Category Archives: Variety

Box Office: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Tallies $41.5 Million Opening Day — Second Biggest Ever for September
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” jumped in the line and earned $41.5 million from 4,575 locations across Friday and preview screenings. That’s the second-biggest opening day ever for a Sept...
J. Kim Murphy Sep 07, 2024

Will Jennings, Co-writer of ‘My Heart Will Go On,’ ‘Tears in Heaven’ and Other Classics, Dies at 80
Will Jennings, an Oscar winner for “My Heart Will Go On” and “Up Where We Belong” and one of the best known lyricists in the contemporary songwriting community, has died, his l...
Chris Willman Sep 07, 2024

Happy Birthday ESPN! Linda Cohn and Hannah Storm Reflect on the Worldwide Leader’s Impact on Women’s Sports
In the late 1980s, when future "SportsCenter" legend Linda Cohn wanted to move up the ladder in her career from Long Island cable news, she made a big batch of chocolate chip cookies one day for her c...
Cynthia Littleton Sep 07, 2024

14 Buzzy Films for Sale in Toronto, and What It Means for the Indie Film Market
Let’s see if those famously kind Canadian audiences can convince Hollywood studios and streamers to bring the indies of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival back with them throu...
Varietymattdonnelly Sep 07, 2024

Joseph Kahn on Toronto-Bound ‘Wholesome’ Horror ‘Ick’: ‘My Objective Is Not to Scare You. It Is to Thrill You’
Joseph Kahn's sci-fi/horror satire “Ick” has its world premiere in Toronto Intl. Film Festival’s Midnight Madness slot on Saturday. He previously directed “Bodied,” which...
Leo Barraclough Sep 07, 2024

Max Minghella Breaks Out of His ‘Shell’ With Black Comedy Starring Kate Hudson and Elisabeth Moss
Most audiences would recognize Max Minghella from his stellar turn in Hulu's "Handmaid's Tale" or "The Mindy Project" or any number of acting gigs in film and TV. But he's also a writer/producer/direc...
Carolehorst Sep 07, 2024

TrustNordisk Adds Sales on ‘The Quiet Ones’ (EXCLUSIVE)
TrustNordisk has added more key territory sales for "The Quiet Ones," a heist action drama from Denmark's Zentropa and director Frederik Louis Hviid premiering in TIFF. Starring Gustav Giese, Amanda C...
John Hopewell Sep 07, 2024

‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2’ Review: Kevin Costner’s Ambitious Western Project Frustrates Once Again
There’s an enormous amount to describe, but very little to actually say about Kevin Costner’s bedraggled “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2,” the second of a planned ...
Jessica Kiang Sep 07, 2024

Toronto Premiere ‘U Are the Universe’ Offers Star-Crossed Love in Interstellar Ukrainian Sci-Fi Dramedy, Drops Teaser (EXCLUSIVE)
Not long after he's canned from his job as an intergalactic trucker for the biggest nuclear waste disposal company in Eastern Europe, Ukrainian Everyman Andriy Melnyk is blinded by a flash of light as...
Postcardjunky Sep 07, 2024

‘Senna’ Producer Gullane Preps Sequel to Animated ’Noah’s Ark’ (EXCLUSIVE)
So Paulo production shingle Gullane, which is behind upcoming Netflix series "Senna," has moved into development on a sequel to the animated feature "Noah's Ark." Produced by Gullane and Walter Salles...
John Hopewell Sep 07, 2024