Mr. and Mrs. Darcy will most ardently return to screens on Netflix in a new limited series adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice.” Netflix has announced that the limited series adaptation of the iconic novel will debut on Dec. 3. Netflix has also unveiled first look photos, which can be seen below. The official logline for […]
Variety•Isabelle Farina15 Sept
Singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe has dropped out as an opener on the North American leg of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour after fellow supporting act Macklemore was dismissed for voicing his support for Palestine. In a post on Instagram, the Irish musician also expressed his support for Palestine while explaining why he decided to leave the trek. […]
Variety•Steven J. Horowitz15 Sept
Karina Longworth isn’t that interested in modern Hollywood anymore. After 18 seasons of her “You Must Remember This” podcast, former film critic Longworth says she doesn’t pay much attention to the industry. She’s too busy digging up stories from old Hollywood, from gossip and feuds to controversies and murders. The latest season, “The Bisexuals,” launches […]
Variety•Mya Copeland15 Sept
Quentin Tarantino is writing a novel version of his “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” spinoff “Cliff Booth.” It will debut later this year, timed to the release of the forthcoming film starring Brad Pitt, who reprises his Oscar-winning role as a longtime stuntman. Tarantino’s book is titled “The Adventures of Cliff Booth,” which differs […]
Variety•Rebecca Rubin15 Sept
Following a spike in popularity for Thailand’s film and TV industry, the country’s filmmakers and tourism officials want to make sure it lasts. Nithee Seeprae, Cod Satrusayang, Raymond Phathanavirangoon and Banjong Pisanthanakun joined Variety at the Toronto International Film Festival to discuss Thailand’s growing presence in the global film industry, both in the original work […]
Variety•Tanya Fedak15 Sept
The Netflix limited series “The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey” will premiere on Dec. 10, with the streaming platform also releasing a first look photo of Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen as Patsy and John Bennett Ramsey. The series explores the unsolved murder of JonBenét, who died Christmas night in 1996. Her body was found in […]
Variety•Tanya Fedak15 Sept
With the announcement of the new Apple iPhone 18 Pro, it’s now the best time of the year to switch to T-Mobile. The U.S. carrier has wireless savings for new customers, especially for those looking for real value for mobile internet, phone calls and text messages. T-Mobile is introducing its newest promotion “iPhone 18 Pro […]
Variety•Rudie Obias15 Sept
Moshe Rosenthal’s “Tell Me Everything” continues to build momentum after winning 10 Ophir Awards, including best picture, best director and best screenplay, from a record-breaking 16 nominations. Israel’s submission for the international feature Oscar, the father-son drama has secured a string of international sales, including France (Maverick), as well as Australia and New Zealand (Moving […]
Variety•Elskes15 Sept
Why dispatch replications of Amish farmers, wise elderly doctors or financial gurus to various TikToks and other short-form videos when real people can do the exact same thing? A technology company that builds products for media users has introduced a new platform that gives advertisers and creators the ability to license individuals’ likenesses for use […]
Variety•Brian Steinberg15 Sept
Netflix has commissioned an unscripted series based on the notorious Stanford Prison Experiment, Variety has learned exclusively. The series, titled “The New Stanford Prison Experiment,” will debut on Oct. 21. The first season will consist of six 45-minute episodes. A first-look photo from the series can be seen above. The official synopsis of the series […]
Variety•Joseph Otterson15 Sept
“The Odyssey” artisans — costume designer Ellen Mirojnick, production designer Ruth De Jong and editor Jennifer Lame — are set to receive the Variety Creative Collaborators award at Virginia’s Middleburg Film Festival in October. As go-to artisans of Christopher Nolan, the trio of Oscar winners will be recognized for their work on his films “Oppenheimer” and “The Odyssey.” Susan Koch, […]
Variety•Jazztangcay15 Sept
Mount Sinai Hospital’s Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine has introduced the Sheila Jordan Trailblazer Award, in honor of the legendary jazz singer who passed away in 2025 — and the honoree is her daughter Tracey, a music industry veteran currently working with the Recording Academy and de Passe Entertainment. The Center will present […]
Variety•Jem Aswad15 Sept
The addition of Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center is still a violation of federal law, a judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Christopher Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on an emergency motion seeking to block the board of the Kennedy Center — which is comprised of Trump loyalists […]
Variety•Todd Spangler15 Sept
Fresh off her César win for co-writing “Un ours dans le Jura” (“How to Make a Killing”), Sarah Kaminsky is making an unusually ambitious leap into directing with “Las Vegas Thérapie.” The €13 million French comedy-thriller is now shooting across Nevada and Utah with a cast led by “Call My Agent!” star Laure Calamy (who […]
Variety•Elskes15 Sept
“Ear Hustle,” the first podcast produced entirely inside a prison, is getting a documentary feature from filmmaker Erika Cohn and executive producers Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary. “Ear Hustle” was launched in 2017 by Bay Area visual artist Nigel Poor with Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, who were both incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison […]
Variety•Jack Dunn15 Sept
A coalition of unions joined with the Motion Picture Association on Tuesday to unveil a report showing that a federal film incentive would reverse the decline of domestic production and create 143,500 jobs per year. The MPA held a Zoom press conference with actor Jon Voight and Reps. Laura Friedman and Brian Jack, the bill’s […]
Variety•Gmaddaus15 Sept
Celeste Parr and her media company, Punctuation Media, have signed with CAA for representation. Parr recently served as writer and showrunner for the third season of CBC’s “Plan B,” where she earned a 2026 Canadian Screen Award nomination for best drama series. She also created “Prejudice,” an upcoming legal drama starring Emily VanCamp and produced […]
Variety•Tanya Fedak15 Sept
The Emmy “wheel” is about to pop. According to insiders, the Television Academy is in advanced talks to park the annual Emmy telecast at Amazon Prime Video — taking the ceremony off broadcast TV for the first time since its start in 1949. It would end the 31-year tradition of rotating the ceremony annually between […]
Variety•Michael Schneider15 Sept
It’s official: Character actor Stephen Root has lent his voice to one of the underworld characters in Rockstar Games’ highly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto 6” coming out this fall — although he suspects a lot of fans had already figured that out. “Yeah, you’re gonna see me in there,” Root told the AP in a […]
Variety•Todd Spangler15 Sept
Universal Music Group sued the distribution service DistroKid on Tuesday, claiming in a federal lawsuit that the service infringed on the label’s copyright by pumping out “AI-generated ‘slop’ that siphons revenue and listeners from the legitimate artists and rightsholders.” In the 52-page lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Delaware, UMG and its Capitol […]
Variety•Corbin Bolies15 Sept