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‘Adults’ Breakout Amita Rao to Star in Horror-Comedy ‘See Bot Run’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Production has wrapped on “See Bot Run,” a horror-comedy mockumentary from Pluto Labs Films starring “Adults” breakout Amita Rao. “See Bot Run” follows “the overworked and underpaid employees of a struggling tech startup on the day of a high-stakes AI product launch that could make them millions,” per the official logline. “But when the company’s […]

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‘Life Is Strange’ TV Series Casts Tom Cullen, Leisha Hailey, Raúl Castillo, Owen Teague (EXCLUSIVE)

The “Life Is Strange” TV series adaptation at Amazon Prime Video is building out its main cast. Variety has learned exclusively that Tom Cullen, Leisha Hailey, Raúl Castillo, and Owen Teague are all set to star in the show alongside previously announced leads Maisy Stella and Tatum Grace Hopkins. The show is based on the […]

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Billy Eichner on Wanting His ‘Real Voice’ to Be Heard in ‘Extremely Personal’ Audio-Only Memoir and ‘People Begging’ Him to Bring Back ‘Billy on the Street’

Billy Eichner knows he has a reputation for being loud, brash and in-your-face. When you find fame yelling questions at strangers on New York City streets as he did as the host of “Billy on the Street,” it’s bound to happen. And that is why his new memoir, “Billy on Billy,” was only released as […]

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Billy Eichner on Wanting His ‘Real Voice’ to Be Heard in ‘Extremely Personal’ Audio-Only Memoir and ‘People Begging’ Him to Bring Back ‘Billy on the Street’

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The Emmys Needed to Do Something About Talk and Scripted Variety, Even If the Result Was Something Just as Clunky

First off, kudos to the Television Academy for finally doing something about the paltry talk and scripted variety categories. The return of a combined outstanding variety series category was necessary, given the decline in submissions as networks and streamers scale back on their talk and sketch show ambitions. Last year, the talk category only fronted […]

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Bill Lawrence, Warner Bros. TV Option Steven Rowley Novel ‘Take Me With You’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Bill Lawrence and Warner Bros. Television have optioned the brand new Steven Rowley novel “Take Me With You” with plans to adapt it as a series, Variety has learned exclusively. The book was just published on May 19 by Putnam, an imprint of Penguin Random House. No writer is currently attached to the project. Lawrence […]

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Spy Thriller ‘Gray,’ Starring Patricia Clarkson, Rupert Everett and Lydia West, Acquired by View TV Studios

View TV Studios, the production and distribution company behind View TV ONE, has closed a deal to acquire U.S. rights to “Gray,” AGC Television’s espionage thriller, starring Patricia Clarkson, Rupert Everett and Lydia West. The eight-part series will premiere on View TV ONE in the 9 p.m. weekly slot beginning Saturday May 23, with each […]

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Los Javis Talk Casting Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close in Epic ‘La Bola Negra’ and Championing Queer Stories: ‘We Deserve to Have Big Movies’

Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, known as Los Javis, are the most influential creative duo currently working in Spain. The two are behind the hit series “Veneno” and “Dressed in Blue,” with their thriller “La Mesías” acclaimed at the Sundance Film Festival and prized at France’s Series Mania on its way to becoming the most […]

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‘The Black Ball’ Review: The Spirit of Lorca Binds Gay Men Across a Century in an Ambitious but Distended Drama

“This land has too many love stories buried in its fields,” says the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca in a brief dramatized appearance at the tail end of “The Black Ball” — a film otherwise content just to channel his spirit as it exhumes the suppressed inner lives of gay men across generations. The second […]

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Lucas Acher’s ‘Laser-Cat’ Wins the Cannes Festival’s La Cinef Best Short Award

We have a winner! Lucas Acher’s “Laser-Cat” has come out on top of La Cinef section at Cannes. For its 29th edition, La Cinef has selected 14 live-action and 5 animated shorts from among the 2,750 sent by film schools all over the world. Directed by 12 women and 9 men, they represent 15 countries […]

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Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Prizes: Sarah Arnold’s Debut ‘Too Many Beasts ’ Wins the Best European Film Award

