Jake Gyllenhaal is making the visit to M. Night Shyamalan for the writer-director’s next feature, which will share a story with a new original romance novel by Nicholas Sparks. The original narrative is a collaboration between Sparks and Shyamalan, with the former writing a book and the latter writing a screenplay independently. The film marks
“Dog Man,” an animated adventure set in the “Captain Underpants” universe, will sniff and scratch its way to the top of box office charts over the weekend. Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s canine-crime-fighting film is expected to collect $25 million to $30 million from 3,800 North American theaters in its opening weekend. Some box office prognosticators
Jonathan Majors‘ violent bodybuilding drama “Magazine Dreams” has received its first trailer, after the actor was convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and the film was temporarily shelved. It will now release in theaters on March 21 from Briarcliff Entertainment. In the film, Majors plays amateur bodybuilder Killian Maddox, who aspires to make a name for
Former MTV personality Matt Pinfield has been placed under a conservatorship following a massive stroke that he suffered earlier this month. According to TMZ, the former Columbia Records executive and radio show host suffered a stroke on Jan. 6 after enduring various health struggles over the years. The 63-year-old is now apparently incompetent, and his
A U.K. stage production of Neil Gaiman‘s “Coraline” has been canceled following allegations of sexual assault against the author. The “Coraline” musical was set to take place at Leeds Playhouse from April 11 to May 11 before touring to Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester. Co-production partners Leeds Playhouse, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Birmingham Rep and Home
Annette Bening is set to star alongside Anya Taylor-Joy in the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series “Lucky,” Variety has learned. It was announced that Taylor-Joy would star in the series back in December. It is based on the novel of the same name by Marissa Stapley. The book was a New York Times bestseller and
Showdog Studio has optioned “Wunderland,” a new sci-fi thriller series based on an original screenplay by Christopher DeWan, who is attached as the writer for the pilot. Emmy-winning producer James Thorpe will serve as showrunner for “Wunderland,” and will executive produce alongside Showdog Studio founder and veteran producer John Attard. Producers include Robert Harris, Suzanne
It’s that time of year again. Season 48 of “Survivor” is set to debut with a two-hour premiere episode on Wednesday, February 26, at 8 p.m., airing on CBS and streaming live on Paramount+. Following the premiere, 90-minute episodes will air weekly beginning March 5. Jeff Probst once again returns as host, while a new
“Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert,” a concert film shot in Dubai that also includes documentary interviews with some of the stars and filmmakers the composer has worked with, will hit theaters globally starting March 19, Trafalgar Releasing announced Wednesday. The bulk of the 158-minute film will be performance footage of Zimmer and
Netflix has announced the global release date for “Anuja,” the award-winning and Oscar-nominated short film about sisterhood, resilience and hope. Revealed exclusively to Variety, Netflix has set its worldwide on the streaming platform on Wednesday, Feb. 5, in addition to releasing the first trailer. Derived from the Sanskrit word meaning “little sister,” “Anuja” follows the
“My Old Ass” writer and director Megan Park has landed a series order at Amazon Prime Video for the drama “Sterling Point,” Variety has learned exclusively. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps, but “Sterling Point” is described as a YA drama. Park is the creator of the series and will also direct, executive
Spotify has defeated a lawsuit from the Mechanical Licensing Collective that accused the streaming giant of unfairly cutting royalty rates as part of its audiobooks-music “bundling” option announced last year, according to Billboard. Although the MLC claimed that Spotify had “unilaterally and unlawfully” cut its music-royalty payments via the bundle, a federal judge ruled that
A new investigative podcast series about mystery drone sightings, “Obscurum: Invasion of the Drones,” is set to launch Feb. 11, Variety can exclusively report. The series, produced in partnership with Imagine Entertainment, iHeartMedia and Lenners Entertainment, comes on the heels of the public’s recent fascination with mysterious drone sightings over New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Jinkx Monsoon walked the orange carpet at the Season 2 premiere of “Sketchy Queens” Tuesday night in Hollywood. The Broadway star and”Drag Race All Stars” winner responded to Donald Trump’s transgender military ban saying, “This isn’t the first time they’ve tried to make it illegal to be us, and we’re still here.” Late Monday night,
Oscar nominee Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan are set to return in “Marble Hall Murders,” the third and final installment of Anthony Horowitz’s Susan Ryeland mystery series, which has been commissioned by Masterpiece on PBS and acquired by the BBC. The new adaptation follows the success of “Moonflower Murders” and “Magpie Murders,” with Eleventh Hour
With the Grammys just days away, the big question is: who will walk away as the biggest winners? The odds of a woman taking home a golden gramophone in the top categories are relatively high: female artists claim six out of the eight nominations for both album of the year and record of the year.
