Netflix is getting a major new IRL point of sale for merchandise based on “Stranger Things,” “Squid Games” and other originals. Timed for the 2022 holiday shopping season, Walmart and Netflix announced an expansion of their previous online-only deal. Under the new agreement, the retailing giant is now stocking the streamer’s merchandise and gift cards
Month: October 2022
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages are Davis’ assessment of the current standings of the race and
No more pencils, no more books, no more Oscar voters’ dirty looks! At least when it comes to accepting new forms of cinema. Too often, the industry hears, “It’s good, but not for the Oscars,” or “That’s not something the branch will go for.” As the Academy heads into the future with new leadership in
Milcho Manchevski perfectly performed the role of art house celebrity at the Tokyo International Film Festival on Thursday, when he gave a masterclass that was eloquent, humorous, defiant and vaguely threatening. He is in Tokyo, not only as a star guest, but also as director of competition film “Kaymak.” The film, which Manchevski describes as
Sheryl Lee Ralph is going behind the camera. I can exclusively reveal that the Emmy winner has signed on to produce “Unexpected,” a documentary short about women of color living with HIV in the South. Directed by Zeberiah Newman (“Right to Try”), the film chronicles Masonia Traylor and Cici Covin as they create care packages
Generous of spirit as he was throughout our interview, one of the last things Ilya Salmanzadeh – the producer and songwriter known mononymously as Ilya – said, before dashing back to work, was how he wanted to inspire budding producers the way he was motivated by mentors like Max Martin in Sweden at his start. “I think it’s
Japanese producer Wada Arihiro and multihyphenate Ito Taichi have unveiled CinemaAirLane, an international distribution platform that will deliver international films directly to U.S. theatres. The company’s system makes it possible to monetize films which do not have a distributor. It can also be used for distribution and marketing materials The minimum technical criteria are for
A former freelance television producer testified on Thursday that Paul Haggis allegedly assaulted and attempted to rape her at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015. Jurors in a lower Manhattan courtroom watched a 2019 video deposition of the woman, who recalled feeling physically and emotionally in fear at the time of their encounter. She
Check out the official Trailer for Savage Salvation starring John Malkovich, Quavo, & Robert De Niro! ► Buy Tickets to Savage Salvation on Fandango: https://www.fandango.com/savage-salvation-2022-230086/movie-overview?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to be notified of all the hottest trailers: http://bit.ly/2CNniBy US Release Date: December 2, 2022 Starring: John Malkovich, Quavo, Robert De
Showtime Documentary Films and Bleecker Street will release “2nd Chance,” an upcoming documentary from director Ramin Bahrani, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 2. The film will expand to additional cities on Dec. 9. Showtime will offer the doc on air, on streaming and on demand for its subscribers in
Jason Bateman and Jude Law are developing limited series ‘Black Rabbit’ at Netflix. They will both star in the project and serve as executive producers. Zach Baylin and Kate Susman will write the one-hour series, for which plot details are not yet available. Attached to the series are Baylin and Susman’s Youngblood Pictures as well
Motley Crue have issued a statement on the decision of their founding guitarist, Mick Mars, to retire from touring. In a statement released exclusively to Variety on Wednesday, Mars, 71, announced that his decades-long struggle with the rare disease Ankylosing Spondylitis, a type of arthritis that affects the spine, has made touring untenable. In the
Despite inflationary headwinds Amazon pulled in a double-digit increase in third-quarter sales, which were up 15% to $127.1 billion, but still came in shy of Wall Street revenue expectations. The company expects growth to slow down considerably in Q4, projecting net sales for the year-end quarter to be between $140 billion and $148 billion, or
Apple was the only large tech company to beat Wall Street forecasts for the third quarter, posting top-line growth of 8% for the September quarter to reach $90.15 billion. That said, Apple’s Services business unit, which encompasses the App Store and subscription services like Apple TV+ and Apple Music, recorded revenue of $19.19 billion in
Media, technology and entertainment have a diversity problem. Barely 5% of films are directed by Latinos and less than 4% by people of Asian descent, while only 1% of venture capital funding is invested in companies with Black founders and just 5% of music executives are Latino. Plenty of stories have been written about how film and
“The Serpent Queen” has been renewed for Season 2 at Starz. The premium cabler has renewed the historical drama featuring two-time Academy Award nominee Samantha Morton for an eight-episode second season. The news comes ahead of the show’s Season 1 finale, which is scheduled to air on Sunday, October 30 on Starz at 8:00 p.m.
