Kuala Lumpur genre outfit Abnormal Studios has taken on worldwide international sales for “Ali & Ben’s Spicy Meats,” a Malaysian cannibal black comedy-horror from sibling filmmakers Iskander and Feisal Azizuddin. The company plans to laun...
Variety • Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0000Another Carley Fortune book adaptation will soon be making a splash onto the small screen. Netflix’s television adaptation of Fortune’s This Summer Will Be Different has found its main cast after receiving the greenlight in March of this year. The project ...
Deadline • Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:54:05 +0000EXCLUSIVE: Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer, whose film Rose won the Silver Bear at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, has signed with Cinetic for representation. Set in the 17th century, Rose follows a woman who disguises herself as a male soldier to integrat...
Deadline • Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:03 +0000On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Journey Gunderson, executive director of the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., explains why it’s important to have an institution devoted to the study of comedy. Jamestown, which is the ho...
Variety • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:50:48 +0000Over three years later, Jason Sudeikis and crew are back for another go-around of the beloved dramedy....
Hollywood Reporter • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:46:21 +0000Author, TV host and food genius Anthony Bourdain was a master in and out of the kitchen, a genuine star and a man who seemed to have it all until his life took a tragic turn at age 61 and resulted in his suicide. Certainly that is the stuff of a highly dramati...
Deadline • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:34:12 +0000Paramount CEO David Ellison says he is “absolutely open” to settling an antitrust lawsuit against the company’s pending merger with Warner Bros Discovery but is also glad to proceed to a trial. Speaking for many during the company’s sec...
Deadline • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:24:10 +0000The last first-run film at L.A.'s historic Alex Theatre was 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' in 1991....
Hollywood Reporter • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:03:56 +0000Just after he turned 100, David Attenborough achieved the extraordinary. The famed naturalist and author earned not one but two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Narrator this year, one for the Netflix documentary A Gorilla Story: Told by David A...
Deadline • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0000Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators today announced the weekend arrest of a man who was allegedly taking photos and videos at President Donald Trump’s Rancho Palos Verdes golf club and “appearing to monitor security-planning activities...
Deadline • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:44:53 +0000The filmmaker opens up about the decision to move the AI doll spinoff from theaters to home entertainment, crafting an erotic thriller within the franchise and the "funny comparisons" to 'Obsession.'...
Hollywood Reporter • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:29:42 +0000I was about 15 minutes into Google’s AI short-film screening when I realized I had nearly finished my popcorn. Granted, the bag was small. But the rapid munching was a natural consequence of my piqued intrigue late last month as the tech giant showcased 11 A...
Variety • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:06:40 +0000In the era of network television, viewers used to lose a lot of their value once they hit 50 when it came to entertainment programming as advertisers are targeting the adults 18-49 demographic. Add to that the long-time stigma over shows with all-female leads,...
Deadline • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:05:31 +0000A private equity fund swooped in to outbid the Warner Bros. Discovery mogul for Mohawk Day Camp in Westchester County, New York....
Hollywood Reporter • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:01:16 +0000UPDATE: The producer of the World War II spy thriller Fortitude has added a claim of defamation to his lawsuit against Netflix over the theft of the hard drive of the upcoming film after it was delivered to the streamer’s headquarters for screening and p...
Deadline • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000As festival weekend approaches, here's where fans can still snag passes — and at a discount — with THR-exclusive promo codes. ...
Hollywood Reporter • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:49:07 +0000Naomi Watts has taken to Instagram to celebrate her secret role in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” Sony and Marvel Studios’ record-breaking superhero movie. The Oscar nominee voices Peter Parker’s artificial intelligence assistant E.V. in ...
Variety • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:33:41 +0000Batalon discusses the handshake heard around the world and what it means for the future of the Tom Holland-led 'Spider-Man' films: "It seems a little open-ended."...
Hollywood Reporter • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:33:12 +0000An out-of-service Southern California Edison transmission tower sparked the deadly January 2025 Eaton Fire north of Los Angeles, according to the final report released Tuesday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Los Angeles County ...
Deadline • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:04:08 +0000Audrey Nuna has signed to Republic Records in advance of her new single “superHuman,” Variety can exclusively reveal. The singer, who recently broke out as the voice of Mira in “KPop Demon Hunters,” worked with Grammy-winning producer C...
Variety • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000“Elektra/Persona,” the U.K. National Theatre production fusing Sophocles’ “Elektra” with Ingmar Bergman’s “Persona,” grew out of friendship rather than a directorial concept imposed after casting, according to di...
