While Taylor Swift was busy completing three back-to-back concerts in Dublin for her massive “Eras Tour,” the singer also managed to secure a 10th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with “The Tortured Poets Department.” Swift is well on her way to breaking Adele’s
The sixth and final season will be released in three batches, with Part One premiering July 18
Michael Groom’s “Between the Lights” and Leon Lozano’s “A Little Hope for Chicago” were two of the grand jury prize winners of Dances With Films: LA. The celebration, hosted at the TCL Chinese Theatre on June 30, saw “Between the Lights” (pictured) win best narrative feature
Syrian and Palestinian asylum seekers in a Greek refugee camp awaiting updates on their status. That is the world director Noaz Deshe (White Shadow, which was executive produced by Ryan Gosling) chose as the setting for his second feature film Xoftex, which had its world
Apple products are notorious for rarely going on sale, so it’s smart to pounce fast when you see a good deal online. In recent weeks, Apple has discounted the price of its AirPods Max Headphones and its best-selling iPad, and now, shoppers can score a deal on the popular Apple
Max has released the official trailer for “Harley Quinn” adult animated spinoff “Kite Man: Hell Yeah!” The series will debut on Max with two episodes on July 18, followed with a new episode weekly through Sept. 12. Poison Ivy’s ex-fiancé Kite Man (Matt Oberge) and Golden Glider
Having come of age in the Tumblr indie sleaze era of the early 2010s, I’d always wanted to go to Glastonbury Festival. My mood boards were littered with photos of Alexa Chung traversing Worthy Farm’s muddy grounds wearing a mini skirt and wellies, and I fantasized about being
Gru and his loyal yellow henchmen are preparing to light up the box office over the Fourth of July. “Despicable Me 4,” the sixth entry in Universal and Illumination’s hit animated franchise, is expected to bring in $100 million to $125 million during the five-day holiday frame.
“Star Trek” alum Jonathan Frakes is set to direct sci-fi series “Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime.” He has also joined the producing team. “Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime” has also upped writers David Cormican (“Tokyo Trial”) and Dwayne Hill (“Northern Rescue”) to exec producers
Hunter Biden, the legally embattled son of President Biden, filed a lawsuit against Fox News alleging that sexually graphic photos of Hunter Biden included in the network’s fictionalized “mock trial” miniseries about him violated a New York revenge porn law. Hunter Biden’s suit
Paul Mescal revealed to Vanity Fair as part of the first look at “Gladiator II” that he was offered the sequel’s leading role after meeting director Ridley Scott for only a half-hour. The legendary filmmaker had already become a fan of Mescal’s after he watched the actor’s
Julianne Moore, Milly Alcock, and Meghann Fahy are all set for lead roles in the upcoming Netflix limited series “Sirens.” Variety exclusively reported in February that the dark comedy series was coming to Netflix. It hails from “Maid” creator Molly Smith Metzler and is based
FilmSharks has released the international trailer for “The Bus of Life,” the latest feature from Barcelona-based Arcadia Motion Pictures, producers of Pablo Berger’s Oscar-nominated movie “Robot Dreams” and Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Cesar and Goya-winner “The Beasts.” “The Bus of
The estate of Tom Petty has signed a worldwide administration deal with Warner Chappell Music (WCM) to distribute the late rock singer’s music catalog. Over his 40-year career, Petty recorded more than 13 studio albums with the Heartbreakers and three solo albums, including the
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
All six seasons of “Lost,” the cult-classic supernatural show that ended its TV run 14 years ago, are once again streaming on Netflix in the U.S. as of July 1. The full run of “Lost,” created by J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber, remains available on Hulu. “Lost”
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
"It’s with the greatest reluctance that I have accepted the medical advice to protect my full recovery by not working in the meantime," the actor said
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
The Investigation Discovery docuseries is slated for 2025
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
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 senior awards editor Clayton Davis.
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
