The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Beaches’ Musical to Close on Broadway After Getting Zero Tony Nominations [15d]
• Warner Bros.’ Clockwork Closing In on Park Chan-Wook’s ‘The Brigands Of Rattlecreek,’ With Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal and Tang Wei [15d]
• ‘Masters of the Universe’ Star Nicholas Galitzine on Eating Whatever He Wanted to Lose His He-Man Body and Having a ‘Great Time’ Making ‘Red, White & Royal Wedding’ [15d]
• Andy Garcia’s Neo-Noir ‘Diamond’ Earns 7-Minute Ovation at Cannes [15d]
• Mya Discusses How Classic ’80s Funk Inspired New Album ‘Retrospect’ and Why Going Independent Changed Her Approach to Music [15d]
• ‘Forza Horizon 6’ Is Now Available for Xbox: Here’s Where to Buy the Racing Game Online [15d]
• Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano Fight Card Averages 12.4 Million Viewers on Netflix [15d]
• ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Season 2 Casts Francesca Scorsese [15d]
• Hayden Panettiere Says a ‘Well-Respected’ Oscar Winner Flashed His Testicles at Her When She Was 19 [15d]
• Tom Brady’s Production Company Launches Celebrity Trivia-Based YouTube Show ‘Chasers’ (EXCLUSIVE) [15d]
• ‘Survivor’ Boss Jeff Probst May Bring Back Celebs, Returning Players and Themed Seasons — But This Could Be the Last Live Finale [15d]
• Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’ Earns 6.5-Minute Standing Ovation at Cannes [15d]
• ‘Fallout’ Mounts Emmy Push for Season 2 With Aaron Moten Moving to Lead Among the 37 Submissions Across 25 Categories (EXCLUSIVE) [15d]
• Ari Emanuel, Mark Shapiro Are Acquiring Minority Stakes in NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders [15d]
• Kevin Hart Roast Hits 13.5 Million Viewers in One Week on Netflix, Down Slightly From Tom Brady Roast [15d]
• ‘Creed’ Spinoff Series ‘Delphi’ Sets Main Cast, Including Wood Harris, Demián Bichir, André Holland, Andre Royo [15d]
• Fox One’s Streaming Surprise: Sports Fans Appear to Stay for Fox News [15d]
• Harry Styles’ Tour Rep Responds to Fan Complaints About Poor Sightlines on ‘Together Together’ Tour: ‘Those Areas Are Being Reviewed Carefully and Adjusted Where Possible’ [15d]
• Last-Minute NBA Tickets: Here’s Where to Buy Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks Tickets Online [15d]
• ‘Bitter Christmas’ Review: Pedro Almodóvar’s Playful New Film Nests Stories Within Stories, and Alter Egos Within Alter Egos [15d]
• WME Signs Nicole Lapin, Money News Network [15d]
• Cannes Press Screening of Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’ Evacuated Due to Medical Emergency [15d]
• ‘Adventure Time: Side Quests’ Sets June Release Date (TV News Roundup) [15d]
• Disney Pulls Hulu Even Tighter Into Disney+ but Company Says ‘No Current Plans’ to Phase Out Hulu App [15d]
• ‘Modern Family’ Siblings Ariel Winter and Nolan Gould Are Now Roommates: ‘It’s Like Our Own Little Reboot’ [16d]
• ‘Survivor’ to Receive Legacy Award at Newport Beach TV Fest, Season 50 Cast to Appear [16d]
• ‘The Vampire Lestat’ Sets After-Show at AMC+ [16d]
• ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Trailer: Patina Miller Returns as Raquel ‘Raq’ Thomas for Fifth and Final Season [16d]
• ‘Minotaur,’ Scathing Look at Corruption and Infidelity in Putin’s Russia, Electrifies Cannes With 8-Minute Standing Ovation [16d]
• Paralympics Star Ali Truwit Documentary ‘Stronger Than You Think’ Distribution Rights Acquired by Sox Entertainment [16d]
• Billy Joel Biopic ‘Billy and Me’ in the Works From Director John Ottman (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• ‘Broken Sword’ Movie in the Works From Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Screenwriter, Story Kitchen (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• ‘Shrinking’ Visits ‘Sesame Street’ to Film Six Original Segments and Take Adorable Portraits (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Maddie Ziegler Signs With UTA (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Paul Schrader Had an ‘AI Girlfriend’ Who ‘Terminated Our Conversation’: ‘What a Disappointment’ [16d]
