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Stephen King’s books are typically fantastic and compelling, but unfortunately, some of the changes in the movie adaptations ruin the story. Stephen King’s books, which also include short story collections, often make brilliant films. The King of Horror’s ability to craft a gripping narrative is like no other, which is why it’s such a shame when the movies fail to replicate it.

There are several amazing Stephen King movies, and their respective directors do a good job of bringing the story to life. Some titles throw out certain parts of the narrative or characterizations to mix things up, but this doesn’t always work, and the production teams of the upcoming Stephen King movie and TV adaptations need to keep this in mind. Readers are often confused about these changes, especially when it impacts the overall tone of Stephen King’s story.

Coming-of-age drama Vainilla, directed by actress-turned-director Mayra Hermosillo, was the standout winner of Ventana Sur’s Primer Corte showcase on Friday (December 6).

The film received multiple accolades, including the Cine + Festival Award, Sofía Films Award, Nmf / Color Front Award, and Apclai - Festival De Trieste Award, all designed to support final stages of post-production.

Set in the late 1980s, Vainilla presents a poignant family portrait through the eyes of eight-year-old Roberta. The story revolves around a household of seven women from different generations and ideologies fighting to save their home, which is on the brink of foreclosure. Stacy Perskie’s Redrum served as producer.

Coming-of-age drama Vainilla, directed by actress-turned-director Mayra Hermosillo, was the standout winner of Ventana Sur’s Primer Corte showcase on Friday (December 6).

The film received multiple accolades, including the Cine + Festival Award, Sofía Films Award, Nmf / Color Front Award, and Apclai - Festival De Trieste Award, all designed to support final stages of post-production.

Set in the late 1980s, Vainilla presents a poignant family portrait through the eyes of eight-year-old Roberta. The story revolves around a household of seven women from different generations and ideologies fighting to save their home, which is on the brink of foreclosure. Stacy Perskie’s Redrum served as producer.

As Ventana Sur settles into its stride in its first edition in Montevideo, Uruguay, Screen highlights 10 projects expected to make a splash at the leading Ibero-American audiovisual market.

The titles are at various stages in the production cycle and the filmmakers are in Montevideo looking to establish meaningful partnerships.

Selections include stories of vampires grappling with transformation, quests, coming-of-age stories, coastal erosion, and a project from the inaugural Latam Series Market.

Ventana Sur runs through December 6.

The Condor Daughter (Bol-Per-Uru)

Section: Copia Final

Director: Álvaro Olmos

The Condor Daughter marks the second fiction feature from Olmos, who has directed documentary and television,...

Seen from the 14th floor of its Radisson Hotel, Montevideo’s skyline, bristling with white marble high-rises and monuments, looks like a very different scenario for Ventana Sur, Latin America’s foremost film-tv co-pro forum and market, relocated from its chic Buenos Aires setting for the first time since 2009.

Yet in many ways, this is the same Ventana Sur, playing to its strengths and galvanized by its context, Uruguay, one of Latin America’s fastest-growing film-tv hubs, both as a big-shoot locale and home-grown movie industry.

Ten takes, as producers and sales agents began to arrive at the Radisson for this year’s edition, hosted by Cannes Marché du Film and Uruguay’s public-sector film agency, Agencia del Cine y Audiovisual (Acau), and running Dec. 2-6 in the Uruguayan capital:

Attendance Holds

As of Saturday night, attendance had just passed 2,000 delegates, tracking to hit that number of jobbing professionals by market end,...

Tommy Richman’s viral TikTok hit “Million Dollar Baby” — the year’s longest-running No. 1 song on Billboard’s R&b chart — will compete in the rap categories at the Grammys.

“Million Dollar Baby” was submitted for best rap song and best melodic rap performance at the 2025 show. If nominated for rap awards, Richman’s jam would compete alongside hits like Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” Future, Metro Boomin and Lamar’s “Like That,” Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hiss,” 21 Savage’s “Redrum,” GloRilla’s “Yeah Glo!” and “Carnival” by Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign.

“Million Dollar Baby” spent 22 weeks on top of Billboard’s Hot R&b Songs chart and was dethroned by The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s “Timeless” last week. Richman’s track topped Billboard’s Hot R&b/Hip-Hop Songs chart for three weeks and peaked at No. 2 on the all-genre Hot 100 chart.

A representative for...

21 Savage’s third solo album, American Dream, begins with his mother, Heather Joseph, describing her family’s emigration from Britain to America during his childhood. “Every path that I walked was for my son,” she tells us. (Big Rube of Dungeon Family fame penned her introduction.) It’s a concept many others have used before, most famously by Jay-Z and his mother Gloria Carter on “December 4th” from 2003’s The Black Album.

But longtime fans worried about the Atlanta rapper veering into maudlin self-aggrandizement shouldn’t worry. “Memories in my head,...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This jam-packed week is filled with iconic comebacks, including Lil Nas X’s buoyantly blasphemous track and Ariana Grande’s sassy house-infused single. Plus, 21 Savage returns to England in full force, Kid Cudi and Jay-Z deliver star-studded features, and Kali Uchis gives us a merengue-inspired gem.

Lil Nas X, “J-Christ” (YouTube)

Ariana Grande, “Yes, And?” (YouTube)

21 Savage, “Redrum” (YouTube)

Kid Cudi feat. Travis Scott, “Get Off Me” (YouTube)

Jay-Z feat.

Exclusive: Netflix has put Bandidos, a thriller series about an underwater heist, into production.

The drama follows the story of Miguel (Alfonso Dosal) and accomplice Lilí (Ester Expósito), who are joined by a group of bandits as they attempt to retrieve treasure from an underwater grave of a Spanish galleon that sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the War of Independence. However, they’re not the only ones after the bounty.

Shot in Spanish, the series also stars Juan Pablo Medina, Mabel Cadena, Nicolás Furtado, Andrés Baida, Andrea Chaparro, Juan Pablo Fuentes and Bruno Bichir among others.

Pablo Tébar is writer and showrunner on the series, which our sources say will feature a “massive underwater heist.” We understand the action will occur in several different settings, however.

Rambo: Last Blood and Get the Gringo director Adrian Grunberg is the director.

The series is set to launch in 2024. It marks...

Dominic West is in the "very early stages" of making a movie about legendary horse Red Rum. The 'Crown' star is hoping to direct a film about the late equine, who won the Grand National three times in 1973, 1974, and 1977, and he is surprised a motion picture about the sporting legend hasn't been made before. He said: "I'm hoping to get a film of Red Rum organised."It's very, very early stages. I'm hopefully going to direct it."But West believes he is "too old" to portray Red Rum's trainer Ginger McCain, because he is keen to depict some of the late star's early life. He said: "I'd love to play Ginger, but I think I'm too old. We want to do some of his early life and his struggle and meeting Beryl [McCain's wife] and all that, and I think I'm too old for that really."The star...

The connection to "The Shining" might've been both the best and worst thing "Doctor Sleep" had going for it. On paper, the 2019 film read like a surefire hit. It was a Stephen King adaptation arriving at a time when projects based on his work were more popular than ever, with an acclaimed filmmaker in Mike Flanagan at the helm. Throw in Ewan McGregor as a traumatized older version of the kid who cried "Redrum" and an evil Rebecca Ferguson in a cool hat, and you've got a surefire recipe for success.

Or so it seemed. In truth, Warner Bros. might have hurt "Doctor Sleep" by playing up the fact it's a sequel to one of the famous horror movies ever made. Its trailers focused so much on the film's third act trip to the Overlook Hotel, they didn't really get across just how well Flanagan's movie works as a standalone story,...