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‘Tangles’ Review: Striking Animation Honors an Artist’s Heartbreaking Account of Losing Her Mother to Alzheimer’s

The distinctive visual storytelling of Canadian cartoonist Sarah Leavitt is deftly and stylishly transferred to the big screen in “Tangles,” an honestly felt and highly affecting adaptation of her autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. Chronicling with tenderness and idiosyncratic humor her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Leavitt’s memoir has become a touchstone work […]

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Developing Film Adaptation of Afghan War Memoir ‘Now Way Out’ for Netflix

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are developing a feature film adaptation of the Afghan war memoir “No Way Out: The Searing True Story of Men Under Siege,” for Netflix. The book chronicles British Major Adam Jowett’s command of Easy Company, a unit of Paras and Royal Irish rangers tasked with holding the District Centre of […]

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Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick’s ‘Family Movie’ to Open 2026 Bentonville Film Festival, ‘Little House on the Prairie’ to Close

BFFoundation has announced the 2026 Bentonville Film Festival’s lineup of in-person premieres. The festival will be held June 15-21 in Bentonville, Arkansas, and will showcase a range of narrative, documentary, homegrown, short film, and episodic material. BFF 2026 will open on June 16 with “Family Movie,” with directors, producers, and stars Kevin Bacon and Kyra […]

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TV Drama Writers Detail Difficulties of Ending a Hit Show, How Much to Plan Ahead and Becoming ‘Emotion Dealers’ for Audiences

Ending a show is not easy — and the process is different for everyone. That was just one lesson learned during the drama series panel at the Variety A Night in the Writers’ Room event in Los Angeles. First, both Eric Kripke, showrunner and executive producer of Prime Video’s “The Boys,” and Matthew B. Roberts, showrunner, […]

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Sandra Hüller Soaks Up 5-Minute Standing Ovation for ‘Fatherland’ as Oscar Race Starts Early in Cannes

Sandra Hüller takes a fraught and cathartic road trip in Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cannes premiere “Fatherland”– and her GPS is set for next year’s Oscar race. The audience at the Grand Palais rewarded Hüller’s performance as the dutiful daughter of a post-war German literary genius with a 5-minute standing ovation, by Variety‘s count. Hüller and her […]

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‘Lost Women of Alaska’ Team on Spotlighting the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis: The Community ‘Has Been Through a Lot’ and ‘Hasn’t Been Heard’

The team behind the docuseries “Lost Women of Alaska,” which explores the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis, discussed raising awareness around the disproportionate violence against Native women at the Variety FYC TV Fest on May 6. Held in conversation with Variety’s Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay, the panel comprised of the show’s executive producers Christina […]

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First Look at Supernatural Thriller ‘Hide and Don’t Speak’ Features Star Momona Tamada

Mister Smith Entertainment has unveiled a phot look still of its supernatural horror film “Hide and Don’t Speak.” Pic features the film’s star Momona Tamada (“Avatar: The Last Airbender”). The cast also includes Tanner Buchanan (“Cobra Kai,” “How to Date Billy Walsh”), Garrett Wareing (“The Long Walk”), Quvenzhané Wallis (Oscar nominee for “Beasts of the […]

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Eight Directors, Five Countries, Four Films: Inside KawanKawan Media’s ‘Next Step Studio Indonesia’ at Cannes

There is a moment, somewhere between exchanging favorite films and confronting each other’s psyche, where two strangers from different countries have to decide whether they can actually make something together. For the eight directors at the center of “Next Step Studio Indonesia 2026,” that moment arrived last year in Jakarta. The result, screening in Cannes’ […]

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Kamala Avila-Salmon’s Kas Kas Productions Reveals Initial Development Slate, Including Sci-Fi Series Starring Rainn Wilson (EXCLUSIVE)

A feature project with John Legend and Mike Jackson and a kids’ TV project based on Chrissy Teigen and Tracy Stevens’ podcast are among the projects that have been unveiled as part of Kas Kas Productions’ initial development slate. Founded by former Lionsgate executive Kamala Avila-Salmon, the film and television production company’s development includes a […]

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Chile Surges at Cannes With a Milestone Presence, Driven by Fast Emerging Key Production Players

