Fallout is set to return to Prime Video late this year — and it will continue beyond that.

The Amazon-owned streamer has given an early season three renewal to Fallout, which instantly became one of Prime Video’s biggest shows when it debuted April 2024. Season two is set to premiere in December.

Prime Video announced the early pickup at its upfront presentation Monday, with series stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten and Walton Goggins appearing on stage to reveal the season two premiere.

“We are absolutely thrilled that our global Prime Video customers will be able to delve deeper into the wonderfully surreal and captivating world of Fallout,” Amazon MGM Studios global head of television Vernon Sanders said in a statement. “Jonah [Nolan], Lisa [Joy], Geneva [Robertson-Dworet], and Graham [Wagner] have done an exceptional job bringing this beloved video game franchise to vivid life on Prime Video. Together with our amazing partners at Bethesda Games and Bethesda Softworks,...

Jude Law and Andrew Garfield will star in “Wild Things,” a new limited series from Apple TV+ centered around famed magicians Sigfried and Roy. The show stems from the Apple Original Podcast of the same name.

John Hoffman, a six-time Emmy Award nominee known for “Only Murders in the Building” and “Grace and Frankie,” will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer. The series will consist of eight episodes and tell “the wild ride relationship tale of two of the greatest showman-magicians in history who, along with their white tigers, are tasked with turning Sin City into a family-friendly destination,” per the show’s official logline. “The duo push the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme, personally and professionally, until tragedy reframes and opens a mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show.”

Law will star as Siegfried and Garfield will star as Roy. Both actors will also...

Cannes is making it official: nudity and “excessively voluminous” clothing are not welcome on the red carpet of the Palais.

After a demonstrator appeared topless on the Cannes red carpet in 2022 and Bianca Censori stretched the limits with her appearance with a transparent dress at the Grammys earlier this year, the festival issued a statement in accordance with “the institutional framework” of the festival and French law.

“This year, the Cannes Film Festival has made explicit in its charter certain rules that have long been in effect. The aim is not to regulate attire per se, but to prohibit full nudity on the red carpet, in accordance with the institutional framework of the event and French law,” said the new instructions from the festival.

In addition, the festival said that it “reserves the right to deny access to individuals whose attire could obstruct the movement of other guests or complicate...

Madonna is working on adapting her life story into a limited series for Netflix.

The iconic pop star has teamed with “Stranger Things” producer and director Shawn Levy on a series about her life and career. The project is still in development, but if it comes to fruition, it will be Levy’s latest title with Netflix.

The filmmaker and producer’s 21 Laps has an overall deal with the streaming giant. Levy himself, meanwhile, has directed and produced a number of past Netflix shows and films, including “Stranger Things,” 2023’s “All the Light We Cannot See” and the Ryan Reynolds sci-fi vehicle “The Adam Project.”

He is currently attached to direct the Ryan Gosling-led “Star Wars: Starfighter” for Lucasfilm.

Madonna has been trying for years to get a biopic about her life and career off the ground. Julia Garner was previously said to be a frontrunner to play the...

New Line Cinema has filed an arbitration claim against Kevin Costner’s company under which Horizon was produced over alleged breaches to a deal for the period Western, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Horizon Series, Costner’s loan-out firm, is in a standoff with New Line over its cofinancing agreement, a source says. After City National Bank initiated arbitration proceedings against both companies, New Line responded by filing a crossclaim seeking repayment from Horizon Series as part of its defense.

Under the deal, New Line and Horizon Series were each required to repay a portion of the financing. By New Line’s thinking, it covered the portion its partner didn’t pay, but City National Bank took the position that it’s owed more.

When asked, New Line declined to comment. City National Bank and Territory Pictures, Costner’s production banner, didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Costner designed...

We don’t have to say au revoir to Lupin, merci.

Part four of the hit series is already in production in Paris, Netflix said on Monday; it will consist of eight 45-minute episodes. Omar Sy is back as Assane Diop, “the gentleman thief who has captured the hearts of viewers in France and around the world,” as Netflix likes to tell us.

Lupin was created by George Kay in collaboration with François Uzan; Marie Roussin, Florent Meyer and Tigran Rosine also participated in the formation of the series, which is inspired by Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin character.

Rosine, Meyer, Mathilde Arnaud, Jean-Yves Arnaud and Pennda Ba are the series’ writers; Sy and Louis Leterrier are showrunners.

“I often say that Lupin is an extraordinary plaything. I find great joy in it every time,” Sy said in a statement. “Together with Netflix, Carrousel, and Gaumont, we’ve invested the...

The full list of 2025 BAFTA TV Awards winners is in!

This year’s ceremony celebrating all things television was held at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday (May 11) in London, England.

BAFTA previously announced that ITV won the Special Award for commissioning Mr Bates vs The Post Office. Kirsty Wark, the former BBC Newsnight presenter, won the BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy’s top accolade.

