Jenna Ortega hopes that her new film, the dystopian sci-fi “Klara and the Sun,” can remind people to live in the moment in the age of AI and all-consuming technology. “I think we gotta put our focus on one another and put down the computers and phones,” the star told Variety on
Steven Soderbergh is stepping in to help complete “The Batman Part II” while director Matt Reeves is on hiatus dealing with a personal matter, Variety has confirmed. “As Matt Reeves continues to attend to an ongoing family matter, Steven Soderbergh, as an admirer of Matt’s
Reeves stepped away to deal with a family situation, and will not be on set as production resumes.
In a major executive shake-up, Bela Bajaria is out at Netflix after 10 years at the streamer, most recently serving as its chief content officer. She will be replaced by former Disney and Fox executive Peter Rice, as first reported by Puck. As chief content officer, Rice will
Samuel L. Jackson is the new returning king in town in Taylor Sheridan’s “Frisco King,” where he reprises his role of Russell Lee Washington Jr.. The New Orleans gangster establishes a new kingdom in Frisco, Texas, where he discovers a hustler running his business amid the
Attention, “Fourth Wing” cadets: Amazon Prime Video’s TV adaptation of Rebecca Yarros’ bestselling romantasy series has found your wing leader. Emilio Sakraya has been cast in the role of Xaden Riorson, Variety has learned. He will star opposite Esther McGregor (“We Were
Denis Villeneuve recently told Empire that he returned to “Dune” for a third and final chapter so he can be “severe with the material,” and that his upcoming James Bond movie will be the “very powerful rocket” he needs to “pull me away from Arrakis.” “I said, ‘Maybe it’s a good
Ever since the first trailer went up for “You Can See Everything,” if not since word of the movie got up, schadenfreude lovers have been rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of Elizabeth Holmes getting more of what’s coming to her. Especially knowing that Holmes and
David Ellison’s freshly formed Skydance Corp. is off to a rocky start on Wall Street. He won Warner Bros. Discovery after a yearlong battle. But investors, at this point, appear to believe he wildly overpaid for the deal — that the newly merged company, dubbed Skydance Corp.,
“Category fraud” is having a crossover moment. It happens every year, in awards cycles for both film and television. Campaigners submit films, shows and individual performances in categories they have no business being in, like a drama masquerading as a comedy or a blatant
Fandango, which became part of Versant Media when NBCUniversal split off most of its cable and digital offerings at the start of the year, is getting into the original programming business — starting with a revival of “Bad Girls Club.” As part of Fandango’s AVOD streaming
Sean Lavery, who wrote for comedies 'Cougar Town' and 'Crossing Swords,' has been set to pen the feature adaptation of the indie book.
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz’s fourth “Mummy” adventure has a new title: “The Mummy: The Book of the Dead.” Fraser and Weisz are reprising their roles as Rick and Evie O’Connell alongside a cast that includes John Hannah, Michael Johnston, Numan Acar, Kevin J. O’Connor and
Rachel Weisz and John Hannah also reprise their roles in the latest installment in the Universal franchise.
Verve has signed a new 10-year lease for its worldwide headquarters in the Hollywood Media District, marking a significant commitment to the Los Angeles entertainment economy. Located across from Sunset Las Palmas Studios, Verve’s HQ is situated alongside companies including
The ad-supported Fandango app is set to offer all the previous 'Hunger Games' movies in the run-up to 'Sunrise on the Reaping.'
Daniel Henney has joined the cast of Apple TV’s upcoming action thriller “Disavowed.” Per the longline, “Disavowed” follows “legendary CIA case officer Brad Griffin, who is abruptly fired in the middle of a global hunt for an elusive assassin responsible for killing his
Streaming superstar IShowSpeed has partnered with Breakwater Studios and Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground to bring Ben Proudfoot’s upcoming documentary “The Eyes of Ghana” to theaters for a one-night-only screening on Oct. 28, Variety can reveal exclusively.
Across the history of the Academy Awards, hundreds of films have been nominated for the top prize, best picture. Only a small fraction of them were helmed by a woman director. The disparity is startling, even as female-led stories continue to gain ground. Women filmmakers are
U.K. audiences aren’t usually ones to give standing ovations, but when one of their most cherished filmmakers makes a final bow, unwritten rules are allowed to be broken. This was certainly the case for Mike Leigh, who on Thursday received a hero’s welcome at the London Film
After Gail Lerner’s recent announcement that she’d been fired as the showrunner of “Newlyweds,” the upcoming NBC sitcom she co-created with Jamie Lee Curtis, the network has hired Bruce Helford to take over. Helford is a veteran writer-producer who has created and overseen
Some of the funniest names associated with NBC will appear on panels at the New York Comedy Festival. On Saturday, Nov. 14, “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” will hit the festival with an advanced screening of Season 2, Episode 3, followed by a conversation with the cast
Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, the studio’s flagship U.K. production hub, saw revenues climb 11% year-on-year, according to its latest financial accounts. The studios, located just outside London, brought in £292 million ($390 million) in the year ending 2025, up from £264
“The big problem is that their backup didn’t work, and that means they have to recut everything from scratch,” the program director said, downplaying AI’s role in the deletion
The action star is back as Adam Clay in the buzzy sequel from Amazon MGM Studios directed by Timo Tjahjanto and set to hit theaters early next year.
With the start of the 2026-2027 NBA season, fans are flocking to streaming devices to watch their favorite teams compete to make the playoffs and win the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy. However, while games are spread throughout various networks and streaming services, you
Bleecker CEO Kent Sanderson is staying on at the newly named holding firm Outerlight Entertainment, which also houses ‘Club Kid' producers Topic Studios.
