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Chinese filmmaker Gu You’s films modeled on Chinese landscape painting will not stop at three. The director of “The First Taste of Loneliness,” which world premiering in competition at the Busan International Film Festival, tells Variety that a fourth installment is already in research and development, and that it may lean toward genre. The new […]
Another beloved classic gets a modern-day twist. Its cast and creator argue why it needed to be remade.
The original publisher says it will donate Milne's classics alongside a new authorised sequel.
She starred opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, then alongside Cary Grant in Hitchcock's North by Northwest.
Maggie Gyllenhaal told a Busan International Film Festival press conference on Wednesday that the best directors she worked with as an actress, who were usually also the most successful, understood the value of drawing on the minds of the people around them. “It was the people who were very scared… or just not very smart, […]
Warner Bros. TV Group & U.S. networks chairman/CEO Channing Dungey sent a memo to her staffers on Tuesday evening confirming her role in the new Skydance structure, including the fact that she will be a part of the company’s new executive leadership team. Dungey’s oversight will be expanding: As expected, she shared the news that […]
Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival (known as PÖFF), the only A-list festival in Northern Europe, has unveiled its official selection and first feature competitions, taking in 21 world premieres and three international premieres such as “Sh*t Happens” by Sundance selected José María Cabral (“Woodpeckers”), and British actor Ray Panthaki’s feature debut “In Starland.” In the […]
ITV Studios has unveiled its drama slate for Mipcom, led by lunar thriller “First Woman,” and a further four new titles, including Steven Moffat’s workplace drama “Number 10.” Among the talent heading for the distributor’s Cannes showcase are Luke Evans, Richard Armitage, Adrian Dunbar, Lauren Lyle and Emmy-winning “Sherlock” writer Moffat. Evans, whose credits include […]
There are plenty of flashy tablets to shop during Prime Big Deals Day, but for anyone whose summer goals include finally finishing the stack of books on their nightstand, the newest Kindle release might be the smarter buy. The 2024 Amazon Kindle, available in black and the popular Matcha green, is down to an unbeatable […]
McGovern says officers are lazy after visiting youth offenders' institutions for new series of BBC drama.
The musician visits Benidorm to perform at the Funtastic festival, coinciding with the publication in Spanish of a book that gathers his agitated life
One day into the official closing of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, Skydance Corp.’s newly appointed Motion Picture Group co-chairs, Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, have outlined their immediate plans for the film division. Goldberg and Greenstein pledged that both Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures “will continue to build and release their slate of films […]
Zhang Yimou, president of the Busan International Film Festival’s competition jury, waded into the dispute over historical fact and creative freedom that has engulfed Korean cinema, telling a press conference on Wednesday that history itself is written by people. The question from the press did not name a title, but the debate centers on Hur […]
Before Chuck Lorre was known for creating “The Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men,” he was a writer on two seasons of the popular ABC sitcom “Roseanne,” an experience he described as “malice” in a recent episode of the “Dinner’s on Me” podcast. When host Jesse Tyler Ferguson wondered how the famed […]
Michelle Yeoh turned her attention to “Blade Runner 2099” at a Busan International Film Festival press conference on Wednesday, before she flies to New York Comic Con to promote the Prime Video series. “To be given an opportunity to take it to 2099 is indeed an amazing journey, and to work with such a great […]
Zhang Yimou is still reworking the script for his film adaptation of “The Three-Body Problem,” years into the process, the Chinese director said during the opening ceremony of the Busan International Film Festival, where he is president of this year’s competition jury. Questioned by festival director Jung Hanseok, Zhang said he is currently preparing a […]
And just like that, David Ellison is in the driver’s seat. The newly minted executive leadership team at Skydance, led by chairman and CEO Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, held an on-the-record press gaggle at the Paramount lot in Hollywood, hours after their hard-fought acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery officially closed. Both in jeans and […]
Musician Jack White has fired back at Donald Trump following the president’s remarks made that Iran could “take out Los Angeles” and “San Diego” while speaking about the international conflict on Monday at a rally in Nebraska. “Hey republicans and conservatives that live in L.A. and San Diego; how do you feel about your Fuhrer […]
Streamer AMC+ has had a buzzy year, with shows like “The Vampire Lestat” and “The Audacity,” and franchises like “The Walking Dead” and “Doctor Who” all finding a home on the AMC Networks streaming service. Fans of “Heated Rivalry” will also want to tap into AMC+ to tune into “Yaga,” the Hudson Williams and Carrie […]
Omega marked Oct. 5, James Bond Day, by launching its new James Bond and Spectre watch collection and hosting a preview of the company’s 007 exhibition at its boutique at The Americana at Brand mall in Glendale on Monday night. The exhibition features props from various Bond movies, including the secret agent’s British passport from […]
