The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Denis Villeneuve to Direct James Bond Film at Amazon [56d]
• DirecTV Will No Longer Offer Satellite Subscriptions For New Customers as a Trial Run in Some Markets [56d]
• Amazon Doubles Down on India Streaming Wars With Two-Platform Strategy [56d]
• ‘Horizon 2’ Intimacy Coordinator Documented Rape Scene Complaint: ‘Protocols Were Abandoned’ [56d]
• Fat Joe Slams ‘Disgusting Lies’ After Lawsuit Accusing Him of Sex Acts With Minors: ‘I Will Not Break and I Will Never Back Down’ [56d]
• Sofia Coppola Says Movie Violence Is ‘Overdone’ and ‘Upsetting’ When ‘There’s So Much Gun Violence’ in the U.S. [56d]
• Eric Dane’s ‘Countdown’ Co-Stars Say He’s Handling ALS Diagnosis With ‘Grace and Dignity’: ‘He Wants Other People to Know They’re Not Alone’ [56d]
• Nike and Amazon Set Livestream As Kenyan Track Star Faith Kipyegon Attempts to Break Four-Minute Mile [56d]
• Broadway’s ‘Boop! The Musical’ Is Latest Show to Close After the Tony Awards [56d]
• ‘Very Young Frankenstein’ Comedy Pilot in The Works at FX [56d]
• NBA Draft 2025 Livestream: How To Watch the Player Selection Event Online [56d]
• Prime Video Leaders Pitch the Benefits Amazon Channels Marketplace to Content Partners: ‘It’s Not Bundling, It’s A La Carte TV’ [56d]
• ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Writer Predicted Oscar Loss After Being Told Clint Eastwood ‘Hasn’t Seen Your Movie’: ‘Like Somebody Kicked Me in the Stomach’ [56d]
• How ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Finding a Whole New Sound at Sphere, With a Re-Recorded Orchestra, an Untouched Judy Garland, and Aural Design That Puts You in the Twister: ‘Hold Onto Your Dentures’ [56d]
• Dana Nussbaum, Christian Davin and John Stanford to Head Warner Bros. Marketing and Creative Strategy (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• ‘The Social Network’ Sequel in the Works, Directed by Aaron Sorkin [56d]
• Marilyn Monroe’s Year-Long 100th Birthday Celebration Gets a Colorful Kick-Off [56d]
• Star Trak’s Back: Rob Walker on Reviving the Iconic Label He Co-Founded With Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo [56d]
• Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Caleb Hearon, Sarah Sherman and More Join Hulu’s Untitled BriTANicK Pizza Movie [56d]
• Trump Angrily Calls for CNN to Fire Reporter Over Story on Iran Nuclear Strikes: She Should Be ‘Thrown Out Like a Dog’ [56d]
• ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 3 Opens With 2.7 Million Viewers in Three Days, Up 27% From Season 2 Premiere [56d]
• Weird Al Yankovic Is Hitting the Road: Here’s How to Snag Tickets to the ‘Bigger and Weirder’ Tour Online [56d]
• ‘Bridgerton’ Star Jessica Madsen Joins Amazon Viking Series ‘Bloodaxe’ [56d]
• Bob Dylan Announces New Art Book ‘Point Blank’ to Release This Fall [56d]
• Micheal Cera Says Tom Cruise Called Him Out on Set for ‘Talking During a F‑‑‑ing Take,’ Trolled Him While in Character as Les Grossman From ‘Tropic Thunder’ [56d]
• Scott Speedman Lands Lead Role in ‘RJ Decker’ Pilot at ABC [56d]
• Social Media Influencer ‘Liver King’ Arrested After Making ‘Terroristic’ Threats to Joe Rogan, Police Say [56d]
• ‘The Bear’ Returns to Hulu Tonight: How to Stream the Emmy-Winning Series Online for Free [56d]
• ‘Emily in Paris’ Star Thalia Besson Returns for Season 5 (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Jack Black to Reprise Officer Dick in ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4’ (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Brandon Larracuente Joins ‘Chicago Fire’ Season 14 in Key Role (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Sabrina Carpenter Unveils Alternate ‘Man’s Best Friend’ Album Art That’s ‘Approved by God’ Amid Controversy [56d]
• Rodeo Movie ‘Cowboy,’ Directed by Midland’s Cameron Duddy, Coming From Paint Horse Pictures [56d]
• ‘The Chosen’s’ Jesus Actor Jonathan Roumie Meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican [56d]
• Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Winner ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Gets Fall Release Date From Neon [56d]
• ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Review: The Demon-Doll Android Is Now the Heroine of a ‘Cautionary’ Sci-Fi Action Thriller That’s Bigger, Longer and Less Fun [56d]
• ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Review: The Demon-Doll Android Is Now the Heroine of a ‘Cautionary’ Sci-Fi Action Thriller That’s Bigger, Longer and Less Fun [56d]
• Steve Burns, Original ‘Blue’s Clues’ Host, Is Launching a Podcast for Grown-Ups That’s a ‘Continuation’ of the Beloved Kids’ Show [56d]
