Category Archives: Variety
Jonathan Groff Returning to Broadway as Performer Bobby Darin in ‘Just in Time’ Musical
Jonathan Groff, a recent Tony winner for “Merrily We Roll Along,” is returning to Broadway. He’s set to star in “Just In Time,” a new musical about the life and times of ...
Oct 09, 2024
‘A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead’ Video Game Will Measure How Loud You Are With Your Controller’s Microphone
Shh! The upcoming video game “A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead” has crafted a new way to immerse players in its universe through a real-life sound detection component. The single-player horro...
Oct 09, 2024
‘The Sticky’: Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist Series Sets Amazon Premiere Date, Drops First-Look Photos (EXCLUSIVE)
The Amazon Prime Video dark comedy series “The Sticky” has set its premiere date, Variety has learned exclusively. The six-episode half-hour series will debut on Dec. 6. In addition, Varie...
Oct 09, 2024
The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
If cinema is like dreaming with our eyes open, then horror movies could rightly be viewed as waking nightmares: an opportunity to confront our unconscious fears directly - most often as entertainment,...
Oct 09, 2024
‘One Day in October’ Director Dan Reed on the Toll of Documenting Terror Attacks: ‘I Once Woke Up Smelling Charred Human Flesh’
Documentary filmmaker Dan Reed, whose work includes Michael Jackson doc "Leaving Neverland" and HBO's recent "The Truth vs Alex Jones," has found his calling in getting people to relive "the worst day...
Oct 09, 2024
Daniel Kaluuya Says Ashley Walters Inspired Him to Become an Actor Despite Being ‘Sidelined’ by the Industry: ‘You Get Defined by Your Mistakes, Especially if You’re Black’
Daniel Kaluuya discussed the early days of his career in a Screen Talk on the opening day of the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday. Speaking to fellow actor and close friend Ashley Walters (“...
Oct 09, 2024
Saoirse Ronan Says There ‘Wasn’t Really an Escape’ From WWII Drama ‘Blitz’ While Filming: ‘You’d Put on the News and See Exactly the Same Thing’
Saoirse Ronan discussed the relevance of Steve McQueen’s WWII drama “Blitz” amid escalating global conflict during the film’s press conference at the BFI London Film Festival, ...
Oct 09, 2024
‘Love Is Blind’ Set for Italian Adaptation at Netflix
Netflix is launching a local adaptation of "Love is Blind" in Italy following recent European redos of the hit reality dating show in the U.K. and Sweden. “Love Is Blind Italy,” which is b...
Oct 09, 2024
‘The Mohican,’ About Corsican Goatherd’s Battle With Mafia, Sells to Several Territories Following Venice Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Brussels-based sales agency Be For Films has closed distribution deals on Frdric Farrucci’s “The Mohican,” which world premiered in the Horizons Extra section of the Venice Film Fest...
Oct 09, 2024
Emmanuel Macron Gives Rare Sit-Down Interview About France’s Cultural Boom, #MeToo Reckoning, the Need to Regulate AI and Getting ‘Emily in Paris’ Back From Rome
French President Emmanuel Macron apologizes for being late. But one could forgive the tardiness. After all, the leader of one of Europe's largest economies is handling geopolitical disasters in the Mi...
Oct 09, 2024