Category Archives: Variety

‘NBA 2K25’ Sets Release Date, Reveals First-Ever Dual-League Cover With WNBA
“NBA 2K25” is set for a Sept. 6 launch with a special edition cover that will feature athletes from both the NBA and WNBA for the first time in the 2K franchise’s history. The standa...
Jennifer Maas Jul 10, 2024

Sharon Stone to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Taormina Film Festival
Sharon Stone will receive Taormina Film Festival’s Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement on the Italian event’s closing night this month. Stone joins a prestigious lineup of actors who h...
Ellise Shafer Jul 10, 2024

Venice Film Festival Jury: Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, James Gray and More Join President Isabelle Huppert
The full international jury for this year’s Venice Film Festival has been unveiled. Joining president Isabelle Huppert to award the Golden Lion will be James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Hollan...
Ellise Shafer Jul 10, 2024

Controversial British Politician Jacob Rees-Mogg Gets Discovery+ Docuseries
Controversial British politician Jacob Rees-Mogg is getting his own reality show, it's been confirmed. The Discovery+ U.K. and Ireland series is titled "Meet the Rees Moggs" and will follow the former...
K.J. Yossman Jul 10, 2024

‘Pierce’ Review: A Saber-Sharp Sociopathy Thriller in Which Brotherly Love Duels With Suspicion
The art of the thriller is the art of deception, the concealed trap, the hidden heart. In that way, it’s akin to art of fencing as outlined by three-time national champion Zihan (Tsao Yu-Ning) i...
Jessica Kiang Jul 10, 2024

Hong Sang-soo’s ‘By the Stream’ Picked Up by Korea’s Finecut Ahead of Locarno Premiere
"By the Stream" (aka "Suyoocheon"), the latest work by prolific South Korean minimalist director Hong Sang-soo, has been picked up for international sales by Finecut. The picture will have its world p...
Patrick Frater Jul 10, 2024

Bendita Film Sales Acquires Lithuanian Locarno Competition Player ‘Toxic’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Bendita Film Sales has picked up international rights to Saul Bliuvait’s debut feature “Toxic,” selected to screen in Locarno’s International Competition this summer. On the oc...
Jamie Lang Jul 10, 2024

Shellac to Launch Global Sales of Catholic Church Sex Abuse Documentary ‘The Deposition’ at Locarno (EXCLUSIVE)
French sales and distribution company Shellac will launch international sales for the upcoming Catholic Church sexual abuse documentary “The Deposition” at Locarno before releasing the fil...
Jamie Lang Jul 10, 2024

Locarno Reveals Lineup, Names Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet for Career Achievement Awards
Locarno has revealed this year's official selection. Known auteurs Hong Sang-soo ("By the Stream") and Wang Bing ("Youth (Hard Times)") will now battle it out in the official selection, which will wel...
Jamie Lang Jul 10, 2024

The Villain Isn’t the Only Thing That’s French! ‘Despicable Me 4’ Director Chris Renaud on the Animated Franchise’s Roots in France
It’s not just Maxime Le Mal, the “Despicable Me 4” villain with the broad accent, that has a distinctly French flavor. In fact, Universal and Illumination’s animated franc...
Elskes Jul 10, 2024