June 10, 2019 3:00PM PT The sequel to Guillaume Canet’s Gallic phenomenon is less self-absorbed than the original, but still suffers from excessive length and too many narrative dead ends. To say that ‘Nous finirons ensemble’ suffers from many of the same problems as its predecessor should come as no surprise. “Les petits mouchoirs” (released
Month: June 2019
Former Showtime programming executive Joan Boorstein has been named president of PatMa Productions, the banner founded by producer Denise Di Novi and former CBS chairman Nina Tassler. Boorstein began her career at Showtime where she ultimately rose to the position of SVP of creative affairs. She was originally a film executive, working on over 100
WarnerMedia’s streaming service has given a straight-to-series order to the sci-fi project “Dune: The Sisterhood.” The series hails from Legendary Television, with Legendary also producing the upcoming “Dune” film reboot from director Denis Villeneuve. Warner Bros. is distributing the film. Set in the universe of Frank Herbert’s epic “Dune” novel series, “Dune: The Sisterhood” is
The beleaguered Woodstock 50 festival needs to find a new site: Watkins Glen International raceway announced today in a statement that it has pulled out. In a brief statement issued this afternoon, the raceway’s management announced: “Watkins Glen International terminated the site license for Woodstock pursuant to provisions of the contract. As such, WGI will
Urijah Faber on Bieber v. Cruise I’m a Belieber … But Tom Cruise Has Secret Skills!!! 6/10/2019 2:14 PM PDT EXCLUSIVE Urijah Faber knows a fighter when he sees one and he’s got bad news for Justin Bieber … the Biebs ain’t got what it takes to take on Tom Cruise. The UFC Hall of Famer was on “TMZ
June 10, 2019 2:00PM PT Empathetically following a group of black, (mostly) male strippers, director Gene Graham honors a community that finds optimistic release in an unusual outlet. If you were to join Gene Graham’s deeply human documentary “This One’s for the Ladies” as a chatty female character casually prepares heaps of food in her
June 10, 2019 1:50PM PT Netflix has bought distribution to Ubisoft’s “Tom Clancy’s The Division,” a video game adaptation starring Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal. David Leitch, whose credits include “Deadpool 2” and “Hobbs & Shaw,” is directing the project, which was announced Monday at E3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Rafe Judkins is
Sam Rockwell is in final negotiations to star in Clint Eastwood’s next drama “The Ballad of Richard Jewell,” sources tell Variety. Eastwood is directing and producing through his Malpaso production banner. Tim Moore, Jessica Meier, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s partners Jennifer Davisson Killoran and Kevin Misher are also producing. The film is a drama based on
Bo Burnham is on his way to Sesame Street. The “Eighth Grade” director is set to contribute songs to a Warner Bros. live-action adaptation of the popular children’s show, which will hit theaters Jan. 15, 2021. “Portlandia” director and co-creator Jonathan Krisel is helming the musical, co-financed by Warner Bros. and MGM. Also attached to
Cuba Gooding Jr. Allegedly Groped Woman in Nightclub … NYPD Investigating 6/10/2019 8:10 AM PDT Breaking News Cuba Gooding Jr. allegedly got handsy with a woman in NYC, and now cops are looking into it … TMZ has confirmed. Law enforcement sources tell us … a woman called 911 early Monday morning to report the
AMC Entertainment Networks president Sarah Barnett said she is strongly opposed to recent laws that have been signed in states including Georgia to curtail abortion rights, backing up her company’s statement that it will reconsider its work in the state should the restrictions go into effect. Speaking at the Banff World Media Festival in Canada
Is the boy band finally getting back together? Rumors of an NSYNC reunion began swirling after the group made a surprise appearance during Ariana Grande’s Coachella set back in April, and now, group member Lance Bass says the band is looking at “many many” offers that have come their way since. NSYNC — minus Justin
Voting for the 71st annual Primetime Emmy Awards is now open, and despite many heavy-hitter dramas such as “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Stranger Things” and “Westworld” sitting out this year’s race, submissions have actually increased in that series category. Call it a sign of peak TV refusing to actually peak, but this year sees 165 entries
June 10, 2019 12:00PM PT BET is the latest brand to jump into streaming. The Viacom-owned cable channel is prepping a standalone streaming service, BET+, that would launch later this year, an individual with knowledge of the service confirmed to Variety. The service would be the home for Tracy Oliver’s planned “First Wives Club” series
Aljamain Sterling Rips Henry Cejudo ‘I’ll Shove That Gold Medal Up Your Ass’ 6/10/2019 11:05 AM PDT EXCLUSIVE UFC star Aljamain Sterling has a message for the Triple Champ Henry Cejudo … “I’m ready to take that gold medal and shove it up your ass because you stink Henry Ce-Doo-Doo!!!” And, that’s just the beginning!!!
