New Zealand’s Black Mandala has acquired five horror features for its international sales slate: “The Tree House,” “Babybacks,” “The Driftless,” “Saturnalia” and “The Shug,” spanning psychological horror, survival horror, Midwestern folklore, supernatural giallo and British creature horror. “The Tree House,” directed by Luis Calderón, is a Spanish horror thriller starring Goya Award nominee Sandra Escacena
Tyler Falbo, writer, director and producer known for shaping the sketch group Almost Friday’s viral comedy videos, is directing an R-rated comedy film for Paramount. Titled “Boys for Life,” the film will be released in theaters on April 9, 2027. While few plot details are available, Variety hear it’s an ensemble comedy about a group
The FIFA World Cup final halftime show continues to grow. Variety has learned exclusively that the event will now also include members of the New York Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, who will jointly perform a tribute to Venezuela in the wake of its recent devastating earthquakes. Gustavo Dudamel, the outgoing
Linnea Berthelsen, best known for playing Kali Prasad/008 in the second and final season of Netflix’s smash hit “Stranger Things”, will make her UK stage debut in “Darkling” at London’s Bush Theatre. The solo play is presented by Actors Touring Company and co-produced with Bush Theatre. Described as “an epic story of a life devastated
Fandango Sales has embarked on Sergio Castro-San Martín’s “The Chilean” ahead of its world premiere in Locarno. Set in 1976, the film follows Chilean miner Aldo Marín as he flees the Chilean regime to Turin, where he meets Luciana, a doctor who performs illegal abortions. But his attempt to rebuild his life is threatened by
Legendary Entertainment’s first theme park attraction, “Kong x Godzilla” at Lotte World in Seoul, opens on July 24, marking the studio’s entry into location-based entertainment after several years of development on the project. “It was a big priority for me when I joined Legendary nine years ago,” says James Ngo, executive vice president of franchise