Category Archives: Variety
CBS Plans ‘Evening News’ Overhaul: John Dickerson, Maurice DuBois, Weather and Close Ties to ’60 Minutes’
CBS wants to get back in the battle for evening-news viewers with a new take on the format that looks very little like the evening news viewers have come to know. The network plans to rebuild its long...
Brian Steinberg Aug 01, 2024

Pharrell Williams’ Lego Biopic ‘Piece by Piece’ to Close London Film Festival
This year’s BFI London Film Festival is going from the Blitz to the, well, bricks. Having already announced that Steve McQueen’s WWII drama “Blitz” will open the 68th edition o...
Alex Ritman Aug 01, 2024

Canva Sets Limited-Time Disney Licensing Pact for 10 Key Characters in Tandem With D:23
Online design platform Canva has set an unusual deal with the Walt Disney Co. for a limited-time use of 10 key characters from the Mouse House vault in connection with Disney’s biannual D23 fan ...
Cynthia Littleton Aug 01, 2024

Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Room Next Door,’ Starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, Set as New York Film Festival Centerpiece
Pedro Almodvar's “The Room Next Door” has been tapped as the Centerpiece selection for the 62nd New York Film Festival. The comedic drama, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, will m...
Rebecca Rubin Aug 01, 2024

Streaming Sports Hub Venu Plans to Launch at $42.99 Per Month
Streaming sports on a stand-alone basis won’t be cheap. Venu, the streaming joint venture backed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery and built around the sports offerings of all three comp...
Brian Steinberg Aug 01, 2024

Sue Bird and Alex Morgan Team With Uzo Aduba, CBS Studios for ‘Summer of Gold’ Limited Series (EXCLUSIVE)
As the 2024 Paris Olympics captures the zeitgeist, the “Summer of Gold” podcast - about the American female athletes who dominated the 1996 Atlanta games - is set to become a limited ...
Angelique Jackson Aug 01, 2024

Groundbreaking Saudi-Turkish Road Comedy ‘My Treat’ to Be Produced by Front Row Productions, Alamiya Filmed Entertainment
Dubai-based Front Row Productions and new Saudi production company Alamiya Filmed Entertainment have teamed on "My Treat" ("Mahmool Makfool"), a Saudi-Turkish road-trip comedy about the misadventures ...
Nvivarelli Aug 01, 2024

Breaking ‘Kneecap’: How a Music Biopic Born From an ‘All-Night Bender’ Became One of Ireland’s Most Important Films (and a Likely Oscars Contender)
"Has anyone worn a tracksuit to the Oscars?" It's not a question Naoise O’ Caireallin - one-third of the fast-rising Irish-language hip-hop group Kneecap, who is better known by his st...
Alex Ritman Aug 01, 2024

BBC Studios Forms New U.K. Entertainment Unit to House ‘Strictly Come Dancing,’ Glastonbury Coverage (EXCLUSIVE)
BBC Studios have formed a new division for U.K. entertainment to be headed by Suzy Lamb, Variety has learned. The new unit comes after Studios, the BBC's commercial arm which produces content sold aro...
K.J. Yossman Aug 01, 2024

Fremantle’s ‘Queer’ Producer the Apartment Sets Carolina Cavalli’s Next Project Under New CEO Annamaria Morelli (EXCLUSIVE)
Under the leadership of new CEO Annamaria Morelli, The Apartment — the Fremantle-owned outfit which will attend Venice with three hot titles including Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer”...
Nvivarelli Aug 01, 2024