Hailed by critics as “grippingly offbeat,” “as extravagant as it irresistible” and “impactful and very funny,” French director Sarah Arnold’s Too Many Beasts” (“L’Espèce explosive”) has scooped this year’s Europa Cinemas Label for best European film at the 2026 Cannes Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight. One of three Directors’ Fortnight prizes set to be announced May 21, […]

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‘Summer of ’94’ Doc Filmmakers and Soccer Icons Reflect on Coach Bora Milutinović’s Lasting Legacy

“Summer of ’94” documentary filmmakers Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker joined U.S. soccer figures Alexi Lalas, Ed Foster-Simeon and John Harkes at SXSW for a panel moderated by Variety in partnership with Imagine Entertainment, to reflect on the legacy of legendary soccer coach Bora Milutinović. Milutinović, who now lives in Qatar working with the Qatari […]

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‘Sinners’ Heads to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights

Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is headed to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights as a haunted house experience. Halloween Horror Nights begins Aug. 28 at Universal Studios Orlando Resort and Sept. 3 at Universal Studios Hollywood. In a statement, Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian, producers of the film and founders of Proximity Media said, “It’s been incredible […]

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‘Cliffhanger’ Reboot Distributor Row K in Talks to Partner With Neon Label Decal on Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)

“Cliffhanger,” a reimagining of the Sylvester Stallone climbing thriller starring Lily James and Pierce Brosnan, is shoring up a new strategy for its summer theatrical release, multiple insiders told Variety. The fate of the film, helmed by action director Jaume Collet-Sera (“Carry On”), has been a lingering question in the industry since March. That’s when […]

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Julianne Moore to Lead Mother-Daughter Comedy Film From Netflix, Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground (EXCLUSIVE)

After a string of dramatic roles, Oscar winner Julianne Moore is walking toward the light as executive producer and star of a new Netflix comedy film. The untitled project hails from Higher Ground, the production venture founded by Barack and Michelle Obama. It’s described as a multi-generational story in the vein of “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” […]

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‘Chicken for Linda!’ Co-Director Sébastien Laudenbach Takes on Iconic Character in ‘Viva Carmen’ – And Readies to Work with Singer Silvia Pérez Cruz (EXCLUSIVE)

Sébastien Laudenbach isn’t afraid to take on Bizet’s iconic “Carmen” in his latest animation, “Viva Carmen,” and make it more child-friendly. “It’s not a film ‘adapted’ for kids, but it’s accessible to them,” he told Variety. Set in Seville in 1845, it follows teenage Salva who works as an assistant to Antonio, a knife grinder who […]

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Tokyo Broadcasting System Expands U.S. Operations, Hires Elwin de Groot as Senior Unscripted Development Exec

Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting System has tapped former MTV Entertainment Studios and Sony Pictures TV exec Elwin de Groot has joined the Japanese network as senior unscripted development executive. The news comes after de Groot served as an advisor for Tokyo Broadcasting System over the past 18 months, helping it establish a Los Angeles office. As […]

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‘Emily in Paris’ to End With Season 6 at Netflix

“Emily in Paris” is now in production on Season 6, which will also be the show’s last. Netflix announced Thursday that the popular series will conclude with its sixth season, which is currently shooting in Greece. The Season 6 renewal was announced back in January. “Making ‘Emily in Paris’ with this extraordinary cast and crew […]

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Supriya Pathak Kapur Makes Directing Debut With India-Australia Co-Production ‘Our Story’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Indian actor Supriya Pathak Kapur will make her directorial debut with “Our Story,” a loose biographical feature co-written with her daughter Sanah Kapur and developed as a collaboration between her banner Rabasusah and Australian production company Films and Casting Temple. The project was unveiled in Cannes. Australian-Indian filmmaker Anupam Sharma boards as lead producer. Ruhaan […]

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Rakan Mayasi on Shooting ‘Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep’ in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley: ‘I Had to Repeat Takes Twice Because of the Sound of an Explosion Over the Dialogue’

