The Brutalist Report

Variety

• A Second-Generation San Francisco Theater Owner Is Ready to Retire. Can He Find a Buyer to Keep Independent Cinemas Alive in the City? [6d]
• Michael Douglas Feted by Taormina as Fest Kicks Off: ‘I Am Touched Now When I Realize That Between My Father and I, We Made Over 150 Movies in the Span of 80 Years’ [6d]
• Broadway’s ‘Smash’ to Close After Getting Blanked at the Tony Awards [6d]
• Scarlett Johansson Asked to Have ‘Thunderbolts*’ EP Credit Removed, Says Marvel Casts Get ‘So Enormous’ You Sometimes ‘Feel Like a Device’ to Move the Plot Along [6d]
• Christian Music Star Michael Tait Confesses to Unwanted Sexual Advances on Men and Cocaine Use: ‘I Was Living Two Distinctly Different Lives’ [6d]
• Yes, That Really Is Bob Dylan Narrating MGK’s ‘Lost Americana’ Album Trailer [6d]
• Dakota Johnson Says Sandra Bullock Sent a Voice Note of Support After ‘Madame Web’ Won the Razzie Award for Worst Actress: ‘I Freaked Out’ [6d]
• Tazbah Chavez to Direct NBC’s Native American Community Center Comedy Pilot (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• ‘Dune: Prophecy’ Showrunner on the Hidden Easter Egg That Hinted at Desmond Hart’s True Heritage [6d]
• Terry Moran Out at ABC News Following Social-Media Clash With Trump White House [6d]
• Casting Director Julie Schubert on Populating the World of ‘The Diplomat’ and the Season 3 Reunion of ‘West Wing’ Actors [6d]
• WNBA Commissioner’s Cup on Hulu + Live TV: How to Watch Chicago Sky vs. New York Liberty Live Online [6d]
• Alex Cooper Alleges She Was Sexually Harassed by Boston University Soccer Coach Nancy Feldman, Which Led Her to Podcasting So ‘No One Could Ever Silence Me Again’ [6d]
• Diddy’s Ex-Girlfriend Suggests He Had a ‘Bi-Curiosity’ He Was ‘Ashamed to Explore’ as His Lawyer Asks Her to Define ‘Cuck’ [6d]
• Glen Powell’s Ex Speaks Out on Actor Leaning Into Sydney Sweeney Romance Rumors to Boost ‘Anyone But You’ Publicity: ‘I Felt Like I Was Fed to the Dogs’ [6d]
• ‘American Honey’ Star Sasha Lane, ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ Actor Elias Kacavas Join ‘Corporate Retreat’ (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• Netflix’s ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Reboot Begins Filming, Drops First Photos of the New Ingalls Family Cast Together [7d]
• ‘The Last of Us’ Co-Creator Confirms Season 3 Will Center on Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby: ‘Spoiler Alert’ [7d]
• ‘Blue Bloods’ Spinoff ‘Boston Blue’ Casts Gloria Reuben [7d]
• Logic on Getting Advice From J.J Abrams For Directorial Debut ‘Paradise Records’ and Spending ‘Millions and Millions’ of His Own Money: ‘Everyone in Hollywood Said No’ [7d]
• Tesha Crawford Joins New Regency as EVP, Head of International Television [7d]
• Gemma Chan Joins ‘Five-Star Weekend’ Series at Peacock [7d]
• ‘Ginny & Georgia’ Season 3 Opens With 17.6 Million Views in Four Days [7d]
• R. Kelly’s Attorneys File for Immediate Release From Custody, Alleging Officials Solicited Inmate to Murder Him [7d]
• Marvel Won’t Have to Turn Over ‘Highly Confidential’ Documents About Development of Ryan Reynolds’ Nicepool After Judge Tosses Justin Baldoni’s Defamation Case [7d]
• ‘We Did Not Make ‘Animal Farm’ for Any Algorithm’: Director Andy Serkis on Animating Orwell [7d]
• ‘Doc’ Season 2 Casts Felicity Huffman in Series Regular Role [7d]
• Jason Isaacs Champions Tom Felton Playing Draco Malfoy Again, Gives His Blessing to New Lucius Malfoy Actor Johnny Flynn: ‘I Can’t Wait to See What He Comes Up With’ [7d]
• ‘Étoile’ Co-Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino on How the Ballet Series Captures the ‘Universal Struggle of Trying to Figure Out Where You Fit’ [7d]
• How Meghann Fahy Created a Rebellious Character Whose ‘Disdain’ for Flowery Dresses Disrupted the Wealthy World of ‘Sirens’ [7d]
