The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna Helms a Middling, Meandering Migration Drama [20d]
• Our Lady J Says Revealing She’s Converted to Judaism Has Been a Lot ‘Harder Than Coming Out as Trans’ [20d]
• ‘The Batman: Part 2′: Matt Reeves Confirms Bryan Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Charles Dance and More Cast Additions [20d]
• Byron Allen on How He Plans to Use BuzzFeed to Create a ‘Premier Global Free Streaming Service,’ What It Means to Be Taking Over Colbert’s CBS Time Slot and Why He Wants to Buy Starz [21d]
• Byron Allen on How He Plans to Use BuzzFeed to Create a ‘Premier Global Free Streaming Service,’ What It Means to Be Taking Over Colbert’s CBS Time Slot and Why He Wants to Buy Starz [21d]
• Amazon Studios Accused of Blacklisting Vendor Who Refused to Pay Kickbacks [21d]
• Before Cable Was Cool: Ted Turner Was a Visionary Maverick and Gift to Journalists [21d]
• Asghar Farhadi Blows Kisses as French Drama ‘Parallel Tales,’ Starring Isabelle Huppert, Scores 5.5-Minute Cannes Ovation [21d]
• Nicki Minaj Reveals Why She Came Out as MAGA, Says Jay-Z Hurt Obama’s Legacy [21d]
• Verve Signs ‘CHIPS’ Creator Maddie Brewer (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Sarah Caplan, Longtime Television Producer, Dies at 73 [21d]
• Seth Rogen on Animated Alzheimer’s Movie ‘Tangles,’ Casting Madonna in ‘The Studio’ and Recreating the Venice Film Festival for Season 2: ‘It Is Crazy’ [21d]
• Keith Cox, Who First Brought Taylor Sheridan to Paramount, to Exit as Chief of MTV Entertainment Studios [21d]
• Music Industry Moves: Dawn Richard, Valerie June to Perform at Libera Indie Awards; Universal Music Expands Mental-Health Initiatives [21d]
• Florida Touts Regional Incentives, Locations and Top-Notch Crew to Lure Productions [21d]
• James Bond Auditions Have Officially Started, ‘Game of Thrones’ Casting Vet Nina Gold Tapped to Find Next 007 (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• ‘Fatherland’ Review: Thomas Mann and His Daughter Travel Across Germany in 1949 in Pawel Pawlikowski’s Meticulous Time Machine of a Drama [21d]
• Charter Adds Discovery+ to Select Spectrum TV Plans for No Additional Cost, Joining HBO Max in Cable Company’s Streaming Lineup [21d]
• LISTEN: Upfronts 2026: What We Learned From TV’s Biggest Platforms; Crafting the Music of ‘Heated Rivalry’ [21d]
• Try Guys Cooking Competition Series ‘Phoning It In’ Rounds Out Season 4 Judges (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Claudine Longet, Singer and Actor Who Shot Olympian Spider Sabich, Dies at 84 [21d]
• ‘Gabin’ Review: A French Farm Boy Grows Up, Both Fast and Slow, in a Marvelous Cannes Discovery [21d]
• ‘Tangles’ Review: Striking Animation Honors an Artist’s Heartbreaking Account of Losing Her Mother to Alzheimer’s [21d]
• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Developing Film Adaptation of Afghan War Memoir ‘Now Way Out’ for Netflix [21d]
• Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick’s ‘Family Movie’ to Open 2026 Bentonville Film Festival, ‘Little House on the Prairie’ to Close [21d]
• TV Drama Writers Detail Difficulties of Ending a Hit Show, How Much to Plan Ahead and Becoming ‘Emotion Dealers’ for Audiences [21d]
• Sandra Hüller Soaks Up 5-Minute Standing Ovation for ‘Fatherland’ as Oscar Race Starts Early in Cannes [21d]
• Dua Lipa Announces ‘Dua Lipa (Live From Mexico)’ Concert Film and Live Album [21d]
• The 25 Best Drake Songs of All Time [21d]
• ‘Lost Women of Alaska’ Team on Spotlighting the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis: The Community ‘Has Been Through a Lot’ and ‘Hasn’t Been Heard’ [21d]
• First Look at Supernatural Thriller ‘Hide and Don’t Speak’ Features Star Momona Tamada [21d]
• Eight Directors, Five Countries, Four Films: Inside KawanKawan Media’s ‘Next Step Studio Indonesia’ at Cannes [21d]
• Kamala Avila-Salmon’s Kas Kas Productions Reveals Initial Development Slate, Including Sci-Fi Series Starring Rainn Wilson (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Chile Surges at Cannes With a Milestone Presence, Driven by Fast Emerging Key Production Players [21d]
