SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for all eight episodes of “All Her Fault,” now streaming on Peacock. The wild ride that is Peacock’s “All Her Fault” stars Sarah Snook and Jake Lacy as Marissa and Peter Irvine, ultra-wealthy Chicago parents of 5-year-old Milo (Duke
“Love Island” fans can rejoice: New bombshells will be entering “Love Island: Beyond the Villa.” Peacock has renewed “Love Island: Beyond the Villa” for a second season, set to premiere in early 2026. Production on the series will begin the week of Nov. 10. The series will
Just when you thought there was nothing left to reboot, remake or revive, TV is riding a new wave of nostalgia. And this time, there’s a turn-of-the-century twist. Shows from the late 1990s and early 2000s are back in play: “Scrubs,” which ran from 2001 to 2010, relaunches on
Nina Hoss enters a conversation about “Hedda” the way her character Eileen Lövborg enters that fateful party: She commands the space, is unapologetically present and utterly impossible to overlook. The German actress, who spent six years performing “Hedda Gabler” on stage in
Disney World’s Animal Kingdom theme park has introduced a new show, “Zootopia: Better Zoogether.” This nine-minute immersive experience opens Friday at the Florida park, celebrating the biomes of “Zootopia.” The show marks a full-circle moment for “Zootopia 2” co-directors
An American version of “Call My Agent” is currently in development at HBO, Variety has learned. While the original French series “Call My Agent” (a.k.a. “Dix pour cent”) was set at a fictional talent agency in Paris, the American version will be set at a sports agency. The
Here’s something that will be interesting to screenwriters. John August, the co-host of the “Scriptnotes” podcast, has been named a co-chair of the negotiating committee for the Writers Guild of America. The other co-chair is Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, the showrunner of the
The original starred Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges, and hailed from 'Deer Hunter' director Michael Cimino.
Alexis Jolly, the writer behind the in-development Andrew Haigh movie ‘Belly of the Beast’, wrote the screenplay.
Anyone wanting to argue the riches of European films need go no further than the new talents spotlighted at this year’s Seville European Film Festival which launched last year a Rampa section for first and second features and has added short films to its lineup in 2025. Variety
Buzz Hays wants to make sure his colleagues in Hollywood understand the pros and cons of generative AI, in particular, fine-tuning models. And a good starting point for explaining the controversial topic is the work Hays, global lead for Google Cloud’s entertainment industry
While reflecting on working with 'Die My Love' director Lynne Ramsay, the actress said she's found "a commonality in female directors" that many men don't have.
The increasingly ugly battle between CBS Media Ventures and Sony Pictures Television over the distribution of first-run syndicated megahits “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” has come to a conclusion. Both sides sent out a joint press release on Friday, announcing that they had
“1001 Frames,” which screened at Thessaloniki Film Festival this week, is composed of a series of creepy scenes from auditions conducted in Tehran, Iran. But it could be any city. During the auditions, wannabe actors are asked to improvise scenes including being a cat, being
The Seville European Film Festival is taking a step toward mainstreaming animation, integrating animated titles throughout its lineup rather than cordoning them off in a single strand. The strategy underscores a broader European shift: Animation is increasingly accepted as a
On today’s episode of Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast, Wonder Project CEO Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten discusses the launch last month of the company’s subscription streaming platform with Amazon and how it reinforces the indie studio’s purpose-built content brand.
Young Miko is far from her home island of Puerto Rico, curled up in an oversized hoodie and tucked away in a quiet hotel room in south-central North Carolina. The lights are low and the room hums with stillness. It’s a rare moment of calm as, for the first time in her young
The 22nd Seville European Film Festival will double down on an expanded big-tent model — citywide venues, broader audiences and a beefed-up industry platform — as the European Film Awards nominations return to the city. Running Nov. 7–15, the 2025 edition opens with Anders
Laura Dern is fearless, from her breakthrough in David Lynch’s “Wild at Heart” to her Oscar-winning turn in “Marriage Story.” But as the Variety Awards Circuit Pdocast met with the star to discuss her latest work — two radically different films arriving this fall — the actress
Spike Lee, Juliette Binoche, Terry Gilliam and Jacqueline Bisset will be among the honorees at this year’s Torino Film Festival, which runs Nov. 21–29 in the Piedmontese capital. Marking its 43rd edition, the Northern Italian festival will gather a constellation of screen
The fourth annual “Pixels and Pencils” directors roundtable brought together some of animation’s brightest talents at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival on Oct. 27, marking multiple historic firsts for the event that has become the go-to destination for animated Oscar contenders
“Elsewhere at Night” (Ailleurs la nuit), which is directed by Marianne Métivier and stars “Anatomy of a Fall” actress Camille Rutherford, has debuted its international trailer. The film will have its European premiere at the Torino Film Festival on Nov. 22, with Rutherford
U.S. in Progress, organized by Poland’s Tauron American Film Festival, has announced its winners. In total, 20 awards with a combined value of $160,000 were presented to projects in post-production. “Mackenzie,” about a girl who runs away from home to marry her crush, TV idol
Guillermo del Toro was a young child growing up in Mexico when he first saw James Whale’s 1931 film adaptation of “Frankenstein.” The film was an epiphany for the young boy, who spent every Sunday going to church at the crack of dawn. He understood his Catholic faith better
Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver have been cast in Joseph Cedar’s “Useful Idiots,” a provocative thriller set in New York City. “Useful Idiots” follows veteran journalist Diane Castle (Streep) as she “covers the New York luxury property market, disillusioned with writing puff
Georgia’s Dunaway Gardens will be the new home for the Sundance Institute Episodic Lab program. Located in Newnan, Ga., Dunaway Gardens will be host to Sundance Institute’s immersive six-day program that provides artists with creative and strategic advice from experienced
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of “Pluribus,” streaming now on Apple TV. Vince Gilligan is in the library at Variety’s New York office, surrounded by tens of thousands of newspaper and magazine archives dating back to 1905. He’s reading
Black Bear and CAA Media Finance will shop the project from director Joseph Cedar to buyers at AFM.
