If you enjoyed watching the trailer for “Other Mommy” during every multiplex outing this summer, you’ll get an extended dose of its freneticism during the actual film — right down to an opening title card that appears letter-by-letter while intercut with choppy action. From
Matthew Lillard got brutally honest about his love-hate relationship with the “Scooby-Doo” movies while participating in Variety’s “Know Their Lines” video series. The actor expected to become a blockbuster movie star after landing the role of Shaggy in 2002’s live-action
Football teams are always looking for an edge. This Oscar season, Paramount may have found one in David Corenswet. The New York Giants took John Tuggle with the 335th pick of the 1983 NFL Draft and that’s how the running back from California became “Mr. Irrelevant,” the
Oh, it’s so funny to be seeing you after so long, “My Aim Is True”… but not so very peculiar to have Elvis Costello’s 1977 debut brought back to mind, because, well, talk about an aim that’s been unswerving in its impact for 50 years. Or make that almost 50, since the title of
Everybody’s Perfect programmers with “great regret” bowed to an escalating political backlash against Israel’s Oscar submission, 'Tell Me Everything,' screening at their Geneva event.
David Zaslav is out of a job. But he’s getting a prodigious sum of $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, the company he fused together and led for more than four years before it agreed to be acquired by David Ellison’s Paramount. Zaslav, who was Warner Bros.
The “Crazy Rich Asians” TV series is moving forward at HBO, with four of the film’s stars returning. Constance Wu, Henry Golding and Ronny Chieng have all signed on as series regulars in the one-hour original drama series, with Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh recurring. All four
“X-Men ’97” is coming back. The animated Marvel series has been renewed for Season 3 on Disney+ and a first look at the new episodes has been revealed. While at New York Comic Con, head of Marvel television, animation, comics and franchise Brad Winderbaum revealed a clip from
The animated series “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” has set its Season 2 release date on Disney+. The second season will debut Jan. 13, 2027. Season 1 premiered in early 2025 and introduced a young, animated version of Spidey, voiced by Hudson Thames, who’s joined by
Marvel Television revealed the first logo for its new series “Zodiac,” a live-action spy thriller set for release in 2028. The series will begin shooting in London in the spring, Marvel Television chief Brad Winderbaum said during its New York Comic-Con panel, with casting
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains major spoilers from the 2026 series “Carrie,” now streaming on Prime Video. Kate Siegel knows how to speak Stephen King. She was reading his work long before she probably should have, and has often retreated to it in times of need. “He was my
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Two of Brazil’s biggest screen stars, Rodrigo Santoro (“The Blue Trail”) and Camila Pitanga (“Basic Sanitation, the Movie”), are set to star in “Garota da Urca” (“Girl From Urca”), the new film by renowned director Marcelo Gomes. “Oxygen Masks Will Not
In a titles fight, promoters Eye of the Tiger Management goes to Canada for a prime match between two elite southpaw boxers. In the main event, 28-year-old Cuban boxer Osleys Iglesias defends his IBF and IBO super middleweight title belts against 26-year-old Dane Oliver Zaren.
Colin Jost and “The Office” writer Danny Chun are launching a new, original comedy series produced outside the Hollywood studio system. Titled “6 Bed 1 Bath,” the sitcom follows a group of five roommates in their 20s who share an apartment with a man who has lived there since
The 11-year-old's father, Wladimir Klitschko, secured permission to enlist police help in recovering the pieces
Lorenzo di Bonaventura is attached to produce the project set in the universe of the gaming franchise from Poland’s CD Projekt Red.
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Caitriona Balfe and Esmé Creed-Miles premiered their telling of Jane Austen's iconic story in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The Vancouver International Film Festival’s Institute for the Moving Image has announced a new partnership with Spain’s Málaga Film Festival to launch an exchange between their respective emerging-talent programs – the Málaga Talent program and VIFF Catalyst. The first
Bonhams' Stanley Kubrick Collection auction includes props from legendary director's films as well as personal items from his estate
Hugh Jackman takes his morning routine seriously. The actor, who has spent decades maintaining the stamina required to play Wolverine and perform eight shows a week on Broadway, is an early riser, a devoted meditator and, apparently, not above breaking into song during a
Marielle Heller is directing the adaptation of a Dave Eggers short story for Sony Pictures.
Don’t doubt what you can see with your own eyes. The revival of physical media and the skyrocketing value of elaborate consumer experiences is very real and emerging as an antidote to fears that AI is changing everything. Top marketers and industry executives discussed these
A movie based on “Cyberpunk 2077,” the popular sci-fi, open-world RPG from CD Projekt Red, is in the works at Paramount, Variety has confirmed. “Transformers” producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura is attached to the project. CD Projekt Red, video game developer and the franchise
During a BFI London Film Fest talk, he also discussed 'The Incredibles 3,' the "800-pound gorilla" Steven Spielberg, Steve Jobs and Tom Cruise, how Sideshow Bob is like politicians and his advice for directors.