• Cannes: ‘La Frappe’ Set to Premiere in Critics Week with Charades on Board as Sales Agent (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Bill Lawrence to Be Honored As Project Healthy Minds Storyteller of the Year (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• 10 Chilean Standouts at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival [21d]
• Nithya Raman Is Hollywood’s Choice for L.A. Mayor — But Will It Matter? [21d]
• ‘Obsession’ Review: Clever, Creepy Indie Horror Applies an Old-School Monkey’s Paw Device to Modern Relationships [21d]
• Claire Danes to Be Honored at Gotham Television Awards (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• ‘CoComelon’ Movie Sets SZA, Nicholas Hoult, Sarah Sherman to Lead Voice Cast [21d]
• Jodie Comer to Star in HBO Limited Series ‘The Chain’ From Damon Lindelof [21d]
• ‘Rooster’ Is HBO’s Biggest Comedy Launch Since ‘Hung’ and ‘Sex and the City,’ Averaging 6.5 Million Viewers [21d]
• Taylor Swift’s ‘1989,’ Beyoncé’s ‘Single Ladies’ and Records From Ray Charles, the Go-Go’s, Byrds, Weezer, Reba and More Inducted Into National Recording Registry [21d]
• Graydon Carter and Harrison Vail Launch Par Avion Pictures, Set Film and Series Slate (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Miley Cyrus, Jisoo, Sabrina Carpenter, Al Pacino and More Photos from the Dior Cruise Show in Los Angeles [21d]
• All 13 Seasons of BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ Revival to Stream Exclusively on AMC+ in U.S. [21d]
• Jordana Brewster on Bringing ‘Fast & Furious’ to Cannes for Its 25th Anniversary and Honoring Paul Walker With ‘Fast Forever’: ‘We’ve All Got Each Other’s Backs, No Matter What’ [21d]
• ‘Monkey Quest’ and a New Anime Frontier: How Toei Animation Is Rewriting Its Global Playbook [21d]
• ‘PAW Patrol,’ ‘Rubble & Crew’ Renewed for Two Additional Seasons Each at Nickelodeon [21d]
• BET Studios Partners with Microseries Company aTwist to Develop Original Content Rooted in Black Culture (TV News Roundup) [21d]
• Megumi on ‘Fujiko,’ Japan’s Cannes Moment and Being Actor-Producer [21d]
• Sony Pictures’ Sanford Panitch Puts Japan at Center of Theatrical Argument at Cannes Film Market: ‘True Global IP Has Never Been Created by a Streaming Service’ [21d]
• Nishikawa Miwa’s War Orphan Drama ‘Children Untold’ Boards Intramovies for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• ‘The Meltdown’ Review: A Missing-Girl Mystery Becomes a Political Allegory as Remote as its Andean Setting [21d]
• Noomi Rapace, Maryam Touzani to Star in Nabil Ayouch’s Psychological Thriller ‘Run, With No Tears’ as Films Boutique Boards Sales (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Pete Townshend’s Music Catalog and Other Rights Acquired by Primary Wave Music in Nine-Figure Deal [21d]
• ‘The Match’ Review: An Exciting, Accessible Documentary About Soccer and War [21d]
• Steven Soderbergh’s ‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ Launches Sales in Cannes With 193 (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Can You Trademark Yourself? Inside Matthew McConaughey’s Novel Legal Strategy to Fight AI Theft [21d]
• Will Smith to Star in Action Thriller ‘Supermax,’ Amazon MGM Lands Rights in $70 Million Streaming Deal [21d]
• Hannah Einbinder Says Hollywood Blacklist Fears Won’t Stop Her From Saying ‘Free Palestine’ as She Champions Melissa Barrera, Javier Bardem and More: ‘The Cost of Not Speaking Is Higher’ [21d]
• Gap Inc. Hires Another Ex-Paramount Exec in Push to Expand Fashion Brands to TV, Film and More [21d]
• Pascal Plante’s ‘King’s Daughters,’ Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Boarded by WTFilms (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• ‘The Witcher’s’ Freya Allan, ‘Money Heist’s’ María Pedraza to Star in Road Movie ‘Europa’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Paul McCartney Says ‘Republicans and Democrats Are at Each Other’s Throats’ in ‘Trump’s America’ but Not When He Plays ‘Hey Jude’: ‘Suddenly They Forget’ About Politics [21d]
• ‘Viva’ Review: A Breast Cancer Survivor Runs From a Potential Recurrence by Embracing Life [21d]
• Versant Q1 Sees Profit Slip On Revenue Dip, Corporate Costs; Non-TV Operations Show Strength [21d]
• Aina Clotet Talks Portraying an Older Coming-of-Age in Critics’ Week Title ‘Viva’: ‘We Are Still Missing So Many Stories About Women’ [21d]
