Sebastian Stan, Ana de Armas to Star in Felipe Gálvez’s Espionage Thriller ‘Impunity,’ Pathé Launches Hot Package at Cannes

Sebastian Stan, known for his role in "The Apprentice," and Ana de Armas, who starred in "Blonde," will star in a new movie called "Impunity." The film is an espionage thriller directed by Felipe Gálvez, a respected Chilean filmmaker known for his work on "The Settlers."

The movie was filmed in Chile, the U.K., and Spain, with scenes shot in both English and Spanish.

 The story takes place during a significant moment in history – when Augusto Pinochet, a former dictator, was arrested in London in 1998. This was the first time a former leader could be held accountable for his actions outside his own country.

The plot follows two people involved in secret operations – a hired soldier working for a non-governmental organization and a Chilean diplomat.

 As they uncover a web of secret deals, lies, and political power struggles, they realize that the real fight for justice isn't in courtrooms, but in the hidden corners of society.

The film also stars Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, and Alejandro Goic.

 Felipe Gálvez shared his thoughts on the movie: "I grew up hearing incomplete stories, conversations cut short by fear. With 'Impunity,' I want to look at the parts of history that were left out. Using the spy genre isn’t about celebrating conspiracy; it’s about showing how justice can be delayed, manipulated, and made into a spectacle."  

"Impunity" is based on a book by Philippe Sands, a lawyer and well-known author.

 It explores one of the biggest international criminal cases since the trials at Nuremberg.

Benjamín Domenech from Rei Pictures and Emily Morgan from Quiddity said, "Working on 'Impunity' is a big challenge and a serious responsibility.

 In a world where being held accountable is hard, Felipe's vision is a powerful film that speaks to people who want to understand the foundation of our society."  

The film is a new collaboration for Felipe Gálvez with many of the creative team from "The Settlers," including director of photography Simone D’Arcangelo, costume designer Muriel Parra, composer Harry Allouche, and editor Matthieu Taponier.

 The screenplay is also a second project with writers Mariano Llinás and Antonia Girardi. Carmen Cuba is the casting director.

Pathé Films president Ardavan Safaee praised Felipe Gálvez's previous work, saying, "From the first time I read the script for 'Impunity,' I was really impressed.

 It's an intelligent and powerful film that entertains while revealing important truths, thanks to the strong performances by Sebastian Stan and Ana de Armas."  

Alejandra García from Chile's Ronda Cine called "Impunity" a story that "shows the limits of Chile's failures, putting them in front of the world.

" She added, "Two people from different countries and backgrounds get caught up in something much bigger than themselves. In today's world, where authority often gets away with things, their search for truth has a lasting impact on a global level."  

Sebastian Stan has acted in big Hollywood films like the "Avengers" series and "Captain America," as well as smaller, more artistic projects like "The Apprentice" and "A Different Man," which won a Golden Globe and Silver Bear.

 He will be at Cannes with Cristian Mungiu's "Fjord." Ana de Armas, known for her role in "Blonde," also appeared in movies like "No Time to Die," "John Wick: Ballerina," and "Blade Runner 2049," and is currently filming an Apple TV+ series called "Safe Houses."

"impunity" shows Pathé's commitment to supporting international films directed by well-known talents.

 The company will also be at Cannes with Antonin Baudry’s "De Gaulle" and Arthur Harari's "The Unknown," starring Léa Seydoux.

Felipe Gálvez, Sebastian Stan, and Carmen Cuba are represented by CAA, while Ana de Armas is represented by WME.

The Bear’ to End With Season 5; Final Season Sets June Premiere

The kitchen is closing.

FX announced that the fifth season of *The Bear* will be the final one, and they revealed the release date is June 25.

 Like before, the whole season will be out at once on Hulu, starting at 6 p.m. PT.

Season 5 starts the day after Sydney, Richie, and Natalie find out that Carmy has quit the food business and is leaving the restaurant to them.

 The show’s summary says: "With no money, the threat of a sale, and a big storm coming, the new partners have to work together with the whole team for one last service, hoping they’ll finally get a Michelin star. In the end, they learn that what makes a restaurant perfect might not be the food, but the people." 

This news came the day after the surprise release of *Gary*, a special episode that's a flashback.

 It stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jon Bernthal and shows Richie and Mikey on a work trip to Gary, Indiana. Now it’s available on Hulu and Disney+.

*The Bear* was created by Christopher Storer and first came out in 2022.

