Category Archives: Variety

The Playmaker has closed a U.S. distribution deal for Canadian crime thriller “The G” with Dark Sky Films. Directed by Karl R. Hearne, the film follows Ann Hunter, a.k.a. The G, who battle...

Jimmy Kimmel was not impressed with Donald Trump’s mockery of Joe Biden this week. After the U.S. president found himself in a controversy for allegedly calling Trump supporters “garbage,&...

(Editor’s note: Variety’s interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment CEOs Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino occurred on Oct. 16, prior to PlayStation’s Tuesday announcement it is s...

“The Book of Life” writer/director/animator/actor Jorge Gutierrez is putting his spin on the opening to this Sunday’s annual “Treehouse of Horror” edition of “The S...

"Black Mirror’s" Samuel Blenkin and "House of the Dragon" star Emily Carey have been cast as the leads in upcoming indie feature "Misper." A darkly comic film, “Misper” follows Leona...

Isabel May, best known for Taylor Sheridan’s “1883,” is in final discussions to star in “Wild World,” the upcoming revenge thriller from Emmy-nominated husband and wife d...

Film Constellation is launching international sales on “About a Hero,” directed by Piotr Winiewicz, an AI-driven murder mystery set to open the International Documentary Film Festival Amst...

Bill Burr and Charli XCX are set as hosts of “Saturday Night Live” going into November. Burr will host the long-running NBC sketch comedy series on Nov. 9, the first “SNL” to a...

AGBO, the media company led by filmmakers Anthony and Joe Russo of Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame" fame, has hired AI expert Dominic Hughes as its first chief scientific officer. Hughes, in the newly cre...

"Squid Game" writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk and two of the show's stars, Lee Jung-jae and Wi Ha-Jun, made the trek to Italy’s Lucca Comics and Games on Thursday and revealed new details of ...