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'Doctor Who' Returning for Season 8
Brian Minchin will join showrunner Steven Moffat as an executive producer for the new season.read more
Antonio Banderas Starring In Chilean Miners’ Tale ‘The 33′ (EXCLUSIVE)
Antonio Banderas will star in “The 33,”  based on the true story of the 33 Chilean miners who were rescued after being trapped for 69 days in 2010. Producer Mike Medavoy made the announce...
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'Walking Dead' Alum Jon Bernthal in Negotiations to Join Brad Pitt in David Ayer's 'Fury' (Exclusive)
"The Walking Dead" alum Jon Bernthal is in negotiations to star opposite Brad Pitt in David Ayer's "Fury," which Sony is onboard to distribute. The WWII movie follows the comm...
Cannes Deals: Weinstein's RADiUS Buys 'Blue Ruin,' IFC Takes RAZE
The Weinstein Company's boutique label RADiUS has acquired North American rights to "Blue Ruin," which premiered on Saturday in the Cannes Festival's Director's Fortnight. ...
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'SNL' Recap: Ben Affleck Episode Sends Bill Hader Off in Style
Stefan gets an emotional "The Graduate" segment, and the final sketch points to Fred Armisen exiting the show.read more
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'SNL': Ben Affleck Mocks Oscars Speech: 'How I Wish I had Ended' it
The "Argo" director brought wife Jennifer Garner onstage to discuss his "marriage is work" comments from February's Academy Awards ceremony. read more
Cannes Review: Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Is a Breathtaking Ode to Failure
Those of us who know Bob Dylan's story well can point to his transformative influence on the folk music scene in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. What is remarkable is how Dylan shaped his own st...
Film Review: ‘American Dreams in China’
This attractively packaged, moderately enjoyable account of China's rags-to-riches history lacks a contempo pulse.
Cannes Film Review: ‘Bends’
Flora Lau's debut is beautifully assembled by a top-pedigree production crew, but it remains a modest accomplishment in scope and impact.
VIDEO: Jeremy Irvine Visits the Variety Studio in Cannes
Jeremy Irvine, star of “War Horse” and upcoming drama “The Railway Man,” visits the Variety Studio in Cannes.
Cannes Film Review: ‘A Story of Children and Film’
An idiosyncratically personal yet captivating 100-minute companion piece to 'The Story of Film,' focused entirely on the depiction of kids onscreen.
RADiUS-TWC Makes First Major Deal Of Cannes: Jeremy Saulnier's 'Blue Ruin'
RADiUS-TWC has made the first major deal of a film screening at Cannes: Jeremy Saulnier's "Blue Ruin," which is world premiering in the Director's Fortnight. Full press release below. Cannes - May 1...
Hot Markets Drive Biz
EuropaCorp, Luc Besson’s Paris-based mini-studio, is becoming ever more a Europe-U.S.Corp, while ramping up biz in China.
Red Bull Media House screens ‘McConkey’ at Cannes
Austria’s Red Bull Media House will unspool McConkey at Cannes, a portrait of U.S. extreme skiing and BASE-jumping icon Shane McConkey, who died in an accident in 2009.
Emerging Markets Not Ready Yet for Big-Budget Pix?
One big question on the minds of IM Global’s Stuart Ford, Participant Media’s Jim Berk and others: Can the emerging markets handle larger-budget films?
Kino Lorber Takes Berlin and Tribeca Winner 'The Rocket' Out of Cannes
Kino Lorber has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to "The Rocket," the first feature film by director and writer Kim Mordaunt. Produced by Sylvia Wilczynski at Red Lamp Films, with funding from ...
Corsan Finds Buyers on Paul Haggis’ ‘Third Person’
Paul Haggis’ new pic, “Third Person” is scoring brisk biz for Belgian production and sales company Corsan, which has announced sales to 23 markets of the triple-tiered relationship drama with an...
Doha Rethinks Its Festival Set Up
The Doha Film Institute is shifting focus to first- and second-film makers in a reconceived fest structure comprising two separate events, integrated by grants and a year-round film lab. Fest aims to ...
City of Rio Unveils Plans for $50 Million Mega-Studio (EXCLUSIVE)
The City of Rio de Janeiro is set to build a $50 million film and TV studio, Rio Polo de Audiovisual, located a few minutes drive from Brazil’s 2016 Olympic Games stadium.
Viggo Mortensen to Star in French Film
Viggo Mortensen is set for his first French-language role in helmer-scribe David Oelhoffen’s “Loin des hommes” (Far From Men).

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