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As we write this, four superhero movies have been officially announced and dated for 2027. Those are Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, Man of Tomorrow, The Batman Part II, and Avengers: Secret Wars.

That's going to be a stacked second half of the year!

While it's admittedly still very early, we probably know equally as much about each of these future blockbusters. With that in mind, now seems as good a time as any to rank 2027's Marvel and DC offerings from least to most anticipated.

So, to find out which of these upcoming comic book movies we're most looking forward to, click on the "Next"/"View List" buttons below...

4. Man of Tomorrow...

Yesterday, DC Studios co-ceo James Gunn announced Man of Tomorrow, the highly anticipated next chapter in his Superman Saga...that's also a Peacemaker season 2 sequel?

The filmmaker has repeatedly said that Peacemaker is a direct Superman follow-up, though there was nothing in the five episodes we watched to suggest that's the case. Gunn is keeping the final three chapters under wraps, deciding that they shouldn't be sent out to critics to preserve what's been hyped up as some massive surprises.

Teasing tonight's third episode of Peacemaker, Gunn said, "Watch the Man of Tomorrow Prequel Aka #Peacemaker Season 2, airing a new episode tonight on @HBOMax."

Describing Peacemaker as a Man of Tomorrow "prequel" is an intriguing,...

Judy Reyes is set to reprise the role of Carla Espinosa in the “Scrubs” reboot currently in the works at ABC, Variety has learned.

She joins previously announced returning cast members Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke. Reyes will appear in a recurring guest star role as Carla.

The role expands Reyes’ relationship with ABC, as she also currently appears in the broadcaster’s procedural drama “High Potential.” Her other recent TV credits include “Dr. Death,” “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” “Better Things,” “Devious Maids,” and “Claws.” In film, Reyes has starred in features like “The Circle,” “Birth/Rebirth,” and “Turtles All the Way Down.”

She is repped by Buchwald, ATA Management and Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo.

The official logline for the new “Scrubs” states, “Jd (Braff) & Turk (Faison) scrub in together for the first time in a long time- medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance...

As we near three years since DC Studios was launched, many fans can't help but express frustration at the lack of progress on The Brave and the Bold. Batman remains DC's most popular character, and on the surface, a Batman and Robin story shouldn't be that tough to figure out.

There's already some scepticism surrounding the project thanks to the decision to have The Flash director Andy Muschietti take the helm. James Gunn hailed that as one of the greatest superhero movies ever made; fans and critics didn't agree.

Muschietti has since implied that even he's unsure of The Brave and the Bold's status, while Gunn has talked candidly about...

The Busan International Film Festival, which takes place every fall in the beachfront of the country’s largest port city, unveiled its 2025 lineup in Seoul on Tuesday. The 30th edition of the fest will run Sept. 17-26.

The Busan festival opens with director Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, a black comedy thriller based on the novel The Ax by Donald Westlak, which follows Man-su (played by Lee Byung Hun) in his desperate struggle to hunt for a new job after being fired from a position he has held for 25 years.

This year’s Busan presents 241 official selection films – up from 224 from last year, including satellite programs and community events taking place throughout the city and entertaining local audiences during the festival period.

Busan has also strengthened its competitive section, highlighting contemporary Asian cinema, with 14 Asian titles set to vie for the festival’s key award categories this year with sections including best film,...

The final list of honourees including Idris Elba, Nina Hoss, Jafar Panahi and Catherine O’Hara was unveiled on Wednesday by Toronto International Film Festival.

Elba will receive the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media and attends the festival next month with the world premiere of his short film Dust To Dreams starring Seal. Elba has attended in the past with TIFF selections RocknRolla, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Beasts Of No Nation, The Mountain Between Us, and Molly’s Game.

Hoss, whose credits include Tar and A Most Wanted Man, will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award and stars in this...

The Television Academy launched the first day of its first-ever Televerse festival on Thursday, complete with a panel for “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 17 amongst a bunch of other 2025 Emmy nominees.

Season 2 and All Stars 1 alum Raven, who also serves as RuPaul’s Emmy-nominated Head of Makeup, moderated the panel with executive producer Mandy Salangsang and “Untucked” co-ep Natalia James at the Jw Marriott at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles. Plus, guests were treated to an extra special Mini Lip Sync LALAPaRuza Smackdown for the Sash between MTV contestants Lexi Love, Sam Star, Acacia Forgot and Lana Ja’Rae, with Bruno Alcantara representing for the Pit Crew, of course.

