Category Archives: Variety

‘Baywatch’ Adds Nadia Gray to Recurring Cast
Fox’s hotly anticipated “Baywatch” reboot has added Nadia Gray as a recurring guest star, Variety has confirmed. Gray will play Lisa, an EMT and partner to the team of lifeguards bou...
Varietymattdonnelly Mar 20, 2026

SXSW 2026: The 8 Best Things We Watched in Austin, From a Semi-Suicidal Charlie Day to a Talking Fox Played by Olivia Colman
Though this year’s South by Southwest Film & TV Festival was an abbreviated, seven-day affair, filmmakers still brought Austin’s clap-happy crowds an assortment of film and TV titles f...
Kate Aurthur Mar 20, 2026

Crisis at Row K: New Indie Film Distributor’s Money Problems Put Reputations and Maude Apatow’s Directorial Debut in Jeopardy (EXCLUSIVE)
Less than eight months after it launched, Row K Entertainment, a new Hollywood distribution label, is being beset with unpaid bills and concerns about its finances. Eight sources from outside the comp...
Varietymattdonnelly Mar 20, 2026

Bringing Rocky to Life: How ‘Project Hail Mary’ Puppeteer James Ortiz Created the Movie’s Lovable Alien
When Ryan Gosling interacts on screen with his alien buddy, which he does for more than half of “Project Hail Mary,” he wasn’t staring at a green screen as cameras rolled. Instead, h...
Varietybrentlang Mar 20, 2026

Oscar Winning ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ Director David Borenstein Lines Up Next Project With PBS, Reunites With Danish Team for ‘Living in Our Heads’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Earlier this week, American director David Borenstein was supposed to pitch his next project at CPH:DOX's prestigious Forum platform. He had to pull out at the last minute, however, but for a very goo...
Rafa Sales Ross Mar 20, 2026

Nielsen Delays ‘Gauge’ Report Further, Following Streamer Backlash, Citing Need for Data Updates (EXCLUSIVE)
Nielsen said it will delay even further the release of its popular “Gauge,” a monthly snapshot of viewing across linear and digital screens after some clients became alarmed by a downturn ...
Brian Steinberg Mar 20, 2026

Adam Schiff Touts Federal Film Incentive to Counter Hollywood Job Losses: ‘It Needs to Be Bipartisan’
Sen. Adam Schiff has drafted a bill to create a federal incentive for film and TV production, but said Friday that he still working to gain Republican co-sponsors. Schiff held a hearing at Burbank Cit...
Gmaddaus Mar 20, 2026

Chinese Teen Roadtrip Film ‘Whispers in May’ Wins at Copenhagen Documentary Festival CPH:DOX
Dongnan Chen's "Whispers in May" won the main prize at CPH:DOX, Copenhagen's documentary film festival, on Friday. The award, known as the Dox:Award, comes with a cash prize of 10,000 ($11,555). In "W...
Leo Barraclough Mar 20, 2026

‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Explains the Movie’s Big Death and That Cillian Murphy-Barry Keoghan Showdown, Plus More Duke in the Upcoming Spinoff
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for "Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man," which premiered on Netflix on March 20. After six seasons of "Peaky Blinders," Tommy Shelby's dominance in B...
K.J. Yossman Mar 20, 2026

Nexstar-Tegna Deal: Eight States File Emergency Motion to Halt ‘Disastrous’ Merger of Local TV Broadcasters
Nexstar Media Group declared Thursday that its $6.2 billion takeover of rival TV station company Tegna had closed — but now eight state attorneys general seeking to block the merger have stepped...
Todd Spangler Mar 20, 2026