Lionsgate is going back to the early 1990s this summer, with help from Tyrese Gibson and Snoop Dogg. The company announced Monday that it will release director Ariel Vromen’s crime thriller 1992 in theaters Aug. 30. Snoop Dogg has boarded the feature as executive producer
The Paramount+ original documentary “Superpower,” co-directed by Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman, is available to stream for free on the official Paramount+ YouTube channel. The documentary will be available in the United States and its territories, including Bermuda, free of
Steven Soderbergh is taking a page from Taylor Swift’s playbook. “People laugh that there is a college class being taught about her and I go, ‘There should be,'” the director tells Variety at Karlovy Vary Film Festival. “What she is doing, the way she is doing it… Nobody has
Amazon Prime Video has ordered a docuseries about the 2022 Idaho murders, with a separate scripted series in the works. The docuseries, from Skydance Television and Story Syndicate, will chronicle “the November 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students and the
John Wick filmmaker Chad Stahelski is set to produce an English-language remake of the action thriller Kill for Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. Nikhil Nagesh Bhat wrote and directed the 2023 Indian Hindi-language film. The original Kill movie took place during a train trip
“John Wick” director Chad Stahelski and his production company 87Eleven Entertainment are producing an English-language remake of the Indian action film “Kill” for Lionsgate. The announcement comes ahead of the release of the original Hindi-language “Kill,” which is directed by
You might expect a film that begins with Mel Gibson announcing, “The Bible says we should rejoice in our suffering,” to be a little more high-minded than “Boneyard.” But this trashy trawl through a fictionalized version of the “West Mesa Murders” — a still-unsolved southwestern
Richard Gere has joined the upcoming espionage thriller series “The Agency” at Paramount+ with Showtime, Variety has learned. Gere is the latest big name to join the series, after Variety exclusively reported that Michael Fassbender would star in the show and Jeffrey Wright was
Sean Penn’s Superpower is free. The Oscar winner’s two-hour documentary on Ukraine has entered a one-year contract to stream free of charge beginning today — in the United States and its territories including Bermuda — on the Paramount+ YouTube channel. The Paramount+ original
Ian McKellen will not return to the national tour of “Players Kings” after an on-stage fall two weeks ago led him to be hospitalized. The actor had previously announced that he would not be finishing the play’s West End shows, but was expected to make a return to the production
Why let an ugly breakup get in the way of work? With “Summer House” starting production on Season 9 during the July 4 holiday, Variety has learned that both Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard — whose broken engagement provided the show’s eighth season with its dramatic spine — will
“A Quiet Place” has become a horror franchise with few equals. The third entry in Paramount’s post-apocalyptic series, “A Quiet Place: Day One,” beat expectations with $53 million domestically and $98 million globally in its box office debut. It landed the best start of the
Sesame Workshop has named Sherrie Westin its new chief executive officer, shifting from the interim position she was named to by the nonprofit’s board of trustees earlier this year. Previously, Westin served as the president of the organization behind “Sesame Street” since
Long before Tinashe’s “Nasty” spawned the catch phrase of the summer, (“Is somebody gonna match my freak?”) the idea for earworm come through a freestyle on the way to a recording session with Ricky Reed. “I’d just gotten this necklace that said ‘Nasty,’ because I have this
With 1 billion minutes watched, “Bridgerton” Season 3 was the most-watched streaming original of the week of June 21-27, which marked the final four episodes’ second full week of availability. The achievement was unsurprising, as the Shonda Rhimes-produced Netflix drama has
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Kevin Costner’s “Horizon” got off to a dismal start at the box office with $11 million, an undisputed misfire considering the budget was in the $100 million range for Western epic. Costner said he spent around $38 million of his own money to finance the production. Warner Bros.