Round 1 saw Lexi and Sam performing “Adrenaline” by Ru, with Lexi earning the audience’s vote, while Round 2 featured Acacia and Lana performing “American” by Ru, with Lana coming out on top. In the end, Lana won the coveted ‘Winner, Winner...

The new trailer has just premiered for Jafar Panahi’s latest film It Was Just An Accident which won the prestigious top prize (Palme d’Or) at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Neon will release the film in theaters on October 15.

From master filmmaker Jafar Panahi comes a searing moral thriller that engages with complex ideas about the uncertainty of the truth and the choice between revenge and mercy, as Panahi turns his personal dissonance into a profound and galvanizing work of art.

With the acclaimed film’s recent Palme d’Or win at Cannes, Panahi has now completed the European festival triple crown, having won the top prize at all three major European film festivals – Venice, Berlin, and Cannes – over the course of his career. He previously received the Golden Lion in Venice for The Circle and Berlin’s Golden Bear for Taxi, becoming only the fourth director to ever achieve this distinction.

Neon on Thursday released the trailer for It Was Just an Accident, Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s intense thriller that won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The distributor has set an October 15 release date for New York and an October 17 one for Los Angeles after stops at TIFF and the New York fests.

Vahid Mubasseri stars as a man who believes he found the man who tortured him while he was serving a prison sentence for asking to be paid his wages. Seeking revenge, he kidnaps him and begins to bury him alive in the desert. But does he have the right man?

Needing to know for sure, he finds a wedding photographer (Maryam Adshari) who was in jail with him at the time hoping she’d confirm the man’s identity — though she is in the middle of a wedding photo shoot with...

“Perfect Match” is back for a third season, but this time, some outsiders are joining the party.

Like past seasons, “Perfect Match” welcomes alum from Netflix reality shows like “Too Hot to Handle,” “Love Is Blind,” “The Ultimatum” and “The Circle,” among others. However, Season 3 also sees some new reality stars from outside of Netflix’s reality universe coming to play, including “The Bachelor” stars Rachel Recchia and Clayton Echard, “Love Island” alum Scott van-der-Sluis, Justine Joy, Carrington Rodriguez and Ray Gantt.

The Netflix newcomers join some familiar faces from the streamer’s reality universe, making for a fair bit of romance and drama as the singles hope to find their perfect match.

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Sandy Gallagher, “The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On” Season 3

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Louis Russell, “Too Hot to Handle” Season 5 and 6, “Battle Camp” Season 1

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Amber “Ad” Smith, “Love Is Blind” Season 6

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Ollie Sutherland,...

August is here, and if you’re a movie or TV buff, you’re in for a treat. A brand new month means a brand new batch of shows, movies, returning favorites, and unexpected gems landing on your favorite streamers. Whether you’re a Netflix loyalist, an Apple TV+ binge-watcher, or someone who juggles all four subscriptions like a pro, there’s something waiting to grab your attention.

Apple TV+ is kicking things off with Chief of War, starring Jason Momoa in full warrior mode, while Seth Rogen returns in Platonic Season 2 because awkward friendship comedy never goes out of style. Over at Netflix, we’re getting the highly anticipated Wednesday making its way back to the platform, along with a Christopher Columbus-directed murder-mystery that’s anything but ordinary.

From buzzy originals to cult classics, from intense dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies, the August lineup is stacked. So grab your popcorn,...

It’s been a while since singles from Too Hot to Handle, The Circle, The Moleand other shows gathered in Panama to find their Perfect Match. But now that the bar has closed, the villa has been shuttered and the board room has been unplugged, we’re left wondering: Which couples are still a match made in heaven, and which were simply made in tequila shots?

Check out the video above, then read on to find out where those bed-hopping stars stand now — and how, exactly, Harry Jowsey is involved in all this. And be sure to stream Perfect Match Season 3, where a whole new batch of stars and familiar faces from other reality TV franchises couple up and compete to become the strongest couple at the villa and hopefully build a lasting connection.

During the Perfect Match finale, these two lovebirds nab a come-from-behind win that shocks everyone —...

The 30th Busan International Film Festival has selected the director Jafar Panahi as ‘The Asian Filmmaker of the Year’. The award is presented to an Asian film figure or organization that has made the most significant contribution to the development of the Asian film industry and culture.

As a towering figure in Iranian cinema, the director has explored the existence and freedom of individuals living amid censorship and political repression. Capturing the political and social contradictions of Iranian society from a countercultural perspective, he has continued to create films in secret, courageously submitting them to international film festivals despite repeated arrests, custody, detention, travel bans, and a stated-imposed filmmaking ban. The director was honored by all three major international film festivals, receiving the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2025 for It Was Just an Accident (2025), following the Golden Lion at Venice for The Circle (2002), and the Golden Bear...

