In the absence of a steady stream of new releases, Regal Cinemas will reopen its theaters across the country with screenings of classic movies and audience favorites. Regal Cinemas, one of the nation’s largest theater chains, plans to begin reopening venues on July 10, with theaters limited to 50% capacity — in accordance with social-distancing
Month: June 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic putting a hold on in-person rooms, a group of comedy showrunners including Issa Rae “Insecure,” Dave Burd “DAVE,” Greg Daniels “UPLOAD,” Alena Smith “Dickinson,” Liz Feldman “Dead to Me,” Courtney Lilly “Black-ish” and Tanya Saracho “Vida” to discuss running virtual rooms, among other topics, at Variety‘s virtual “A Night in the
Paul Kerger entered 2020 planning to spend much of it celebrating PBS’ 50th anniversary. But plans change. “It certainly is not the way we thought we would be celebrating our 50th anniversary,” the PBS CEO said during a Q&A Wednesday for Variety’s Virtual TV Fest. “When we started looking at this year, we were going
At 30, and already an accomplished novelist, Guo Jingming deftly turned himself into one of China’s top film directors when he unleashed bratty, aspirational comedy-drama “Tiny Times” on an eager public in June 2013. Then he showed his understanding of marketing strategy by releasing a sequel barely six weeks later. Guo’s upcoming action fantasy “The
Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” will be free to stream online until June 29. The 1989 film is also the American Film Institute‘s pick this week for its Movie Club. It will be accompanied by a live conversation with Lee on AFI’s YouTube channel on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. AFI has partnered with
Kristen Bell will no longer voice the mixed-race central character of Molly Tillerman in the forthcoming Apple animated series “Central Park.” The decision to re-cast the role was announced via a lengthy statement from the show’s creative team, which said that “casting of the character of Molly is an opportunity to get representation right –
In today’s TV news roundup, Apple TV Plus released the trailer for its new drama series “Little Voice” and Hulu dropped a teaser for “The Handmaid’s Tale” upcoming fourth season. RENEWALS Quibi has announced that its LGBTQ+ comedy competition “Gayme Show” has been renewed for a second season. Hosted by Matt Rogers and Dave Mizzoni,
YouTube personality Jojo Siwa will star in the movie adaptation of the book “Bounce.” Paramount Pictures won the rights to the novel following a competitive bidding war. Will Smith and James Lassiter will produce through their Overbrook Entertainment banner, alongside Caleeb Pinkett. Based on the book by Megan Shull, “Bounce” is a heartwarming story about a
Hollywood studios are opening their wallets for the runaway slave thriller “Emancipation” with Will Smith attached to star and Antoine Fuqua directing. Warner Bros, Apple, MGM, Lionsgate and Universal have all made offers on the property at the Cannes virtual market this week. Deadline Hollywood reported that the bidding is upwards of $75 million. CAA
The U.K.’s largest cinema chain will be first out the gate when movie theaters are allowed to reopen on July 4. The AMC Theatres-owned business has said it will open 10 of its cinemas in England on July 4 itself with “comprehensive” new measures in place to ensure audience safety. Other major chains such as
The Democratic nominating convention will be dramatically scaled down this year, without the customary parties and with state delegations advised to stay home, the organizing committee announced on Wednesday. The committee unveiled plans for a “convention across America,” which will be anchored in Milwaukee but feature content from satellite locations around the country. “(C)onvention organizers
Ava DuVernay, Sarah Bremner, and Paul Garnes of ARRAY Filmworks joined the Variety Virtual TV Fest on Wednesday, detailing how they have used ARRAY as a means to develop and nurture new talent. “‘Queen sugar’ is a very special show to us because it was kind of the TV moment that launched this conversation on, ‘Hey,
If you’re a fan of both A-Ha and Fendi, you’re in luck. The Italian house just dropped their prefall 2020 collection entitled ‘California Sky’ in collaboration with Guatemalan-American visual artist Joshua Vides. The painterly collection is reminiscent of the Norwegian synth-pop band’s hit music video “Take On Me,” where a cartoonish look runs strong. Much
Diana Kennedy has been described as “the Mick Jagger” of Mexican food. Director Elizabeth Carroll makes her feature documentary debut with “Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy” (available on-demand) following the 97-year-old author, teacher and chef around Mexico, where Kennedy lives off the grid near Michoacan. The documentary opens with Kennedy telling Carroll and her DP Paul
“Gone With the Wind” is back on HBO Max — with two additional videos that discuss the historical context of the classic film. WarnerMedia had pulled the movie two weeks ago, citing the need to address its “racist depictions.” In the first video, Turner Classic Movies host and film scholar Jacqueline Stewart discusses “why this
