If Hollywood Is Dying, Why Are L.A.’s Cinemas Roaring Back?
As the box office surges, the city's movie houses — from the Alex to the Cinerama Dome — are rising from the ashes.
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As the box office surges, the city's movie houses — from the Alex to the Cinerama Dome — are rising from the ashes.
Emilia Jones has been cast in a lead role in the upcoming Netflix limited series “The Retrievals,” Variety has learned. The series, which is based on the New York Times and Serial Productions podcast of the same name, was originally announced in May. The logline states that the show “follows an unli
Made for $2 million in a regional Chinese language with a cast of unknowns, Lan Hongchun's heartwarming family drama became the year's third-biggest release in China.
Filmmaker John Carpenter and actors Colman Domingo and Charlize Theron have been named as this year’s honorees of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ annual fundraising gala in October. The gala, co-chaired by Robert Rodriguez, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, is set for October 17. Theron will
EXCLUSIVE: Traces of Home, the award-winning documentary debut of filmmaker Colette Ghunim, has set its U.S. theatrical release. The film from Watermelon Pictures, executive produced by Melissa Barrera and John Leguizamo, will open September 18 at Angelika Film Center in New York City (a special pre
Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning star in the legal thriller.
It's the latest project acquired by the studio's new fast-moving genre label.
After being officially delayed, Tomb Raider Catalyst just got a major release date update from the Embracer Group, the owner of the franchise’s IP.
Meta’s Instagram proudly launched a new logo Thursday — its first update in a decade — and the trolling has already begun. “The wordmark at the top of the app hasn’t changed in 10 years, so it was time for a refresh,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote in a post on the platform. “Cleaner and […]
Samuel L. Jackson's Mace Windu officially returns to Star Wars with a new release confirmed to launch before the end of 2026.
The End of Oak Street director David Robert Mitchell and producer J.J. Abrams share some of the more surprising influences for their new dinosaur adventure, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor.
Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is returning this November for four new comics, Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus: Die With Honor.
Kaley Cuoco's new HBO show, How To Survive Without Me, appears poised for a series pickup following positive reactions from the studio.
Paramount+ legal drama Discretion is expanding its cast as production gets underway. Stephan James (I Play Rocky, If Beale Street Could Talk) and Colton Ryan (The Girl From Plainville) will join Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning and Josh Lucas as series regulars in the upcomng series from Chandler Baker a
Amy Sedaris, the comedic multi-hyphenate behind truTV’s Emmy-nominated At Home with Amy Sedaris, is set to star alongside Ben Stiller and Benicio Del Toro in Protective Custody, the Apple TV comedy series that we scooped in May. No word yet on Sedaris’ role. Hailing from Mike Judge, Steve Hely and D
Shannon Elizabeth is no stranger to breaking the internet. Following the release of 1999’s “American Pie,” the cumming-of-age film that launched Elizabeth to stardom (and sex symbol status), she decided she needed a website. “I think I was one of the first actors to have one,” she recalls to Variety
Vishal Mishra keeps coming back to one word: honest. Ask him about competing with streaming playlists, about his string of Bollywood hits, about writing a love song for a film soaked in violence, and the composer-singer circles back to the same idea: the music has to be true to the moment it was bor
EXCLUSIVE: Samsung TV Plus is renewing original series Hooligans: The ARCH Racing Project with Keanu Reeves & Gard Hollinger for a second season. The docuseries stars Reeves and Hollinger, who are also executive producers. The renewal news comes ahead of Sunday’s finale of the six-episode first seas
From Miloš Forman's work on Amadeus to Oliver Stone helming Platoon, we've ranked every Best Director Oscar winner of the 1980s decade.