Lulu Wang is set to direct a live-action film adaptation of Katie Kitamura's novel "Audition," with Lucy Liu and Charles Melton attached to star. Wang is co-writing the feature with Martyna …
In Marco Bellocchio's HBO show "Portobello," which just launched from the Venice Film Festival, the revered Italian auteur reconstructs one of Italy's most clamorous travesties of just…
When it comes to describing his onetime co-star Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell doesn't hold back. "She's a badass motherfucker," he says about his time working with her on Clint Eastwood's "Richa…
Variety will present Ethan Hawke with the Variety Virtuoso Award at Miami Dade College's (MDC) the Miami Film Festival GEMS on Sunday, Nov. 2. The event will take place at Miami Dade College…
FESTIVAL FOCUS The International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto returns Oct. 9-19 for its 14th edition, spotlighting South Asian, Canadian and Afghan voices alongside tributes to cinema…
Wavelength has hired producer Stacey Reiss as its new head of film, scripted and unscripted. The company's credits include Daniel Minahan's narrative feature "On Swift Horses," which s…
More big stars are lending their voices to Audible's seven-part audiobook adaptation of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books. Audible and Rowling's Pottermore Publishing announced additional …
Curtis Brown have signed the J.R.R. Tolkien literary estate under their Curtis Brown Heritage banner. Curtis Brown Heritage, which launched in 2016 with the objective of managing some of the…
On the latest episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, Variety journalists analyze the recent jousts between Hollywood and key AI firms in copyright battles that are raging in the federal courts.…
Derek Dixon, an actor suing Tyler Perry for sexual assault and harassment, appeared for an interview on ABC News on Tuesday to detail his allegations against the entertainment mogul. Dixon s…
The Writers Guild of America West has been accused of violating labor law by firing a staffer who helped organize guild employees. The Pacific Northwest Staff Union won voluntary recognition…
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have made three movies together in four years: "The Last Duel," "Air" and "The Rip." In a new interview with GQ magazine, the longtime friends and "Good Will Hunti…
Ted Evans' "Retreat" takes place outside society: Its characters, living in a compound called Chilmark, share a deaf identity but refuse to call themselves deaf, declaring that that label wa…
Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington, Jennifer Hudson, Jesse Williams and Michael Ealy will headline the 2025 edition of CultureCon, the annual creative festival celebrating culture, community…
Adam Gardner is a guitarist with the long-running rock band Guster and a co-founder of Reverb, a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to creating a more sustainable music industry "Â click here for m…
The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival has announced the full line-up for its 10th edition, which will run from Oct. 16 to Oct. 25 at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg. The festivities will kick-off w…
Two days after her four big wins at the 2025 MTV VMAs, Lady Gaga has announced a second North American leg of her "Mayhem Ball" tour. The new dates, which follow jaunts in Europe, Australia …
"House of the Dragon" actor Olivia Cooke recently told The i Paper that women in the film and television industry are still labeled as difficult when they speak up about setting boundaries d…
Charlie Brooker is taking a break from his "Black Mirror" duties with Netflix to embark on something a little different at the streamer: a four-part detective series. Now in production, the …
Focus Features has released the official trailer for "Song Sung Blue," which will be released nationwide in theaters on Dec. 25. Directed by Craig Brewer, the musical drama stars Hugh Jackma…
Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for Richard Linklater's "Nouvelle Vague." The movie is a valentine to the making of Jean-Luc Godard's iconic 1959 "Breathless," and to the beginning…
The marmalade is spreading across London's West End. Producers have unveiled the expanded company for "Paddington the Musical," the world premiere adaptation heading to London's Savoy Theatr…
Two prominent autistic actors, Emily Carey ("Geek Girl") and Lola Blue ("A Kind of Spark"), topline the short film "The Birth of a Mall Goth," marking a rare project where neurodiverse talen…
Blake Lively wants Justin Baldoni to pay millions of dollars for filing a frivolous defamation suit against her, in a test of a California law aimed at protecting sexual harassment victims w…
Bryan Fuller made a career creating idiosyncratic series like "Pushing Daisies" and "Hannibal," and has written for many more. Now he's readying his feature film debut, which is set to debut…