The BAFTA TV Awards were hosted by Alan Cumming, who currently hosts The Traitors on Peacock.

The ceremony screened on BBC One in the UK and BritBox istatside.

Keep reading to find out more…

2025 BAFTA TV Awards

Drama Series

Blue Lights (BBC) - Winner

Sherwood (BBC)

Supacell (Netflix)

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC)

Limited Drama

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

Lost Boys and Fairies (BBC One)

Mr Bates vs the Post Office (ITV) - Winner

One Day (Netflix)

International

After The Party (Channel 4...

The Cannes Film Festival is nearly here and while it’s easy to get swept up in the glitz and glamor and very big yachts, there’s another, equally important side to the festival as a marketplace for films from all over the world seeking distribution.

And there are some very big movies at this year’s festival which don’t have distribution, either domestically or internationally, that are very much worth keeping an eye on. They could be some of the festival’s biggest splashes.

“Die My Love” (Courtesy Cannes Film Festival) Die, My Love (Lynne Ramsay)

Scottish director Lynne Ramsay is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today and the fact that she has only made five features total, beginning with her outstanding debut feature “Ratcatcher” (back in 1999), turning the release of each new film into a verifiable event. “Die, My Love,” her first since 2017’s “You Were Never Really Here,...

Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” remained No. 1 at the box office, collecting $33.1 million in its second weekend of release.

Ticket sales declined by 55% from its $74 million debut, marking a far better hold than recent Marvel adventures that slid significantly in their second weekends, such as February’s “Captain America: Brave New World” (down 68% in its sophomore outing), 2023’s “Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (down 70%), “The Marvels” (down a whopping 78%) and 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” (down 67%).

“Thunderbolts*” started softer than all of those tentpoles (except for “The Marvels”), but solid reviews and positive word-of-mouth could help the movie stick around on the big screen. After opening weekend, Disney tried to stoke interest in “Thunderbolts*” by unveiling the meaning behind the asterisk in the film’s title — the ragtag group at the helm will henceforth be known as “The New Avengers.” The studio also revealed the motley crew of antiheroes will make...

Ryan Coogler’s genre-bending Sinners continues to bare sharp teeth in its fourth weekend, thanks to golden word-of-mouth that few films enjoy.

In its latest milestone, Sinners has crossed the $200 million mark at the domestic office after finishing Friday with a cume of $199.8 million. The supernatural vampire pic is another coup for Coolger, the bold and audacious filmmaker behind the Black Panther and Creed franchises. Sinners‘ actor Michael B. Jordan has starred in all five of his movies. Through Sunday, the pic’s domestic total is an estimated $214.9 million; globally, it has grossed $283.3 million.

This weekend is a notable double win for Warner Bros. Motion group co-chairs Michael Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy as A Minecraft Movie — the second-top grossing video adaptation of all time, not adjusted for inflation — jumps the $900 million mark globally to make Minecraft and Sinners the top two grossing films of the year so far domestically.

From Rent to Hamilton, RadicalMedia has a long history of bringing Broadway’s most famous stage hits to the big screen. Next up, the company is transporting New York’s Beacon Theatre to the Croisette, with Bono in tow.

Bono: Stories of Surrender, based on the U2 singer’s one-man show, Surrender: An Evening of Words, (itself inspired by his memoir Surrender: 40 Songs), is getting a special screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The doc, which is set to hit Apple TV+ shortly after its festival debut, is directed by Andrew Dominik (Blonde) and sees Bono discuss his career, family and activism while also performing U2’s iconic songs.

“This is probably the most autobiographical film and it is very much faithful to Bono’s story,” says RadicalMedia founder and CEO Jon Kamen.

Outside of the theater, Radical’s nonfiction work largely revolves around music. The company has...

Italian producer Andrea Iervolino (Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness) unveiled a proposal for a U.S.–Italy co-production treaty on Tuesday that they said was agreed with Mel Gibson, President Trump‘s “special ambassador” to Hollywood, and is designed to “serve as a ‘pilot project’ for the development of similar treaties between the USA and all other countries around the world.”

The proposed agreement calls for Italian producers to be “incentivized to make Italian films in the USA, involving American stars and therefore investing in the U.S.,” according to a statement. It also suggests that the Italian government launch “support programs for productions that strengthen cultural ties between Italy and the United States.”

Gibson and Iervolino couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

A statement from Iervolino, who, like Trump, doesn’t have a reputation for modesty, mentioned “estimates” that a global adoption of this model...

Michael Cera is getting behind the camera for his directorial feature debut and has quietly amassed a impressive cast, Variety understands

The actor — best known for roles in “Barbie,” “Superbad,” “Scott Pilgrim vs the World,” and “Arrested Development” — is set to direct “Love is Not the Answer,” with Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Steve Coogan (“Philomena”), Fred Hechinger (“Gladiator 2”) and Jamie Dornan (“Belfast”) lined up to star. mk2 Films will launching the project in Cannes.