Iran’s Jafar Panahi has been named Asian Filmmaker of the Year by Busan International Film Festival, recognising his contribution to the Asian film industry.

The honour will be presented at the opening ceremony of Biff’s 30th edition, which is set to take place on September 17 at the Busan Cinema Center in South Korea.

Panahi won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in May with his latest feature, It Was Just An Accident, which also scooped the Sydney Film Prize last month and is set to screen at Locarno and Toronto film festivals.

He is the first Asian director...

Jafar Panahi has been tapped for the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award at the 30th Busan International Film Festival, cementing the Iranian director’s status as one of cinema’s most defiant voices.

The recognition follows Panahi’s Palme d’Or victory at Cannes 2025 for “It Was Just an Accident,” making him the first Asian filmmaker to capture the top prize at all three major European festivals. His previous triumphs include Venice’s Golden Lion for “The Circle” in 2002 and Berlin’s Golden Bear for “Taxi” in 2015.

What makes Panahi’s achievement particularly remarkable is that he’s accomplished it while operating under severe restrictions. The 65-year-old filmmaker has been banned from making movies by Iranian authorities and has faced multiple arrests, detentions and travel prohibitions. Yet he continues crafting films in secret and getting them to international festivals.

“This recognition reminds me that cinema can still connect us beyond borders,...

The Busan International Film Festival has selected Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi as its 2025 Asian Filmmaker of the Year, honoring the director’s uncompromising contributions to Asian and world cinema.

Panahi will receive the award during the opening ceremony of Biff’s 30th edition, which runs Sept. 17–26 in the South Korean port city. The accolade, one of the festival’s highest honors, is presented annually to an individual or organization that has made a significant impact on the development of Asian cinema. Past recipients include an elite roster of artists and autuers, such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung, Ann Hui, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and the late composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, among others.

A central figure in Iran’s New Wave cinema, Panahi came to prominence with his debut The White Balloon (1995), winner of Cannes’ Camera d’Or. He has since built a career defined by formal rigor and fearless political critique,...

Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has named Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi as this year’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year in recognition of his contribution to the development of the Asian film industry and culture.

The director has won the top award at all three major international film festivals, receiving the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for It Was Just an Accident, following the Golden Lion at Venice for The Circle (2002) and the Golden Bear in Berlin for Taxi (2015).

Biff noted that his work “explores the existence and freedom of individuals living amid censorship and political repression” and that he has continued to make films in secret in Iran, “courageously submitting them to international film festivals despite repeated arrests, custody, detention, travel bans, and a state-imposed filmmaking ban”.

Panahi commented on the Busan award: “At a time when making films in my country becomes more difficult every day,...

Full Circle Fame Netflix’s newest binge-worthy reality series, ‘Building the Band’, is making waves- and not just for its format. A spiritual successor to the boy band boom of the early 2010s, the show tries to recreate the accidental lightning-in-a-bottle that gave us One Direction, but with a twist: it’s curated by the contestants themselves, not producers or celebrity judges. It’s a modern take on an old formula, an intentional attempt to recreate the kind of moment when Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger saw potential in five solo auditioners and formed a global phenomenon. The presence of the late Liam Payne as a mentor adds emotional weight and legacy to the series. Shot before his tragic accident, his return alongside Scherzinger feels like a farewell, a tribute, and a baton-passing all at once. The series even opens with a quiet dedication to the One Direction star- making...

Don’t look now, but it seems Netflix might have just canceled one of its most popular reality shows!

Netflix has been known to keep fans in the dark on the status of some of its unscripted programs, with new seasons randomly dropping without much notice. This makes it hard to know when a show has been officially canceled or is simply taking a longer-than-expected hiatus. However, the evidence is starting to pile up that Netflix has canceled The Circle after seven seasons.

Following its fifth season, Netflix renewed The Circle for two additional seasons in November 2023. This paved the way for season 6 to be released in April 2024 and season 7 to drop in September of that same year. However, we’re closing in on a year removed from season 7’s release, and there has been absolutely from Netflix or any reputable source announcing The Circle’s renewal.

The lack of...

Known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter franchise, Emma Watson took the center stage when she was just 11 years old. Having her final portrayal of Miss Granger in the 2011 film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, the actress went on to star in other notable films.

The actress has been in the news since she was banned from driving for six months back in July 2024 (via BBC) after she received a speeding ticket for driving 38 mph in a 30 mph zone. Well, although she received her speeding ticket, her Hollywood career has been stagnant for a while.