The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) have introduced a new director role following an independent report into this year’s competition. It has also been recommended the contest, which is organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), appoint a welfare
Netflix has debuted a trailer for the first part of the final season of “Cobra Kai,” premiering on July 18 on the streamer. The sixth and final season will be split in three parts, with each part containing five episodes. The second batch will be released on Nov. 28, and the
Investigation Discovery has landed the first interview with Sherri Papini, the woman at the center of a media uproar after she faked her kidnapping and later pled guilty to orchestrating the hoax. The interview will serve as the centerpiece of a multi-part docuseries that ID is
Steven Soderbergh has been all over the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary in recent days. On Monday, he shared his takes and insights on such topics as AI, sex scenes, movie release windows, Hollywood’s current “correction,” new projects and even the success of Taylor Swift with a
The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) celebrated its 25th anniversary this weekend, bringing out heavyweight talent for a star-studded party on Friday. “[We are] celebrating resilience, and the success of the icons that we have today,” NALIP executive
TrustNordisk has sold “Loveable” to Estin Film for Lithuania and Estonia, Cinemania Group for the former Yugoslavia and September Film for Benelux. The film, directed by Lilja Ingolfsdottir, making her feature debut, premieres at Karlovy Vary Film Festival on Tuesday. It’s
Netflix’s live-action “One Piece” TV series has gone into production for its second season, with the streaming confirming the returns of Ilia Isorelys Paulino as Alvida, Jeff Ward as Buggy and Michael Dorman as Gold Roger. The original Straw Hat crew was previously confirmed to
“Fargo” “Bridgerton” and “Palm Royale” were among the TV shows landing nominations with the Location Managers Guild. Also nominated were “Saltburn” and “Civil War.” The 11th annual LMGI Awards are set for Aug. 24 at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly
Steve McQueen’s World War II drama “Blitz” will world premiere as the opening night gala of the 68th BFI London Film Festival (LFF). The Apple original film, directed, produced, and written by McQueen, marks the Academy Award and BAFTA winner’s return to the festival. “Blitz”
The world premiere of Steve McQueen‘s Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and Harris Dickinson, will open 2024’s BFI London Film Festival (LFF) this October. The Apple original film — directed, produced and written by Oscar-winner McQueen (12 Years a Slave) — follows the journey of
George Sikharulidze’s feature debut “Panopticon” is, the director says, a very personal movie. The film, screening as a world premiere in Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s main competition, is a coming-of-age story about a young man floundering to find himself in the absence of any
Crunchyroll has acquired “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle,” which will debut in theaters globally as a trilogy of films. The three films will be distributed by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment worldwide, excluding some Asian territories and Japan. No
Fremantle and Italian crime/action genre specialist Stefano Sollima’s newly launched company AlterEgo have signed a first-look deal that will see them work in tandem developing a slate of original films and dramas for the international market. Sollima, who is known for
“Top Chef Middle East,” the hit Arabic-language adaptation of Bravo’s TV series, is moving to Saudi Arabia’s innovative Neom production hub. Leading Middle East broadcaster MBC – which is Saudi-owned – is teaming up with Neom Media Industries to launch production of the eighth
French directors Benoit Jacquot (“Farewell, My Queen”) and Jacques Doillon (“The Little Gangster”) were summoned by police on July 1 for questioning in connection with complaints filed by actor Judith Godreche on Feb. 8. The two directors were taken in custody by the Juvenile
The European Commission has raised concerns over Meta’s “pay or consent” advertising model for Facebook and Instagram users in the EU. In preliminary findings released on Monday, regulators suggest the social media giant’s approach may not comply with the Digital Markets Act
Netflix and Amazon returned to dominance in commissioning of original content worldwide, in the first quarter of this year, says research and consultancy firm Ampere Analysis. The pair had been challenged in recent years by the launch of studio-backed streaming platforms, but
French police have taken directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon into questioning on accusations of sexual assault made against them by actress and activist Judith Godrèche. Godrèche filed official complaints against Jacquot and Doillon in February, accusing both men of
In what remains the Spanish film industry’s biggest event of 2024, last January, pay TV Movistar Plus+, behind premium series like “A Perfect Life” and “The Plague,” summoned local press to unveil its biggest strategic move for the last few years. Accompanying Movistar Plus
The next film from French director Mia Hansen-Love (Things to Come, One Fine Morning) will be a period drama on the life of ground-breaking English writer and activist Mary Wollstonecraft. Hansen-Love is writing and directing If Love Should Die on the visionary 18th-century
The question of when the summer box office season is going to kick into high gear remains unanswered in mainland China – just as it had until recently in plenty of other markets. Over the latest weekend, Chinese-produced feelgood movie “Moments We Shared” headed the box office
Zeki Demirkubuz’s “Life” was awarded the Golden Bee for best feature film at the second edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival. Mahdi Fleifel’s Un Certain Regard breakout “To a Land Unknown” took the Jury’s Choice prize, while Brandt Andersen’s “The Stranger’s Case” won
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has revealed an increased investment in Eleventh Hour Films (EHF), taking a majority stake in the U.K.-based production company. This move makes EHF the fourth majority-owned, U.K.-based scripted drama company in SPT’s International Production
Indian sci-fi epic “Kalki 2898 AD” made a third place debut at the worldwide box office in a weekend led by “Inside Out 2” and “A Quiet Place: Day One.” Disney’s “Inside Out 2” collected $165 million worldwide, including $57.4 million in North America, in its third weekend of
“Derry Girls” creator Lisa McGee has started production on her upcoming comedy thriller series “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast” in Northern Ireland and has revealed the lead cast for the Netflix show. Roísín Gallagher (“The Dry,” “The Lovers”), Sinéad Keenan (“Little Boy
“Inside Out 2” enjoyed another stellar second weekend at the South Korean box office, and again led from local thriller “Hijack 1971.” But unlike in the previous session, the pair of frontrunners did not have the field to themselves. Local title “Handsome Guys” opened in third
Mia Hansen-Løve, one of France’s leading filmmakers whose movies have played at Cannes, Berlin and Toronto, will next direct “If Love Should Die,” an ambitious feature film about the life of visionary English writer and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft. Mubi, the auteur-driven
In the interest of full disclosure, it should be stated at the outset that “Heart Strings,” a musical drama about a young couple competing against each other in a reality TV show, was co-written (with director Ate de Jong) by Steven Gaydos, a 30-year veteran of Variety. As he