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HBO Max is officially retitling its second Harry Potter series ahead of their highly anticipated 2026 reboot, adding even more excitement.

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart often fields jokes about his height, and now he’s planning to shrink down the size of his original productions. Hart’s production company, Hartbeat, will make vertical originals for microdrama platform aTwist. A strategic partnership between Hartbeat and aTwist – the vertical v

The Santa Barbara Film Festival on Monday said that Emily Blunt will receive the 19th annual Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence in Film in December, ahead of the fest’s 2027 edition. The award benefits the festival’s year-round educational programs and will be bestowed December 10 at a gala at the Ri

A sequel to Paul Feig’s The Housemaid will hit the big screen in 2027. The film started coming together at the beginning of 2026 when it was greenlit by Lionsgate. Several faces both in front of and behind the camera in the first film will return to reprise their roles for the second, titled The […]

A new Miley Cyrus album – Bass Persuades – will be released on September 18, the singer announced on Instagram today along with two first-ever shows at the Hollywood Bowl. “Music takes hold of us,” writes the singer who apparently has dropped “Cyrus” and now goes by just Miley. “We feel it, sing it,

The director-producer duo Michelle Zhou and Chun Yu collectively incubated “Big Little Things,” a lesbian coming-out story inspired by a real-life family rift during a New Year holiday amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Harbin, a snowy city in northern China. Zhou notes that the film was selected for the

The Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen expansion is all about making the fantasy epic a more accessible experience, without losing that core depth.

Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera spoke candidly Tuesday about the political pressures surrounding this year’s edition, while making clear that the fest has no intention of shying away from controversy. Speaking to Variety at the press cocktail on the Lido ahead of the 83rd edit

Just as HBO prepares to enter a new era with its upcoming television reboot of Harry Potter, another wizardly series has confirmed its fate.

The Oscar and Golden Globe nominated actress will be feted at a black-tie fundraiser for SBIFF's year-round educational programs on Thursday, Dec. 10.

The late Tim Curry had dozens of iconic roles across his career, but one deserves more recognition for being completely unfiltered nightmare fuel.

Paramount believes California, New York and the other states challenging its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery should have to pony up a $1.88 billion bond to offset the “extraordinary losses” the July 13-filed antitrust case and trial will cost the home of Top Gun. A federal judge has s

Well before cameras rolled, the filmmakers had done 15 months worth of work thinking about its animated characters. Director Dave Green and key members of his team reveal how it all happened.

Himesh Patel speaks out about the backlash to Ryan Coogler's reboot of The X-Files, directly addressing casting complaints with a candid response.

SB 186 would exempt indie projects from business tax credit caps and allow film and TV production to monetize their refunds faster.

EXCLUSIVE: Manon and Margot Gage, the French-American duo who as a writer-director team go by the Gage Sisters, have announced their debut feature, the dark comedy-drama Necropol. Manon, a BAFTA nominee who appears in Peacock’s upcoming horror series Crystal Lake, is set to star opposite Fala Chen (

Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, the executive digital director of Variety and the publication’s resident horror enthusiast. Please drop me a line at wearl@variety.com if th

The official release date and a new trailer have been unveiled for Taylor Sheridan and Sylvester Stallone's hit Paramount+ series Tulsa King.

Tulsa King Season 4 officially premieres on October 16 on Paramount+, with Sylvester Stallone returning as Dwight Manfredi in the first teaser.

See a first look at Alex Ross’ Marvel Dimensions, where the Avengers face the perfectly matched 1st Strike in the ambitious new Marvel graphic novel.