• Jonas Brothers Are Launching Their Own Weekly Podcast, With a Hotline Number for Fans to Call In and Ask Them Anything [16d]
• Multigenerational Love Story ‘Akashi’ Lands With Canoe Film at Cannes Film Market (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• LGBTQ Body Horror ‘Four Itchy Boys’ Trailer Terrifies With Bloody Scratching: ‘It’s a Story That Will Get Under Your Skin’ (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Jeff Foxworthy Readies Fox Nation Comedy Special [16d]
• ‘South Park’ Season 29 Sets Fall Premiere Date [16d]
• Shondaland’s Sandie Bailey, Director Paul Feig to Headline 2026 Women in Entertainment Summit (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• First 10 Minutes of ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Now Available on Fortnite [16d]
• Sarah Kinsley on How Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ Helped Inspire Her Latest EP, ‘Fleeting’ [16d]
• John Lithgow Play ‘Giant’ Recoups $5.6 Million Broadway Investment [16d]
• Rami Malek Says Being First Egyptian Oscar Winner for Best Actor Is ‘One of the Greatest Achievements’: ‘All Over the World People Relate to Feeling Like an Immigrant’ [16d]
• U.K.-Asian Romance ‘My Indian Boyfriend’ Taps Sushant Shekhar, Reveals Cast at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• ‘Iron Boy’ Review: A Gorgeously Hand-Painted Childhood Drama [16d]
• Kling AI Partners With Evolutionary Films on Animated Feature ‘Minibots,’ Unveils Filmmaker Initiative at Cannes Market [16d]
• Malala Joins Mariska Hargitay to Executive Produce the Tribeca-Bound Doc ‘The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony’ (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Review: An Efficient Adventure That Only Pretends to Be a Real ‘Star Wars’ Movie. Maybe That’s a Good Thing [16d]
• Kristen Stewart Subverts Cannes’ Strict Dress Code in Nike and Converse Sneakers [16d]
• Spotify Officially Bans AI-Generated Podcasts That Impersonate Someone Else, Adds Verification Badges for Podcasts [16d]
• Primetime and Breaking Through the Lens Partner to Widen Financing for Women and Non-Binary Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Adam Driver and James Gray on Sneaking Out of the ‘Paper Tiger’ Cannes Premiere and How Hollywood Abuses Artists: ‘The System Is Designed to Humiliate You’ [16d]
• ‘Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent’ Adds Luke Kirby to Season 4, Aden Young Exits Series [16d]
• Telly Awards: Variety, ‘South Park,’ Jimmy Kimmel and Al Jazeera English Among Gold Winners [16d]
• As Global Box Office Sluggishly Recovers, Asia Leads While Independent Cinemas Stand to Benefit From Changing Trends, CNC Study Finds [16d]
• ‘Unarmed Soldier,’ Biopic on Armless Cricketer Amir Hussain Lone, Lines Up India-Canada Co-Production at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Yukiko Sode on Cannes Un Certain Regard Title ‘All the Lovers in the Night’: ‘Two People on the Margins of the World’ [16d]
• Nicolas Winding Refn Breaks Down in Tears as He Recalls Dying for 25 Minutes Due to a ‘Leaking Heart’ and Coming Back to Life: ‘How Many People Get a Second Chance?’ [16d]
• AI-Created Vintage Adult Film Unveiled at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Ryu Seungryong, Han Hyojoo, Zo Insung and Go Younjung Return as Disney+ Begins Production on ‘Moving’ Season 2 [16d]
• Sebastian Stan Slams Donald Trump and Says What’s Going on in America Is ‘Not a Laughing Matter’: ‘We’re in a Really Bad Place’ [16d]
• Jour2Fête Takes French Distribution Rights to Period Dramedy ‘La Portraitiste’ (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Movistar Plus Appoints New Management Under CEO Alfonso Gómez Palacio [16d]
