Category Archives: Variety
‘The Brutalist’ Sparks Backlash After Editor Reveals Use of AI in Dialogue and Buildings, but Says It’s ‘Nothing That Hasn’t Been Done Before’
As it gears up to become one of the frontrunners of awards season, Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” has sparked backlash on social media after its editor admitted to using AI in the fi...
Jan 20, 2025
‘Come Closer’ Review: The Real-Life Death of a Brother Fuels a Surprising and Redemptive Take on Grief
Six years ago, Ari Nesher, the teenage son of Israeli director Avi Nesher, was killed in a hit-and-run accident, while riding an electric bicycle. He died on his 17th birthday. The case attracted inte...
Jan 20, 2025
EO Media-Sold ‘Sumergidos’ Makes Pan-Latin America Pay TV Debut on A&E Jan. 27
Eze Olzanski's Buenos Aires-based EO Media has confirmed the Jan. 27 A&E Latin America debut for Argentine-Brazil series "Sumergidos" as it descends on Content Americas. This follows a raft of var...
Jan 20, 2025
Martin Luther King Jr.: How the Civil Rights Leader Emerged as a National Media Figure
More than 50 years after he died at age 39 from an assassin's bullet, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endures as one of the most influential and recognizable figures in American history. His rise ...
Jan 20, 2025
BBC Studios Reviewing India Production Operations, No Decision Made on Exit From Country
BBC Studios India is reportedly eyeing an exit from the subcontinent, signaling a potential shake-up in the region's content production ecosystem, according to local media reports. Once a prominent pl...
Jan 20, 2025
Rose d’Or Latinos Awards: Eugenio Dérbez, Daniel Burman, Natalia Beristáín Among 2025 Nominees
Announced Jan. 21 at Miami's Content Americas, the Rose d'Or Latinos Awards are "held during a period of great creative fervor, change, major challenges and arguably the greatest transformation the en...
Jan 20, 2025
‘She’s the One’ Writer on How Brazilian Telenovelas Broach Issues of Racism and Sexism in Family-Friendly TV Slots: ‘It’s All About the Tone’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The 6 p.m. telenovela slot at Globo - the free-to-air channel of the biggest production force in Latin America - has long been known for its highly successful, family-oriented period pieces, from "The...
Jan 20, 2025
São Paulo’s Luiz Toledo Launches Filomena Productions to Accelerate Growth in the Global South Film-TV Industry (EXCLUSIVE)
Luiz Toledo, the formerly highly active director of investments and strategic partnerships at Spcine, the So Paulo Film Commission, has launched Filomena Productions, a private sector consultancy whic...
Jan 20, 2025
How Colombians Crafted Netflix’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’
The news that "One Hundred Years of Solitude," Netflix's most ambitious series in Latin America, injected more than $52 million (225 billion Colombian Pesos) into the Colombian economy is gratifying f...
Jan 20, 2025
Japan’s Nippon TV Taps Fukuda as New President – Global Bulletin
MEDIA MAVEN Japanese broadcasting powerhouse Nippon TV has elevated longtime exec Hiroyuki Fukuda to the top spot, naming him representative director, president and COO. The former rugby player, who j...
Jan 20, 2025