Friday, December 4, 2015
LONDON — “Friends” star Matthew Perry will lead the cast in the world premiere of his playwriting debut, “The End of Longing,” at the Playhouse Theatre, London, from Feb. 2 to …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:38PMFriday, November 27, 2015
LONDON — Variety has teamed up with London’s Sanctum Soho Hotel to provide a venue for a series of exclusive events, including cast-hosted screenings of awards-nominated films, s…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:34PMLONDON — The live broadcast of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s stage production of “The Winter’s Tale” topped the U.K. cinema box office on Thursday. William Shakespeare�…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:34AMMonday, November 23, 2015
LONDON — Nicole Kidman took the award for best actress and James McAvoy was named best actor at the 61st London Evening Standard Theater Awards Sunday at a ceremony at London’s Old V…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:37AMWednesday, November 18, 2015
Terry Gilliam, despite turning 75 this month and recently publishing “Gilliamesque: A Pre-posthumous Memoir,” has no intention of seeing the curtain fall on his career. He fizzes with id…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:14PMTuesday, August 4, 2015
BERLIN — British distributor Park Circus and Sony Pictures are to release a sing-a-long version of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in the U.K. to mark the movie’s 4…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:46PMTuesday, March 31, 2015
LONDON — All3Media has acquired Sam Mendes’ production company Neal Street, which produces “Penny Dreadful.” Neal Street was set up in 2003 by Mendes, who won an Osca…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:28AMFriday, November 21, 2014
Stephen Goldblatt, who was the cinematographer on Mike Nichols’ last three screen productions — including HBO’s “Angels in America,” which Nichols considered to be the crowning…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:50PMMonday, November 17, 2014
“Monty Python” star Terry Jones, whose credits as a director include “Life of Brian” and “The Holy Grail,” has co-written, co-directed and presents a documentary feature on econo…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:39AMTuesday, November 11, 2014
LONDON — Comedy troupe Monty Python has launched its new website, which features artwork by Terry Gilliam. The site contains news about Python-related activity, links to upcoming relea…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:06AMWednesday, October 1, 2014
LONDON — Walt Disney Co. and Amazon look close to resolving a feud that has blocked the pre-ordering of Disney DVDs for nearly two months, according to a report in the Wall Street Jour…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:59AMWednesday, September 3, 2014
LONDON — Picturehouse Entertainment’s broadcast on 3,000 movie theater screens in 52 countries of the “Monty Python Live (mostly)” show has nabbed a box-office gross of m…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:59AMMonday, August 18, 2014
LONDON — London’s Tricycle Theatre, whose artistic director is Indhu Rubasingham, has back-pedaled in its dispute with the U.K. Jewish Film Festival over funding from Israel. The ven…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:12AMTuesday, July 15, 2014
LONDON — The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its Venice Classics line-up, which includes Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s “Guys and Dolls” (1955) and Francois Truffaut’s “Bai…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:20AMWednesday, June 25, 2014
LONDON — Welsh actor Luke Evans (“The Hobbit”) and Elisabeth Moss have joined the cast of Ben Wheatley’s “High-Rise,” which is being produced by Jeremy Thomas’ Recorded Pic…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:07AMMonday, June 16, 2014
LONDON — English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf has attached to score B Good Picture Company’s film about the early life of Noel Coward, in which “Glee” star Chris Colfer pl…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:13AMFriday, May 30, 2014
LONDON — Sophie Okonedo, who was Oscar nommed for “Hotel Rwanda,” is set to star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the next series of “The Hollow Crown,” the BBC’s Shakespear…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:31AMThursday, April 24, 2014
LONDON — Picturehouse Entertainment has nabbed the international distribution rights to broadcast Monty Python’s final live show at London’s O2 Arena on July 20 to movie theate…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMTuesday, April 22, 2014
LONDON — Catherine Hardwicke will helm comedy drama “Miss You Already,” which is to star Rachel Weisz and Toni Collette. Morwenna Banks has penned the script, which centers…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:09PMSunday, April 6, 2014
LONDON — Benedict Cumberbatch is to play Richard III in Neal Street Productions’ film for the BBC. “Richard III” is part of a series of Shakespeare’s History plays, whi…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:05AMMonday, March 10, 2014
LONDON — Musical “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” lead the Olivier Awards race with seven nom…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMTuesday, February 11, 2014
Shirley Temple, the child star phenomenon of the 1930s who went on to a career in international diplomacy, died Tuesday in California at age 85. A statement from her family provided to news …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:54AMWednesday, January 22, 2014
LONDON — Daniel Radcliffe is to star in “Brooklyn Bridge,” which will be scripted and directed by Douglas McGrath (“Emma”). Goldcrest will finance and sell internationa…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:02AMMonday, January 13, 2014
LONDON — “Life on Mars” creator Tony Jordan (pictured) and “Notting Hill” producer Duncan Kenworthy are teaming up to produce “Stop! In the Name of Love,” a 10-part musical…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:22AMFriday, December 20, 2013
LONDON — Owners of all historic theaters in Central London carried out safety checks on their buildings Friday following the collapse of a ceiling that injured 76 people at the 112-yea…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:17PMWednesday, November 27, 2013
LONDON — Comedy troupe Monty Python has added a further five shows to the run of its live show, “Monty Python Live (Mostly),” at London’s O2 Arena. The new dates a…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:44AMMonday, November 25, 2013
LONDON — Comedy troupe Monty Python said Monday it will extend the run of its stage show, which was unveiled last week. The show at London’s 20,000-seat O2 Arena will now run from Ju…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:15AMThursday, November 21, 2013
LONDON — Monty Python’s surviving members – Eric Idle, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones — revealed their new project at a press conference …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:21AMTuesday, November 19, 2013
LONDON — The five surviving members of comedy troupe Monty Python are reuniting for a stage show, which will be the first time they have performed together as Monty Python in 15 years…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:55AMThursday, August 22, 2013
LONDON — Kevin Spacey told a gathering of the U.K. TV industry’s top execs Thursday that they should embrace risk-taking and trust creative talent. Spacey, who was delivering the…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:57PMTuesday, May 7, 2013
LONDON — Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Jane Birkin and Dominique Pinon are set to topline in “My Old Lady,” a Paris-based dramatic comedy marking the feature film directorial …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:38AM 