• Pop Up Film Residency Announces Eight Participants for 2026 Edition (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• ‘Baywatch’ Set to Make a Splash Across the Pond as Sky Snaps Up U.K. and Ireland Rights [16d]
• Konstantina Kotzamani’s Debut Feature ‘Titanic Ocean’ Weaves Greek Myth Into Mermaid School at Cannes Un Certain Regard [16d]
• Teodora Markova’s ‘The Inspector’s Debt’ Wins FFC Bulgaria, Film Forge Competition (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Brazil’s ‘I’m Still Here’ Oscar Nominee Fernanda Torres Joins Willem Dafoe in Barbara Paz’s Dystopian Pic, ‘Cuddle’ (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Brazilian Helmer Laís Santos Araújo Expands Berlinale-Winning Short ‘Infantaria’ Into Feature, Backed by Cannes Residency, CNC Grant [16d]
• ‘Low Expectations’ Review: Eivind Landsvik’s Tender, Joachim Trier-Adjacent Drama Wisely Suggests Embracing Stillness is Tougher Than It Looks [16d]
• France’s Lilith Films Boards Paulina García-Led Chilean Pic ‘A Woman Wants to Die’ at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• ‘Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building’ Deepens Mexican Bruno Santamaría Razo’s Exploration of Secrets, Memory and Childhood [16d]
• Indonesia Virtual Production Horror Film ‘Whispers of Fatimah’ Launches First Images at Cannes Film Market (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Kurosawa Kiyoshi on Cannes Title ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’: ‘Films Have the Potential to Transcend National Borders’ [16d]
• Pavan Moondi’s Canadian Indie Rom-Com ‘Middle Life’ Picked Up by Quiver, Set for Limited U.S. Release via Laemmle (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Venice Winner Anuparna Roy Sets Sophomore Feature ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’ (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Cannes 2026 Takeaways: Hollywood Stayed Home, AI Came Out of the Closet and ‘Club Kid’ Director Jordan Firstman Made a $17 Million Splash [16d]
• Locarno Winners Reunite for Jesse Ball Adaptation ‘Silence Once Begun’ (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Titles From the ‘1985’ Team and Oscar-Nominated Director of ‘Daens’ Feature on Screen Flanders’ New Slate, Its First 2026 Investment [16d]
• SkyShowtime Picks Up First Original Animated Series ‘Hidden Islands’ From Madeleine Bernadotte and Karini Gustafson-Teixeira (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• ‘Rent’ West End Revival: ‘Stranger Things’ Star Gaten Matarazzo to Play Mark Cohen [16d]
• RAI Cinema Scores Sales in Cannes on New Works by Mario Martone, Gianni Amelio, Irene Dionisio (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]
• Two-Time Oscar Nominee Andrey Zvyagintsev on Cannes Contender ‘Minotaur’ and Life After (Near) Death: ‘The Light Can Go Out at Any Second’ [16d]
• ‘South Park’ Creators Show Jimmy Kimmel How They Made Trump’s Tiny Penis [16d]
• Stephen Colbert Reveals NSFW Graphics and Cut Sketches in ‘Worst of the Late Show’ Episode [16d]
• Tiffany Haddish Gets Dramatic in Two Thrillers at the Cannes Market: ‘Audiences Are Desiring Real Storytelling’ [16d]
• ‘Words of Love’ Review: French Filmmaker Rudi Rosenberg Sensitively Captures the Chaos and Compassion of Family [16d]
• Jon Stewart Slams Donald Trump for Gaining ‘Nothing’ From Meeting With Xi Jinping: ‘All You Came Back With Was His Instagram?’ [16d]
• ‘Strawberries’ Review: Moroccan Women in Spain’s Agricultural Industry Are Exploited by a Callous System in a Potent but Flawed Drama [16d]
• Funko’s ‘Toy Story 5’ Collectibles Include Updated Looks on Main Characters, New Blind Box-Style ‘Mystery’ Packs [16d]
• Netflix Snaps Up Cannes Critics Week’s Animated Feature ‘In Waves’ (EXCLUSIVE) [16d]