Speaking of her Hollywood career, Emma Watson was once offered the lead role in the 2015 movie Cinderella, an offer she refused, only to star in the role of Bella two years later in the 2017 movie, Beauty and the Beast.

Emma Watson Was Offered The Role of Cinderella in 2015

Although her career flourished,...

Perfect Match Season 3 ( Photo Credit – X )

Perfect Match is here with its third season, and fans are excited to see a whole new group of contestants pairing up and fighting to get the title of the perfect match on Netflix. Here’s when the episodes will stream as per the release schedule, what to expect, and who the cast members are this time.

Perfect Match Season 3: Premiere Date & Release Schedule

Season 3 of Perfect Match will premiere on August 1, 2025, on Netflix. New episodes will be streamed for three weeks until the final episode is available.

Week 1 Friday, August 1, 2025: Episodes 1–6 Week 2 Friday, August 8, 2025: Episodes 7–9 Week 3 Friday, August 15, 2025: Episode 10

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Perfect Match Season 3: Cast Members

The men include Carrington from Love Island Season 2 and Love Island Games Season 1, Cody from Temptation Island Season 1, Clayton from The Bachelorette...

Netflix‘s hit dating show Perfect Match is back with a third season. This time, the drama is hotter than ever. Season 3 features a wild mix of reality TV stars all vying for love, power, and the title “perfect match.” Hosted by Nick Lachey, the series brings together a new cast of familiar faces and newcomers all ready to pair up and compete.

The season 3 trailer of the reality TV show just dropped and is already making headlines. Season 1 delivered love, breakups, and surprise hookups, and season 2 raised the stakes higher with even messier love triangles. Now, with season 3 just around the corner, fans’ speculation is at an all-time high. Here’s Everything you need to know about Perfect Match Season 3.

Perfect Match Season 3 on Netflix Release Date Perfect Match Season 3 | Image via Netflix

Perfect Match Season 3 premieres Friday, August 1, 2025, only on Netflix (via Netflix Tudum). The 10-episode season will unfold over three weeks.

Despite not appearing in movies for several years, Harry Potter alum Emma Watson has a spot in the top 20 highest-grossing actors of all time. From her time starring as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies to being a model for shoots, Watson’s career in Hollywood has been put on pause, but not her income.

With Scarlett Johansson taking the lead in the top 20 list with Jurassic World Rebirth, it is still a thing of wonder that Emma Watson is included in the highest-grossing actors of all time. Well, here’s how she did it.

Emma Watson is the 16th Highest Grossing Actor in the Top 20

She was 11 when she was cast in the role of Miss Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Alongside Daniel Radcliffe’s Harry Potter and Rupert Grint’s Ron Weasley, Watson formed the lead trio of the film, and she was...

Netflix’s latest reality offering, Battle Camp, represents an ambitious attempt to consolidate the streaming giant’s reality television ecosystem into a single competitive arena. Hosted by former NFL player Taylor Lewan, the series transplants 18 contestants from across Netflix’s reality portfolio—The Mole, Squid Game: The Challenge, Too Hot to Handle, The Circle, Perfect Match, and others—into a wilderness setting that splits the difference between summer camp nostalgia and survival competition.

The premise is deceptively simple: three teams of contestants compete for a $250,000 prize through physical challenges while managing the complex social dynamics that define modern reality programming. What distinguishes Battle Camp from its predecessors is its rotating cast system, where eliminated contestants are continuously replaced by new players, creating a narrative structure that resists traditional character development in favor of perpetual instability.

This approach reflects Netflix’s broader strategy of cross-pollinating its reality properties, banking on established...

Netflix is about to launch another game show, this one promising “strategy, suspense and jaw-dropping prizes.”

Neil Patrick Harris will host What’s In The Box, described as a “high stakes game show” where contestants participate in a “massive guessing game where every decision could lead to life-changing rewards.” It’s expected to launch in December.

Here’s the official logline for the first 6 episodes that each run 45 minutes: “Giant boxes conceal jaw-dropping prizes, wild surprises and unexpected reveals in What’s in the Box, a high-stakes arching game show that tests smarts, strategy and stamina. Over several episodes, pairs of contestants face off in fast-paced, addictive trivia rounds, racing to correctly guess what’s inside each box. But winning a prize is just the beginning. As the game unfolds, shifting alliances and unexpected twists mean only those with sharp instincts — and a little luck — will hold onto their winnings and claim victory.

Perfect Match Season 3 premieres on August 1, and this season will be special because of a noticeable difference in the casting.Netflix has previously recruited reality TV stars from shows that air on its network, such as Love Is Blindand Too Hot to Handle. However, this season will also feature fan favorites from Love Island and The Bachelor.