• Catalonia Consolidates as Go-To Production Partner [21d]
• Peter Jackson Says Stephen Colbert Pitched His ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie Before CBS Canceled ‘The Late Show’ and They’ve Already Spent One Year Working on It [21d]
• Upcoming Films From Catalonia Include Auteurs, Dance and Stop-Motion Animation [21d]
• Michelle Yeoh to EP ‘Nak Muay’ as U.K. Global Screen Fund Backs Disruptive Element Films’ Thailand Slate (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Clio Barnard’s ‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’ Unveils First Clip Ahead of Cannes Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Sundance Winner ‘Hive’ Director Blerta Basholli Releases Her Second Feature ‘Dua’ in Cannes’ Critics’ Week [21d]
• MoreThan Films Sells ‘Balearic’ to Cineverse for Fandor in North America (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Lightcraft’s Upcoming Animated Feature ‘Wonderland’ Expanding Into TV With Louis Serkis Leading Voice Cast (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• COL Group Names CMO and Senior International Hires to Drive FlareFlow’s Vertical 2.0 Strategy [21d]
• Isabella Rossellini to Be Honored With Locarno Film Festival Excellence Award [21d]
• ‘Conclave’ Producer Michael Jackman Joins ‘Mansour’ as France TV Distribution Launches ‘Ducks’ at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Biopic on Armless Cricketer Amir Hussain Lone Unveiled at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• With Netflix’s ‘Nemesis’, ‘Power’ Creator Courtney A. Kemp Delivers Tantalizing Television: TV Review [21d]
• ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff ‘Dutton Ranch’ Cuts and Pastes the Taylor Sheridan Tentpole Into Texas: TV Review [21d]
• ‘Matilda the Musical’ Star Alisha Weir to Lead Coming-of-Age Comedy Feature ‘Underdogs’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Globo Filmes Unveils Glauber Rocha Bio, Advances on Oscar-Nominated Fernanda Torres’ Next (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Eddie Peng and Ewan Mitchell to Lead Action Feature ‘The Healer,’ Highland Film Group Launching in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Justin Long and Iris Apatow Circling Killer Bee Survival Thriller ‘Stung’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• African Duo Makes History in Cannes With Un Certain Regard Premieres ‘Congo Boy,’ ‘Ben’Imana’ [21d]
• ‘The Conjuring’ Writers Join Night Market Studios as Executive Producers on Asian Genre Slate (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Pallavi Sharda Leads French-Indian Co-Production ‘Stay’ From ‘Sir’ Director Rohena Gera (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Jackie Chan to Film ‘Armour of God IV: Ultimatum’ in Kazakhstan (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Hiam Abbas, Hend Sabry Set for Lebanese Social Comedy ‘Your Turn, 203’ Set in Battered Beirut Where Shooting Will Start if Ceasefire Holds (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Italy’s I Wonder Pictures Ramps Up Production With New Works by Radu Jude and Gábor Reisz (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• ‘Dragon Ball Z’ Rep Yasuo Matsuo, Jun Matsuo and Frankie Seratch Launch IP Bay to Bring Japanese Authors to Western Screens (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Catalan’s Cannes Bounty Ranges From Dramas to Animation to Crowd-Pleasing Comedies [21d]
• ‘Nagi Notes’ Director Koji Fukada Reunites With MK2 Films on Manga Adaptation ‘Roca’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• Madonna, Shakira and BTS to Co-Headline FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show [21d]
• Diego Luna on Directing ‘Ashes,’ His Fears About the Future of Movies and the Prejudice Immigrants Face: ‘It’s Based on Ignorance and Selfishness’ [21d]
• ‘Fallen Leaves’ Lead Jussi Vatanen and ‘Compartment No. 6’ Star Seidi Haarla to Topline in Satire ‘Arrogance’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
• How Bill Condon and Laura Bickford Tell the Story of Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ in Musical ’The Road Home’ Starring Cynthia Erivo [21d]