The plot of the film is being kept under wraps, but it’s described as a “precise yet unpredictable, absurdist comedy that moves between hilarity and heartbreak as it explores modern loneliness and the search for connection.”

“Love is Not the Answer” also teams Cera — who penned the script — with fast-rising hitmakers 2am, led by Christine D’Souza Gelb, David Hinojosa and Kevin Rowe and producers of “Bodies, Bodies, Bodies,” “Past Lives,” “Babygirl,” Celine Song...

Barcelona-based studio Filmax is bringing its latest production, psychological thriller “The Nest” to the Cannes market. Hugo Steven (“Solo”) directs and Michelle Jenner stars.

In a Filmax strategy employed on “Darkness,” a breakout U.S. hit for Miramax, the cast and crew of “The Nest” have shot a promo produced for buyers at Cannes’ Marché du Film before the film goes into production over the next few months.

Filmax has shared the promo in exclusivity with Variety:

The promo is in English, though the film itself will be shot in Spanish. Penned by Santiago Lallana (“Solo”), César de Nicolás and Stuven, “The Nest” turns on Marta, who is so obsessed with protecting her family from the terrifying outside world that she keeps her mother and young son locked in their mountain village home. Everything seems to go well until one day a man arrives, intent on destroying everything Marta has built.

After riding high on the global success of Netflix’s prison drama “Black Warrant,” Indian actor Rahul Bhat is set to present his Hollywood debut “Lost & Found in Kumbh” at the Cannes Film Market.

The appearance marks his third connection to the festival, following his lead roles in Anurag Kashyap’s “Ugly” and “Kennedy”.

The dramedy, produced by Los Angeles-based Mulberry Films and directed by Mayur Puri in his feature debut, will host an teaser drop on May 18 at the Bharat Pavilion in Cannes, giving international buyers their first glimpse at what Bhat describes as a refreshing departure from his usual intense roles.

“For a change, somebody offered me a dramedy,” Bhat tells Variety. “All the time, people were only giving me these dark, very serious, violent roles. So I thought, okay, let me do something interesting in English.”

The film centers on a professor from London who travels to...

The Cannes dining scene is divided into three categories: timeless institutions, chic newcomers and the private invitation-only dinners and parties everyone clamors to attend.

Just in case the third scenario hasn’t materialized yet, it’s imperative to have a game plan that puts you at the right tables within the storied dining rooms and booming hotspots.

Here is THR‘s look at restaurants to try, if you haven’t yet, or revisit, if you have.

Rüya in Carlton Cannes

58 Bd de la Croisette Cs 40052, 06400 Cannes, France

Rüya

A break from the typical Cannes fare, “rüya” means “dream” in Turkish, and this restaurant inside the iconic Carlton Cannes serves modern and classic dishes from the Anatolian Peninsula. It’s the only one of its kind on the Croisette, and it proudly maintains its cultural identity, representing seven regions of Turkey with exotic spices and preparations woven into each meant-to-be-shared plate,...

Kelvin Harrison, Jr., who voiced Taka, Aka Scar, in Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King, has joined the ever-growing cast of Lionsgate’s latest installment of The Hunger Games franchise, the adaptation of the latest Suzanne Collins bestseller, Sunrise of the Reaping.

Glenn Close is also said to be circling a role in the feature, although sources say it’s unclear whether a deal can me struck on that front.

Reaping stars Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, with Whitney Peak playing Haymitch’s girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird. The prequel story is focused on fan favorite Haymitch, who in the original Hunger Games book trilogy (and movie quadrology) acted as a mentor to heroine Katniss Everdeen. (Woody Harrelson played Haymitch in the original Hunger Games films.)

Mckenna Grace and Jesse Plemons are also on the roll call of the production that has Francis Lawrence in the director’s chair.

Harrison has been cast as Beetee,...

L.A.-based the Mediapro Studio U.S. & Canada has secured film adaptation rights to “The Museum of Cursed Artifacts,” an upcoming novel by Evan Spiliotopoulos, writer of 2017 Disney blockbuster “Beauty and the Beast.”

Described by the Mediapro Studio as action-packed, blending suspense, adventure and supernatural twists, “The Museum of Cursed Artifacts” begins with a famed entrepreneur completing his collection of cursed artifacts. He then takes his life in a shocking manner.

His family, gutted that he blew all his money but still hoping to turn a profit with this macabre museum, assemble leading experts to verify the items’ authenticity. All hell literally breaks loose.

In what the Mediapro Studio calls a “highly competitive deal,” rights to the novel were acquired in a two-book deal with Emily Bestler Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Spiliotopoulos — whose screenplay credits also include Russell Crowe starrer “The Pope’s Exorcist,” “The Huntsman: Winter’s War...

Copenhagen-based TrustNordisk has inked further deals and unveiled the first-look image to the dark comedy “The Last Viking” written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen (“Riders of Justice”).

