Monika Shergill, VP, content, Netflix India, says the streamer has moved comedy from a series of individual bets to a long-term programming pillar because of how many different audience needs the genre can serve. “Comedy is deeply personal and subjective. What makes one person laugh may not work for another, so our job is to
Prime Video has set fans’ pulses racing after unveiling the first images from its upcoming YA adaptation “Boys of Tommen.” Starring Conor Sánchez as rugby player Johnny Kavanagh and Nancy Surridge as shy new girl Shannon Lynch, the series is adapted from Chloe Walsh’s teen romance novel set at an Irish boarding school. Conor Sánchez
Serielizados, Spain’s second largest audience-driven film/TV festival after San Sebastián, has unwrapped its main competition programs at this year’s edition, set to unspool onsite over Oct. 19-28 in Barcelona and a month later on streaming service Filmin, Headlining the official national competition as a world premiere is the second season of Movistar Plus+’s and 100 Balas’ “Celeste”, one
“Together in Love and Anarchy.” This year’s motto for the 39th Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy stated by Outi Rehn, program director, and Pauliina Ståhlberg, executive director, says it all. Speaking with Variety ahead of the full program’s disclosure Sept. 1, the festival’s co-honchos were happy to reiterate its key values. “Love
The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has unveiled a guest lineup headlined by Isabelle Huppert, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Fan Bingbing and Michelle Yeoh. Huppert brings her latest film, “All About Corinne,” to Busan audiences. Gyllenhaal makes her first visit to Korea with “Flesh Impact,” a project created to mark the centenary of Marilyn
Tom Hardy’s alter ego rises. The MobLand actor shocked fans after he released his debut rap album under the stage name Frankie Pulitzer in collaboration with hip-hop group Czarface titled Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer on Aug. 28, proving he really can do it all. The 15-song project not only includes features from rap legends Busta Rhymes, Method Man and EL-P, but it also contains
