Telepool, one of Europe's leading licensing companies, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year but as the group looks toward the future it is embracing opportunities in international film and…
A look at top titles making market debuts.
Cannes may program the best in art films, but the fest is also a great place for stars (and wannabes) to grab the attention of the world's press with stunts -- in good taste or not -- on and off the…
Variety's critics will see much of the Cannes selection, but which pics are they really excited about? The answers below
Five years ago, Glen Basner and Steven Samuels took a leap of faith and launched sales company FilmNation as the world went into a recession.
The 12-day Cannes gathering is actually four events in one: the festival, the market, the media binge and an international schmooze-a-palooza, where people from the other three groups can meet with…
When Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" raises the curtain on the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, it will serve, among other things, as an indication that the love affair between the festival and Hollywood…
The Cannes Film Festival has always been the place to see and be seen. But after spending a week or more running between the jam-packed Croisette Palaces and red-carpet events, film execs and talent…
Lew Wasserman, the talent agent-turned-studio chief, was known to keep his art collection -- which included such Impressionists as Degas and Matisse -- largely under wraps in his Beverly Hills home. B…
The recent $21 million payment to keep "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" afloat Down Under is clear evidence of a country employing creative means to keeps its appeal alive to big overseas productions.
