Venice’s Golden Lion in 2...
Naman Ramachandran Feb 06, 2025

Eye Haïdara, Mélanie Laurent Star in Spy Thriller ‘Mata,’ Boarded by Indie Sales, Warner Bros. France Ahead of EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
Eye Hadara (“C'est la vie!”) and Mlanie Laurent (“Inglorious Basterds”) are starring in “Mata,” a high voltage spy thriller directed by Rachel Lang, whose previous ...
Elskes Feb 06, 2025