Upstart filmmaker Curry Barker continues his mainstream Hollywood takeover with a big new gig: director on A24’s anticipated film reboot of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” Variety has learned exclusively that Barker will take the lead on the project, billed by insiders as a
The jury may still be out on whether the Emmys will embrace “Company Retreat” — but Amazon is going for it anyway. Prime Video has revealed its Emmy strategy for the second season of the reality hoax series exclusively to Variety, submitting across 19 categories. The
Stephen Merchant’s 2019 film “Fighting With My Family,” starring Florence Pugh and Dwayne Johnson, is being adapted into a stage musical. Producers include Merchant, Johnson and Dany Garcia for their Seven Bucks Productions, Tilted Musicals, Kevin Misher and Birmingham
Drake has announced that his ninth studio album, “Iceman,” is scheduled for release on May 15. Waiting for Drake’s official “Iceman” release date was something akin to… well, watching ice melt. On Monday, he revealed that he’d buried the album date in the middle of blocks of
Denise Richards took to Instagram on Tuesday morning to remember her friend Patrick Muldoon, who died on April 19 at 57 years old. “This is so hard for me to put into words,” Richards wrote. “I am deeply heartbroken & devastated losing you. You were my best friend & my family.
Jeff Probst is ready to play “Survivor” … or is he? In a new exclusive sneak peek of the Wednesday, April 22, episode, the host and showrunner steps in to compete in his first immunity challenge (“Wrist Assured” or “Water Weight,” depending on what season in the past you’ve
“On the Road (En El Camino)” led the winners at the 43rd Miami Film Festival, taking the festival’s top jury prize, the $10,000 Marimbas Award. Directed by David Pablos, the film was recognized as the narrative feature that best exemplifies “richness and resonance for cinema’s
Indie genre distributor The Horror Collective has acquired worldwide rights to “213 Bones,” the well-received throwback slasher steeped in ’90s nostalgia. The label is owned by Shaked Berenson’s Studio Dome, a multi-platform distribution company that will also sell global
The pair met while filming 1997's Starship Troopers and dated for nearly five years, remaining close friends afterwards
Meryl Streep made headlines last month after revealing that her co-star Anne Hathaway consulted producers on the set of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” to avoid featuring models who were too “skeletal.” “I was struck by how not only beautiful and young — everyone seems young to me —
Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of social-media platform Truth Social and other businesses whose mission is “to end Big Tech’s assault on free speech by opening up the internet and giving people their voices back,” announced the appointment of Kevin McGurn as
Bill Mechanic, the former CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, recently spoke to Business Insider to mark the upcoming 4K re-release of David Fincher’s “Fight Club,” the dismal box office bomb that, in the fall of 1999, set the stage for Mechanic’s exit. He served as Fox’s studio
When “The Devil Wears Prada 2” hits theaters on May 1, audiences will notice a few famous faces — though there’s a couple of notable absences. The sequel, which premiered Monday night in New York, is loaded with cameos from the fashion and entertainment worlds. Lady Gaga makes
Director Shawn Levy has wrapped and is in post-production on “Star Wars: Starfighter.” The much-anticipated film, starring Ryan Gosling, Amy Adams, Matt Smith, Mia Goth and Aaron Pierre, doesn’t it theaters until May 28, 2027. “I’m in the beautiful sanctity of the edit room,”
The “Jeopardy!” universe continues to expand, with a new sports edition now in the works for Disney+ and Hulu. “ESPN Jeopardy!” has been picked up by the Disney streamers to launch on a date to be announced later. “Monday Night Football” broadcaster Joe Buck will host. Sony
Ramy Youssef stopped by Sesame Street last week to celebrate Arab American Heritage Month with Elmo — and teach the red Muppet some Arabic words, like “habibi” and “salamu alaykum.” The comedian’s cute appearance on the children’s program sparked backlash from conservatives,
