The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘The Other Bennet Sister’ Producer Jane Tranter on Mary’s ‘Emotional Resonance’ and Eyeing Austen’s Other Overlooked Characters for Screen [29d]
• ‘The Last One for the Road’ Sweeps Italy’s David di Donatello Awards, Winning Seven Statuettes [29d]
• Theo Jones Promoted to Creative Director of AI at Framestore [29d]
• Dave Chappelle Says the Media Gets His Trans Jokes ‘Wrong’: ‘People Would Think It’s Me vs. the Gay Community. I Never Looked at It Like That’ [29d]
• Robert Downey Jr. Says ‘It’s Absolute Horses—‘ to Declare That Social Media Influencers Are the ‘Stars of the Future’ [29d]
• ‘Highway to Heaven’ Reboot Set at Fox [29d]
• Miles Teller and Eddie Redmayne in Talks to Play Mismatched CIA Agents in Doug Liman Spy Thriller ‘Star One,’ CAA Launching Sales in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch: A Media Feud for the Ages [29d]
• UFC’s New Pact With Paramount Skydance Lifts TKO’s Q1 Earnings [29d]
• New ‘Planet of the Apes’ Movie in the Works With ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Director [29d]
• LISTEN: How Javier Bardem Tackles Cannes — and Hollywood — on His Own Terms [29d]
• Universal Music Further Refutes Salt-N-Pepa’s Arguments in Appeals Court, as Group Seeks to Have Dismissal of Battle for Masters Overturned [29d]
• Warner Bros. Discovery Saw Q1 Streaming, Studios Boosts, But Paramount Item Spurs Large Loss [29d]
• James Marsden to Lead Apple TV Thriller Series ‘Disavowed’ From ‘Iron Man’ Writers [29d]
• Rupert Murdoch Lauds CNN Founder Ted Turner: ‘A Great American and Friend’ [29d]
• Hayden Panettiere Comes Out as Bisexual at 36 After Fearing ‘Public Opinion’ and ‘What My Team Was Going to Think’ [29d]
• Oscar Isaac to Lead Las Vegas Casino Series at Netflix From Brian Koppelman, David Levien [29d]
• Matthew Lillard Joins ‘Superman’ Sequel ‘Man of Tomorrow’ [29d]
• Malcolm D. Lee’s Blackmaled Productions Launches ‘Love & Laughs’ Initiative With Tribeca Studios and Universal (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• More Than Half of Gen Z Users Cancel and Renew Streaming Services for a Single Title, Won’t Purchase Full-Price Video Games, New Study Finds [29d]
• ‘Hocus Pocus 3’ Officially in the Works With Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy Returning [29d]
• ‘Harry Potter’ Scores Early Season 2 Renewal at HBO; ‘Chamber of Secrets’ Starts Filming This Fall [29d]
• Bolivia’s Iconic Salar de Uyuni Salt Flats to Host New Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Amazon Moves Prime Day to June: What to Know About the (Now Earlier) Annual Shopping Event [29d]
• San Francisco International Film Festival Winners Include ‘Hot Water,’ ‘Figaro Up, Figaro Down’ – Film News in Brief [29d]
• ‘Dragon Striker’ Trailer: First Look at Disney’s Sports Fantasy Animated Series (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Colman Domingo to Receive Variety Creative Conscience Award at Frameline50 [29d]
• ‘Deli Boys’ Season 2 Trailer Promises Murder, Money, and Mayhem–But Funny [29d]
• Trump Claims Ted Turner Was ‘Devastated’ CNN Became ‘Woke,’ President Hopes Ellisons Can ‘Bring It Back to Its Former Credibility’ [29d]
• Scarlett Johansson Joins Ari Aster’s Next Film ‘Scapegoat’ at A24 [29d]
• ‘High Potential’ Season 3: Nora and Lilla Zuckerman Set as New Showrunners [29d]
• ‘Kung Fury’s’ David Sandberg, ‘Dead of Night’s’ Higton Brothers, Supercell Co-Founder Mikko Kodisoja Lead Immersive-First Slate at Finland’s Fireframe Studios (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Media CEO Pay 2025: How David Zaslav, Bob Iger, Ted Sarandos and Other Moguls Made Bank as Hollywood Struggled [29d]
• ‘Elle’ Teaser Trailer: ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Takes Elle Woods Back to High School [29d]
• ‘The Hunting Wives’ Shoots Its Shot in Comedy Emmy Races, Brittany Snow and Malin Åkerman Go Lead (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Hudson Williams, Yerin Ha and More on Variety and Gold House 8 APIs Up Next in Entertainment List [29d]
• ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Review: Dependable Action, Sludgy Story in an Old-School Mediocre Video-Game Bash [29d]
• ‘The Bear’ to End With Season 5; Final Season Sets June Premiere [29d]
• ‘Daredevil’ Boss on Matt’s Finale Reveal, the Defenders Reunion in Season 3 and When ‘Punisher: One Last Kill’ Takes Place [29d]
• John Singleton’s ‘Hood Trilogy’ Gets a Criterion Collection Release: Here’s Where to Buy the Box Set Online [29d]
• Telemundo, U.S. Soccer Extend Rights Deal Through 2030 [29d]
• Josh Johnson’s HBO Special Sets May Debut [29d]
• Jennifer Lopez to Receive Inaugural Adelante Award at LALIFF, Paulina Chávez to Be Honored With Next Gen Prize [29d]
