Wednesday, May 20, 2026
In one of the most exciting projects unveiled at Cannes, Jenna Ortega is set to play the lead role in the “Lily May B,” the anticipated next film by visionary French auteur Leos Carax. S…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 17, 2026
Five years after the fourth and final season of the hit French series “Call My Agent!” won an International Emmy Award, the gang is back for a feature film that sends its beloved agent-t…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:19AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 16, 2026
Surely one of the hottest projects hitting the Cannes market this year is “Tomorrow Is a Drag,” the anticipated comeback of Oscar-winning filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan with a starry ensembl…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:20PM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2026
French screen legend Isabelle Huppert is set to star in her first British film, “Lineage,” the hot new feature from acclaimed filmmaker Yann Demange (“Top Boy,” “71”). She’ll s…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Beta Film’s hit shows including “Bookish” and “Professor T” have found a home at leading French broadcasters and platforms. Canal+ has acquired both seasons of “Bookish,” the…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:22AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 8, 2026
French auteur Arnaud Desplechin has started shooting his next feature, "The Thing That Hurts," a bittersweet comedy led by an all-star international cast including Alfre Woodard, J.K. Simmon…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45AM[SHARE]Monday, March 30, 2026
After making a triumphant return to the stage by the Eiffel Tower at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Céline Dion has now officially confirmed her concert comeback. The pop …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:08PM[SHARE]Monday, March 23, 2026
After making her stage return singing Edith Piaf's "Hymne A L'Amour" by the Eiffel Tower at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, Celine Dion is now poised to make a big concert comeback…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:28AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Kristen Stewart is set to preside over the competition jury of the fourth edition of the Biarritz Nouvelles Vagues Festival which showcases films about youth in Southwestern France. Stewart,…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:52AM[SHARE]Monday, March 16, 2026
"Hamnet" star Jessie Buckley became an Irish national hero on Sunday night as she made Oscar history, becoming the first best actress winner from the country. Back home in Ireland, Buckley w…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 10, 2026
"The Souffleur," starring Willem Dafoe as an American hotel manager in Vienna, has sold to Kino Lorber for North American distribution. Represented internationally by Magnify, "The Souffleur…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:32AM[SHARE]Friday, March 6, 2026
While he decided not to direct "The Adventures of Cliff Booth" and scrapped "The Movie Critic," Quentin Tarantino will make a directorial comeback with an original play he's written, Vari…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2026
Catherine Pégard, a former film journalist who previously worked in Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet and headed the Château de Versailles, has been appointed France's culture minister. Pégard …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:14PM[SHARE]As the fate of Berlinale chief Tricia Tuttle is being debated at an extraordinary meeting convened by Germany's culture minister Wolfram Weimer, staffers of the festival have penned an open …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:55AM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2026
Berenice Bejo, the Oscar-nominated of "The Artist," Swan Arlaud ("Anatomy of a Fall") and Lea Drucker ("Case 137") are among the 4,000 French actors who have signed a vitriolic open letter d…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:20PM[SHARE]Friday, February 20, 2026
Beth de Araújo, who won two prizes at Sundance with "Josephine" and is presenting the film at the Berlinale on Friday, said her heart-wrenching drama highlights how the lack of accountabi…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:44AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 15, 2026
David Kaplan, the Brooklyn-based independent producer whose latest film, "Josephine," won a pair of awards at Sundance and will next compete at the Berlinale, has set his next ambitious proj…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:58PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 14, 2026
Renowned German New Wave artist and filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger returns to the Berlin International Film Festival " where she received an Honorary Golden Bear in 2020 " with a film that too…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:02PM[SHARE]When prolific Welsh indie director Jamie Adams went looking for his next film, he didn't start with a famous name in mind. He started with an epiphany. For years, he's had a drawer full of i…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2026
Michelle Yeoh, who made history three years ago becoming the first Asian to win the best actress Oscar, is in Berlin to receive the Honorary Golden Bear and will next be celebrated with a st…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:24PM[SHARE]Friday, February 6, 2026
Mariah Carey brought world class pop star wattage to the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday night at Milan's historic San Siro Stadium. Carey, who has scor…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Cinefrance has unveiled a first still of Ryusuke Hamaguchi's French movie "All of a Sudden," his follow up to Oscar-winning "Drive My Car." "All of a Sudden" stars Virginie Efira ("Benedatta…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2026
MK2 Films, the Paris based company behind best picture contenders, has boarded Kornél Mundruczó's "At the Sea" starring Oscar-nominated Amy Adams ("Vice"), ahead of its world premiere in…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Jimmy Kimmel broke down in tears twice while reacting to the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis on Monday night's "Jimmy Kimmel Live." "One video after another, sc…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 22, 2026
More than 700 artists, writers and creators, including Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, have united behind a new anti-AI campaign calling out the tech companies e…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:26AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Yorgos Lanthimos, Florian Zeller and Juliette Binoche are among more than 800 film professionals who have signed a joint statement condemning the Iranian government for killing and torturing…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:09AM[SHARE]Friday, January 16, 2026
David Ellison is on a race against the clock, meeting political leaders and entertainment figures across Europe to rally support for his $108.4 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 15, 2026
Disney+ has boarded "The Last Man on Earth," a French remake of Will Forte's hit 2015 sci-fi comedy series which will be headlined by French star Artus. An original series created by Forte, …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PM[SHARE]Monday, December 15, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron has given the prestigious Legion of Honor to Darren Star, the creator of "Emily in Paris." Star was named Knight of the Legion of Honor today during an intim…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2025
While Mike White is in France writing the fourth season of his hit anthology "The White Lotus," his 2014 book "Past Lives" is being brought on stage by Sawyer Spielberg and Anne-Sophie de Vi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:51AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 8, 2025
Florian Zeller, a world-acclaimed playwright who made his directorial debut with the Oscar-winning film "The Father" starring Anthony Hopkins, has joined the Académie Française, a presti…
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