James Farrell, head of international originals at Amazon MGM Studios, and Akihiko Okamoto, president and representative director at Yoshimoto, are to feature in a joint keynote session at TV market Mipcom. The execs will explore the origination and approach that has made “LOL: Last One
The playwright Jez Butterworth recently had perhaps the most eventful recording session in the history of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: “In the course of this call, I have returned one dog to its owner and seen four foxes,” Butterworth said
Disney+ Spain has unveiled what it touts as the first original daily melodrama series produced by a premium streaming platform in Europe, “Return to Las Sabinas” (“Regreso a Las Sabinas”). The announcement was the first order of the day at the Madrid confab, Iberseries &
UPDATED: Disney is reorganizing major parts of its television operations, with the Mouse House set to combine the ABC and Hulu scripted drama and comedy teams. Simran Sethi will be promoted to the role of president of scripted programming of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment
A man who for some reason smashed up a guitar with a hammer in Texas may have thought it had been signed by Taylor Swift — but it was not, in fact, an official Swift-certified guitar. In a video that has gone viral, the unidentified
Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to “Skyline: Warpath” the action sci-fi sequel starring Scott Adkins (“John Wick: Chapter 4”) and Iko Uwais (“The Raid” franchise) from Palisades Park Pictures. Written and directed by Liam O’Donnell (“Beyond Skyline”), the film also stars Yayan Ruhian (“The
Clint Eastwood is back in the director’s seat, as Warner Bros. released the first trailer for his drama “Juror #2.” The film stars Nicholas Hoult as a a “family man Justin Kemp who, while serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, finds
Horror streamer Screambox, in collaboration with Cineverse and its horror division Bloody Disgusting, has unveiled “Tales From the Void,” a new horror anthology series based on stories from the subreddit page r/NoSleep. Two episodes will premiere exclusively on Screambox every Sunday from Oct. 13-27. According