Variety
Corey Hawkins Signs With Range Media Partners (EXCLUSIVE)
Range Media Partners has signed Corey Hawkins for representation, Variety can exclusively reveal. Hawkins continues to be represented by WME, JTWAMM and Shelter PR. Hawkins, a graduate of the Juilliar...
2 days ago
Venice Chief Alberto Barbera Defends Selection of Russian Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s ‘DAU’ After Backlash: It’s ‘Not Pro-Putin Propaganda’
Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera took to social media on Wednesday to fight back against criticism of the inclusion of Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s “DAU” in this year’s ...
2 days ago
Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ to Rule in Fourth Weekend, ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Aims for $25 Million Debut
“Insidious: Out of the Further” won’t topple the box office reign of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” The sixth “Insidious” installment is targeting $23 million to $27 million in its domestic debut, likel...
2 days ago
Julie Andrews to Narrate Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ for Noiser Podcast Network (EXCLUSIVE)
Dame Julie Andrews will continue to lend her dulcet tones to the world of Jane Austen. The stage and screen icon — an Oscar, BAFTA and multi Emmy and Grammy award winner — will return for a second sea...
2 days ago
‘The End of Times’ Acquired by Split Screen Ahead of Venice Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Zagreb-based sales outlet Split Screen has secured international rights to “The End of Times” ahead of its world premiere in Critics’ Week, an independent sidebar to the Venice Film Festival. In Bibia...
2 days ago
‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Ends Summer Run With Consecutive Weeks of Ratings Growth
ABC recently decided to move some of this summer’s run of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” into the fall — and perhaps it doesn’t hurt that it’s doing very well so far this season. “Millionaire,” hoste...
2 days ago
New York Comedy Festival Adds More Shows to Lineup
The New York Comedy Festival has added more than 100 shows to its 2026 lineup. The 10-day celebration of comedy, taking place Nov. 6 to 15 across New York City’s five boroughs, will also feature progr...
2 days ago
Steve Buscemi, Tramell Tillman, Katy O’Brian, Nicholas Braun Among Cast of ‘Murderbot’ Season 2
“Murderbot” has added a murderer’s row of talent for its upcoming second season. The Apple TV sci-fi series, which stars Alexander Skarsgård as the titular Murderbot, has added the following cast memb...
2 days ago
Rafael Nadal Docuseries ‘Rafa’: How a Local Setting, Language and Intimate Lensing Set the Primetime Emmy Contender Apart
Produced by Skydance Sports and Netflix Sports, “Rafa,” a four-part portrait of Spain’s greatest sports icon Rafael Nadal, packs several singular punches. It’s the first time a non-English language d...
2 days ago
‘Les Mis’ Star Bradley Jaden to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Wanted’ Musical (EXCLUSIVE)
Bradley Jaden, who just wrapped an acclaimed run as Javert in “Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular,” is making his Broadway debut in the fall. The actor is joining the company of “Wanted” al...
2 days ago
‘Freefall’: A Kennedy Scion Probes the Mysterious Death of a Boeing Whistleblower
Rory Kennedy thought she was through with Boeing. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind “Last Days in Vietnam” and “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib” — and youngest child of late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel K...
2 days ago
Hook, AI-Powered Music Remixing App, Strikes UMG Deal as It Takes Social-Forward Approach to Fan-Created Remixes (EXCLUSIVE)
In an era where AI music generation has ruptured the music industry, a social-forward music remixing app is aiming to stand out among the rest — with the help of one of the major labels. Hook, an AI-p...
2 days ago
‘Mutiny’ Review: Jason Statham Dies Hard on a Cargo Ship in a Thriller of Impeccable Bring-the-Pain Timing
"Mutiny," a revenge thriller set aboard a giant cargo ship, shows that there’s life in the "Die Hard on a Boat" concept. The film makes you think of Bruce Willis in other ways too, since its star, Jas...
