Category Archives: News

Tim Robinson’s HBO Series ‘The Chair Company’ Gets Release Date, First-Look Images
Tim Robinson’s new comedy series “The Chair Company” will premiere on HBO and HBO Max on Oct. 12. Co-created by Robinson and his “I Think You Should Leave” collaborator Z...
Ethan Shanfeld Sep 08, 2025

Habanero Film Sales Clinches World Sales Rights to Ulises Porra’s ‘Under the Same Sun’ Ahead of its TIFF World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Rio de Janeiro-based Habanero Film Sales has snagged world sales rights to the Spanish-Dominican co-production "Under the Same Sun" (“Bajo el mismo sol”) ahead of its Sept. 11 Toronto Film...
Anna Marie de la Fuente Sep 08, 2025

Paramount Taps Kenneth Weinstein as CBS News Ombudsman
Paramount Global named former Hudson Institute CEO Kenneth Weinstein to serve as ombudsman of CBS News, assigning someone who led a conservative think tank and worked outside the traditional world of ...
Brian Steinberg Sep 08, 2025

Sherlock Holmes Gets Animated Treatment as Harry King Television Taps ‘Shrek’ Producer David Lipman (EXCLUSIVE)
Harry King Television is moving forward with an animated take on Sherlock Holmes, enlisting David Lipman to spearhead the project alongside company CEO Nicholas Sercombe. The London and LA-based produ...
Naman Ramachandran Sep 08, 2025

‘Ernest & Celestine’ Producers Embark on WW2, New York-Set Animated Adventure ‘Children of Liberty’ With Urban Handling Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based sales company Urban has boarded “Children of Liberty,” a long-gestated New York-set animated adventure from the Oscar-nominated producers of “Ernest & Celestine.̶...
Elskes Sep 08, 2025

Chris Martin “needs to let go of feeling like I need” Coldplay: “I’m getting there”
Chris Martin has admitted that he’ll struggle to move on from Coldplay when their recorded catalogue eventually ends. The frontman is quoted by The Sun‘s ‘Bizarre’ column as sa...
Tom Skinner Sep 08, 2025

Cate Blanchett Teaming With ‘Lady Macbeth’ Filmmaker Alice Birch on ‘Sweetsick’ for Searchlight Pictures
Cate Blanchett will star in “Sweetsick,” a new film about a woman who has the ability to see what people need most in life. Alice Birch will write and direct in her feature directorial deb...
Varietybrentlang Sep 08, 2025

Dacre Montgomery, Diane Lane, Sofia Boutella and Tim Robbins to Star in Brad Anderson’s Thriller ‘Moral Capacity’ (EXCLUSIVE)
“Stranger Things” breakout Dacre Montgomery (currently in Gus Van Sant’s festival bowing “Dead Man’s Wire”) is set to lead the cast of upcoming psychological thrill...
Alex Ritman Sep 08, 2025

‘SNL’ Finalizes Season 51 Cast: Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman and More Return; Colin Jost and Michael Che Back for ‘Weekend Update’
After a handful of departures and arrivals, “Saturday Night Live” has finalized its Season 51 cast, Variety has learned. Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim and Chloe Fineman will all return to the NBC...
Ethan Shanfeld Sep 08, 2025

Gene Gallagher’s Villanelle are ready to launch with “a genuine passion to bring back rock music”
Villanelle have spoken exclusively to NME about launching their debut single ‘Hinge’ this week, and their plans to resurrect rock. The UK rock trio – consisting of frontman Gene Gall...
Andrew Trendell Sep 08, 2025