• From ‘Call My Agent!’ to Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’: How Pierre-Antoine Capton Built Mediawan Into Europe’s Answer to Hollywood [29d]
• Brandi Carlile Set to Join Austin City Limits Hall of Fame, With Bonnie Raitt Inducting and Singing in Tribute, in ‘ACL’ Season Kickoff (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Ted Turner, TV Mogul and Philanthropist, Dies at 87 [29d]
• Pussy Riot Stage Protest Against Russian Pavilion at Venice Biennale Art Exhibition [29d]
• ‘Call of Duty’ Launches Military Appreciation Month Campaign With New In-Game Pack (Gaming News Roundup) [29d]
• BritBox’s ‘The Other Bennet Sister’ Is a Charming Continuation of ‘Pride and Prejudice’: TV Review [29d]
• Disney Plans to Stick With its Linear TV Channels, Operating Them as ‘Brands With Studios’ [29d]
• ‘Propeller One-Way Night Coach’ Trailer: John Travolta Directs a Feel-Good Family Film About a Cross Country Flight to Hollywood [29d]
• Range Media Partners’ Tanya Cohen Exits to Join Made by Us Studios as Co-CEO [29d]
• Edgar Ramirez, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Annabelle Wallis to Star in a Satirical Comedy ‘Oh, How Fun!’ Set on a Posh Greek Island (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Amazon MGM’s ‘Vengeance’ Hits No. 1 Across Prime Video Territories, Fueling Pablo Cruz’s Push for Mexican Genre at Scale [29d]
• Disney+ Will Become ‘Immersive, Interactive Digital Centerpiece’ of the Company, CEO Josh D’Amaro Says [29d]
• Jeff Bridges Narrated Documentary ‘In the Company of Wolves: An American Journey’ Acquired by Vision Films (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Anthony Mason on His New Interview Show, ‘Alchemy,’ and Going Deep With Paul Simon and Neil Diamond [29d]
• Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Recoups $5.75 Million Broadway Investment [29d]
• Cannes Classics Doc ‘Vittorio De Sica – Staging Life’ Acquired for World Sales by Italy’s Fandango (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• ‘The Fast and the Furious’ Set for Midnight Screening in Cannes [29d]
• ‘The Housekeeper’ First Look: Richard Eyre’s Daphne du Maurier-Inspired Romance Starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter and Caitríona Balfe Wraps Production (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Disney Revenue Rises 7% in Earnings Beat, Disney+ and Hulu Streaming Income Pops 88% to $582 Million [29d]
• ‘Squid Game’ Star Lee Byung-hun Boards Martial Arts Film ‘Nambeol’ [29d]
• Cannes Best Director Winner Miguel Gomes’ Long-Awaited War Drama ‘Savagery’ Brought to Market by Luxbox (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• ‘John Wick’-Style Belgian Thriller ‘Paradise’ Gets Cannes Market Sales Push With Blue Finch (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Mubi Acquires Lukas Dhont’s WWI-Set Cannes Competition Film ‘Coward’ for Multiple Territories [29d]
• Karlovy Vary Film Festival Expands KVIFF Industry Days, Its Program for Film Professionals [29d]
• Joan Chen Thriller ‘The Evil Inside’ Boarded by Vorteks for Sales Ahead of Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Nicholas Galitzine and Ella Purnell Thriller ‘The Return of Stanley Atwell’ Reveals First Look as Damian Lewis Joins Cast [29d]
• ‘Demon Hunters’ to Stream on JioHotstar, Prime Video in India Subcontinent Bow (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Kangana Ranaut Thriller ‘Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata’ Chronicles Hospital Workers Who Saved 400 Lives During Terror Attacks, Sets June Release (EXCLUSIVE) [29d]
• Asghar Farhadi, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Kore-eda Hirokazu and Cristian Mungiu in Competition as Sydney Film Festival Reveals Full Program With 19 Cannes Films [30d]
• Goldfinch International and Fablemill Launch Creative Economy Advisory Platform Targeting Global South (EXCLUSIVE) [30d]
• Olivia Colman, John Lithgow Film ‘Jimpa’ to Open India’s Kashish Pride Fest (EXCLUSIVE) [30d]
• ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Star Eugene Mirman on His Swift Recovery, as He Releases a Comedy Special a Month After His Fiery Car Crash [30d]
• David Letterman Slams CBS as ‘Lying Weasels’ for Canceling ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Due to a ‘Financial Decision’ [30d]
• Blake Lively Made No Money in Justin Baldoni Settlement, But Legal Fight Is Not Quite Over [30d]
• ‘Storage Wars’ Star Darrell Sheets’ Death Officially Ruled a Suicide, Cyberbullying Allegations Remain Under Investigation [30d]
• Love Is All Around: Quinta Brunson’s Mary Tyler Moore Visionary Award Closes a Sitcom Circle [30d]