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Anna Marie de la Fuente All3Media International, the sales arm of the production-distribution U.K. giant behind such hits as “Fleabag” and “Midsomer Murders,” has struck key deals in multiple territories for New Pictures’ six-part thriller, “Protection.” Sales follow the witness protection series’ critically acclaimed U.K. debut on ITV and ITVX.

KISS have announced plans for an “unmasked” show in Las Vegas later this year.The concert is part of the KISS Army fan club’s 50th anniversary celebrations, which is set to take place at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on November 14-16.It will mark the band’s first performance since their 2023 farewell tour.According to an email sent out to fans, the concert also promises “a special live performance from former KISS member Bruce Kulick, along with other special guests, activities, exclusive experiences and more.”The guitarist played on five KISS albums before leaving the band in 1996.KISS apparently ARE doing a non-make up show in Vegas. This November 14 – 16, 2025.Special guest Bruce Kulick.The…Posted by Rock N Roll Experience on Saturday, March 22, 2025The show comes after Gene Simmons quietly postponed 17 dates on his upcoming solo tour in April and May, with the tour set to kick off at the Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park, California on April 5.However, in a recent statement given by Christina Vitaglano, who runs Simmons’ backstage VIP fan experience packages, it was revealed the April dates as well as the Texas leg of the May dates have all been postponed “until early 2026.”KISS, meanwhile, were recently working on their upcoming avatar show, which Paul Stanley previously described as “Cirque Du Soleil meets Star Wars and a KISS concert”.The production is being overseen by the company behind ABBA’s ‘Voyage’ show, in which the Swedish pop group were represented by holographic virtual avatars on stage.Pophouse acquired KISS’ catalogue, brand name and IP last April, while the band first unveiled their ‘new era’ at the final show of their farewell tour in December 2023 in Madison Square Garden.

Ghost’s Tobias Forge has told NME that the band’s signature lore may be coming to an end in the near future.The metal frontman was speaking ahead of the band’s highly anticipated sixth studio album ‘Skeletá’, which is due to be released on April 25. It has been previewed with its anthemic lead single ‘Satanized’, and it is the first to feature Forge’s new persona Papa Perpetua.Forge has inhabited a series of different characters during his time fronting the Swedish occult band, taking on a different incarnation for every new touring cycle.

Marta Balaga Viaplay Content Distribution has sold “A Life’s Worth” to Spain (EITB) and Greece (Vodafone) ahead of its Series Mania premiere in its International Panorama. The six-episode drama, directed by Ahmed Abdullahi, is inspired by the challenges faced by the first Swedish U.N. battalion, sent to Bosnia in 1993.

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EXCLUSIVE: The Faroe Islands’ GRÓ Studios and the UK’s Three River Fiction are bringing a crime thriller, Reyna, to Series Mania next week.

Annika Pham As Lille’s giant Series Mania confab kicks off March 21, REinvent International Sales has announced a fresh pick up in the crime show “The Pushover.” The six-parter is based on author Lone Theils’ sixth book in her best-selling Nora Sand franchise, published in more than 20 countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Scandinavia. The series is the second TV adaptation featuring high-flying Danish journalist Nora Sand after the hit show “Fatal Crossing,” sold by REinvent to multiple territories, including Global Series Network/Walter Presents for the UK/Ireland, Lumiere Group for Benelux, TV4 for Sweden/Finland, Encripta for Latin America and Telepool for France and Germany.

Stephen Saito Somewhere in a cinematic landscape that includes Yorgos Lanthimos and Lucile Hadžihalilović lies Helena Ganjalyan and Bartosz Szpak’s “Glorious Summer,” a sun-soaked allegory filled with dread in which the customs of a curiously cloistered culture begin to be questioned. The Polish filmmakers go out of their way not to specify where in the world they are as they tell of three young women under surveillance who start to develop their own judgment inside a dilapidated mansion that’s the only home they’ve ever known, but they’ve made a beguiling debut feature that looks to put them on the map in other respects.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer A foreign language action comedy is headed to U.S. movie theaters this spring, but audiences won’t have to groan about subtitles. For the first time, an international feature film will look and sound as if it was made in English thanks to artificial intelligence.

