SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of “Ted Lasso,” now streaming on Apple TV. There’s a new coach at AFC Richmond, and it’s not Ted Lasso. The Season 4 finale of “Ted Lasso,” titled “The Departing Lass,” ended with Ted (Jason Sudeikis) handing
The 70th BFI London Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday with the European premiere of “Elsinore,” a movie that, as the credits rolled, left large swathes of the audience at the Royal Festival Hall wiping away tears. But just moments later, as the name of lead star Andrew
Sony’s PlayStation will launch a new Crunchyroll anime hub within its PlayStation 5 gaming console’s home screen next year to more closely align the company’s anime projects and anime-inspired games. Launching in spring 2027, the new PS5 anime destination is “designed to make
Attention “Wordle” and “Spelling Bee” fans: interactive offerings from The New York Times Games are coming to a movie theater near you this fall. Through a new partnership between NYT Games and in-theater ad company Screenvision, the pre-show experience will begin rolling out
“The Blackening” and “The Studio” star Dewayne Perkins is launching a new digital series, “I Swear We’re Friends,” exclusively on YouTube this fall.Perkins is independently releasing the six-episode “skitcom,” which is described as a “love letter to television,” with each
Set to shoot in Australia in 2027, the film is being cast by veteran casting directors Lisa Beach and Sarah Katzman for producers Blake Northfield and Michelle Krumm of Bronte Studios with Shaun Goodman.
The GuadaLAjara Film Festival announced its full lineup for the annual event running from Nov. 5-7 at venues across Los Angeles. The festival will open with Watermelon Pictures’ “Ashes” directed by Diego Luna at the United Theater. The film follows Lucila who moves to Spain
Awards and festival seasons are officially underway. The Newport Beach Film Festival will return for its 27th year, showcasing more than 100 feature films and 250 shorts from 21 countries. The festival, which runs Oct. 15-22 in Newport Beach, will also once again spotlight
Even U.S. independent filmmakers are lining up for international public funds from Canada, Mexico, Latin America and European countries now, Chilean producer Giancarlo Nasi told attendees at his Industry Masterclass “Exploring the Art and Strategy of International
Carrie Coon has little interest in being liked. “I think likability is an overrated quality,” she tells Variety. “It’s more interesting to play a character that is not just likable.” It’s an attitude that has served Coon well throughout a career that has moved from Chicago’s
Melania Trump’s senior advisor Marc Beckman took to social media after Tom Cruise’s “Digger” flopped at the box office to explain to people how the First Lady’s much-reviled documentary “Melania” performed better at the box office earlier this year than mega-star Cruise’s
Spooky season at the box office is kicking off with two very different villains: an autocratic tech bro and a double-jointed doppelgänger from hell. This weekend’s new releases, Sony’s “The Social Reckoning,” featuring Jeremy Strong’s frigid take on Mark Zuckerberg, and “Other
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s Elas Exportam training program aims to foster film and series exports of women-led companies by developing leadership skills. Organized by Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC), the program is part of a broader
Hope you like the sound of the name “Olivia,” because you’re going to hear it again and again — and probably again — at the 2027 Grammys ceremony. But which Olivia? Ah, now, there’s the rub… and a bet we’re going to hedge, at least until the forecast comes into clearer focus,
A rundown of October's scariest films in theaters, including 'The Devils' and 'Whalefall.'
When Netflix Animation Studios opened its 110,600-square-foot office in Vancouver earlier this year, it sent a clear signal about the city’s growing importance as an animation hub. “Vancouver has been our home for over 10 years both as Netflix Animation Studios and previously
Aerosmith is coming out of retirement for two nights at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl with “California, Dream On: Aerosmith & Friends,” featuring guest appearances from Run-D.M.C., Billy Idol, Eric Church, Slash and many more. The rock group will perform at the famed venue on
We’re used to films about hope and rejuvenation in the final days of the Second World War, but there’s a more novel perspective to be found in “Krux” — set in an isolated village in northeast Germany, where many of the locals have been so brainwashed by Nazism that the end of
“Elsbeth” has added Uzo Aduba, Tyne Daly and Christine Ebersole to the Season 4 cast. Ebersole will have a recurring role as Elsbeth’s mother in the CBS crime drama, while Aduba and Daly will each guest star. The fourth season of the spinoff based on “The Good Wife” and “The
Actor and filmmaker Ben Stiller will moderate a conversation with William Shatner as part of the “Star Trek” panel at New York Comic-Con this Saturday, Variety has learned exclusively. It was previously reported that Shatner would take part in the panel, which comes as the
The actor told Esquire that engaging in political conversations was "not presently possible" and that Paramount "let go of an entire marketing department a month before ['The Running Man'] came out in the middle of a merger."
Disney+ viewers will be ringing in the new year with Ryan Secrest and “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.” ABC and Dick Clark Productions announced Wednesday that “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2027” will simulcast on Disney+ for the first time this year, along
He spent 13 years as a Hollywood chieftain after succeeding Barry Diller in 1984 and Alan Ladd Jr. in 1993.
Frank Mancuso Sr., a distribution executive who went on to head two of Hollywood’s major studios, Paramount and MGM/UA, died on Oct. 1 at his home in Los Angeles from complications of cancer, per a family statement. He was 93. “When God created Frank Mancuso Sr., he broke the
Former “Top Gear” host Jeremy Clarkson is back tinkering with automobiles in a newly-unveiled “Clarkson’s Farm” special. Titled “Jeremy Grows a Car: A Clarkson’s Farm Special” the stand-alone episode will give fans a front seat as the broadcaster attempts to “undertake a world
Variety’s second annual Horror Impact Report comes in a year when the genre has had unparalleled success. Indie films like “Backrooms” and “Obsession” were box office smashes, high-profile series like “Carrie” and the “Friday the 13th” prequel “Crystal Lake” are set to haunt
Sony’s anime service Crunchyroll has launched new division Crunchyroll Storyworks, which will be focused on anime and live-action adaptations made in collaboration with Japan’s creative ecosystem. Led by Sony’s Tohru Iokibe, who most recently oversaw IP acceleration initiatives
Three reboots of signature McQueen movies — ‘The Thomas Crown Affair,’ ‘Bullitt,’ and ‘The Getaway’ — are currently in the works. Says his grandkid, “Cool never expires.”
