Variety

Disney Plans to Open ESPN Fan House to Help Advertisers Reach Sports Fans in New Ways

Disney wants to help advertisers reach more of the sports fans under its own roof. The entertainment giant this August will launch a new interactive hub called ESPN Fan House that aims to bring fans closer to the sports they enjoy — and make advertisers part of the exchange. The new “Fan House” will debut […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

Dandelooo Cinéma Acquires Sales Rights to Animated Feature ‘Pikkuli and Starlight Reindeer’ Ahead of Annecy (EXCLUSIVE)

Dandelooo Cinéma, the feature film division of French animation production and sales company Dandelooo, has acquired international sales rights to “Pikkuli and Starlight Reindeer,” as it heads to Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival with a growing slate of family-focused animation features. The film is in production and is scheduled for a theatrical release in Finland […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

Epic Storyworlds Pacts With France’s TV5Monde+ on Global Launch of Hit Kids Series ‘Guiby the Super Baby’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Canadian kids content creation company Epic Storyworlds has inked a deal with French on-demand streaming platform TV5Monde+ for its Quebec-made hit children’s animated series “Guiby the Super Baby” The deal will bring the 30 x 7’ series to more than 60 million screens across the French-speaking world in 160 territories, spanning Europe, Africa, Asia, the […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

10 Cannes Lions Events and Trends to Watch for at This Year’s Festival of Creativity

The annual Cannes Lions festival of creativity opens this year with the sectors it covers in the throes of fundamental change — so it’s no surprise that the 2026 event is packed with signs of the future and sessions with leaders who represent the transition that is upending media and entertainment. The June 22-26 international […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

Crunchyroll, Goodfellas Board Xilam’s Star-Studded ‘The Wolf’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Ahead of what is turning out as a must-attend Work in Progress session at the Annecy Animation Film Festival, Academy Award-nominated French animation powerhouse Xilam Films has shared major updates on its upcoming adult-targeted psychological thriller “The Wolf”, confirming as well that the film is greenlit, starting production soon with an expected April 2027 delivery. […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

Albert Serra and Bi Gan Debate Literary Adaptation and Why AI Will Never Have Innocence

Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra and Chinese auteur Bi Gan had only just met for the first time last month in Paris, but at the Shanghai International Film & TV Market the two directors sat down together as if they’d been arguing about literature for years. The panel, “Stories Travel Further: Literature & Cinema in Spain-China […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

Global Animated Hit ‘Ballerina’ (‘Leap!’) Gets ‘Ballerina 2’ Movie Sequel, TV Series 

“Ballerina” (‘Leap!), the animated feature global smash hit, is set to return with a “Ballerina” sequel and an animated TV series simultaneously in development. Paris-based Good Hero, also behind “Fireheart” and the upcoming “Wings of Freedom”), will produce the movie sequel “Ballerina 2,” with what it describes as an ambitious expansion of the “Ballerina” universe […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine review – scavenger’s story reveals a rich seam to mine

Alfredo Pourailly De La Plaza’s absorbing documentary about an ageing Chilean gold panner is meticulously detailed and doubles as its own act of visual prospectingOut on the remote archipelago of Tierra del Fuego in Chile, Toto Gesell holds on to a profession that hails from bygone times: gold prospecting. Every day, come rain or shine, he puts on his rubber boots and heads to a local creek, where he searches for specks of gold the old-fashioned way: with a pan, a shovel and a homemade sluice. H

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Barack Obama’s gripping new show: best podcasts of the week

The 44th president’s latest podcast is a slick, excellently researched look at the post-slavery period in the US. Plus, a troubling foray into the world of swingingWho would have thought, back in 2008, that Barack Obama (pictured above) would become one of podcasting’s biggest movers and shakers? The former president is front and centre of this series on the post-slavery period in the US, a collaboration with Malcolm Gladwell for Audible and the History Channel. It’s slick and excellently resear

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence

A vivid and entertaining polemic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ireAs former Google CEO Eric Schmidt  could tell you, AI is a hard sell these days. Last month, he tried talking up the AI revolution during a commencement address at the University of Arizona and was loudly booed by students about to enter an AI-ravaged job market. His discombobulation was telling.Schmidt is not the only AI booster to crash out with students recently as the popular backlash

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Nailed it! What was Thor’s hammer called? Find out in our great British museum quiz

In the second of our five museum quizzes, curators at Norwich castle set 10 fiendish questions to test your knowledge of their collections. So what do they have the biggest collection in the world of? Continue reading...