Palestinian director Rakan Mayasi is in Cannes with his first feature “Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep,” about two Bedouin sisters named Rim and Jahawer contending with patriarchal rituals in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. Shot without a script and with a cast of non-professionals, Mayasi’s feature debut – that premiered in Un Certain Regard – comes after […]

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‘Jackass’ TV Show Returns to Paramount+ With ‘Restored Original’ Episodes

Ahead of the theatrical release of the franchise’s fifth and final movie, all three seasons of the original “Jackass” TV show has returned to Paramount+ with “restored original” episodes. At the end of 2025, the series was temporarily removed from Paramount+ at the request of Johnny Knoxville and the “Jackass” team, so they could “revisit […]

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Léa Mysius Brings Family Chaos to Cannes Competition with Tense Thriller ‘The Birthday Party’

Director Léa Mysius marks her Cannes competition debut with “The Birthday Party,” an atmospheric home invasion thriller adapted from Laurent Mauvignier’s 2023 novel. Hafsia Herzi stars as a woman who comes home to one hell of a surprise when Benoît Magimel and his two brothers crash her birthday. Also featuring Monica Bellucci and Bastien Bouillon, […]

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Tilda Swinton Says AI ‘Doesn’t Have a Chance’ Against Cinema That Avoids Formula at Cannes Masterclass

Tilda Swinton drew a sharp line between cinema and artificial intelligence at a Cannes Film Festival masterclass, arguing that AI poses a genuine threat only when filmmakers default to the predictable. “I believe as long as what we’re not producing is formulaic and in some way tiring for the audience, AI doesn’t have a chance,” […]

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WWE Sets Documentary ‘Made in America’ as Part of America 250 on USA Network (EXCLUSIVE)

WWE is getting into the patriotic spirit of America’s 250th birthday with a new documentary special. Variety has learned exclusively that USA Network is set to air the doc “WWE: Made in America” on May 29 immediately following a new episode of “SmackDown.” Encore presentations will then air on USA throughout June and on July […]

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Murdered Babies, Axes Buried in Heads and a Monstrous Maika Monroe: ‘Victorian Psycho’ Shocks Cannes Into 5-Minute Ovation

Over the last week, Cannes served up a fair share of European arthouse and even a splash of insane live-action CGI monster action (that’ll be “Hope”). On Thursday, it was the turn of bloody horror to have its moment at the festival. “Victorian Psycho,” Zachary Wigon’s gothic thriller starring Maika Monroe as a possessed woman […]

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Murdered Babies, Axes Buried in Heads and a Monstrous Maika Monroe: ‘Victorian Psycho’ Shocks Cannes Into 5-Minute Ovation

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Fortyseven Communications Opens London Office and Integrates With Sister Agency Indigo Pearl; Launches Global Creator Relations Practice

The Keywords Studios-owned Fortyseven Communications (47) is opening a London office and launching a global creation relations division, two moves that come as the gaming and entertainment-focused PR company is marking its 20th anniversary. As part of the move into London, 47’s UK sister agency, Indigo Pearl, will be integrated into the 47 team. According […]

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From ‘The Odyssey’ to ‘The Invite,’ 10 Summer Movies We Can’t Wait to See in Theaters

Say hello to summer movie season! As always, studios are bringing back familiar franchises — “Star Wars,” “Minions,” Marvel and “Toy Story” among them — to fuel the most profitable stretch for the industry. But Hollywood isn’t steering clear of new ideas over the next four months. Directors like Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and Olivia […]

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Apple to Broadcast MLS Game Shot Entirely on 15 iPhones, First Major Live Sports Event Captured Using Only Smartphones

Apple has frequently touted the use of professional-grade iPhones by filmmakers to make shorts, commercials and even feature-length movies. And it recently added iPhones to the mix for its MLB and Major League Soccer brodcasts. Now the tech giant is taking the eat-your-own-dog-food approach to a new level. This Saturday, May 23, Apple TV will […]

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Film AlUla Bolsters Role as Movie Industry Driver as Saudi Kingdom Raises Its Film Production Rebate to 60 Percent

