Category Archives: Variety

Nicole Kidman hopes her new erotic thriller, “Babygirl,” is a “liberating story” for women, as she found it very “freeing” to make. At the film’s Venice Film ...

Argentine filmmaker Gastn Solnicki is cooking up his latest feature, "The Souffleur," which he'll be presenting during the Venice Gap-Financing Market, which runs Aug. 30 - Sep. 1. The film tells the ...

Willem Dafoe is at the Venice Film Festival with two hats: he’s among the stars playing in the fest’s opener, Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” But he’s also ...

Mexican filmmaker Elisa Miller ("Hurricane Season") is teaming up with "Roma" producer Nicols Celis and his Pimienta Films on a legal drama-cum-psychological thriller that the duo is pitching this wee...

STREAMING SENSATIONS The Busan International Film Festival‘s sixth annual Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT Awards has revealed its nominees across 11 competitive categories. PTS Taiwan’...

Timo Tjahjanto, the Indonesian genre film director who commands a fiercely loyal following, has dropped a trailer for his upcoming action thriller "The Shadow Strays." Audiences at the Toronto Interna...

Madrid-based Paz Lzaro of Amore Cine, at the Venice Film Festival for "Kill the Jockey" by Luis Ortega and "Quiet Life" by Alexandros Avranas, has boarded Sergio Castro San Martn's "A Thousand Pieces"...

African streamer Showmax has secured rights to adapt the hit format “The Office” for South African audiences, in partnership with BBC Studios. The localized version will debut on both Show...

Adding to its new scripted TV offer, France TV Distribution is launching sales on Season 2 of OCS Signature drama-comedy "The Aerobics Project" ("Toutouyoutou"), a fun, light dramedy set in a 1982 Fra...

Esther McGregor was sure she'd screwed up her audition to Pedro Almodovar's hotly-anticipated English-language debut "The Room Next Door." Shooting a short film at the time (as a favor) and not feelin...