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Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]

The live-action “Dungeons & Dragons” TV series has found new life. Variety has confirmed with sources that a new iteration of the project is currently in development at Netflix. There had previously been a “DnD” series set up at Paramount+ with a series order, but that project ultimately did not move forward due to strategic […]

The “For All Mankind” spinoff “Star City” is building out its cast with the addition of three new series regulars. Variety has learned that Solly McLeod (“House of the Dragon,” “Tom Jones,” “The Dead Don’t Hurt”), Agnes O’Casey (“Black Doves,” “Ridley Road,” “Dangerous Liaisons”), and Alice Englert (“Bad Behaviour,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Ratched”) have all signed […]

Academy Award nominated animated feature “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” marks the latest adventure from Aardman’s beloved inventor and loyal pooch, who first appeared in Oscar nominated 1991 short “A Grand Day Out.” The globally beloved duo have also appeared in a string of stories including Oscar winning shorts “A Close Shave” and “The […]

On a snowy Thursday night, the 75th annual Berlin Film Festival launched with some heat — thanks to fiery speeches about politics — as film executives, European buyers and movie stars trekked through the slush to celebrate cinema. The prestigious festival in Germany kicked off with Tom Tykwer’s drama “The Light,” starring Lars Eidinger and […]

Best Friend Forever has unveiled the steamy trailer for “Queerpanorama,” the latest feature by Hong Kong filmmaker Jun Li which world premieres at the Berlin Film Festival. Set in Hong Kong, “Queerpanorama” revolves around a gay man who “impersonates men he has had sex with and brings this new persona with him to his next […]

Country in Focus: Spain at the Forefront, the European Film Market’s 2025 territory highlight, cuts two ways. TV will be spotlighted Feb. 17 in a Berlinale Series Market double-backed session, Spanish Thrillers, showcasing to works-in-progress titles, and Spanish Connection, where five projects are pitched to an industry audience. For film, a Producers’ Showcase on Feb. […]

Props from “A Complete Unknown” will go on display at the Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie Centers in Tulsa, Okla., as part of a new exhibit, “Stepping Into the Unknown,” opening on Feb. 28. It’s the first exhibit to run concurrently at both centers. The exhibit, presented in partnership with Searchlight Pictures, will “illuminate the […]

More talent has been added to this year’s PaleyFest LA event, which includes panels and screenings from “Cobra Kai,” “Agatha All Along,” “Matlock,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Hacks,” “Poker Face” and the Amy Sherman-Palladino series “Gilmore Girls,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Étoile.” The event kicks off with a previously announced “Severance” screening and panel on […]

It’s an audacious feat to combine multiple genres into one compelling feature, but “The Gorge” does just that. The premise holds more than a modicum of clever intrigue, blending sci-fi, romance, horror and action-adventure in a slow-burning character study centered on two broken-spirited, sharp-shooting loners protecting the world from evil. Screenwriter Zach Dean creates a […]