The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Play Dirty’ Director Shane Black on the Key to Managing A-Listers Like Mark Wahlberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Downey Jr.: ‘It’s Lightning in a Bottle’ [9d]
• Bill Burr Defends Riyadh Comedy Festival Gig Amid Backlash: ‘Definitely Top Three Experiences I’ve Had’ [9d]
• Critical Info Ahead of Critical Role Campaign 4: Matthew Mercer, Brennan Lee Mulligan and More Cast on Rolling Into Araman [9d]
• ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ Sets First Ever Theatrical Release for December, With 70mm and 35mm Presentations [9d]
• John Corbett Is ‘Shocked’ That ‘And Just Like That’ Is Over — But He’s Not Surprised Carrie and Aidan Didn’t Last [9d]
• James Cameron on the ‘Avatar 2’ Re-Release and Why Gen AI ‘Is Never Going to Take the Place’ of Humans: ‘We Need Our Artists’ [9d]
• ‘Gen V’ Star Maddie Phillips on Cate’s ‘Exposing,’ ‘Dehumanizing’ Episode and ‘Deep Empathy’ for Marie’s Big Reveal [9d]
• ‘The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox’ Star Grace Van Patten Unpacks That Final Episode and Teases ‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 3​: ‘It Delves Deep Into The Other Characters’ [9d]
• ‘Presumed Innocent’ Season 2 Casts Fiona Shaw [9d]
• Alexander Skarsgård Admits They Shot ‘Way More Graphic Scenes’ for ‘Pillion’ but ‘You Don’t Show a Close-up of a D— Just Because You Can’ [9d]
• Trump Advisor Says ICE Agents Will Be at Super Bowl for Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show: ‘It’s So Shameful They Picked Someone Who Seems to Hate America’ [9d]
• Robert Pattinson and Brady Corbet Teaming Up for 1664 Beer Brand Campaign [9d]
• SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin Says Union Will Address AI Actress Tilly Norwood With Agents and Continue Fight for AI Compensation [9d]
• Paramount Skydance Hires Josh Silverman, Veteran of Mattel, Disney and Marvel, as Head of Products and Experiences [10d]
• Grammy Nominations Predictions: Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter and Billie Eilish Will Contend in Top Categories [10d]
• ‘F— My Son!’ Sets Theatrical Run; Shares NSFW First Footage in Trailer (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner Sue Ray J for Defamation Over ‘Racketeering’ Claim [10d]
• Santa Fe International Film Festival Celebrates Local Filmmakers, Oscar Contenders [10d]
• ‘The Chi’ to End With Season 8 at Showtime [10d]
• Jane Goodall, Iconic Chimpanzee Expert Who Was Subject of Dozens of Films, Dies at 91 [10d]
• Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington Set ‘On Cinema’ Live Tour [10d]
• Paramount+ Reveals ‘Ink Master’ Season 17 Contestants, Premiere Date and First Look (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• AI-Directed Movie ‘The Sweet Idleness’ Releases Trailer Amid AI Actor Tilly Norwood Controversy: ‘The First Movie’ Made by an ‘AI Agent’ [10d]
• ‘Big Brother’ Season 27 Finale Hits 4.3 Million Viewers, Biggest Episode in Three Years [10d]
• ‘Dead End: Paranormal Park’ Creator Receiving ‘Homophobic and Antisemitic Emails’ After Elon Musk Says ‘Cancel Netflix’ Due to Show’s Trans Character [10d]
• ‘Bill and Ted’ Stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter on Bringing Their Buddy Act to Broadway, Studying Clowns for ‘Waiting for Godot’ and More [10d]
• Marissa Bode, Marlee Matlin and Nyle DiMarco to Be Honored at Media Access Awards 2025 (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Launches in ‘Fortnite’ (Gaming News Roundup) [10d]