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Ballerina’ (aka ‘Leap!’) Sequel Greenlit as Good Hero Expands Animated Franchise

Elle Fanning, Dane DeHann and Carly Rae Jepsen voiced the English version of the 2017 French feature, about an orphaned country girl pursuing her ballet dreams in Paris.

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

Webtoon Productions, France’s OuiDo! Set Animation Series Adaptation of Webtoon Smash ‘Lumine’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Global hit Webtoon webcomic “Lumine” looks set for another life as an animated series. Webtoon Productions, the U.S.-based studio and IP business of Webtoon Entertainment, has pacted with French animation studio OuiDo! Productions to develop an animated series version of the smash hit webcomic which has scored over 550 million views on Webtoon’s platform. Webtoon […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

‘Chimney Town: Frozen in Time’ Sells Wide Across Europe Ahead of Annecy French Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Brussels-based sales company Best Friend Forever has closed a string of distribution deals on Japanese animated feature “Chimney Town: Frozen in Time,” with French distributor Arthouse Films acquiring rights for France, HBO Max taking Eastern European rights and Serbian MegaCom Film picking up Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia. The sales announcement […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

Trafalgar Releasing Launches Korean Entity, Names Hybe Veteran as Asia Acquisitions Head (EXCLUSIVE)

Trafalgar Releasing, the U.K.-based event cinema distributor, has established a dedicated Korean subsidiary, Trafalgar Korea, and appointed Sokyung Jung as head of acquisitions, Asia – its first hire for the new Seoul-based entity. Jung joins from Hybe Co., Ltd., where she worked on the commercialization of content from the label’s artist roster, including BTS, Seventeen […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

Indian Kids’ IP Brand Behind ‘Emomee’ Rolls Out First Animated Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Indian children’s entertainment company Emomee has unveiled its debut original animated series “Emomee,” introducing three characters – E, Mo and Mee – who guide young viewers through adventures spanning science, nature, friendship and discovery. The company has released a trailer for the series, which comes as Emomee’s first major content milestone since drawing national attention […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

‘Minions & Monsters’ Review: The Canary-Colored Critters’ Latest Starring Vehicle Goes Back to Early Hollywood, and Hits a Creative High

From “Sunset Boulevard” to “The Artist,” “Singin’ in the Rain” to “Babylon,” Hollywood’s transition to sound cinema has long been a fertile period for later film artists to recreate with all the more evolved tools at their disposal — and so it proves, most happily and improbably, for the Minions. The frenetic antics of Illumination’s […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

‘The Way Home’ Bosses on Purposefully Leaving Some Questions Unanswered in Bittersweet Series Finale While Also Providing ‘Closure’ for Fans

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Ahead By a Century,” the series finale of Hallmark’s “The Way Home,” streaming on Hallmark+. “The Way Home” is saying goodbye after four seasons, but the series finale had major questions to answer before the show could depart Hallmark’s airwaves. The most pressing matter at the top of […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

‘The Vampire Lestat:’ Star Sam Reid, Creator On Staging Their Favorite Song of the Season and Then Getting the ‘F— Out of the Way’

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Toronto,” the third episode of “The Vampire Lestat,” now streaming on AMC+. Don’t say Lestat de Lioncourt never gave you anything. He just doesn’t let you keep it. In the third episode of “The Vampire Lestat,” AMC’s rebranded continuation of “Interview With the Vampire,” aspiring rock star Lestat […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026

Variety

‘House of the Dragon’ Actor on [SPOILER]’s Watery Death in Season 3 Premiere: It Was ‘Challenging Trying to Keep My Eyes Open’

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 3 premiere of “House of the Dragon,” now streaming on HBO Max. “House of the Dragon” is back, with another main character being killed in epic fashion. In the Season 3 premiere of the “Game of Thrones,” and Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) loses yet another child. […]

entertainment  Jun 22, 2026