Western ‘A Soldier’s Revenge’ Rides to Well Go in U.S., Other Territories (EXCLUSIVE)

Wayne Connolly, the celebrated Australian producer, engineer and artist who has collected eight ARIA Awards -- and counting -- for his work, has launched his first label, Scenic Drive.

Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers has been hinted to be coming according to Koei Tecmo’s first-quarter financial report.The hint arrives from Persona Central, who have translated the financial report and discovered that the game is coming to Europe and America as the planned release region states “the West”.

Mitch Slater, an industry pioneer who helped shape the modern concert promotion business, died on Tuesday after an extended illness. He was 59.“Our bond was as strong as it gets,” Slater’s older brother, former Capitol Records CEO Andrew Slater, tells Billboard.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicMitch Slater, a trailblazer of the concert promotion business, died on July 21 following an extended illness. He was 59.His brother, former Capitol Records CEO Andrew Slater, commented:“To most people he was one of the architects of the modern concert era, but to me he was my baby brother.

Oscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and often haunting soundtracks for such classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables” and the epic “Once Upon A Time In America”, died on Monday. He was 91.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefVeteran producer Lucas Foster (“Ford v Ferrari,” “Mr. and Mrs.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories has optioned the rights to Christina Baker Kline’s “The Exiles” with plans to adapt it as a television series, Variety has learned exclusively.“The Exiles” follows a trio of women — two English convicts and an orphaned Aboriginal girl — in nineteenth-century Australia. The historical novel is set to be published by Custom House, an imprint of HarperCollins, on Aug.

Rebecca Davis editorChinese production firm Aim Media has sold the North American rights of director Yang Lina’s “Spring Tide” to distributor China Lion. Smart Cinema, the new venture by former Wanda executive Jack Gao, has also bought the rights to screen the film on its platform in South Korea.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAustralian actor-producer and entrepreneur Dustin Clare is launching Shelter, a new streaming platform for architecture enthusiasts. The platform is targeting a global audience and will carry a mixture of films, TV shows as well as its own originals.Shelter is built on a technology platform from New Zealand’s Shift 72, which has recently supplied the software for film festivals such as those in Sydney and Melbourne, which have gone virtual.

The American West is about as well-trod territory as there is in movies, but Kelly Reichardt keeps unearthing new treasures. Her latest excavation, “First Cow,” is her most sublime yet.

Naman Ramachandran Welsh actor Luke Evans (“Midway”) has revealed details of Hulu’s quarantine plans for the Australia shoot of limited series “Nine Perfect Strangers.”“We all have to be quarantined in a hotel room,” said Evans in an interview for the July 14 episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.”“I can’t see anyone for two weeks. I have to be tested every other day.

This week's Monday Night RAW helped cultivate certain feuds, which have been brewing for the past few weeks. While Drew McIntyre faces Dolph Ziggler at Extreme Rules, the WWE Champion had a visitor from his past.

ROME — Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and the soundtracks such classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables,” has died.

ROME -- Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and the soundtracks such classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables,” has died. He was 91.