If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Author Colleen Hoover‘s 2018 romantic thriller, “Verity,” is back on the bestsellers chart as a motion picture adaptation of the novel hits theaters nationwide. The hardcover version of “Verity” is currently number two on
Alexandros Avranas, who won the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion for best director for the harrowing drama “Miss Violence,” will helm the Greek adaptation of Globoplay’s hit series “The Others.” The project, which is currently in production, follows the format sales agreement signed between Alpha TV and Brazilian media powerhouse Globo in late 2024. Created
Andrew Scott is set to reprise his starring role in the one-man play “Sea Wall.” The production of the limited run — it will play 19 performances at Studio Seaview in New York from Oct. 16 to Oct. 30 — will be filmed for a feature adaptation. The 30-minute monologue play was written for Scott
There’s barely an adult in sight in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back,” where anyone out of school age is marginalized practically to the point of superfluidity. Like much in the first half of this sweet — at times too sweet — adaptation from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga of the same title, also made into an animated film
Pretty much everyone on stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York must audition — even the snake who will briefly take center stage in an upcoming adaptation of a Mozart classic. In charge of deciding who gets the s-s-s-s-starring reptilian role is Zoe Ziegfeld, a carnival performer-turned-opera actor cast as the snake handler in the Met’s
Bulgarian filmmaker Theodore Ushev, Oscar-nominated in the animated short film category in 2017 for “Blind Vaysha,” is in pre-production on feature film “Light Boxes,” which he will present at the Venice Production Bridge’s Gap-Financing Market, running Sept. 4-6. The film, which will include stop-motion animation and live-action sequences, is an adaptation of Shane Jones’ cult
