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“Wonder Man” star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is speaking out about the surprising cancellation of the Marvel TV series after it had previously been renewed for a second season on Disney+. “Word just dropped that Wonder Man won’t be coming back for Season 2. (And if you don’t knowww, now ya knoww!” Abdul-Mateen wrote in an […]
Disney is getting ready to shed its ownership stake in A+E Global Media, the cable-focused programmer it has owned jointly with Hearst for more than a decade. Disney will sell its 50% stake in A+E Global Media (formerly known as A+E Networks) to Hearst, in a transaction valued at over $1 billion, a source familiar […]
Outfest looked a little different this past weekend. Instead of the usual 11-day window over the summer, the festivities ran for four days from July 23-26, with screenings and conversations held at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Renberg Theatre in Hollywood. The program featured over 30 films and shorts, headlined by Gregg Araki’s “I Want […]
The dark prince of reality TV has re-emerged. Mike Darnell has inked an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Netflix, where he will also consult on the platform’s unscripted slate. He’ll work closely with Netflix nonfiction series & sports vice president Brandon Riegg, who was instrumental in recruiting Darnell to the streamer. According to insiders, Darnell will […]
Tom Holland said in an interview with Quotable on the “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” press tour that one of the worst cuts he saw of the movie was shaped by test screenings. “We’ve seen loads of different cuts of this movie, and one of the cuts, they took all of the notes from all of […]
Apple turned in another solid earnings report overall for the June 2026 quarter, which marks the last earnings period for outgoing CEO Tim Cook. For the three months ended June 27, Apple’s Q3 of fiscal 2026, the tech giant reported total revenue of $109.4 billion, up 16%. Net income came in at $29.8 billion, an […]
NBCUniversal is starting to blaze its own corporate path. The Comcast-backed media conglomerate, which is slated to be spun off from its parent company within a year’s time, named Christopher Halpin as chief financial officer. He will begin in his new role on September 8, and report to Mike Cavanagh, co-CEO of Comcast. Halpin had […]
Electronic Arts is set to close its previously announced $55 billion go-private deal next week, according to the video game publishing giant. In a new SEC filing Thursday, the “Battlefield 6” and “The Sims” publisher disclosed: “As of July 30, 2026, all regulatory approvals required to complete the Merger have been obtained. Electronic Arts currently […]
Influence Media Partners, in collaboration with funds and accounts managed by affiliates of BlackRock, has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Anthem Entertainment: its music publishing catalogs, film & TV publishing assets and its portfolio of master recordings, for a purchase price of $600 million-plus. The catalogs include more than […]
After serving for more than 11 years on Netflix’s board, Anne Sweeney is departing as a director. Netflix disclosed Sweeney’s departure in an SEC filing Thursday. “On July 26, 2026, Anne Sweeney notified Netflix, Inc. (the ‘Company’) that she was resigning from the Board of Directors of the Company effective as of that date. Ms. […]
Amazon reported its second-quarter 2026 earnings Thursday, revealing it beat Wall Street’s estimates with more than $200 billion in revenue for the April-June quarter. Ad revenue for the quarter was up 26% while the company’s profit jumped to $62.6 billion with its investment in Anthropic. Wall Street forecast earnings per share (EPS) of $1.82 on […]
Gird your loins because “The Devil Wears Prada 2” is officially available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu. The sequel grossed $677 million at the worldwide summer box office. If you’re planning an at-home watch party for the buzzy sequel, you can even delivery a variety of festive merch and apparel through Doordash. The delivery […]
A film producer sued Netflix for $105 million on Wednesday after the company lost an unencrypted copy of his World War II film “Fortitude,” starring Nicolas Cage and Ben Kingsley. Simon Afram, a Swiss businessman, wrote the script and spent seven years and $45 million bringing it to the screen, according to his lawsuit. The […]
Live Nation continues to post incremental profits with the release of its second-quarter earnings, reporting $7.7 billion in revenue in a 9% increase over the same period last year. The company saw concert revenue increase by eight percent over the year, with international markets amplifying growth. Operating income for Q2 landed at $522 million, up […]
The email came through last week. The follow-up call may as well have been an email. “There wasn’t a lot of insight into their full thinking process,” Stacy Spikes, the founder of the film festival Urbanworld, told Variety about the Writers Guild of America East’s decision not to sponsor the 30th edition of the BIPOC-focused […]
Verve has promoted three coordinators to agents — Shahrez Aziz, Taylor Killefer and Cooper Yeager — across its television literary, motion picture literary and digital departments. “Shahrez, Taylor and Cooper are part of the next generation guiding the evolution of our industry and helping define what a modern agent is today and tomorrow,” Verve’s co-founding partners Adam Levine […]
The long-awaited 6th edition of “Vampire: The Masquerade” is in active development at publisher White Wolf amid a flurry of transmedia development for the entire World of Darkness franchise. “Vampire: The Masquerade 6th Edition” was announced Thursday at Gen Con 2026 by World of Darkness creative director Jess Lanzillo as the first project to be […]
Controversial filmmaker Tom Six is saying goodbye to his fans in a very personal way. The writer-director has announced the release of his final movie, “The End of Tom Six.” The “Human Centipede” creator is independently releasing the film on Aug. 15 on YouTube with a pay-what-you-want model. It will also be available on DVD. […]
Tom Holland is swinging back into theaters this weekend as Peter Parker in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” but a plan is already being laid out for his replacement. The actor has been vocal in past interviews about wanting to be directly involved in passing the baton to his Spider-Man successor, but he revealed in a […]
“Wonder Man” has been canceled at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively. The news comes despite the fact that Disney announced a Season 2 renewal for the show back in March, roughly two months after it debuted. According to sources, a writers’ room for Season 2 was never opened and the show’s writers have been released […]
