“The Mummy” star Brendan Fraser was in his thirties when he first became an action star with his trio of adventure movies. Now, nearly 20 years after his last outing as archaeologist Rick O’Connell, the 57-year-old actor is getting back into shape for the long-awaited “Mummy
Fusion Entertainment has signed Toronto-based filmmaker Sophy Romvari for management. Romvari is currently earning acclaim for her feature directorial debut, “Blue Heron,” which was released theatrically by Janus Films in the U.S. last month. The film is now rolling out to
Joey Jia, founder and CEO of vertical content shop ReelShort, is set to speak next month at the Vertical Media Summit, hosted in Hollywood by media research firm Owl & Co. Jia will take part in a conversation on June 3 with Owl & Co. chief Hernan Lopez, the former Fox executive
Despite what the obligatory disclaimer before each episode may say, the Israeli thriller “Unconditional” — which aired on Keshet 12 in its country of origin last month before coming to Apple TV in the U.S. — is clearly inspired by real-life events. When 23-year-old Gali (Talia
Neil Blair, founder of literary and entertainment agency The Blair Partnership, has signaled his confidence in the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, telling Variety he believes it will continue to “honor the legacy” of “Harry Potter.” “Harry Potter” creator J.K. Rowling, who is
New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has confirmed that Microsoft has stopped development of Copilot on console and to begin “winding down” use of the AI service for mobile gaming. Sharma took to X to reveal that Microsoft will retire features “that don’t align with where we’re headed.”
The Oscar-nominated German actress will discuss her life and career — including two other 2026 films, 'Rose,' for which she won Berlin's best actress prize, and blockbuster 'Project Hail Mary' — on Friday, May 15, in the Campari Lounge.
The Fantastic Pavilion is cementing its position as a leading global hub for genre cinema at Cannes’s Marché du Film, where it returns this year for its fourth edition with an expanded slate of industry initiatives, international partnerships and market-driven programming.
Nintendo is hiking the price of its Switch 2 gaming console across territories, with plans to increase the cost to $499.99 in the U.S. beginning Sept. 1. Since the Switch 2’s release on June 5, 2025, the gaming hardware has been priced at $449.99. Nintendo’s $50 increase comes
AMC Global Media (recently rebranded from AMC Networks) reported its first-quarter 2026 earnings Friday, showing streaming revenue rose even as overall paid subscribers ticked down. Per AMC, streaming subscribers were down 1% year-over-year to 10.1 million during the
New Spanish horror film production label Noir Hollow is making its international debut at the Cannes Film Market’s Fantastic Pavilion with the premiere of “The House of Monsters,” starring Jaime Lorente of “Elite” and “Money Heist” fame and veteran actor Antonio Resines (“The
“The Incomer,” Louis Paxton’s debut feature starring Domhnall Gleeson, has been picked up by Focus Features for international rights and is now also set to open this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival. The Scottish folk-comedy-drama, focussing on the clash between a pair of
“Fiume o morte!,” directed by Igor Bezinović, was awarded the FIPRESCI Documentary Grand Prix Thursday during the opening ceremony of the 23rd Millennium Docs Against Gravity, the second-largest documentary film festival in Europe. The award honors the best documentary film of
Focus Features has picked up the international rights on the British comedy, which won Paxton Sundance's Next Innovator Award in January.
Screenxcope has acquired Australian and New Zealand rights to “Roid,” partnering with DeshiEvents for a theatrical release slated for early June across both territories. The Bangladeshi drama had its premiere as a Tiger Competition selection at International Film Festival
Cannes-bound directors Pawel Pawlikowski (“Fatherland”), Lukas Dhont (“Coward”) and Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“The Beloved”) are among the more than 4,700 film personalities who have signed an open letter calling for the European Union to backpedal on its plans to make major changes
Charli xcx has released her new single and video, “Rock Music,” and at two minutes, its brevity stands in stark contrast to the outsize amount of discussion it will spark about her new direction in the post-“Brat” era. Most crucially, fans now have a chance to decide whether
Francis Ford Coppola, Juliette Binoche, Sandra Hüller, Joachim Trier, Stellan Skarsgård, and Vicky Krieps are among the signatories of an open letter calling on the EU to "future-proof" support for MEDIA.
Hollywood’s latest leading man Jonathan Bailey has booked a new film. Fresh from being crowned 2025’s box office king thanks to “Jurassic World Rebirth” and “Wicked: For Good,” the actor is now teaming up with Oscar winner Natalie Portman (“May December,” “Black Swan”) for
Mel B, the former Spice Girl and a judge on “America’s Got Talent,” musician Jacob Collier, TV host Padma Lakshmi, actor Natalie Dormer, best known for “Game of Thrones,” U.K. TV hosts Ant and Dec, and Chelsea Clinton, vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, are among the latest
Sony Group Corporation and its PlayStation division have outlined an AI strategy built on the principle that human creativity must anchor every application of the technology, with both companies’ chief executives pointing to proprietary tools and measurable commercial returns
Time, as well as reality and fiction blur in the third feature from Austrian writer-director Sandra Wollner, who makes her first trip to the Croisette for the Cannes Un Certain Regard world premiere.