2 days ago
Bloomberg Media Sets Interview Series ‘Post Credits’ Hosted by Ian Schafer (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety has learned exclusively that Bloomberg Media is launching a new conversational series titled “Post Credits” with host Ian Schafer. The series hails from Ensemble, a Hoorae Media Company, of wh...
2 days ago
Estúdios Globo to Produce Feature ‘Macacos,’ Based on Clayton Nascimento’s Play (EXCLUSIVE)
GRAMADO, Brazil — Local media giant Globo’s Estúdios Globo will produce feature film “Macacos” (“Monkeys”), based on a play of Clayton Nascimento, and telefilm “Os Tatuyos,” as part of the company’s a...
2 days ago
‘Wildwood’ Trailer: Carey Mulligan Voices a Grieving Mother Ready to Tear Apart an Enchanted Forest in New Laika Stop-Motion Film
After six years, Laika is back with a new stop-motion animated film. In the new trailer for “Wildwood,” a young girl named Prue (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) launches a desperate rescue mission, joined by he...
2 days ago
‘Northbound’ Review: Bruce Dern Revs Up a Road Movie With Its Hands Otherwise Firmly at Ten and Two
There is a pleasantly peppery performance from a bewhiskered — and bewhiskyed — Bruce Dern in William Scoular’s “Northbound,” but its spice is lost to the coziness of an approach that sets a higher pr...
2 days ago
Producers Scout for K-pop Talent With U.S. Appeal During KCON Fan Festival in Los Angeles
In a makeshift audition booth assembled in a far corner on the ground floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center, a steady stream of K-pop lovers took their shot this past weekend. As part of the annu...
2 days ago
Emily Watson Says Growing Up in a Religious Cult Almost Stopped Her From Starring in ‘Breaking the Waves’: ‘I Was Like a Piece of Wire That Had Been U...
Emily Watson is one of the most lauded actors working today, having earned multiple Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations, as well as winning a Silver Bear in Berlin, a European Film Award and a S...
2 days ago
Catherine Zeta-Jones Thriller Series ‘Kill Jackie’ Sets October Release Date on Prime Video
Catherine Zeta-Jones’ highly anticipated thriller series, “Kill Jackie,” has set a premiere date on Prime Video. The Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures production will release all eight episodes Oct...
2 days ago
Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Pawel Pawlikowski Cannes Winners Among El Gouna’s First 10 Titles for Ninth Edition
El Gouna Film Festival has revealed the first 10 titles for its ninth edition, set to run Oct. 15-23, in the Red Sea resort town of El Gouna, Egypt. The lineup spans work from established auteurs and ...
2 days ago
The Beatles Ink Licensing and Merch Deal With Universal Music Ahead of Biopics
The Beatles rights-holding company Apple Corps has come together with Universal Music Group to ink a wide-ranging licensing and merch deal for all things related to the fab four. It will include physi...
2 days ago
Yami Gautam Dhar’s ‘Nayyi Navelli’ Sets October Release From Amazon MGM Studios, Colour Yellow (EXCLUSIVE)
Amazon MGM Studios and Colour Yellow have set “Nayyi Navelli,” an Indian fantasy family entertainer starring Yami Gautam Dhar, for release in cinemas this October, timed to the Dussehra festival perio...
2 days ago
San Sebastián Sets Fatih Akin’s ‘Ghost Song’ as Opening Night Film
“Ghost Song” (“Geister”), from multi-prized German auteur Fatih Akin (“In the Fade”), has been set as the opening night film at this year’s San Sebastián Film Festival. A world premiere, “Ghost Song” ...
2 days ago
‘House of the Dragon’ Directing Mentorship Alum Marcus Anthony Thomas Sets Cast for British Psychological Thriller ‘Cast Me!’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Marcus Anthony Thomas, who completed a directing mentorship on “House of the Dragon,” has started production on his directorial feature debut. Now shooting in London, psychological thriller “Cast Me!”...
