The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Squid Game’ Star Lee Byung-hun, Han Jimin Begin Production on Disney+ K-Drama ‘The Koreans,’ Reimagining of FX’s ‘The Americans’ [23d]
• Commissioners Behind Huw Edwards Drama Say They Have No Interest in Platforming His Alternative Version, Detail Significance of His Downfall: ‘He Was Incredibly Trusted by the Public’ [23d]
• ‘Reacher’ Star Alan Ritchson Won’t Face Criminal Charges After Alleged Fight With Neighbor, Police Say [23d]
• SXSW London Chief Teases Conference Program, Draws a Distinction Between Austin and Shoreditch: ‘We’ve Decided to Create Our Own Vibe’ [23d]
• Frankie Muniz’s Race Car Driver Career and NASCAR Schedule Forced ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ Reboot to Film Sundays to Thursdays: ‘It Was Exhausting’ [23d]
• Chip Taylor, Songwriters Hall of Fame Member Who Wrote ‘Wild Thing’ and ‘Angel of the Morning,’ Dies at 86 [23d]
• A Nuclear Warship Thriller, Kyrgyz Action Drama and Latin Dancing Dramedy Win Series Mania’s Big Industry Prizes [23d]
• Kevin DiCicco, Creator of the ‘Air Bud’ Character, Dies at 63 [23d]
• ‘Life Is Strange: Reunion’ Actors on Ending Max and Chloe’s ‘More Mature’ Story in New Video Game, Hopes for Live-Action TV Series [23d]
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Joins Matthew Gray Gubler, Melissa Fumero in CBS Dramedy ‘Einstein’ [23d]
• Vince Vaughn Criticizes Late-Night TV for Having Political ‘Agenda’: ‘It Stopped Being Funny and Started Feeling Like I Was in Class’ [23d]
• Ex-Pussycat Doll Thinks She Was Not Asked to Return for 2026 Tour Because She’s MAGA and ‘Aligns with Bobby Kennedy’: ‘I Don’t Plan to Call’ Nicole Scherzinger Back [23d]
• Bob Dylan Adds West Coast Dates to 2026 Summer Touring [23d]
• How Caroline Fourest Shot Her Next Film ‘Broken Truth’ in War-Torn Ukraine With Tomer Sisley Alongside Local Cast and Crew (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• Nielsen’s Gauge Delay is ‘Indefensible,’ Says TV Trade Group [24d]
• American Cinematheque’s Weekly Movie Interview Podcast Will Feature Edgar Wright, Mary Bronstein, Franklin Leonard, Patton Oswalt, Danny DeVito and More [24d]
• ‘School Spirits’ Renewed for Season 4 at Paramount+ [24d]
• ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ Debuts With 25.3 Million Views in Three Days on Netflix [24d]
• ‘NCIS’ Hits Episode 500: Showrunner Steven D. Binder on Surviving Cast Turnover and Why He Believes ‘There Will Be Always Be an ‘NCIS,’ Barring the Total Collapse of the Network Broadcast Model’ [24d]
• ’13 Going on 30′ Movie Reboot Set at Netflix With Emily Bader and Logan Lerman; Jennifer Garner to Executive Produce [24d]
• Tubi Unveils Formula 1 Altcasts Under Deal With Apple TV, New Interactive Ad Formats [24d]
• LISTEN: ‘The Comeback’: Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King Bring Valerie Cherish Back for a Final Adventure on HBO [24d]
• ‘Scooby-Doo’ Live-Action Series Casts Paul Walter Hauser [24d]
• Cannes Chief Thierry Frémaux on Hollywood Cutbacks, Festival Politics and Industry Upheaval: ‘Our Mission Is Very Simple — to Define What Cinema Will Be in 2026’ (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Makes History as First Movie Trailer to Cross 1 Billion Views (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• ‘BTS The Comeback Live: Arirang’ Hits 18.4 Million Viewers on Netflix [24d]
• Pete Holmes on His New Stand-Up Special, the Death of Late-Night TV and Doing Respectful Trans Jokes: ‘It Can’t Just Be a Cheap Laugh’ [24d]
• Inside the ‘Hannah Montana’ Anniversary Concert Taping: Y2K Fashion, Confetti and Miley Cyrus Superfans [24d]
• ‘Jumanji 3’ Release Date Moves to Christmas, One Week After ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and ‘Dune 3’ [24d]
• Zack Fox Signs With CAA (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ Renewed for Season 20, Paramount+ Sets Season 19 Release Date [24d]
• HBO Max Cop Drama Pilot ‘American Blue’ Adds Five to Cast [24d]
• Christopher Pike’s YA Supernatural Thriller ‘Remember Me’ to Become Tubi Movie; Charlie Gillespie and Brec Bassinger to Star (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• Haley Lu Richardson on ‘Ponies,’ Her Dream to Work With Sean Baker and Bringing Her Cat Obsession to New Sheba Campaign [24d]
• ‘Monstress’ Adult Animated Series in the Works at Amazon From Netflix’s Former ‘One Piece’ Showrunner (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• ‘Harry Potter’ Series Is ‘A Lot of Pressure’ but It’s ‘Very Special,’ Says HBO Max Exec: ‘The World That Has Been Created Is Absolutely Extraordinary’ [24d]
• Celine Sciamma, Robin Campillo, Zackary Drucker Set For Rome’s Frocinema Queer Film Festival [24d]
• Amazon MGM Studios’ Heads of Originals in Europe on Courting Young Adults With Romance Series: ‘We’re Not Limited to High School Shows’ [24d]
• Shore Fire Media Names Angela Barkan CEO as Founder Marilyn Laverty Elevates to Chairman [24d]
