Okay Goodnight and Orchard Pictures will pair up to produce the documentary, “I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust.” The short is based on Emily Grodin’s memoir of the same name. Marta Kauffman is on board to produce. Robbie Rowe Tollin and Hannah K.S. Canter of Okay Goodnight and Roberta Grossman are also set
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How and why did the kind-hearted, smart and green Elphaba Thropp become such a nasty, powerful, dare we say wicked witch of the classic tale “The Wizard of Oz”? The big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical “Wicked” uses subtle nuances to hint at Elphaba’s growing powers, but also nod to Black women. “Wicked” follows Elphaba
A new trailer for “Queen of the Ring,” from writer-director Ash Avildsen, gives a first look at “Arrow” star Emily Bett Rickards as legendary professional wrestler Mildred Burke. The true-life tale follows Burke as she defies incredible odds to become the first million-dollar female athlete and longest reigning champion at a time when wrestling was
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“The Madison,” the new upcoming series in the “Yellowstone” universe, has added four new cast members. Variety has learned that Kevin Zegers (“Transamerica, “The Rookie: Feds”), Rebecca Spence (“61st Street,” “Lady in the Lake”), Alaina Pollack (“On Call,” “The Surrender”) and Danielle Vasinova (“1923,” “The Bay”) have all joined the new Taylor Sheridan series. They
The return of WWE‘s “Saturday Night’s Main Event” did well in the ratings for NBC. The two-hour broadcast pulled in 2.3 million viewers on Saturday night between 8 and 10 p.m. ET/PT. That includes 1.59 million viewers on NBC and an additional 700,000 who streamed it live on Peacock. By comparison, the NBA Cup semifinal
Camila Morrone and Adam DiMarco are officially set to star in the upcoming Netflix horror series “Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen.” It was reported in November that the pair was in talks for the lead roles in the series, which was itself ordered at Netflix back in July. The show hails from creator
Maya Erskine, who was Emmy-nominated for her portrayal of Jane Smith in Prime Video‘s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” sat down with Variety’s Angelique Jackson at an FYC event to talk about forming a bond with her co-star Donald Glover, preparing for the physicality the role required and what drew her to Jane as an outsider
Beyoncé is now the most RIAA certified female artist of all time with 103 certified titles across her discography, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Tuesday. “We are so excited to recognize the incredible talent, hard work and creative spirit reflected across diverse genres,” said RIAA President & COO Michele Ballantyne. “Beyoncé’s iconic catalogue
Early in “The Lion King,” the adorable yet spoiled African prince Simba goes gallivanting around his father Mufasa’s lands, taunting his future subjects with the song “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King.” In Broadway terms, it’s a classic “I want” number, telling audiences what’s in the character’s heart at that point in the film,
The Casting Society has announced the film nominees for the 40th Artios Awards. “A Complete Unknown,” “Blitz,” “Civil War,” “Dune: Part 2,” “Gladiator 2” and “Queer” are among the nominated films in big budget drama. In big budget comedy, the nominated films are “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Challengers,” “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Nightbitch,” “Saturday Night” and “Wicked.” The awards honor
“Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse,” the third entry in Sony’s animated web-slinging trilogy, has tapped Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson to direct. They have been part of the franchise’s creative team since 2018’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” with Persichetti serving as part of the original film’s directorial trio and executive producing the 2023 sequel, “Spider-Man:
Tom Cruise played a U.S. Navy aviator in the “Top Gun” movies, and now he’s being recognized for his on-screen representation of the military branch. On Tuesday, Cruise was awarded the Navy’s top civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award, for his “outstanding contributions to the Navy and the Marine Corps” through his work in
Paramount has unveiled that “The Big Bang Theory” will join its Nick at Nite and MTV lineups. Starting Dec. 24, the Nickelodeon late-night block will host a two-day marathon of holiday-themed “Big Bang” episodes. On Dec. 27, the network will begin airing the series from 12-2 a.m. every night, starting with Season 4. On Jan.