Given everything happening in the world, the Grammy Awards have signaled that the 2025 ceremony will be different, and a series of special performances featuring a dozen newly announced performers will highlight the show, the Recording Academy revealed Wednesday. These will include the annual In Memoriam segment, a star-studded salute to the life and legacy
Want to take that full season of “Squid Game” to go? Now Netflix customers using iOS apps can download all episodes of a series season with one tap. On Wednesday, Netflix announced the Season Download button for iOS, a much-requested feature that lets members download an entire season of their favorite shows with just one click.
Ashley Walters — the trailblazing British actor and star of “Top Boy” and “Missing You” — has started production on his directorial feature debut and unveiled his main cast. “Animol” — written by Nick Love (“The Football Factory,” “A Town Called Malice”) — draws on Walters’ own experiences and is described by the filmmakers as a “searing
The U.S. Copyright Office declared Wednesday that the use of artificial intelligence tools to assist in the creative process does not undermine the copyright of a work. The announcement clears the way for continued adoption of AI in post-production, where it has become increasingly common, such as in the enhancement of Hungarian-language dialogue in “The
Banijay Live is expanding with the strategic acquisition of Lotchi, a creator of live immersive experiences whose debut show “Luminiscence” has attracted more than 350,000 spectators across France. Spearheaded by former Banijay France CEO François de Brugada, Banijay Live was launched in 2023 following Banijay Entertainment’s acquisition of Balich Wonder Studio, and investment in The
One of the things about Sally Albright that drives Harry Burns crazy in the 1989 movie “When Harry Met Sally” is her picky food sensibilities. It takes her an hour and a half to make a sandwich, he tells her. In the sequel, she only has 30 seconds. The characters, famously played by Billy Crystal
Dungeons and Dragons-actual play TV series “Dimension 20” is about to expand its world of intrepid heroes beyond its home streaming service Dropout with an upcoming webcomic set at Webtoon Entertainment. Per Dropout and Webtoon’s description for the “Dimension 20” project, “‘Fantasy High‘ follows a group of misfit teens as they navigate the high-stakes drama
David Field has stepped down as Audacy‘s president and CEO and as a member of the board, after 27 years leading the radio broadcaster and audio company and its predecessor. The board has appointed Kelli Turner, current Audacy board member, as interim president and CEO, effective immediately. The board has commenced a search for a
When Warner Bros. Discovery research chief Natasha Hritzuk first began studying short-form video, the conventional wisdom was that platforms like TikTok and YouTube were having a cannibalizing effect on TV and film consumption. But as she shares in her latest study, the deeper she explored audience behavior, the more she saw that social video served
“Together,” a horror film with Dave Franco and Alison Brie, has sold to Neon after premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The feature, from first-time writer-director Michael Shanks, was one of the rare to spark a bidding war. Yet the sale still took several days to close. A24 was also in the running at
Meryl Streep‘s nephew Abe revealed in a New York Magazine report that the Oscar-winning actor had to a cut a “car-size hole” in her fence in order to evacuate the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this month. Streep was one of the numerous celebrities forced to flee home amid the destruction. “My aunt Meryl Streep received
Super Bowl LIX is still days away, but someone has already scored a key Big Game touchdown. Fox Corp. sold at least 10 of the commercials that will appear in its Feb. 9 telecast of the NFL championship between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles for more than $8 million, according to two
Prime Video has set the global launch date for its premium Swedish show “Paradis City,” a fast-paced dystopian actioner, based on “Snabba Cash” scribe Jens Lapidus’ eponymous stand-alone novel. The six-part series, due to launch March 7 exclusively on Prime Video, is being showcased as a works in progress today Jan. 29 at Göteborg’s TV Drama
Bollywood hitmaker Sooraj Barjatya is making his entry into digital entertainment with the series “Bada Naam Karenge,” launching on streaming platform SonyLIV. The move was driven by the platform’s unique request for family-centered content, a genre traditionally seen as counter to contemporary online viewing trends. The filmmaker’s illustrious career includes directing some of Indian cinema’s
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