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‘Sinners’, Coogler and Questions of Ownership

Ryan Coogler & Proximity Media

It’s not often that a movie comes out of the gate and instantly feels essential to the art form, filling a void in our culture that many...

April 23, 2025

Jenna Mattison Adapting Josh Malerman’s ‘Decorum At The Deathbed’ For ‘Bird Box’ Scribe’s Spin A Black Yarn

Jenna Mattison

Rising screenwriter Jenna Mattison has been tapped to script an adaptation of Decorum at the Deathbed, the 2021 novella from Bird Box‘s Josh Malerman...

April 21, 2025

2025 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony Puts Science in the Spotlight

Ke Huy Quan

This year’s Breakthrough Prize—popularly known as the “Oscars of Science”—brought the world’s leading scientists together with Hollywood’s..

April 11, 2025

Visit Films Strikes North American Deal for BFI Flare London Selection ‘Rent Free’

Fernando Andrés & Jacob Roberts

Andrés’s second feature after 2022 Tribeca and Outfest drama Three Headed Beast follows best friends Ben and Jordan who, after hitting...

April 7, 2025

Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz Reads His Book to Children at Para Los Niños Elementary School

Lalo Alcaraz

To celebrate National Reading Month, award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Lalo Alcaraz read his book, Poquita’s Garden, to second...

March 31, 2025

Busy Philipps’ ‘Busy This Week’ Sets Season 2 Premiere at QVC

Caissie St. Onge

Busy is back: Busy Philipps‘s late-night talk show “Busy This Week” will return with its second season this spring at QVC-owned streamers...

March 26, 2025

‘Sterling Point’: Ella Rubin & Amélie Elisabeth Hoeferle To Lead Amazon’s Megan Park YA Series

Megan Park

Ella Rubin (Until Dawn, The Idea of You) and Amélie Elisabeth Hoeferle (One Mile, Night Swim) have been tapped as the co-leads of Amazon MGM...

April 23, 2025

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Unveils 2025 Lineup

Hasan Hadi & Leah Chen Baker

Directors’ Fortnight will open its 57th edition next month with Enzo, written and developed by late Cannes d’Or winner Laurent Cantet before...

April 17, 2025

Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2025: Meet Hollywood’s Top Entertainment Attorneys

Jeff Cohen & Jonathan Gardner

Partners: Jeff B. Cohen, Esq., Jonathan Gardner, Esq. Like everyone else, the entertainment attorneys honored on this year’s Legal...

April 9, 2025

‘Sinners’ Early Reactions Call Ryan Coogler’s Vampire Movie ‘Scary, Sexy, Gory and Horny’

Ryan Coogler & Proximity Media

The early reactions to Ryan Coogler‘s new supernatural thriller “Sinners” are rolling in, and the consensus is that the vampire-laced...

April 4, 2025

‘Haunted Heist’: Andrew ‘King Bach’ Bachelor, Karlous Miller, Brett Gelman, Ari Dayan & Tony Baker Join Horror-Comedy From ‘Terrifier’ Outfit The Coven

Lil Rel Howery

Horror-comedy Haunted Heist, which is set to star Lil Rel Howery (Get Out) and Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), has added Andrew ‘King Bach’...

March 28, 2025

Lizzo To Play Rock ‘N’ Roll Pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe In ‘Rosetta’ For Amazon MGM Studios

Significant Productions

Four-time Grammy winner Lizzo will be taking up the guitar to play Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the gospel singer who was one of the first to...

March 26, 2025