Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pinocchio” pulled all the strings on Variety’s Trending Movies chart for the week of Dec. 5 to 11, moving from sixth place last week to the No. 1 spot following its Dec. 9 debut on Netflix. The stop-motion film, which took more than 1,000 days to shoot and features a dark adult,
The “Avatar” franchise is finally returning this month with its second installment, “The Way of Water,” but that’s not stopping producer Jon Landau from touting the fifth entry, which Disney currently has on its 2028 release calendar. Landau let it slip to Gizmodo that “Avatar 5” will bring the Na’vi alien race to earth. “Well,
Angelo Badalamenti, who created the haunting, memorable scores for “Twin Peaks,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and collaborated with David Lynch on several other films, died Sunday. He was 85. His great-nephew announced his death on Instagram, writing “My great-uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier to another plane of existence.” David Lynch, on his
Lizzo rocked Z100’s annual 2022 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden on Friday (Dec. 9) dressed like the Grinch; Dua Lipa wowed with the penultimate set of her “Future Nostalgia” album cycle; Charlie Puth played to an adoring hometown crowd; and Demi Lovato knocked it out of the park. It was a fully stacked
Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content) has promoted Noah Greenshner in its TV division from senior vice president to executive vice presdient of development and production. In addition, Jill Arthur has also been hired in the same role. Joe Hipps, Fifth Season’s president of TV development and production, announced the news on Monday. Both executives will
“Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” has been viewed for more than 1 billion hours, but it also came with a great deal of backlash. Many of the victims’ families claimed they were not contacted — a claim that creator Ryan Murphy denies — and some viewers were upset that the focus was more
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for Season 2 of “The White Lotus,” now streaming on HBO Max. At the onset of “The White Lotus,” series finale, Portia technically is in the midst of getting everything she always wanted. She’s gallivanting around Palermo with an off-the-grid hunk with a British accent, she’s able to make use
The Black List, an annual ranking of the most popular unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, has released its 2022 rankings — a list crawling with juicy biopics about superstar singers and sports world redemption tales. Founded by Franklin Leonard, the list surveys 300 studio executives who weigh in with the strongest screenplays to have crossed their
Julie Andrews has bad news for any “Princess Diaries” fan hoping that news of a third installment means the return of Queen Clarisse to the big screen. During a recent interview with Access Hollywood, the acting icon cast doubt on returning to the beloved Disney franchise. “I think we know that it’s probably not going
With the release of Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “Bardo: False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths,” Netflix invited guests to experience the sights and sounds of the Academy Award-winning director’s most personal film. Through a series of conversations, the audience learned more about the design and craft of the project and had the opportunity to view
Eighty-two songs from this year’s movies have qualified to enter the 2022 Oscar competition, Variety has learned. Nearly all of the most talked-about songs made the list, including Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” Rhianna’s “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Ciao Papa” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” Billie Eilish
Howard Stern is fed up with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle following the rollout of the couple’s new Netflix documentary series “Harry & Meghan.” The streamer debuted the first three episodes of the show on Dec. 8, with three more episodes set to follow on Dec. 15. “It’s been painful,” Stern said of watching the
“The White Lotus” Season 2 finale drew record high viewership for the HBO drama, scoring 4.1 million U.S. viewers Sunday. That’s up a whopping 46% from the series’ previous best, which was the sixth and penultimate episode of the Sicily-set second season on Dec. 5. For Season 2 Episode 6 of “The White Lotus,” 2.8
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for Season 2 of “The White Lotus,” now streaming on HBO Max. When the highly anticipated Season 2 finale of HBO’s “The White Lotus” aired on Sunday night, even breakout star Adam DiMarco was surprised by what he saw. “I knew what was coming, but it still had me screaming