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit Film & Television banner have set a three-project partnership with Lusid Media, Variety has learned exclusively. The companies have already set up the first project under the deal. Exact details are being kept under wraps, but it is known to be an unscripted true crime series at Peacock
The animated series “Star Trek: Prodigy” is launching the second half of its first season on Paramount+, and series star Kate Mulgrew says fans have plenty to look forward to as it progresses. “Something wonderful is going to happen in the second half, but at great cost to certain elements of the journey itself,” Mulgrew
Paul Attanasio has set a drama pilot at FX based on the Gerald Seymour book “Killing Ground.” The one-hour pilot is titled “The Bends.” Per the official logline, “the series follows a seemingly perfect American family in Berlin whose secrets come to light when they hire a new nanny, unaware that she is trying to
Ryan Murphy’s “Monster” takes the lead for the second week in a row on the Nielsen Top 10 streaming chart, with 4.4 billion minutes viewed from Sept. 26-Oct. 2. The number, calculated during in the show’s first full week of availability, breaks the limited series’ previous record making it the seventh most streamed program in
Kanye West, one of the most popular, influential and commercially successful musicians of the past 20 years, is currently without a record label or a publisher. Universal Music’s Def Jam Recordings and Sony Music Publishing are both out of contract with him, and many of his other business partners have broken ties in the wake
For four seasons, Jemele Hill has hosted the popular Spotify-exclusive podcast “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered,” and now she’s expanding her podcast empire. Hill has partnered with Spotify to expand her podcast and production company, the “Unbothered Network,” to house two additional podcasts led by Black women — “Sanctified” and “Black Girl Bravado” — furthering the
Lionsgate has hired JP Richards and Keri Moore to lead the studio’s worldwide theatrical marketing division. Richards, who formerly worked at Apple TV Plus and Warner Bros., will serve as president and Moore, an alum of STX and Universal, will be co-president. They will both begin their new jobs on Nov. 1 and will work
Jamie Lee Curtis is set to receive the Maltin Modern Master Award at the 38th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival next year. She will be honored with the award on Feb. 11 following an in-person conversation about her career. “Jamie Lee Curtis has long since proven that she has staying power,” said Leonard Maltin.
Mongrel Media has promoted company veteran Andrew Frank to co-president, Variety has learned. The executive joins current president and founder, Hussain Amarshi, who began the Toronto-based company in 1994. In the new role, Frank will handle all sales — including those for Mongrel International — and acquisitions. He will also executive produce all Canadian films
The Nov. 5 episode of “Saturday Night Live” will be hosted by Amy Schumer with Steve Lacy serving as musical guest. This is Schumer’s third time hosting the NBC late-night comedy sketch show, having previously held the gig in 2015 alongside the Weeknd and in 2018 with Kacey Musgraves. Her own sketch show, “Inside Amy
Showtime has canceled the drama series “City on a Hill” after three seasons. According to insiders, the decision was made months ago, long before the recent exit of David Nevins as chairman and CEO of Paramount Premium Group and subsequent move to put Showtime under the purview Chris McCarthy. “‘City on a Hill’ concluded its
Timothée Chalamet admitted to his “Bones and All” co-star Taylor Russell in a recent interview for Homme Girls that the massive production for “Dune” blindsided him as a younger actor. The Denis Villeneuve-directed space epic was Chalamet’s first leading role in a big-scale Hollywood tentpole. “It’s something you don’t get to do with movies —
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The cast of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” made a royal appearance on Wednesday night, as the stars walked the purple carpet in celebration of the Marvel sequel’s world premiere. From Angela Bassett’s purple ensemble
Check out a Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Official Spot starring Tenoch Huerta! ► Buy Tickets for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: https://www.fandango.com/black-panther-wakanda-forever-2022-226753/movie-overview?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to be notified of all the hottest trailers: http://bit.ly/2CNniBy US Release Date: November 11, 2022 Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela
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