Thursday, August 28, 2025
If you think Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos pushed the envelope with "Poor Things," wait until you see "Bugonia." Two years after the duo came to the Lido with their previous Oscar…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:18PM[SHARE]More than 20 years after he directed the first two Harry Potter films " arguably helping sowing the seeds for today's British film industry in the process " Chris Columbus has returned to th…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:05AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 26, 2025
The first look images from the second season of critically acclaimed Brit satirical comedy "Dreaming Whilst Black" see Adjani Salmon's aspiring filmmaker Kwabena take on diversity challenges…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30AM[SHARE]Monday, August 25, 2025
"The Bard," Kevin Willmott's upcoming drama about enslaved man and celebrated poet George Moses Horton, has rounded out its cast. The film "Â first announced by Variety earlier this month …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Friday, August 22, 2025
British actor, director and producer Noel Clarke has lost his libel case against The Guardian, having sued the U.K. newspaper's publisher for printing allegations of sexual misconduct in 202…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:53AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Kevin Spacey's European festival tour is moving to Venice. The actor, who made a surprise appearance in Cannes to promote British indie film "The Awakening," in which he has a small role, is…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:59PM[SHARE]Monday, August 18, 2025
Glenn Close has landed her next killer TV role. The eight-time Oscar nominee is set to star as the lead in "Maud" for U.K. network Channel 4. Written by Nina Raine and Moses Raine (behind ac…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:46AM[SHARE]David Gyasi, best known for playing the suave and well-tailored U.K. foreign secretary Austin Dennison in Netflix's political thriller series "The Diplomat," has landed his first lead film r…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 14, 2025
A Sinéad O'Connor biopic is in development. Variety has learned that a film is in the works that will tell the story of the early life and career of the iconic Irish musician, who died in 2…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 5, 2025
The ongoing musical collaboration between Talking Heads icon David Byrne and Paramore singer Hayley Williams is set to venture into as-yet-uncharted territories: animated feature adaptations…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 25, 2025
Micheal Ward, the BAFTA-winning star of "Top Boy," "Small Axe" and "Eddington" has been charged with rape and sexual assault. The 27-yyear has been charged with two count of rape and three c…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:26PM[SHARE]Friday, July 18, 2025
Jho Low, the playboy Malaysian financier who was central to the multi-billion dollar 1MDB corruption scandal, has reportedly been located and his new identity discovered. Low was the masterm…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:07PM[SHARE]Micheal Ward's big "Cannes moment," as he describes it, should have come five years ago. "Lovers Rock," the reggae-infused romance in which he played a charming singleton at a London house p…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tina Fey is set to bring a sprinkling of Hollywood star power to the Edinburgh TV Festival next month. The award-winning multi-hyphenate has been confirmed as joining the small screen events…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Ray Panthaki has rounded out of the cast of his upcoming feature directorial debut "In Starland" and revealed a first look showing his lead star, "Sing Sing" breakout Clarence Maclin. Writte…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 10, 2025
One of the icons of independent cinema, Christine Vachon is celebrating 30 years of Killer Films, the production banner she set up in 1995 with Pamela Koffler. Across three decades and more …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Independent Brit agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, which represents a number of big name writers, directors, literary properties and heads of department, had appointed Jodi Shields t…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Fresh from their latest round of zombie dispatching in the second season of "The Last of Us," Bella Ramsey is heading back to TV. The Brit is set to co-lead the cast of upcoming thriller ser…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Joseph Conrad's classic novella "Heart of Darkness" is being adapted into an animated feature, with Michael Sheen, James Norton and Bill Nighy having already lent their voices. The project i…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 17, 2025
'Madfabulous,' the British indie feature from actor, writer and director Celyn Jones, has secured global sales representation from Upgrade and the Gersh Agency. The film " described as an "a…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:55AM[SHARE]Monday, June 9, 2025
Louisa Connolly-Burnham, who cast "How to Have Sex" breakout and BAFTA winner Mia McKenna-Bruce in last year's hugely well-received short film "Sister Wives," has lined up her next project. …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:08AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 3, 2025
"Adolescence" has been praised by London Mayor Sadiq Khan for helping bring the subject of violence against women and the dangers of social media into the limelight. Speaking to Variety on t…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:13AM[SHARE]Monday, June 2, 2025
Molly Manny Walker, who made a major splash with her debut feature "How to Have Sex," is heading to the small screen for her first drama series, "Major Players." The series has been commissi…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:13AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 7, 2025
A film adaptation of "Prima Facie," the smash-hit one-woman stage play starring Cynthia Erivo in the role that earned Jodie Comer both Tony and Olivier awards, will launch at the Cannes Film…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:43PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Newly crowned Disney princess Rachel Zegler has lined her first film after "Snow White" and is set to play the daughter of Marisa Tomei's wild-living mother in comedy drama "She Gets It From…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:52PM[SHARE]Friday, April 25, 2025
Britain's favorite marmalade-loving bear will be hitting London's West End later this year. "Paddington the Musical," first announced in 2023, is taking shape, with the StudioCanal-backed st…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:55AM[SHARE]Friday, March 28, 2025
On the day of the first preview performance of "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" on Broadway, Netflix has announced a new documentary charting the TV phenomenon's successful adaptation int…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:23PM[SHARE]Friday, March 7, 2025
It's just been pointed out to me that my eyes have been wide open " like 'what the hell just happened' wide open " for some time. The appearance of my eyes is of little concern to me right n…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:58AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Ethan Hawke's transformative turn in "Blue Moon" "Â the actor's first film in a decade with long-time collaborator Richard Linklater "Â just brought the house down in Berlin. The audienc…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Five-time Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris ("A Series of Unfortunate Events", "Gone Girl"), BAFTA nominee James Norton ("Joy", "Bob Marley: One Love"), and recent Golden Globe and Emmy winner…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:26PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 23, 2025
Judi Dench has revealed that her deteriorating eyesight has gotten to the point where she can no longer attend events or go out alone. "Somebody will always be with me. I have to now because…
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