HBO has released the teaser trailer for the five-episode limited series “White House Plumbers,” starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux. The series revolves around Nixon’s political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux), who wound up helping to topple the presidency. The cast includes Lena Headey, Judy Greer, Domhnall
Film and television production designer Albert Brenner died on Dec. 8 at the age of 96. His wife of more than 40 years, Susan, was by his side. Some of his prominent credits included production work on “Bullitt,” “The Turning Point,” “Beaches,” “Sunshine Boys” and “California Suite.” Brenner’s talent was well-respected within the industry, notching him
When I sat down this morning to watch the Golden Globes nominations, it was with a slight note of anxiety. Sure, I hoped that my favorite films would be nominated (like “Tár”), but it’s not as if I was so invested in that. If I were, it would mean that I took the Golden Globes
Tubi has signed a content deal with entertainment company CJ ENM, the streamer announced on Monday. The partnership will launch with over 75 Korean films, dramas and K-POP series, totaling 500 hours of content, and will be added as a branded curation to Tubi’s non-English content offering. The move comes as Tubi’s Korean programming viewership
National Geographic Films dominated the 2023 Documentary Motion Picture nominees for the upcoming 34th Producers Guild Awards. The studio landed three of the seven spots with “Fire of Love” from Sara Dosa, “Retrograde” from Matthew Heineman and “The Territory” from Alex Pritz. In addition to the Nat Geo trio, other nominees included HBO’s “All That
My first love was a pair of Birkenstocks. I was on the brink of tweenhood taking cues from the cool older kids at my school, where, seemingly, one shoe was part of the mandated uniform: the Birkenstock Boston clog. The teens of the time insisted on wearing these so much that the principal eventually accepted
Producer Lisa Saltzman has acquired the rights to “Burning Bridges: Life With My Father Glen Campbell” and plans to adapt the story of the “Rhinestone Cowboy” singer into a feature film. Debby Campbell, the singer’s daughter, wrote the best-selling biography with Mark Bego. Saltzman will produce alongside Rick Bieber (“Crazy”). “Burning Bridges: Life With My Father Glen Campbell” offers a
“Minx” has been canceled at HBO Max, even though the show had been renewed for Season 2 back in May. According to sources, the show was preparing to wrap production on its second season when Warner Bros. Discovery decided to scrap the show in its latest cost-cutting move. The first season will also be taken
It’s time to get loud. That is the 2023 plan for a number of Latino advocacy organizations that are working to turn up the pressure on Hollywood to achieve significant gains for Latinos at all levels of the entertainment industry. The nonprofit Latino Donor Collaborative is finalizing plans for a two-day event in New York,
The Oscars shortlist voting opens on Monday, Dec. 12, in eight categories. One of them is the visual effects race, with big-budget spectacles like “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Top Gun: Maverick” in the awards conversation. Variety has learned exclusively, through multiple sources, 19 of the 20 films on the
When playwright Martin McDonagh wanted to expand his work from stage to screen, he tested the waters by making a short film. That 2004 effort, the absurdly dark “Six Shooter,” paved the way for his career behind the camera — and won McDonagh his first Oscar. McDonagh would reteam with “Six Shooter” star Brendan Gleeson
IATSE is studying how VFX workers’ rates and conditions compare to industry standards for the first time, The Union Behind Entertainment announced Monday. “VFX is integral to almost every film and television production made today, Yet the workers who make VFX possible are among the only film & tv workers not represented by a union
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The original score for “Tár,” one of the year’s most acclaimed films, and “Vegas,” the popular Doja Cat song from “Elvis,” have been disqualified from Oscar consideration, Variety has learned. Eligibility lists for songs and scores were quietly unveiled Monday morning, but only to Academy members who can access the official website. Voting began Monday
Everybody’s a softie — well, almost everyone — when it comes to a fondness for the not-so-hard-hitting heyday of “soft rock,” which has a strong overlap with what’s come to be known and celebrated as “yacht rock.” Paramount+ is counting on a nation of viewers having a hankering for the soft stuff with its upcoming