What do we know about the cast? Who will be making their reality TV comeback in the hopes of finding love? And who are the engaged couple who will appear on Perfect Match, and how did their love story unfold? This is everything we know about the upcoming show.

Who Will Be Joining 'Perfect Match' Season 3? Via: Xavier Collin/Abaca/INSTARimages.com

The episodes of Perfect Match Season 3 will be released in three stages, starting on August 1, when the first six episodes will drop. On August 8, episodes 7 to 9 will be released,...

Netflix has finally revealed the premiere date and cast for Perfect Match season 3. Perfect Match first launched on the streaming service in February 2023, with contestants from other Netflix reality shows coming together to find love. Along the way, the cast members take part in various challenges, with some couples receiving the power of matchmaker to pair everyone together. After the couples are re-matched, the contestants who weren't matched up are eliminated. At the end of Perfect Match season 2, Christine and Nigel left the villa as perfect matches.

Perfect Match season 3 premieres in August, and the shocking new cast members have been revealed.

According to Deadline, Perfect Match season 3 will premiere on Friday, August 1 with the first six episodes. Then the rest of the season will unfold across the next two weeks, with episodes 7-9 being released on August 8 and the season finale dropping on August 15. The cast includes several past...

Neon’s latest Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, It Was Just An Accident from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi will open October 15 in theaters in North America, setting the film up for an awards campaign in categories including Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and International Film. The latter, however, might be in question as it seems unlikely that Panahi’s film, which is critical of Iran’s government and treatment of its citizens, would be selected by the country as its official Oscar entry for the International Feature Film competition.

Following the pattern Neon head Tom Quinn explained to me for Deadline’s Cannes Disruptors issue in May, this film, which marks the sixth consecutive Palme d’Or win for Neon, will follow what he openly calls his “playbook” and emulate the release pattern employed for the company’s past two Palme d’Or/Oscar Best Picture winners, 2024’s Anora and 2019’s Parasite.

Jafar Panahi’s Cannes winner “It Was Just an Accident” will be released in theaters this fall. Neon has dated the movie for theatrical release on Oct. 15.

The film marks the Iranian auteur’s first feature since being released from prison in Iran and was directly inspired by his incarceration. “It Was Just An Accident” follows what begins as a minor accident, which sets in motion a series of escalating consequences. The story centers on five characters who think they’ve identified the prosecutor who tortured them during their own arrests — but as they were all blindfolded in jail, none can be entirely certain their captive is the same man.

“When you spend eight hours a day blindfolded, seated in front of a wall, being interrogated by someone standing behind your back every day, you can’t stop wondering what kind of conversation you can have with this man,” Panahi...

Netflix has unveiled the season three cast for its Perfect Match dating competition series that releases Aug. 1.

Fresh singles from the Netflix reality universe — including Madison Errichiello and Amber Desiree from Love Is Blind, and Ollie Sutherland and Freddie Powell from Love Is Blind UK — will look to couple up against Too Hot to Handle alum Jaylen Brown, Louis Russell and Lucy Syed.

Also entering the Villa for compatibility challenges and matchups under the watchful eye of Perfect Match host Nick Lachey is Clayton Echard (The Bachelor), Rachel Recchia (The Bachelorette), Cody Wright (Temptation Island), Daniel Perfetto (Dated & Related) and The Mole alum Hannah Burns.

Other singles who are back to find love in season three include J.R. Warren and Sandy Gallagher from The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On, Juliette Porter (Siesta Key), Quori Tyler (The Circle, Battle Camp) and Love Island alum Scott Van-Der-Sluis.

Perfect Match as a...

Netflix’s Perfect Match is welcoming a couple of members of Bachelor Nation.

Season 3 of the dating show will debut Friday, Aug. 1 with the first six episodes, TVLine has learned, with the next three episodes premiering Aug. 8 and the finale airing Aug. 15. The streamer has also announced the full Season 3 cast, and it includes a couple of surprising names: Clayton Echard, who starred in Season 26 of The Bachelor, and Rachel Recchia, who starred in Season 19 of The Bachelorette. (What, was Bachelor in Paradise already fully booked?)

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Exclusive: All3Media is expanding its unscripted business in the U.S.

The British superindie, which is now owned by RedBird Imi after its $1.45B takeover last year, is bringing in a swathe of new unscripted labels under its Traitors producer Studio Lambert.

The first is MindMeld Entertainment, which was founded by Jill Goslicky and Vivian Choi, who have exec produced series including Bravo’s hit Below Deck franchise.

