Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Disney+ has unveiled new casting additions for the second season of "Rivals," with Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett joining the ensemble as guest stars in the drama based on Jilly Cooper's b…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:09AM[SHARE]Award-winning Indian screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala has been tapped to write "Street Dreams," a biopic based on the remarkable true story of Vicky Roy, a former street child who rose to int…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:42AM[SHARE]"Fleabag" and "100 Foot Wave" producer Joe Lewis is backing the London transfer of off-Broadway hit "Invasive Species," with his company Amplify Pictures coming aboard as co-producer for the…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 13, 2025
"Human Specimens," Amazon MGM Studios' latest Japanese original for Prime Video brings together acclaimed actor Nishijima Hidetoshi with 20-year-old Kabuki theater prodigy Ichikawa SomegorÃ…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:02PM[SHARE]London's National Theatre is banking on Irish star power this winter with its upcoming production of "The Playboy of the Western World," and Variety can exclusively reveal the first trailer …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 11, 2025
"My Daughter is a Zombie" maintained its grip on the Korean box office over the Aug. 8"10 weekend, earning $5.9 million from 840,484 admissions. According to KOBIS, the tracking service oper…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:58AM[SHARE]Friday, August 8, 2025
The U.K.'s Saffron Cherry Productions (SCP) has optioned "Meet Me at Rainbow Corner," the latest novel from acclaimed actor and bestselling author Celia Imrie. The 2024 release, which is set…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 7, 2025
FOREST FIGURINE The Royal Shakespeare Company has unveiled the first official image of Basil Twist's towering Totoro puppet from the award-winning stage adaptation of "My Neighbor Totoro." T…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:16AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 6, 2025
The way Jamaal Fields-Green tells it, his journey to becoming Michael Jackson wasn't exactly destiny " it was serendipity. In March 2022, the performer was sitting in a Broadway theater, wat…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:33AM[SHARE]Harrison Osterfield, the Netflix "The Irregulars" actor, will star alongside playwright Maia Novi in the London transfer of her semi-autobiographical comedy-drama "Invasive Species." The pie…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:10AM[SHARE]Monday, August 4, 2025
Jeffrey Archer has partnered with Applause Entertainment, the content arm of Aditya Birla Group, in a landmark deal that secures adaptation rights to six of the bestselling British author's …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:27AM[SHARE]South Korean actor Song Young-kyu, known internationally for his memorable turn as Chief Choi in the 2019 box office hit "Extreme Job," died on Monday. He was 55. Song was found unresponsive…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30AM[SHARE]Friday, August 1, 2025
The Royal Shakespeare Company has tapped John Leader to play the title role in its upcoming stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's "The BFG." The production, adapted by Tom Wells ("The Kitchen Sin…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Sylvia Young, who founded one of Britain's most influential performing arts institutions, the Sylvia Young Theatre School, has died peacefully on July 30 at age 86, her daughters confi…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]'POTTER' PERSISTS "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" marks nine years at London's Palace Theatre July 30, continuing its successful West End run. The original two-part production, currently…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:36AM[SHARE]The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has released the first rehearsal images from "Born With Teeth," offering a glimpse of Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel as Christopher Marlowe and William Sh…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM is doubling down on its commitment to Asian storytelling with the launch of First Light StoryHouse, a new label designed to elevate Asian and Asian American…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2025
The Hulu comedy "Mid-Century Modern" star Nathan Lee Graham has landed the lead role in Margin Films' upcoming supernatural thriller "Destiny Jackson." Graham is set to portray Isaac Washing…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 24, 2025
U.K. entertainment freelancers are facing an unprecedented crisis, with nearly half earning below the legal minimum wage, according to the final Big Freelancer Survey released Thursday by Fr…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AM[SHARE]CUMBERBATCH CROWNED Benedict Cumberbatch will be honored with the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival (Sept. 25-Oct. 5) for his multifaceted career and role in "The Thing With Feath…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 23, 2025
SEOUL STARS KCON LA 2025 has tapped acclaimed Korean actors Lee Byung-hun and Yim Siwan for special appearances at this year's festival. The "Squid Game" stars will appear on M Countdown on …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15PM[SHARE]BAFTA's London headquarters played host to an intimate and revealing conversation between two of Britain's most compelling South Asian performers on Tuesday evening. Anjana Vasan, the Singap…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:40AM[SHARE]Warner Bros. is pulling out all the stops for this year's Back to Hogwarts celebration, marking nearly a quarter-century since the first "Harry Potter" film enchanted audiences worldwide. Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30AM[SHARE]London's National Theatre has unveiled first-look production images of Rosamund Pike and the cast in Suzie Miller's "Inter Alia," offering a glimpse of the Golden Globe winner in action. The…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:52AM[SHARE]Monday, July 21, 2025
Jordan Stephens is making the jump from music to theater, tapping into the Young Vic's Main House for his stage debut in Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr. Sloane." The Rizzle Kicks frontman will…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 18, 2025
Honor Swinton Byrne is reuniting with writer-director Anne-Sofie Lindgaard for the National Film and Television School (NFTS) short film "Small One," joined by Charlotte Spencer and Herbert …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:50AM[SHARE]India's creative economy ambitions were on full display at WAVES 2025, the inaugural World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit, where a new government report tallies over $1.1 billion in…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Academy Award-winning actor Lupita Nyong'o headlines the fifth season of Chanel Connects, the luxury house's flagship arts and culture podcast, alongside Royal Ballet principal dancer France…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:51AM[SHARE]Monday, July 14, 2025
Shweta Tripathi, the acclaimed Indian actor known for her breakout role in Cannes title "Masaan" and her star turn in Prime Video's "Mirzapur," is ready to step behind the camera for her fir…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 10, 2025
Tomorrow X Together is bringing their fourth world tour to American shores, with the K-pop sensation announcing nine U.S. dates spanning seven cities for "Tomorrow X Together World Tour Act …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Joe Locke, the Emmy-nominated star of Netflix's "Heartstopper" and Marvel's "Agatha All Along," is set to make his London West End debut this fall in the U.K. premiere of "Clarkston," a play…
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