Sony Pictures Entertainment revenue came in roughly flat for fiscal year 2025, as higher sales at its Crunchyroll anime streamer and the success of global blockbuster film “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” were offset by overall lower revenue from theatrical
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers from “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the Season 22 finale of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” Doctors Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) have finally clocked out of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. In the Season 22
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers from “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the Season 22 finale of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” With the conclusion of Season 22 of “Grey’s Anatomy,” Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital is bidding adieu to two of its longest-standing attendings
It was nearly 50 years ago, but Sally Field still remembers when she realized her relationship with Burt Reynolds was coming to a close. Field, who is starring in Netflix’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” discussed how the late “Cannonball Run” star became overly controlling
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from Episode 3 of “Half Man,” now streaming on HBO Max. “Half Man,” the new drama from “Baby Reindeer” creator Richard Gadd, has split viewers and critics alike thanks to its brutal depiction of misogyny, violence and toxic
“Law and Order” is poised to be be renewed for Season 26 at NBC, Variety has learned from sources. The news will no doubt offer relief to fans, as the show had been firmly on the bubble going into NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation to advertisers. Last minute details are still
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the Season 9 finale of ABC’s “9-1-1,” titled “Hearts and Flowers.” “9-1-1” ended its ninth season Thursday with two big changes heading into Season 10: Athena (Angela Bassett) is finally becoming a detective — and Buck (Oliver
The Dark Knight’s wheels are getting a winter upgrade. Matt Reeves dropped what appears to be the first official look at production on “The Batman: Part 2” Thursday, posting a photo on X of what he captioned “#SnowTires 🦇” — a teaser image of the film’s Batmobile mid-camera
Seth Rogen and Jon Stewart are letting loose on Kanye West for attempting a “comeback tour” after years of anti-semitic behavior. At the “Seth Goes Greek” event Wednesday evening at the Netflix Is a Joke festival held at Los Angeles’ Greek Theater, Rogen began to ridicule West
The key cast for drama series “Hamburg Days,” about the Beatles’ early days in the German city, has been revealed as the six-parter started filming in Hamburg, Munich and Liverpool. The series stars Rhys Mannion (“It Is in Us All,” “Freud’s Last Session”) as John Lennon,
Are people still firing up “My Octopus Teacher” on Netflix? The viral success of that documentary felt like a peak-pandemic phenomenon, when some of us were sufficiently starved for connection with both the natural world and our fellow humans that its thin anthropomorphic
Taylor Swift’s attorneys have slapped back at a lawsuit filed by a former Las Vegas showgirl who claims that the pop superstar’s “The Life of a Showgirl” album title infringes on her trademark for the phrase “Confessions of a Showgirl.” The lawyers call the argument that there
"Nowadays, people can create a celebrity without ever doing much besides rolling a phone on themselves," the Oscar winner said.
Stephen Colbert has set an all-star lineup of late-night hosts as some of his final guests on “The Late Show,” which will conclude on May 21 after being canceled by CBS last year. On May 11, Colbert will interview Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver. As the
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer behind 1980s hits like “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero,” has been hospitalized in Portugal. A statement was shared to the 74-year-old singer’s Facebook and website on Wednesday breaking the news to fans and acknowledging
Kilcher alleges that the director extracted her facial features after seeing her performance in a 2005 film, which she appeared in when she was 14, for use as the basis of the Neytiri character.
Plan B will produce the love story alongside ‘Anora’ producer Alex Coco.
The actress is looking for millions of dollars from Justin Baldoni, who may also be on the hook to pay her legal fees, after the court last year dismissed his defamation lawsuit.
Newly-crowned Oscar winner Jessie Buckley is reuniting with her “Hamnet” co-star Paul Mescal for “Hold On To Your Angels,” written and to be directed by Oscar nominee Benh Zeitlin (“Beasts Of The Southern Wild,” “Wendy”) and what promises to be a buzzy film launching in the
It’s a make-or-break year for the Primetime Emmys. After NBC broadcasts the 78th Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, the current four-network “wheel deal” — in which ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox take turns airing the annual event — expires. As of now, no renewal is in place, meaning we still
The feature is set up at Universal.
Starz reported first-quarter 2026 earnings Thursday revealing wider losses, largely due to content-impairment charges — but the media company gave indications it’s improving its financial position one year out from its spinoff from Lionsgate. During a call with analysts later
Blake Lively agreed to settle her claims against Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios on Monday, but her legal battle continues in the form of a motion for attorney fees resulting from Baldoni’s failed defamation suit against her. Lively filed the motion last September under a
Mark Ruffalo revealed in a new op-ed for The New York Times co-written with American Economic Liberties Project research director Matt Stoller that many Hollywood stars declined to sign the recent open letter that’s fighting to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. “The most
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, global star Kate del Castillo details the return of “La Reina del Sur” for a fourth season on Telemundo next year. Her widow-turned-crime boss character Teresa Mendoza will “be touching hell,” del Castillo promises. The global star
“Murder in a Small Town” has been renewed for Season 3 at Fox. In addition, Peter Gallagher (“The O.C.,” “Grace and Frankie”) will join the series in a season-long arc. Gallagher will star as Rod Finlayson, who is described as “a charismatic, uber-independent, capable yet
Anyone who missed out on the very tough-to-get tickets for Hayley Williams’ current tour of theaters will soon get a shot at picking up seats for a run of shows she’s doing in amphitheaters in the fall … although all indicators are that even these more sizable venues may prove
Jaime Pressly is the latest Hollywood star to make the jump to OnlyFans. The actor’s page on the subscription-based content platform officially launches May 7 at 1 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. ET. “I’ve always believed in evolving with the times,” Pressly said in a statement to Variety