After years of turbulence, venue shifts and pandemic-era gloom, the indie world’s biggest film market is back in fighting shape — with a packed slate of star-driven titles proving there’s still life (and buyers) in the business.
Variety and the New York Comedy Festival, the largest and longest-running annual comedy festival in the United States, announced that comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan will receive Variety’s inaugural Comedy Vanguard Award presented by the New York Comedy Festival. The award will
The Duffer brothers, Matt and Ross, call the upcoming theatrical release of “Stranger Things” is “dream” come true. As previously reported, the two-hour series finale of the series – the last episode titled “The Rightside Up” — will premiere on Netflix and in more than 350
It’s been one week since prolific author Neal Stephenson and “The Lord of the Rings” VFX studio Wētā Workshop launched web game “Artefact,” what they hope will be a seminal piece of media in the entertainment landscape to come. Housed on platform Lamina1, “Artefact” is
The first film adaptation of the Stephen King novel — revisited by Edgar Wright and Glen Powell in a version hitting theaters Nov. 14 — nearly lost its way amid director turnover and blown production deadlines.
“Have you tuned in to the most critically acclaimed show of the year!?!?!?” the reality star and actress wrote in an Instagram post about her new Ryan Murphy show
Catalonia’s biggest titles of 2025, “Romería” and “Sirat,” both Cannes competition hits, will screen at Tallinn. So will “Deaf,” a Berlin 2025 Panorama Audience Award winner. It is a mark of the volume of quality films now produced in Catalonia that this take on 12 Titles to
Disney and YouTube TV still have no deal in place, three of Disney’s most senior TV executives told staffers in a memo Friday, and the company faces the prospect of another weekend heavy with sports telecasts that won’t be seen by a significant portion of potential viewers. “We
Brett Goldstein is becoming a male escort…in a new TV series. Variety has learned that Goldstein has set up the series “Escorted” at Amazon Prime Video with an eight-episode order. The logline for the show states, “A divorced dad (Goldstein) in Manhattan accidentally becomes a
Over the last 18 months, Catalan filmmakers and productions have taken the festival circuit by storm. For the first time since 1988, at Cannes this year, two Spanish movies secured a main competition berth without one being directed by Pedro Almodóvar: Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât and
Jamie Lee Curtis did not shy away from politics while accepting the Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award at the Women in Film Honors on Thursday at the Beverly Hilton. Grabbing the hand of Fonda, who presented the recognition to Curtis, she referenced the Nov. 4 elections, in which
The Mise-En-Scène Company has acquired worldwide sales rights to “Billy Knight,” a meta drama starring Al Pacino, ahead of next week’s American Film Market (AFM). The acquisition marks a significant expansion for the boutique sales company, following its recent pickup of David
The Emerald City is dancing through Studio 6B. Starting Nov. 16, NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” will celebrate the release of Universal Pictures’ “Wicked: For Good” with a week-long celebration featuring a lineup of the film’s stars and musical moments. The
Will “Stranger Things” conquer more than the Upside Down? Netflix has revealed its awards strategy for the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things,” submitting the entire acting ensemble cast in supporting categories for the Golden Globes in addition to other fall awards,
The 2026 Grammy nominations are finally here, with some notable breakthroughs and reigning hot streaks from artists including Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Leon Thomas, Justin Bieber, Tyler, the Creator, SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and many more. As with every year, there are plenty of
Dolores Fonzi’s “Belén” took the Audience Award prize at the Miami Film Festival Gems. The Amazon MGM Studios drama, based on the true story, chronicles the harrowing case of Julieta, a young woman falsely accused of infanticide, and Soledad Deza (Dolores Fonzi), the fearless
Back in 2022, former Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving sparked an uproar when he posted links to antisemitic tropes on social media. After the point guard initially refused to apologize, the Nets suspended him without pay. At the time, New York-based CNN global affairs analyst
“Golden” is living up to its name: The “KPop Demon Hunters” track has nabbed three Grammy nominations, including a coveted nod song of the year. “Golden” — performed by Huntr/x (Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) and written by Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick — also appears in the best
Kim Kardashian shrugged off the scathing reviews of her new legal drama, “All’s Fair,” with a playful Instagram post on Thursday night. In the carousel post, Kardashian included screenshots of posts on X (formerly Twitter) both criticizing and praising the show, including one
Three years after “Un Verano Sin Ti” became the first Spanish-language album to earn a Grammy nomination in the album of the year category, Bad Bunny’s latest release, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (“I Should Have Taken More Photos”), has earned him the nod once again. Adding to the
Though published just five years ago, North Carolina author Mason Deaver’s debut novel “I Wish You All The Best” is already a frequent presence on banned-book lists, as its affirming portrait of a teen’s emerging nonbinary identity seems readymade for modern culture-war scolds.
Tribeca is heading back to Miami Beach. The festival announced it will return to Art Basel this December for its fourth annual takeover, staging two nights of live music and screenings at the Miami Beach Bandshell. Presented by Google Gemini, the Tribeca Festival at Art Basel
