Ben Whishaw isn’t averse to juggling multiple and very different projects, but even he admits there was a point last year when things reached near farcical levels. Around the same time he was shooting Netflix’s pulpy spy thriller series “Black Doves,” playing a contract killer with a conscience alongside Keira Knightley, he was recording the […]

There are numerous first time directors at this year’s Berlinale, but few come with the sort of indie film credits on Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s resume. The British playwright and screenwriter had worked on the script for Pawel Pawlikowski’s Oscar-winning “Ida” alongside the director, on “Disobedience” with Sebastián Lelio and on “Colette” with Wash Westmoreland, before going […]

Under picturesque snowfall and sub-zero temperatures, Timothée Chalamet braved the chill in Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz on Friday, stopping to sign autographs for a polite group of fans and collectors. The actor was in town to promote “A Complete Unknown,” his Bob Dylan biopic launching in Germany on Feb. 27 — but let’s be honest, there’s […]

Martial arts movie hero Scott Adkins (“John Wick: Chapter 4,” “Undisputed 4: Boyka”) and Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou (“Gladiator,” “Blood Diamond”) are teaming for upcoming action-thriller “One Last Fight.” The film has been announced by London and Rome-based Brilliant Pictures, which has acquired worldwide sales rights and will be launching the project at the European […]

Expertly timed to coincide with Valentine’s Day, the fourth — and apparently final — installment in the iconic Bridget Jones franchise has now been released, available on Peacock in the U.S. and in theaters via Universal around the world, including the U.K. The long-gestating “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” — based on Helen Fielding’s third Jones novel […]

A extensive lineup of names have joined Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson in Sky’s upcoming Christmas comedy movie “Tinsel Town.” Derek Jacobi (“Gladiator II”), Mawaan Rizwan (“Juice”), Maria Friedman (“Unforgotten”), Jason Manford (“Waterloo Road”), Asim Chaudhry (“People Just do Nothing”) Danny Dyer (“Rivals”), Ray Fearon (“Barbie”), Alice Eve (“Star Trek In To Darkness”), Lucien Laviscount […]

Palme d’Or-winning actor Caleb Landry Jones has reunited with both Luc Besson, his director on the 2023 action thriller “DogMan” and the upcoming “Dracula: A Love Tale,” and Peter Brunner, who directed him in the experimental 2008 drama “To the Night,” on a secret passion project they’ve been working on for several years. “Down the […]

Karla Sofía Gascón, as many might have already presumed, is not expected to attend the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony on Sunday night. The “Emilia Pérez” star — who last month became the first openly trans actress to be nominated for a BAFTA — has been absent from awards shows since her racist posts on social media were […]

Ella Balinska, best known for her lead role in the “Charlie’s Angels” reboot, has boarded meta action horror film “The Horror Game,” which will commence production later this year. Greg McLean, who directed “Jungle” starring Daniel Radcliffe as well as the “Wolf Creek” series, is set to direct from a script penned by Gus Krieger […]

Almost three years after it was first announced and with radio silence since then, “June & John” — Luc Besson’s secret project that he shot during the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020 — has re-emerged with guns blazing (literally). Variety can exclusively reveal a trailer and posters for the feature that appear to take the French director back […]

Aaron Paul and Jacob Tremblay are set to battle spooks and scares in upcoming elevated horror “The Night House,” adapted from Jo Nesbø’s bestselling novel. The feature comes from genre maestro Steven Schneider (“Split,” “Insidious,” “Paranormal Activity”) who has teamed with Hope Studios’ Fredrik Wikström Nicastro (“A Man Called Otto,” “Borg vs. McEnroe”) and director […]

Javier Bardem’s upcoming Spanish-language drama “El Ser Querido” from multiple Goya Award-winning writer-director Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“The Realm,” “The Beasts”) is heading to the EFM with the English title “The Beloved,” with Goodfellas launching the project to buyers. The film — also starring Victoria Luengo (“The Room Next Door”) — is a drama about an acclaimed film director […]

Kezia Williams is set to join Universal Pictures International as its managing director for the U.K. and Ireland. Williams will report to Paul Higginson, executive Vice President, EMEA for Universal Pictures International and will manage day-to-day operations in the territory when she joins at the end of February. She replaces former Universal Pictures UK MD […]

Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù has landed a leading film role. The fast-rising British actor — best-known for “Gangs of London” but recently seen in the third season of “Slow Horses” — will appear in “My Father’s Shadow,” the feature directorial debut of British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies, whose Sundance-winning short film “Lizard” was BAFTA nominated. The film, co-written by […]

Miles Teller has landed another lead role. The “Whiplash” and “Top Gun: Maverick” star is set to play Italian cycling champion and WWII hero Gino Bartali in upcoming biopic “Bartali.” The hot project comes from directing duo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, who won an Oscar for their documentary “Free Solo” and made their […]

Miles Teller (“Whiplash, “Top Gun: Maverick”) and Casey Affleck (“Manchester By the Sea,” “Oppenheimer”) are set to lead the cast of pursuit thriller “Wild Game.” “Wild Game” comes from Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director and producer Jason Hall (“Thank You for Your Service,” “American Sniper”) and is being launched at the European Film Market by Capstone. CAA […]

Angel Studios is expanding internationally with a second round of global distribution partnerships. The U.S. distributor and production company — which released 2023 smash hit “Sound of Freedom” and is known for its faith-based films and TV shows — has signed multiple output deals around the world for its upcoming slate, including “The King of Kings,” the upcoming […]

“The Ugly Stepsister” — the Cinderella-inspired horror that emerged from Sundance as one of the festival’s buzziest titles — has sold worldwide for Memento International. From director Emilie Blichfeldt and a beauty-horror reimagining of the classic fairy tale — the film already sold to Shudder for North America, the U.K. and Australia-New Zealand before it’s world premiere in […]

Barry Keoghan (“Saltburn”) and Riley Keough (“Mad Max: Fury Road”) are in talks to star in “Butterfly Jam,” the first English-language feature from Kantemir Balagov, the Russian director behind the acclaimed 2019 drama “Beanpole.” The film, which launched in Cannes last year with Goodfellas selling, is based on Balagov’s script about a tight-knit U.S. community […]