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Latvian Oscar Submission ‘Ulya’ Sells Wide Ahead of Opening Tallinn: ‘This Film Is a Blockbuster’ (EXCLUSIVE)
International distributors continue to fall for “Ulya.” The Latvian Oscar submission for Best International Feature Film...
Josh O’Connor Is a Reluctant Boxer in First-Look Clip of National Theatre Live’s ‘Golden Boy’ Ahead of Cinema Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Josh O’Connor may be in the James Bond conversation, but his next on-screen role is a filmed version of his most recent ...
Russell Brand Takes the Stand in Rape Trial and Reveals No One Agreed to Testify on His Behalf: ‘My Entire Life Has Been Consumed by These Allegations...
Russell Brand took the stand in his criminal trial in London on Wednesday, denying all accusations against him and revea...
‘One Cut of the Dead’ Director Ueda Shinichiro on Turning a Microdrama Into Tokyo Feature ‘Earthlings in Love’
Director Ueda Shinichiro made a name for himself with filmmaking that has embraced self-reflexivity: the beloved cult zo...
Amazon MGM Studios Japan ‘Doubling’ Investment to Meet Global Standards, Local Chief Buddy Marini Reveals at Tokyo Market
Amazon MGM Studios Japan is doubling its investment to bring its content up to global standards, studio head Buddy Marin...
Camila Mendes, Leslie Bibb Shooting ‘Upgraded 2’ in Venice, Where Biennale Art Show Is Part of Rom-Com’s Storyline
Shooting is underway in Venice on “Upgraded 2,” the sequel to Amazon MGM Studios’ buzzy 2024 rom-com “Upgraded” that, as...
Japanese-Brazilian Grief Drama ‘Yellow Chrysanthemum,’ Set During the 2014 Soccer World Cup, Joins Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
A Japanese-Brazilian teenager forced to face a family loss nobody will talk about is at the heart of “Yellow Chrysanthem...
Academy CEO Bill Kramer Maps Oscars’ Global Ambitions in Tokyo: ‘Parasite’ Win Was ‘a Pivot, a Shift’
The Academy plans to keep taking the Oscars global, from recruiting members in underrepresented countries to streaming t...
Taiwan-Japan Film Fund Daily Capital Launches at Tokyo Market, Backs Period Romance ‘Love Ends in Bloom’
Daily Capital, a new fund focused on Taiwan-Japan film and television co-productions, launched on the Tokyo Internationa...
Korean Webtoon Adaptations, ‘The Vanishing Act’ Lead 2027 Vertical Slate Unveiled by COL Group, V47 and Virtue Asia
Adaptations of Korean webtoons and web novels developed with CJ Group and a batch of new originals headline the 2027 ver...
Thai Forest Spirit Horror ‘Cher,’ First Thai Winner at Frontières, Joins Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
A Thai horror film built on the folklore of the Nang Mai, the forest nymphs of Thai myth, is the only Thai entry in the ...
Val Chmerkovskiy Says He Wants ‘Nothing But Love’ for Carrie Ann Inaba Following ‘DWTS’ Suspension, Apologizes to Jenna Dewan: ‘I Am So Sorry for All ...
“Dancing With the Stars” pro Val Chmerkovskiy and judge Carrie Ann Inaba have made amends, concluding the hectic saga th...
Kore-eda Hirokazu Hails Japanese Cinema’s Global Moment as Ninomiya Kazunari, Academy’s Amy Homma and ‘Kokuho’ Producer Murata Chieko Take Stage at Ke...
Kering Women in Motion, an allied program of the Tokyo International Film Festival, held a talk event on Tuesday at Toho...
Jessica Biel Says She Won’t Hand Her Son Acting Roles Just ‘Because You’re Part of This Family’: ‘We’re Not Doing That’
With parents like Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, it might not be entirely possible to avoid being labeled a nepo ba...
Oscars Will ‘Always’ Reward Human Excellence in AI Era, Academy Chiefs Say as They Leave Door Open to International Feature Rule Tweaks (EXCLUSIVE)
The Oscars will keep honoring human-driven work as AI spreads through filmmaking, Academy president Lynette Howell Taylo...
Amy Poehler Tells Noah Wyle ‘The Pitt’ Needs More Romance: If You’re ‘Gonna Show the Guts, You Gotta Show Some Butts’
Amy Poehler sat down with Noah Wyle on Tuesday’s episode of her “Good Hang” podcast to discuss both “ER” and “The Pitt” ...
Melanie Lynskey to Play Erin Patterson in ‘Mushroom Murders’ Limited Series at Paramount+
Melanie Lynskey is set to star in the limited series “Mushroom Murders,” which has been greenlit at Paramount+. The show...
Tokyo Opener ‘Sukiyaki’ Director Zeze Takahisa on the Protest Roots of a Global Japanese Pop Hit: ‘The Culture Used to Be Wide Open – Now It’s Become ...
