After a dominant Winter Olympic Games, which saw Team USA take home the gold medal, the world’s best hockey nations are once again facing off on the ice for the 2026 Ice Hockey World Championship. This year’s event takes place from May 15 to 31 in Switzerland, with 16 countries competing, including the U.S. men’s…
Starz reported its first-quarter 2026 earnings Thursday revealing a widened loss for the media company but indications it’s been improving its financial position one year out from its spinoff from Lionsgate. OTT revenue for the January-March quarter was $211.1 million (down from $225.5 million in the year-ago quarter). Linear and “other revenue” came to $95.8…
In a competitive situation, Studiocanal has landed rights to bestselling author Freida McFadden’s forthcoming thriller The Divorce, slating it for a feature adaptation. Studiocanal and Working Title will produce, with Studiocanal fully financing. Ron Halpern and Joe Naftalin will oversee development and production for Studiocanal, which will release The Divorce theatrically across the UK, France,…
Not many people can claim to have founded an $11 billion company because they were frustrated by badly-dubbed movies, but Mati Staniszewski belongs to this exclusive club. Growing up in Poland with co-founder Piotr Dąbkowski, the pair were often aghast at local language voiceovers, not least the monotonous sound of one voice playing multiple roles,…
James Marsden is set to star in the thriller series “Disavowed” at Apple TV, Variety has learned. The logline for the show states that it follows “legendary CIA Case Officer Brad Griffin (Marsden), who is abruptly fired in the middle of a global hunt for an elusive assassin responsible for killing his colleague. Disgraced and…
Fremantle posted stable first quarter revenues of €372M ($436M), as its parent company RTL saw new CEO Clément Schwebig begin his role. The number Holey Moley maker Fremantle put was essentially the same as Q1 2025 (€373M). RTL said that without negative foreign exchange rate Fremantle’s revenues would have grown 4.2%, primarily thanks to grown…