Month: January 2025

Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap has thrown his weight behind “Aakhri Ride” (The Last Ride), set to feature as one of the market picks at the upcoming Clermont-Ferrand short film market. The film follows Aman, a Mumbai ride-share driver racing to secure dowry money for his sister’s wedding, whose night takes an unexpected turn when he picks

With two major fires continuing to rage across the Los Angeles area, thousands of displaced residents are looking for housing. Immediately. Top luxury realtor Dylan Eckhardt, whose clients include Justin Bieber and Rihanna, says he has received 36 calls in the past 18 hours from people whose homes in Malibu and Pacific Palisades have been reduced to ash. Displaced

It started as something of a joke. While cutting a trailer for their co-directorial effort “It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This,” Nick Toti and Rachel Kempf had a little fun at the end of the clip. “We were like, ‘Oh, it kind of needs something,’” he says. “So we put the scroll at the

Shrek and the Minions will both be on the big screen in 2026. Universal Pictures announced Friday that the highly-anticipated animated movies are swapping their theatrical release dates, with DreamWorks Animation’s “Shrek 5” pushing back from July 1, 2026 to Wednesday, Dec. 23, while Illumination’s “Minions 3” moves into that summer 2026 window from its

The Walt Disney Company is donating $15 million for response and rebuilding efforts amid the ongoing Southern California fires. Likewise, Paramount is donating $1 million to on-the-ground organizations, including the Los Angles Fire Department Foundation, California Fire Foundation, Red Cross, Direct Relief, World Central Kitchen and Best Friends Animal Society. Meanwhile, the CAA Foundation has

“Alien: Romulus” director Fede Álvarez said in an interview with Empire magazine that he understands why some viewers reacted negatively to the appearance of late actor Ian Holm in the film. Holm played the android Ash in Ridley Scott’s original “Alien” film and died in 2020 at 88 years old. The actor’s likeness was resurrected

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains mild spoilers about “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera,” now playing in theaters. O’Shea Jackson Jr. is a man of many interests, but he’s betting big on “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera,” now in theaters via Lionsgate. The 2018 original, in which a group of bank robbers (including Jackson Jr.’s Donnie) clash

Bong Joon Ho‘s hotly anticipated sci-fi film “Mickey 17,” starring Robert Pattinson, will have its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, Variety has learned. The $118 million movie marks Bong’s first directorial effort since “Parasite,” which won Cannes’ Palme d’Or and made Oscar history, becoming the first foreign-language film to win the Academy Award for

Lynda Obst and Paula Weinstein will posthumously receive this year’s Trailblazer Award for their work creating opportunities for female producers, the Producers Guild of America announced Friday. “Lynda Obst and Paula Weinstein have made a lasting impact on the industry with their trailblazing work and steadfast commitment to amplifying women’s voices,” Stephanie Allain and Donald

Will Ferrell appeared on Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast and finally explained his decision to revive Buddy the Elf as a disheveled beer drinker and smoker. The comedian went viral across social media for dressing as his iconic “Elf” character while attending the Dec. 29 hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and

Warwick Davis, the British star best known for his appearances in the “Star Wars” and “Harry Potter” franchises, is to be awarded the British Academy’s highest honor, the BAFTA Fellowship. Recognizing those who have made an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television, the honor will be presented at the BAFTA film awards

From long-awaited sequels like “Gladiator II” to gritty historical dramas like “Blitz,” Variety’s FYC Fest: The Shortlist provides a lens into the artistic subtleties of filmmaking through dynamic conversations with the creatives behind the camera. Led by the magazine’s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay, chief film critic Peter Debruge and senior entertainment technology & crafts

In a rare instance of introspection, Dylan (Ben Hunter), a rowdy bro type in his 20s, beams at the possibility that another person might genuinely be offering the kind of friendship he yearns for. A shy smile crosses his face, only for the spell to be immediately broken, leaving him feeling used. It’s a brief,

We were distracted. For most of her life, Pamela Anderson was being upstaged by “Pamela Anderson.” Then Gia Coppola sent her a screenplay by Kate Gersten, and now Ms. Anderson, having given one of the finest performances of this or any year, has won awards from film festivals around the world and is in the

The action’s hot but the dramatic temperature varies in “The Prosecutor,” a flashy combination of Hong Kong crime story and legal drama starring and directed by Donnie Yen (“Ip Man” series, “John Wick: Chapter 4”). The veteran action star is convincing and charismatic as a cop who quits the force to become a crusading Department

Bill Byrge, an actor who appeared in many of the “Ernest” comedy films as “Bobby,” died on Thursday at the age of 92 in Nashville, Tenn. Byrge’s cousin, Sharon Chapman, confirmed his death in a Facebook post. “My cousin, Bill Byrge, passed away in the Nashville area today at 12pm. He was a beautiful soul