• How ‘Agatha All Along’s’ Witchy Ballad Was Inspired by Georgian Chants, and Kristen Anderson-Lopez on Her Hopes for Stevie Nicks to Record a Cover Version [7d]
• How ‘American Primeval,’ ‘Daredevil’ and ‘The Last of Us’ Pulled Off Some of the Year’s Biggest Stunt-Filled Action Set Pieces [7d]
• Animation Makers Urged to Embrace Social Media, Put the IP Into Audience’s Hands: ‘It’s About Being Co-Creators’ [7d]
• ‘Incredibles 3’ Sets ‘Elemental’ Director Peter Sohn [7d]
• Americana Awards Nominations Led by MJ Lenderman, Charley Crockett, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Nathaniel Rateliff [7d]
• ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Cast: Dale Moss, Kat Izzo and More Return for Season 10 [7d]
• Ecco, an AI-Powered Streaming Content Discovery App Start-Up, Raises $7 Million From Ben Silverman, Shaquille O’Neal and More [7d]
• Serena and Venus Williams to Premiere Video Podcast on Elon Musk’s X [7d]
• Taicca and Gobelins Paris Announce Partnership at Annecy to ‘Nurture Original Stories from Taiwan’: ‘Dream Bigger and Reach Further’ [7d]
• Sun Valley 2025 Guest List Includes Zuckerberg, Zaslav, Iger, Sarandos, But No Shari Redstone or Oprah [7d]
• Karol G Reveals New ‘Tropicoqueta’ Album Release Date and Details: ‘Sounds Like a Little Piece of Us All’ [7d]
• Disney CEO Bob Iger Says WBD and NBCU Spinning Off Cable Networks ‘Gives Us an Advantage’ [7d]
• Marc Maron Says Podcasts Have ‘Unleashed a Format That Can Be Used for Dubious Means, Propaganda and Pure Evil’ — And He Partly Blames Himself [7d]
• ITV Studios’ U.K. Unscripted Business, Producing Shows Like ‘Love Island,’ ‘I’m a Celebrity,’ to Be Led by Tim Carter [7d]
• Javier Bardem and Diego Luna on Making ‘Star Wars’ Real, the Dangers of ‘Mochismo’ and Acting in English: ‘In Spanish, I Can’t Hide Myself’ [7d]
• ‘Too Much’: Lena Dunham’s Netflix Comedy Gets Trailer and Adds Guest Stars Including Jessica Alba, Rita Ora and Andrew Scott [7d]
• D.A. Pennebaker’s Dylan Doc ‘Don’t Look Back,’ Miranda July’s Trailblazing Debut Film Lead IFC Center 20th Anniversary Lineup — Complete With 2005 Prices (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• The Match Factory Reveals Key Deals for Sundance Title ‘All That’s Left of You’ Ahead of European Premiere at Karlovy Vary [7d]
• Studiocanal Scores International Sales on ‘Les Miserables,’ New ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Movie and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s ‘Violette’ (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• Disney+ Names Angela Jain Head of Content for Europe, Middle East and Africa [7d]
• ‘Arcane’ Producer Fortiche Teaming With ARTE France on Coming-of-Age Mini-Series ‘Miss Saturne’ [7d]
• MJ Lenderman, Jessica Pratt, MF Doom Win Big at Libera Indie-Music Awards [7d]
• Justin Baldoni to ‘March Forward’ With Blake Lively Legal Battle After $400 Million Defamation Suit Thrown Out: Facts Are ‘on Our Side’ [7d]
• Denise Rehrig Named Executive Producer, ABC News’ ‘Prime With Linsey Davis’ [7d]
• Merge Records Merges With Secretly Group (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• ‘Vanguard,’ About Swedish Mogul Jan Stenbeck, Sells to Multiple Territories: ‘Him and Trump Are Both Extremely Divisive Figures’ (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• Viola Davis, Conan O’Brien, Ryan Murphy and More to Be Inducted Into Television Academy Hall of Fame [7d]
• Miley Cyrus, Billy Idol Films Lead Live Nation’s Big Look at Tribeca Festival [7d]
• GKIDS Acquires North American Rights to Hong Kong Animated Feature ‘Another World,’ Premiering at Annecy (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• ‘Eddington’ Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Feud Through George Floyd Protests and Machine-Gun Fire in Ari Aster’s COVID Western [7d]
• MLB Acquires Stake in Jomboy Media, Partners With Sports Media Firm for Digital Content [7d]
