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Thailand’s supernatural folk horror “Cher,” romantic zombie comedy “Cold Feet” and “Third Wheel,” a bridal party-set psychological thriller look like potential wild rides among projects at this year’s Frontières genre pic Co-Production Market, packing one of its highest caliber l

It’s the 30th anniversary of Montreal’s storied Fantasia Festival, and the screenings at this year’s edition are sure to match the excitement of a milestone year. In addition to screening some of the year’s biggest festival hits, such as “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” “B

“The Warriors” and “48 Hrs.” director Walter Hill will receive Fantastic Fest’s lifetime achievement award, followed by a nationwide retrospective of his work in January at select Alamo Drafthouse locations. Hill will be honored with the award as part of Fantastic Fest’s opening

Director Nick Taylor spent years admiring the work of special effects artist Steve Johnson in a way that went beyond basic curiosity. “He was someone who had a very special place in my heart, because I grew up as a lonely misfit horror fan,” Taylor says. “I didn’t have a lot of f

“Jurassic Park” star Sam Neill had been “pretty sick” for a couple of weeks before his death, according to his ex, Australian journalist Laura Tingle. Tingle, who dated Neill from 2018 to 2021, was a guest on the radio show “Sydney Mornings” on Tuesday and gave more insight into

The FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show keeps getting bigger. Variety has exclusively learned that the event will now also include members of the New York Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, who will jointly perform a tribute to Venezuela in the wak

TV’s annual “upfront” sales market has largely closed, but not with much of the fanfare that typically accompanies its end. TV networks and big media agencies have wrapped the bulk of their discussions around the sale of advertising time ahead of the next cycle of programming fro

Content Partners is extending its reach into the creator economy, teaming with media veteran Ed Simpson on the launch of Wonderloom Media. The venture is designed to partner with promising creators to help them expand their scale and scope of their media activity. Wonderloom Medi

Drugs, sex and murder are the backdrop of “The Shards,” Ryan Murphy’s upcoming drama series based on the Bret Easton Ellis thriller novel. FX released a trailer for the show, which premieres with two episodes on Aug. 5 on the cable channel and Hulu. “The Shards” follows a group o

Even with some of the backlash surrounding the AI Michael Caine-led audiobook of Homer’s “Odyssey” poem, it appears many listeners prefer an artificially generated voice to a human one. A new Edison Research at SSRS study commissioned by Spoken, an AI audiobook company, revealed

Fox has announced a slate of fall premiere dates for returning favorites, breakout hits, game shows and more. The season kicks off on Sept. 21 with “Celebrity Name That Tune,” anchored by host Jane Krakowski and new bandleader Robin Thicke. Scrub in the following day for the Seas

“Little House on the Prairie” was the No. 3 most-watched TV series on Netflix during the week of July 6-12, reaching 6.4 million views in four days after its July 9 premiere. The Laura Ingalls Wilder adaptation came behind “I Will Find You,” the Harlan Coben series that led the c

“Big Brother” returned to CBS with its largest audience in five years on Thursday. The Season 28 premiere hit an average of 3.9 million viewers, the series’ largest opening audience since Season 23 in July of 2021, which reached 4.3 million viewers. Measured by Nielsen, that tota

Spain’s Federation, Chile’s Alma Films and the Dominican Republic’s Larimar Films have boarded Kryzz Gautier’s “Echoes” ahead of the film’s presentation at the upcoming Costa Rica Media Market. The film, produced by Gautier’s Reclaimed Entertainment, will be predominantly shot in

Andrew Lloyd Webber responded to the early closure of “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” by arguing that Broadway musicals are in crisis. In a lengthy social media post on Tuesday, the composer warned that the high costs of mounting shows makes it hard for creators to earn a living and ha

“Stranger Things” fans will soon be able to revisit a decade in Hawkins through a new luxury photo book from Assouline. Set for release in September, “Stranger Things” is a 392-page hardcover featuring film stills, behind-the-scenes photography, concept art and personal images ca

Thailand’s supernatural folk horror “Cher,” romantic zombie comedy “Cold Feet” and “Third Wheel,” a bridal party-set psychological thriller look like potential wild rides among projects at this year’s Frontières genre pic Co-Production Market, packing one of its highest caliber l

Producer James Presson (“The Plague”) has boarded “Humpty: American Dream,” a raunchy biopic parody from directors Maxwell Nalevansky and Carl Fry (“Rats!”), who are producing through their U.S. company Pleasure Cinemagroup. The news falls ahead of the project’s debut at the Fant