2 days ago
Sci-Fi Horror Comedy ‘Flapjax’ Boards Blue Finch Films for Sales Ahead of Fantastic Fest Bow (EXCLUSIVE)
“Flapjax,” Rocko Zevenbergen’s sci-fi horror comedy, has landed a worldwide sales deal with Blue Finch Films ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest next month. The U.K. sales and distribution c...
2 days ago
Hybrid-AI Mandopop Musical ‘Alishan Escape’ Set at Red Empire, OMG (EXCLUSIVE)
Australian hybrid-AI studio Red Empire Productions and international production and distribution company Organic Media Group are developing “Alishan Escape: A Mandopop Ghost Adventure,” an original an...
2 days ago
Kim Jong-kwan’s ‘The Table: Day and Night’ to Open Busan
The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has selected “The Table: Day and Night,” directed by Kim Jong-kwan, as its opening film for the 2026 edition, marking the feature’s world premiere. Th...
2 days ago
‘Supergirl’ Star David Krumholtz Posts and Deletes Plans to Retire From Acting: ‘And Now, New Life’
David Krumholtz, who played Kor-El in this year’s “Supergirl” and appeared in “Oppenheimer” and “The Studio,” said on Threads Monday that he’s done with acting and ready to start a “new life.” However...
2 days ago
John Irvin, Director of ‘Hamburger Hill,’ ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,’ Dies at 86
John Irvin, the British director of “Hamburger Hill,” the “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” miniseries and 1981’s “Ghost Story,” died Aug. 11. He was 86. His producers confirmed he died at the home of his ...
2 days ago
‘Heroes’ Creator Tim Kring Pays Tribute to Hayden Panettiere as a ‘Singularly Talented Actor’ With a ‘Deep Understanding of Human Nature’
Hayden Panettiere was a seasoned professional by the time she auditioned for “Heroes” at the age of 16. But unlike many actors who start working as kids, Hayden had no sense of jaded child actor quali...
2 days ago
Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton on New Tabletop Gaming Show ‘Conludo,’ How ‘The Guild’ Reunion Movie Will Be Impacted by a Denied California Tax Credit
Reunions all around for Felicia Day these days: Amid a massive fundraiser for a movie reunion of her series “The Guild,” Day is reteaming with longtime friend and collaborator Wil Wheaton for a new ki...
2 days ago
Walmart Touts Free Peacock Access for Walmart+ Members on Heels of Streamer’s Latest Price Hike
Walmart is offering up some new deals, discounts and special offers right now, including a way to get a Peacock streaming subscription for free. While Walmart is touting its back to school deals right...
2 days ago
Clive Barker Announces Kickstarter-Exclusive Anthology Book Series ‘Library of the Dead’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Horror master Clive Barker is set to release the new “Library of the Dead” anthology project Aug. 18 exclusively on Kickstarter. The three-book horror anthology consists of three books: “Fear Eternal,...
2 days ago
How ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,’ ‘Fallout’ and ‘Spider-Noir’ Production Designers Built Out Their Worlds While Honoring the Source Material
This year, an unprecedented number of genre and fantasy shows broke into the Emmys race, including “Widow’s Bay,” “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” “It: Welcome to Derry,” “Fallout,” “Spider-Noir” and...
2 days ago
California Lawmakers Near Deal to Address Impact of Tax Cap on Film Credits
California lawmakers are closing in on a deal to help film producers who are facing new limits on their ability to monetize production tax credits. The agreement falls short of the entertainment indus...
2 days ago
Why a Reunion Between the Two Rival TV Academies Is Long Overdue
Last month’s news that the two rival TV academies are looking to reunite was welcome and overdue — but it won’t be as easy as flipping a switch. The Los Angeles-based Television Academy and the New Yo...
