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Berlin-based world sales company M-Appeal has acquired international sales rights to “Truly Naked,” an elevated drama about intimacy, ahead of its world premiere in Berlinale’s Perspective…
Picture Tree Intl. has boarded international sales on “Last Call,” a real-time hostage thriller from Tanweer Productions, inspired by true events, and set to launch to international buyers…
Sumerian Pictures has acquired North American rights to the Czech drama “Broken Voices,” setting plans for a theatrical release this year. Salaud Morisset is handling world sales. The film…
MILAN — Perigold, an online destination for upscale home and interior products, ventured into the fashion world with a collaboration with Olivia Palermo. On Monday, Perigold told WWD that…
IN BLOOM: Dior has named Florence Hunt as brand ambassador for Dior’s beauty division and creative director Jonathan Anderson’s fashion collections for the house. The English actress is…
Supergoop’s new chief executive officer Melis del Rey has made her first C-suite appointment, naming Lauren Weinberg as chief marketing officer, effective Monday. In her new role, Weinberg…
It’s a “reset” moment for Claire’s. And it’s about time considering all the hurdles and challenges the moderate-priced girls jewelry chain endured over the past seven years, including two…
LONDON — What comes after the explosion of social media in China‘s fashion publishing business? The return of a desire for quality content. The latest example of that swift change in…
Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof’s new work “Sense of Water” – which is the dissident director’s first film since “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” – has been picked up for global distribution…
Bruno Mars was announced as this year’s Record Store Day Ambassador Friday, releasing a video extolling the virtue of record shops and vinyl, along with announcing plans for an exclusive…
After a fruitful five-year collaboration that yielded fashion fireworks galore and strong business momentum, Alaïa and its star designer Pieter Mulier are parting ways. In a brief…
Paris‑based sales company Charades (“Urchin”) has boarded “Bloodsuckers,” a family thriller that marks the sophomore feature of Elin Grönblom (“Ella and Friends”). Currently in…
BayView Entertainment has secured North American distribution rights to a catalog of vertical video titles from FlareFlow, the microdrama platform operated by COL Group International,…
The producers of S.S. Rajamouli‘s action-adventure epic “Varanasi” have revealed the strategic thinking behind the film’s April 7, 2027 release date and its marketing campaign, which began…
Live Tinted is flush with new funding. Curate Capital has taken a stake in the brand, as has L’Oréal’s BOLD venture arm, in a funding round inclusive of existing investors Monogram…
Golden Globe and Emmy winner Erin Doherty (“Adolescence,” “The Crown”) and BAFTA winner James McAvoy (“The Last King of Scotland,” “Atonement”) are uniting for upcoming feature “Faith.”…
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Arnaud Desplechin’s stirring melodrama “Two Pianos,” starring François Civil (“Beating Hearts”), Nadia Tereszkiewicz (“The Crime is Mine”)…
MILAN – Paul Andrew is said to be exiting Sergio Rossi, WWD has learned. The designer was tapped to reinvigorate the storied footwear brand in July 2024 by parent Lanvin Group and his…
MILAN — Told in a language of lacquer and cotò wood, Milan’s Dimorestudio has put a new spin on the rattan that Bonacina has been producing since 1889. Dimorestudio, which was founded by…
Authentic Brands Group has selected a previous collaborator to hold the fragrance licenses for David Beckham and Nautica. Interparfums Inc. has picked up the licenses for both brands. It…
Sharon Leite is a member of a very exclusive club — chief executive officers who left a company for one reason or another and returned for a second tour of duty. The late Myron Ullman 3rd…
Actor Paul Dano has finally spoken out after Quentin Tarantino dissed his performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s seminal 2007 film “There Will Be Blood.” Tarantino also called Dano —…
The Atlas V Group, a European leader in VR and immersive content production, has completed a €5 million ($6 million) fundraising round from key investors, including Taiwan-based HTC…
Starring Gustaf Skarsgård (“Oppenheimer,” “Vikings”), the anticipated – and highly modern – reboot of “Wallander,” set up at Banijay Entertainment’s Jarowskij/Yellow Bird and Swedish…
