There are no mistakes: Late artist Bob Ross’ happy trees are about to once again help out public broadcasting. On last week’s 2025 finale of “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” the host convinced the Bob Ross estate to auction another of the PBS TV stars’ paintings to support
Avani Films has rolled out a new documentary slate featuring two projects nearing completion and a science series in development. The production company’s lineup includes feature documentaries “Comedians in Bars” and “Dispatch,” both in late-stage production, alongside “Rebus,”
Microdramas are moving into a new phase of global expansion, industry leaders said at the WAVES Film Bazaar, pointing to evolving genres, rising male viewership, institutional support in Europe and surging demand across India and Latin America. Moderated by Variety’s Naman
Three-time Grammy winner Ne-Yo, Indian music legend Sonu Nigam and pioneering Chinese American rapper MC Jin have partnered with former Warner Music Asia co-president Jonathan Serbin to launch Pacific Music Group, a new entertainment company headquartered in Hong Kong focused
Fae Pictures is ramping up its production activity with multiple projects spanning horror, television and documentary as president Shant Joshi participated in a producers’ development program. Joshi was selected as one of 12 producers for the WAVES Film Bazaar x ProducerLAND
The 2025 International Emmy Awards winners were announced Monday at a gala event in New York. For the 53rd annual edition, winners came from 64 contenders across 16 categories representing a record 26 countries. Among special honors: Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden
Indian actor Anupam Kher brought a mix of humor, grit and unvarnished honesty to his International Film Festival of India (IFFI) masterclass, “Giving Up Is Not a Choice,” holding a packed Kala Mandir audience with stories spanning his small-town beginnings, his breakout turn in
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for “Wicked: For Good,” now playing in theaters. “Wicked: For Good” director Jon M. Chu revealed to Business Insider that he refused to show Universal Pictures executives the final shot of his two-part musical adaptation, fearing they
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers from Episodes 1-3 of “Bel-Air,” now streaming on Peacock. For the past three years, Jabari Banks has played Will in Peacock’s reboot of the beloved ’90s sitcom, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, ” a legendary role originated by Will
The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage is now weighing in on all categories except for the trio pertaining to shorts.
Fresh off a festival run that spanned Toronto to San Sebastián, the Portuguese writer-director talks BAFTA Breakthrough, her path from editor to filmmaker and the new projects she’s beginning to shape.
With his Cannes-lauded feature debut leading the BIFA nominations and representing the U.K. at the Oscars, the filmmaker reflects on the surprise of being named a BAFTA Breakthrough and why he still sees himself as "a real student of the craft."
The British Academy has unveiled the 2025 cohort for BAFTA Breakthrough U.K., featuring 20 creatives-to-watch in the film, TV and games. Among the crop of names to make the list this year are Akinola Davies Jr., who turned heads in Cannes with his directorial debut “My Father’s
Shirley Henderson will forever be linked to the “Harry Potter” franchise thanks to her role as Moaning Myrtle in 2002’s “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.” It’s a role she landed only after being advised by the movie’s casting director not to mention her age to others.
FX has ordered a series adaptation of Ubisoft’s “Far Cry” video games from Noah Hawley and Rob Mac, Variety has learned. In addition to co-creating the series, Mac (formerly McElhenney) will also star. The series will stream on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
ABC is moving forward with “The Rookie” spinoff “The Rookie: North,” with the broadcast network giving the project a pilot order. In addition, Jay Ellis has been cast in the lead role of the project, which was first reported to be in development at ABC back in December 2024.
“One Piece” Season 3 is officially in production for Netflix in Cape Town, South Africa. As previously announced, the streamer renewed the live-action adaptation of the beloved manga and anime series for a third season ahead of the Season 2 premiere, which is slated for March
Kristin Chenoweth’s “The Queen of Versailles” has already set its final Broadway performance, less than two weeks after opening. The production disclosed Monday evening that its final bow at the St. James Theatre is set for Jan. 4. The decision to close continues a trend of new
The actress said she stepped away from her drink on Saturday night and the next thing she knew, she was “passed out [and] in the hospital"
With her third studio album “Finally Over It” debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 this week, Summer Walker not only secured the biggest R&B debut by a woman in 2025, but also chalked up her fourth Top 10 entry on the chart. The 18-song record debuts with 77,000 equivalent
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
“Love Thy Nader” has been renewed for a second season on Hulu and Freeform, which will premiere in 2026. Per the official logline, the reality series follows “the unapologetic and determined Nader sisters — Brooks, Mary Holland, Grace Ann and Sarah Jane — who left their humble
The regional players are cementing their partnership after collaborating on the six-part action crime series ‘Drug War: A Conspiracy of Silence.'
Scarlett Johansson will star in the next “Exorcist” movie for Universal and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster. Mike Flanagan is writing, directing and producing the newest installment, which has been described as a “radical new take” on the property. The original “Exorcist,” directed by
Mike Flanagan, who previously tackled Stephen King adaptations 'Gerald's Game' and 'Doctor Sleep,' is writing and will direct the feature film.