Comcast forked out $7.5 million to help fund President Donald Trump’s new 90,000-square-foot ballroom gold-plated ballroom and event space, with the company among the 57 corporate donors to the project. Total donations to the new ballroom, which is being built on the site of
Rise and Shine World Sales has secured international rights to Elwira Niewiera’s documentary “Women and War,” which follows four Ukrainian women, all survivors of war crimes, undergoing trauma therapy in the Ukrainian mountains. The film is set to world premiere in the Main
All four movies dropping the same day, hiding individual box office returns and a four-pack ticket are on the table for Sam Mendes’ ambitious biopics in an effort to treat each film equally and maximize ticket sales.
Costume designer Ellen Mirojnick, production designer Ruth De Jong and editor Jennifer Lame are part of the team that helped bring Christopher Nolan’s sprawling adaptation of “The Odyssey” to the big screen. These talented trio will be honored with the Variety Creative
Ben Affleck is the latest celebrity to stick up for Tom Cruise’s “Digger” amid its disastrous box office run, but he’s doing so by warning moviegoers what exactly their trashing of the movie will result in. Mainly, publicly bashing “Digger” will only lead the major Hollywood
Marking the awards season kickoff, a starry crowd of filmmakers and talent including Jack O’Connell and Danny Boyle (“Ink”), Sandra Hüller (“Rose”), Taron Egerton (“Everybody Wants to F*ck Me”), Rosalind Eleazer (“Misty Green”), Billie Piper (“Elsinore”), Gemma Chan
“Durango,” Eliza Clarke’s Hulu drama pilot starring Cooper Hoffman and Kathryn Newton, has been picked up to series. In addition, Merritt Wever, Mason Gooding and Abbey Lee have joined the cast. The logline for the series reads, “Mikey (Hoffman) is a ski bum townie chasing a
Lauren Cohan, Mark O’Brien and Mia Tomlinson have joined the cast of “Stillwater,” Amazon Prime Video’s series adaptation of Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez’s graphic novel. Cohan joins the eight-episode series as Catherine ‘Cat’ Keegan, a former homecoming queen whose
“Arabian Nights” is coming to life with a new, epic fantasy series planned to roll cameras in 2027. The 10-episode show, from the creatives behind “Spartacus” and “Vikings,” will reimagine the collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian folk tales known as “One Thousand and
A slew of horror and genre stars are set to present at this year’s Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. Lin Shaye (“Insidious”), Mink Stole (“Pink Flamingos”), John Kassir (“Tales from the Crypt”), Mick Garris (“Masters of Horror”), Peaches Christ, Felissa Rose (“Sleepaway Camp”), Kelli
CNN and Google have struck a multiyear partnership to help figure out how Google’s generative AI products can help boost engagement with its journalism, becoming the latest news organization to monetize its content to help a tech giant power its AI models. The deal appears to
“The Gilded Age” is headed to Beverly Hills, where a historic mansion will be transformed into a floral tribute to the hit period drama just in time for its Season 4 premiere. Running Oct. 28 through Nov. 4, “Fleurs de Villes: The Gilded Age” will take over Greystone Mansion &
Sophia Bush is telling her story. In her upcoming memoir, “And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes From a Life in Progress,” the actress doesn’t hold back, speaking openly and honestly for the first time about her upbringing, the ups and downs of her Hollywood career, her activism, and
Outerlight Entertainment, the media investment firm formerly known as First Look Entertainment, has acquired Bleecker Street, the indie film studio behind Alex Gibney’s upcoming documentary “Musk.” Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the deal, Bleecker Street will
U2 will be playing in stadiums around the globe next year, the group announced Thursday, with a tour dubbed “Carnaval De Luz presents: The Greatest Show On Earth” kicking off Feb. 23 in Mexico City and set to continue through 2027 “and beyond.” Only the first six dates of the
Biola University has been instructing students in film and television for a half century, but this week, the school just south of Los Angeles enters a whole new era. The new facility for the Snyder School of Cinema & Media Arts opens officially on Thursday, ushering in a
“Grand Theft Auto VI” continues to roll out the major music moments from the upcoming game with the announcement that French electronic duo Justice will compose the score. To accompany the announcement, Justice has released their new single “Flower in a Hurricane” featuring
CAA co-chairman Kevin Huvane has donated a van to Los Angels-based Project Angel Food in honor of his late father Martin “Pop” Huvane. This is the second van the Hollywood powerhouse has donated to the non-profit meal delivery service. He gifted a van in 2024 in memory of his
You could set your watch to the moment Kitao Sakurai’s “Street Fighter” stops working. It’s almost exactly at the halfway mark, when its streamlined, delightfully cartoonish saga actually reaches its central tournament, an elimination series of seven fights, of which we see
“Laird,” the upcoming Paramount+ series set and shot in the Scottish Highlands and starring Kenneth Branagh and Peter Sarsgaard, has rounded out its cast. Jennifer Ehle (“Contagion,” “Zero Dark Thirty”), Peter Mullan (“I Swear,” “Ozark”), Phia Saban (“House of the Dragon,” “The
Football great Odell Beckham Jr. has tapped Range Sports, part of Range Media Partners, to represent him for off-field marketing and brand partnerships; broadcasting and on-air services, scripted film and TV opportunities, and new business development, among other endeavors not
Provo, Utah-based genre festival FilmQuest is detailing its inaugural film market. Named the “Marché du Cthulhu” in tribute to H.P. Lovecraft’s famed cosmic beast, the market is described as “taking a curated approach to presenting buyers, distributors, sales agents, and more