After six brutal years of struggling to stay afloat, movie theater owners and operators arrived in Las Vegas for CinemaCon finally liking their odds of survival. It helped that the box office, which has been stuck in a rut since COVID, was up more than 23%, thanks to recent
Neon, the independent studio behind “Parasite” and “Anora,” has enlisted Sam Evenson to adapt his viral short film “Mora” into a full-length feature. The film, which Evenson will write and direct, centers around a displaced artist who becomes haunted by a mysterious woman after
Rocky is eligible for the Oscars. Amaze, amaze, amaze. James Ortiz, a stage performer and master puppeteer, has been central to one of the year’s most talked-about screen creations: Rocky, the spider-like alien at the heart of Amazon MGM Studios’ space-traveling blockbuster
A frail Harvey Weinstein was wheeled into a New York City courtroom on Tuesday morning to face his fourth rape trial in six years. Weinstein is accused in this case of assaulting Jessica Mann, who has testified at two previous trials that the producer raped her at a Manhattan
When you move into a new home, you have to deal with so many things — like taking care of your utilities, changing your address or scheduling movers — just to get your life back on track in a new location. However, one of the things you don’t have to worry about is getting your
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Jennifer Maas reports on the return of BookCon to New York and the emergence of a new generation of romance novels — think “Heated Rivalry” — as a creative force in Hollywood. And the entertainment industry is eager to
“Beef” Season 2 made its debut at the number 10 spot on the Netflix Top 10 this week, with the second season of the show pulling in 2.4 million views. The second season debuted on April 16, with this week’s Top 10 covering April 13-19. By comparison, “Beef” Season 1 opened to
Indian cinema is having a moment on Netflix — and increasingly, it’s first-timers leading the charge. Vivek Das Chaudhary’s debut feature “Toaster” has topped Netflix’s Global Top 10 Non-English Films chart, arriving at No. 1 as part of a broader wave of Indian titles — several
Jorma Taccone’s newest film looks a bit different than the work he’s known for. Taccone, one-third of the aughts “Saturday Night Live” collective The Lonely Island, is known for comedy: In addition to the many, many digital shorts he and his friends have made for “SNL,”
Last week, Reese Witherspoon went viral (in the wrong way) for declaring “the AI revolution has begun” and suggesting that women should learn about the technology. “The jobs women hold are 3x more likely to be automated by AI, yet women are using AI at a rate 25% lower than men
Julianna Margulies has joined the cast of “Paradise” Season 3, Variety has confirmed. Production is now underway on the third season of the Hulu drama, which was announced in March. Sterling K. Brown leads the cast alongside series regulars Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi,
Variety is proud to highlight the trailblazing women behind television’s most-talked about series with the launch of its inaugural High Tea: Celebrating Female Directors. The one-of-a-kind event will officially kick off Variety TV Week on Tuesday, May 5, in Los Angeles with an
Tatiana Maslany is already on the call sheet for the indie creature feature from 'Heart Eyes' director Josh Ruben.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass unveiled temporary reductions in fees for film productions on Tuesday in the face of accusations of not having done enough to retain Hollywood jobs. Bass is up for reelection, with the June 2 primary just six weeks away. Her chief opponents, Councilwoman
Before Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams were Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, Quinn founder Caroline Spiegel booked the budding actors for her audio erotica app. She reached out to their teams after seeing the trailer for Crave’s “Heated Rivalry.” HBO Max hadn’t even made
The 'Euphoria' actress had a scene playing herself in the highly anticipate Disney sequel.