MindMeld’s Goslicky and Choi will report to Studio Lambert’s LA-based President Jack Burgess, who works closely with Chief Creative Officer Tim Harcourt and CEO Stephen Lambert.

Goslicky has exec produced series including Below Deck: Sailing Yacht, Below Deck: Mediterranean and Below Deck: Down Under as well as Netflix’s Love Is Blind and Paramount’s Bar Rescue. Choi also exec produced Below Deck: Sailing Yacht and worked on Below Deck: Mediterranean as well as the original Below Deck. Other credits include Amazon’s Sweethearts.

When Jafar Panahi was awarded the Palme d’Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, it felt less like a career milestone and more like a collective sigh of justice served. For over a decade, Panahi has been making films under a state-imposed ban, facing imprisonment, surveillance, and the systematic stripping of his freedoms. Yet his cinema never ceased. With works smuggled out of Iran, made in secret or in confined spaces, Panahi turned censorship into his canvas, crafting films that spoke in whispers and still managed to shake the world.

Amid this legacy of cinematic resistance, Sreemoyee Singh’s “And, Towards Happy Alleys” (2023) stands as one of the most poignant tributes ever made to Panahi’s life and art. What begins as a doctoral research trip from Kolkata to Tehran evolves into a journey of solidarity across boundaries, both cultural and ideological. The film, which premiered at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival,...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who recently won the Cannes Palme d’Or for his anti-regime drama “It Was Just an Accident,” has launched an impassioned appeal on Instagram that appears to push for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to be toppled amid escalating conflict with Israel.

Panahi in an Instagram post called on the United Nations and the global community “to immediately and decisively force the two regimes” to “halt military attacks and end the killing of civilians.”

However Panahi, who is currently in an undisclosed location outside of Iran, also wrote: “The only way to escape is the immediate dissolution of this system and [to] initiate a people’s responsive and democratic government.”

“I have no doubt about this clear and non-negotiable point and I have stated my position explicitly and will say it again: an attack on my homeland, Iran, is in no way acceptable. Israel has...

Kevin Huvane, one of Hollywood’s most powerful and respected agents, happened to be in New York City about 32 years ago with client and friend Demi Moore when the movie star suggested an introduction to someone “really, really special” in her life.

The first name that came to Huvane’s mind was the man most closely associated with Moore at the time, Bruce Willis. Nope, not him. “You had already had Rumer and I met her already,” Huvane recalled, referencing the eldest of Moore’s three daughters with ex-husband Willis. Turns out it wasn’t a relative, a fellow movie star or even an auteur. Over dinner at Nobu in New York, Moore introduced Huvane to that special someone, whom she described has having the credentials of an impressive multi-hyphenate: “a friend, a guidance counselor, a psychiatrist, a therapist and a healer.”

“I fell in love with Laura Day that night,...

Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has returned to Tehran cheered by supporters after scooping the Cannes Palme d’Or for his new film “It Was Just an Accident” which is sparking a diplomatic spat between Iran and France.

Panahi arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Monday morning greeted by applause, as he hugged friends and fans who presented him with flowers when the revered auteur descended the escalator from passport control, as seen on social media posts.

Le réalisateur Jafar Panahi de retour en Iran après avoir remporté la Palme d'or à Cannes: une femme scande «femme vie liberté» à son arrivée à l'aéroport @femmeazadi pic.twitter.com/g3IerluAvD

— L'important (@Limportant_fr) May 26, 2025

Meanwhile, also on social media, a spat has erupted after French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called Panahi’s victory “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression” in a post on X.

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or on Saturday for “It Was Just an Accident,” a revenge drama he shot clandestinely while officially barred from filmmaking at home. Accepting the prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the 64-year-old director dedicated the award “to all Iranians” and expressed hope for a day “when no one will tell us what to wear or do,” a clear reference to Iran’s restrictive dress and speech rules.

Panahi’s victory caps a career defined by defiance. In 2010 he received a six-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban on directing, yet he continued to make films in secret and smuggle them abroad on flash drives. “It Was Just an Accident,” only the second Iranian film ever to claim Cannes’ top honor after Abbas Kiarostami’s “Taste of Cherry” in 1997, follows a garage owner who confronts the man he believes tortured him in prison.

Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has won the Palme d’Or for best film for It Was Just an Accident at the 78th Cannes international film festival.

Panahi, who just a few years ago was imprisoned in Tehran and under a 20-year travel and work ban, returned triumphantly to Cannes, accepting his award from jury president (and vocal Panahi fan) Juliette Binoche.

