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“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 One Nights” in one interconnected saga. Per the logline, “Shahrazad […]
“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 buzz. Bunny (Newton) is a homeschooled runaway working as […]
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 (“Josephine”) and Florian Zeller (“Bunker”) turned up at Variety‘s intimate yet glamorous dinner at Soho Mews House […]
The Hollywood Radio and Television Society has announced their newly elected officers, including Amazon MGM Studios’ Albert Cheng as chairman. Also, Tim McNeal will serve his second term as president and CEO Melissa Grego has renewed her contract to continue leading the nonprofit organization into 2028. Grego has served in that role since October 2017. […]
In a rare team-up of big Hollywood talent agencies, CAA, UTA and WME have joined forces as founding members of the American Entertainment Alliance — which among other things wants U.S. legislation to force streaming providers like Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and Disney+ to spend at least 50% of their budgets on independent productions. […]
CBS was the most-watched broadcaster of the week of Oct. 4-10, during which it debuted new seasons of the shows on its primetime lineup. The Eye network averaged 4.4 million viewers in primetime during that window, a significant lead on its next closest competitor, which was NBC with a 3.4 million-viewer average. ABC and Fox […]
Al Pacino will be honored with SAG-AFTRA’s Life Achievement Award for his career and humanitarian accomplishments at the Actor Awards. The “Scarface” actor will receive the union’s top tribute at the Actor Awards ceremony on Feb. 28, 2027 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Life Achievement Award is given annually to an actor […]
Less than two years ago, See-Saw Films was one of the most eligible bachelors in the industry. Prestige tastemakers behind a library of acclaimed movies (including multi Oscar-winner “The King’s Speech,” plus the likes of “Lion,” “The Power of the Dog,” and “One Life”), the production company had moved into TV with astonishing success with […]
Laika’s latest stop-motion animated feature, “Wildwood,” is the Oregon-based studio’s most ambitious film to date, featuring 231 puppets, 54 hero characters and 136 locations. Written and direct by Travis Knight (“Kubo and the Two Strings”), the picture, opening Oct. 23, follows Prue, a 12-year-old girl who launches a desperate rescue mission to save her baby […]
“You should know that Jason’s mother, Mrs. Voorhees, was the original killer.” That quote from “Scream,” in which Ghostface trips up Casey (Drew Barrymore) while asking her about scary movies, is a reminder that for many modern audiences, “Friday the 13th” matriarch Pamela Voorhees exists as little more than a trivia question. Yet Peacock and […]
The Mise En Scene Company has taken worldwide sales rights to “Run,” the marathon comedy-drama led by “Schitt’s Creek” star Sarah Levy, and has unveiled the first-look image exclusively with Variety. The London and New York-based outfit, known as MSC, will open sales on the U.S. production at the American Film Market, operating from the […]
Guillermo del Toro is paying tribute to Italian special effects master Carlo Rambaldi, who is being honored today with a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star. Rambaldi, best known for designing the iconic title character in Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” died in 2012 at age 86. He was a three-time Academy Award winner for […]
Imran Khan is preparing a court challenge to an order that gives the Bollywood actor until Oct. 28 to leave India, after he attended a demonstration demanding that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar step down. Khan, a Bollywood superstar and Aamir Khan’s nephew, is an American national who lives in India on an Overseas Citizen […]
The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
Christy Carlson Romano is claiming she was paid half of Shia LaBeouf’s salary on the Disney Channel series “Even Stevens,” despite the two being “co-leads” with “the same screen time.” Romano opens up about her time on the show, which ran from 2000 to 2003 and followed the antics between a brother and sister with […]
Cineverse is teaming with Trevor Henderson, the horror creator behind viral characters like Siren Head and Cartoon Cat, to adapt his podcast “Mayfair Watchers Society” into a feature film, Variety can reveal exclusively. Launched in 2022 as part of Cineverse’s Bloody FM network, the “Mayfair Watchers Society” podcast is “presented as a collection of found […]
The second day of Russell Brand’s criminal trial is underway in London, with the first complainant detailing an alleged rape at the 1999 Labour Party conference in Bournemouth. Arriving to Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, Brand sported a grey suit, white shirt and black-and-white polka dot tie, with his hair tied back in a half-up […]
U.K. culture minister Lisa Nandy has signalled she is “minded to intervene” in Sky’s proposed $2 billion takeover of ITV, citing concerns about maintaining media plurality, particularly with regard to news. Nandy confirmed in a statement she may intervene if she has “reasonable grounds to suspect” that public interest considerations are at play. These include […]
Jordan Firstman is bringing “Club Kid” to the club. A24 is set to hold free screenings of Firstman’s feature film directorial debut “Club Kid” for nightlife communities in 12 U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. The activation is in partnership with Resident Advisor, […]
Zendaya is dusting off her “Dune” boots and getting back into the world of science fiction. The star has boarded a new untitled sci-fi to be written and directed Alex Garland for A24. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the feature is set to shoot in 2027. The project marks the latest collaboration […]