Toplining the cast are his usual “partners in crime” Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas, as well as Sofie Gråbøl.

One of the hottest Danish titles lined up for launch later this year, the Zentropa pic has added Spain (Avalon), Greece (Videorama) and Bulgaria (Beta Film).

Earlier pre-sales were closed with Neue Visionen for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, September Film for Benelux, Plaion for Italy, Estinfilm for the Baltics, Vertigo Media for Hungary, Best Film for Poland, Film Europe for Czech Republic and Slovakia, September Film Rights for Singapore and Starcat Cable Network Co. for Japan.

TrustNordisk will unveil fresh scenes of the pic at a promo-reel slate presentation at Cannes market.

“It’s incredibly rewarding to see ‘The Last Viking’ continue...

Saudi Arabian film industry pioneer Faisal Baltyuor has been appointed CEO of the Red Sea Foundation which oversees the Jeddah-based Red Sea Film Festival, the Red Sea Fund, and its year-round Red Sea Labs.

He will replace acting CEO Mohammed Asseri effective June 1.

Baltyour has been a driving force in the Saudi film industry ever since a religion-related ban on cinema was lifted in late 2017 holding posts as the first head of Ithra Cinema, which is financed by Saudi Aramco Oil Company, and then by founding and running Saudi distributor CineWaves Films, which has the biggest library of Saudi films, as well as holding the post of CEO at Muvi Studios, the production arm of Saudi’ s biggest cinema chain. He recently opened Riyadh’s first arthouse cinema called Cinehouse.

As a producer Baltyour executive produced groundbreaking Saudi director Haifaa Al Mansour’s “The Perfect Candidate,” which launched from Venice...

The Red Sea Film Foundation has named Faisal Baltyuor as its new CEO.

The veteran Saudi film producer and industry pioneer, who begins his new role on June 1, will officially succeed Mohammed Al Turki after Al Turki took on an advisory role with the organizer of the annual Red Sea Film Festival. That led Mohammed Asseri to step in as interim head.

“I am deeply honored to assume the position of CEO at the Red Sea Film Foundation, a leading institution at the forefront of Saudi Arabia’s cultural and cinematic evolution. In a remarkably short time, the Foundation has secured its place on the global festival map, and we are committed to building on this success,” Baltyuor in a statement said of his new role.

Baltyuor was the first head of Ithra Cinema and the first CEO of the Saudi Film Council. He also launched and runs the Saudi...

Paris-based Playtime is launching worldwide sales on action thriller “Golpes,” the directorial feature debut of Spanish screenwriter Rafael Cobos, whose first outing as a helmer, “The Left-handed Son,” won best short form series at 2022’s Canneseries.

“Golpes” stars four-time Goya winner Luis Tosar (“Cell 211”).

It’s set in 1982, as Spain gallops towards a bright democratic future thanks to a Pact of Forgetting, decriminalizing human rights violations under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. “Golpes” turns on Migueli (Jesus Carroza), a hardened ex-con who reunites his old crew for a series of bold heists — not for riches or revenge, but to reclaim the land where his father lies in an unmarked grave, soon to be erased by developers.

With his brother, Sabino (Tosar) — a police officer — closing in and each job spiraling further into violence, Migueli must gamble everything to preserve a piece of history before it’s lost forevever.

Migueli is played by Jesús Carroza,...

“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” has been revealed to members of the press, and first reactions are praising the film as an exhilarating end to the historic action franchise.

Film critic Courtney Howard wrote of the film on X, “[‘Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning’] rips! Loved it. An exhilarating adrenaline rush for the head & heart & immersive, awe-inducing stuntacular of the highest order. McQ, [Tom Cruise] & Co have crafted the gold standard – a brilliant, bold actioner for the ages. See it Big & Loud.”

Journalist and BAFTA member Simon Thompson echoed Howard’s glowing review, writing on social media, “[‘Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning’] is whip-smart and razor-sharp, this tense eighth entry in one of the most exhilarating franchises of all time is another winner. With sphincter-tightening set pieces, blockbusters do not get much better than this. Cruise & McQuarrie nail it!”

Offscreen Central’s founder and editor-in-chief, Kenzie Vanunu, praised the film with a small caveat.

“Tom Cruise has done it again!” That’s the very early verdict from press screenings for the Hollywood icon’s latest film, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, with the film variously described as “astonishing,” “jaw-dropping,” “insane” and the “action movie of the summer.”

Following a series of press screenings, first reactions to Final Reckoning are hitting social media after the embargo lifted on Monday night. The social media reactions come ahead of official critics’ reviews, which drop on Wednesday.

The eighth film in the long-running Paramount Pictures spy action franchise, Final Reckoning has a lot riding on it for the studio as well as the domestic box office. In November 2024, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the project has had a long and difficult journey, with a budget approaching a hefty $400 million amid production delays — partly due to the 2023 Hollywood strikes — making it one of the most expensive films ever made.