Dave Perry, a 17-year Viacom veteran who was most recently head of Nickelodeon’s VP of social media marketing, has joined Amazon as global head of social media for Prime Video. In joining the Amazon Prime Video team, Perry has relocated from New York to L.A. He reports to Andy Donkin, global head of marketing for
Adaptations of such international shows as “BeTipul” and “Prisoners of War” introduced American audiences to Israeli formats (becoming “In Treatment” and “Homeland,” respectively). Now a batch of popular Israeli series are thrusting up-and-coming actors into the spotlight, poised to take Hollywood by storm. Tomer Capon, who was cast by Natalie Portman in her directorial debut,
June 10, 2019 11:00AM PT Amazon is developing a series loosely inspired by Sandra Bullock’s college years, Variety has learned. Bullock will executive produce the series along with Akiva Goldsman and John Legend. K.C. Perry will write and executive produce. The series is described as a dramedy set in the world of music and dance.
“Boomerang” has its writers’ offices in Universal City, but Ben Cory Jones considers his downtown Los Angeles home office his primary space. While he filled it with practical necessities such as a whiteboard and 1960s-style desk to force him to work, he also decked it out with a number of design touches, such as a
Georgia has been the recent center of Hollywood consternation, as the entertainment industry tries to balance its majority disdain for new restrictive abortion legislation there with its desire to keep business going in the bustling production hub. But fellow Southern filming locale Louisiana is now coming into focus as a secondary, albeit smaller, battleground for
Liz Feldman and Leslye Headland both have dark comedies that stream on Netflix: Feldman’s “Dead to Me” focuses on the new friendship between grieving widow Jen (Christina Applegate), and Judy (Linda Cardellini), who has more of a connection to Jen’s dead husband than it seems at first glance, while Headland’s “Russian Doll” is an addiction
A classic song for time-looping, surprising tunes for political campaigns, music for angst-ridden teenagers and wacky scores for dysfunctional families. All of these musical elements helped set the tone and make subtle storytelling points in much-talked-about comedies this television season. Netflix’s “Russian Doll” used a Harry Nilsson song (“Gotta Get Up”) as its signature tune,
Perhaps there are people unaware that dictatorships torture their citizens. In that case, is the best way to educate them by baldly showing the brutality, from face slams to chest kicks to gut punches? Is there really anything valuable in subjecting viewers — the very few who’ll bother to watch Andrei Cohn’s “Arrest” all the
Alexa Fogel was studying theater directing in college and working on an “off-off-Broadway” production, she recalls, when the casting director left mid-process and she “pieced it together.” Although may she joke that she fell into a career in casting in that moment, she ended up filling her resume with ground-breaking small screen series from “Oz”
WarnerMedia has tapped Feigco co-president Jessie Henderson to steer movie development for its nascent streaming service. As exec VP of original feature films, Henderson will oversee development of a range of projects, from kids, family and teen fare to adult-focused titles. She reports to Sarah Aubrey, head of original content for WarnerMedia’s streaming service, which
Need a Fast & Furious recap? Check out this quick, fact-filled catchup that will get you up to speed before you go see ‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw’ in theaters August 2! ► Buy Tickets to Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw: https://www.fandango.com/hobbs-and-shaw-216993/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Watch More: ► Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs &
Gone are the days when the worlds of such characters as Lucy Ricardo, Mary Richards and Jerry Seinfeld were largely limited to living rooms, workplaces and a handful of fixed locales. Since shifting toward single-camera storytelling, world-building in television comedy has radically expanded, providing rich universes — environments frequently shot off soundstages on location —
You don’t have to get past the first line of Ty Herndon’s remake of his first country hit, “What Mattered Most,” to hear that something has dramatically changed since the version that topped the charts in 1995. The lyric that formerly read as “I thought I knew the girl so well” has had a gender
Workplace environments such as traditional corporate offices, branches of the government and even bars have provided colorful characters for decades, but as of late, half-hour formats have increasingly embraced the setting of television productions. It is a unique world, full of specific details about which a storyteller in the space must often educate its audience,
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