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HBO Max Debuts 16‑Hour Harry Potter Podcast May 19
HBO Max is launching a 16‑hour, eight‑film Harry Potter podcast on May 19, offering weekly deep‑dive episodes that celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary and build hype for its upcoming 2026 TV se
9-Month Contract Wins Spotlight Award at Alternativa
Georgian documentary '9‑Month Contract' chronicles surrogate mother Zhana’s harrowing journey, earning the Alternativa Film Festival Spotlight Award while shedding light on unregulated surrogacy, home
Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media Teams With Saw Director
Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media is teaming with Saw veteran Darren Lynn Bousman to launch a horror satire, “Road To Reality,” that skewers reality‑TV culture. The film, written by Katina Nikou, will begin
Radial Gets 10 Seasons of ‘World’s Most Evil Killers’
Amid record‑high U.S. stocks and a 9‑unit decline in crude inventories, Radial Entertainment clinched the full ten‑season run of the true‑crime series ‘World’s Most Evil Killers’, adding 40 fresh epis
A24 Releases ‘Tony’ Trailer Starring Dominic Sessa
A24’s new biopic “Tony”—a coming‑of‑age portrait of a teen Anthony Bourdain—dropped its first trailer, starring Dominic Sessa as the 19‑year‑old chef and featuring Antonio Banderas as his mentor. The
Studiocanal & Hachette Launch On Screen Adaptation JV
Studiocanal and Hachette Livre, both now under Bolloré, have launched the On Screen joint venture to turn Hachette’s extensive literary catalogue into film and TV hits, a move that arrives amid a high
‘Runa Simi’: About One Man’s Quest to Dub ‘The Lion King’ into Quechua
Peruvian filmmaker Augusto Zegarra’s debut documentary Runa Simi chronicles voice artist Fernando Valencia’s quest to dub Disney’s The Lion King into Quechua, a project that has captured global festiv
IPFC Launches AI Rights Platform for Creators
French startup IPFC, founded by Emmanuel Lipszyc and Thomas Cohen, is launching a rights‑management platform that registers creators’ identities—name, image, voice—to monitor AI‑generated content and
Raven Banner Secures Oddities World Sales at Cannes
Raven Banner Entertainment has secured world sales rights to Tyler Savage’s horror‑thriller Oddities at Cannes, a move echoed by a wave of genre deals at the market, including home‑invasion horror The
Mubi Acquires Hope Rights Across Seven Territories
Mubi has locked down distribution for Na Hong‑Jin’s sci‑fi thriller Hope in seven key territories, joining Neon’s U.S. rights as the film heads to competition at Cannes. The move, highlighted by Varie
Roger Avary Plans AI Film of Milton's Paradise Lost
Roger Avary, co-writer of Pulp Fiction, is planning an AI-generated film adaptation of Milton's Paradise Lost, prompting skepticism over whether current generative tools can match the 17th-century poe
Aronofsky to Receive Pardo d'Onore at Locarno
Darren Aronofsky is set to receive the Locarno Film Festival's honorary Pardo d'Onore award, with the festival's artistic director hailing him as an auteur whose bold, personal style has earned its ow
Bezos Modeled as Devil Wears Prada 2 Villain
The Devil Wears Prada 2 casts a Bezos-coded villain who threatens to replace fashion's human creativity with AI, arriving as the real Bezos faces controversy over his honorary chairmanship of the 2025
Hernan Bas' 'The Visitors' Paintings Debut at Ca’ Pesaro
Cuban‑American artist Hernan Bas is debuting his 30‑painting series “The Visitors” at Venice’s Ca’ Pesaro museum, a show that satirically chronicles modern tourists while he reflects on mass tourism’s
Lubaina Himid to Lead Britain at 2026 Venice Biennale
British artist Lubaina Himid, a pioneering black British figure, will represent the UK at the 2026 Venice Biennale with a politically charged pavilion, while also joining a boycott of the Israeli pavi
UK Lost Quarter of Late-Night Venues Since 2020
The UK's late-night venue sector has shed more than a quarter of its establishments since 2020, with Birmingham suffering the steepest decline of any major city at 28%, as soaring costs, shifting drin
Fake fans, fake buzz? How your favourite band got big – podcast
The indie band Geese vaulted to fame last year, with frontman Cameron Winter crowned the season’s hottest indie star, only to discover their meteoric rise was engineered by marketing executives. A pod
Mike Stenson, Bruckheim Films President, Dies at 65
Mike Stenson, the long‑time president of Jerry Bruckheimer Films who helped shape dozens of blockbuster movies, passed away at 65 on April 26.
Pulitzer Winners: Angel Down & Liberation
The Pulitzer board honored a diverse slate, awarding Daniel Kraus’s one‑sentence WWI epic Angel Down the fiction prize and Bess Wohl’s feminist memory play Liberation the drama prize, while history, b
Fire Hits Eugene O’Neill Theatre, Stops Book of Mormon
An electrical fire erupted in the fourth‑floor lighting room of the historic Eugene O’Neill Theatre, inflicting substantial damage and forcing the long‑running Book of Mormon to suspend performances.
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