SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first season of “Ratched,” streaming now on Netflix. Netflix’s new drama “Ratched” may be an origin story of the cruel nurse from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” but it begins with a different violent offender: her foster brother Edmund Tolleson (Finn Wittrock).
Month: September 2020
Elton John has announced the rescheduled North American dates for his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.” Following his recently announced dates in Europe, beginning September 1, 2021 in Berlin (tour dates here), the tour will kick off again in North America on January 19, 2022, in New Orleans, making stops in major markets, including Houston, Chicago, Toronto, New York, Miami and more. The latest dates on
There’s a new sign the Chinese government is leaning toward spiking the deal to transfer control of TikTok from ByteDance to U.S. owners, including Oracle and Walmart. An editorial Wednesday in China Daily, the state-run newspaper of the Beijing regime, called the agreement to form TikTok Global — which was forced by an executive order by
Hasan Minhaj, the host of Netflix’s “Patriot Act,” will keynote an event for the Texas Democratic Party on Thursday, as the state party seeks to boost its appeal to Asian American voters. Minhaj will appear at the Johnson-Jordan dinner, an annual fundraiser for the state party that is being held virtually this year. Also on
“Black Bear,” “Kokoloko,” “Night of the Kings,” “Rosa’s Wedding” and “Undine” have been selected as the competition titles for the Marimba Award at the upcoming Miami Film Festival Gems event. The seventh annual edition of Gems will be held virtually from Oct. 8-11. The juried prize, which carries a $25,000 award, is given for a film that
As immigration policy continues to be a crucial topic in the news, a new report from Define American and the Norman Lear Center at USC Annenberg shows the television industry still has a long way to go when representing immigrant stories in narrative series. The report, entitled “Change the Narrative, Change the World,” finds that
Damon Lindelof admits he’s a little wary when celebrities use fashion to promote a cause. But when the Television Academy told nominees that there was no dress code for this year’s Emmy Awards, he knew he had to do something. That’s why, as “Watchmen” won the Emmy on Sunday night for limited series (as well
It was the Emmys Zoomed in from around the world. Gone was the late-night party hopping that usually follows the starry telecast. Instead, celebrations were COVID-safe stay-at-home soirees. Here, nominees and winners share some of their best snaps of the evening.
Independent U.K. production company Plimsoll Productions has fully acquired Andrea Jackson’s distribution outfit Magnify Media, after taking a minority stake in the company in 2016. With access to Plimsoll’s resources and infrastructure, the acquisition will allow Magnify to continue to expand. Magnify’s current Mipcom slate includes two new Plimsoll formats: “Good with Wood” (Channel 4)
Netflix has just released the first trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” The almost-two-hour-long drama follows the peaceful demonstration at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which denounced American involvement in the Vietnam War, after it was met with force by members of the Chicago Police Department and National Guard.
“It’s really a film about friendship,” says Matt Dillon, about “The Great Fellove” [El Gran Fellove], his documentary chronicling the musical career of Cuban scat singer and showman Francisco ‘el Gran’ Fellove and the recording of his last album, “Fellove & Joey.” “The whole thing started because of my friendship with bandleader Joey Altruda and
A worrying surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.K. has threatened to unravel much of the progress made across the film and TV industry in recent months, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest round of restrictions won’t impact the production and exhibitor sectors in any major way just yet. With coronavirus cases projected to reach
Popular television baking competition “The Great British Bake Off” returned to the U.K.’s Channel 4 on Tuesday evening, attracting an average audience of 6.9 million viewers and a 32% share of audience. At its peak, the Love Productions produced show had 7.9 million viewers, according to data released by the channel. The show’s season 11
Variety parent company Penske Media Corp. has set a deal with MRC to operate Billboard, Vibe and the Hollywood Reporter under a newly formed joint venture. The transaction calls for PMC and MRC to set up a newly established entity dubbed PMRC. PMC will lead daily operations of an expanded entertainment and music brand portfolio
Unspooling in Spain, one of the European countries that’s been the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the San Sebastian Film Festival was allowed to maintain its 2020 edition under strict sanitary guidelines, albeit with a different approach from the Venice fest. The San Sebastian Festival, which kicked off on Sept. 18, just over a
Filming of Comcast-owned Sky’s comedy show “Brassic” has been temporarily halted after a crew member exhibited coronavirus symptoms, a Sky spokesperson has confirmed to Variety. “Throughout this time, the safety of our colleagues and customers remains our number one priority,” said the Sky spokesperson. “The ‘Brassic’ production has paused with cast and crew now self-isolating.
