Category Archives: Variety

Danielle Deadwyler is set to receive the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) award for acting at a special screening of her latest film, Netflix’s “The Piano Lesson,” during the 47th ed...

UTA has signed Hong Kong writer-director Tiger Ji for representation in all areas. Ji first gained recognition at age 19 with his award-winning 2020 short, “Wuhan Driver,” executive produc...

Paris-based Totem Films has acquired world sales rights, excluding Canada, to Canadian filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz's "Measures for a Funeral" in advance of the film's world premiere in the Toronto Fil...

Zsfia Szilgyi’s "January 2" has debuted its trailer ahead of the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Films Boutique is handling international sales. "January 2," which screens as ...

Donald Glover - aka Childish Gambino - makes you wait for it.  He'll be quiet for a year or two and you'll idly wonder occasionally where's he been, but then suddenly he'll announce or even surpr...

Shauna Spenley, a former longtime Netflix marketing exec, is joining Warner Bros. Discovery as global chief marketing officer of direct-to-consumer. Spenley takes over the role from Patrizio “Pa...

Former Participant executive Christian McGuigan and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Timothy Reckart have launched Sycamore Studios, a kids and family animation studio. Per Sycamore, the studio will focus on...

Picturehouse has announced the acquisition of all distribution rights for Nicholas Ma's documentary “Leap of Faith.” Picturehouse has set a theatrical roll out nationwide be...

Cooper Hoffman (“Licorice Pizza”) is set to join Olivia Wilde in Gregg Araki’s provocative thriller ‘I Want Your Sex.’ The film features an original script penned by Arak...

Comedy Central has revealed the premiere date of its adult animated series "Everybody Still Hates Chris." The series, starring and executive produced by Chris Rock, will premiere Wednesday, Sept. 25 a...