Category Archives: Variety
Lena Waithe Accepts Variety Creative Conscience Impact Award at the Framline48 Film Festival
American screenwriter, producer and actor Lena Waithe was honored with the Variety Creative Conscience Impact Award at the Framline48 Film Festival, hosted by media arts nonprofit Framline, in San Fra...
Jul 10, 2024
Kevin Feige on Hugh Jackman’s Yellow Wolverine Suit and the MCU Going R-Rated With Cocaine and Sex Jokes in ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’
Kevin Feige had but one request. The Marvel Studios president was talking to writer-director Shawn Levy about plans for the studio’s upcoming blockbuster “Deadpool & Wolverine,” ...
Jul 10, 2024
Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon 2’ Pulled From August Release After First Movie Bombs at Box Office
Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2” won’t be hitting theaters on Aug. 16 anymore. At this time, the film remains a theatrical release with a TBD release dat...
Jul 10, 2024
‘Oh, Mary!’ Broadway Star Cole Escola Would ‘Love’ for Pedro Pascal or Tituss Burgess to Replace Them as Mary Todd Lincoln in the Hit Comedy
Cole Escola, the 37-year-old star and writer of the hit Off Broadway farce "Oh, Mary!," isn't letting fame get to their head. (Escola identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.) When they're...
Jul 10, 2024
Hollywood Commission Adds Cindy Holland, Alan Jenkins, John Landgraf to Board of Directors
Cindy Holland, Alan Jenkins and John Landgraf have been inducted into the Hollywood Commission’s Board of Directors. They join CEO and President Anita Hill and co-founders Kathleen Kennedy and N...
Jul 10, 2024
Renée Zellweger to Lead Series Adaptation of James Patterson, Mike Lupica Novel ’12 Months to Live’ in Development at Max
Rene Zellweger is attached to star in a series adaptation of the novel “12 Months to Live” that is currently in development at Max, Variety has learned. The project is currently titled ...
Jul 10, 2024
‘Wallace & Gromit’ Creator Nick Park Credits Disney for Sparking Interest in Animation, Teases ‘Vengeance Most Fowl’ and Feathers’ Long-Awaited Return
When stop-motion legend Nick Park enrolled at the National Film and Television School in the early '80s, very few were animating with clay. It was a slow and incredibly labor-intensive format, with re...
Jul 10, 2024
Can Skydance Move the Mountain? Team Ellison Needs a Bold Plan to Revive Paramount’s Fortunes
David Ellison started his pursuit of Paramount Global last winter - 30 years nearly to the month after Sumner Redstone and Barry Diller began their long M&A fight for control of one of Hollywood's...
Jul 10, 2024
Alec Baldwin Broke ‘Cardinal Rules’ of Gun Safety While Playing ‘Make Believe,’ Prosecutor Says
SANTA FE, N.M. — A prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that Alec Baldwin violated the cardinal rules of gun safety while playing “make believe” on the set of “Rust,” resulti...
Jul 10, 2024
Josh Klinghoffer, Former Red Hot Chili Peppers Guitarist, Sued for Wrongful Death
Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer was sued for wrongful death Wednesday for allegedly running over and killing a pedestrian in Alhambra, Calif., near Los Angeles. According to the la...
Jul 10, 2024