Disney+ has unveiled new casting additions for the second season of "Rivals," with Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett joining the ensemble as guest stars in the drama based on Jilly Cooper's b…
Award-winning Indian screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala has been tapped to write "Street Dreams," a biopic based on the remarkable true story of Vicky Roy, a former street child who rose to int…
"Fleabag" and "100 Foot Wave" producer Joe Lewis is backing the London transfer of off-Broadway hit "Invasive Species," with his company Amplify Pictures coming aboard as co-producer for the…
"Human Specimens," Amazon MGM Studios' latest Japanese original for Prime Video brings together acclaimed actor Nishijima Hidetoshi with 20-year-old Kabuki theater prodigy Ichikawa SomegorÃ…
London's National Theatre is banking on Irish star power this winter with its upcoming production of "The Playboy of the Western World," and Variety can exclusively reveal the first trailer …
"My Daughter is a Zombie" maintained its grip on the Korean box office over the Aug. 8"10 weekend, earning $5.9 million from 840,484 admissions. According to KOBIS, the tracking service oper…
The U.K.'s Saffron Cherry Productions (SCP) has optioned "Meet Me at Rainbow Corner," the latest novel from acclaimed actor and bestselling author Celia Imrie. The 2024 release, which is set…
FOREST FIGURINE The Royal Shakespeare Company has unveiled the first official image of Basil Twist's towering Totoro puppet from the award-winning stage adaptation of "My Neighbor Totoro." T…
The way Jamaal Fields-Green tells it, his journey to becoming Michael Jackson wasn't exactly destiny " it was serendipity. In March 2022, the performer was sitting in a Broadway theater, wat…
Harrison Osterfield, the Netflix "The Irregulars" actor, will star alongside playwright Maia Novi in the London transfer of her semi-autobiographical comedy-drama "Invasive Species." The pie…
Jeffrey Archer has partnered with Applause Entertainment, the content arm of Aditya Birla Group, in a landmark deal that secures adaptation rights to six of the bestselling British author's …
South Korean actor Song Young-kyu, known internationally for his memorable turn as Chief Choi in the 2019 box office hit "Extreme Job," died on Monday. He was 55. Song was found unresponsive…
The Royal Shakespeare Company has tapped John Leader to play the title role in its upcoming stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's "The BFG." The production, adapted by Tom Wells ("The Kitchen Sin…
Sylvia Young, who founded one of Britain's most influential performing arts institutions, the Sylvia Young Theatre School, has died peacefully on July 30 at age 86, her daughters confi…
'POTTER' PERSISTS "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" marks nine years at London's Palace Theatre July 30, continuing its successful West End run. The original two-part production, currently…
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has released the first rehearsal images from "Born With Teeth," offering a glimpse of Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel as Christopher Marlowe and William Sh…
Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM is doubling down on its commitment to Asian storytelling with the launch of First Light StoryHouse, a new label designed to elevate Asian and Asian American…
The Hulu comedy "Mid-Century Modern" star Nathan Lee Graham has landed the lead role in Margin Films' upcoming supernatural thriller "Destiny Jackson." Graham is set to portray Isaac Washing…
U.K. entertainment freelancers are facing an unprecedented crisis, with nearly half earning below the legal minimum wage, according to the final Big Freelancer Survey released Thursday by Fr…
CUMBERBATCH CROWNED Benedict Cumberbatch will be honored with the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival (Sept. 25-Oct. 5) for his multifaceted career and role in "The Thing With Feath…
SEOUL STARS KCON LA 2025 has tapped acclaimed Korean actors Lee Byung-hun and Yim Siwan for special appearances at this year's festival. The "Squid Game" stars will appear on M Countdown on …
BAFTA's London headquarters played host to an intimate and revealing conversation between two of Britain's most compelling South Asian performers on Tuesday evening. Anjana Vasan, the Singap…
Warner Bros. is pulling out all the stops for this year's Back to Hogwarts celebration, marking nearly a quarter-century since the first "Harry Potter" film enchanted audiences worldwide. Th…
London's National Theatre has unveiled first-look production images of Rosamund Pike and the cast in Suzie Miller's "Inter Alia," offering a glimpse of the Golden Globe winner in action. The…
Jordan Stephens is making the jump from music to theater, tapping into the Young Vic's Main House for his stage debut in Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr. Sloane." The Rizzle Kicks frontman will…