Category Archives: Variety

At a conference on film and artificial intelligence over the weekend in South Korea's Bucheon, it was difficult to know whether the new technology was being embraced, normalized or underestimated. Buc...

Will Seefried’s romance drama “Lilies Not for Me,” led by Fionn O'Shea (“Normal People”) and Robert Aramayo (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”), has...

The Melbourne International Film Festival has set ten features to play in its Bright Horizons competition section. They include: India Donaldson's "Good One"; Luna Carmoon's "Hoard"; Annie Baker's "Ja...

A documentary about U.K. rapper Skepta, directed by BAFTA nominee Hector Dockrill (“Post Malone: Runaway”), is in the works. The project is the first from a new creative alliance between S...

France TV have inked a production deal with Fremantle to board BBC docuseries "Zelensky" (working title). The documentary series, from Fremantle's 72 Films, is being made in collaboration with The Ope...

BUSAN DEAN APPOINTMENT Zhang Lu, the Chinese Korean director, has been appointed as dean of the Chanel x BIFF Asian Film Academy, part of the Busan International Film Festival. Zhang has been making f...

Charlize Theron, Serena Williams, Rosala and Omar Sy will be in Paris to kick off Olympics festivities at Prelude, an exclusive event co-hosted by Pharrell Williams and LVMH boss Bernard Arnault. Prel...

Benji Gregory, former child actor and star of the 1980s sitcom “Alf,” has died. He was 46. His sister, Rebecca Pfaffinger, told the New York Times that Gregory and his service dog were bot...

Netflix has announced an exclusive partnership with Japanese producer Isoyama Aki. Starting this month, Netflix will exclusively produce and distribute new series and films by Isoyama for the next fiv...

Maverick investor Bill Hwang was found guilty Wednesday by a Manhattan federal jury of fraud and racketeering charges in a market manipulation case involving ViacomCBS shares and other stocks. Hwang w...