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Ubisoft Adopts Massive Entertainment as Name of Studio Group Led by Christoph Hartmann
Games company Ubisoft has landed on a name for what it has been calling “Creative House 2,” led by general manager Chris...
Daniel Zolghadri to Replace Charles Melton in Elijah Bynum’s Crime Thriller ‘My Darling California’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Charles Melton has dropped out of Elijah Bynum’s L.A. crime thriller “My Darling California” and “Lurker” actor Daniel Z...
Apple Studios Visual Effects Workers Secure First IATSE Contract
Apple Studios visual effects workers have secured their first IATSE contract. The members won new standards for wages, h...
Ariana Madix to Star in Housewives Drama Series in Development at Peacock
Continuing her crossover from reality TV into acting, Ariana Madix is attached to executive produce and star in a drama ...
‘Adults’ Heartthrob Jack Innanen Reveals All: From Wildest Fan DMs to His Love for ‘Heated Rivalry’ to Whether He’d Shave His Iconic Mustache
Season 2 of FX’s “Adults”— which premiered in late August — depicts a group of five friends hanging out in their shared ...
Sets and the City: Why New York’s Film and TV Business Is Booming
When Rafael Espinal took office in February as New York City’s entertainment chief, he looked around and saw a city that...
Robert Pattinson Is a New Kind of Movie Star: The Anti-Tom Cruise
In the last few years (ever since “Top Gun: Maverick”), Tom Cruise has often been hailed as The Last Movie Star. He’s ce...
Rough Seas: A War-Torn Middle East Isn’t the Only Reason the Red Sea Film Festival Was Abruptly Canceled
Geopolitical turmoil is as good an excuse as any to call off a film festival. But an explosive shake-up of another sort ...
How HBO’s Casey Bloys Wound Up With the Keys to Paramount-Warner Bros.’ Streaming Empire, and What’s to Come
In the end, Casey Bloys knew he was holding all the cards. As the industry continued to speculate about whether the HBO ...
‘Sense and Sensibility’ Inspires Handcrafted Apparel Collection From Designer Sarah Flint, Featuring Embroidered Heels and Painted Scarves
Jane Austen is getting a style upgrade just in time for the latest trip to the Dashwood family estate. Designer Sarah Fl...
Paramount Deal and U.S. Film Incentive Reflect Hollywood’s Deepening Ties to Government
Last week, politicians decided they could not let Hollywood slip away. First, California Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed for a ...
David Ellison Recruits Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz for Senior Role at Merged Paramount-Warner Bros.
Ynon Kreiz, who is stepping down as CEO of Mattel after eight years, will join David Ellison’s Paramount — which is on t...
Former CW Bosses Dawn Ostroff and Mark Pedowitz Look Back at the Network’s First 20 Years
When Warner Bros. and CBS announced the merger of the WB and UPN on the morning of Jan. 24, 2006, the industry was shock...
Billy Joel Gives Health Update After Brain Surgery: ‘I’m OK — It Sounds a Lot Worse Than It Actually Is’
Billy Joel gave a health update during a call-in with fans on his SiriusXM channel this week, noting that he’s doing wel...
‘Wednesday’ Season 3 Wraps Production, Drops New Look at Jenna Ortega at Typewriter
Netflix has dropped a first look at Jenna Ortega in “Wednesday” Season 3 as the streamer announced that production has o...
Globoplay Greenlights Adaptation of Raphael Montes’ ‘Uma Mulher no Escuro,’ From Banijay Entertainment’s A Fábrica Brazilian Banner (EXCLUSIVE)
Media and entertainment group Banijay Entertainment has greenlit an adaptation of Raphael Montes’s “Uma Mulher No Escuro...
LCD Soundsystem Announces 2026 NYC Residency — Including 100th Residency Show
LCD Soundsystem continue their nearly ten-year tradition of NYC year-ending residencies with 12 shows over three weekend...
HBO Max Unveils Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi Drama Series, Created by ‘Anatomy’ Writer Fran Araújo and ‘Querer’ Scribe Eduard Sola (EXCLUSIVE)
“La Bola Negra” writer-director-producers Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi are set to exec produce an ambitious, new HBO...
New ‘X-Men’ Actor Christopher Abbott Says Professor X Casting Reveal Was a ‘Bit of a Nightmare’ Because ‘A Lot of People Didn’t Know Who I Was’
Christopher Abbott felt a bit humbled by his reveal as Professor X at D23 last month. The “Girls” and “East of Eden” sta...
Lukas Dhont, Valentin Hadjadj Discuss ‘Coward’ Score, and Edward Berger, Volker Bertelmann Talk About Music for ‘The Riders,’ Starring Brad Pitt
Partnership is the guiding motif of the World Soundtrack Awards’ Film Music Days, where live performances will give cult...
CNN’s Pamela Brown Launches New Streaming Series, ‘Body Language’
CNN’s Pamela Brown is turning her investigative skills on women’s health. The co-anchor of “The Situation Room” will on ...