 It became really popular through word of mouth. The first season won 10 Emmys, including best comedy series, and helped make Jeremy Allen White a big star. Season 2 won 11 Emmys, but Season 3 didn’t win any, even though it was nominated 13 times. The fourth season is eligible for this year’s awards, and the final season will be up for consideration in 2027.

The main cast includes Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Matty Matheson, and Edwin Lee Gibson.

 Ricky Staffieri, Oliver Platt, Will Poulter, and Jamie Lee Curtis have recurring roles. Guest stars include Olivia Colman, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, John Mulaney, and others.

Christopher Storer produces the show with Josh Senior, Cooper Wehde, Tyson Bidner, Matty Matheson, Hiro Murai, and Rene Gube.

 Courtney Storer is the culinary producer.

Olivia Colman, John Lithgow Film ‘Jimpa’ to Open India’s Kashish Pride Fest

 Olivia Colman and John Lithgow star in a queer family drama called "Jimpa," which will open the 17th Kashish Pride Film Festival in Mumbai this June.

The festival will show 153 films from 43 countries at three places: Liberty Cinema, Alliance Francaise, and the National Gallery of Modern Art.

"Jimpa" is about themes of queer happiness and family getting back together.

 It follows Hannah, played by Colman, a filmmaker who takes her non-binary teen, played by Aud Mason-Hyde, to Amsterdam to meet her gay father, Jimpa, played by Lithgow.

Two films have been chosen for special shows.

 Naveen Kishore's 1999 documentary "Performing the Goddess: Chapal Bhaduri's Story" tells the life of Chapal Rani, a famous performer in Bengal's theater who played female roles all his life. Dibakar Banerjee's "Love, Sex and Dhoka 2" is a new movie that features a real transgender actress in the main role and looks at social media and reality TV.

The festival's four Centerpiece films come from different parts of the world.

 Rohan Kanawade's "Cactus Pears" (Sabar Bonda) is a love story between two men in a rural Indian village. Daniel Ribeiro's Brazilian film "I Am Going To Miss You" focuses on a transmasculine person and a transgender woman. Sam Feder's documentary "Heightened Scrutiny" follows a transmasculine lawyer fighting for LGBTQ+ rights. And Lakhinandan Boruah and Swapnesh Dubey's documentary "Queering India" explores the LGBTQ+ experience in India.

Sridhar Rangayan, the festival's founder and director, said, "We received nearly 600 entries this year, and curating the final list was a big job.

 We aim to include a wide range of LGBTQ+ voices and also show the connections between sexuality and other factors like disability, faith, and region." 

Spain is the focus country this year, with four feature films and 12 short films in the lineup.

 Highlights include the Teddy Award-winning "Ivan & Hadoum" by Ian de la Rosa and the closing film "Maspolamas" directed by Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga. A new section called "Genderation Shorts," which highlights stories from young people about gender and identity, is also making its debut.

Saagar Gupta, the festival's artistic director, said, "As usual, the festival keeps changing and adding fresh ideas.

 We have some more surprises coming up."

The Bear’ Surprise: New Episode With Jon Bernthal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach Drops on Hulu

FX released a surprise episode of "The Bear" on Wednesday called "Gary." The episode is a flashback that follows Richie (played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey (played by Jon Bernthal) on a work trip to Gary, Indiana. According to the official description, the episode explores the complicated friendship between the two characters. It reveals more about Mikey's mental health and gives a deeper understanding of Richie's personality as seen in Season 1. This adds new emotional meaning to their story from the start.

Both Moss-Bachrach and Bernthal wrote the episode themselves, and the series creator, Christopher Storer, directed it.

 Moss-Bachrach shared news of the episode on his Instagram, mentioning that "Gary" is available on Hulu as a separate title, not part of the main "The Bear" series.

"Gary" comes before the release of Season 5 of "The Bear," which hasn't had an official date yet but is expected in June, like all the previous seasons.

 It's also believed that Season 5 might be the last one. Although FX and Storer haven't confirmed this, Jamie Lee Curtis, who has appeared in several episodes, has said so multiple times.

Christopher Storer executive produces the show with Josh Senior, Joanna Calo, Cooper Wehde, Tyson Bidner, Matty Matheson, Hiro Murai, and Rene Gube.

 Courtney Storer is a co-executive producer and also serves as the culinary producer. The series is produced by FX Productions.

Box Office Haute Couture: ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Officially Kicks Off Summer With Heavenly $77M in U.S., $234M Globally

Talk about making a stylish entrance at work — and then some.