Chile boasts a milestone presence in Cannes this year with new or consolidating companies leading the charge. Among them is Fernando Bascuñán’s Planta with three projects — two competing in Directors’ Fortnight: Domingo Sotomayor’s drama about a woman adopting a stray dog, “La Perra,” and Lisandro Alonso’s “Double Freedom” (“La libertad doble”). Picked up by […]

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Cannes: ‘La Frappe’ Set to Premiere in Critics Week with Charades on Board as Sales Agent (EXCLUSIVE)

Charades has acquired world sales rights to “La Frappe” (“The Blow”) from writer-director Julien Gaspar-Oliveri. The film will premiere during Cannes’ Critics Week. The film which will have its world premiere on May 15, follows siblings Enzo and his sister Carla who have been on their own for several years. When their father is released […]

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Bill Lawrence to Be Honored As Project Healthy Minds Storyteller of the Year (EXCLUSIVE)

Bill Lawrence will receive the 2026 Project Healthy Minds Storyteller of the Year Award. The TV creator will be honored at Project Healthy Minds’ annual World Mental Health Day Gala on October 8 at Spring Studios in New York. Lawrence currently serves as the executive producer of five TV series, including “Shrinking,” “Ted Lasso,” “Scrubs,” […]

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10 Chilean Standouts at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival

As Chile boasts a milestone presence in Cannes this year with new or consolidating companies leading the charge — including Domingo Sotomayor’s drama about a woman adopting a stray dog, “La Perra,” and Lisandro Alonso’s “Double Freedom” (“La libertad doble”) both competing in Directors’ Fortnight — here are 10 Chilean titles to track at this […]

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Nithya Raman Is Hollywood’s Choice for L.A. Mayor — But Will It Matter?

Kathleen Eagan Murray was as surprised as everyone else when her college friend Nithya Raman announced she was running for mayor of Los Angeles in February. She sent off a quick text — and soon found herself organizing a slew of fundraisers and meet-and-greets. Eagan Murray and her husband, TV writer Matt Murray (“Parks and […]

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Jodie Comer to Star in HBO Limited Series ‘The Chain’ From Damon Lindelof

Jodie Comer has been cast in the lead role of the upcoming HBO limited series “The Chain.” The series was originally announced in January under creator Damon Lindelof’s overall deal with HBO. “The Chain” is based on the book of the same name by Adrian McKinty. HBO has given the show an eight-episode order. Comer […]

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Claire Danes to Be Honored at Gotham Television Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

Claire Danes will receive the Performer Tribute at this year’s Gotham Television Awards. The third annual event takes place lie on June 1 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The recognition pays tribute to Danes’ storied career across film and television, including her roles in “The Beast in Me,” “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” […]

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‘Obsession’ Review: Clever, Creepy Indie Horror Applies an Old-School Monkey’s Paw Device to Modern Relationships

We generally hear the words “careful what you wish for” enough times in life that you’d think, if you ever were to be granted your heart’s desire by supernatural means, you’d at least be really particular about the wording. But an impetuous request to an invisible genie-like entity has ruinous consequences for multiple people in […]

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‘CoComelon’ Movie Sets SZA, Nicholas Hoult, Sarah Sherman to Lead Voice Cast

“CoComelon: The Movie” has unveiled its cast, with SZA, Nicholas Hoult and Sarah Sherman set to voice new characters in the theatrical spinoff of the beloved children’s series. Other newcomers to the movie’s cartoon universe are Ike Barinholtz, Ego Nwodim, Josh Johnson, Matt Friend, Rhys Darby and Cristo Fernández. They’ll be joined by familiar faces […]

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‘Rooster’ Is HBO’s Biggest Comedy Launch Since ‘Hung’ and ‘Sex and the City,’ Averaging 6.5 Million Viewers

“Rooster” achieved HBO’s most-watched debut season for a comedy series in more than 15 years, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. The only HBO comedies to outperform “Rooster” in their first seasons were “Hung” in 2009 and “Sex and the City” in 1998. The Steve Carell-led project concluded its first season on May 10. The finale […]

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Graydon Carter and Harrison Vail Launch Par Avion Pictures, Set Film and Series Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