• Samsung TV Plus Will Introduce New Interactive Shopping Capabilities [24d]
• Epic Games to Lay Off 1,000 Staffers and Cut $500 Million in Costs Amid ‘Fortnite’ Downturn [24d]
• ‘Wuthering Heights’ Sets Digital and Blu-ray Release [24d]
• Zara Larsson to Perform at amfAR Cannes Gala (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• ‘I Swear’ Director Kirk Jones Tapped for Live-Action Film Adaptation of Beloved British Kids’ Animation ‘Mr. Benn’ [24d]
• ‘Hannah Montana’ Anniversary Special: Miley Cyrus’ Secret Disney Boyfriend, How Her Relationship to Hannah Has Changed and Everything Else We Learned [24d]
• Hulu to Develop Series Version of Liara Tamani YA Novel ‘This Ain’t Our First Rodeo’ (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• ‘Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions’ to Open Hot Docs, World Premieres Include ‘A War on Women,’ About Feminist Resistance in Iran [24d]
• Topic Studios, Banner Behind ‘Spotlight’ and ‘A Real Pain,’ Expands Into U.K. With Launch of Nonfiction Label (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• BTS Play First U.S. Concert in Four Years at Chilly but Intimate Invite-Only Spotify Event in New York [24d]
• ‘Harry Potter’ First Look: The Wizarding World of Hogwarts Is Revealed [24d]
• Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Returns for 2026 to a Scaled-Back 12 Cities, With Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Wilco, Stephen Wilson Jr. Among Openers [24d]
• TV Academy Reveals New Eligibility Rules for Prop Masters [24d]
• Roku’s Howdy $3 Monthly Streamer Now Available Through Amazon’s Prime Video [24d]
• Ex-Jockey Jo Lodder’s 59-Racecourse Run Gets Documentary Treatment From U.K.-China Film Collab (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• ‘SNL U.K.’ Budget No Joke at Estimated $2.6 Million Per Episode (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• Berlin Film Festival to Run From Feb. 10-21 Next Year, Starting a Day Earlier Than in the Past [24d]
• ‘Bridgerton’ Season 5 Sets Francesca and Michaela Stirling as Romantic Leads, Filming Now Underway [24d]
• European Scripted TV Production on Downward Trend as Shorter Seasons and Episode Runtimes Define New Normal [24d]
• ‘Adolescence’ Earns 12 BAFTA TV Nominations, Continuing Awards Season Dominance [24d]
• FlareFlow to Present Inaugural Vertical Drama Love Fan Awards in Los Angeles (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• One Real Post-Peak TV Crunch: A Supply Chain That’s Too Slow [24d]
• Jason Statham’s ‘The Beekeeper 2’ Picked Up by Germany’s Leading Independent Leonine Studios [24d]
• Korea Box Office: ‘The King’s Warden’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Film of All Time [24d]
• Netflix Movie ‘Strangers in the Park,’ Unpacked by DirectorJuan José Campanella: The Question Is ‘How We Choose to Live Our Lives’ [24d]
• Dark and Quaint Crime Dramedy ‘Welcome to Kingston-Falls,’ From Robin Aubert, Premieres at Series Mania’s International Panorama [24d]
• Canada’s Producers to Watch, Pitching at Series Mania Folk Horror, a Teen Drama and High-Fashion Parable Plus Tales of Second Chance Relocation [24d]
• Spain Heads to Series Mania With Broad Scripted Slate in ICEX’s Coming Next From Spain [24d]
• China Box Office: ‘Hoppers’ and ‘Project Hail Mary’ Lead a New-Look Top Five [24d]
• Beta Film Group’s Autentic Nabs World Rights to Contrast Film’s Swiss Docuseries ‘Game Over – The Fall of Credit Suisse’ (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• ‘Empathy’ Director Guillaume Lonergan Set to Shoot Debut Feature ‘Denise sans Denis,’ Starring Josée Deschênes (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• Brazilian Literary Sensation Thalita Rebouças Pens First TV Project With Globoplay’s ‘Single Together’ [24d]
• Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ Crosses $82 Million Worldwide in Record-Breaking Opening Weekend [24d]
• Jon Stewart Jokes the ‘Only Thing Giving Me Joy’ in Trump’s America Is ‘Looking Forward’ to Watching Taylor Frankie Paul on ‘The Bachelorette’: ‘Hold on, I’m Getting a Call’ [24d]
• Emily Osment Couldn’t Attend ‘Hannah Montana’ 20th Anniversary Premiere Due to CBS Sitcom Filming; Mitchel Musso Also Skipped as Duo Sends Love to Fans [24d]
• ‘Giant’ Broadway Review: John Lithgow as a Venomous Roald Dahl Animates a Staggering Production [24d]
• Noir City Hollywood Carries a Tune: Eddie Muller and Alan K. Rode on the 2026 Fest’s ‘Face the Music!’ Theme, and How Jazz Lent a Serious Subtext to Classic Crime Films [24d]
• Miley Cyrus Is Too ‘Tired’ to Think About ‘Hannah Montana’ Reboot After 20th Anniversary Special: ‘This Has Already Been a Lot’ [24d]
• IPL Cricket Media Rights Set to Plateau at $5.4 Billion in Next Cycle, Media Partners Asia Report Finds [24d]
• ‘Bucks Harbor’ Review: A Wistful, Humane Portrait of Hardy Souls, Young and Old, in Coastal Maine [24d]