Category Archives: Variety

Lisa Kudrow Leads a Merry Band of ‘Time Bandits’ in Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s Giddy Reboot: TV Review
If one were tasked with naming a modern successor to Monty Python, the crew of New Zealand comedians informally captained by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi would be a strong candidate. (As a bit, t...
Alisoncolleherman Jul 24, 2024

‘Baby Reindeer’ Tops U.K. Streaming Charts as Market Loses 300K Subscribers; Disney+ Leads Q2 Acquisitions
Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” emerged as the most-watched streaming series in the U.K. for Q2 2024, even as the overall market shed 300,000 subscribers, according to Kantar’s lates...
Naman Ramachandran Jul 24, 2024

‘Love Is Blind: U.K.’ Reveals Cast and Trailer as Hit Netflix Dating Show Moves Across the Pond
“Love Is Blind” is moving across the pond. The U.K. version of the hit Netflix dating show revealed its full cast and trailer on Wednesday, teasing plenty of drama to come when the first e...
Ellise Shafer Jul 24, 2024

Six Olympics Advertisers to Sponsor Commercial-Free Hour of NBC Coverage
Can six Olympics advertisers come together to create an hour of the Paris extravaganza that runs commercial-free? Coca-Cola Co., Delta, Eli Lilly & Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Visa, and Comcast’...
Brian Steinberg Jul 24, 2024

Verizon Is Giving Away Free Access to YouTube’s NFL Sunday Ticket in New Sign-Up Promo
Here’s a sign-up perk that may perk up the ears of gridiron fans: Verizon will give customers on certain plans access to the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market games package from YouTube for the 20...
Todd Spangler Jul 24, 2024

‘The Fallout’ Producer David Brown Launches the Screen Company With Financing Arm (EXCLUSIVE)
The Screen Company, a new full-service production, sales and financing entity, has launched with the debut of ScreenFund, its dedicated financing division. CEO and producer David Brown announced the c...
Naman Ramachandran Jul 24, 2024

‘Bonnie & Bonnie’ Producer on How AI Helped Him Envision Locarno’s Match Me! Project ‘700 Days in Homs’
A film student trapped by Syrian government troops in the besieged city of Homs tries to find his way out in Sulaiman Tadmory and Ali Hakim's "700 Days in Homs." The project is currently under d...
John Hopewell Jul 24, 2024

Canal+ Group’s French Channel C8, Which Airs Controversial Talk Show, to Be Discontinued by Broadcasting Regulatory Body
Canal + Group’s popular channel C8, which airs the controversial talk show “Touche pas mon poste,” looks bound to disappear. France’s broadcasting regulatory authority (Arcom) ...
Elskes Jul 24, 2024

‘La Pecera’ Producer Solita Boards Divorce Drama ‘March 14th,’ by Locarno Match Me! Player Contraria Media (EXCLUSIVE)
Spain’s Solita Films, the outfit run by director-producer brothers Jos Esteban Alenda and Csar Esteban Alenda (“Sin Fin,” “La Pecera”), has boarded Alberto Gross MoloR...
John Hopewell Jul 24, 2024

‘Wild Woman’s’ Lola Amores to Star in ‘Her Lightness,’ Which ‘Opens an Historical Gap’ in a Cuban Cinema Mostly Made by Men (EXCLUSIVE)
Cuba's Lola Amores, star of fest hits "Wild Woman," "Miki Maniaco" and "Santa & Andrs," will topline "Her Lightness," the feature debut of compatriot Rosa Mara Rodrguez Pupo who "opens up an histo...
John Hopewell Jul 24, 2024