Famed magazine editor Graydon Carter has launched the full-scale production company Par Avion Pictures, in partnership with writer and former Vanity Fair and Air Mail editor Harrison Vail. Emmy and Peabody winner Carter marked the announcement out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the site of many Gatsby-esque parties he’s hosted for global power players […]

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Miley Cyrus, Jisoo, Sabrina Carpenter, Al Pacino and More Photos from the Dior Cruise Show in Los Angeles

Jonathan Anderson gathered some of Hollywood’s most famous faces for the front row at his Dior Cruise Collection 2027 fashion show at Los Angeles’ LACMA on Wednesday night. Spotted taking their seats underneath the new David Geffen Galleries were Miley Cyrus, Sabrina Carpenter, Al Pacino, Jisoo of Blackpink, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jeff Goldblum, Tracee Ellis Ross, […]

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All 13 Seasons of BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ Revival to Stream Exclusively on AMC+ in U.S.

AMC+ has landed the exclusive U.S. streaming rights to the 13-season run of BBC’s revived “Doctor Who” TV series. Beginning June 11, the platform will now be home to 13 seasons and 176 episodes (including specials) of the award-winning series “Doctor Who.” Airing from 2005 – 2022, the BBC’s modern-day “Doctor Who” is the longest-running […]

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Jordana Brewster on Bringing ‘Fast & Furious’ to Cannes for Its 25th Anniversary and Honoring Paul Walker With ‘Fast Forever’: ‘We’ve All Got Each Other’s Backs, No Matter What’

Over the past 25 years, Jordana Brewster has raced around the globe with the “Fast and Furious” movies — from the franchise’s home base in Los Angeles to Rio de Janeiro and San Juan, plus London and Rome. But Cannes was never on the road map, until now. “It’s super validating, and it’s a little […]

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‘Monkey Quest’ and a New Anime Frontier: How Toei Animation Is Rewriting Its Global Playbook

With Japan’s animation industry recording its highest-ever market value — JPY3.8 trillion ($23.7 billion), according to the Assn. of Japanese Animations — Toei Animation is in Cannes this week to make the case that the next chapter of anime’s global story is one of co-creation, not just export. The timing is not incidental: Japan’s government […]

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BET Studios Partners with Microseries Company aTwist to Develop Original Content Rooted in Black Culture (TV News Roundup)

BET Studios has announced a partnership with microseries company aTwist, aiming to create storytelling “rooted in Black culture and community.” Through the partnership, the companies will produce multi-platform original microseries, including long-form episodic content for cable distribution and vertically formatted microseries for the aTwist platform. BET will first feature a limited first-run window of the […]

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‘PAW Patrol,’ ‘Rubble & Crew’ Renewed for Two Additional Seasons Each at Nickelodeon

Hit animated series “PAW Patrol” and the spinoff “Rubble & Crew” have been renewed for two more seasons each at Nickelodeon. Both shows have been picked up for 26 more episodes. That will bring “PAW Patrol” to its 14th and 15th seasons, while “Rubble & Crew” will now be back for Seasons 5 and 6. […]

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Megumi on ‘Fujiko,’ Japan’s Cannes Moment and Being Actor-Producer

“Fujiko,” the Kimura Taichi drama that Japanese actor-producer Megumi spent four years producing and starring in, departed the 28th Far East Film Festival in Udine with two prizes: the Golden Mulberry Audience Award and a shared Black Dragon press jury citation alongside Korean documentary “The Seoul Guardians.” It was a double recognition that validated a […]

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Sony Pictures’ Sanford Panitch Puts Japan at Center of Theatrical Argument at Cannes Film Market: ‘True Global IP Has Never Been Created by a Streaming Service’

Sanford Panitch came to the Cannes Film Market with a thesis he wanted the Japanese entertainment industry to hear: theatrical is still the only window that creates lasting global IP, anime’s moment has arrived, and Japan’s rights holders are leaving opportunities on the table by waiting too long to engage. The Sony Pictures Entertainment motion […]

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Nishikawa Miwa’s War Orphan Drama ‘Children Untold’ Boards Intramovies for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Italian sales agent Intramovies has acquired worldwide sales rights to Japanese film “Children Untold” (“Watashi no Shiranai Kodomotachi”), a WWII historical drama written and directed by Nishikawa Miwa and produced by Koide Daiju for Japan’s K2 Pictures. Set in Tokyo during the final days and immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the film follows […]