Lupita Nyong’o revealed in an interview with CNN that winning an Oscar for her supporting performance in “12 Years a Slave” only led to acting offers for more slave roles in the months that followed her breakthrough victory. Nyong’o made her feature film acting debut as Patsy
Shawn Levy’s go-to shorthand for Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of “Stranger Things” — which Levy brought to Netflix through his company, 21 Laps, in March 2015 — is simply “the brothers.” He calls them that frequently and affectionately, as he speaks with Variety over Zoom
The ‘Hairspray’ director’s latest movie for Bleecker Street and World of Wonder is called ‘STOP! THAT! TRAIN!’
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), formerly known as UFOs, have been visiting earth for decades and the U.S. government knows about it. At least that’s the case made in the recently released documentary “The Age of Disclosure.” In the 110-minute independently-made doc,
Chris Grant’s Osmosis Global shingle is launching a first-run unscripted U.S. studio model, with Discovery’s upcoming “Saving Yellowstone With Dennis Quaid” as the first project. The series, which follows Quaid as he highlights the ongoing threats to the “Greater Yellowstone
“The Morning Show” has a knack for covering current events — the MeToo movement, space travel and in Season 4, AI. And that reflection of what’s happening in the real world will likely continue into Season 5. “I think we will be leaning into what’s going on now. The current
He also appeared in ‘Flesh for Frankenstein,’ ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,’ ‘Melancholia,’ ‘Swan Song,’ ‘The Secret Agent’ and much more.
A film adaptation of Rebecca Yarros’ best-selling ballerina novel “Variation” is in the works at Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has confirmed. “It Ends With Us” screenwriter Christy Hall is penning the script for the movie and President Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground
“Something is coming. Something hungry for blood. A shadow grows on the wall behind you, swallowing you in darkness. It is almost here.” The first dialogue spoken in Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” 12-year-old Mike Wheeler’s (Finn Wolfhard) scene-setting for a fictional attack
Ice-T is explaining the lack of Fin on Season 27 of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” After Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T has been on the Dick Wolf series the longest, joining the show in Season 2 in 2000. However, he’s only appeared in four of the eight episodes this year. “It’s
The acquisition happens as the second novel in the series, 'The Strength of the Few,' lands at the top of the New York Times best-seller list.
Justice is served? “All’s Fair” has been renewed for Season 2 at Hulu. The Ryan Murphy series debuted on Nov. 4 and quickly became a camp classic. Despite being despised by critics (Variety dubbed it a “condescending take on girlboss fantasia”), the divorce lawyer drama
During the waning days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ray Romano was flipping through Peacock when he stumbled across his old show “Everybody Loves Raymond.” And whaddyuh know, it was pretty good! “I hadn’t seen an episode in 10 years, 15 years,” he says. “And I went, ‘wow!’ I
The actor posted a video saying The Telegraph misconstrued his comments about having “no home"
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Rebecca Rubin unpacks Universal Pictures’ risky decision to break “Wicked” in two parts, and how it paid off with a record haul. And Jennifer Maas gives us an update on the mood at HBO as parent company Warner Bros.
Former Variety staffer Stu Levine, now a PR executive at NBCUniversal, was a close friend of publicity and communications exec Robert Pietranton, the Warner Bros. TV Group senior VP who died last week at 56. Here, Levine shares his personal memories of Pietranton. Thank you,
While beginning the pre-production process for Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” production designer Tamara Deverell began her research by going to museums to create the look of 1850s Edinburgh. “One of the first opportunities I had to spend time with Guillermo was when we
The “Foster Dade” pilot at Hulu has added Cameron Mann to its cast, Variety has learned exclusively. Mann will appear in the pilot, which is based on the Nash Jenkins novel “Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos,” alongside previously announced cast members Matt Bomer and Chloe East.
Sinclair, the second-biggest U.S. TV station group owner, has proposed to acquire smaller rival E.W. Scripps Co. in its entirety, offering $7 per share for stock in Scripps that it does not already own. Sinclair disclosed the takeover bid Monday in an SEC filing and also said
Terry Gilliam always knew that “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” would leave a cultural mark far outstripping its modest box-office returns. But he never thought it would morph into a kind of foundational text for the tinfoil-hat right. “I’m responsible for QAnon,” he says, half
This year was supposed to cement the great box office reset. Instead, 2025 has fallen far short of that promise. Winter was bleak, and although spring surged and summer was decent, the fall season has been tragic. With an inconsistent supply of hits, waning interest in
Uruguay has submitted time travel drama “Don’t You Let Me Go” (“Agarrame fuerte”) to vie for the Best International Feature prize at the 98th Oscars. Winner of the Nora Ephron Award at the Tribeca Festival where it had its world premiere, the drama is the latest from directing
CBS has released the first full trailer for “Y: Marshals.” The upcoming “Yellowstone” spinoff series will debut on CBS on March 1, 2026. Luke Grimes stars in the series, reprising the role of Kayce Dutton. In the trailer, Kayce opens by saying, “I fought every day to get out
Zach Bryan is set to embark on his biggest international tour yet, “With Heaven on Tour,” a U.S. and European run of dates kicking off March 7, 2026 in St. Louis at the Dome at America’s Center. The tour spans over 40 dates across North America and Europe, including stops in
Fandango has raised more than $2.5 million from moviegoers who opted to round their ticket purchases to the nearest dollar in support of community-driven philanthropic initiatives. The feature has been dubbed Round Up and it launched in Jan. 2025. The donations have been used