2 days ago
Oscars Budget, ‘Engaging’ With AI and Hot Memorabilia: Inside the Academy’s Annual All-Members Meeting (EXCLUSIVE)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got down to business on Tuesday, setting its agenda for the next year in an all-hands meeting with its membership. The official purpose, as noted in the...
2 days ago
Robin Williams’ Kids Revive Instagram Account to Combat AI Slop: ‘As Technology Evolves, We Want This to be a Safe, Trusted Place’
Nearly a month after the late Robin Williams’ 75th birthday, his three children have revived his Instagram account as a hub for honoring their father’s legacy — and to combat the “rampant AI abuse” of...
2 days ago
Dale Dickey on Her First Emmy Nomination for ‘Widow’s Bay’ and the Monologue That Made Her Say, ‘What the F—‘
A few years back, Dale Dickey walked into a department store looking for a dress. She was wearing what she usually wears — T-shirt, shorts, flip-flops, no makeup — and a salesperson gave her the once-...
2 days ago
Sundance Prizewinner Blerta Basholli on Kosovar War Drama ‘Dua’: ‘Teenagers Growing Up in Conflict Zones Are No Different From Any of Us’
Kosovar filmmaker Blerta Basholli’s debut “Hive” won the Grand Jury Prize, the Directing Award and the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021. In...
2 days ago
Motion Picture Academy Names Sean Baker and Samantha Quan as Chairs of Marquee Theater Committee
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Sean Baker and his partner, producer Samantha Quan, as the co-chairs of the new Marquee Theater Committee, which reviews submissions and recom...
2 days ago
Hayden Panettiere’s Estranged Mom Speaks Out After Actor’s Death: She ‘Lost Her Way’ and ‘I Wish She Had Stayed True to Herself’
Hayden Panettiere’s estranged mother and former manager, Lesley Vogel, has spoken out about her daughter’s shocking death at the age of 36. In an interview with NBC News, Vogel said, “I think Hayden w...
2 days ago
Frank Beard, Longtime ZZ Top Drummer, Dies at 77
Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s longtime drummer for the past 56 years, has died. He was 77. A representative for Beard confirmed that he died while in hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with his fam...
2 days ago
How the ‘Hacks’ Production Team Created a ’70s Sitcom Set and Overcame Las Vegas-Sized Challenges
In the “Hacks” universe, “Who’s Making Dinner?” is a fictional sitcom celebrating its 50th anniversary at PaleyFest with a screening and party. The story goes that the sitcom was created in the 1970s ...
2 days ago
Tyler, the Creator, Future, Leon Thomas to Perform at Camp Flog Gnaw 2026
Tyler, the Creator has released the lineup for his 12th annual Camp Flog Gnaw Festival, taking place at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on November 14-15. The rapper revealed the slate of performers via a...
2 days ago
Laci Mosley’s ‘Scam Goddess’ Comedy Podcast Launches Video Episodes on YouTube, Joins Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players Network at iHeart
“Scam Goddess,” comedy podcast in which Laci Mosley and friends feast on crazy stories about frauds past and present, is now coming at you in video. “Scam Goddess” has joined iHeartMedia and Will Ferr...
2 days ago
Round Hill Music Sues Suno, Anthropic for Copyright Infringement, Seeking Up to $1 Billion in Damages
The independent music publisher Round Hill Music sued Suno and Anthropic, accusing the two AI companies in a federal court in California of infringing its copyright by illegally scraping hundreds of i...
2 days ago
Cinemark Joins AMC Theatres and Regal in Supporting Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
Cinemark has endorsed the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger, meaning all three of the country’s major theater chains are backing the $111 billion deal. “The enduring success of our industry ...
2 days ago
Ella Langley on Spotlighting Female Country Artists on Tour, Wanting to Work With Harry Styles and Miranda Lambert Advice
For Ella Langley, 2026 has been one long victory lap. The Alabama-born country star’s “Choosin’ Texas” has become a bona fide crossover phenomenon, spending 15 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 — a rec...
2 days ago
English (US) 