Movies

Sony Pictures has moved Milla Jovovich’s fantasy thriller “Monster Hunter” forward by four months from April 23, 2021, to Dec. 30 of this year. The studio announced the shift late Monday afternoon. It’s the latest in a long line of major studio movies to be shuffled amid uncertainty over when most North American movie theaters will

Monday, Oct. 5 Filipina Music Drama ‘Yellow Rose’ Backed by Gold House Cultural movement Gold House is supporting the Filipina music drama “Yellow Rose” through its #GoldOpen campaign, which backed “Parasite,” “The Farewell,” “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Just Mercy.” The Sony release, which opens Oct. 9, centers on an undocumented Filipina teen from a small Texas town

Craig Robinson, Andy Samberg and Common are producing and starring in the action-comedy “Super High” at New Line Cinema. “Super High” is being described as a superhero movie where smoking a special strain of weed gives superpowers to the smoker.Adam Mansbach will write the screenplay based on a story he created with Shamier Anderson. New Line

Movie theaters are furious with Gov. Andrew Cuomo for failing to provide clear guidance about when and how cinemas can reopen in New York. But the governor is having none of it. His office argues that keeping movie theaters shuttered is essential to ensuring that the state, which was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic

Cineworld’s shocking decision to temporarily shutter all U.K. and U.S. cinemas in order to ride out the pandemic has shaken the industry to its core and jeopardized the livelihoods of thousands of people on both sides of the Atlantic. Cineworld staff say they don’t deserve to pay the price for the company’s failed efforts to

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association moved on Monday to throw out a Norwegian reporter’s lawsuit, arguing that she has not been harmed by being denied admission to the organization. Kjersti Flaa filed the complaint on Aug. 3, alleging that HFPA members use their clout to monopolize entertainment coverage in foreign territories. She alleged that she

James McAvoy and Claire Foy will star in the upcoming English-language remake of the French thriller “My Son.” STXfilms has bought the worldwide rights to the film. McAvoy will portray a man whose only son goes missing, leading to him travel to the town where his ex-wife (Foy) lives in search of answers. To play

While working on his seminal 1973 film “Enter the Dragon,” Bruce Lee wrote a letter to Ted Ashley, then-head of Warner Bros., explaining his passion for making the movie and what Lee regarded as his chance to make a lasting impression on Hollywood: “You see, my obsession is to make, pardon the expression, the f—ingest

Regal, the second-largest U.S. movie theater chain, is closing its theaters two months after reopening. It’s a decision, made in response to the delay of “No Time to Die,” that underscores the immense fallout surrounding the fact that moviegoing just isn’t a popular activity during a pandemic. For now, it’s unclear if other major operations

Investors are worried about the fate of movie theaters after Cineworld announced that it was temporarily closing its U.K. locations and the U.S. venues it operates through its Regal Cinemas subsidiary. The announcement sent shockwaves through the exhibition industry, which has struggled to remain viable after coronavirus closed down venues around the world for months.

Johnny Flynn-fronted heist musical “The Score” has wrapped production in the U.K., joining a handful of films that have started and completed filming during the pandemic. The directorial debut of U.K. filmmaker Malachi Smyth finished production on Friday (Oct. 2) after two months of filming between Luton Hoo and the Royal Gunpowder Mills in England.

AMC Theatres-owned Odeon cinema chain is shuttering a quarter of its U.K. cinemas during the week and will operate on a weekend-only model from Friday. Variety understands the company emailed their affected loyalty program customers with the information late last week. “We look forward to reopening full-time when the big blockbusters return,” said the email.

The Locarno Film Festival has appointed Nadia Dresti as interim artistic director following the recent resignation of Lili Hinstin. Dresti, who has been with the prominent Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema intermittently for roughly 30 years, is taking the reins after the abrupt departure of Hinstin late last month after two years due to differences

In today’s Global Bulletin, James Cameron heads to Bristol for Wildscreen Festival, Cairo Film Festival moves its dates back a month, Canal Plus ups its stake in MultiChoice Group Ltd., Wheelhouse Entertainment announces a U.S. version of “The Wonderbox,” and Fugitive partners with MO Studios on two new series. FESTIVALS Wildscreen Festival today announced that

Politics and film festivals tend to intersect as the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival emphatically attests. In the lead up to Turkish municipal elections held in March of 2019 the current Mayor of Antalya, Muhittin Böcek, promised voters that, if he won, he would change back the format of the storied film festival held in

