Category Archives: Variety

Latin America’s Growing Production Highlighted at Taiwan Creative Content Fest
Colombia Film Commissioner, Silvia Echeverri outlined Latin America’s evolving audiovisual landscape and her country’s growing production sector during a presentation at the Taiwan Creativ...
Naman Ramachandran Nov 05, 2024

Cross-Cultural Comedy-Horror ‘Pontianaks’ Unveiled at Taiwan Creative Content Fest
Southeast Asian folklore meets Taiwanese culture in “Pontianaks in Taiwan,” a mini-series that follows two undead supernatural beings on a road trip across Taiwan. The project, currently i...
Naman Ramachandran Nov 05, 2024

Dystopian Tech-Faith Anthology Animated Series ‘Dogmaverse’ Unveiled at TCCF
Taiwan-based production companies Luckysparks and AGE Creative have unveiled “Dogmaverse,” an ambitious, animated anthology series exploring the intersection of technology and faith in a d...
Naman Ramachandran Nov 05, 2024

Indonesian Drama ‘Cubs’ Explores Coming-of-Age Tale Against Mining Town Backdrop – TCCF
Indonesian filmmakers Riri Riza, Mira Lesmana, and Ifa Isfansyah are developing “Cubs,” a coming-of-age drama set against the backdrop of a gold mining town, which is being presented at th...
Naman Ramachandran Nov 05, 2024

Warner Bros. Fires Back at Crichton Estate Over Claim ‘The Pitt’ Is an ‘ER’ Reboot: It’s a ‘Completely Different Show’
Warner Bros. is seeking to throw out a lawsuit filed by the estate of Michael Crichton, which argued that the forthcoming Max series “The Pitt” is an unauthorized reboot of “ER.̶...
Gmaddaus Nov 05, 2024

‘Unorthodox’ Showrunner Anna Winger on Algorithms, ‘Misused’ Writers’ Rooms and How Understanding Budgets Is a Writer’s ‘Superpower’
At the Thessaloniki Film Festival as part of the Agora Series workshops, British-American writer, showrunner and executive producer Anna Winger - who created Netflix's "Unorthodox," co-created the str...
Leo Barraclough Nov 05, 2024

Chris Pratt Says Americans Supporting Each Other After Election Day Is a ‘Bigger Civic Duty’ Than Voting: ‘Accept the Results’ and Help ‘Anyone in Need’
Chris Pratt published a divisive op-ed a few days before Election Day on his mother-in-law Maria Shriver’s website, Sunday Paper, in which he said that he’s focused less on who becomes our...
Zack Sharf Nov 05, 2024

How to Watch Tonight’s Election Coverage Live Online
Unless you’re “Do Not Disturb”-ing yourself in a dark movie theater on Tuesday night to disassociate from the 2024 election (and we wouldn’t blame you), you’ll likely wan...
Atingley4 Nov 05, 2024

Paul Rudd Hands Out Water to Students Waiting in Line to Vote in Pennsylvania: ‘It’s Wonderful All These Young People Are Voting’
Paul Rudd made a surprise appearance at universities in Pennsylvania to hand out water to students waiting in hours-long lines to vote. While reporting live from Philadelphia’s Temple University...
Kate Aurthur Nov 05, 2024

After ‘Woman of the Hour’ Directing Success, Anna Kendrick Is Hearing From Filmmakers Who Didn’t Cast Her When She Auditioned for Them Years Ago
Anna Kendrick realizes she has a lot to live up to following the success of her directorial debut "Woman of the Hour." She is still looking for her next directorial effort. "I haven’t found anyt...
Marcmalkin Nov 05, 2024