There are no trailers on a boat. This is the logistical reality that Toby Stephens found himself confronting somewhere in the middle of shooting “The Season,” Hulu’s new drama about the bad behavior of Hong Kong’s sailing elite – a show that, almost by design, offered its cast nowhere to hide. “Normally when you’re filming, […]

Bollywood actor and filmmaker Aamir Khan will appear in conversation at BFI Southbank on July 16 as the closing gala of the London Indian Film Festival’s 17th edition, which runs July 9–19 across London, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Bradford. Khan’s event is tied to a 25th anniversary screening of his Academy Award-nominated colonial epic “Lagaan: […]

Pedigreed Palestinian producer May Odeh (“Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” “A Useful Ghost,” “Hanging Gardens,”“200 Meters”) has added Jordan’s Rina Khoury from Arab Media Network ‘s Abu-Lughod Studios to her early list of backers of “Chentian,” helmed by “Lemon Tree” and “The Syrian Bride” scribe Suha Arraf. The buzzy project, now in development, scooped the €35,000 […]

Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher, known for her magical realist works “The Wonders,” “Happy as Lazzaro” and “La Chimera” —  all of which competed at Cannes Film Festival — is set to direct a feature film adaptation of Italo Calvino’s coming-of-age fable “The Baron in the Trees.” One of the most celebrated books in 20th century […]

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Megastar Annita will play the lead role of a still unnamed feature film that will be lensed beginning June 1 at giant media group Globo’s Estúdios Globo in Rio, Amauri Soares, executive director of Estúdios Globo and TV Globo told Variety. Soares will announce the production today during the Rio2Cpanel […]

“Dear You,” the Teochew-dialect family drama that has become one of China’s biggest theatrical stories of 2026, is heading to North America, Australia and New Zealand after CMC Pictures secured the theatrical distribution rights. The film opens in Australia and New Zealand on June 25, followed by a North America launch on June 26. The […]

Sherlock Holmes remains a prime source of inspiration for TV execs, so what to do when series about the iconic private detective have become almost ubiquitous? Elementary, my dear reader; turn to his arch nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. The criminal mastermind, created by author Arthur Conan Doyle to torment his famously observant protagonist, is set […]

South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) have launched a public-private consultative body to negotiate a voluntary theatrical holdback agreement, aiming to finalize terms by August without waiting for pending legislation. The committee – formally titled the Public-Private Consultative Body for Improving Korean Film Distribution Structure – held […]

“Outside the Room of My Own,” a debut feature from Chinese filmmaker Yan Siyu starring Lucie Zhang, is showing a work-in-progress cut at SIFF Project during the Shanghai International Film Festival. The film follows Yuan Chengge, a writer burned out by life in Beijing, as she travels to Chengdu and then onward to the village […]

The title of Vivek Couto’s opening address at APOS 2026 uses the word “reset.” He has a more precise term in mind. “It’s not actually being reset,” says Couto, CEO and executive director at Media Partners Asia, which produces the annual summit running June 16–18 in Bali. “It’s actually being redefined. The whole industry is […]

Art-world thriller “Triptych,” from Studio TF1’s Kubik Films; RTP-backed Afro-Portuguese music drama “Dark Hope” and “Naked,” a new drama from “Sirāt” producer Corte y Confección de Películas figure among the standout entries at this year’s Conecta Magaluf-Mallorca. Running May 25-28 on Magaluf beach in Calvià, Mallorca, Spain, the 10th anniversary edition of Conecta Fiction & […]

Brazilian Jeferson De’s “Carolina Maria de Jesus,” which won the A.H. Media Production Award at this year’s Goes to Cannes showcase, aims to capture the ‘cinematic dimension’ of one of Brazil’s literary greats, says Maria Gal (“Perfect Love”) who produced the film and stars as Carolina. In post-production, the film is based on the worldwide […]