• Garcelle Beauvais on Breast Cancer Advocacy, Returning to Lifetime With ‘Black Girls Missing’ and Her ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Exit: ‘Walking Away Has Given Me My Power Back’ (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Finn Wolfhard Mounts a Biopic on ’80s Punk Band The Replacements (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Miami Film Festival GEMS Sets Honorees Park Chan-wook, Lucy Liu, Opens With Park’s ’No Other Choice’ and Slates Starry Lineup of Films [10d]
• Why David Byrne’s Dazzling ‘Who Is the Sky?’ Tour Is Essential: Concert Review [10d]
• ‘Afterlife With Archie’ Series in the Works at Disney+ From ‘Riverdale’ Team [10d]
• Variety’s Screenwriters to Watch for 2025 Include Scribes Behind ‘Ma 2,’ ‘Supergirl’ and ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ [10d]
• Charlie Hunnam Reveals How Blowing a Kiss Launched His Career and Why He Nearly Missed His ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Audition — Twice [10d]
• Comedian Kevin ‘KevOnStage’ Fredericks to Headline Creator-Led Initiative From Fuse Media (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Nikki Glaser Sets Next Comedy Special at Hulu [10d]
• ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ 30th Anniversary Reunion Special to Air on CBS in November [10d]
• Mattel, Amazon Team on Shani Live-Action TV Series, Janine Nabers Set as Showrunner (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Jane Fonda Relaunches Committee for the First Amendment With Support of 550 Celebrities Including Pedro Pascal, Viola Davis and More [10d]
• Claudia and Jackie Oshry’s Podcast ‘The Toast’ Lands Massive Three-Year Deal to Stay at Dear Media (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Alexander Skarsgard, Peter Dinklage and Elizabeth Debicki Join Olivia Colman in Twisted Romance ‘Wicker’ (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Doja Cat to Perform at LACMA Art+Film [10d]
• Get Ready for Spooky Season with Homage’s Halloween Pop Culture Collection [10d]
• Nine Inch Nails Add 20+ North American Dates to ‘Peel It Back’ Tour [10d]
• Taylor Swift’s ‘Release Party of a Showgirl’ Continues Streak of Unexpected Box Office Saviors [10d]
• Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ Season 2 Teams With Microsoft’s ‘Fallout 76′ to Launch In-Game Update Starring Walton Goggins’ The Ghoul [10d]
• ‘The Abandons’ Sets Netflix Release Date, Drops New First-Look Images (TV News Roundup) [10d]
• Xbox Game Pass Price Increases as Microsoft Revamps Subscription Tiers, Expands Library [10d]
• ‘Die My Love’ Author Ariana Harwicz’s New Book ‘Unfit’ Set for Film Adaptation From ‘Close Your Eyes’ Producer (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• ‘Lioness’ Renewed for Season 3 at Paramount+ [10d]
• Secuoya Studios Highlights Global Expansion, Presents Partners From Iceland, France, U.K., U.S. at Iberseries & Platino Industria [10d]
• Louis Tomlinson Announces ‘How Did We Get Here?’ World Tour Dates [10d]
• ‘Frankenstein’ Trailer Finally Reveals Jacob Elordi’s Monster, From His Chilling Voice to His Unrecognizable Face [10d]
• ‘Pillion’ Trailer: Alexander Skarsgard Gets Naked and Kinky in A24’s Gay S&M Romance Comedy [10d]
• FanDuel Sports Brings ‘Whip Around’ Format to Local Pre-Game Programming [10d]
• Mattel Expands ‘Wicked: For Good’ Line With Glinda and Elphaba Singing Dolls [10d]
• Amazon’s Prime-Included Gaming Service Sets Major Overhaul; Execs on How New ‘GameNight’ Party Collection Complements Planned AAA Titles (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• AMC Networks, Sphere Work to Take Halloween Advertisers to New Screens [10d]
• ‘Mr. Scorsese’ Trailer: Rebecca Miller’s Apple TV+ Docuseries Goes Inside the Mind of the Visionary Director [10d]
• World Soundtrack Awards Celebrate Landmark 25th Edition by Promoting Orchestral Music as Film Composers Grow ‘Wary’ of AI [10d]