Todd Olsson will stop at nothing to get studios interested in his films.

To drum up interest in screenings of “Wardriver,” a Dane DeHaan crime thriller that Olsson’s company, Highland Film Group, is selling at Cannes, he channeled those hyperventilating tastemakers who have become ubiquitous on social media and shot a fake “review” of the film.

“This movie moves!” a very caffeinated Olsson exclaims in one of the parody TikTok videos he sent to potential buyers. “It’s got action, sex, cars and one of my favorite things — hacking into networks and stealing f–king money!”

Sign-ups for screenings of “Wardriver” surged.

“We acted like complete imbeciles and made asses of ourselves in order to get people to pay attention and somehow it worked,” says Olsson, who serves as Highland’s president of international sales. “Maybe it’s the magic of TikTok, but people seem to pay attention to...

Simon Pegg is a two-time member of the illustrious Tom Cruise cake club.

Sure, he gets the famed coconut cake each Christmas like various other A-listers. But he also receives a festive gingerbread house from the star. Technically, however, this cake is for Pegg’s teenage daughter.

“Tom’s known her since she was a baby, so I think he still thinks of her as a little kid,” Pegg says with the polite smile of someone who, given the opportunity, might prefer a more grown-up dessert.

There was also one time when Cruise had his people call up a bakery at the foot of the mountain in the Alps where Pegg was snowboarding and ordered a special birthday cake for him. “He just knew I was there and had it sent up to the chalet where I was staying… he’s very thoughtful and has a very big heart.” The snowboard,...

Kelvin Harrison Jr. has been cast as Beetee in Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” an adaptation of the bestselling book by Suzanne Collins. He joins previously announced cast members Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird, Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner and Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee.

Harrison Jr. recently voiced the role of Taka in “Mufasa: The Lion King” and will star as Jean-Michel Basquiat in “Samo Lives,” for which he will also serve as executive producer.

Beetee Latier, portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in the original “Hunger Games” films beginning with “Catching Fire,” is the champion of the 34th Hunger Games and father of Ampert Latier, Tribute in the 50th Hunger Games.

The “Sunrise on the Reaping” film will be released on Nov. 20, 2026. Francis Lawrence will direct from a screenplay adaptation by Billy Ray. Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson will produce.

Independent Film Company has acquired the North American rights to “100 Nights of Hero,” an ensemble fairy tale romance that stars Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli Xcx, Richard E. Grant and Felicity Jones.

Julia Jackman wrote and directed the adaptation of Isabel Greenberg’s bestselling graphic novel, “The One Hundred Nights of Hero.”

“With ‘100 Nights of Hero,’ Julia Jackman has crafted a lush and defiant fairy tale that pulses with wit, romance and danger,” said Scott Shooman, head of IFC Entertainment Group . “Boasting a remarkable cast and a rebellious sparkle, the film is exactly the kind of daring filmmaking that we champion. We can’t wait to share it on the big screen.”

The film will receive a wide theatrical release later this year. “100 Nights of Hero” follows a woman named Cherry (Monroe), whose neglectful husband departs after placing a secret wager to test her fidelity.

Dogwoof has acquired world sales rights for Kim Novak documentary biopic “Kim Novak’s Vertigo,” directed and written by Alexandre O. Philippe.

“Kim Novak’s Vertigo,” which is a working title, is in post-production, and is due for delivery this fall. It marks Dogwoof’s fourth collaboration with Philippe, following “78/52,” “Memory: The Origins of Alien” and “Lynch/Oz.”

The film is an intimate portrait of the fiercely independent star, who left Hollywood behind to live life on her own terms, “revealing a haunting, resilient journey of art, identity and authenticity in the shadow of one of cinema’s most iconic roles,” according to Dogwoof.

The film will blend rare archival footage with personal reflections from Novak and glimpses into her reclusive life along Oregon’s wild Rogue River, and traces her path from mid-century cinema icon to fiercely private artist.

Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” remains her most iconic role, and the...

Epsilon Film has closed deals for North America and multiple international territories for its family fantasy adventure “Robin and the Hoods,” which stars “Skyfall’s” Naomie Harris, “Game of Thrones” actor Gwendoline Christie, and Mark Williams, who was Arthur Weasley in the “Harry Potter” films.

Shout! Factory took the rights for the U.S. and Canada. Additional deals for the British production, which premiered as a Sky Original in the U.K. and Ireland, have been sealed with Korea (Bluelabel), Greece (Rosebud), former Yugoslavia (Investacommerce), Israel (Lev Films), Bulgaria (Pro Films) and Encore for inflight rights.

The film follows a spirited girl and her loyal group of friends — “the Hoods” — as they take on a ruthless property developer to protect their beloved play world, which they claim as their kingdom.

Epsilon describes “Robin and the Hoods” as a “feel-good film filled with humor, action and heart [that] offers a fresh and...

