The pair, set to receive Virtuoso and Trailblazer awards, will be feted at the Night of the Stars tribute at La Jolla's Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center on Oct. 13.
Oscar nominee LaKeith Stanfield previewed his next movie, “Molepeople,” during a special appearance at New York Comic-Con on Friday evening. Stanfield and Emmy winner Ben Mendelsohn star in the horror movie, about a man who descends into the abandoned tunnels beneath New York
Paramount has set an August 2027 release for the horror thriller, which hails from director Rob Savage.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the first season of “Below,” now streaming on Netflix. Netflix’s new mystery series “Below” has arrived, and audiences are being transported to the beautiful and dangerous Newfoundland town of Snook’s Arm. Josh Hartnett stars as
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers from “Other Mommy,” now playing in theaters. “Other Mommy” is battling less-than-enthusiastic reviews in order to lead the weekend box office, thanks to a viral trailer that scared audiences nationwide. The film, about a
A widowed programmer who builds a digital copy of his late wife ends up turning grief into a business in “Talk to Me When You Are Dead,” the debut feature from Singapore’s Alvin Lee, produced by Anthony Chen and Gina Tan. The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which
The September premiere of 'NAZA' at the New York Film Festival was also met with protestors organized by the Israeli-American Council (IAC).
“The Exorcist” franchise is about to get bigger. Chiwetel Ejiofor and director, writer and producer Mike Flanagan unveiled the trailer for “The Exorcist: Martyrs” at New York City Comic Con, with Scarlett Johansson starring as a homicide detective who soon realizes she isn’t
Blumhouse Atomic Monster revealed at New York Comic Con that it inked a deal with horror content creator Heidi Wong. Under the deal, Wong will create original horror shorts for the studio. “I guess I won’t give too much away about the plot, but I will say it’s inspired by
First look at writer-director Mike Flanagan's take on the iconic horror property as Universal attempts to reboot its reboot.
Amid the first of two sold-out nights at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre on Thursday night, Adéla paused to shout out Katseye members Lara Raj and Megan Skindiel, who were watching in the balcony alongside Saint Satine’s Emily Kelavos. “I moved out here a couple of years ago; I
Director Jeff T. Thomas has worked on dozens of television episodes and music videos, some featuring the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Melissa Leo. But with AI, his feature debut is nigh. Thomas, under his moniker “Jeff Synthesized,” took home the $2.5 million “Future
An Afghan asylum seeker named Babak is pushed out of his temporary housing in Germany to make room for Ukrainian refugees in “Babak,” the next project from Payal Sethi, director of the upcoming “Kurinji.” The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the
A movie adaptation of DreadXP’s indie video game series “Amanda the Adventurer” is in the works at Blumhouse. Based on the indie puzzle-horror video game franchise of the same name from developer MANGLEDmaw Games, “Amanda the Adventurer” follows Riley Park, who starts exploring
Amal and George Clooney's Clooney Foundation for Justice celebrated its fifth annual Albie Awards in London with Hollywood glamor. And the star shared an update on 'Ocean's 14' with THR.
The pull between leaving Pakistan and staying rooted there drives “Dancers,” writer-director Eshah Shakeel’s coming-of-age drama about two young people in a Punjab town near Lahore who bond through clandestine dance lessons. The project is part of the Asian Project Market,
World sales rights to Yashasvi Juyal’s debut feature “The Ink-Stained Hand and a Missing Thumb,” which premiered in Karlovy Vary’s Proxima Competition, have gone to Bangkok-based Diversion. The film’s next stop is the Singapore International Film Festival, where it will have
With the midterm elections coming up, Ava DuVernay’s latest documentary, “14th,” arrives at a pivotal time for the United States. Unlike the other buzzy films this season, it doesn’t tackle the dangers of AI or examine tech billionaires. Instead, it explores the 14th Amendment
There have been many innovative R&B albums made over the past decade, but few have meshed futurism and tradition in quite the way that Danielle Ponder does on her second full-length, “Everything Has Changed.” She possesses a glass-shatteredly powerful, church-reared soul
Gail Lerner announced on Friday that she was fired from “Newlyweds,” the upcoming NBC sitcom that she co-created and on which she was to serve as showrunner. “Here’s the good news: I couldn’t be more proud of the new sitcom Newlyweds that I created with the singular Jamie Lee
After Shari Redstone sold Paramount Global to David Ellison’s Skydance in 2024, she chose something unexpected for her next act: Sipur, a growing film and TV studio based out of Israel. When Redstone joined as chair last year, it supercharged the company, says co-founder Emilio
President Donald Trump announced that he’s picked Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator who has regularly appeared on Fox News, CNN and Newsmax, to be the new White House press secretary. She takes over the role from Karoline Leavitt, who is joining Fox News as a
The Los Angeles Dodgers are stepping up their sneaker game just in time for the MLB postseason. The baseball team has teamed up with Vans for a new footwear collection, available beginning Friday, Oct. 9, through neighborhood footwear retailer WSS (Warehouse Shoe Sale). The
The actor-turned-director is hardly a new Hollywood phenomenon, but women who wear both hats have rarely received the same invites to the Oscars. Men have earned 20 Oscar acting nominations for films they directed, with eight also landing directing and acting nods for the same
Martin McDonagh, who was seen sharing a kiss with partner Phoebe Waller-Bridge shortly before the lights went down, told The Hollywood Reporter that he thinks Brits will enjoy the movie's dark humor.
