Variety

San Sebastián Festival Gets Spanish Government Industry Boost

The San Sebastián Film Festival will receive a key economic boost from Spain’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and Civil Service to consolidate its industry events, which include the Creative Investors’ Conference, co-organized with CAA Media Finance.   Moneys involved may not seem large. Under the terms of the agreement, the Ministry will become the sole […]

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The Guardian Culture

Company review – Casey Affleck entertains us with creepy campfire tales

Venice film festival: Affleck’s third film as a director is a diverting gothic anthology about mysterious strangers, murder and – pointedly – wronged menGather ye ’round the glowing screen for a Casey Affleck campfire tale. It contains superstitions and murder and human oddities of all stripes. An old hermit in his shack. Something nasty in the woodshed. If you like the first tale, fill your boots, settle back, because here comes another and another; each sparked by the embers of its neighbour a

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Hollywood Reporter

Spencer Lackey Jumping From Social Media to Features With ‘Lust’ for Neon, Blumhouse Atomic Monster (Exclusive)

He has amassed seven million followers with his horror shorts. Now Lackey has horror veterans, including Spooky Pictures' Steven Schneider, as well as Jason Blum and James Wan, producing his feature debut.

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Variety

‘Walking Dead’ Producers to Collect $120 Million After 9-Year Legal Battle Over Show Profits

Nine years after first suing AMC Networks over unpaid profits, five producers of “The Walking Dead” have scored a $120 million settlement. The producers — Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Charles Eglee, and Glen Mazzara — reached a deal with the cable network on Friday, avoiding a federal trial that was set to […]

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Hollywood Reporter

‘South Park’ Is “Changing Its Name” to ‘South America’ for Season 29 to Mock Trump

Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced the supposed name change Tuesday.

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Variety

Colombian Hit Artist Feid Brings Short Film ‘El Green Print’ to Regal Theaters for One-Night Screenings (EXCLUSIVE)

Latin music artist Feid is bringing his short film “El Green Print” to the United States Sept. 13 for a one-night-only event.  Ferxxo, the musician’s alter ego, explores the streets of Japan in the final chapter for the persona. Per the film’s logline, “A defining decision signals the end of one era as he becomes […]

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Variety

‘Drunk History’ Returns With New Short-Form Episodes 7 Years After Comedy Central Finale

After a long hangover, “Drunk History” is back. The Emmy-winning comedy show is returning with three new short-form episodes, seven years after it last aired on Comedy Central. From Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner, “Drunk History” pairs inebriated storytellers with scrappy historical reenactments. (The facts and dates are true, but the dialogue definitely isn’t.) The […]

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Hollywood Reporter

‘From Inside Out: The Architecture of Peter Zumthor’ Review: Wim Wenders’ Technically Dazzling, Slightly Dry 3D Doc

Like the director's 'Pina' and 'Anselm,' the Venice-premiering film allows the viewer new perspectives, in this case on the work of the visionary Swiss architect of the title.

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Hollywood Reporter

How to Do Venice Right During Festival Week

While movie stars and photogs swarm on the Lido, there are havens of peaceful luxury to be found, from the the hotel Excelsior to the 12th century San Clemente Palace.

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Variety

Celebrities Who Have Died in 2026

It’s been a year of heavy losses in Hollywood, after fans said goodbye to numerous beloved names in film, television and music. Dolly Parton’s death on Aug. 25 caused an outpouring of grief across the country for the beloved singer, actress and philanthropist. “Schitt’s Creek” star Catherine O’Hara died in January, and February saw the […]

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Variety

Netflix to Report Box Office Numbers for 6 Upcoming Movies as Streamer Escalates Theatrical Plans (EXCLUSIVE)

“La Bola Negra” has mucho heat. The generational queer drama swept the Cannes Film Festival off its feet in May, nabbing a $5 million sale to Netflix and earning helmers Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo the jury prize for best director. After lighting up last weekend’s Telluride Film Festival, the Penélope Cruz-starrer is on its […]

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Variety

Danielle Deadwyler, Ike Barinholtz and Connor Storrie Join Billie Eilish and Carey Mulligan in ‘The Bell Jar’

Focus Features has confirmed the cast for Academy Award winner Sarah Polley‘s “The Bell Jar,” starring Billie Eilish. Eilish, a two-time Oscar-winning singer-songwriter, makes her film acting debut playing Esther Greenwood, the protagonist of Sylvia Plath’s classic novel. Plath’s semi-autobiographical story follows as the aspiring young writer landes a magazine internship in New York City […]

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Variety

‘Snowfall’ Spinoff ‘The Drop’ Is an Evocative, If Uneven, Portrait of South L.A. in the Gangsta Rap Era: TV Review

The FX drama “Snowfall” was one of the sneak success stories of the Peak TV era. Co-created by a marquee film director in “Boyz N the Hood” auteur John Singleton, “Snowfall” thrived where many series of similar origin failed. But it did so quietly: “Snowfall” didn’t win awards or mint breakouts beyond lead actor Damson […]

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Hollywood Reporter

The $100 Billion Race to Build the World’s Next Sports Mecca

Stadiums are only the start. From Vegas to Riyadh, cities are making huge bets on mixed-use developments, mega-events and superstar athletes in a bid to lure tourists, investment and cultural clout.

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Hollywood Reporter

‘The Spiral’ Review: Jasmine Trinca’s Real Housewife of Bari Makes a Faustian Pact With Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s Enigmatic Stranger in Crackling Italian Chiller

Paolo Strippoli’s Venice competitor traces the escalating horror of a wife and mother whose fear of having a less-than-perfect family takes her to dark places.

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Hollywood Reporter

Adam Wingard on “Losing His Voice” in the Studio System and How ‘The Guest 2’ Became ‘Onslaught’

After spending a decade in franchises, Wingard returns with his first final cut movie: "for better or worse, the purity of my vision is on screen."

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Variety

Inside Rauw Alejandro’s Three-Act Concert in New York, a Celebration of Music, Culture and Puerto Rican Pride: ‘It Creates an Impact on All Latinos to Embrace Their Culture’

Amid a political climate that has seen Latino communities targeted by deportations and ICE raids and the polarizing effects of gentrification and poverty in Puerto Rico, Latin music artists such as Rauw Alejandro and Bad Bunny have responded with a renewed sense of cultural pride and advocacy. Both artists released their most personal albums within […]

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Hollywood Reporter

‘Remain’ Teaser Trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal, Phoebe Dynevor Star in M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks’ Supernatural Romance

Shyamalan directs from his own screenplay, with the story a collaboration between Shyamalan and Sparks.

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Variety

Broadcast Networks Fire Up San Sebastián

Atresmedia Cine heads to San Sebastián with four films across key festival sections: “El mal padre” in the main competition, “La Bola Negra” in Perlak (Atresmedia Cine has acquired free-to-air rights to the buzzy drama), “Karateka” at the Velodrome and “Blind Ants” (“Inurri Itsuak”), which opens Zinemira. Atresmedia Group will also present the series “Sira” […]

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Variety

Mo’Nique Signs With Innovative

Mo’Nique has signed with Innovative Artists Entertainment for representation in all areas, Variety has learned. She continues to be repped by attorney Ricky Anderson and manager Sidney Hicks. Mo’Nique first broke out as a stand up comic, including being one of the stars of the stand up film “The Queens of Comedy.” She earned a […]

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