“Loki” creator Michael Waldron was concise with the world he wanted production designer Kasra Farahani to build, “’Men Men’ meets ‘Blade Runner.’” In addition to that, Farahani says, he and director Kate Herron were also inspired by the imposing bureaucratic world of Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil.” With that in mind, Farahani set out to bring the
Reggie Bush is ready to tell his side of the story in a new documentary from Believe Entertainment Group, the studio behind the Oscar-winning “Dear Basketball.” Before he achieved NFL stardom as a running back for the New Orleans Saints, Bush was one of the top college football players in the country. But his time
Omar El Zohairy’s comedy-drama “Feathers” has won the Nespresso Grand Prize at Critics’ Week, the Cannes Film Festival’s strand dedicated to first and second films. Set in contemporary Egypt, “Feathers” follows the journey of a woman with three children whose idealist husband is turned into a chicken by a magician in a magic-trick gone awry.
Black Widow has faced down mad titans and genocidal robots, but can the veteran Avenger take down a band of scrappy Looney Toons? It’ll be a showdown between Disney’s and Marvel’s “Black Widow” and the Warner Bros. sequel “Space Jam: A New Legacy” at the domestic box office, with Scarlett Johansson’s superhero adventure poised to
Spanish film agency ICAA, under its Just Spainted label, is presenting its 2cool4school shorts selection at Cannes’ Short Film Corner. The showcase includes graduation works from Spain’s freshest talents, trained at its most prestigious cinema schools such as Madrid’s ECAM, Barcelona’s Escac and UAB, Valencia’s Fine Arts University and the Basque Country’s Elías Querejeta Zine
What did you do during the coronavirus lockdown of 2020? Grow a beard? Make bread? Write the Great American Novel? For creative types cooped up during the pandemic, the pressures to adapt to the moment felt enormous, but so did the limitations. Premiering at Cannes 2021, “The Year of the Everlasting Storm” springs from those
Check out an official Jungle Cruise Behind the Scenes Featurette starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt! ► Buy tickets for Jungle Cruise: https://www.fandango.com/jungle-cruise-213311/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: July 30, 2021 Starring: Dwayne
Insert your own joke here: Twitter next month is killing off Fleets — posts that disappear after 24 hours — citing low user adoption. The move to expire the expiring-tweets feature comes less than a year after Twitter widely launched Fleets last November. As of Aug. 3, Twitter Fleets will no longer be available, the
Jackie Chan has long been one of Hong Kong’s celebrities who most frequently and prominently engages in propaganda efforts for the mainland’s ruling Communist Party, but he recently took his public devotion to the Chinese regime to a new level. Chan declared his admiration for the Party at a symposium organized by the China Film
With the pandemic still impeding world travel, the Cannes Film Festival chose five key cities for its satellite events, with Mexico City, Beijing, Melbourne, Seoul and Tokyo screening a selection of titles world premiering at the French event. From July 8 to 16, Mexico City’s Diana arthouse cinema, of giant exhibition circuit Cinepolis, has hosted
Though legendary for a callous disregard for the lives of the sailors who criss-cross her stormy surfaces, the sea turns out to be a far milder mistress than Léa Seydoux in Ildikó Enyedi’s handsome but heavy-bottomed “The Story of My Wife,” the Hungarian director’s first return to Cannes since winning the Camera d’Or for her
Having recently wrapped shooting in upstate New York, the producers of Jamie Sisley’s debut feature “Stay Awake,” a dramatic family comedy about opioid addiction, have revealed key cast details. In the film, Emmy and two-time Golden Globe Award Nominee Chrissy Metz (“This is Us”) plays Michelle, a loving and well-meaning mother of two whose struggle
After panic set in among some Harry Styles fans as word got out about some rescheduled tour dates but not others, minds have been set at rest — at least in the U.S. — as the British pop superstar has revealed a full list of new fall dates for the American portion of his outing,
Olivia Rodrigo is encouraging young Americans to get happy and healthy. The pop sensation stopped by the White House to promote youth vaccinations on Wednesday. “I am beyond honored and humbled to be here today to help spread the message about the importance of youth vaccination,” Rodrigo said in a press conference. “I’m in awe
Check out an Exclusive Behind the Scenes Featurette for The Suicide Squad starring John Cena, Margot Robbie and Idris Elba! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy tickets for The Suicide Squad: https://www.fandango.com/the-suicide-squad-2021-223365/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the
Emmy-winning director and producer Anthony Hemingway has signed with M88. Best known for “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” “Red Tails” and “Underground,” Hemingway most recently directed and executive produced “Genius: Aretha,” starring Cynthia Erivo, who earned an Emmy nomination for lead actress in a limited series for her performance as Aretha Franklin.
