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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 reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual

With “El Mal” and “Mi Camino” making the Oscar shortlist for original song, the “Emilia Pérez” tunes are one step closer to being nominated. If they do get Oscar noms, “Emilia Pérez” star Zoe Saldaña is already thinking about how they could be performed during the ceremony. “I would only do it — and I’m

The second film in the “28 Years Later” trilogy, “The Bone Temple,” has landed a Jan. 16, 2026 domestic release date from Columbia Pictures. The project’s MLK weekend release comes just six months after the first trilogy entry “28 Years Later,” which is slated for June 20. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes star

A documentary about the music performances on “Saturday Night Live” is coming to NBC, directed by Oscar winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Emmy winner Oz Rodriguez. Titled “Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music,” the three-hour special will premiere on the network on Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. and stream the following day

When Steve McQueen was casting “Blitz,” his World War II drama about the bombings over London, actress Saoirse Ronan expressed interest. But there was a hitch. The role of a mother in search of her young son who has gone missing required some singing. So he hopped on a Zoom with Ronan, and they had a

“The Housemaid,” a film adaptation of author Freida McFadden’s hit psychological thriller book, has landed a Christmas Day 2025 release from Lionsgate. Sydney Sweeney (“Euphoria,” “Anyone But You”), Amanda Seyfried (“Mamma Mia,” “The Dropout”), Brandon Sklenar (“It Ends With Us,” “1923”) and Michele Morrone (“365 Days,” “Subservience”) star in the suspense film written by Rebecca

James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” follows the rise of Bob Dylan, played by Timothée Chalamet, as a young musician who moves to New York in 1961, and it culminates with the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and his move to electric guitar. Mangold is no stranger to the period (his “Ford v Ferrari” was mostly set

Any independent filmmaker will tell you that getting a movie financed, produced and released is akin to summiting a mountain. Rockslides, however, are less common. Brady Corbet had to brace for one nonetheless, to complete his ambitious and impressively inexpensive “The Brutalist” — a three-hour-and-change epic made for a measly $10 million. The expansive story

It can take just a generation for a family name to go from Oscar darling to Razzie frontrunner. Case in point: Jake Kasdan’s Christmas-themed “Red One” landed in theaters on Nov. 15 with a thud louder than Santa’s sleigh hitting a rooftop. The Dwayne Johnson–Chris Evans pairing, which chronicles the bid to rescue Old Saint

Sean Baker’s “Anora” and Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” have topped the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards nominations with seven nods each. Edward Berger’s “Conclave” and Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” followed with six nominations each, while Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” secured five nods. Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths” and Rich Peppiatt’s “Kneecap” each received four nominations.

Global box office revenues are expected to rebound to $33 billion in 2025, marking an 8% increase from 2024’s estimated $30.5 billion take, according to Gower Street Analytics‘ latest forecast. The North American market is set to generate approximately $9.7 billion, up 9% from 2024, while international territories (excluding China) are projected to deliver $16.8

FESTIVAL FLOURISHES BookMyShow‘s Red Lorry Film Festival has landed two Academy Award-shortlisted films to anchor its sophomore edition, set for March 21-23, in Mumbai and Hyderabad. “Hollywoodgate,” from the producers of “Navalny,” shortlisted for documentary feature, offers an on-the-ground examination of Taliban-ruled Kabul. “Universal Language,” contending in the international feature category, presents an absurdist comedy-drama

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 reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual

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 reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual

Who said kids weren’t interested in movies anymore? According to the National Association of Theatre Owners’ new report “The Strength of Theatrical Moviegoing,” Gen Z remains enthusiastic about movies: among 10-24 year-olds, going to see a movie on opening weekend was the #1 preferred activity, regardless of time and money. The report looks at several

Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan may both have two films each vying for awards contention this year in Chalamet’s “A Complete Unknown” and “Dune: Part Two” and Ronan’s “The Outrun” and “Blitz,” but the pair took the time to reunite in London to discuss two films they appeared in together at the earlier stages of

One look at Guy Pearce‘s filmography and it’s clear the actor has largely stayed away from big Hollywood studio fare over the years. One would have to go all the way back to 2013’s Marvel movie “Iron Man 3” to find Pearce’s last sizable role in a studio tentpole, although he did have smaller appearances

