It’d been this critic’s assumption that “Alert: Missing Persons Unit,” a new drama launching on Fox, would resemble “Without a Trace,” the case-of-the-week crime story that aired on CBS during what we might call that network’s Golden Age of police procedurals. There, each week brought a new intrigue around a person who’d disappeared, and, eventually,
Month: January 2023
Move over, Jamie Lee Curtis and Neve Campbell. There’s a new scream queen in town. Universal and Blumhouse’s creepy doll thriller “M3GAN” — short for Model 3 Generative Android — made a killing in its opening weekend, collecting a better-than-expected $30.2 million from 3,509 North American theaters. Internationally, the film has generated $14.8 million to
Over the past 12 months, Paris-based sales agent WTFilms has produced two features: “Perpetrator,” by Jennifer Reeder (“Knives and Skin”), which will world premiere in the Panorama section at Berlin Film Festival, and Xavier Gens’ thriller “Farang,” which is co-financed and repped by Studiocanal. “Perpetrator,” starring Kiah McKirnan (“Mare of Easttown”) and Alicia Silverstone, is
Fizz-e-Motion has acquired international sales rights to coming-of-age skating thriller “Free Skater,” and will present it to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin next month. Indiecan has North American rights. The producer will handle Scandinavian distribution. Fizz-e-Motion has debuted the trailer (below). The film, directed by Roope Olenius, centers on a promising figure
When journalists, sales agents and acquisition execs from key territories take to Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris, which runs Jan. 10-17, international growth will be on everyone’s mind. If Gallic exports never did reach pre-pandemic highs in 2022 — the first year, we should note, that many theatrical markets operated without interruption — the local industry
Writer George S. Kaufman once said that “satire is what closes on Saturday night.” But nearly a century later, as real life has grown more absurd than most art, satire is everywhere — from popular franchises such as the “Knives Out” films and “The White Lotus” to hits including “Parasite.” Why now? In our post-Trump
It was a rare hat trick victory for Todd Field’s “Tár,” as the drama added a best picture win from the National Society of Film Critics on Saturday. Following its prestigious wins from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle this season, it’s one of the few movies to win
Owen Roizman, a cinematographer who shot many of the premier films of a generation, has died. He was 86. A representative for the American Society of Cinematographers confirmed the news. No further details about Roizman’s death are available at this time. Roizman was Oscar-nominated five times, for “The French Connection,” “The Exorcist,” “Network,” “Tootsie” and
As an editor who shops can’t-miss deals for a living, there are a handful of brands I consider worthy of a national holiday when they finally go on sale. Topping my list? Skims. Fortunately, today is one of those special days. Right now, the brand is slashing the price of its Cozy Collection in a
Friday night’s Palm Springs International Film Festival kicked off its opening night with the world premiere of “80 for Brady,” Kyle Marvin’s life-affirming comedy about four best friends — played by Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin — whose love for the legendary, seven-time Super Bowl Champion quarterback cuts so deep, they
With Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Son,” writer-director Florian Zeller defies expectations about parenthood — and about traditional movie storytelling. He asks big questions, but doesn’t offer easy answers. This has thrown off some audience members who want the film to conform to familiar movie scenarios, or at least to follow the pattern of Zeller’s 2020
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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains mild spoilers for “M3GAN.” At just 11 years old, Violet McGraw already has a proven talent for capturing the uncanny: playing against it, inhabiting it and grounding it in performances as compelling as they are preternaturally evocative. Her turn as young Nell in Mike Flanagan’s acclaimed Netflix horror series “The
“M3GAN” is poised to make a killing in its box office debut this weekend, but it won’t be enough to scare off “Avatar: The Way of Water” from the top spot. Universal’s PG-13 horror is now expected to take a $27 million stab into its opening weekend, which is up from earlier projections. It made
When non-binary actor August Winter read Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking,” they were really excited about the prospect of playing the transgender character Melvin, who finds his identity in a specific, unfamiliar environment — in this case, amid a Mennonite community fighting toxic masculinity. Like most characters in the film, Melvin was a survivor of sexual
The nation’s hottest political TV drama came to an end early Saturday when California Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy was finally elected Speaker of the House after a wild climax to the chaos that has unfolded on the floor of Congress during the past week. McCarthy prevailed on the 15th election for the powerful post that