Panahi’s film, his first since being released from prison in 2023, is a direct assault on Iran’s authoritarian regime. The thriller follows a former political prisoner who kidnaps a man he believes to be his torturer and then debates with other dissidents whether to kill or forgive him.

The win marks the sixth time in a row a film acquired by Neon for North America has won the Palme d’Or. Tom Quinn’s indie outfit kept its Cannes streak going by picking up It Was Just an Accident earlier this week.

Netflix’s latest dating show, “Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark,” attempts to turn casual flings into true love.

Hosted by reality star Chloe Veitch of “Too Hot to Handle,” “The Circle” and “Perfect Match” and dating and relationship expert Spicy Mari, twelve singles hope to find love but are confronted by a special someone from the past.

“You guys all have one thing in common,” Veich said in the trailer for the series. “You have been brought here with the person you love having casual sex with Aka your sneaky link.”

The six former sneaky links are under the impression that they are checking into the love motel alone, but a casual fling from their past appears unannounced. Now the six casual couples will have to decide if they will upgrade their sneaky link from a booty call to a committed relationship.

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With the rise of avant-garde filmmakers in the 1960s, Iran’s New Wave emerged, marked by the works of pioneers like Ebrahim Golestan, Farrokh Ghaffari, Hajir Darioush, and Forough Farrokhzad.

Later, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the cinematic contributions of Dariush Mehrjui, Sohrab Shahid-Saless, Arby Ovanessian, and Nasser Taghvai breathed new life into Iranian cinema. These filmmakers rejected the commercial, formulaic productions of the mainstream industry, instead embracing a more authentic portrayal of social realities.

At a time when Iran was on the brink of revolution and political tensions were high, the New Wave stood in stark contrast to the escapist, dreamlike narratives of studio films, which were often inspired by Indian, Turkish, and Egyptian cinema, paying little attention to the country’s sociopolitical landscape. Key to the New Wave were two elements: modernist narrative structures influenced by European cinema and a focus on social issues, informed by socialist realism and leftist ideologies.

Neon has taken North American rights on revered Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi’s Cannes competition title “It Was Just an Accident,” which marks Panahi’s first film since being released from prison in Iran.

The film, starring Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, and Vahid Mobasser, was greeted with a long standing ovation and is a Cannes standout title.

“It Was Just an Accident” centers around an outpouring of strong feelings by a group of former prisoners toward a torturous guard.

“When you spend eight hours a day blindfolded, seated in front of a wall, being interrogated by someone standing behind your back every day, you can’t stop wondering what kind of conversation you can have with this man,” Panahi told Variety in one of his first interviews following his 14-year ban on making movies, speaking to the press and traveling.

The film is produced by Jafar Panahi and Philippe Martin...

Exclusive: Neon has picked up North American rights to Jafar Panahi’s well-received feature It Was Just an Accident, which had its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week.

It Was Just an Accident has a one-line synopsis that reads: “What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.” The film, which has been one of the best-reviewed movies at the festival, deals in a fictional way with past wrongfully incarcerated working-class people seeking revenge against the guard who tortured and berated them. In his review, Deadline’s Pete Hammond called the movie “a powerful statement for humanity” that “serves as a warning that you better watch your back.”

The Wednesday afternoon screening was met with a 10-minute ovation — and was highly significant because Panahi himself was in attendance, marking the first time he has been able to appear at the festival in over 20 years.

Further pursuing its acquisition spree at the Cannes Film Festival, Mubi has acquired Jafar Panahi‘s “It Was Just an Accident” for multiple international territories.

The expanding indie streamer, distributor, and producer has taken the latest film by the revered Iranian auteur for Latin America, U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Turkey and India.

The deal was negotiated between Mubi and MK2 Films, who are handling international sales.

The movie’s premiere in competition at Cannes marked the Iranian auteur’s big comeback to the festival after being released from prison and seven years after “Three Faces.” It was greeted with a long standing ovation.

After the roaring applause died down, Panahi made an emotional speech in which he paid homage to the filmmakers who are currently imprisoned in Iran, saying he felt some guilt upon being released from prison. “I turned around and saw a very high wall. And behind this wall,...

For the first time in over two decades, acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi spoke to the press at the Cannes Film Festival — not remotely from house arrest in Tehran but as a free man. At the press conference for his competition film It Was Just an Accident, Panahi reflected on his long-awaited return to the Croisette and the weight of representing those who remain silenced in Iran.

This year’s Cannes marks Panahi’s first appearance at the festival since 2003, when Crimson Gold won the Un Certain Regard prize.