Johnathan Walton Media has struck a deal with The Hideaway Entertainment to develop his latest true-crime podcast, “The Handyman of West Texas,” for the screen. Walton is a popular true-crime podcast host who began building his own media firm after he produced a successful
The “Southern Bastards” pilot at Hulu is rounding out its cast with five new additions. Variety has learned that Jonathan Tucker (“Kingdom,” “Palm Trees and Power Lines”), Amin Joseph (“Snowfall,” “One of Them Days”), Ethan Suplee (“American History X,” “My Name Is Earl”) and
Warner Bros. is poised to change hands for the third time in eight years, but it has never gone to a company like Paramount, which already owns a rival major studio. In looking Warner’s modern history, it’s worth revisiting the leaders behind the M&A deals, strategies and
Microsoft is dropping the price of its Xbox Game Pass subscription plans — and it’s also going to hold back new “Call of Duty” titles from the services for about a year. Beginning this year, future releases of mega-popular first-person shooter “Call of Duty” releases, from
Where in the “Michael” world is Janet Jackson? The music superstar is nowhere to be seen as a character in the new Antoine Fuqua-directed biopic about her late brother. “I wish everybody was in the movie,” Jackson sibling LaToya Jackson told me Monday night at the film’s
Move over, quidditch: “Harry Potter” is sending thousands of drones into the sky to celebrate the franchise. Timed to the franchise’s 25th anniversary, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Global Experiences division has teamed up with Fever to launch “DroneArt Show: Harry Potter.” The
Kamala Harris and Rita Moreno will receive Public Counsel’s William O. Douglas Award and Trailblazer in the Arts Award, respectively, at the law firm’s annual William O. Douglas Award Dinner. Dedicated to recognizing those whose accomplishments have profoundly advanced justice
Blumhouse Production and ITV America’s true-crime docuseries “Worst Ex Ever” will debut its second season on Netflix next month with a new set of stories, including that of “Handsome Devil Killer” Wade Wilson and former “90 Day Fiancé” cast member Geoffrey Paschel. Per the
Tucker Carlson’s break with President Donald Trump — whom the ex-Fox News host once robustly supported — took a stunning turn, as Carlson apologized for campaigning for Trump and said he was sorry for “misleading people” about Trump. Carlson made the comments on Monday’s
The film, which follows Michael Jackson's early career and sees the King of Pop portrayed by nephew Jaafar Jackson, premiered in L.A. on Monday with lots of family support.
“My Hero Academia in Concert,” a live show pairing a 15-piece band performing Hayashi Yuki’s anime score with projected footage from the series, will tour the U.S. this fall, Toho Co., Ltd., GEA Live and RoadCo Entertainment have revealed. The U.S. run opens Sept. 12 in
Premiering in the international competition at Visions du Réel, “Saudades Eternas” is the feature debut of visual artist and director Emma Boccanfuso, drawn from years spent filming inside Rio de Janeiro’s Chapéu Mangueira favela. The film centers on Sueli, a formidable
A crew member on Universal’s live-action sequel “How to Train Your Dragon 2” has suffered a severe injury following an accident that occurred off-set in the U.K. earlier this month, Variety understands. The individual, understood to be working as a special effects technician,
The 2026 Tribeca Festival has unveiled its television and podcast lineup, featuring a combination of world premieres, live tapings and exclusive conversations. Taking place June 3–14 in New York City, the 25th edition of the annual festival will host a special “Survivor 50”
Suki Waterhouse has revealed that her third album, titled “Loveland,” is set to release on July 10 via Island Records. After unveiling the record’s dreamy first single “Back in Love” last month, the indie-pop singer-songwriter will drop another song, “Tiny Raisin,” on Friday.
Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser has unveiled the first round of voice castings for his upcoming TV and video game franchise, “Absurdverse,” ahead of formally revealing a first look at the project next month at the Netflix Is A Joke Festival. Described as an “interconnected
Has David Zaslav saved Warner Bros., or is he about to bury it? That’s the crux of an angry debate in Hollywood as Paramount Skydance moves closer to acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, CNN, TNT, HGTV and more. The $110 billion
Following her critically acclaimed headline performances at the Coachella festival, Colombian superstar Karol G has announced “Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour,” a massive global tour beginning this summer and stretching to July of 2027. Full dates appear below. “Karol G
