Category Archives: Variety

‘Wednesday’ Season 3 Adds Four to Cast as Production Begins
“Wednesday” Season 3 is officially in production, with the show bringing in four new additions to its cast. Chris Sarandon (“Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Princess Bride”...
Joseph Otterson Feb 23, 2026

AMC Theatres Attendance Drops 10%, Quarterly Revenues Fall
“Avatar: Fire & Ash,” “Wicked: For Good” and “Zootopia 2” may have dominated the holiday box office, but they weren’t enough to lift AMC Theatres’ q...
varietybrentlang Feb 23, 2026

Kristen Bell on Hosting the Actor Awards, Being Cut From Her Big Screen Debut in ‘Pootie Tang’ and Why She Turns Off Phone Every Day at 5 P.M.
Kristen Bell is very busy. Not only is she preparing to star in a workshop of a new stage musical, "Three Months Later," in Los Angeles, but she's also getting ready to shoot Season 3 of her hit Netfl...
marcmalkin Feb 23, 2026

Sarah Turney, Kourtney Nichole Launch ‘The Final Hours’ True-Crime Podcast From PAVE Studios to ‘Shine a Light on the Cases That Deserve a Second Look’
Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole have teamed for “The Final Hours,” a new true-crime podcast that closely examines clues from the last few hours before someone goes missing — an eff...
Todd Spangler Feb 23, 2026

Winona Ryder Joins ‘Wednesday’ Season 3, Reuniting With Jenna Ortega and Tim Burton
Winona Ryder has booked a guest star role in “Wednesday” Season 3, Variety has learned. The role means a “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” reunion is set for the hit show’s thir...
Joseph Otterson Feb 23, 2026

‘Golden Swan,’ About the Kidnapping of the Director’s Brother, Debuts Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
"Golden Swan," which has its world premiere in the International Competition section of the 28th Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival, has debuted its trailer. The film, directed by Anette Ostr, lo...
Leo Barraclough Feb 23, 2026

Paramount Is Expected to Raise Price of Warner Bros. Discovery Bid. Will Netflix Walk Away?
David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has a Monday deadline to submit its best and final offer for Warner Bros. Discovery — and Paramount is expected to come back with an offer above its prev...
Todd Spangler Feb 23, 2026

BBC Will Remove N-Word Outburst From BAFTA Film Awards on iPlayer, Apologizes ‘That This Was Not Edited Out Prior to Broadcast’
The BBC has apologized for not editing out a racial slur from the BAFTA Film Awards’ tape-delayed broadcast and will now remove it from the version of the ceremony on iPlayer. The outburst came ...
Naman Ramachandran Feb 23, 2026

K-Drama Boom in Europe Moves Into Adaptation Phase, Mip London Panel Says
The rapid rise of Korean drama in Europe is entering a new phase, shifting from streaming success toward local adaptation and co-development, executives said during a Mip London session examining the ...
Naman Ramachandran Feb 23, 2026

‘Free Palestine’ Cut From BBC Broadcast of ‘My Father’s Shadow’ Director Akinola Davies Jr.’s BAFTAs Speech
After winning the BAFTA Film Award for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer, “My Father’s Shadow” helmer Akinola Davies Jr. ended his speech by saying “f...
Ellise Shafer Feb 23, 2026