Panahi has only recently been able to travel, after, in February 2023, he was released from prison, following a hunger strike. A 2010 conviction, which banned him from travel as well as from filmmaking, was overturned. Suddenly, Panahi could work and move as he wished.

“It took some time for me to get back on my feet and get back to work,” said Panahi.

Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi struck a chord with “It Was Just an Accident,” one of his most political movies, and his first film since being released from jail in Iran. The movie, which marks his comeback in competition at Cannes seven years after “Three Faces,” was greeted with a nearly eight-minute standing ovation at its premiere on Tuesday.

After the roaring applause died down, Panahi made an emotional speech in which he paid homage to the filmmakers who are currently imprisoned in Iran, saying he felt some guilt upon being released from prison. “I turned around and saw a very high wall. And behind this wall, all these other loved ones, all these people remained behind this wall,” he said. “So I wondered how I could be happy, how I could feel free, if they were still inside.”

He continued: “Today, I’m here with you, I receive this joy,...

Take heed: Jafar Panahi is no longer the filmmaker he once was, transforming from understated humanist (in films such as “The White Balloon” and “Offside”) to open critic of the Iranian regime, as revealed in his punchy new political thriller, “It Was Just an Accident.” The greatest irony of that change is that Panahi may never have become so explicitly defiant of his persecutors if the system itself had not tried to crack down as harshly as it did. Arrested multiple times for so-called propaganda and locked up on two occasions (released only after he went on hunger strike), Panahi can’t help making art, emerging fired up and ready to fight back.

The same is true for the five characters in “It Was Just an Accident,” who’ve assembled almost like the diamond thieves in “Reservoir Dogs” post-heist to point fingers and dispense justice. Strange as it may sound...

Dissident Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi on Tuesday walked up the Montées des Marches steps of the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet for the world premiere of his surreptitiously shot new film “It Was Just an Accident, marking a historic moment that follows a 14-year ban on making films, giving interviews and travelling abroad.

Panahi – who is known globally for prizewinning works such as “The Circle,” “Offside,” “This is Not a Film,” “Taxi,” and most recently “No Bears” – was arrested in 2023 in Tehran in the wake of the country’s conservative government crackdown and incarcerated for nearly seven months on charges of “propaganda against the system.”

His ban was lifted by Iranian authorities in April 2023. Panahi’s presence in Cannes appears to be a signal to the outside world that Iran is, at least cosmetically, changing its course amid escalating tensions following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who is considered one of the country’s greatest living film masters, is in Cannes with his latest film “It Was Just an Accident,” marking his first project since being incarcerated for several months in 2023 for criticizing the Iranian government.

In 2010, the auteur — known globally for prizewinning works such as “The Circle,” “Offside,” “This is Not a Film,” “Taxi” and most recently “No Bears” — was banned from making movies, speaking to the press and traveling, though he surreptitiously kept making them anyway. The ban was lifted in April 2023, and now Iranian authorities have allowed him to travel to Cannes to launch “It Was Just an Accident.”

In one of his first interviews since the 14-year ban was lifted, Panahi spoke to Variety through an interpreter about “It Was Just an Accident,” revealing how the drama — which centers around an outpouring of strong feelings by a group...

Jafar Panahi was not born a dissident filmmaker. He never strived to become one. He had the mantle of dissident artist thrust upon him by the regime in Tehran.

In 2009, after Panahi attended the funeral of a student killed in the so-called Green Revolution protests, the government banned him from leaving the country. In 2010, citing his plans to shoot a film with the protests as a backdrop, the government slapped him with a 20-year ban on travel and filmmaking along with a six-year suspended prison sentence for “propaganda against the system.”

Panahi was famous in international art house circles before the ban — The White Balloon (1995) won Cannes’ Camera d’Or for best first feature, The Circle (2000) earned Venice’s Golden Lion for best film — but it was after the ban that the mainstream press took notice.

When the 2011 Berlin Film Festival staged a symbolic protest, leaving a seat empty for Panahi,...

Netflix is adding to its growing lineup of competiton shows by rebooting Star Search, the old Ed McMahon-hosted talent show that was in syndication from 1983 to 1995.

The new version will be produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment and will spotlight performers in music, dance and variety/comedy. Kids will also be able to compete.

Episodes will air twice weekly with each livestream to include voting that will let the viewers determine which contestants move forward.

The host, judges and the premiere date will be announced at a later time. Potential competitors can go to StarSearchLiveCasting.com for more information.

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The original Star Search was launched by T.P.E./Rysher Entertainment and created by Al Masini. It was filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre in Hollywood before moving to the Disney-mgm Studios in Florida.