The Playmaker has closed several distribution deals for the World War II drama “Never Alone,” directed by Klaus Härö.

“Never Alone” has been picked up for distribution in Bulgaria (Beta Film), India (BookMyShow), Latin America (Encripta) and Spain (Twelve Oaks). As previously announced, the rights in North America were acquired by Menemsha. The film was released in Finland in January by Nordisk Films.

“Never Alone,” based on the life of Abraham Stiller, tells the story of Jewish refugees seeking safety in Finland during World War II. As Nazi influence grows, Stiller, a Jewish leader in Helsinki, must risk everything to protect his community.

The cast is led by Ville Virtanen, Nina Hukkinen and Rony Herman. The film is produced by Ilkka Matila of Mrp Matila Röhr Prods., in co-production with Samsara Filmproduktion, Taska Film, Penned Pictures and Hobab.

It is supported by the Finnish Film Foundation, the Austrian Film Institute,...

A group of more than 350 international actors, directors and producers have signed a letter published on the first day of Cannes condemning the killing of Fatma Hassona, the Palestinian photojournalist and protagonist of the festival-bound documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,” in an Israeli airstrike.

The letter, signed by names such as Mark Ruffalo, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, Melissa Barrera, Yorgos Lanthimos, Javier Bardem, Hannah Einbinder, Pedro Almodóvar, David Cronenberg, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Leigh, Alex Gibney, Viggo Mortensen, Cynthia Nixon and many more, also called out the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ for its “lack of support” for “No Other Land” co-director Hamdan Ballal.

Just three weeks after winning the Oscar for the documentary, Ballal was assaulted by settlers and kidnapped by the Israeli army. After being criticized for its silence over the incident, AMPAS eventually publicly apologized. “We are ashamed of such passivity,” read the letter.

Every year since 2014, we’ve made the directors portfolio the centerpiece of our Cannes magazine. This year is by far our biggest, pushing the total number of filmmakers who’ve appeared in the portfolio past 200. In that time, we’ve photographed Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders, Bong Joon-ho and Mike Leigh, Pedro Almodóvar and Chloé Zhao — 10 Palme d’Or winners, including the last three in a row, and nine Oscar best director winners.

Every

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On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart criticized Donald Trump for accepting a gift from the royal family of Qatar in the form of a luxury jumbo jet worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Stewart opened the segment by playing a series of news clips detailing the exchange between Trump and the Qatari royals. The clips explained that the jet, which has an estimated value of “$400 million,” would be used by the President during his term “and then transferred to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation shortly before he leaves office.”

“What? Qatar is giving us a...

Ashley Greene and Seth Green are ready to dish out laughs with a romantic comedy feature offering a modern take on relationships.

The pair are set to star in director Peter Facinelli’s forthcoming film Grace Period. Hailing from Wango Films, the movie will be introduced to buyers at Cannes this month ahead of a planned production start in August.

Grace Period centers on Willa (Greene), who impulsively decides to freeze her eggs with the help of Dr. Rubin, played by Emmy-nominated actor Matt Walsh. Things get complicated when she soon meets her ideal guy, Greg (Green), and ends up navigating this journey with the help of both men.

The indie film reunites Facinelli with Greene, his former co-star in the Twilight franchise, and Green, who starred with him in the 1998 teen rom-com Can’t Hardly Wait. Facinelli helms the feature from a script by his real-life partner, Lily Anne Harrison.

“I didn’t want some namby-pamby, Ralph Lauren documentary,” Martha Stewart declared Monday night in Beverly Hills as she and filmmaker R.J. Cutler sat for an FYC event on the outdoor deck of the Maybourne Hotel to tout the Netflix docu “Martha.”

Stewart was responding to a question from moderator Dave Karger, a host of TCM, as to why she chose Cutler as the person to tell her life story in a feature documentary. Stewart added quickly that fashion mogul Lauren is a friend who lives “next door to me” in Connecticut. But she referred to the 2019 docu “Very Ralph” as something that Lauren “masterminded.

Amazon made its play to be the cool advertising partner on Monday night with a relatively zippy Beacon Theater presentation that followed an extremely loud DJ set from Steve Aoki.

Perhaps the aspiring pizza impresario was instructed to keep the arriving crowd awake after enduring both NBCUniversal and Fox earlier in what proved to be an egregiously long day. Whether people were annoyed or enamored with Aoki, the masses seemed to be satisfied by the surprise performance from Lizzo that followed. Flanked by David Bautista and Jason Momoa (co-stars of Amazon MGM Studios’ The Wrecking Crew), the flautist marched through the lobby, down one of the center aisles and onto the stage while singing “About Damn Time.” It was the highest concentration of talent the week had seen thus far.

Amazon’s pitch is relatively straightforward. In short, everybody has it. Why waste time dwelling on numbers when there’s...

