If you think Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos pushed the envelope with "Poor Things," wait until you see "Bugonia." Two years after the duo came to the Lido with their previous Oscar…
More than 20 years after he directed the first two Harry Potter films " arguably helping sowing the seeds for today's British film industry in the process " Chris Columbus has returned to th…
The first look images from the second season of critically acclaimed Brit satirical comedy "Dreaming Whilst Black" see Adjani Salmon's aspiring filmmaker Kwabena take on diversity challenges…
"The Bard," Kevin Willmott's upcoming drama about enslaved man and celebrated poet George Moses Horton, has rounded out its cast. The film "Â first announced by Variety earlier this month …
British actor, director and producer Noel Clarke has lost his libel case against The Guardian, having sued the U.K. newspaper's publisher for printing allegations of sexual misconduct in 202…
Kevin Spacey's European festival tour is moving to Venice. The actor, who made a surprise appearance in Cannes to promote British indie film "The Awakening," in which he has a small role, is…
Glenn Close has landed her next killer TV role. The eight-time Oscar nominee is set to star as the lead in "Maud" for U.K. network Channel 4. Written by Nina Raine and Moses Raine (behind ac…
David Gyasi, best known for playing the suave and well-tailored U.K. foreign secretary Austin Dennison in Netflix's political thriller series "The Diplomat," has landed his first lead film r…
A Sinéad O'Connor biopic is in development. Variety has learned that a film is in the works that will tell the story of the early life and career of the iconic Irish musician, who died in 2…
The ongoing musical collaboration between Talking Heads icon David Byrne and Paramore singer Hayley Williams is set to venture into as-yet-uncharted territories: animated feature adaptations…
Micheal Ward, the BAFTA-winning star of "Top Boy," "Small Axe" and "Eddington" has been charged with rape and sexual assault. The 27-yyear has been charged with two count of rape and three c…
Jho Low, the playboy Malaysian financier who was central to the multi-billion dollar 1MDB corruption scandal, has reportedly been located and his new identity discovered. Low was the masterm…
Micheal Ward's big "Cannes moment," as he describes it, should have come five years ago. "Lovers Rock," the reggae-infused romance in which he played a charming singleton at a London house p…
Tina Fey is set to bring a sprinkling of Hollywood star power to the Edinburgh TV Festival next month. The award-winning multi-hyphenate has been confirmed as joining the small screen events…
Ray Panthaki has rounded out of the cast of his upcoming feature directorial debut "In Starland" and revealed a first look showing his lead star, "Sing Sing" breakout Clarence Maclin. Writte…
One of the icons of independent cinema, Christine Vachon is celebrating 30 years of Killer Films, the production banner she set up in 1995 with Pamela Koffler. Across three decades and more …
Independent Brit agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, which represents a number of big name writers, directors, literary properties and heads of department, had appointed Jodi Shields t…
Fresh from their latest round of zombie dispatching in the second season of "The Last of Us," Bella Ramsey is heading back to TV. The Brit is set to co-lead the cast of upcoming thriller ser…
Joseph Conrad's classic novella "Heart of Darkness" is being adapted into an animated feature, with Michael Sheen, James Norton and Bill Nighy having already lent their voices. The project i…
'Madfabulous,' the British indie feature from actor, writer and director Celyn Jones, has secured global sales representation from Upgrade and the Gersh Agency. The film " described as an "a…
Louisa Connolly-Burnham, who cast "How to Have Sex" breakout and BAFTA winner Mia McKenna-Bruce in last year's hugely well-received short film "Sister Wives," has lined up her next project. …
"Adolescence" has been praised by London Mayor Sadiq Khan for helping bring the subject of violence against women and the dangers of social media into the limelight. Speaking to Variety on t…
Molly Manny Walker, who made a major splash with her debut feature "How to Have Sex," is heading to the small screen for her first drama series, "Major Players." The series has been commissi…
A film adaptation of "Prima Facie," the smash-hit one-woman stage play starring Cynthia Erivo in the role that earned Jodie Comer both Tony and Olivier awards, will launch at the Cannes Film…
Newly crowned Disney princess Rachel Zegler has lined her first film after "Snow White" and is set to play the daughter of Marisa Tomei's wild-living mother in comedy drama "She Gets It From…