• David Byrne Announces New Album, ‘Who Is the Sky?, and World Tour [7d]
• Karlovy Vary Film Festival Revamps Industry Section With Focus on Central European Co-Production and Inclusion of Series [7d]
• Paramount Makes More Layoffs: Several Hundred Employees Axed, Representing 3.5% of U.S. Workforce [7d]
• Netflix to Invest Over $1.2 Billion in Spain Over 2025-28 [7d]
• Enrique Iglesias Returns to India After 13-Year Hiatus for Mumbai Concert (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• HBO Max Continues its Global Rollout and Sets July Launch in New Markets, Including Estonia and Iceland [7d]
• Lucy Liu to Receive Career Award at Locarno Where She Will Launch International ‘Rosemead’ Premiere [7d]
• BBC Studios, Blink Industries Team Up for New Animated Martial Arts Series, ‘Children Vs Battle SuperStars’ [7d]
• Taiwanese Drama ‘Islanders’ Sets International Prime Video Bow [7d]
• ‘Mary Anning’: Swiss Animation Unearths the Childhood Backstory of a Legendary Fossil Pioneer in Annecy Playing Feature [7d]
• Pedro Almodóvar’s Next Film ‘Amarga Navidad’ Unveiled by Movistar Plus+ [7d]
• ‘Oldboy’ Scribe Hwang Jo-yoon Sets Korean Crime Thriller ‘Gold Land’ at Disney+ [7d]
• ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ ‘Mission: Impossible’ Hold Strong as ‘Ballerina’ Makes Solid Start at U.K., Ireland Box Office [7d]
• International Animation Unions Plan Protest Against AI at Annecy Festival: ‘Generative Al Do Not Support Artists, It Destroys Them’ [7d]
• ‘Queens of the Dead’ Review: A Zombie Farce That Wears Its Bedazzled Heart on Its Sleeve [7d]
• ‘The Best You Can’ Review: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Bring Warmth and Honesty to a Story About Aging and New Beginnings [7d]
• Icelandic Trans Drama ‘Odd Fish,’ Brazilian Film ‘Baby’ Triumph at India’s Kashish LGBTQ+ Festival [7d]
• Global Constellation Unveils Ambitious Animation Slate at Annecy (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• Tencent Video Strikes European Deal for ‘Blades of the Guardian’ With ADN (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• Annecy Player ‘The Mourning Children’ Seeks to Give Life to Recorded History [7d]
• Post ‘Flow,’ the Baltics Bring a Magnificent Seven of New Animation Titles to Annecy [7d]
• Crunchyroll Secures Key International Theatrical Rights to ‘Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie’ (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• Estonian Puppet and Stop-Motion Animation ‘May Not Be Mainstream, but It’s Still Thriving’ [7d]
• Baltic Animation Still in Full ‘Flow’: ‘Smallness Can Be a Superpower’ [7d]
• SAG-AFTRA and Video Game Companies Reach Tentative New Deal, Strike End In Sight [7d]
• Jon Stewart Calls Los Angeles ‘Our Most Flammable City’ Amid ICE Protests: ‘Trump Happily Lights the Fuse’ [7d]
• ‘Our Hero, Balthazar’ Review: Oscar Boyson’s Audacious Drama About Fake Empathy, School Shooters and How the Online World Connects to Both [7d]
• ‘Havoc,’ ‘Headshot’ Star Sunny Pang Boards Animal Rights-Themed Indian Action Sequel ‘Lakadbaggha 2’ (EXCLUSIVE) [7d]
• ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Day of the Jackal,’ ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Among This Year’s Banff Rockie Awards International Program Competition Winners [7d]
• CAA Accuses Range Media Partners of Stealing Trade Secrets in Agency Battle [7d]
• Doechii Calls Out Trump Administration for ‘Creating Fear and Chaos’ at L.A. Protests in BET Awards Speech [7d]
• Chris Evans Says It’s ‘Sad’ Not to Be ‘Invited to the Party’ For ‘Avengers: Doomsday’: ‘It’s Going to Be Much Harder When It Comes Out’ [7d]
• ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17 Cast on Naomi Campbell, ‘Theater Queens’ and Giving Drag Makeovers to Their Fathers: ‘My Dad Is a Straight Latino Man’ [7d]