Nearly two years after it was first announced, TBS has finally landed on a premiere date for its revival of “The Joe Schmo Show.” Originally slated to run in early 2024, the unscripted reality parody will now debut on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 at 9 p.m. ET. Based on the original hoax series from the
We say it every year: There are way too many music books for any human to keep track of, let alone read. Yet this year has seen a backbreaking pile of welcome additions to the boundless stacks, just a few of which we delve into here (we’re still dying to read the Cher book). So
The launch trailer for new “Alien” VR game “Alien: Rogue Incursion” has arrived. From Survios and 20th Century Games, the title is set in the “Alien” cinematic universe and play as rogue Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks on a mission to the planet Purdan (LV-354) in search of a former squadmate. After a sudden attack, Zula
James Wan‘s Atomic Monster production company has acquired the rights to develop Game Award-nominated indie title “Pacific Drive” into a TV series. Created by Cassandra Dracott from Ironwood Studios, “Pacific Drive” is a retropunk-style driving and survival game set to an experimental electronic music soundtrack that challenges players to escape a surreal and abandoned exclusion
The Southampton Playhouse, a historic cinema that is being revitalized into a state-of-the-art movie theater, announced its leadership team on Tuesday. Maria A. Ruiz Botsacos, a top executive at Film at Lincoln Center, will come on board as the Southampton Playhouse’s inaugural executive director, while Eric Kohn, best known for his work as a critic
“Bystanders,” Mary Beth McAndrews’ directorial debut, has set a release date after a successful festival run. The film will be available on VOD on Jan. 21 via Dread, the specialty horror label of Epic Pictures. The movie stars Brandi Botkin, Bob Wilcox, Garrett Murphy, Jamie Alvey, Chaney Morrow and Hannah Fierman. Alvey also wrote the
Play video content The Skip Bayless Show Lil Wayne‘s ick over getting “snubbed” for Super Bowl 59 in his New Orleans hometown seems to have blown over … Wayne is now cheering on Kendrick Lamar to have a helluva halftime show!!! Play video content TMZSports.com Skip Bayless made attempts to push Wayne over the edge
To mark the 10th anniversary of the “Mad Men” series finale, Jon Hamm will join the ATX TV Festival for the first time for a retrospective panel, Variety can exclusively announce. He will discuss his Emmy-winning performance of Don Draper, the series’ legacy and influence. Hamm portrayed the iconic protagonist for 92 episodes of the
What does MSNBC do now? After Trump accomplished the Undead thing and retook the White House? After Comcast announced plans to spin off the network (along with others) in such haste that its new company was named “SpinCo”? After Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski went on their show and welcomed our new insect overlords? After
A 1983 Fender Telecaster made for and owned by Bob Dylan will be up for sale via Julian’s Auctions’ “Celebrating Bob Dylan: The Aronowitz Archive, T Bone Burnett, & More” event at the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville on Jan. 18. The auction features 60 items, 50 of these from journalist Al
A “clean” image and video generation model, trained exclusively on “ethically sourced” data, is being positioned for enterprise-grade productions in Hollywood next year as an alternative to offerings from tech giants accused of data scraping. The new model, dubbed “Marey,” after early cinema pioneer Étienne-Jules Marey, will be available in January or February 2025. As
UCLA‘s Entertainment and Media Research Initiative has unveiled its latest Hollywood Diversity Report, this time focusing on streaming television in 2023, and it found that “streaming audiences want new offerings, diverse stories as most watched metrics fall short of capturing the market.” According to the report, set to be released Tuesday, streaming audiences have a
SoundCloud is introducing a new artist subscription plan called Artist, intended to help emerging and aspiring musicians get their music out into the world easily and affordably. Priced at $3.25/month (or $39/year), the Artist plan bridges the gap between the platform’s Basic and Artist Pro subscriptions (formerly known as Next Pro), providing an affordable option
Disney’s “Moana 2” stayed atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the third consecutive weekend with £3.6 million ($4.5 million), bringing its cumulative total to £26.4 million ($33.5 million), according to numbers from Comscore. Universal’s “Wicked” continued to demonstrate staying power in second place, adding £3.4 million in its fourth week for a robust
The International Film Festival Rotterdam revealed the lineups of its Tiger, Big Screen and Tiger Short competition sections Tuesday, and the first tranche of speakers for the Talks program, who include Cate Blanchett and Guy Maddin. IFFR’s 54th edition will take place from Jan. 30 – Feb. 9. with Variety publishing digital daily newsletters during
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