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EXCLUSIVE: Following an extensive auditioning process, rising star Austin Abrams has landed the lead role in 20th Century’s adaptation of the Daniel Kraus novel Whalefall with Brian Duffield directing. Duffield will co-write the script with Kraus.

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Noel Leon & Mickey Gooch Tap ‘SNL’ Vets Siobhan Hogan Fallon & Luke Null, ‘Clerks’ Star Brian O’Halloran, Judy Gold & Andy Dick For ‘A Comedy Of Errors’

EXCLUSIVE: L.A. standup and influencer Noel Leon and actor, producer and writer Mickey Gooch Jr. have tapped a raft of comedy veterans for their directorial feature debut A Comedy of Errors.

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Marc Maron Sets Next Stand-Up Special At HBO

Marc Maron will be back on HBO with his next stand-up comedy special.

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‘F—toys’ Trailer: Sex Worker Rages Against a Curse on Her in Surreal Adventure Through Trashtown (EXCLUSIVE)

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com How far would you go to lift a deadly curse? Ahead of the film’s world premiere at this year’s SXSW, Annapurna Sriram‘s “Fucktoys” has unveiled its trailer exclusively to Variety, teasing a grindhouse adventure through a town named Trashtown, USA. After a woman named AP (Sriram) loses a tooth and is unexpectedly cast with a curse, psychics promise that it can be lifted by a measly $1,000 payment and animal sacrifice.

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Banijay Group Posts Record Results for 2024 With Double-Digit Growth to $5.2 Billion

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Banijay Group, the listed company which comprises film and TV production, distribution, live entertainment and gaming, posted record results for 2024 which reached €4.8 billion (5.2 billion). Banijay’s adjusted EBITDA was also up by 22% to €900 million ($971 million), and saw an acceleration in the last quarter with 32.8% spike, while adjusted net income also rose by 29.3% at current currencies to €418 million.

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Marc Maron Sets HBO Comedy Special for 2025

Ethan Shanfeld Marc Maron has a new stand-up comedy special coming to HBO later this year. The special, which Variety hears consists of material from his “All In” tour, will be filmed in New York City in May. The comedy hour will be Maron’s sixth stand-up special and comes two years after his latest for HBO, “From Bleak to Dark,” in which Maron discussed the death of his partner, Lynn Shelton, who died of cancer during the pandemic.

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‘New-stalgia’ On Demand: How Mattel Links Brands Across Generations

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Last July, the executives at Mattel were celebrating the year anniversary of their billion-dollar box office baby “Barbie” at the Hollywood Bowl. After shattering global attendance records with Greta Gerwig’s cinematic adventure — based on the company’s most iconic brand — the team partnered on “Barbie the Movie: In Concert,” a live-scored screening of the Oscar-nominated film at the hallowed Los Angeles venue. As the crowds awaited the start of the symphony, Josh Silverman, Mattel’s global head of consumer products and chief franchise officer, noticed more than one family playing a classic card game to pass the time before the amphitheater doors opened.

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Actually, “With Love, Meghan” Is a Perfect Show for 2025

With Love, Meghan, ’s long-awaited Netflix show, and I’m just going to come out and say it: (1) I love it, and (2) anybody who would turn down a stay at the Duchess of Sussex’s house after watching this is probably lying.To me—a self-confessed lifestyle-TV addict—With Love, Meghan is one of the coziest and most escapist television-watching experiences of 2025 so far. What’s not to love about the Montecito landscape, or the ASMR-inducing scene when Markle and her beekeeper are filmed double-straining their freshly harvested golden honey dripping indulgently down into a bowl, or the soothing sounds of Markle’s voice as she walks you through her favorite ways to make a houseguest feel spoiled and special? It’s like getting wrapped in a warm hug, and I’m truly here for it—especially right now, when the daily news cycle moves so fast it can feel on your senses.I’m aware that this is an unpopular opinion—critics from around the world have piled in with , and oftentimes , digs at the show.

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21 Buzzy SXSW Premieres: ‘Another Simple Favor,’ ‘The Threesome,’ ‘F–––toys,’ ‘The Age of Disclosure’ and More

111 movies and 17 series screenings from March 7–15 are packed with a litany of A-listers, including (deep breath) Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Seth Rogen, Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick, Issa Rae, Matthew McConaughey, Kurt Russell, Laurence Fishburne, Ramy Youssef, Jacob Elordi, Kate Mara, André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Sadie Sink, Daisy Ridley, David Oyelowo, Annaleigh Ashford, Dennis Quaid, Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega — alongside a heady mix of buzzy documentaries and genre-bending indies aiming to enthrall and delight festivalgoers in Austin, Texas, between breakfast tacos and barbecue. Here are some of the most promising offerings.