The first time you hear Anthony Ippolito’s voice in the trailer for “I Play Rocky,” you can’t help but gasp. The unmistakable Sylvester Stallone drawl is there, but something harder to convey than an impression is, too: the hunger of a young man Hollywood didn’t believe in yet.
Jac Schaeffer is developing a new “Stargate” TV series for Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. The project falls under Schaeffer’s overall deal with Amazon MGM, which was announced earlier this year. According to sources, a writers’ room is
New York is having a moment. In June, the Knicks pulled off the impossible and won their first NBA championship in 53 years, sending the city into a frenzy of infectious energy. “I was at my friend Justin’s house with a bunch of straight people, which was fun,” Nicky Campbell,
Writer director Lorene Scafaria is in talks to direct for A24, with Sink and Square Peg producing.
There have been many quiet Mondays at the Burbank offices of Warner Bros. Pictures, usually following a bomb like the one the studio just suffered with Tom Cruise’s “Digger.” The cryptic eco-disaster project will represent a loss of hundreds of millions when all is said and
Remi Wolf hasn’t landed a spot on “Survivor,” one of her favorite shows she’s always wanted to be on, so she instead put her mental fortitude to the test by rolling around in a makeshift mud pit. She quickly realized she’s “never gonna make it on that show if I can’t handle
The gay romancer from director Nahnatchka Khan also stars Carrie Coon and was first shopped at Toronto: The Market by FilmNation.
Black Bear has acquired domestic rights to MRC’s “Honeymoon / Funeral,” a new romantic comedy starring Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee and Carrie Coon. The movie was shopped out of the newly created film market at the Toronto International Film Festival. According to an official
A Journey concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma had an unnerving moment Thursday night when longtime drummer Deen Castronovo had to be helped off the stage after the group had performed just two songs, leading to a substantial pause before the show resumed with a quickly drafted
Something is emerging in Vancouver’s independent film scene. For years, the city has primarily played the role of somewhere else — a cheaper Seattle, New York or generic American city. Its landscapes, tax incentives and favorable exchange rate drawing in Hollywood productions.
Prime Video premiered a new trailer for “Bloodaxe,” which hits the streamer on Jan. 20, 2027. The teaser debuted at a New York Comic Con panel with showrunners Michael Hirst and Horatio Hirst, as well as cast members Xavier Molyneux, Jessica Madsen and Levi Miller. Season 1 of
Current head Ashley Brucks exiting to a producing deal with the studio.
At least two of the Tres Amigos are attending the 24th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) this year, with Guillermo del Toro breezing into town to toast the 20th anniversary of his iconic “Pan’s Labyrinth” while Cuarón attends opening night film “Campeón Gabacho” by his
Laika will submit “The Better Part of Bravery” from the animated feature “Wildwood” for consideration in the original song category at the Academy Awards, Variety has learned. The song is performed by The Decemberists and plays at the end of the film. “Wildwood” follows
The third “28 Years Later” film is unlikely to be arriving anytime soon, Danny Boyle has warned. Despite being tee’d up in the closing scenes of “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” the director said the film was currently not a priority. “Alex [Garland] has written a fantastic
The star debuted her buzzy horror film in L.A. on Thursday, ahead of its opening weekend face-off with 'The Social Reckoning.'
Bela Bajaria was a few months into her job as the leader of Netflix’s international content expansion campaign in 2019 when she fully realized the significance of the opportunity ahead. The production of local original content was not destined to be a side business for Netflix
The new Skydance, formed from the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, has consolidated its publishing and consumer-products teams into one group — Skydance Products & Publishing — led by Josh Silverman. Silverman, who joined Paramount Skydance in 2025 as president
In a cozy suburb of Minneapolis, a guy in a blue jumpsuit is once again stuck aboard a space station with his robot pals, watching the worst movies ever made. To paraphrase the show’s catchy theme song, if you’re wondering how that works, it’s just a TV show, so you should
“I don’t know what to tell you.” For a time, that was Jeissy Trompiz’s answer when his Brazilian filmmaker friend would ask him about Venezuela. Trompiz left Maracaibo, the oil city where he grew up, in 2014 to study filmmaking at the International School of Film and TV in
It was a “helluva” time at New York City Comic-Con, where an audience remember interrupted the “Helluva Boss” panel by repeatedly shouting over the cast. Following multiple attempts to silence the heckling, actor Brandon Rogers seemingly threatened the fan in a video posted
When it comes to Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell — partners behind the 50-year-plus hit machine Air Supply — the only four-letter word in their vocabulary is “soft.” Sure, British-born songwriter-harmonist Russell and Australian vocalist Hitchcock sing luscious love songs
Newly-minted MCU star and “Stranger Things” alum Sadie Sink is in talks to star in and produce “The Guest,” a feature adaptation of Emma Cline’s bestselling 2024 novel. A24 and Square Peg are in negotiations to adapt Cline’s novel — which follows as “a calculating grifter
Raindance Film Festival executive director David Martinez has stepped down from his post after more than a decade with the organization. Martinez joined Raindance in 2012 as the festival producer and programmer for Latam territories before his appointment as executive director
Jessica Chastain leads Universal's chiller, which opens opposite Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to 'The Social Network.'