The energy was high at the “BMF” Season 2 premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Thursday night. But, one person’s presence was dearly missed among the cast and crew. After attendees filed into the screening room from the black carpet, Starz president Kathryn Busby opened the event with a tender message thanking
Amid mounting recession concerns in Hollywood and a potential labor strike to contend with, Pearlena Igbokwe is shining with a great deal of optimism in her position as chairman of Comcast’s Universal Studio Group. Igbokwe spoke with Variety’s co-editor in chief Cynthia Littleton Friday during her headlinder conversation at Variety‘s Entertainment Summit at CES about
Luis Guzmán is launching his own production company, Mascot Camp Productions, Variety has learned exclusively. Mascot Camp has already formed a partnership with Rescue Dog Productions, Matthew Dwyer and Michael Hollingsworth, to finance the first two years of productions, consisting of plans to make six feature films and four television series. The company plans to
Matt Shultz, singer of the Grammy-winning rock band Cage the Elephant, was arrested Thursday night in New York City after police discovered two loaded firearms in his room at the Bowery Hotel. Shultz was hit with two charges of criminal possession of a weapon. He did not have a license for the two firearms. An
Shannon Buck has been named executive vice president of publicity of Peacock, where she will oversee publicity, events and activations for Peacock original and exclusive content. Her hiring comes after the December promotions of NBCUniversal communication executives Chip Sullivan and Allison Rawlings, which was intended to help “bring the Television & Streaming portfolio closer together.”
Don Cheadle might not be one of the six original Avengers, but he’s been a mainstay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for 12 years and counting. Cheadle debuted as James “Rhodey” Rhodes/War Machine in 2010’s “Iron Man 2,” taking over for Terrence Howard. In a new retrospective interview with GQ magazine, Cheadle said Marvel gave
In a film featuring a (in some cases literal) murderer’s row of movie-star performances, the “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” character that has received the most ink since its Netflix premiere on December 23 is Derol, the Corona-toting slacker who briefly appears in only a handful of scenes — but steals every one of
After premiering on Dec. 22, “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” became Peacock’s first original project to make it onto Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming rankings. According to data provided to NBCU by Nielsen and exclusively obtained by Variety, “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” is ranked in the No. 5 position in an early version
In a new tape leaked from the set of “,” host Billy Bush is heard making sexual comments about Kendall Jenner — with a crudeness reminiscent of his infamously leaked “Access Hollywood” conversation with Donald Trump. The Daily Beast reported on Friday that it had reviewed footage of Bush discussing Jenner’s Halloween costume with production
Former Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs have made 10 acquisitions, beginning with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, and a minority investment in Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook, since launching their Blackstone-backed media company Candle Media in 2021. But CEOs Mayer and Staggs told Variety‘s co-editor in chief Cynthia Littleton at Variety’s Entertainment Summit
Nicole Maines (“Supergirl”), François Arnaud (“The Borgias”) and Nia Sondaya (“Truth Be Told”) have been added to Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” Season 2 in recurring roles. They join Emmy nominee and Critics Choice Award winner Melanie Lynskey, Oscar and Emmy nominee Juliette Lewis, Emmy nominee Christina Ricci and Tawny Cypress. Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under,” “Servant”) and
A new year is upon us, but January isn’t exactly the best time for being a moviegoer. Or maybe it is. New theatrical releases might be limited at the start of each year, but that only makes January 2023 the best time to catch up on the best movies that 2022 had to offer. Many
It’s been 10 years since Sarah Polley directed a film. In between “Take This Waltz” (2012) and her most recent release, “Women Talking,” she wasn’t sure if she would ever be able to direct again due to a brain injury. On this episode of the award-winning Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, we talk with the writer
For the first time since 2020, the Palm Springs Film Festival returned to an in-person event this year, with events including Thursday evening’s starry awards gala and Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards brunch. The Friday brunch at the Parker Palm Springs honored “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” actor Angela Bassett with
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