The charms of “Patrice: The Movie” are abundant — which doesn’t mean this inventive, warmhearted documentary, directed by Ted Passon, won’t infuriate. Much of the bristling will be on behalf of titular star, Patrice Jetter, and Garry Wickham, her betrothed. Or, at least, they would be engaged if the government Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits program

Pamela Anderson‘s eldest son Brandon Thomas Lee is getting emotional. It’s taken years, but he might have helped shatter a Hollywood stereotype that has been a cloud over Anderson’s career for years. The actor-turned-producer is sitting on Zoom discussing her recent success in Roadside Attractions “The Last Showgirl,” which Gia Coppola directed. In the film,

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is starring in “Beba from 5 to 9.” The short film marks writer and acclaimed music video director Dano Cerny‘s narrative debut. Rodriguez portrays Beba, a Puerto Rican hospice nurse, as she “navigates a day that will test her resilience and redefine her outlook on life,” reads the film’s logline. Produced by Dreambear

Do international moviegoers have something against witchy BFFS Elphaba and Glinda, Michael Keaton’s Ghost with the Most and a band of fearless storm chasers led by Glen Powell? If not, how do you explain that even though “Wicked,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and “Twisters” were domestic box office powerhouses, they weren’t as warmly received in overseas markets?

By Alexander Payne Recently I’d been watching a bunch of artsy-fartsy stuff when I saw “Conclave” — yes, projected — and within the first five minutes I thought, oh good, a movie. A real, old-fashioned movie-movie like Grandma used to make. Classy too. We don’t get enough of those anymore, and when we do, I’m

The Montreal Critics’ Week has unveiled the lineup for its inaugural festival, which will feature 19 films across a week of programming. The first-ever edition, an initiative of the Montreal-based online magazine Panorama-cinéma, will be held at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma Moderne from Jan. 13 to Jan. 19. Along with Q&As with select filmmakers

Angelina Jolie completely transforms into opera superstar Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” through the hands of the Oscar winner’s personal makeup and hair team, Adruitha Lee and Pamela Goldammer. While subtlety was key to the transformation, Lee and Goldammer worked to establish what that specific look needed to be. “You do have to look

The news is full of stories about people fighting back at attempted restrictions and limitations to women’s bodies. In Hollywood, the same can be said for some of the films in this year’s awards race. Director and co-writer Pedro Almodóvar’s brilliantly colored “The Room Next Door” stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton as estranged friends

When Zoë Kravitz first met Matt Reeves about playing Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, opposite Robert Pattinson in “The Batman,” she was two years into writing what would become her feature directorial debut. Born from Kravitz’s “rage towards men in power,” “Blink Twice” — renamed from the original “Pussy Island,” for obvious reasons — follows Frida

Universal Pictures has tapped Vanessa Caswill to direct “Reminders of Him,” an adaptation of Colleen Hoover‘s romance novel. Caswill’s major credits include Netflix’s 2023 romantic comedy “Love at First Sight,” starring Haley Lu Richardson, as well as two miniseries for the BBC: 2017’s “Little Women,” featuring Maya Hawke, Emily Watson, Michael Gambon and Angela Lansbury, and 2016’s “Thirteen,”

The Sundance Institute will honor Cynthia Erivo and James Mangold with special awards at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Gala. Mangold, writer-director-producer of Searchlight’s “A Complete Unknown” will be honored with the Trailblazer Award, while “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo will receive Sundance’s Visionary Award. Both Erivo and Mangold’s honors will be presented at the 2025

HarbourView Equity Partners, an alternative asset management company focused on investment opportunities in the sports, media and entertainment space, has tapped strategic firm The CultureShaker, founded by Lucinda Martinez, to lead all brand, marketing and PR promotional efforts for the firm and its portfolio, which includes Mucho Mas Media, its slate of hip-hop biopics in

Inspiring or irritating, empowering or exploitative, maternal or manipulative — with many shades of gray in between — female mentorship is a common dynamic in many of 2024’s most affecting stories. In films as diverse as “All We Imagine as Light,” “Babygirl,” “Emilia Pérez,” “The Girl With the Needle,” “Inside Out 2” “The Last Showgirl,”