Andrew Garfield was once one of ChatGPT’s 1.2 billion users. That was before he played OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial,” which centers on the company’s origin story and Altman’s dramatic 2023 outing (the board reinstated him just five days later). Working
It can be easy to fatigue from the countless Amazon Prime Big Deals Day deals overrunning the internet today but there are genuinely good discounts you don’t want to miss out on. Case in point: the Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Tablet, currently on sale for $89 — a 47% discount, and
FilmNation Entertainment has tapped former Warner Bros. Motion Picture chair Toby Emmerich to consult on the studio’s production label, Infrared. FilmNation’s Infrared focuses on developing genre films with franchise potential. Emmerich will consult on the development and
Comic creators Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley show the circle of life is short in their kingdom with an Image title that mixes fairy tale romance with a Giallo.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of “Ted Lasso,” now streaming on Apple TV. “Ted Lasso” viewers most definitely noticed a big change at the start of the show’s Season 4 finale, “The Departing Lass.” The series’ usual theme song, co-written
On the 5th of November of 2021, Brazil came to a halt. In a tragedy that would lead to national mourning, the country’s most popular singer, Marília Mendonça, died in a plane crash that also took the lives of four other people. Now, almost five years after the shocking
The DC Studios co-chief strongly defended the upcoming body horror movie, which takes DC Studios in a fresh direction.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity has launched Artists Equity Independent Pictures, a new banner dedicated to platforming emerging filmmakers in the indie space, Variety can exclusively reveal. Jennifer Westin, SVP, creative affairs and production, will lead
Hungarian filmmaker Kálmán Nagy’s psychological family drama “The Shame of the Borbély Family” has begun production in Austria and Hungary. The film is produced by Andi G. Hess together with Johannes Schubert under the Austrian-German production outfit Schubert, whose latest
Apple may be best-known for its AirPods earbuds, but more and more people are catching onto the brand’s AirPods Max headphones as well. Seen on stars like Ariana Grande, Bella Hadid, Timothée Chalamet and the girls from Blackpink, the AirPods Max are Apple’s first-ever wireless
The opening minutes of Renny Harlin’s “The Beast” are some of the goofiest we’ve seen on screen in 2026 — and coming a week after both “Digger” and “Verity,” that’s saying something. The latest from this prolific purveyor of schlock features a typically jocular, ornery Samuel
“The Hunting Wives” has been renewed for a third season. The news comes ahead of the series’ second season, which will be released on Netflix on Nov. 26. Though the Lionsgate and 3 Arts-produced series was originally greenlit to air on Starz, it was acquired by Netflix ahead of
The casting directors behind “Heated Rivalry,” “The Pitt” and “The Diplomat” are among those leading the 2027 Artios Awards nominations. Netflix led with 14 nominations, followed by HBO Max with nine. Apple TV and Hulu each earned seven nominations, and Prime Video landed six.
“Anna Pigeon” has been renewed for Season 2 at USA Network, Variety has learned. The drama series originally debuted on the basic cabler on Aug. 7, with the Season 1 finale set to air on Oct. 9. The show is based on Nevada Barr’s Anna Pigeon book series. “It’s been really
Hulu has announced the premiere date for “All’s Fair” Season 2. The second season of the drama series will debut on Nov. 4 with three new episodes. New episodes will drop on Wednesdays thereafter. Hulu has also released a trailer for Season 2, which can be seen below. The
Written by and starring Sarah Taibah alongside Yaqoub Al Farhan, the Jeddah-set film, blending romance, fantasy and black comedy, is directed by Anas Ba Tahaf.
Saudi director Anas Ba Tahaf’s romantic black comedy “A Matter of Life and Death” has been selected as Saudi Arabia’s candidate for the Oscars international feature film category. The quirky movie marks the directorial debut of Tahaf, who previously worked as co-producer,
Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival unveiled the lineup for its 13th Miami Film Festival GEMS, the festival’s fall midseason event taking place from Oct. 29-Nov. 5. GEMS will open with A24’s “The Debut” from writer-director Jesse Eisenberg and close with A24’s “Club Kid”
“Wildwood” has been set as the closing night film for the Animation Is Film Festival, which runs Oct. 16-19 in Los Angeles. Laika’s animated epic will screen Oct. 19 at the Academy Museum’s Geffen Theater. Following the screening, “Wildwood” director and Laika president and CEO
Mediterranean Sea, present day. France’s nuclear aircraft carrier R91 – Charles de Gaulle aka “Le Charles” has just set sail on a threat-assessment strategic mission. When a crew member is found dead and another goes missing, military investigator Paul Fischer (Alban Lenoir,
Three total strangers, with nothing in common except their name, are each inspired to take up writing in “Satoko Always,” writer-director Shuichi Okita’s surprising and inventive celebration of womanhood and the art of literary composition. Kasumi Arimura is the undeniable
New York Comic Con has hit the big 2-0. The East Coast’s biggest fan convention kicks off its 2026 event Thursday, marking its 20th year celebrating comics, film, TV, games, anime and general “geek” culture out of New York City’s Javits Convention Center. What began as a
