Faraz Shariat’s Thriller ‘Prosecution’ Sells to Memento in France Following World Premiere in the Berlinale’s Panorama Section (EXCLUSIVE)

With the Winter Olympics 2026 finished, the sports world turns its attention to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as the promotion company goes back home to “Sin City” for UFC 326. The main event features American Max Holloway (27-8-0) defending his “BMF” title against Brazilian fighter Charles Oliveira (36-11-0) in a marquee rematch. It’s scheduled for…

“Scream 7” made a killing in its first weekend at the box office, generating $97.2 million in worldwide ticket sales. The latest installment in Paramount and Spyglass Media’s long-running slasher series has collected $33.1 million overseas and $64.1 million domestically. Those returns mark a global, international and North American record for the franchise, which began…

Variety will host a Culture & Storytelling conversation exploring the role of cultural experiences in shaping creative work, presented by World of Hyatt, on Jan. 25 at the Sundance Film Festival.   Panelists include Molly Ringwald (“Run Amok”), Danielle Brooks (“If I Go Will They Miss Me”), Ali Ahn (“Take Me Home”), Rain Spencer (“Big Girls Don’t Cry”) and Dawn Porter (“When a Witness Recants”). These…

Taylor Swift called “It Ends with Us” director Justin Baldoni a “bitch” in a 2024 text exchange with Blake Lively, according to court documents obtained by Variety. While discussing the pending New York Times bombshell exposé about Baldoni and Lively’s feud, Swift wrote to Lively, “I think this bitch knows something is coming because he’s…

40 years from now, in 2075, extreme climate events will have forced humanity to live, at least partially, inside protective domes. Most jobs will have been outsourced to robots, everything from road work to the police. And even professions where the human touch was once thought essential, like teaching and childcare, will then be performed…

Drop the definite article and you have a more apt title for “At the Sea,” a drab and laborious recovery drama with a mystifying amount of major-league talent behind it. The second English-language feature from Hungarian virtuoso Kornél Mundruczó, it promises on paper a similarly potent female character study to his first: 2020’s “Pieces of…