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Brendan Fraser’s ‘Rental Family’ Sets BFI London Film Festival Gala
by Naman Ramachandran on August 13, 2025 at 11:00 am
Searchlight Pictures’ “Rental Family” will serve as this year’s American Express Gala presentation at the 69th BFI London Film Festival. Directed and co-written by Hikari, whose credits include “37 Seconds” and […]
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‘My Brilliant Friend’ Gets Turkish Adaptation From OGM Pictures
by Naman Ramachandran on August 13, 2025 at 11:00 am
Elena Ferrante’s beloved Neapolitan novels are heading to Turkey. Wildside, The Apartment, Fremantle and Fandango are partnering with OGM Pictures to produce the first scripted format adaptation of the internationally acclaimed drama “My […]
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Antony Starr Says Goodbye to Homelander as ‘The Boys’ Final Season Wraps Shooting:...
by Ellise Shafer on August 13, 2025 at 10:59 am
Antony Starr penned an emotional goodbye to his “The Boys” character Homelander on Wednesday as the Amazon series wrapped production on its fifth and final season, calling the experience “the highlight of my career.” In a […]
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Armenian Documentary ‘There Was, There Was Not’ Acquired in U.S. by Suncatcher,...
by Leo Barraclough on August 13, 2025 at 9:18 am
Suncatcher Productions and Watermelon Pictures are partnering up for the U.S. release this fall of “There Was, There Was Not,” Emily Mkrtichian’s feature documentary debut. Suncatcher will oversee the U.S. theatrical release, […]
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Dane Komljen on His Freewheeling, Utopian ‘Desire Lines’ and ‘Slipping Into a...
by John Hopewell on August 13, 2025 at 8:46 am
A man dissolves into a shimmering silhouette before passing through a wall into the afterlife in Dane Komljen’s ghostly “Desire Lines,” which held its world premiere Aug. 11 in Locarno’s main International Competition. […]
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Director Eduardo Casanova Combines Vampire Mythos With the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in...
by Marta Balaga on August 13, 2025 at 8:16 am
Spanish actor-director Eduardo Casanova takes on the Black Plague and HIV/AIDS pandemics in explosive miniseries “Silence” – as well as female vampires, suddenly faced with the shortage of “uncontaminated” human […]
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‘Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due’ Review: Abdellatif Kechiche’s Woozy Coastal Mini-Saga...
by Guy Lodge on August 13, 2025 at 7:29 am
Premiering at the Locarno Film Festival after being held six years in post-production limbo, Abdellatif Kechiche’s “Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due” certainly merits the descriptor “long-delayed.” Whether it’s […]
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Nanni Moretti-Produced ‘Primo Viaggio’ Lures Rai Cinema, Teodora Film (EXCLUSIVE)
by Marta Balaga on August 13, 2025 at 7:06 am
Italy’s Rai Cinema will co-produce “Primo Viaggio,” directed by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman. Teodora Film will distribute locally. The film, spotlighted at Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development, is produced by Palme […]
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Nicola Coughlan and ‘Derry Girls’ Co-Star Siobhan McSweeney Reunite in Trailer for...
by Naman Ramachandran on August 13, 2025 at 7:00 am
London’s National Theatre is banking on Irish star power this winter with its upcoming production of “The Playboy of the Western World,” and Variety can exclusively reveal the first trailer for the production that reunites […]