Tuesday, July 26, 2016
The two-part stage play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" opens officially on Saturday at the Palace Theater in London’s West End, but previews have been running since June 7, and pr…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Mira Nair's "Queen of Katwe," which stars David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o and newcomer Madina Nalwanga, will receive its European premiere Oct. 9 in the Gala section of the 60th BFI London Fil…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 9, 2016
CBS Studios Intl. and RTL II have signed a licensing agreement in Germany for “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” The series will air on RTL II's new Internet-only linear sta…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:04AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 5, 2016
The Ambassador Theatre Group is to produce a new stage musical based on the life of Frank Sinatra, in partnership with Stewart Till and Frank Sinatra Enterprises. The show, which is planned …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:44PM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2016
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has revealed it has taken a stake in Apple valued at more than $1 billion. Berkshire Hathaway said in a regulatory filing Monday that it has held 9.81 mil…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 13, 2016
LONDON — Playwright Arnold Wesker, known as one of the “angry young men” of the British literary scene in the 1950s, has died at the age of 83. Wesker wrote more than 40 pl…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:16AM[SHARE]Friday, April 1, 2016
LONDON — WestEnd Films has closed a raft of deals on the documentary about ballet star Sergei Polunin "Dancer," directed by Academy Award nominee Steven Cantor and produced by another …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:36AM[SHARE]Monday, February 1, 2016
LONDON — Keira Knightley is in talks to star in biopic “Colette,” which reunites the producers behind "Carol," Number 9 Films and Killer Films. "Still Alice's" Wash Westmor…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:35AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 14, 2016
LONDON — Actor Alan Rickman, whose films include the Harry Potter franchise, “Die Hard” and “Truly Madly Deeply,” has died at the age of 69. More to follow.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:51AM[SHARE]Monday, December 21, 2015
LONDON — Kenneth Branagh is to act as the patron of Shakespeare on Screen, a year-long program that marks 400 years since William Shakespeare's death. The program, which is being spear…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:13PM[SHARE]Friday, December 4, 2015
LONDON — "Friends" star Matthew Perry will lead the cast in the world premiere of his playwriting debut, "The End of Longing," at the Playhouse Theatre, London, from Feb. 2 to May 14. …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:38PM[SHARE]Friday, November 27, 2015
LONDON — Variety has teamed up with London’s Sanctum Soho Hotel to provide a venue for a series of exclusive events, including cast-hosted screenings of awards-nominated films, s…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:34PM[SHARE]LONDON — The live broadcast of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's stage production of "The Winter's Tale" topped the U.K. cinema box office on Thursday. William Shakespeare's play, …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:34AM[SHARE]Monday, November 23, 2015
LONDON — Nicole Kidman took the award for best actress and James McAvoy was named best actor at the 61st London Evening Standard Theater Awards Sunday at a ceremony at London's Old Vic…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Terry Gilliam, despite turning 75 this month and recently publishing "Gilliamesque: A Pre-posthumous Memoir," has no intention of seeing the curtain fall on his career. He fizzes with ideas …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:14PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 4, 2015
BERLIN — British distributor Park Circus and Sony Pictures are to release a sing-a-long version of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in the U.K. to mark the movie’s 4…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:46PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 31, 2015
LONDON — All3Media has acquired Sam Mendes’ production company Neal Street, which produces “Penny Dreadful.” Neal Street was set up in 2003 by Mendes, who won an Osca…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:28AM[SHARE]Friday, November 21, 2014
Stephen Goldblatt, who was the cinematographer on Mike Nichols' last three screen productions — including HBO's "Angels in America," which Nichols considered to be the crowning achieve…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:50PM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2014
"Monty Python" star Terry Jones, whose credits as a director include "Life of Brian" and "The Holy Grail," has co-written, co-directed and presents a documentary feature on economics called …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 11, 2014
LONDON — Comedy troupe Monty Python has launched its new website, which features artwork by Terry Gilliam. The site contains news about Python-related activity, links to upcoming relea…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 1, 2014
LONDON — Walt Disney Co. and Amazon look close to resolving a feud that has blocked the pre-ordering of Disney DVDs for nearly two months, according to a report in the Wall Street Jour…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 3, 2014
LONDON — Picturehouse Entertainment's broadcast on 3,000 movie theater screens in 52 countries of the “Monty Python Live (mostly)” show has nabbed a box-office gross of mor…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:59AM[SHARE]Monday, August 18, 2014
LONDON — London's Tricycle Theatre, whose artistic director is Indhu Rubasingham, has back-pedaled in its dispute with the U.K. Jewish Film Festival over funding from Israel. The venue…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 15, 2014
LONDON — The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its Venice Classics line-up, which includes Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s "Guys and Dolls" (1955) and Francois Truffaut’s "Baisers v…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 25, 2014
LONDON — Welsh actor Luke Evans ("The Hobbit") and Elisabeth Moss have joined the cast of Ben Wheatley's "High-Rise," which is being produced by Jeremy Thomas' Recorded Picture Company…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:07AM[SHARE]Monday, June 16, 2014
LONDON — English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf has attached to score B Good Picture Company’s ï¬lm about the early life of Noel Coward, in which "Glee" star Chris Colfer pla…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:13AM[SHARE]Friday, May 30, 2014
LONDON — Sophie Okonedo, who was Oscar nommed for "Hotel Rwanda," is set to star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the next series of "The Hollow Crown," the BBC's Shakespeare adaptati…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:31AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 24, 2014
LONDON — Picturehouse Entertainment has nabbed the international distribution rights to broadcast Monty Python’s final live show at London's O2 Arena on July 20 to movie theaters…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 22, 2014
LONDON — Catherine Hardwicke will helm comedy drama “Miss You Already,” which is to star Rachel Weisz and Toni Collette. Morwenna Banks has penned the script, which centers…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:09PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 6, 2014
LONDON — Benedict Cumberbatch is to play Richard III in Neal Street Productions' film for the BBC. “Richard III” is part of a series of Shakespeare's History plays, which a…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:05AM[SHARE]Monday, March 10, 2014
LONDON — Musical “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and the revival of Stephen Sondheim's “Merrily We Roll Along” lead the Olivier Awards race with seven noms …
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