Variety • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:57:57 +0000The 'Furiosa' star has a theory as to why it's always the guys who go full Method. ...
Hollywood Reporter • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:53:29 +0000Filmmaker Leslie Iwerks is no stranger to pulling back the curtain on the magic of Disney. Her documentaries “The Pixar Story, “Disneyland Handcrafted” and “The Imagineering Story” all delve behind the scenes of the design and development processes t...
Variety • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:52:27 +0000Samantha Morton revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that she has been out of acting work for an entire year since wrapping production on Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” in 2025. The two-time Oscar nominee attributed her...
Variety • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:52:11 +0000The trial is set to begin roughly five months after Paramount starts paying a ticking fee of roughly $7 million per day to Warners shareholders. ...
Hollywood Reporter • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:39:18 +0000It’s official — Hearst has announced an agreement to acquire Disney’s 50% interest in A+E Global Media for approximately $1.2 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close in September. A+E Global Media, parent of established cable networ...
Deadline • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:30:27 +0000"We believe that the facts and the law are on our side, and the trial date was just set for March of next year. And as it relates to the financing, all that is in place, there's nothing at risk," CEO David Ellison said Tuesday....
Hollywood Reporter • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:25:51 +0000The two companies had been equal partners in the joint venture, going back decades....
Hollywood Reporter • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:20:13 +0000Hearst has set a deal to acquire Disney’s 50% stake in A+E Global Media, the parent company of Lifetime, History Channel, A&E Network and other assets in a deal that calls for Hearst to pay Disney $1.2 billion in cash. Disney and Hearst have been 50-...
Variety • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:18:25 +0000When Richard Linklater released “Boyhood” in 2014, moviegoers had never seen anything quite like it. Filmed over the space of 12 years, the coming-of-age classic followed a Texas family living through divorce, moving and growing up, with the cast returning...
Variety • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:15:00 +0000Almost one year exactly from Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount, the merged company reported mixed numbers for the June quarter with strong streaming, tough theatrical comps and an ongoing drop in linear television. The numbers hit just as a judge announced...
Deadline • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:04:46 +0000EXCLUSIVE: TriCoast Worldwide and Vitagraph Films have set a theatrical release for the Brad Wyman produced, Adam Rifkin directed western comedy Last Train to Fortune. Last Train to Fortune will pulled into New York on Sept. 18, followed by Dal...
Deadline • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:53:07 +0000A frantic Mia (KateLynn E. Newberry) stares into a camcorder and makes a vow: she will never stop fighting. Then the movie... The post Forever Mia first appeared on Film Threat....
Film Threat • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:05:14 +0000Flip Wilson’s famous line was ‘The Devil made me do it,” so we have the Canadian film Son of Sara: Volume One... The post Son of Sara: Volume One first appeared on Film Threat....
Film Threat • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:00:40 +0000What makes the Vashon Island Film Festival (VIFF) an incredible cinema experience and event, whether you love independent film or just like... The post VIFF 2026: Vashon Island Film Festival Announces Features, Shorts, and New Tribble Award first appeared on F...
Film Threat • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:00:52 +0000Killing children and making children kill is wrong. But that attitude makes for a boring movie. Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man goes... The post Ice Cream Man first appeared on Film Threat....
Film Threat • Tue, 04 Aug 2026 03:00:15 +0000LA SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! In Yoruba folklore, there’s a name for the demon that comes just as you’re drifting... The post Ogun Oru first appeared on Film Threat....
Film Threat • Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:00:18 +0000Forgiveness sounds nice in a sermon, but it’s a whole different animal when you have to put it into action. That’s the... The post Adam’s Fire first appeared on Film Threat....
Film Threat • Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:00:16 +0000In horror short film The Love Monsters, writer/director Juliana Rodriguez explores the twisted impulses that lead to danger for online models. Maria... The post The Love Monsters first appeared on Film Threat....
Film Threat • Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:01:04 +0000Zoe Kavanagh’s Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill has everything: time travel, corporate Satanists, an ’80s camp slasher, but it’s also assuming you... The post Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill first appeared on Film Threat....
Film Threat • Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:00:17 +0000When the smart money says sell, some fights are worth picking. In Melissa Bloom’s animated short The Farmer’s Daughter, a stubborn daughter... The post The Farmer’s Daughter first appeared on Film Threat....
Film Threat • Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:00:05 +0000It happens way too often. Even in the smallest of towns—the disappearance nobody can explain, and nobody can stop talking about. With... The post How the Lonely Keep first appeared on Film Threat....
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