Variety
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Who’s Driving the Canary Islands’ New Wave? A Drill-Down on Players and Banner Titles
In 2009, nine production companies were operating in the Canary Islands using ZEC preferential tax rates for being established here. Flash forward...
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Inside the Legal Battle to Recut Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’: Why Billionaire Investor Dan Snyder Is Furious With Ex-President’s Portrayal (EXCLUSIVE)
On Monday night, all eyes in Cannes will be on the launch of “The Apprentice,” the high-profile drama that stars Sebastian Stan as a young Donald...
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New Saudi Production Company 3SIX9 Studios Launches From Cannes With Hollywood Film and TV Slate
A new Saudi Arabian film studio with deep pockets and Hollywood connections is launching from the Cannes Film Festival with a slate of film and TV...
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Sean Cronin’s Magnificent Films Unveils Brace of Vampire Projects at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)
British filmmakers Sean Cronin and Peter Stylianou’s latest feature, “Drained,” has wrapped post-production and is being sold by Cronin’s...
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‘The Crown’-Inspired Drama About Iran’s Last Royal Family in Development at Random Access Media (EXCLUSIVE)
An epic drama series about Iran’s last monarchy is in the works, Variety has learned. Inspired by “The Crown,” Netflix’s sweeping dramatization of...
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Film Factory Takes Global Rights to ‘Ex Machina’-Inspired Spanish Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Singular’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Barcelona-based sales company Film Factory has picked up global rights to Alberto Gastesi’s sci-fi thriller “Singular,” a former Sitges Pitchbox...
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Christophe Honoré on the Health of Cinema, Nepo Babies and His Latest Film, ‘Marcello Mio’
For more than two decades, French auteur Christophe Honoré has made provocative features, frequently exploring romantic entanglements or focusing...
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China Box Office: ‘The Last Frenzy’ Returns to Top Spot as Theatrical Momentum Slows, ‘The Fall Guy’ Flops
“The Last Frenzy,” a comedy film about a dying man’s last hurrah, returned to the top spot in mainland Chinese cinemas in its third weekend of...
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Carson Lund Pitches ‘Eephus’ as a Universal Tale on Change, Aging and Loss
American helmer Carson Lund uses the baseball diamond as a deeply cinematic space in his feature debut, “Eephus.” The esoteric title is the name of...
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‘Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1’ Review: Sprawling Yet Thinly Spread, the First Part of Kevin Costner’s Western Epic Feels Like the Set-Up for a TV Miniseries
It feels like the seedbed for a miniseries. Much of what happens is wispy and not very forceful; the film doesn’t build in power, and it seldom...
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Cannes Goes Ape — for ‘The Substance,’ Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley’s Flesh-Shredding Body Horror, With 11-Minute Standing Ovation
Jaw-dropping, nauseating, defiant, hilarious “The Substance” — a body horror thriller from French director Coralie Forgeat starring Demi Moore and...
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‘The Substance’ Review: Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley in a Visionary Feminist Body-Horror Film That Takes Cosmetic Enhancement to Extremes
Shocking and resonant, disarmingly grotesque and also weirdly fun, "The Substance" is a feminist body-horror film that should be seen in movie...