• ‘Maya the Bee’ Franchise Set for a Brand Revamp With Kids Media Banner Animaj (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• ‘Stranger Things’ Fan Gathering With Duffer Brothers, Finn Wolfhard and More Set for Italy’s Lucca Comics and Games Festival [10d]
• World Soundtrack Awards Discovery of the Year Nominees Talk Weight of Legend-Making Category, AI and Looking Beyond Hollywood [10d]
• Spotify Opens Up Ad Inventory to Amazon’s Demand-Side Platform [10d]
• ‘1899’ and ‘Ghosts’ Producer Pat Tookey-Dickson Boards Anastasiia Starova’s ‘A Remarkable Woman’ (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Paul Bettany Hasn’t Watched ‘A Knight’s Tale’ Since It Came Out Because He Misses Heath Ledger ‘Too Much’: ‘It Was Like Another Lifetime Ago’ [10d]
• Jim Carrey to Receive Honorary Cesar Award at 51st Edition [10d]
• Dynamic Television Boards Swedish Thriller ‘Till Death Do Us Apart’ From ‘Top Dog’ Scribe Veronica Zacco, Starring Aliette Opheim, Filip Berg (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Indie Eye, Spain’s EFD Studios, Mexico’s AG Media Board Docudrama Series ‘Columbus: Myths and Origins’ (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Film Fest Ghent Returns With Nicolas Roeg Retrospective, Homegrown Talent, Program Director Calls Political Films ‘Essential Viewing’ [10d]
• Chile’s Clara Films Sets Up Outpost in Madrid, Boards Debut Pic ‘An Imaginary Kingdom’ (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Movistar Plus+ Rolls Out Stellar Shows Worldwide (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• The Mediapro Studio’s Cimarrón Sets Up Beachhead in Colombia (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• ‘Parasite’ Studio’s Pingyao Double Winner ‘The World of Love’ Locks Major Asian Distribution Deals (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Nuns, Jaibreaks, Suicides and Adult Animation Starring an Axolotl Feature Among Projects at Iberseries Co-Production & Financing Forum [10d]
• ‘Hildur’ Creators on Adapting the Nordic Blue Crime Best-Selling Novel, as Cineflix Rights Unveils First Images Ahead of Mipcom (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Fan Bingbing’s ‘Mother Bhumi,’ Zhang Ziyi’s ‘She Has No Name’ Among Selections as Tokyo Film Festival Unveils Full Lineup [10d]
• Portugal’s Caracol Studios, Spain’s TV ON Join Forces on Thriller Project ‘Past Waters,’ Pitching at Iberseries (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Madrid Audiovisual Cluster Tackles the Practical Uses of AI [10d]
• Dhanush, Kriti Sanon, Aanand L. Rai’s ‘Tere Ishk Mein’ Teaser Debuts Ahead of November Release (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• ‘Play Dirty’ Review: Mark Wahlberg Is a Thief Who Will Kill You in a Heartbeat in Shane Black’s Violently Entertaining and Disposable Retro Action Comedy [10d]
• Películas Pendelton, Behind Spanish Blockbuster ‘Campeones,’ Teams With MiraChechu on Adult Animation ‘Saturday Sabadete’ (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Stephen Colbert Recalls Moment He Found Out ‘The Late Show’ Was Canceled and Delivering the News to His Staff: ‘I Had Sweat Through My Shirt’ [10d]
• NBCU, YouTube TV Reach Short-Term Deal Extension to Avert Blackout [10d]
• ‘Dancing With the Stars’ TikTok Week Results in First Truly Shocking Elimination of the Season [10d]
• Univision Goes Dark on YouTube TV [10d]
• Diddy Denied New Trial or Acquittal Days Before Sentencing in Federal Case [10d]
• Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’ [10d]
• Ron Silverman, ‘Brubaker’ Producer and Former Variety Critic, Dies at 92 [10d]
• War Epic ‘Red Rain’ Named Vietnam’s Oscar Entry [10d]