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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’ Starts Filming With First Set Footage of Andy Serkis Reviving Iconic Character

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‘Far Cry’ FX Series Casts Steve Buscemi

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WGA Sues to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Alleging Writers Will Be Paid Less and Have Fewer Opportunities if Deal Goes Through

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‘Backrooms’ Is Now Streaming: Where to Watch A24’s Box Office Hit at Home

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Fox Sets Fall 2026 Premiere Dates: ‘The Floor,’ ‘Doc,’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and More

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‘Little House on the Prairie’ Debuts With 6.4 Million Views in Four Days on Netflix

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‘Big Brother 28’ Opens With 3.9 Million Viewers, Biggest Premiere Since 2021

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Federation Spain, Chile’s Alma Films Board Dominican Queer Period Horror ‘Echoes’ by Fantastic Lab Winner Kryzz Gautier

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‘Backrooms’ Producer Chris Ferguson Signs First Look Deal With Warner Bros. Clockwork

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‘Backrooms’ Producer Chris Ferguson Signs First Look Deal With Warner Bros.

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After ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Closes, Andrew Lloyd Webber Warns Musicals Are in Crisis: ‘Broadway Risks Rivaling Hollywood’s Empty Soundstages’

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‘Stranger Things’ Gets $195 Assouline Photo Book Featuring Behind-the-Scenes Images From All Five Seasons

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Frontières 2026: Lineup and Highlights from a Zombie Wedding to Thai Folk Horror Noir and a Half-Body Filipino Vampire

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‘The Plague’ Exec Producer James Presson Boards Frontières Biopic Parody ‘Humpty: American Dream’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker’s Dad Jeff Barker to Write, Direct Horror Short Starring Dane Cook (Exclusive)

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From ‘Happy Gilmore’ to ‘Top Gun,’ Golf Apparel Brand Pins & Aces Taps Into Pop Culture Favorites for Bestselling Golf Gear

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Christopher Nolan Fans Will Stop at Nothing to See ‘The Odyssey’ in Imax 70mm, From Cross-Country Trips to Delaying Pregnancy

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Why Christopher Nolan Cut a 3,000-Year-Old Joke From ‘The Odyssey’

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Fantasia Festival 2026: 10 Wild Must-See Genre Movies, From Nazi Beatdowns to Christmas Chaos

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‘The Conjuring’ Prequel Casts Its Young Ed and Loraine with Garrett Wareing, Amanda Fix

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‘Reacher’ Star Alan Ritchson in Talks to Lead Splashy Netflix Action Movie ‘Maelstrom’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Big Break’: In This Meta Horror Comedy, a Real-Life Sketch Group Pursues Fame and Dodges a Killer

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‘Backrooms,’ ‘Longlegs’ Producer Oddfellows Signs First-Look Deal With Warner Bros.

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Walter Hill to Be Honored with Fantastic Fest Lifetime Achievement Award and Alamo Drafthouse Retrospective Screening Series (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Conjuring’ Prequel Movie Casts Young Ed and Lorraine Warren, Sets 2027 Release

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Kevin Feige to Receive Pioneer of the Year Award From Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation

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Frontières Juicy Dark Horror Comedy ‘Gro(ceries),’ Starring and Co-Written by ‘Sex Education’s’ Chinenye Ezeudu-Sterling, Adds French Co-Production Partners (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Moana’ Could Lose at Least $100 Million in Theaters. Does Disney Need to Rethink Its Live-Action Remakes?

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Carey Mulligan Joins Billie Eilish in ‘The Bell Jar’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Tubi Taps Shannon Olivas to Lead Communications and Publicity

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‘Gone With the Wind’ Sets First 4K Blu-ray Release With New Restoration and Bonus Features (EXCLUSIVE)

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Variety’s Actors on Actors Lands Two Daytime Emmy Nominations

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Steve Johnson Created Movie Icons Like Slimer in ’Ghostbusters’ Before Flaming Out on Drugs. A New Doc Traces His Art and Recovery

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Disney Set to Launch Inaugural ‘Created in L.A.’ Event, Hosted by Jon Youshaei

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Jon Stewart Gushes Over ‘The Odyssey’: “Holy Sh*t, It’s Staggering”

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Sam Neill’s Cancer Battle Left His Immune System ‘Compromised,’ Actor’s Ex Says: He Was ‘Pretty Sick for the Last Couple of Weeks’

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Zach Cregger, Issa López and Jay Duplass Among Mentors for Alliance of Women Directors Fellowship

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Eighties L.A. Is Awash in Sex and Serial Killers in the First Trailer for ‘The Shards’

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Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk Doc Headlines Bleecker Street’s Biggest Awards Slate Ever, Alongside New Films Starring Helen Mirren and Carrie Coon (EXCLUSIVE)

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World Cup Final Halftime Adds New York Philharmonic and Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, to Be Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel (EXCLUSIVE)

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Tate McRae, Sombr, Tyriq Withers, Malachi Barton to Be Honored at Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood

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Syndicated Game Show ‘Scrambled Up’ Renewed for Season 2

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‘Akira’ Gets Its First New 35mm Print in Decades, Set to Tour U.K. and Ireland Cinemas

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TV’s Upfront Market Has Nearly Wrapped, Even if Big TV Won’t Say So (EXCLUSIVE)

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Content Partners Expands Into Creator Economy, Launching Wonderloom Media With Ed Simpson, Acquiring Dr. Insanity True Crime Franchise

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‘The Shards’ Trailer: Drugs, Sex and a Serial Killer Haunt L.A. Teens in FX Drama Series

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1-2 Special Takes Cannes Winner ‘A Man of His Time’ for North America

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Suni Lee’s Gymnastics Comeback to Be Chronicled in First Fanatics Studios Documentary (Exclusive)

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Radio Host Elvis Duran Launches Video Podcast Venture Podrophenia With Paul Heyman, MCM Studios for Creator-Led Shows (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Moana’ Claims No. 1 at U.K. and Ireland Box Office as ‘The Odyssey’ Looms

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