LONDON — Keira Knightley is in talks to star in biopic “Colette,” which reunites the producers behind "Carol," Number 9 Films and Killer Films. "Still Alice's" Wash Westmor…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:35AM[SHARE]LONDON — Actor Alan Rickman, whose films include the Harry Potter franchise, “Die Hard” and “Truly Madly Deeply,” has died at the age of 69. More to follow.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:51AM[SHARE]LONDON — Kenneth Branagh is to act as the patron of Shakespeare on Screen, a year-long program that marks 400 years since William Shakespeare's death. The program, which is being spear…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:13PM[SHARE]LONDON — "Friends" star Matthew Perry will lead the cast in the world premiere of his playwriting debut, "The End of Longing," at the Playhouse Theatre, London, from Feb. 2 to May 14. …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:38PM[SHARE]LONDON — Variety has teamed up with London’s Sanctum Soho Hotel to provide a venue for a series of exclusive events, including cast-hosted screenings of awards-nominated films, s…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:34PM[SHARE]LONDON — The live broadcast of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's stage production of "The Winter's Tale" topped the U.K. cinema box office on Thursday. William Shakespeare's play, …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:34AM[SHARE]LONDON — Nicole Kidman took the award for best actress and James McAvoy was named best actor at the 61st London Evening Standard Theater Awards Sunday at a ceremony at London's Old Vic…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:37AM[SHARE]Terry Gilliam, despite turning 75 this month and recently publishing "Gilliamesque: A Pre-posthumous Memoir," has no intention of seeing the curtain fall on his career. He fizzes with ideas …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:14PM[SHARE]BERLIN — British distributor Park Circus and Sony Pictures are to release a sing-a-long version of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in the U.K. to mark the movie’s 4…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:46PM[SHARE]LONDON — All3Media has acquired Sam Mendes’ production company Neal Street, which produces “Penny Dreadful.” Neal Street was set up in 2003 by Mendes, who won an Osca…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:28AM[SHARE]Stephen Goldblatt, who was the cinematographer on Mike Nichols' last three screen productions — including HBO's "Angels in America," which Nichols considered to be the crowning achieve…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:50PM[SHARE]"Monty Python" star Terry Jones, whose credits as a director include "Life of Brian" and "The Holy Grail," has co-written, co-directed and presents a documentary feature on economics called …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:39AM[SHARE]LONDON — Comedy troupe Monty Python has launched its new website, which features artwork by Terry Gilliam. The site contains news about Python-related activity, links to upcoming relea…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:06AM[SHARE]LONDON — Walt Disney Co. and Amazon look close to resolving a feud that has blocked the pre-ordering of Disney DVDs for nearly two months, according to a report in the Wall Street Jour…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:59AM[SHARE]LONDON — Picturehouse Entertainment's broadcast on 3,000 movie theater screens in 52 countries of the “Monty Python Live (mostly)” show has nabbed a box-office gross of mor…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:59AM[SHARE]LONDON — London's Tricycle Theatre, whose artistic director is Indhu Rubasingham, has back-pedaled in its dispute with the U.K. Jewish Film Festival over funding from Israel. The venue…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:12AM[SHARE]LONDON — The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its Venice Classics line-up, which includes Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s "Guys and Dolls" (1955) and Francois Truffaut’s "Baisers v…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:20AM[SHARE]LONDON — Welsh actor Luke Evans ("The Hobbit") and Elisabeth Moss have joined the cast of Ben Wheatley's "High-Rise," which is being produced by Jeremy Thomas' Recorded Picture Company…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:07AM[SHARE]LONDON — English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf has attached to score B Good Picture Company’s ï¬lm about the early life of Noel Coward, in which "Glee" star Chris Colfer pla…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:13AM[SHARE]LONDON — Sophie Okonedo, who was Oscar nommed for "Hotel Rwanda," is set to star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the next series of "The Hollow Crown," the BBC's Shakespeare adaptati…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:31AM[SHARE]LONDON — Picturehouse Entertainment has nabbed the international distribution rights to broadcast Monty Python’s final live show at London's O2 Arena on July 20 to movie theaters…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PM[SHARE]LONDON — Catherine Hardwicke will helm comedy drama “Miss You Already,” which is to star Rachel Weisz and Toni Collette. Morwenna Banks has penned the script, which centers…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:09PM[SHARE]LONDON — Benedict Cumberbatch is to play Richard III in Neal Street Productions' film for the BBC. “Richard III” is part of a series of Shakespeare's History plays, which a…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:05AM[SHARE]LONDON — Musical “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and the revival of Stephen Sondheim's “Merrily We Roll Along” lead the Olivier Awards race with seven noms …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Shirley Temple, the child star phenomenon of the 1930s who went on to a career in international diplomacy, died Tuesday in California at age 85. A statement from her family provided to news …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:54AM[SHARE]LONDON — Daniel Radcliffe is to star in "Brooklyn Bridge," which will be scripted and directed by Douglas McGrath (“Emma”). Goldcrest will finance and sell international ri…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:02AM[SHARE]LONDON — "Life on Mars" creator Tony Jordan (pictured) and "Notting Hill" producer Duncan Kenworthy are teaming up to produce "Stop! In the Name of Love," a 10-part musical TV drama th…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:22AM[SHARE]LONDON — Owners of all historic theaters in Central London carried out safety checks on their buildings Friday following the collapse of a ceiling that injured 76 people at the 112-yea…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:17PM[SHARE]LONDON — Comedy troupe Monty Python has added a further five shows to the run of its live show, “Monty Python Live (Mostly),” at London’s O2 Arena. The new d…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:44AM[SHARE]LONDON — Comedy troupe Monty Python said Monday it will extend the run of its stage show, which was unveiled last week. The show at London's 20,000-seat O2 Arena will now run from July…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:15AM[SHARE]LONDON — Monty Python’s surviving members – Eric Idle, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones — revealed their new project at a press confere…
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