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…
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. …
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…
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, …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
"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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…