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The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Industry Days strand, which runs July 5-July 8, 2026, is expanding with a number of new initiatives, including a new book adaptation program.  The new joint project, dubbed Book-To-Screen, will present producers with up to 10 book titles from Central and Eastern Europe suitable for film or series adaptation. […]

Mubi has bought the rights to Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont’s latest feature, Coward, in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.  Coward is Dhont’s first film since 2022’s Close, which was nominated for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. Mubi also distributed Close. Coward will debut in Competition at […]

EXCLUSIVE: Just for Laughs has announced a second round of shows set for this year’s flagship comedy festival, taking place in Montreal from July 15-26. Due to popular demand, Jerry Seinfeld has added a second show at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts on July 23rd. Other additions include Dan Soder, Lucy Darling, Chris Fleming, […]

Damian Lewis has joined Ella Purnell (Fallout) and Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You) in The Return of Stanley Atwell. Check out a first look at the film above.  Also joining the cast are Jess Alexander (The Beauty), Adrian Rawlins (Rose of Nevada), and Will Keen (His Dark Materials).  Written and directed by Brian Welsh […]

EXCLUSIVE: We’re hearing that Hollywood blockbusters could have a presence on the Croisette in the end, specifically with a celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Fast & Furious franchise which first hit theaters on June 22, 2001. Universal is completely tight-lipped about the celebration, and Cannes is being quiet. We hear there will be […]

The European Film Academy has appointed its first-ever cohort of chapter principals across eight filmmaking disciplines as it expands its commitment to supporting the arts and crafts professions of European filmmaking. The move follows the introduction in 2025 of chapters dedicated to casting directors, cinematographers, composers, costume designers, editors, make-up and hair artists, production designers, […]

EXCLUSIVE: German series The Flaws has been awarded the official competition award at this year’s Seriencamp Festival in Cologne. ZDF’s show, which follows employees in a German government office who after a lucky mix-up are rerouted to an advanced training program, will be presented at the festival next month, with today’s announcement coming as Seriencamp […]

Amazon is taking center stage at this year’s RTS London and will chair the bi-annual convention, with international chief Kelly Day set to keynote. Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios have been named principal sponsor of the storied event for the first time and Tara Erer, Head of Northern European Originals, will chair. Joining Day […]

Korean star Lee Byung-hun, known for his roles in Squid Game and Park Chan-wook’s Korean Oscars submission No Other Choice, has signed up to star in Hive Media Corp’s martial arts action film Nambeol (working title). The project, which marks the directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Lee Mo-gae, is described as a “hard-boiled martial arts […]

EXCLUSIVE: Haut et Court has snapped up French rights to Spanish actor and director Aina Clotet’s debut film Viva ahead of its world premiere in Cannes Critics’ Week. The Paris-based company acquired the film shortly after a pre-festival industry screening for French distributors organised by sales company Loco Films. Clotet, who is known at home […]

EXCLUSIVE: Bosses at the British broadcasting union, leading association of agents and anti-bullying body have come together to urge government support helping prevent injury on film, TV and theater sets. A “broad coalition” of 15 influential industry figures have signed a just-published open letter that was sent to UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy and pensions […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Traitors has been revealed as comfortably the top-selling new format of the 2020s. Analyst K7 has crunched the numbers for its latest Tracking the Unscripted Giants report and with nearly 50 adaptations, the smash hit show in which traitors hunt down faithfuls came out on top for formats created this decade. In fact, […]

Seven candidates for California governor crowded a CNN debate stage in East Los Angeles on Tuesday, spending much of the two hours sparring and strategizing to gain an upper hand in a race that still remains fluid. One of the few moments where the contenders didn’t interrupt each other or throw out attack lines came […]

David Letterman has some strong opinions on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert being canceled. In a new interview, Letterman said he didn’t believe CBS’s reason for cutting the late-night talk show, calling the network “lying weasels.” “He was dumped because the people selling the network to Skydance said, ‘Oh no, there’s not going to […]

Barry Diller is weighing in on CNN and is open to buying the news organization before it’s too late to salvage. During an appearance at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival, Diller made the bold claim about the news network. “Absolutely, I would do it tonight and tomorrow night,” he said, according to […]

At the world’s largest gathering of movie theater owners in Las Vegas last month, Paramount CEO David Ellison committed to a 45-day theatrical window and to releasing 30 movies a year if and when combined with Warner Bros. AMC Entertainment’s chief executive Adam Aron, asked about that on a call after the giant chain’s quarterly […]

We’ve confirmed that Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw productions has pinkslipped three development staffers. The current set-up is reported to be around four staffers in development with the department still receiving material. It’s unclear at this point who was let go. The current cuts come roughly a year after Monkeypaw also made cuts in their development department […]

EXCLUSIVE: The nominations are out for the 2026 Golden Trailer Awards, and Disney nearly lapped the field among distributors with a staggering 144 noms, led by FX’s Alien: Earth with eight. But the company doesn’t boast the project with the single biggest haul — that would be IT: Welcome to Derry with nine nominations. That […]

There’s a change at the top of Location Managers Guild International. The group said Tuesday that Danny Finn was elected president in a unanimous vote. Succeeding John Rakich in the top post, he had been LMGI’s 2nd Vice President, overseeing its communications and marketing strategies. The guild also elected a new team of executive officers […]

“The momentum in the industry is palpable,” said an upbeat Adam Aron Tuesday, noting new studio commitments to longer theatrical windows, new labor contracts between guilds and producers, and recent news that Netflix will give Greta Gerwig’s Narnia a full global theatrical release. “The significance cannot be lost by anyone of Netflix’s announcement that in […]

The Netflix survival thriller Apex, starring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton, remained the No. 1 film in the Netflix Top 10 for a second straight week with 40.2 million views, the streamer said Tuesday. This marked an increase from the film’s first week in release, when it took in 38.2 million views and was No. […]

The sole Democrat on the FCC is calling on the agency to investigate and examine foreign investment in Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount has disclosed that total foreign ownership of the combined company would be 49.5%, including 38.5% from investment funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Paramount has petitioned the […]

Over the course of his incredible career, comedian and actor John Candy gained countless fans around the world. Among them was a young kid growing up in Vancouver named Ryan Reynolds. The future star of the Deadpool movies first took notice of fellow Canadian Candy on SCTV, the sketch comedy show that would launch some of comedy’s greatest […]

AMC, the world’s largest exhibitor, and new live entertainment company Arena One have set a June launch for a live concert venture that will beam events in real time to more than 300 AMC locations nationwide. Arena One At AMC will debut with performances from Bebe Rexha (June 17), Paris Hilton (June 18) and Maren […]

Editor’s Note: In what could be one of the most consequential elections in Los Angeles’ history, the race this year for mayor sees two former allies in an increasingly sharp bid to take over City Hall. With many issues in the contest between incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman impacting the entertainment industry, Deadline […]