Have you held off on going to movie theaters because tickets are too pricey? AMC Theatres hopes they can bring you back with its new “50% Off Wednesdays” program for members of its AMC Stubs loyalty program, which will launch on July 9.

AMC already offers heavily discounted tickets on Tuesdays to Stubs members and will now add a 50% discount to the base price of adult tickets. Additional charges for Imax, Dolby and other premium formats will still apply, but the 50% discount will still apply to the base price as well for Wednesday screenings.

“While certain movies and holiday time periods may be excluded from the

‘50% Off Wednesdays’ program, it is envisioned that if successful, this new AMC pricing initiative will be almost universally available at all AMC Theatres in the United States going forward,” the company said in its announcement.

CEO Adam Aron said that AMC feels confident that it can...

Amazon made its second formal appearance at the upfronts in New York on Monday night, and once again, it pulled out all the stops.

Like their 2024 presentation, Amazon made a number of splashy announcements with major star power to rev up excitement in the normally sedated crowd of advertising executives at the storied Beacon Theater in Manhattan.

World famous DJ Steve Aoki opened the show with over half an hour of blasting beats on behalf of Twitch, which was no doubt welcome by weary advertisers who had been making their way around the city to different network presentations since morning.

For years, there’s been a spike in moviegoing on Tuesdays, when it can cost half as much to take a trip to thousands of cinemas across the country.

AMC Theatres — the country’s largest exhibitor — upped the ante in a major way on Monday when extending the discount to Wednesdays for members of AMC Stubs program, which is free to join (the loyalty program presently boasts 36 million subscribers).

Beginning July 9, 2025, Stubs members can buy a ticket for all releases at 50 percent off the normal adult-evening ticket price. The new policy will commence several days before James Gunn’s Superman flies into cinemas on July 11 and not long after July Fourth tentpole Jurassic World: Rebirth debuts on July 2.

While certain movies and holiday time periods may be excluded from the “50% Off Wednesdays” program, it is envisioned that if successful, this new AMC pricing initiative will be almost universally available at...

Zach Bryan escalated his feud with one-time collaborator John Moreland, removing their Great American Bar Scene song “Memphis; The Blues” off his album on streaming services while assuring he’d be releasing a new version soon.

Bryan appeared to have removed the song on Friday. As Variety noted, Moreland seemed to fire first, questioning Bryan’s $350 million payday after the country star sold his publishing catalog and signed a new deal with his record label Warner Records last week. “$350 M is a lot of money to pay for the fuckin off-brand version of me, y’all have a great day,” Moreland wrote on his Instagram last week.

Bryan is one of the biggest country stars in the industry, inspiring a considerable shift in the country music business as he broke through with Los Angeles-based Warner Records rather than a traditional Nashville label. Moreland has enjoyed a steady career since releasing...

Michelle Pfeiffer is done with feeling unappreciated at the holidays in the teaser trailer for Amazon MGM Studios’ comedy feature Oh. What. Fun.

Writer-director Michael Showalter’s Christmas movie is set to begin streaming via Prime Video on Dec. 3. Chloë Grace Moretz, Dominic Sessa, Felicity Jones, Denis Leary, Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria, Joan Chen, Devery Jacobs, Havana Rose Liu, Danielle Brooks and Maude Apatow round out the star-studded ensemble cast.

Oh. What. Fun. centers on Claire Clauster (Pfeiffer), who is known for her over-the-top efforts in putting together her family’s perfect holiday celebration. But this year promises to be different when she goes missing and decides to have her own adventure that doesn’t involve coordinating the chaotic festivities.

“Why does Saint Nick get all the credit?” Pfeiffer asks in the footage that was released Monday amid Amazon’s upfront presentation. “Moms do all the work — and nobody mentions what Mrs.

Samuel French, a Texan actor known for his role as undercover FBI agent Cj Robinson in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” died this morning in Waco, Texas following a years-long battle with cancer. He was 45.

Born on January 26, 1980, French’s family moved to Clifton, Texas when he was 3. He graduated from high school there before moving to Austin and eventually Dallas, landing early acting credits on series like “Texas Rising” and “Fear the Walking Dead” as “Ben,” as well as film roles like “Pegasus: Pony With a Broken Wing,” “The Pro Bono Watchman” and a role in the 2024 crime thriller “Blood Dried Hands.”

French’s final performance will be as Detective Bernard Crooke in the crime drama/thriller “Towpath,” written and directed by Paul Sinacore. “Samuel was a dear friend and an incredible actor,” Sinacore said in a statement posted to Instagram. “Together we were on an extraordinary journey, giving...

Day one of the second week of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial in Manhattan saw a flurry of activity, as the jury was finalized after an accusation of racial bias from the defense team. On Monday, the trial began in earnest with opening statements followed by testimony from two witnesses.

