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Francesca Moody Productions, the powerhouse behind theater sensations “Fleabag” and “Baby Reindeer,” is bringing Tim Crouch’s groundbreaking play “An Oak Tree” to London’s The Young Vic Theatre this spring, assembling a roster of heavy-hitting talent including Sope Dirisu (“Gangs of London”), Michelle Terry (“Tribes”), Luke Thompson (“Bridgerton”), Russell Tovey (“American Horror Story: NYC”) and Indira […]

Netflix is expanding its unscripted slate with “Offline Love,” a unique Japanese dating series that challenges modern romance by stripping away digital devices. Set to premiere globally on Feb. 18, the 10-episode series follows 10 singles searching for connection in Nice, France, with just 10 days to find love through serendipitous encounters.

Athens-based sales agent Heretic has added Slovenian director Urška Djukić’s “Little Trouble Girls,” which has its world premiere in Berlin Film Festival’s Perspectives section – dedicated to fiction feature debuts – to its slate. The trailer debuts below. The film focuses on introverted 16-year-old Lucia, who joins her Catholic school’s all-girl choir, where she befriends […]

Beta Film has taken world sales rights to drama series “Other People’s Money,” which will make its world premiere next month in the Berlinale’s Panorama section. The series centers on Europe’s biggest tax fraud ever. It tells the story of how a criminal network of megarich investors, bankers and lawyers stole €146 billion ($153 billion) […]

An indie film set to premiere at this week’s Sundance Film Festival has been pulled from the lineup by its financier, Variety has learned exclusively. The backer says the movie’s director made a secret new cut of the film, one used to enter global film festivals and court critics without its owner’s knowledge.

The film’s star, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, is an appealing actor (best known for his work on "The Queen's Gambit") who dramatizes the crispness of Brian’s intelligence, and how his passion for the Beatles was a response to their magic that he converted into a kind of equation — about how those girls in the packed crowd at the Cavern Club could be leveled up to global scale.