Headlines from the trades, linked to the films and people they cover.
Amazon MGM Studios has taken worldwide rights to Throttled, a feature adaptation of Lauren Asher’s motorsport racing romance novel, to star Josh Heuston…
Chris Rock isn’t exactly who you remember him to be. He likes to take his time. “What am I trying to say?” he asks himself repeatedly in conversation, pausing…
Scott Tinkham and Michael Woloson’s indie feature “Littermates” is headed to the big screen. The comic dystopian feature is set to open at over 30 Alamo…
Altman2 Entertainment, Vital Signs Entertainment and Galaxie Productions have released the trailer for “The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed…
Grammy-winning artist FKA Twigs has begun principal photography as the legendary entertainer and activist Josephine Baker. Production on “Josephine Baker” has…
India’s Gubbara Entertainment is launching a distribution arm, timed to the world premiere of its short film “Termite” at the Toronto Film Festival and a…
Toho and Gkids have released a new trailer and cast additions for “Godzilla Minus Zero,” the sequel to Yamazaki Takashi’s Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One.”…
Stephen Graham has officially joined the cast of Michael Mann’s long-awaited sequel “Heat 2,” Variety can confirm. If other reported deals close, the…
David Jonsson, recently unveiled as Marvel’s next Black Panther, is set to lead to voice cast of upcoming animated family feature “Bollywoof” alongside Oscar…
June Squibb (Eleanor the Great), Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2: Judgement Day), Jayne Eastwood (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and Caroline Aaron (Bookends) are all…
WestEnd Films has boarded world sales on James Erskine’s “Lauda,” a feature documentary about three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda. WestEnd will…
Oscar nominee June Squibb (“Eleanor the Great,” “Thelma”), Linda Hamilton (“Terminator 2: Judgment Day”), Jayne Eastwood (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) and…
A-list couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem touched down at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday for the competition world premiere of Oscar-winning French…
Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem have proven that they aren’t afraid to speak out about politics, with the power couple being especially vocal about their…
Brad Pitt is in the doghouse. In a new video ad spot for the De’Longhi Magnifica Duo espresso maker, the Oscar winner is roommates with and talks to a pack of…
The inaugural TIFF Market is bringing hundreds of buyers up north for the first time in years, but could it slow sales for festival titles or result in more…
Venice: Guadagnino's epic chronicle of his filmmaking idol wends and wades its way through Bertolucci's complicated career — but where the hell is "The…
The Zurich Film Festival will honor John Turturro with the Golden Eye Award at the 22nd edition, which runs from Sept. 24 to Oct. 4. Turturro will receive the…
Casey Affleck‘s Venice Film Festival Competition drama Company is launching on the Lido today. Affleck was flanked at the film’s press…
What makes "Musk" such a lacerating and important watch, grounded in Alex Gibney’s supremely insightful but user-friendly mastery of the form, is that it takes…
