Category Archives: Variety

Australian production company Matchbox Pictures is set to close after almost two decades. The studio was founded by Tony Ayres, Penny Chapman, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon and Helen Pankhurst in 2008...

Stephen Colbert went public Monday night with a striking accusation against his own network: that CBS lawyers had barred him from airing an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico, who is runni...

Tanweer Productions has partnered with former co-CEO of Buccaneer Media, Richard Tulk-Hart and his recently launched Volteo Media on the development of Tanweer's darkly comic crime series "Antipa...

Dana Pinjo, who starred in Angelina Jolie's 2011 "In the Land of Blood and Honey," Sneana Bogievi (Bosnian hit sitcom "Crazy, Confused, Normal") and Maja Izetbegovi ("Regained Memory," 2026 Karlovy Va...

Sweden’s Plattform Produktion, the outfit behind Ruben stlund's Palme d'Or winners "Triangle of Sadness" and "The Square," has entered a co-production partnership with Norway’s Motlys on p...

For the first time, non-English-language titles account for the majority of Netflix’s original TV season releases, with Korean-language content emerging as the platform’s fastest-growing c...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and twice ran for president of the United States, died on Tuesday. He was 84. In a statement via BBC News, Jackso...

Tom Keaveney has joined AMC Networks International - U.K. as EVP and managing director. He joins from advertising measuring service iSpot.tv. He was previously president of data analytics firm 605, LL...

Dominik Locher airs Switzerland's dirty laundry in Berlinale premiere "Enjoy Your Stay" by focusing on its undocumented workers.  "These are the people who work in the shadows and still contribut...

Tanja Meissner, director of Berlinale Pro, a role that includes management of the European Film Market, points to a number of highlights in this year's event, which wraps Wednesday. First, is the Anim...