Category Archives: Variety

As Passion Pictures’ French animation studio Passion Paris approaches its 20th year of business, the company has appointed Caroline Audebert as its new Managing Director. Audebert will oversee f...

“Gladiator 2,” the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning epic, is set to begin its bloody campaign in London, where a global premiere will take place on Nov. 13. Paramo...

Nag Ashwin’s Indian sci-fi blockbuster “Kalki 2898 AD” is charting a course for international waters, with Russia and Japan next on its releasing itinerary. The film is set to releas...

Oscar-winning Danish director Thomas Vinterberg ("Another Round") will preside over the jury of the upcoming Marrakech International Film Festival, with which he has a longstanding rapport. The Marrak...

Steve McQueen is set to open the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday night with a world premiere — and it’s not his first time doing so. But his new film “Blitz” is very...

SCRIPTED ADAPTATION Yes Studios comedy "Bloody Murray" is set to get a Georgian adaptation, Variety has learned. Cavea+, the first official streaming platform in Georgia, has picked up the series abou...

For all that comedian Ali Wong talks about sex onstage, her first three specials came from a place of inherent sexual constraint: a long-term, monogamous marriage. In "Single Lady," her fourth, self-d...

Jon Stewart used his opening segment on Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show” to break down Elon Musk’s appearance at a Trump rally on Sunday in Butler, Pa. While the appe...

Serving a rising demand for Indonesian horror, U.S.-Thai film sales company EST N8 has picked up rights to "Perewangan," a feature that launches in its home market theaters later this month. In "Perew...

Thailand's skill with ghostly drama series gets another showing in "The Legend of Nang Nak," which releases widely across Asia next week. Directed by Taweewat Wantha and scripted by Sorarat Jirabovorn...