The opening film of the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, Zeze Takahisa’s “Sukiyaki” tells the story of how the ti...
Hasan Piker Sues Scott Jennings for $72 Million Over Out-of-Context Lynching Quote
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker sued conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Tuesday, alleging that Jennings had defamed ...
Horror Film ‘The Land of Jinn’ Is First Indonesia-Kyrgyzstan Co-Production, Unveiled at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan have made their first film together. “The Land of Jinn,” a supernatural horror feature directed...
Variety Nominated for 62 Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards
Variety has amassed 62 nominations for the Los Angeles Press Club’s 19th annual National Arts & Entertainment Journa...
‘Reacher,’ ‘Neagley,’ ‘Lioness’ Give Paramount TV Studios Three of September’s Four Most-Streamed Original Series
“Reacher” sure has some reach. The Prime Video series ended September as the month’s No. 1 original streaming series, ac...
Politico Plans Live Video Coverage of Midterm Elections
Politico isn’t leaving live video coverage of the midterm elections to the usual suspects. The political-news outlet wil...
Ancestral Memory Meets AI in Himalayan Drama ‘Shirjara: Song of Grandmother’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
A Himalayan drama that sets a grandmother’s stories against the rise of artificial intelligence is aiming for a Cannes p...
Punk Band Guitar Wolf Rocks Back Into Takeuchi Tetsuro’s ‘Wild Zero Overdrive’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
Guitar Wolf, a real-life punk outfit with a long record of touring internationally, headlines “Wild Zero Overdrive,” dir...
Acrobatic Pastor’s Secret Obsession Drives Boo Junfeng’s ‘Trinity’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market
A celebrity preacher who performs daredevil stunts for his congregation while hiding his fixation on a young follower si...
‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Director on Gaining His Sister’s Trust, Explaining How He Died and More
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains conversation about all three episodes of “The One About Matthew Perry,” now streaming ...
Japanese Producers Drive Tokyo Market Growth as Exhibition Space Sells Out
The Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market exhibition space sold out early this year, according to managing ...
Japan Must Follow Hollywood’s Distribution Playbook, Says Tokyo Market Chief Shiina Yasushi, Who Eyes Major Expansion by 2030
Japan’s entertainment business has to adopt the model that made Hollywood studios global players if the country wants to...
’60 Minutes’ Audience Sinks to Surprising Low Without Football
It’s not surprising to see ratings at “60 Minutes” slump when CBS doesn’t air a strong football game before the start of...
Elmo Is Going as Meryl Streep’s Evil Fashion Editor Miranda Priestly for Halloween This Year
This Halloween, “Sesame Street’s” beloved furry red monster is trading crayons for couture. In a somewhat unexpected cul...
Jafar Panahi Now Faces a Five-Year Prison Term in New Ruling on Top of His Previous One-Year Conviction
Cannes Palme d’Or-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi – who was facing a one-year prison sentence – has now been sent...
Connor Storrie in Talks to Play Villain Opposite Ryan Gosling in Marvel’s ‘Ghost Rider’
“Heated Rivalry” star Connor Storrie is in talks to play the villain opposite Ryan Gosling in Marvel’s “Ghost Rider” mov...
Kevin Bleyer, Emmy-Winning ‘Daily Show’ Writer, Dies at 54 in Car Accident
Kevin Bleyer, a writer who worked on “The Daily Show” and won four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award and a Writers ...
‘Crystal Lake’ Hits 1.3 Billion Minutes Watched in 11 Days, Becoming Peacock’s No. 4 Scripted Debut Ever
According to Peacock, “Crystal Lake” is its fourth-most-watched scripted original series of all time. The “Friday the 13...
Television Academy Foundation Pacts With Best Buy to Launch Production Assistant Training Program for Los Angeles Area High School Students
The Television Academy Foundation is launching a 10-week production assistant training program for Los Angeles-area high...
As NFL Expands Globally, Marriott Bonvoy Taps Cooper Kupp, Jerry Rice and More for City Travel Guides
Marriott Bonvoy has recruited some of the NFL’s biggest names to plan travel guides in their home cities. Among the part...
‘Nobody Wants This’ Season 3 Opens With 6.2 Million Views in Four Days
Season 3 of “Nobody Wants This” reached 6.2 million views in its first four days of streaming on Netflix. Compared to pr...
Trump Says ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Is ‘a Very Bad and Inaccurate Name,’ and That He Wants to Officially Ban the Term ‘AI’
President Donald Trump doesn’t like the term “artificial intelligence” — which was coined more than 70 years ago and is ...
Fox and Endemol Shine Team to Adapt ‘Fear Factor’ as a Scripted Microdrama Series for My Drama App
The market for vertical media content is expanding at a fast clip and it’s attracting more and more high-profile propert...
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