In today’s film news roundup, Dave Bautista is in talks for “Fantasy Island,” “Glam Masters” exec producer Diana Madison gets her first movie role and Kino Lorber buys 10 Hungarian classics. CASTINGS “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor Dave Bautista is in negotiations to star in Blumhouse and Sony’s upcoming “Fantasy Island” movie. Ricardo Montalban starred
Month: October 2018
The 1983 comedy “Mr. Mom” is being revived as a digital series by its home studio, MGM, as part of a new partnership with Walmart-owned streaming platform Vudu. Vudu made the announcement Wednesday at the NewFronts West just days after revealing its partnership with MGM, which is intended to create a slate of short-form scripted
West Coast members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees have ratified a three-year successor deal to their master contract. IATSE announced the ratification of the contract, which includes a 3% hike in annual wage minimums and covers 43,000 members, on Wednesday. The new deal is retroactive to July 31. Leaders of 12 of
Within some of the world’s most populous nations cooperation, rather than outright competition, may be the best route to success in the streaming video sector. That principal was neatly illustrated by the recent deal to integrate Asian OTT player HOOQ into the lineup of Indian OTT giant Hotstar. The “seamless” connection between Hotstar’s Premium tier
Prominent figures in media and entertainment are weighing whether to go forward with plans to attend a Saudi investment conference, in the wake of the disappearance of dissident Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. On Wednesday, the New York Times announced that it has withdrawn as a media partner of the event, which will be held
The kick-off day of the first-ever Digital Content NewFronts West conference in Hollywood highlighted two trends: the expansion of digital media forms like podcasting, as well as creative approaches to advertising, especially influencer marketing. Anna Bager, the executive VP of industry initiative at IAB, which manages the event, said the L.A. iteration was designed to
October 10, 2018 4:30PM PT NBC is developing a series based on a character from the popular novel “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” Variety has learned. Titled “The Last American Vampire,” the potential series is described as a supernatural thriller that follows Abby, a young analyst, as she’s recruited into a special division of the FBI that investigates
October 10, 2018 4:14PM PT “Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae will topline Fox’s romantic comedy “American Princess” from director Stella Meghie. Paul Feig is producing with Jessie Henderson through their Fox-based Feigco Entertainment banner. Brendan O’Brien will also produce the pic. Rae will play an American woman who moves to London, finds herself drawn into
Brian Tyree Henry, who is coming off his Emmy-nominated performance in “Atlanta” Season 2, will star opposite Millie Bobby Brown in Legendary’s “Godzilla vs. Kong.” Adam Wingard is directing with Henry also joining “Deadpool 2” star Julian Dennison. Plot details are vague, but the film will feature the two titular classic monsters squaring off in
CBS is developing a drama series based on the DC Comics property “Secret Six,” Variety has learned. The project, which has received a pilot production commitment at the network, follows six morally ambiguous strangers, each with their own unique specialties and secret pasts. They are brought together by an enigmatic figure who blackmails them into working
In Today’s TV News Roundup, Netflix has cast Freya Allen and Anya Chalotra in its upcoming adaptation of “The Witcher,” and “SNL” has teased the upcoming hosting appearance of series alum Seth Meyers. DATES Season two of the Amazon Prime series “Patriot” is set to premiere Nov. 9, starring Michael Dorman (“Wonderland”), and written and directed
October 10, 2018 3:45PM PT Comedian Chris Spencer is developing a multi-camera comedy at Fox that boasts LeBron James among its executive producers, Variety has learned. The series is currently titled “I Just Do” and is inspired by Spencer’s comedy. It’s about an African-American family therapist and his loving and expressive Latina wife living beyond their means
Guy Ritchie has tapped top-tier talent to lead his big-screen return to British crime dramas, “Toff Guys.” Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale, and “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Henry Golding are set to star in the film. Ritchie will direct and produce from a script he wrote with Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson. The story explores the collision between European
Oracle founder Larry Ellison is engineering a major reorganization of his daughter Megan Ellison’s struggling Annapurna Pictures, according to several people familiar with the situation. The studio has been hemorrhaging money for years and continues to suffer an exodus of top executives who have either been forced out or who left on their own accord.