Turkey’s 57th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival is forging ahead with a hybrid edition this year that will feature a mix of the best new Turkish features and cherry-picked international titles. The storied event being held Oct. 3-10 in the bustling resort city on Turkey’s Southern coast has been through a spell of politically-prompted turbulence that

Asif Kapadia, Oscar-winning “Amy” director and BAFTA winner for “Senna” and “The Warrior,” will debut in the XR (extended reality) and immersive filmmaking space with “Laika.” Adapted from Nick Abadzis’ eponymous 2007 graphic novel, “Laika” will tell the story of planet Earth’s first voyager into space, an unwanted stray who survived the streets of Moscow

Regal Cinemas owner Cineworld Group has confirmed the temporary suspension of its U.S. and U.K operations from Thursday, confirming reports that first emerged Saturday. In a statement released Monday, the group said: “In response to an increasingly challenging theatrical landscape and sustained key market closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cineworld confirms that it will

Movie theaters hoped to be back in business in a big way this fall, attracting stir-crazy audiences with a slate of blockbusters that included “Tenet,” “Mulan,” and “No Time to Die.” For an industry that had been brought to its knees by the coronavirus pandemic, with closures that left them without revenues for much of

Thomas Jefferson Byrd, an actor in several of Spike Lee’s films, was killed in Atlanta on Saturday, the Atlanta Police Department confirmed to Variety. He was 70. On Saturday, Atlanta police officers were dispatched to 2259 Belvedere Ave., responding to a call about an injured person at 1:45 a.m. Upon arrival, officers located Byrd lying

“Tenet” is the only movie I’ve seen in which I couldn’t follow a fistfight. John David Washington, as an unnamed CIA agent, is facing an enemy combatant who’s dressed in what looks like riot gear. As the two pummel each other, we’re supposed to hone in on the fact that Washington’s character is moving forward

Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” willed itself past the $300 million mark globally this weekend even as the overall domestic box office appeared to be on the verge of collapse. Disney’s “Hocus Pocus,” a Bette Middler comedy that flopped when it was initially released in 1993, but became a cult hit on cable and streaming, almost matched

Cineworld is shuttering all 543 of its Regal Cinema venues in the U.S. and all cinemas across the U.K. and Ireland this coming week, just a day after James Bond film “No Time to Die” was pushed to April 2021. Variety understands from sources that the chain will close all sites in both countries as early

In “Red, White and Blue,” the fifth and final film of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology (and the third to be shown at this year’s New York Film Festival, after the lilting reggae house-party movie “Lovers Rock” and the wrenching social-protest courtroom drama “Mangrove”), Leroy Logan (John Boyega), a British research scientist, figures that he’s

With Election Day one month away, Tina Fey, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and the cast of “Mean Girls” released a surprise reunion video encouraging fans to vote. The virtual reunion, moderated by Katie Couric and released via Instagram, also teased the movie adaptation of the “Mean Girls” Broadway musical and shared the cast

“Hocus Pocus” put a spell on moviegoers, and now it’s leading U.S. box office charts 27 years after originally premiering in theaters. Disney rereleased the 1993 Halloween classic — starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker as a trio of witches — this weekend on the big screen, where it collected $650,000 on

Netflix has released a teaser trailer for its Christmas movie, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.” The film stars Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker, with original songs by producer and singer John Legend has written original songs for the film. “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” is a musical adventure set in the gloriously vibrant town of Cobbleton. The

Clint Eastwood is planning to produce, direct and star in the adventure-drama “Cry Macho” for Warner Bros., sources have confirmed to Variety. Al Ruddy and Jessica Meier are producing, along with Tim Moore and Eastwood at his Warner-based Malpaso production company. The project is based on the 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash, who wrote

Movie theaters were already teetering on the edge of financial disaster. On Friday, exhibitors received news that could push them over the precipice after “No Time to Die,” the latest James Bond installment, made the decision to push its release from November into April, 2021. The move could set off a wave of theater closures

Billy Crudup is in early negotiations to join Ezra Miller in the DC superhero tentpole “The Flash” for Warner Bros., Variety has confirmed. Crudup, who recently won an Emmy for drama series for “The Morning Show,” portrayed Dr. Henry Allen as the father to Barry Allen, aka The Flash, in Zach Snyder’s 2017 “Justice League”