The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Baywatch’ Adds Nadia Gray to Recurring Cast [28d]
• SXSW 2026: The 8 Best Things We Watched in Austin, From a Semi-Suicidal Charlie Day to a Talking Fox Played by Olivia Colman [28d]
• Crisis at Row K: New Indie Film Distributor’s Money Problems Put Reputations and Maude Apatow’s Directorial Debut in Jeopardy (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Bringing Rocky to Life: How ‘Project Hail Mary’ Puppeteer James Ortiz Created the Movie’s Lovable Alien [28d]
• Oscar Winning ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ Director David Borenstein Lines Up Next Project With PBS, Reunites With Danish Team for ‘Living in Our Heads’ (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Nielsen Delays ‘Gauge’ Report Further, Following Streamer Backlash, Citing Need for Data Updates (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Adam Schiff Touts Federal Film Incentive to Counter Hollywood Job Losses: ‘It Needs to Be Bipartisan’ [28d]
• ‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Explains the Movie’s Big Death and That Cillian Murphy-Barry Keoghan Showdown, Plus More Duke in the Upcoming Spinoff [28d]
• Chinese Teen Roadtrip Film ‘Whispers in May’ Wins at Copenhagen Documentary Festival CPH:DOX [28d]
• Nexstar-Tegna Deal: Eight States File Emergency Motion to Halt ‘Disastrous’ Merger of Local TV Broadcasters [28d]
• Christy Carlson Romano Says ‘Even Stevens’ Co-Star Shia LaBeouf ‘Doesn’t Deserve to Be’ on the Mount Rushmore of Disney Icons, Then Deletes Posts [28d]
• Why Networks Are Going All In on Companion Podcasts for ‘The Pitt,’ ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ and More: ‘The Story Doesn’t End When the Credits Roll’ [28d]
• ‘Last of Us’ Season 3 Casts Michelle Mao as Yara, Kyriana Kratter as Lev [28d]
• ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’s’ ‘Insane’ Oscars: Artificial Rainbows, Toilet Interviews and Speaking Truth to Trump’s Government [28d]
• Chuck Norris Was a Great Action Star — but Politics May Overshadow His Legacy [28d]
• Dreamworks Animation’s ‘Forgotten Island’ Adds Jo Koy, Dolly de Leon, Ronny Chieng and Amielynn Abellera (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Chuck Norris Quietly Founded a Wellness Brand in 2022 to ‘Help People Reach Their Maximum Performance’ [28d]
• As ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Turns Six, Nintendo of America VP Talks Free Update, Switch 2 Edition and What Comes Next [28d]
• Walt Disney Studios Promotes Erin Barrier to SVP of Communications [28d]
• ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Tops Late Night for Third Straight Week (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Taj Mahal on Resurrecting a Lost Bill Withers Song as Title Track of New Album, ‘Time,’ More Than 60 Releases Into His Career: ‘I’m in It for the Duration’ (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Chuck Norris’ ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ Nearly Collapsed In Season 1 — But Went on to Become a Massive CBS Saturday Night Hit [28d]
• Langston Kerman Joins Jake Johnson and Keith David in NBC Comedy Pilot (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• LISTEN: Google TV Embraces Microdrama Boom With Discovery and Navigation Tools as Producers Tackle the Format: ‘We Want to Be HBO Mashed Up With TikTok’ [28d]
• Netflix and Warner Music Group to Team Up on Music Documentaries on WMG Artists and Songwriters [28d]
• Radial Entertainment to Distribute Sci-Fi Feature ‘Signal One’ (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Biggest ‘Bachelor’ Nation Scandals: From Taylor Frankie Paul’s Domestic Violence Video to Firing Chris Harrison Over Racist Remarks [28d]
• North Road Company Launches North Road Films; Kori Adelson Named President (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Chuck Norris Remembered by Action Stars Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and More: ‘I Always Looked Up to Him as a Role Model’ [28d]
• French Film Financing Landscape Sees Foreign Investment Rising, Streamers Holding Steady and Broadcasters Retrenching [28d]
• Ryan Gosling Confirms ‘Some Discussions Have Been Had’ With Marvel About Playing Ghost Rider but ‘It’s a Complicated Situation’: ‘Keep Hope Alive’ [28d]
• ‘Marty Supreme’ Sets HBO Max Release Date After Getting 9 Oscar Nominations [28d]
• Disney Releases Trailer for New ‘Create Your World’ Doc Episode, Sets Pre-Orders for Collector Cinderella Doll [28d]
• Country Music Hall of Fame Announces Tim McGraw, the Stanley Brothers and Paul Overstreet as Class of 2026 Inductees [28d]
• This ‘Survivor’ Card Game, Co-Designed With Jeff Probst, Is Now Available to Shop Online [28d]
• Is a Disney Theme Park in Abu Dhabi Still Going Ahead Despite Middle East Mayhem? [28d]
• Taylor Frankie Paul’s ‘Bachelorette’ Contestants Doug Mason and More React After ABC Pulls Season: ‘I’m Sending Prayers… Her Moment Was Blocked’ [28d]
• Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso Return From ‘Earth-Shattering Meltdown’ With the Kaleidoscopic ‘Free Spirits’: Album Review [28d]
• ’24 in 24: Last Chef Standing’ Sets Season 3 Release Date at Food Network; Molly Yeh, Shota Nakajima Among Competitors (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Cannes’ La Résidence Workshop Unveils Six Filmmakers for 51st Session, Including ‘Pillion’ Director Harry Lighton [28d]
• ‘Arctic Link’ Review: A Visually Polished but Narratively Inert Meditation on Technology [28d]
• Box Office: ‘Project Hail Mary’ Makes $12 Million in Previews, Biggest of the Year So Far [28d]
• Marc Jacobs and Sofia Coppola on Their ’90s New York City Heyday, Personal Style and New Doc ‘Marc by Sofia’ [28d]
• PFL Madrid 2026: How to Watch Van Steenis vs. Edwards 2 Live Online [28d]
• Lea Michele to Exit ‘Chess’ on Broadway in June [28d]
• Chuck Norris, Action Icon and ‘Walker Texas Ranger’ Star, Dies at 86 [28d]
• Sanrio to Launch ‘Personalized’ Digital Experiences in New Pact With AI Avatar Company Genies (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• ‘The Peril at Pincer Point’ Review: A Sound Designer Chases the Waves in a Handsome Feat of Shoestring Surrealism [28d]
• BTS’ RM Suffers Ankle Injury Ahead of Netflix Comeback Concert [28d]
• Pictanovo, Film France-CNC Bring U.S. Studio, Production Execs to Hauts-de-France on Series Mania Tour [28d]
• CBS News to Lay Off 6% of Staff [28d]
• ABC Scrambles to Delete ‘Bachelorette’ Season 22 Promo Content Amid Taylor Frankie Paul Fallout [28d]
• South African Crime Novelist Deon Meyer Bestsellers to Get TV Adaptations From Both Worlds, Paradoxal (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Finnish Drama ‘Citizens of Heaven,’ Written by ‘All the Sins’ Creators, Announces Cast for a ‘Mystery About Faith, Power and the Stories People Choose to Believe’ (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• John Lithgow Considered Quitting HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series Over J.K. Rowling Backlash: It Will Come Up in ‘Every Interview’ for the ‘Rest of My Life’ [28d]
• ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Netflix Series Reveals Ancient Rome Setting and Additional Cast as Shooting Starts in Italy [28d]
• SeriesMakers Reveals Full Details With Projects From Brian De Palma and ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’ Producers (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Why Elvira Lind and Oscar Isaac Waited Almost a Decade to Share ‘King Hamlet,’ an Intimate Doc Shot During ‘Beautiful and Sad’ Moment of Their Early Marriage (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• ‘Something Familiar’ Director on Teaching the Skeleton in Her Closet to Dance: ‘Catharsis and Creativity Can Alchemize Trauma’ [28d]
• Prime Video Touts India as ‘Most Important’ Global Market [28d]
• Chow Yun-fat, Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Louis Koo Lead Ensemble in ‘Cold War 1994,’ Unveiled at Hong Kong FilMart [28d]
• Tokyo-Set Neon-Noir ‘One More Night to Live’ Unites Philippine Production Powerhouses Fusee and Studio 360 (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Indian Consumer Goods Giant Marico Founder Harsh Mariwala’s Book ‘Harsh Realities’ to Get Screen Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• Warwick Thornton’s Berlin Competition Title ‘Wolfram’ Scores Sales for Paradise City (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• New Projects by Kathryn Ferguson, Asmae El Moudir and Véréna Paravel Crowned at CPH:DOX as Industry Reflects on AI Threat and Learns From Cousins in Journalism [28d]
• ‘SNL U.K.’ Extends First Season to 8 Episodes [28d]
• ‘Tow’ Review: Rose Byrne Plays Another Charismatic Pill — a Seattle Homeless Woman Fighting to Get Her Car Back [28d]
• Anson Lo on Wanting Roles About Mental Illness, the Rise of Hong Kong Pop and His Global Ambitions: ‘It’s Wonderful to be Me, But Also a Little Bit Challenging as Well’ [28d]
• Terrance Lau on Action Stardom, Hong Kong’s Shrinking Market and the Script He’s Banking On: ‘We’re Losing That Strong, Personal Voice’ (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• ‘Something Familiar’ Review: Filmmaker Rachel Taparjan Confronts Her Past in a Searching, Self-Focused Doc [28d]
• Tony Leung Chiu-wai Thriller ‘Fox Hunt’ Closes Global Deals (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• BTS Teams Up With Target to Release Exclusive ‘Arirang’ Album Merch [28d]
• ‘BTS The Comeback Live’ Producers Done+Dusted Share What to Expect on Saturday’s Live Netflix Special (EXCLUSIVE) [28d]
• ‘Fast Forever’ Taps Michael Lesslie, Screenwriter of ‘Hunger Games’ Prequels and ‘Now You See Me 3’ [29d]
• Peter Chan Says AI Will Replace ‘Any Blockbuster or Commercial Film in Three Years’ at Hong Kong FilMart Panel [29d]
• Short-Form Video, AI-Generated Dramas Power Next Wave of Global Content as FilMart Panel Probes the Thriving Digital Economy [29d]
• Danny Pang Supernatural Thriller ‘The Mage’ Lands Hong Kong, Macau Release Via Edko Films [29d]