• Idaho Murders: Bryan Kohberger Trial to Get Real-Time Coverage From ’48 Hours’ (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Producer Entertainment Group, Studio71 and UTA Launch Queer Pop Culture Podcast Network ‘Confetti Cannon’ (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Joint Venture Buys Thriller ‘If You See Something’ (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ to Top the Box Office but Projections for Apple’s Big-Budget Racing Drama Are All Over the Place [56d]
• Kim Kardashian to Star in ‘Bratz’ Movie as Villain [56d]
• Inside the ‘Monopoly Go’ Phenomenon: Scopely Publishing Exec on Mobile Game’s $5 Billion Revenue Milestone and That ‘Pokemon Go’ Acquisition [56d]
• Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3: Most Valuable Promotions and Netflix Set On-Air Broadcast Team (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Bernie Sanders Spars With Joe Rogan Over Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit: ‘The Impact Is Clearly Intimidation,’ Senator Says [56d]
• Daisy Edgar-Jones to Star in New ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Movie [56d]
• Pedro Pascal Says ‘I’m More Aware’ of Backlash Over ‘Fantastic Four’ Casting ‘Than Anything I’ve Ever Done’: ‘He’s Too Old. He’s Not Right. He Needs to Shave’ [56d]
• With Emo Night, Gimme Gimme Disco and More, Burwoodland Has Built a Thriving — and Affordable — Series of DJ Events [56d]
• Barbie Ferreira to Be Honored With Rising Star Award at Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival [56d]
• Emilie Bierre and Joelle Farrow Join Emile Hirsch, Justin Long and Kevin Connolly in Parasite Horror ‘Lice’ (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Jensen Ackles and Eric Dane’s Crime Thriller ‘Countdown’ Is Tedious and Repetitive [56d]
• ‘Roofman’ Trailer: Channing Tatum Is a Criminal Living Inside a Toys ‘R’ Us in Real-Life Crime Story [56d]
• 2025 ‘Candy Crush Saga’ All-Stars Competition Crowns Winner of $500,000 Prize (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Calum Worthy’s AI Company 2wai Launches Video Chat App, Aiming to Put ‘Control Back in the Hands of the Artists’ [56d]
• ‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’ Acquired by Filmotor Ahead of Karlovy Vary Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Manrique Cortés Castro’s ‘Monsters’ Lines Up Co-Production Agreement With Catalonia’s Playlab Films (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Fantastic Lab Costa Rica Launches at the Costa Rica Media Market (EXCLUSIVE) [56d]
• Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd,’ ‘Into the Woods’ and Other Works Acquired by Library of Congress [56d]
• How Scottish Band The Young Fathers Crafted the ’28 Years Later’ Soundtrack With ‘King of the Needle Drops’ Danny Boyle [56d]
• Brigitte Bardot Remains ‘Mysterious’ Even as She Opens up on Camera in the Doc ‘Bardot’ Says Director Alain Berliner (EXCLUSIVE) – Trailer [56d]
• Banijay’s DLO Producciones Unveils ‘La Caza. Irati’ Part of a Bid With Movistar Plus+ to Consolidate a Major Spanish Crime Franchise [57d]
• BET Hit by Layoffs as Part of Paramount Global’s Latest Job Cuts [57d]
• Taylor Swift Performs ‘Shake It Off’ at Nashville Tight Ends Charity Benefit, in First Live Appearance Since Eras Tour [57d]
• Shaunagh Connaire, Former Communications Director for George and Amal Clooney’s Justice Foundation, Sets Directorial Debut ‘Brown Bread’ (EXCLUSIVE) [57d]
• Asia-Pacific’s $175 Billion Screen Economy Enters Tougher Monetization Phase, APOS Summit Reveals [57d]
• Sarajevo Film Festival to Open With Dark Comedy ‘The Pavilion’ With Lidija Kordic as Ceremony Host [57d]
• Stellan Skarsgard, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson to Be Honored at Karlovy Vary Film Festival [57d]
• JioStar’s Sports Chief Reveals Billion-Viewer IPL Strategy at APOS [57d]
• BBC Studios Asia, Studio JanChi Team for ’12 Seas’ Korean Food Series [57d]
• ‘The Traitors’ Gets Season 2 Greenlight at Prime Video India (EXCLUSIVE) [57d]
• Lee Je-hoon Returns for ‘Taxi Driver 3,’ Mirror’s Edan Lui Joins Cast as Viu Expands Pan-Asian Slate [57d]
• ‘CoComelon’ and ‘Hello Kitty’ Team Up in Major Collaboration as Moonbug Surpasses Taylor Swift in Streams, Kevin Mayer Reveals at APOS [57d]
• Warner Bros. Discovery APAC Chief Touts Max’s Regional Success at APOS Amid Corporate Split [57d]
• Google’s Sanjay Gupta Sees AI as ‘Magic Wand’ for Asia’s Storytellers at APOS [57d]
• ‘Ironheart’ Star Dominique Thorne on Reintroducing Riri Williams With a New ‘Ingenious’ Iron Suit and the MCU Show’s ‘Heavier Emotions’ [57d]
• New York City Mayor Shocker: Zohran Mamdani’s Commanding Lead Causes Andrew Cuomo to Concede in Primary Race [57d]
• ‘Squid Game’ Season 3 Launch Highlights Netflix Korea’s Global K-Content Strategy at APOS [57d]
• Did the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Really Get a 400% Pay Raise? And Whether Netflix’s ‘America’s Sweethearts’ Made a Difference in the Negotiations [57d]
• ‘Ironheart’ Takes the MCU to Chicago for an Overcrowded Coming-of-Age Story: TV Review [57d]