The upcoming Apple TV limited series "The Off Weeks" has added four recurring cast members. Variety has learned that Zoë Winters ("Succession," "Materialists"), Tony Macht ("Dying For Sex…
The U.K.'s Channel 4 has unveiled three new dramas from some of the territory's most exciting creatives, including actor Anthony Boyle, "Slow Horses" showrunner Will Smith and production com…
"Baby Reindeer" breakout Jessica Gunning will portray Cass Elliot in "My Mama Cass," a biographical drama about the singer of the 1960s folk group the Mamas & The Papas. Adapted from Ell…
Madame Morrible is a Golden Bear winner. Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh added another prestigious award to her collection on Wednesday night in a very rainy Berlin, where she was presen…
Three-time Grammy winner " and 2023 Variety Hitmakers honoree " Victoria Monét has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for touring representation in North America as well as all other ag…
Jaden Michael will appear in the Hulu YA drama pilot "Foster Dade," Variety has learned exclusively. As previously reported, the pilot was picked up at Hulu in August and is based on the Nas…
EGOT winner Viola Davis will be saluted with the Chairman's Award at this year's NAACP Image Awards. Davis has already collected nine NAACP Image Awards for her performances in "How to Get A…
Michelle Yeoh, who made history three years ago becoming the first Asian to win the best actress Oscar, is in Berlin to receive the Honorary Golden Bear and will next be celebrated with a st…
Director Sam Mendes is rounding out the call sheet for "The Beatles " A Four-Film Cinematic Event," his upcoming cinematic extravaganza about the wildly popular British band. "Bhaag Milkha B…
Prime Video offered a sneak peek at their expansive international slate on Thursday, with highlights including the reboot of hit Japanese manga series "Fist Of The North Star," the first U.S…
Michaela Coel's new series is setting up an all-star cast. "First Day on Earth," an HBO and BBC co-production originally announced in August 2024, has cast the following actors: Thandiwe New…
From working with directors like Quentin Tarantino, Sergio Corbucci and Luis Buñuel to prominent creative collaborations with his Oscar-winning partner, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero's ca…
Prime Video has released the first trailer for "Spider-Noir," the live-action series starring Nicolas Cage as the shadowy Spider-Man variant. "Spider-Noir" is set to release May 27. The trai…
The wheels are moving on Rachel Zegler's first feature following "Snow White." "She Gets It from Me," first announced by Variety last year, is set to start production on Feb. 26. Alongside Z…
Essence has announced the honorees for the 19th annual Black Women in Hollywood ceremony, honoring a cross-generational group of performers, producers and creative leaders. The 2026 class in…
Shirley Jackson's classic horror novel "The Haunting of Hill House" is being adapted for the stage, with a U.K. tour launching this fall. The production marks the latest iteration of Jackson…
Even before Saoirse-Monica Jackson turns up around the halfway point, it's clear "How to Get to Heaven from Belfast" comes from the same sensibility as "Derry Girls," in which Jackson played…
German sales agent and distributor Rise and Shine has picked up international sales rights and German-speaking territories' distribution rights to "10s Across the Borders," a documentary fro…
When Ashley Walters started work on "Animol," he had little idea what would be coming around the corner. The film " a gritty and tense coming-of-age drama set in a British juvenile detention…
Wyatt Cenac will be grabbing the mic to host the 6th annual Awards for Excellence in Audio " aka the Ambies " in Brooklyn later this month. The Ambies will be presented on Monday, Feb. 23, a…
In 2019, Maggie O'Farrell's agent sent emailed a group of producers and filmmakers to share a manuscript of the author's upcoming book. "Hamnet," as the novel was titled, centered around Wil…
James Van Der Beek, who grew up onscreen on the teen drama "Dawson's Creek" and grew into an actor who was often in comedies and dramas " and never afraid to poke fun at his celebrity " has …
The producers behind Broadway's biggest night are getting a shake-up. Tony Award Productions announced that Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall and Jack Sussman will serve as executive producers o…
Actor-singer Bijou Phillips has been hospitalized for a second kidney transplant and is urgently seeking a donor, a rep tells Variety. A previous transplant, in 2017, was unsuccessful; the r…
James Van Der Beek, the actor known for playing Dawson Leery on "Dawson's Creek" and for numerous other TV and film roles, died on Wednesday. He was 48. Van Der Beek was diagnosed with color…