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Allison Janney was the first guest on CNN’s new interview series “Coming Up,” hosted by former Variety chief correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, and the Emmy winner revealed the dispiriting advice she heard from a Hollywood agent when she was first starting out in the industry. “I remember when I was very young trying to find an […]
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Bradley Jaden, who just wrapped an acclaimed run as Javert in “Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular,” is making his Broadway debut in the fall. The actor is joining the company of “Wanted” alongside the previously announced cast of Solea Pfeiffer, Liisi LaFontaine, Luke James and Ledisi. Described as a “soulful and dangerous” and “mostly-true” […]
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Rory Kennedy thought she was through with Boeing. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind “Last Days in Vietnam” and “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib” — and youngest child of late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy — had spent years making “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing,” a 2022 documentary exploring the “profits over people” approach at the […]
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Steven Soderbergh is creating what he hopes will be a heady cocktail by mixing two of his greatest passions: mind-altering movies and Bolivian brandy brand Singani 63. Over the course of 63 days, from Sept. 3 through Oct. 30, Singani 63 and British arthouse movie theater chain Everyman will present “A Man Under the Influence: […]
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The 2026 Little League World Series features 20 of the best youth baseball teams from around the world, including United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Australia and others. The tournament starts with Leon NCA vs. Santiago DOM on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ESPN. Games take place at Lamade […]
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In an era where AI music generation has ruptured the music industry, a social-forward music remixing app is aiming to stand out among the rest — with the help of one of the major labels. Hook, an AI-powered app where fans can create minute-long clips that remixes or mashes up a licensed artist’s track to share […]
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"Mutiny," a revenge thriller set aboard a giant cargo ship, shows that there’s life in the "Die Hard on a Boat" concept. The film makes you think of Bruce Willis in other ways too, since its star, Jason Statham, boasts a macho chrome dome and offs his enemies with a blithe viciousness that evokes Willis at his ruthless best.
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Variety has learned exclusively that Bloomberg Media is launching a new conversational series titled “Post Credits” with host Ian Schafer. The series hails from Ensemble, a Hoorae Media Company, of which Schafer is the co-founder and president. The show will feature conversations with creators, executives, entrepreneurs and cultural leaders about the intersection of the creator […]
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GRAMADO, Brazil — Local media giant Globo’s Estúdios Globo will produce feature film “Macacos” (“Monkeys”), based on a play of Clayton Nascimento, and telefilm “Os Tatuyos,” as part of the company’s ambitious Brazilian film production expansion, according to Amauri Soares, director of TV Globo and Estúdios Globo. “Macacos” is in the development stage and will […]
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After six years, Laika is back with a new stop-motion animated film. In the new trailer for “Wildwood,” a young girl named Prue (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) launches a desperate rescue mission, joined by her classmate Curtis (Jacob Tremblay), to save her baby brother from a murder of crows. It’s a quest that takes her into […]
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There is a pleasantly peppery performance from a bewhiskered — and bewhiskyed — Bruce Dern in William Scoular’s “Northbound,” but its spice is lost to the coziness of an approach that sets a higher premium on amiability than originality. Kicking off to Trooper’s stadium staple “Raise a Little Hell” and closing out with the plaintive […]
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Ewan McGregor has recently been very vocal about his desire to return as Obi-Wan Kenobi — and even has a few pitches for what his “Star Wars” character could get up to in a new project. Speaking at the Variety Lounge at Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Scottish star said he’d got as far as […]
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