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05/18/2026

‘Very Young Frankenstein’ Ordered to Series at FX (Michael Gruskoff – Executive Producer; Daniel Pour – Consulting Producer)

FX has given a series order to “Very Young Frankenstein.” The project was first announced with a pilot order in 2025. Exact plot details...

05/15/2026

Cannes Heats Up As Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All Of A Sudden’ Gets 11-Minute Standing Ovation (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)

After a somewhat quiet few days, the Cannes Film Festival is heating up with two big audience responses to buzzy films. The first, earlier...

05/15/2026

Oscar Winner Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’ Gets 7-Minute Ovation In Cannes (Asghar Farhadi – Director)

Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi‘s first feature in five years received a warm welcome in Cannes on Thursday as an enthusiastic...

05/07/2026

Concourse Media Boards Feature ‘Maybe We Should’ — Cannes Market (Lil Rel Howery – Talent)

Concourse Media has acquired worldwide rights to the ensemble feature Maybe We Should and will present the completed film to buyers at the...

04/09/2026

Ke Huy Quan Recounts Hollywood Fall and Resurrection in Memoir Never Say Die (Ke Huy Quan – Author)

Ke Huy Quan is sharing his story on the page.The Oscar-winning actor, 54, will publish his memoir, Never Say Die, this fall — and PEOPLE can...

04/09/2026

Cannes Film Festival 2026 Lineup: Asghar Farhadi, Ryusuke Hamaguchi Set for Auteur-Driven Competition (Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Writer, Director; Asghar Farhadi – Director)

Cannes Film Festival will favor the auteurs this year, with Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodóvar, Paweł Pawlikowski, Ira Sachs, Hirokazu Kore-eda...

04/09/2026

Ryan Coogler Joins New Council Dedicated to “Future of Cinema” (Ryan Coogler – Writer, Director)

A coalition of filmmakers are uniting to “champion the future of cinema worldwide.” Cinema United confirmed today the formation of a Filmmaker...

04/09/2026

Variety's Legal Impact Report 2026: Meet Hollywood’s Top Entertainment Attorneys (Jeff B. Cohen, Esq. & Jonathan Gardner, Esq. - Partners)

Turbulent times often create abundant opportunities for lawyers. That’s certainly been the case over the past year as media and entertainment...

04/02/2026

B**g Joon Ho Reveals Title, Story, First-Look Image for His Much-Anticipated Animated Feature (B**g Joon Ho – Writer, Director)

Celebrated Korean auteur B**g Joon Ho’s much-anticipated foray into 3D animated filmmaking is beginning to come into focus. The multi-Oscar...

03/24/2026

Movie Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships In Screenwriting Recipients Set (Sara Crow – Writer)