Rooster Teeth founders Matt Hullum and Burnie Burns have teamed up for a new Christmas horror-comedy movie, “Bad Toys,” now in development. Hullum serves as writer-director, while Burns is executive producer. According to an official description, “Bad Toys” is inspired by
Eric Stonestreet is officially set to return for “Dexter: Resurrection” Season 2. Stonestreet made a surprise appearance at the show’s New York Comic-Con panel on Thursday to make the announcement. Other panelists included Michael C. Hall, Uma Thurman, James Remar, Jack Alcott,
“The Watcher” Season 2 is bringing back another original cast member, with Jennifer Cooldige officially set to return for the Netflix series as real estate agent Karen Calhoun. It was announced last week that “The Watcher” was preparing to enter production on its second season
ABC has ordered a drama pilot that is based on the popular BBC One series “Ludwig,” Variety has learned. The pilot, which marks ABC’s first of this year, hails from co-writers Megan Ganz and Humphrey Ker, who are also executive producers. Jon Steinberg and Dan Shotz also
With 2.66 million total viewers, “Jimmy Kimmel Live” topped late-night for the second week in a row this season. This time, it was for Kimmel’s week of live Brooklyn-based shows from the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. This year’s trip to the Big Apple
Princess Diana’s younger brother Charles Spencer said Kristen Stewart nailed it in Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer” but called the movie “terrible” during an interview with Tina Brown at a McNally Jackson Books Event. Spencer, whose bombshell memoir “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister” has
Chuck Lorre is responding to the White House’s recent swipe at him, in a medium where he’s often not been shy in sharing his opinions: His post-episode vanity cards. At the end of Thursday night’s Season 3 premiere of CBS’ “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” Lorre addresses,
Ava DuVernay’s nonfiction sequel “14th” is set to world premiere as the closing-night film of the New York Film Festival on Friday, Oct. 9, and Variety can exclusively reveal that the film will feature a new original song, “Makings of Tomorrow,” written and performed by
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” was so ubiquitous for so long that you might’ve been happy to imagine you’d heard the last of it. But a cover version has just been released that’s pretty much guaranteed to make you pleased that road has turned out to be a roundabout. Steve Martin
Audrey Hobert is standing on a chair, wearing Groucho glasses and an enormous trench coat and faux-strumming a banjo. She looks 10 feet tall. She moves across the stage as if dancing alone in her bedroom, and she sings every song in her catalog and then plays her biggest hit,
Jennifer Lawrence is making peace with the Kardashian family. During the Season 8 premiere of Hulu’s “The Kardashians,” Kourtney Kardashian revealed the Oscar winner asked her sister, Kim, for her contact information so she could apologize for saying the reality star was “more
Taylor Swift is set to perform at the upcoming Academy Museum Gala. The evening, taking place on Oct. 17, serves as a fundraiser for and takes place at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. While details are still under wraps, it would surprise no one if Taylor
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez will be honored by APLA Health later this month with its Voice of Visibility Award. The “Pose” star will be presented by her “Loot” co-star Joel Kim Booster during the kickoff ceremony of the 42nd annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles. “There is still a cruel
The Palm Springs International Film Society will honor Brian Grazer and Ron Howard with the Harold Matzner Distinguished Achievement Award at the Palm Springs Honors event on Oct. 19 at Soho House West Hollywood. Karina Lomelin Ripper will receive the Harold Matzner Impact
Harmon's only other time in the chair was for the 100th episode of 'Rizzoli & Isles.'
Grace Coddington isn’t particularly interested in slowing down. “Life goes on, and just because I’m a bit older doesn’t mean I’m stopping,” she tells Variety over Zoom from her Chelsea apartment. Her fire-engine-red hair, now cut chin-length and swept into a side part, stands
Kevin MacLellan, the veteran media exec who led Paramount’s global content distribution and international networks, is departing the newly merged Skydance Corp., Variety has learned. The larger international structure for the new Skydance Corp. has yet to be determined,
The first reactions are in the Universal horror film, which is being held back from most critics until the last minute.
Dan Fogelman’s “The Land,” a family drama with an NFL twist, will debut on Monday, Feb. 15 on Hulu, just hours after the Super Bowl. The first two episodes will drop at 9 p.m. PT, followed by one new episode a week. The series, which taps into the NFL in an unprecedented way to
Katseye member Sophia Laforteza will resume activities with the group starting the first week of January 2027, according to a notice posted to their social media accounts. “Sophia has been prioritizing her health and well-being with our full support and resources,” reads the
The storyboard artist and director had been Pixar's inside mann since 2009.
“Matchbox The Movie” co-stars Jessica Biel, John Cena, Sam Richardson, Arturo Castro and Teyonah Parris have teamed up with Mattel for a new American Red Cross pledge drive. In a video message filmed for the campaign, the “Matchbox’ headliners encourage fans to channel their
As audiences have seen with films like “Barbie,” intellectual property yields the best results when it’s mined with some intellect. “Matchbox: The Movie” feels more like a stopgap between “Fast and the Furious” installments — and not necessarily the good ones — than a deeply
TikTok star Becca Bloom will launch a weekly video podcast series in January titled “Bloom’s Room,” produced by content-creator-focused media company PAVE Studios. Bloom, who has built an audience of more than 10 million followers across TikTok, Instagram and other social
Amazon has officially greenlit a drama series about Karen Read with Elizabeth Banks set to star, Variety has learned. The untitled, one-hour series was first reported to be in the works in 2025. It is inspired by the Law&Crime and Audible Original podcast “Karen.” Justin Noble
The Japanese filmmaker has selected 17 features and four shorts that inspired his work and will screen in the ‘Drawn Universes: Visions in Animation’ spotlight to run Nov. 19 to Dec. 29.