Saudi Arabia’s Film AlUla – the film commission for the swathe of northwest Saudi Arabia – is bolstering its role as a cornerstone of the kingdom’s ongoing effort to build a film industry ecosystem thanks to its recent partnership with global studios giant MBS Group and its ongoing rapport with the Red Sea Film Foundation. […]

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‘Adults’ Breakout Amita Rao to Star in Horror-Comedy ‘See Bot Run’ (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Life Is Strange’ TV Series Casts Tom Cullen, Leisha Hailey, Raúl Castillo, Owen Teague (EXCLUSIVE)

Billy Eichner on Wanting His ‘Real Voice’ to Be Heard in ‘Extremely Personal’ Audio-Only Memoir and ‘People Begging’ Him to Bring Back ‘Billy on the Street’

Billy Eichner on Wanting His ‘Real Voice’ to Be Heard in ‘Extremely Personal’ Audio-Only Memoir and ‘People Begging’ Him to Bring Back ‘Billy on the Street’

The Emmys Needed to Do Something About Talk and Scripted Variety, Even If the Result Was Something Just as Clunky

Bill Lawrence, Warner Bros. TV Option Steven Rowley Novel ‘Take Me With You’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Spy Thriller ‘Gray,’ Starring Patricia Clarkson, Rupert Everett and Lydia West, Acquired by View TV Studios

Los Javis Talk Casting Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close in Epic ‘La Bola Negra’ and Championing Queer Stories: ‘We Deserve to Have Big Movies’

‘The Black Ball’ Review: The Spirit of Lorca Binds Gay Men Across a Century in an Ambitious but Distended Drama

Lucas Acher’s ‘Laser-Cat’ Wins the Cannes Festival’s La Cinef Best Short Award

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Prizes: Sarah Arnold’s Debut ‘Too Many Beasts ’ Wins the Best European Film Award

‘Summer of ’94’ Doc Filmmakers and Soccer Icons Reflect on Coach Bora Milutinović’s Lasting Legacy

‘Sinners’ Heads to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights

‘Cliffhanger’ Reboot Distributor Row K in Talks to Partner With Neon Label Decal on Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)

Julianne Moore to Lead Mother-Daughter Comedy Film From Netflix, Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Chicken for Linda!’ Co-Director Sébastien Laudenbach Takes on Iconic Character in ‘Viva Carmen’ – And Readies to Work with Singer Silvia Pérez Cruz (EXCLUSIVE)

Tokyo Broadcasting System Expands U.S. Operations, Hires Elwin de Groot as Senior Unscripted Development Exec

‘Emily in Paris’ to End With Season 6 at Netflix

Supriya Pathak Kapur Makes Directing Debut With India-Australia Co-Production ‘Our Story’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Rakan Mayasi on Shooting ‘Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep’ in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley: ‘I Had to Repeat Takes Twice Because of the Sound of an Explosion Over the Dialogue’

‘Jackass’ TV Show Returns to Paramount+ With ‘Restored Original’ Episodes

Léa Mysius Brings Family Chaos to Cannes Competition with Tense Thriller ‘The Birthday Party’

Tilda Swinton Says AI ‘Doesn’t Have a Chance’ Against Cinema That Avoids Formula at Cannes Masterclass

WWE Sets Documentary ‘Made in America’ as Part of America 250 on USA Network (EXCLUSIVE)

Murdered Babies, Axes Buried in Heads and a Monstrous Maika Monroe: ‘Victorian Psycho’ Shocks Cannes Into 5-Minute Ovation

Murdered Babies, Axes Buried in Heads and a Monstrous Maika Monroe: ‘Victorian Psycho’ Shocks Cannes Into 5-Minute Ovation

Fortyseven Communications Opens London Office and Integrates With Sister Agency Indigo Pearl; Launches Global Creator Relations Practice

From ‘The Odyssey’ to ‘The Invite,’ 10 Summer Movies We Can’t Wait to See in Theaters

Apple to Broadcast MLS Game Shot Entirely on 15 iPhones, First Major Live Sports Event Captured Using Only Smartphones

Film AlUla Bolsters Role as Movie Industry Driver as Saudi Kingdom Raises Its Film Production Rebate to 60 Percent

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