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RIVER Director-screenwriter: Joshua Giuliano Logline: Three siblings set out to scatter their father’s ashes on a remote river, but the trip turns into a…
EXCLUSIVE: Bleecker Street is moving up the theatrical release of Musk – to October 9 – in response to intense interest in the documentary about the world’s…
Everybody wants to f*ck me Director: Jonathan Schey Screenwriter: Jonathan Schey Logline: An original razor-sharp dark comedy thriller set in the world of…
Oscar nominee Salma Hayek Pinault is stepping behind the camera. Variety can exclusively reveal that the Oscar-nominated actor of “Frida” and…
With almost 22 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, “Brave Wilderness” host Mark Vins is no stranger to making and sharing outdoor content with a global…
Distribution, by common consent, has become the weakest link in the whole of the film industry. If it weren’t for public-sector aid, it would hardly exist…
TIFF: A superficial departure from his grandiose norm, Snyder’s homage to “The Searchers” purports to have morality on its mind, but mostly just wants to get…
EXCLUSIVE: Courtney Hoffman has wrapped production on her feature directorial debut, Intimacy Party, the ensemble romantic comedy led by Juno Temple, with SNL…
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Dice Clay (A Star Is Born) is set for a voice role in Lizard Music, Benny Safdie’s new live-action/CGI hybrid film for Amazon MGM Studios and…
IndieWire talks to co-writer Etan Cohen, former 20th Century chairman Tom Rothman, and more about how Mike Judge's movie that once had a nonexistent theatrical…
EXCLUSIVE: Warsaw, Hamburg, Istanbul, New York – brave Russian journalists who dared to report the truth about their country have had to scatter across the…
EXCLUSIVE: It has come to our attention that Paramount and Netflix are ending their animated film pact. There was a pre-existing agreement in place…
Bob Mackie, the “Sultan of Sequins” known for creating flamboyant, show-stopping looks for divas like Cher and Diana Ross, died Monday. He was 87. “It is with…
Netflix has set a new slate of projects with video game company Sega, including film adaptations of their titles Crazy Taxi and Stranger Than Heaven, and a new…
Netflix has hit the start button on multiple adaptations of Sega hit gaming franchises. The first project under the companies’ new multititle deal is a…
American Hostage Director: Adam Arkin Co-Creators/Co-Writers: Shawn Ryan, Eileen Myers Logline: Based on the first season of the scripted podcast of the same…
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at Gabrielle Union in supernatural horror-thriller Casket Girls, in which she stars with Mike Colter. The film…
EXCLUSIVE: Pluto Film has boarded sales for Agata Trzebuchowska’s horror feature Sick ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin in September…
EXCLUSIVE: Moveria Film has acquired international sales rights to No Money No Honey ahead of the documentary’s world premiere at the Camden International Film…
Paramount released the trailer for “Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story,” a sports biopic about the final pick in the 1983 NFL draft. The sports drama tells…