October 10, 2018 3:28PM PT Major movie theater chains, including AMC Cinemas and Regal Cinemas, have closed multiplexes in the Florida panhandle and southern Georgia due to Hurricane Michael battering the states, leaving thousands without power. Hurricane Michael, the third-most-powerful storm to ever hit the U.S. mainland, made landfall early Wednesday afternoon as a Category
October 10, 2018 3:25PM PT While final numbers are days away, the hit album looks to be coming in well ahead of hot releases from Twenty One Pilots and Eric Church. The “A Star Is Born” soundtrack is a star in its own right. Sources watching retail reports come in from the album’s first five
Some parents pull strings to enroll their kids in their alma mater. In Hollywood, celebrity parents have been hammering together family showcases for their progeny — backyard plays elevated to the screen — and taking their own bows as writer, director, producer, or co-star. Earlier this summer was “The Year of Spectacular Men,” Lea Thompson
October 10, 2018 3:01PM PT Amazon Studios is close to a deal with actor Blake Lively for a new scripted series. Jennifer Salke, head of the e-commerce giant’s entertainment division, teased the project Wednesday and the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit. Speaking with Vanity Fair‘s Krista Smith, Salke said that she has been recently meeting
Isaac Lee, the former chief creative officer of Univision and Televisa, has formed an ambitious new company called Exile Content and he has acquired Mexican production services company Redrum. Redrum founder Stacy Perskie will run Exile’s studio along with his team of partners, including Adrian Grunberg, who is currently directing “Rambo 5” and helmed Redrum’s first
In one of the more controversial moves in an already controversy-filled 2018 for the Grammy Awards, Post Malone, one of the breakthrough artists of the year, will not be a Best New Artist nominee at the next awards, according to two sources and media reports. Many Grammy categories, including Best New Artist, are determined by
WASHINGTON — Kanye West will join President Trump at the White House on Thursday for a signing ceremony of the Music Modernization Act, a sweeping bill to reform music licensing and royalty payments long sought after by the industry and artists. Neil Portnow, the president and CEO of the Recording Academy, will attend the event,
After six seasons of saving Star City on the CW’s “Arrow,” Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) finds himself in a new place when Season 7 kicks off: in prison, with his double-life as the Green Arrow exposed. The series also went through a transition off-screen, as long-time showrunners Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle stepped down. (Guggenheim
Photographed by Ben Hassett and Styled by Anna Trevelyan Oct 10, 2018 Fall’s blazing neon and highlighter hues burn their brightest among this season’s most reflective pieces (think vinyl, latex, even foil. Black light optional. Tulle sheer dress, $5,380, nylon tech dress, $1,390, leather sandals, all, Prada. Sapphire and diamond earrings, Chopard. Stylist’s own socks.
Fox will be logistically ready for its pending mega-deal with the Walt Disney Co. to close Jan. 1, top exec Peter Rice told employees Wednesday. According to sources present at a town hall meeting on the Fox lot in Los Angeles, Rice reiterated that the deal is still on track to close sometime in the
Lady Gaga calls attention to a “mental health emergency” in her latest op-ed, co-written with Tedros Adhanom, the director-general of the World Health Organization. In honor of World Mental Health Day, Gaga and Adhanom are working together to draw attention to misconceptions about mental health with an opinion piece written for The Guardian published Wednesday. Lady Gaga has already opened
UTA is diving into the content financing and production arena, setting a joint venture with Valence Media and MRC to develop TV series. UTA will have a minority stake in the venture to be known as Civic Center Media. The focus will be on offering UTA clients the ability to tap into Civic Center’s resources
October 10, 2018 12:29PM PT Anthony Ramos, the “Hamilton” alum who recently appeared alongside Lady Gaga in “A Star Is Born,” has found his next project. Sources tell Variety that Ramos is in talks to re-team with “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda to star in the film adaptation of the 2005 Broadway musical “In the Heights.”
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s international distribution company Telepool is investing in a genre slate from indie producer Eric B. Fleischman, along with Kodiak Pictures, Variety has learned exclusively. Fleischman was a Sundance Film Festival breakout star in 2016, when at age 26, he made a strong showing with “Sleight” and “Carnage Park.” His company,
Teresa Giudice Asked Trump for a Letter Backing Joe Request Denied!!! 10/10/2018 10:27 AM PDT EXCLUSIVE Teresa Giudice turned to Donald Trump right before Joe got locked up in 2016, hoping he would write a letter vouching for her husband … TMZ has learned. Sources close to the Giudices tell TMZ … Teresa reached out to Trump several months
October 10, 2018 12:13PM PT French director Pierre Morel has come on board an untitled movie project about notorious French gangster and jailbreaker Rédoine Faïd. Condé Nast Entertainment and Sentient Entertainment are producing the project, based on Julie Miller’s Vanity Fair story “How Hollywood Inspired France’s Most Daring Prison Escape.” Faïd had been on the
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