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See-Saw Films Acquired by Mediawan as Euro Banner Takes Majority Stake in ‘Slow Horses’ Producer (EXCLUSIVE)

Mediawan has acquired a majority 51% stake in British-Australian indie powerhouse See-Saw Films, the high-profile Oscar-winning tastemakers behind hit returning TV shows such as “Slow Horses” and “Heartstopper” and acclaimed, award-winning films including “The Power of the Dog,” “The Son” and “The King’s Speech.” The news — which is likely to cause a stir in the U.K. industry and beyond and be considered a major coup for Mediawan — is the latest in a hot streak of big-name acquisitions by the thriving European production-distribution group, which took majority ownership of Brad Pitt’s Plan B in late 2022 and struck a partnership with LeBron James’ and Maverick Carter‘s The SpringHill Company shingle last September, as well as bought fast-rising German production and distribution company Leonine last year.

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Gravitas Ventures Picks Up LGBTQ+ Drama ‘Layla’ for U.S. and Canadian Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com Gravitas Ventures has acquired the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to “Layla,” which had its premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The LGBTQ+ drama follows Layla (Bilal Hasna), a struggling Arab drag queen with a deep desire for true love.

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Blake Lively’s Lawyer Cites Fear of Press Leaks in Push for Privacy Order

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Blake Lively‘s lawyer warned a judge Thursday that without a strict confidentiality order in her suit against “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni, private information could easily leak to the press. Lively is seeking an order that would limit certain sensitive information to “attorneys eyes only,” meaning that the attorneys could not share it with their own clients.

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Loam Entertainment Greenlights Indie Film ‘Bad Counselors’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com Loam Entertainment has ordered a greenlight for the independent comedy “Bad Counselors,” fully financing and producing the project with Zero Gravity, as exclusively learned by Variety. The log-line for “Bad Counselors” is described as a “fish-out-of-water comedy [following] two partying fraternity brothers who pose as middle-school camp counselors to work off community service and salvage their senior year.” The film is helmed by director Chris Dowling, who has previous credits on “Where Hope Grows,” “Blue Miracle,” “Run the Face” and “Priceless.” Loam Entertainment was recently launched by its national radio network parent company, Loam Media, while Zero Gravity has been behind the four-time Emmy winning “Ozark” and box office success “The Accountant,” which has a sequel coming out later this year.

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See-Saw Films Acquired By Mediawan

British-Australian production powerhouse See-Saw Films has been bought by France’s Mediawan.

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Why Christina Ricci Says the Film Industry ‘Rescued Me From a Childhood That Was Not Very Nice and a Family That Was Not Very Safe’

Rosemary Rossi The year was 1990; the film, “Mermaids.” From the very first time a 9-year-old Christina Ricci graced the big screen, she proved to moviegoers that she had “it.” You know, that magic that someone that young age can only be born with. Now, 35 years later, on March 6, she is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, cementing herself — literally — in the history of the entertainment industry. “This is profoundly meaningful to me,” Ricci says.

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Musicians Behind ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Jurassic World’ Launch New Trailer Music Agency: Master Works Alliance

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Music producers and composers behind titles such as “The Mandalorian” and “Jurassic World” have come together to launch Master Works Alliance, a new trailer music agency. Music producer and score mixer Kyle Biane, business executive Wendi Williams and composers John Samuel Hanson (“Star Wars,” “Marvel” and “Harry Potter” franchises) and David Travis Edwards will represent top music publishers and premium trailer music houses through the agency.

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Charli XCX Eyed For Greta Gerwig & Netflix’s Narnia Movie — The Dish

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a fun casting update. On the day she was announced for Glastonbury, we can reveal that Charli XCX is also being eyed to join Greta Gerwig and Netflix‘s anticipated Narnia film.

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Canadian Distributor New Mountain Films Unveils First Theatrical Acquisition

EXCLUSIVE: Fledgling Canadian distribution label New Mountain Films has acquired theatrical rights to Swiss-American director Jasmin Gordon’s well-reviewed TIFF 2024 Discovery title The Courageous.

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Alec Baldwin’s new reality show is “shameless”, say ‘Rust’ shooting victim’s family

Alec Baldwin for discussing her death on his new reality show The Baldwins.On October 21, 2021, on the set of the film Rust, Baldwin discharged a revolver used as a prop and was unaware that it had been improperly loaded with live ammunition, resulting in the death of Hutchins.In 2023, the actor was charged with involuntary manslaughter in a case which was then dropped and was tried again in 2024. The case against him was dismissed last July, and officially concluded in December 2024 after New Mexico prosecutors decided not to pursue an appeal of the court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against him.On January 11, Baldwin filed a lawsuit against the district attorney and other Santa Fe officials for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations.

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Miami Film Festival Sets Lineup With ‘Meet the Barbarians’ Opening and ‘On Swift Horses’ Closing Night Screening

Katcy Stephan Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Miami Film Festival announced the lineup for its upcoming Festival taking place from April 3-13, 2025. The Festival will open with “Meet the Barbarians,” with director Julie Delpy in attendance on April 3, where she will receive the Festival’s Impact Award.

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Mediapro Studio Joins As Producer On Kickboxer Doc ‘Benny The Jet’ From Keanu Reeves And Fisher Stevens

EXCLUSIVE: The Mediapro Studio US & Canada has joined as a co-producer of the documentary on the life story of Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, the iconic athlete who introduced mixed martial arts to the world. They join Keanu Reeves and Fisher Stevens as producers. Production on The Jet is now officially underway.