The Devil Wears Prada 2, produced by 20th Century and Disney, kicked off the summer box office with a strong start, earning $77 million in North America and $156.6 million overseas.

 That total of $233.6 million exceeded expectations and set a great opening.

The sequel highlights the strong buying power of women and teenage girls at the box office, a fact that Hollywood often forgets.

 On Friday, the movie brought in $32.5 million, including $10 million from Thursday previews, which is one of the best ever for a movie aimed at women.

By Sunday, it had become the biggest opening ever in the U.S., internationally, and globally for Meryl Streep's long and successful career.

 For Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, it was a record for both international and global audiences.

The movie is drawing moviegoers of all ages who are curious to see where the memorable characters from the first film — Streep, Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, and Blunt — have been over the past 20 years.

 Another positive for the film is that David Frankel, the director of the first movie, is back, as is Aline Brosh McKenna, who wrote the original script.

The original film has remained a cultural classic across generations, and it's been viewed more than one billion times on streaming and other platforms.

 The sequel has already earned 72 percent of the first film's total box office, which was $326.5 million, without adjusting for inflation.

According to PostTrak exit polls, the most enthusiastic audience on opening day were people aged 25 to 34, including Gen Zers and young Millennials.

 But by Sunday, 66 percent of the weekend audience was 35 or older on average.

Prada 2 is also a big hit at the foreign box office, where it earned the second-highest opening for a 2026 Hollywood film and the second-largest global opening of the year.

 The film topped the box office in major markets like France, Spain, and Japan.

Many of the top films of the weekend hit milestones that are significant for their careers.

Lionsgate and producer Graham King's Michael Jackson biopic, which is still in second place, crossed $400 million globally and is now one of the top music biopics ever, not adjusted for inflation.

 But it still has a way to go before catching up with Fox's Bohemian Rhapsody.

Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua, has made $183.8 million in the U.S. and $240.1 million abroad.

 Universal handles the international release on behalf of Lionsgate, since the company doesn’t have its own foreign distribution network.

And what about a slow but steady rise?

 MGM's sci-fi hit Project Hail Mary, which opened in March, crossed the $600 million mark globally over the weekend, which is a huge win for star and producer Ryan Gosling. This success validates Amazon's decision to build up its foreign operations to handle its own films, including the next Bond movie.

Elsewhere, the horror movie Hokum, starring Adam Scott, opened in sixth place with a solid $6.4 million.

Tracker’ Gets Huge California Tax Credit to Relocate Filming to Los Angeles

 

CBS Tracker will be looking for missing people in a new locale in the 2026-27 season.

The series, one of the most watched on TV, will relocate production to Los Angeles for its fourth season.

 The show, produced by Disne's 20th Television, filmed in Vancouver for its first three seasons.

The move was helped by a record $48 million tax credit from the California Film Commission.

 The credit was awarded in March, though Tracker wasn't identified as the recipient at that time — it’s listed as “Untitled Disney Entertainment Television Project 13” on the commission’s website. (20th TV is part of Disney Entertainment Television.)

The $48 million credit is the largest one the state commission has ever given to a relocating series.

 It previously awarded $42 million to Prime Video’s Fallout to move production to L.A. from New York for its third season.

The tax credit is based on $129 million in qualified spending for the series.

 The film commission’s tax credit list says Tracker is set for 176 filming days in California, employing 250 crew members and 275 actors (including guest stars). Production on season four is slated to begin in the summer.

Tracker is based on Jeffrey Deaver’s novel The Never Game.

 It stars Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw, a survivalist and — as the title states — skilled tracker who travels the country helping people and law enforcement agencies find missing persons in exchange for reward money. Fiona Rene and Chris Lee also star, with each episode also featuring several guest roles as Shaw takes on a new case.

Elwood Reid is the showrunner and executive produces with Hartley, Ken Olin, Connie Dolphin, Sharon Lee Watson and Alex Katsnelson.

 Deaver is a producer.

Eva Longoria and ‘House of the Spirits’ Showrunners on the Magic and the Realism That Brought Isabel Allende’s Beloved Novel to Amazon

Francisca Alegría and Fernanda Urrejola, Chilean creators, combined elements of magic and realism in bringing Isabel Allende’s popular novel, *The House of the Spirits*, to life as a limited series on Amazon Prime Video. Alongside executive producer Eva Longoria, they shared the story behind the eight-episode series during a keynote speech at the National Association of Latino Independent Producers’ Diverse Women in Media Forum on May 1. Variety praised the Spanish-language version, calling it “sensational and long overdue.” The series premiered on April 29.