“Zola,” the A24 movie inspired by a viral Twitter thread, will be available to rent on demand starting on Friday, July 23, three weeks after its theatrical debut. Similar to many movies that have been released during the pandemic, “Zola” is landing on digital rental platforms earlier than expected. Historically, new films play exclusively in
Facebook claims it will be whipping open its checkbook in a big way for creators: CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social-media giant will pay out more than $1 billion to creators on Facebook and Instagram through the end of 2022. Zuckerberg announced the new initiative in a Facebook post Tuesday — but didn’t provide a
Before Todd Haynes’ Velvet Underground documentary premieres in October, fans of the seminal ’60s group will be able to get a head start on getting in the mood with the September release of a tribute album that was a labor of love for another super-fan, the late producer Hal Willner. “I’ll Be Your Mirror: A
Chinese censors have approved Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacular “Dune” for release in the world’s largest film market. The film has officially announced that it will hit local screens this year, although it has not yet set a release date. In late June, Warner Bros. shifted the film’s U.S. release date back from Oct. 1 to
Brut., the leading digital news publisher in Europe, recently launched a millennials-skewing streaming service, BrutX, and has just raised $75 million from James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems, François-Henri Pinault’s Artemis, Orange Ventures and Tikehau Capital. Guillaume Lacroix, the well-respected French producer and visionary co-founder and CEO of Brut. told Variety that this new investment will allow
Smize Cream isn’t just an ice cream shop. Tyra Banks hopes her new ice cream company, named after her signature modeling expression of “smiling with your eyes,” is the start of an empire with a reach and scope akin to Disney. “Walt Disney is one of my inspirations, my role models,” Banks, 47, tells me
Japan’s TV Asahi has acquired the rights to the Hong Kong version of hit boys love series “Ossan’s Love” and is expected to air the series in Japan, Variety has learned. The 15-episode Hong Kong version, produced by PCCW’s domestic free-to-air channel ViuTV and which will conclude this Friday, is an adaptation of the Japanese
Bert Marcus, founder and CEO of Bert Marcus Productions, has signed with Range Media Partners. Marcus will be represented by a core team consisting of Matt Graham, CJ Cook, Tyler Henry, Ben Grayson and Rich Cook. “Bert is a creative engine, his mind works at a million miles an hour,” Graham, Range Media Partners’ managing
Netflix released a trailer for the upcoming second season of “Outer Banks,” which will premiere on July 30. Set in a beach vacation destination located along the titular Outer Banks, the coming-of-age series follows a tight-knit group of local teens called the Pogues who live at the Cut. Determined to uncover what happened to the
Netflix keeps building new ways to try to get tykes watching more of its content. As part of its newest play for young streamers’ eyeballs, Netflix is launching Kids Top 10, a daily chart featuring the most popular children’s content in each country, in kids’ profiles starting Wednesday (mock-up pictured above). It’s a kid-specific version
Randall Park will hoist a glass in his new talk show — brought to you by Maker’s Mark bourbon and Roku’s recently formed branded-content studio. The actor-comedian-writer, best known for his starring turn in ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat,” is the host of “The Show Next Door,” a weekly talk show in which Park shoots
Courtesy of Coach / Sandy Kim New York and Tokyo are colliding. American fashion house Coach is teaming up with legendary Japanese streetwear brand Bape for a collaborative collection that celebrates the authenticity of their respective hometowns. This is not the first time the two powerhouses are coming together—the brands dropped their first joint project
Seven young social media stars with a combined reach of some 8.3 million fans worldwide have teamed up to make a movie and an independent leap to bigger screens. Written and produced by British filmmaker Max Marlow and directed by Madison De La Garza (“Desperate Housewives”), “Surprise” is a mystery thriller about a surprise Zoom
French director Flore Vasseur has opened up about her journey from high-flying entrepreneur in New York City to filmmaker whose feature debut “Bigger Than Us,” co-produced with Marion Cotillard, premiered at Cannes’ new sidebar dedicated to climate change. It all started when the then 24-year old Vasseur witnessed the 9/11 attacks from her office in