Combs — the 55-year-old rapper, producer and fashion mogul whose rags-to-riches-to-near-billionaire status New York fairytale came to an abrupt end last year with his arrest and a five-count indictment — stood up in the court on Monday morning when lead attorney Teny Geragos described him in her opening statements. The second lead defense attorney told the jury that Combs, accused by federal prosecutors of two decades of abuse of women, trafficking of sex workers, and turning his music and fashion empire into a criminal enterprise, is no saint and that he’s by all accounts guilty of domestic...

In the first minutes of Netflix’s Bad Thoughts, creator and star Tom Segura explains what it’s like being a comedian. “You know that dumb shit you get sent to Hr for saying?” he smirks. “I get paid for that.”

He’s elucidating the broad theme of the episode — “jobs” — but really, he could be explaining his series as a whole. And his promise (or threat) is not an idle one. Bad Thoughts’ entire raison d’être is pushing past the boundaries of good taste, in hopes of provoking delighted horror or disgust. How successful you think Segura is at it, and whether you think it’s a worthy goal to begin with, is a matter of personal sensibility. I will say this: You can’t accuse the guy of not committing to a bit.

In interviews, Segura has compared Bad Thoughts to Twilight Zone or a “dark, comedic version of Black Mirror.

Asserting that visual effects companies are “still abused” and “taken advantage of,” industry luminary Scott Ross, whose four decades in the industry included co-founding Digital Domain and serving as an exec at George Lucas’ companies including Industrial Light & Magic warned, “if it’s not changed, we’ll continue to see companies go out of business and creative, wonderful people be unemployed.”

Ross was direct as he shared his views on the potential of forming a global trade association (a subject that isn’t a new one but has been back on the minds of many in today’s volatile business climate and in the wake of the collapse of Technicolor), as well as the “elephant in the room,” AI, during a panel at the Fmx (Film & Media Exchange) confab, which wrapped this weekend in Stuttgart, Germany. He started the panel, moderated by veteran entertainment and tech exec Dave Gouge, by...

It’s a busy month for Abel Tesfaye. Last week, the artist better known as the Weeknd kicked off the latest iteration of his sold-out “After Hours Til Dawn” Tour in Glendale, Ariz., while this Friday, his first feature film “Hurry Up Tomorrow” will be released worldwide by Lionsgate.

“It’s truly the most massive week of any artist,” says CAA’s co-head of global touring Darryl Eaton, adding that the tour is on track to become the highest-grossing North American tour of the year, on pace to gross over $400 million.

Meanwhile, the film, a companion piece to the artist’s January album of the same name, sees the Weeknd embark on a moody psychological odyssey, portraying a fictionalized version of himself inspired by his own darkest moments.

But don’t call it a “tie-in film.” “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” directed by Trey Edward Shults and co-starring Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan,...

Prime Video’s “Legally Blonde” prequel series has set a 2026 premiere date.

“Elle,” which stars Lexi Minetree as Elle Woods, will debut next summer on Prime Video, Minetree announced during Amazon’s annual upfront presentation on Monday.

Reese Witherspoon, who executive produces “Elle,” also popped in virtually to Amazon’s upfronts to share a production update on the new series, which Witherspoon said is officially two episodes into its production.

“I so loved seeing all of you at the upfronts last year and telling you about our new show, ‘Elle,’ where we go back to high school in the ’90s with Elle Woods,” Witherspoon said. “When I was talking about this last year with you, it was just a dream, and now is a dream come true, because the teams in Hello, Sunshine and Prime Video have been working so hard since I last saw you.”

“I am excited to...

Prime Video shared the first look at Michelle Pfeiffer’s holiday comedy “‘Oh. What. Fun.’” during Monday’s upfront presentation, showing all kinds of holiday shenanigans.

Along with Pfeiffer the film boasts an impressive cast including Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denis Leary, Dominic Sessa, Danielle Brooks, Devery Jacobs, Havana Rose Liu, Maude Apatow, Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria and Joan Chen.

The movie is directed by Michael Showalter and is based on the story of the same name by Chandler Baker. Showalter and Baker wrote the screenplay. The film will release Dec. 3 on Prime Video.

Watch the teaser here:

“Claire Clauster (Pfeiffer) is the glue that holds her chaotic, lovable family together every holiday season,” the film’s official logline reads. “From perfectly frosted cookies to meticulously wrapped gifts, no one decks the halls quite like Claire. But this year, as her grown kids and distracted husband get swept up in their own seasonal dramas,...

Fox Entertainment’s upfront presentation to advertisers was a star-studded affair that began with Jamie Foxx mocking Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, and ended with Joel McHale popping a bottle of champagne with a prop knife in Gordon Ramsay’s honor.

At one point in between, Tom Brady flubbed a stunt pass to Rob Gronkowski so bad, the ball landed among the Madison Avenue execs.

Held Monday at the Manhattan Center in New York, the event showcasing Fox broadcast network’s 2025-2026 schedule — as well as programming across ad-supported streamer Tubi, Fox Sports and Fox News — kicked off with...