New Europe Film Sales has announced the first sales for Cannes Un Certain Regard-selected “Godland,” directed by Iceland’s Hlynur Pálmason.

The film was picked up in France by Jour2Fete, and the movie was also acquired by three distributors that worked on Pálmason’s Cannes Critics’ Week title “A Wh

Banijay U.K.’s Kudos has signed a creative partnership deal with “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight. Under the terms of the deal, Kudos will get a first look at future U.K. based projects originated by Knight and support the Birmingham film and TV industry.

Kudos, the production company behind

A dearth of production management skills in the British TV industry is finally being addressed by U.K.’s top broadcasters.

The BBC, Channel 4, Paramount (which owns Channel 5) and UKTV are joining forces to tackle the skills gap by each creating a Production Management Skills Fund that will be used

Netflix has dropped the trailer for “Money Heist: Korea — Joint Economic Area,” a remake of its hit Spanish crime drama. The streamer also announced that the show will premiere on June 24.

The 12-episode series is directed by Kim Hong-Sun (Voice, Black) and is headlined by high-profile actors, incl

“Peaky Blinders” star Aimee-Ffion Edwards and “This is Going to Hurt’s” Kadiff Kirwan are set to join season 2 of Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses,” Variety can exclusively reveal.

Although it has not yet been confirmed which parts Edwards and Kirwan will play, season 2 of the show about a group of MI5 no-

Animayo Gran Canaria, Spain’s foremost Canary Islands-based animation festival, is venturing deep into the metaverse with experts in artificial intelligence, virtual reality and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) joining leading voices in animation from major studios, including DreamWorks, Walt Disney, Skyd

José Luis López Linares’ “Goya, Carrière and the Ghost of Buñuel,” a portrait of French film great Jean-Claude Carrière, captured breaking down the paintings and personality of painter Francisco de Goya, has been acquired for international sales by Reservoir Docs.

In its earliest sales, the doc fea

Netflix India’s director, films and licensing, Pratiksha Rao, has welcomed the competition in the country’s crowded streaming space.

Speaking at the Asia Video Industry Association’s Future of Video India conference on Friday, Rao was asked about competition, especially with rival Amazon Prime Vide

U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty revealed on Friday that its journalist and news programming producer Vera Gyrych has been killed in a Russian air strike on Kyiv.

“Radio Liberty journalist and producer Vera Gyrych died as a result of a Russian missile hitting the house where she lived in

Charlotte Rampling starrer “Juniper” has been picked up by distributor Parkland Entertainment in the U.K. and Ireland.

In “Juniper,” Rampling plays Ruth, a “funny, rude, fearless, flirtatious” grandmother who unexpectedly descends on her grandson Sam and his father after Sam is suspended from board

News of Hailey Bieber suffering a mini-stroke in March had fans sending prayers and well wishes her way for weeks! Shockingly, Hailey revealed she had been hospitalized due to brain issues in a post on Instagram, and she recently got candid about the terrifying experience.

In a YouTube video, the 2

In a news special that aired this week, Megan Thee Stallion spoke with Gayle King to share her version of what happened the night Tory Lanez allegedly shot her. During her first on-camera interview since the 2020 shooting, the H-Town hottie claimed that Tory Lanez offered her and her ex-best friend

A BRITISH aid group says it believes two Britons have been abducted by Putin’s forces in southeastern Ukraine.

Dominik Byrne, co-founder and chief operating officer of the Presidium Network, says the missing workers had not been heard from since Monday.

The men – identified as Paul Urey and Dylan

TWO new Omicron variants have spread rapidly in South Africa, leaving experts fearful of a fifth Covid wave.

Since it emerged at the end of last year, Omicron has spawned several variations.

2 The newer variants are starting to rise in numbers in South Africa

We are now seeing more cases of BA.4

ICONIC Snooker commentator John Virgo has accepted the BBC’s decision to replace him in 2023.

Virgo, 76, and Dennie Taylor were supposed to have one final hurrah at this year’s World Championships but they have been given one more year.

1 John Virgo has worked as a commentator on BBC’s Snooker cov

FOUR people including two kids have died following a crash involving a Christian Academy van.

Around 10 passengers were in the vehicle when the collision occurred at around 6pm near Watts, Oklahoma on Thursday.

1 Two kids have been killed following a crash in Oklahoma Credit: FOX 23

Two kids, 13

MANCHESTER UNITED fans have been left baffled after it was announced Ralf Rangnick would stay on as a club consultant… while managing the Austria national team.

The German’s new international gig was announced this morning, as he prepares to leave his role as Red Devils interim boss behind in the

A TERRIFYING collision sent a motorcyclist flying from his bike as a car made a right turn into an empty road.

Shocking dash cam footage captured the scary moment the motorbike crashed into a turning car on the A576 in Salford last December.

2 The Nextbase dash cam snapped the moment a motorcyclis

THE MET OFFICE has revealed that London can expect 18C scorchers in the first week of May following a pleasant bank holiday.

On Tuesday and Wednesday London looks set to be hit with highs of 18C according to the Met Office, whilst Madrid will only see highs of 16C and 17C.

It comes as the majority