Category Archives: Variety
Hungary, Which Hosted ‘Dune: Part 2,’ ‘Maria’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Shoots, Extends 30% Film Incentive by Six Years
Hungary's 30% film tax incentive, which has helped attract recent Hollywood shoots like “Dune: Part Two,” “Maria” and “The Brutalist” to the country, has been exten...
Oct 29, 2024
‘Myth: A Frozen Tale’ Helmer Inks Content Deal With DreamFlare AI (EXCLUSIVE)
Jeff Gipson, director of Disney Animation’s VR shorts “Myth: A Frozen Tale” and “Cycles,” has inked a deal with startup DreamFlare AI to create a series of shorts for its...
Oct 29, 2024
Julia Roberts Says ‘Women Still Have a Right to Choose’ in Voting Booths, Even if Their Husbands Support Trump: ‘No One Will Ever Know’ How You Vote
Julia Roberts is the latest Hollywood celebrity to champion Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. The Oscar winner is featured as the narrator in a new Harris-Walz campaign video created by the ...
Oct 29, 2024
YouTube Q3 Ad Revenue Beats Forecasts, Rising 12% to $8.92 Billion
YouTube generated a cool $8.92 billion in advertising revenue for the third quarter of 2024 as the world’s biggest video-streaming platform continues to turn in double-digit growth on already bi...
Oct 29, 2024
EA Says ‘The Sims 4’ Added 15 Million Players in 2024, ‘Madden’ and ‘College Football’ to Cross $1 Billion in Sales by Next Spring
“The Sims 4” added more than 15 million players over the past year, Electronic Arts reported Tuesday in its latest quarterly earnings report, just ahead of the life-simulation game’s...
Oct 29, 2024
Ansel Elgort to Star in Survival Thriller ‘Faster Than Horses’; Upgrade Launches Sales at AFM
“West Side Story” actor Ansel Elgort is set to star in “Faster Than Horses,” a survival thriller directed by Emmy nominee James Erskine (“Shooting for Socrates “) a...
Oct 29, 2024
‘Anora’ and ‘Challengers’ Get Awards Boosts From Gotham Nominations in Year Without Oscar Frontrunners
Awards season is underway, and the Gotham nominations are only a small blip for what could be on Oscar voters radar. While any nomination (or win) from any industry group marks a chance at gaining mom...
Oct 29, 2024
Six Biggest Companies to Spend Record $126 Billion on Content in 2024, up 9%, Led by Disney
Despite market challenges in TV and film production, the six biggest global content companies — led by Disney — are projected to increase spending in aggregate by 9% in 2024, to a record $...
Oct 29, 2024
Quentin Tarantino Praises ‘Joker 2’ and Says Joaquin Phoenix Gives ‘One of the Best Performances I’ve Ever Seen in My Life’: It’s a ‘F— You’ to ‘Comic Book Geeks’ and Hollywood
“Joker: Folie Deux” bombed with critics and at the box office but not with Quentin Tarantino it turns out. The filmmaker recently appeared on “The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast” an...
Oct 29, 2024
The Best Audible Books to Listen to Right Now
We live in a glorious time in which it’s completely normal to fall asleep to the sound of your favorite Hollywood star reading you a story. More and more bold-faced names have joined Audible in ...
Oct 29, 2024