Björk has announced that her new concert film Cornucopia will be getting a “limited release” in theatres globally. Find out the details below.The news of the upcoming release was shared today (March 20) and comes in collaboration with Mercury Studios.

Lise Pedersen Swedish director Viktor Nordenskiöld’s “The Eukrainian,” which has its world premiere at Copenhagen’s documentary festival CPH:DOX, is an intimate portrait of Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Olha Stefanishyna, a key figure in the country’s push for European integration. Variety spoke to Nordenskiöld about the film, and debuts its trailer here. Filmed between 2022 and 2024, the doc follows Stefanishyna as she navigates political roadblocks in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, leading her country’s efforts to join the European Union and NATO.

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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent SkyShowtime has boarded a new original series, “Where the Sun Always Shines,” created and directed by Felix Herngren, the critically acclaimed Swedish writer-filmmaker behind “Sunny Side,” “Bonus Family” and “The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.” The six-part original series is led by a star-studded Swedish cast, including Erik “Jerka” Johansson (“Bonus Family”), Rakel Wärmländer (“Limbo”), along with Per Lasson (“Thin Blue Line”) and Lisa Linnertorp (“Sunny Side”). The dark dramedy series was filmed on location in Mallorca, Spain, and will be available to stream on SkyShowtime, a joint venture of Comcast and Paramount, later this year.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has swooped on the worldwide rights to “Virgins” (“Virgenes”) the latest comedy by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo (“Lord, Give Me Patience”) ahead of its premiere at the Malaga Film Festival on March 17. Powerhouse indie studio Filmax will release the film theatrically on June 20 this year. With a stellar cast led by César Vicente Romero (“Pain and Glory”), Xavi Caudevilla (“Los Protegidos ADN”)and Carlos Scholz (“Awareness”), “Virgins” is set in 1960s tourist haven Torremolinos in Southern Spain where Northern Europeans have escaped to in the winter months.

Jamie xx was recently joined by Robyn for a live rendition of their track ‘Life’. Check it out below.The moment took place at the DJ, producer and member of The xx‘s Copenhagen show on Thursday (March 13), as part of his huge ‘In Waves’ world tour.‘Life’ is the pair’s song from Jamie’s second solo album ‘In Waves’, released last year.

Jason Isaacs shut down the debate about his full frontal scene on The White Lotus during an interview on CBS Mornings.

Jason Isaacs shut down the debate about his full frontal scene on The White Lotus during an interview on CBS Mornings.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent European film studio Hope Studios, led by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, the veteran producer behind Sony’s hit Tom Hanks movie “A Man Called Otto,” is setting up a feature adaptation of Robin Sharma’s “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari,” the bestselling book about a life-changing journey. Based on Sharma’s own search for life’s true purpose, “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” tells the story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the personal crisis of his out-of-balance life after a tragedy – and his transformational journey through India.

Viktor Gyokeres already has made three Premier League clubs as his preferred destination, should he make the move to English football in the summer. However, Manchester United isn't on the list, according to a report from Portugal.

Dennis Harvey Film Critic As populations’ median ages continue to rise — and the future looks increasingly hazardous for allage groups — more movies are touching on senility, dementia, elder abuse and other topics that not long ago rarely got any screen airing. That includes the horror genre, which has typically been focused on terrorizing nubile youth.

Amazon Prime’s limited series “Expats,” Netflix’s murder-mystery miniseries “The Perfect Couple,” Season 2 of “Lioness,” the rom-com “A Family Affair,” the animated musical “Spellbound” and her award-winning role in the erotic thriller “Babygirl.”While attending the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, March 9, the Oscar winner shared why she’s giving herself a break after she promotes two additional projects she has in the pipeline. “I was much more out there last year; this year I have Holland, I have Nine Perfect Strangers, and then I’m off for the rest of year.