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‘The Meltdown’ Review: A Missing-Girl Mystery Becomes a Political Allegory as Remote as its Andean Setting

Four years ago, Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight premiered Chilean actress Manuela Martelli’s superb directorial debut “Chile ’76,” which tracked with sinister precision the stirring of a complacently bourgeois housewife’s political conscience during the repressive Pinochet regime. Her follow-up, “The Meltdown,” now plays in the Un Certain Regard sidebar, but while the filmmaking is just as elegant […]

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‘Tangles’ Review: Striking Animation Honors an Artist’s Heartbreaking Account of Losing Her Mother to Alzheimer’s

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Developing Film Adaptation of Afghan War Memoir ‘Now Way Out’ for Netflix

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick’s ‘Family Movie’ to Open 2026 Bentonville Film Festival, ‘Little House on the Prairie’ to Close

TV Drama Writers Detail Difficulties of Ending a Hit Show, How Much to Plan Ahead and Becoming ‘Emotion Dealers’ for Audiences

Sandra Hüller Soaks Up 5-Minute Standing Ovation for ‘Fatherland’ as Oscar Race Starts Early in Cannes

‘Lost Women of Alaska’ Team on Spotlighting the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis: The Community ‘Has Been Through a Lot’ and ‘Hasn’t Been Heard’

First Look at Supernatural Thriller ‘Hide and Don’t Speak’ Features Star Momona Tamada

Eight Directors, Five Countries, Four Films: Inside KawanKawan Media’s ‘Next Step Studio Indonesia’ at Cannes

Kamala Avila-Salmon’s Kas Kas Productions Reveals Initial Development Slate, Including Sci-Fi Series Starring Rainn Wilson (EXCLUSIVE)

Chile Surges at Cannes With a Milestone Presence, Driven by Fast Emerging Key Production Players

Cannes: ‘La Frappe’ Set to Premiere in Critics Week with Charades on Board as Sales Agent (EXCLUSIVE)

Bill Lawrence to Be Honored As Project Healthy Minds Storyteller of the Year (EXCLUSIVE)

10 Chilean Standouts at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Nithya Raman Is Hollywood’s Choice for L.A. Mayor — But Will It Matter?

Jodie Comer to Star in HBO Limited Series ‘The Chain’ From Damon Lindelof

Claire Danes to Be Honored at Gotham Television Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Obsession’ Review: Clever, Creepy Indie Horror Applies an Old-School Monkey’s Paw Device to Modern Relationships

‘CoComelon’ Movie Sets SZA, Nicholas Hoult, Sarah Sherman to Lead Voice Cast

‘Rooster’ Is HBO’s Biggest Comedy Launch Since ‘Hung’ and ‘Sex and the City,’ Averaging 6.5 Million Viewers

Graydon Carter and Harrison Vail Launch Par Avion Pictures, Set Film and Series Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

Miley Cyrus, Jisoo, Sabrina Carpenter, Al Pacino and More Photos from the Dior Cruise Show in Los Angeles

All 13 Seasons of BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ Revival to Stream Exclusively on AMC+ in U.S.

Jordana Brewster on Bringing ‘Fast & Furious’ to Cannes for Its 25th Anniversary and Honoring Paul Walker With ‘Fast Forever’: ‘We’ve All Got Each Other’s Backs, No Matter What’

‘Monkey Quest’ and a New Anime Frontier: How Toei Animation Is Rewriting Its Global Playbook

BET Studios Partners with Microseries Company aTwist to Develop Original Content Rooted in Black Culture (TV News Roundup)

‘PAW Patrol,’ ‘Rubble & Crew’ Renewed for Two Additional Seasons Each at Nickelodeon

Megumi on ‘Fujiko,’ Japan’s Cannes Moment and Being Actor-Producer

Sony Pictures’ Sanford Panitch Puts Japan at Center of Theatrical Argument at Cannes Film Market: ‘True Global IP Has Never Been Created by a Streaming Service’

Nishikawa Miwa’s War Orphan Drama ‘Children Untold’ Boards Intramovies for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

‘The Meltdown’ Review: A Missing-Girl Mystery Becomes a Political Allegory as Remote as its Andean Setting

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