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Qatar, the tiny Arab state rich in oil and gas that recently offered to replace Donald Trump’s Air Force One with a $400 million jet likened to a “palace in the sky,” is at Cannes signaling its ambitions to take its nascent film […]

Chow Yun-fat’s bullet ballet is reloaded and ready to fire again on the Croisette. As John Woo’s landmark 1992 action spectacle “Hard Boiled” prepares for its spotlight screening at this year’s Cannes Classics, Variety […]

Hollywood’s go-to Latvian production servicer Forma Pro Films, producer of Kristen Stewart’s Un Certain Regard entry “The Chronology of Water” – alongside Stewart’s Nevermind Pictures, the U.K.’s Scott Free […]

Jeremy Irons has landed perhaps his most unlikely role to date, voicing the ocean itself in an upcoming feature doc described as a “visionary cinematic odyssey.” The Oscar winner will lend his vocals to the upcoming film “Water […]

In a bold move into production financing, Austin’s Fantastic Fest is celebrating its 20th anniversary by partnering with new genre label Chroma to launch Fantastic Pitches. Ahbra Perry has been appointed vice president of Chroma, which is […]

Barcelona-based boutique studio Filmax has rolled out further pre-sales on “My Friend Eva,” from “Truman” director Cesc Gay, licensing key territories ahead of the film’s Cannes screening, closing Italy (Teodora Films) […]

Minerva Pictures has come aboard to handle international sales for psychological drama “Isola,” starring French cinema icon Fanny Ardant and Polish actor Joanna Kulig. The film is currently in post-production. Italian actor Marco […]

“Power Book III: Raising Kanan” will end with its upcoming fifth season, Variety has learned. The show just aired its fourth season finale on Starz. The fifth season was announced back in March 2024, though it was not known that it would […]

Rupert Friend has joined the cast of upcoming emotional thriller “Photo Booth.” The “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and “Companion” star — heading to Cannes as part of Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician […]