Hollywood’s allure, insatiable ambition, and the price of fame are at the center of one of the most oft-told stories in show-biz history: “A Star Is Born.” The latest edition, with Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, is the fourth to be made, and the third to be music-centric. Variety has already written many articles about
Month: October 2018
In a pre-American Film Market move, Buffalo 8 has launched a new distribution division with digital distribution veterans Sean Thomas Flanagan and Jake Coburn. The company’s new division will oversee distribution, aggregation and strategic consultation for filmmakers with finished projects who are seeking to enter the market place. Flanagan and Coburn were previously with Visual
October 5, 2018 6:00AM PT Talk about having character. Variety has exclusively learned that Joe Morton, Jessica Walter, Joe Pantoliano, M. Emmet Walsh, James Cromwell, and Bruce Greenwood will be honored at this year’s Carney Awards. Named in honor of the late Art Carney, the Carney Awards were launched four years ago by radio personality
Spider-Man has been featured on the silver screen six times in the last sixteen years. That doesn’t include the web-crawlers appearance in “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” or any of his recent animated depictions. It’s safe to say this New Yorker has a deep connection with visual storytelling that has given creators a
Sony’s “The Girl in the Spider’s Web,” starring Claire Foy as avenging heroine Lisbeth Salander, is set to world-premiere at the Rome Film Festival, which announced a strong lineup Friday mixing crowd-pleasers with esoteric titles. The festival also boasts an impressive roster of speakers who will hold onstage conversations, including Martin Scorsese, Sigourney Weaver and
One year after launching a production venture in Turkey, L.A.-based production company Karga Seven Pictures has announced the appointment of prominent Turkish media exec Omer Ozguner as CEO of their Istanbul-based outfit. Concurrently Karga have also forged a partnership with prominent local directorial duo The Taylan brothers, known for megahit dramas “Magnificent Century” and “Wounded Love.”
Nate Diaz ‘Khabib Fights Like a Bitch’ … I Hope They Both Lose 10/5/2018 12:30 AM PDT EXCLUSIVE Nate Diaz is rooting for Khabib and Conor to BOTH lose at UFC 229 — saying he already “slapped the sh*t out of both of ’em” … and neither one deserves to be champ! That said, Nate
“Safety is our first and foremost issue,” Yun Kim, head of the BIFF’s publicity department, told Variety. As Typhoon Kong-rey is about to hit the city of Busan, the festival earlier announced that outdoor events that had been originally set at the BIFF Village on the Haeundae Beach have been moved to Dureraum Square outside
Roughly 400 buyers will be getting a taste of new Italian and, more broadly, European TV skeins, movies, and docs at Rome’s new concept MIA market which has assembled a discerning display of potentially hot high-profile content in various stages, set to attract a copious contingent of top-level international execs. In line with its stated
Stanley Kwan and Hong Kong star actress Sammi Cheng spoke Friday at the Busan International Film Festival of the physical pain of performance. The director and co-star of “First Night Nerves” reminisced about Kwan’s previous Busan title “Everlasting Regret,” some 13 years ago. “Last time I was here, I was quite sick. I think I
First unveiled on the festival circuit in 2012, “CinemAbility” has been around long enough that at least eight of the participants have since died. The interviews may be a bit old, but that doesn’t make the film itself outdated. If anything, the cultural conversation seems to be catching up with director Jenni Gold’s enlightening look
This year, the Busan International Film Festival dedicates its signature Korean Cinema Retrospective special program to filmmaker Lee Jang-ho. Eight of his films are screening at the festival, including his directorial debut, “Heavenly Homecoming to Stars,” and his latest, “God’s Eye View.” By the time a 29-year-old Lee made his debut feature, “Heavenly Homecoming” in
Macedonian actor and producer Labina Mitevska has called for gender parity in film festival programming. Speaking at a press conference to introduce the Busan New Currents jury, juror Mitevska said, “When art is good, its good, no matter if it is male or female. We need to have more female programmers, most of them are
Will Vinton, an Oscar-winning master of Claymation who coined the term, has died. He was 70. Vinton’s children announced his death in a Facebook post, writing that he had been battling multiple myeloma for 12 years. Educated at UC Berkeley, Vinton met future collaborator and clay animator Bob Gardiner in the early ’70s. The pair
In today’s film news roundup, surfing documentary “Momentum Generation” heads to HBO, Fox sets up “Spy School” and Jack Whitehall is hosting the Britannia Awards. ACQUISITION HBO has acquired the U.S. and Canada television rights to Jeff and Michael Zimbalist’s surfing documentary film “Momentum Generation,” which Robert Redford executive produced. The film made its world
Iconic actress Michelle Yeoh (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”) is to be honored alongside Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara at the U.S.-China Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles later this month. Elizabeth Daley and Steven J. Ross, dean and Time Warner professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, respectively, will also be
October 4, 2018 6:19PM PT [embedded content] Clint Eastwood is full of regret and sorrow in the first trailer for “The Mule,” returning to the screen for the first time since 2012’s “Trouble With the Curve.” “I was a terrible father and a terrible husband,” he says in a voiceover. “Family’s the most important thing.
October 4, 2018 5:42PM PT In retaliation for Cardi B’s accusation that Nicki Minaj tried to “stop my bags,” Minaj released “Nicki Stopped My Bag” merch on Thursday. Following their Fashion Week fight, which saw Cardi lunging and throwing a shoe at Minaj, the Bronx rapper lashed out at Minaj on Instagram: “I let you sneak
October 4, 2018 4:53PM PT Disney has revealed the first look and directors for its “Star Wars” streaming TV series “The Mandalorian.” Dave Filoni, who has worked on “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels,” will direct the first episode of the series. “Thor: Ragnarok” director Taika Waititi, Bryce Dallas Howard, “Dope’s” Rick
Netflix is set to occupy even more real estate in Hollywood. The streaming giant signed a lease with Hudson Pacific Properties to fully occupy all 327,913 square feet of EPIC, its 13-story office development located at 5901 Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. Netflix is planning to move into the building, which is currently under construction,
October 4, 2018 4:36PM PT The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the launch of Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, designed to create opportunities for female filmmakers to connect, share their stories and celebrate inclusion. The program consists of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women, the Academy Directory and annual events, which
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October 4, 2018 4:29PM PT “Dear White People” creator Justin Simien will direct Warner Bros.’ untitled Sylvia Robinson biopic. The movie has been in the works since 2014 when Paula Wagner acquired the film rights to the life story of Robinson, the founder of Sugar Hill Records. The script, written by Tracy Oliver, Malcolm Spellman,
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains a spoiler for the end of “13 Reasons Why” Season 2. The team behind Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” can’t help but notice the “eerie” parallels there seem to be between its series and the recent Senate testimonies of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. Kristel Laiblin, an executive
October 4, 2018 4:04PM PT First LadyMelania Trump will give an exclusive sit-down interview to Tom Llamas, the weekend anchor of ABC News’ “World News Tonight” and the news unit’ chief national affairs correspondent. Llamas traveled with Mrs. Trump to Africa, where she is taking her first solo foreign trip ever as First Lady. The interview will be
When first images of DreamWorks Animation’s She-Ra reboot were released back in July, a few (vocal) fans were upset. Complaining about the new style and look, their online upset generated a bit of attention. But the modern day creators have had it with the sexist commentary from the Internet. And they’re not backing down. “Boyish
In today’s roundup, Netflix releases a new trailer for Hasan Minhaj’s upcoming weekly comedy show, while BBC America comes out with a first look video for its ‘Dynasties’ series. FIRST LOOKS Netflix has released a new trailer for the upcoming weekly comedy show, “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj.” It premieres on Sunday, Oct. 28, and will run
Gently dipping us into the long ago and far away past, Ash Mayfair’s directorial debut brings an intimate immediacy to the re-creation of rural Vietnam in the late 19th century. Though it’s almost painterly, in the pellucid watercolor palette of DP Chananun Chotrungroj’s glistening bamboo-green, aloe-scented imagery, and authentic to its period setting down to
October 4, 2018 3:55PM PT Animal rights organization PETA will honor Bradley Cooper with its inaugural compassion in film award for casting his own dog, Charlie, in “A Star Is Born.” PETA said it gave Cooper the award for not using a dog supplied by one of Hollywood’s “notorious” animal exhibitors such as Birds &
Van Jones has visited the White House with Kim Kardashian West to discuss prison reform efforts, but does the CNN host and commentator believe Kardashian West has political ambitions of her own? When asked who should run for president in 2020, Jones told Variety, “Kim Kardashian.” With a laugh, Jones clarified that the “Keeping Up
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