Despite not having extensive experience with large-scale period dramas, Alegría and Urrejola were able to succeed thanks to the trust and support from FilmNation and Longoria’s Hyphenate Media.

 Alegría emphasized how having producers who believe in you and protect you allows you to focus on creating the best work.

As partners in both life and work, Alegría and Urrejola co-wrote the series and serve as showrunners and executive producers.

 Alegría directed half of the episodes, while Urrejola portrays the central character, Blanca. Longoria was brought on as an executive producer by FilmNation because she had shown interest in adapting Allende’s stories. The Chilean author and human rights advocate became internationally famous with her 1982 debut novel, *The House of the Spirits*, which is known for its blend of magical realism and is a classic of Latin American literature in the 20th century.

Alegría and Urrejola, along with *House of the Spirits* executive producer Eva Longoria, talked about the story behind the eight-episode series during their keynote speech on May 1 at the National Association of Latino Independent Producers' Diverse Women in Media Forum. *Variety* gave *House of the Spirits* a great review, calling it "sensational and long overdue." The show premiered on April 29.

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Although Alegría and Urrejola didn't have a lot of experience with big historical projects, the support from FilmNation and Longoria's Hyphenate Media helped them a lot.

Alegría said it's important to have producers who believe in you and help you focus on doing your best work.

Alegría and Urrejola, who are partners in life and in producing, wrote the series and are the showrunners and executive producers.

 Alegría directed half of the eight episodes; Urrejola plays the main character, Blanca. Longoria was brought in as an executive producer by FilmNation because she had been talking about adapting Allende's work in the development community. Isabel Allende, a Chilean novelist and human rights advocate, became famous after her 1982 debut with *House of the Spirits*, a powerful story about a family and political dynasty, written in the magical realism style common in Latin America in the 20th century.

Longoria said she has always been fascinated by Isabel Allende and her book *House of Spirits*.

 She admired Allende as a woman and a Latina. Longoria said she started writing at the age of 40.

Longoria explained how she helped Alegría and Urrejola.

"I was brought on to add my voice and my influence in this town, to make sure it landed in the right place, that it got the support and the budget it needed," she said.

Urrejola, a well-known Chilean actor, told the crowd at the W Hollywood hotel that the working environment on the project, which was shot in Santiago and other parts of Chile, was similar to the novel's dynamic.

"What is beautiful about this novel is that the female characters are so powerful because they are women.

 They don't try to be like men to be powerful," Urrejola said. "That's the power of women. We create community. We really create culture in that sense, and we shouldn't forget that. And we're so lucky that we have our female producers along the way with us, helping us to put our vision forward. But again, the novel talks about that and our point of view. The entry point was the healing process of generational trauma. It's the granddaughter who is able to articulate what the previous generations couldn't."

Alegría said the pair's experienced producing partners helped them with the unfamiliar tasks of preparing for the final cut and getting ready for the marketing, press, distribution conversations with Amazon as well as FilmNation.

 This was a new experience for the showrunners.

"As independent filmmakers, working with such a big platform comes with knowing how to navigate.

 You need to defend some things, and there are other things that you take the point of view of the platform," Alegría said.

Longoria emphasized this as an important point for the young producers in the room.

"You've got to pick the hill you're going to die on.

 I see so many young writers that I try to develop with, and they just dig their heels in on the wrong thing. Studios are not your enemies. Producers are not your enemies. You all want to make something, and you got to defend your vision, and know what you need to defend and know what you need to let go. And that is a talent in and of itself," Longoria said. "The platforms have information you don't. So use that information producers have."

The session, moderated by Cynthia Littleton, Variety co-Editor in Chief, ended with a discussion about the growing film and TV production infrastructure in Chile.

 (Longoria called it "Chile-wood.")

Bringing a national treasure like *House of the Spirits* to life in Chile was a dream come true for the pair, Urrejola said.

"I'm lucky enough to have worked in different parts of Latin America, and I can say that Chile has so, so much talent," she said.

 "And the landscapes — you can find everything you want in Chile. You can see white, standard, beautiful beaches — very cold, though. And then it will look like the Caribbean. And then you can go to the Patagonia, which is a completely different, unique landscape, and the desert we have. We're still fighting for the [production tax] rebate so we can make it even better, but we have co-production funds, and it's getting better. It was a thrill to work in Chile and to have that amazing crew with us."