In the latest twist in the data hack involving top entertainment law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, the party purportedly responsible for the hack, which calls itself REvil, has threatened to auction off a vast amount of sensitive documents from some of the firm’s top clients. It laid out a schedule beginning on July
Warner Records has signed in-demand songwriter Amy Allen to a recording contract. The deal was inked last July when Allen began cutting back on session work with other artists (her past collabs include Harry Styles, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello) and focusing on her forthcoming solo debut. Not only did she co-write all of the
Check out the official Ava Trailer starring Jessica Chastain! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Visit Fandango: http://www.fandango.com/?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: Summer 2020 Starring: Jessica Chastain,
Amazon is looking to build out the technical teams that support the dozens of live TV channels available via its Prime Video service around the world. The ecommerce giant is seeking to hire more members for the engineering and product teams for Amazon Prime Video Channels, including a technical principal product manager, a senior software
Considering the wave of controversy around Russell Simmons’ appearance on “The Breakfast Club” radio show earlier this month, many people were surprised that the entrepreneur — who has been accused of sexual assault or misconduct by at least 20 women — was featured on the podcast and video series “Drink Champs,” which airs on Tidal
Hulu has removed three episodes of “Scrubs” which featured characters in blackface, following a request by the show’s creator Bill Lawrence and ABC Studios, sources have confirmed to Variety. The episodes in question are “My Fifteen Seconds” (season 3, episode 7), “My Jiggly Ball” (season 5, episode 4) and “My Chopped Liver” (season 5, episode 17).
Jenny Slate is exiting her role as Missy (pictured above, center) on the Netflix show “Big Mouth” due to the character being biracial while Slate is white. “At the start of the show, I reasoned with myself that it was permissible for me to play ‘Missy’ because her mom is Jewish and white — as
“All American” showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll and series executive producer Greg Berlanti joined Variety‘s Virtual TV Fest on Wednesday for a discussion on COVID-19 and race in entertainment. Speaking with moderator Elaine Lowe, Carroll addressed the current climate in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers and how
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con fest may not be taking place in-person this year, but the event still has plenty of TV show panels and screenings that fans can watch from the safety of their homes. For your convenience, Variety has compiled a master list of all the details pertaining the pop culture convention set
Check out the official Waiting for the Barbarians Trailer starring Robert Pattinson and Johnny Depp! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Watch 8/7 on FandangoNOW: https://www.fandangonow.com/details/movie/waiting-for-the-barbarians-2019/MMV7594D3BC977B58C9F5E445A5B6AEE045C?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date.
Jade Pettyjohn has joined the cast of the upcoming ABC drama series “Big Sky.” The series hails from David E. Kelley and is based on the Cassie Dewell book series by C.J. Box. In the series, private detectives Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury) and Cody Hoyt (Ryan Phillippe) join forces with his estranged wife and ex-cop,
In a competitive situation, Apple has given a straight-to-series order to a comedy series from Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Variety has learned exclusively. Titled “The Afterparty,” the series is described as a murder mystery comedy set at a high school reunion afterparty. Each of the eight episodes will feature a retelling of the same night
Throughout its almost 50-year history, the Daytime Emmy Awards have delivered as heartfelt and, at times, humorous moments as the shows the ceremony itself celebrates. This year, in honor of the upcoming 47th annual kudofest, Variety is looking back on some of the most memorable parts of events past. 15. Alex Trebek’s first post-cancer win(46th
Movie theaters closed? No problem: “Fortnite,” the massively popular battle royale game, is hosting virtual screenings of three Christopher Nolan films this Friday, June 26. The trio of Nolan pics — not all of which will be available in all countries — are “Inception” with Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page; “Batman Begins,” the
ESPN at long last will be coming to FuboTV, which launched more than five years ago as a sports-centric streaming service in the U.S. FuboTV first launched in 2015 as a soccer-streaming service, before expanding to add more general entertainment and news channels to the virtual pay-TV service. But until now it has lacked ESPN,
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