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In the streaming landscape, it’s been virtually impossible to get an apples-to-apples read on the relative popularity of TV shows and movies...

The CBS comedy pilot “DMV” is adding three new cast members. Variety has learned that Alex Tarrant, Tony Cavalero, and Gigi Zumbado have all...

“Perverts,” the new project from Ethel Cain, is set for release on January 8, 2025, and is led by the singer’s first new song and video in m...

“The Crown,” “Hacks” and “The Bear” were among the shows leading the nominations for the 40th Artios Awards. The nominations honor the contr...

Eddie Murphy is about to tear the roof off the sucker. The actor is set to play Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in an untitled b...

“Riverdale” and “District 9” star Nat Boltt has lined up a trio of would-be nuns for her directorial debut. “Holy Days,” a comedy based on t...

The 39th Fort Lauderdale Intl. Film Festival (Nov. 8-17) anchors South Florida’s cultural calendar. The non-profit FLIFF offers an eclectic...

Malaysian director Tsai Ming-liang might be done with his semi-retirement. “I have a strong desire to make another feature film,” he tells V...

Fremantle has upped Kevin Woodward to serve as executive VP of production, the company announced Friday. Woodward moves up from senior VP of...

Amazon MGM Studios has hired veteran TV executive Stacy Fung as part of its drama series team, Variety has learned exclusively. In her new s...

Dermot Mulroney has joined the cast of the upcoming indie horror-thriller “Dead of the Night.” At the same time, it was announced that Scott...

The documentary television program “Dear Santa, The Series” is set to return to Hulu on Nov. 29 and on the ABC-Owned Television Stations on...

Emmy award-winning U.S. filmmaker Pamela Hogan’s doc “The Day Iceland Stood Still” has been acquired by Spanish public broadcaster RTVE and...

Overseas revenues of Japanese animation exceeded local consumption for only the second time last year. But the export-led boom is expected t...

As a broad spectrum of short films draw attention at film festivals and screening events, identifying frontrunners becomes increasingly diff...

The third season of “The Lincoln Lawyer” was the top title on Luminate’s weekly measurement of streaming originals for the Oct. 18-24 viewin...

Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions, the Toronto International Film Festival and Universal Filmed Entertainment Group have announced the in...

“Slumdog Millionaire,” the Oscar-winning film about a young man from an impoverished background who competes on India’s version of “Who Want...

A mystery-shrouded documentary about Kanye West has surfaced, with Variety able to reveal details for the very first time alongside its titl...

Freddy Krueger has joined the cast of the next IP-smashing slasher from the makers of microbudget hit “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey.” We...

“Small Hours of the Night,” by Singapore director Daniel Hui, has been removed from the lineup of the Singapore International Film Festival....

Click here to get the full report In an effort to quantify how streaming has impacted the way audiences around the globe are served by diffe...

As the November election looms, director Emily Harrold isn’t focusing on the U.S. political divide. Instead, she’s turning to five politicia...

“Wasteland Chronicles,” directed by Viera Čákanyová, Barbora Sliepková and Lucia Kašová, has received the New Visions Award at Ji.hlava Docu...

Finn Keane is holding a funeral for himself — or for his pseudonym, anyway. On Halloween during his label PC Music’s Pop Crypt event in Lond...