‘Verity’ Review: Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway Drift Through Another Listless Colleen Hoover Adaptation
Whenever Hollywood latches obsessively onto the oeuvre of a pop novelist du jour, the law of averages dictates that the ...
Mattel Hires Condé Nast’s Roger Lynch as CEO, Ynon Kreiz to Exit for New Job
Mattel is getting a new CEO: The toymaker and media company announced that Roger Lynch, who’s been chief exec of Condé N...
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Remain’ Earns Strong First Reactions: Jake Gyllenhaal Is ‘Incredible’ in ‘Scary as Hell’ and ‘Heartbreaking’ Thriller
M. Night Shyamalan surprised fans at Los Angeles’ Beyond Fest on Tuesday night with the world premiere of his latest thr...
Composers of ‘The Chronology of Water,’ ‘Sirat’ Among World Soundtrack Awards’ Discovery Nominees
The World Soundtrack Awards’ Discovery of the Year prize has a knack for spotting emerging talent. Gustavo Santaolalla (...
Composers, Filmmakers Sync Up at World Soundtrack Awards’ Film Music Days
Now nearing its 26th edition, the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent have made the Belgian city film scoring’s home base. ...
‘NAZA’ Beats ‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ to Top Italian Box Office
“NAZA,” the hot-button documentary about the war in Gaza which recently won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Fest...
Danny Boyle Says ‘28 Years Later Part 3’ Will ‘Have a Lot of Cillian Murphy in It’ and Backs Jack O’Connell as the Next James Bond
Danny Boyle is adamant: “28 Years Later” part 3 will happen. “‘28 Years 3,’ or whatever it ends up being called, will ge...
Ajay Devgn Says ‘Drishyam 3: The Conclusion’ Surpasses Predecessors, Ends Franchise for Good (EXCLUSIVE)
Top Bollywood star Ajay Devgn tells Variety he is confident “Drishyam 3: The Conclusion” clears the bar set by its prede...
Beta Film Takes ‘Rex – Vienna Calling’ Worldwide as Season 2 Goes Into Production (EXCLUSIVE)
Beta Film has unveiled a broad international sales footprint for “Rex – Vienna Calling,” the latest incarnation of the t...
Mubi Takes Global on Los Javis ‘La Mesías’ and Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘Riot Police’ as Movistar Plus Rolls Out Iconic Hits Around the World (EXCLUSIVE)
Mubi has taken worldwide rights to two iconic series from Movistar Plus International, the overseas distributor of the b...
Zygi Kamasa’s U.K. Film Distributor True Brit Entertainment Files for Administration
True Brit Entertainment, the U.K. theatrical distributor that launched less than three years ago, has filed for administ...
Amazon MGM Execs Javiera Balmaceda, Nicole Morganti Talk Big Spanish-Language Action Swings, the Push for Scale at Iberseries & Platino Industria
Speaking at the Iberseries & Platino Industria conference in Madrid, Amazon MGM execs Javiera Balmaceda and Nicole M...
Karan Johar to End ‘Koffee With Karan’ After 22 Years With Final Season on JioHotstar: ‘The Decision Is Emotional and Personal’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian media personality Karan Johar will end “Koffee With Karan” after 22 years. His celebrity chat show returns for a ...
Greta Thunberg Makes Surprise Appearance at Zurich Premiere of ‘My Home of Wind and Sand,’ Denounces Occupation of Western Sahara
Greta Thunberg made a surprise appearance on Tuesday at Zurich Film Festival, where she joined the screening of a new do...
Anton Studios Joins The Creatives as Partner and Investor as Producer-Led European Company Enters Jointly Owned Holding Structure (EXCLUSIVE)
Fast-growing European studio Anton Studios is taking a minority position as a partner and investor in The Creatives. The...
Florence Pugh Credits Tom Holland for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role: ‘This All Happened Because of Tom’
Florence Pugh appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Monday night and revealed that fans of her Marvel character...
Aaron Sorkin Says ‘Social Reckoning’ Reshoots Had Nothing to Do With Trailer Backlash, Explains Why Trump Isn’t Named: It’s ‘Not a Red-Blue Thing’
Ahead of the release of “The Social Reckoning” on Oct. 9, director Aaron Sorkin is telling all on the film’s much-discus...
Fiona Lowe, Daughter of Chad Lowe and Kim Painter, Dies at 13
Fiona Hepler Lowe, the daughter of actor Chad Lowe and Kim Painter, has died. She was 13. Fiona’s death was confirmed to...
‘Final Payment,’ ‘Zoom In, Zoom Out’ Win Big at Pingyao; ‘Congo Boy’ Takes Rossellini Prize
Niu Niu’s “Final Payment” and Dong Jie’s “Zoom In, Zoom Out” each won two prizes at the 10th Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hid...
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