Exclusive The Jacob Blake investigation is nearing its end, but before it crosses the finish line, a neutral third party has been looped in — a former cop — something a Blake family member is none too pleased about. Jacob’s uncle, Justin Blake, tells TMZ … he feels the news about DOJ investigators bringing in
Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” has remained in pole position at the U.K. and Ireland box-office, collecting £796,309 ($1,011,097) from 616 locations in its fourth weekend, according to final numbers from Comscore. The Warner Bros. release now has a running total of £13,879,635 ($17,617,559) in the territory. Shear Entertainment’s young adult romance “After We Collided” continues to
World premiering this week at NewImages Festival in Paris before playing at the London Film Festival in early October, the Franco-British-Taiwanese co-production “Missing Pictures Ep. 1 – Birds of Prey” gives the stage to firebrand filmmaker Abel Ferrara as he plunges into a passion project that never could lift off the ground. Directed by Clément
French outfit Atlas V, the production company behind the critically acclaimed “Gloomy Eyes” and one of the industry leaders in narrative VR, has just launched production on its newest animated project, a 20-minute standalone film called “The Little Mouse.” Sharing details of the project with Variety, Atlas V co-founder Antoine Cayrol called the film “a
The uplifting story of 100-year-old British hero Captain Tom Moore, who kept a nation in lockdown inspired, is being turned into a feature film, fast-tracked for production in 2021. The U.K.’s Fred Films and Powder Keg Pictures won a bidding war for the life rights to the former British Army captain and World War II
The San Sebastian Festival’s new Works in Progress Latam program will unveil from Sept. 22 six film productions from Latin America to potential production partners and sales agents. Examining such topics as militant activism, the relationship between leaders and followers, employers and employees, identity, devoutness and belief systems, this year’s projects reflect universal subject matter
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” from writer and director Aaron Sorkin, a project that has circled Hollywood for more than a decade, has landed in the awards race. The film screened virtually on Tuesday evening before a group of critics, journalists and bloggers. Featuring a hardy ensemble with some of the industry’s most gifted
If you go back and watch Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” (2003), you’ll see that it’s lost none of its shimmer — that airily crafted blend of mood and moment, location and dislocation, all wrapped around the delicate tale of two souls who didn’t know they were lost until they found each other in the
Liv Tyler will not appear in the upcoming second season of “9-1-1: Lone Star” on Fox, Variety has confirmed. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Tyler approached producers over the summer about exiting the show, despite having a multi-year contract. Her decision was due at least in part to concerns about traveling
Teddi Mellencamp, the daughter of John Mellencamp, announced on Tuesday that she will not be returning to “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” next season. In a short video on Instagram, Mellencamp shared that her contract with Bravo has ended after three years. “I don’t want to bore you, but I figured I could give
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the festival that would have been drawing tens of thousands to San Francisco on the first weekend of October under other circumstances, has announced the final lineup for a virtual festival that will be taking its place Oct. 3. The festival also revealed that it is partnering with Artist Relief for the
WME has suspended agent Brent Smith, citing “behavioral issues,” Variety has learned. The agency has initiated an investigation, according to Deadline, which first reported the news. Smith has represented a handful of high-profile musicians, including Drake, Calvin Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi, Pharrell Williams, Childish Gambino and Frank Ocean. While it’s unclear what provoked the
North Carolina officials have approved a quintet of film and television projects to being filmed in the state as a part of its 25% rebate on production expenses, with shooting starting by the end of October. The news was announced Tuesday, six months after almost the entire entertainment industry halted production due to the COVID-19
Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films has teamed up with three-time Australian Writers Guild award-winner Samantha Strauss to set up a joint venture production company. Picking Scabs will be based in Australia and develop projects for Strauss to write and produce with See-Saw Films in both Australia and worldwide. See-Saw and Strauss recently worked together on
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