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On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Brent Lang details the comprehensive report that he delivered with Rebecca Rubin on the summer box office rebound, and what Hollywood and exhibitors must do to keep it going. Lang, who is Variety‘s executive editor
The broadcasters will stream the address and break in if needed, with other networks still scrambling to determine their plans for the speech.
Not everyone gets a front-row seat to history. This weekend, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” arrives in theaters nationwide. The sprawling adaptation of Homer’s epic is the first-ever movie shot entirely on Imax film cameras. And over the past month, everyone from Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway to N
In November 2025, writer-director Josh Penn Soskin began production on his debut feature, “The Rooster Prince,” based on his relationship with his late brother, David, a renowned psychiatrist who suffered from bipolar disorder. He cast Shia LaBeouf to play Eli, the character based on his brother, al
Roughly 300 Netflix programs across the streamer’s library have used generative AI across their production process so far this year, the company revealed in its second-quarter earnings report on Thursday. Netflix told shareholders in a letter that the technology’s usage expands across every level of
Netflix is discontinuing its biannual viewership data dump in favor of one annual report beginning in 2027. The latest version of Netflix’s “What We Watched” report, which covered subscribers’ viewership habits from January-June 2026, was released Thursday along with the streamer’s latest quarterly
As investors fret that Netflix’s viewer-engagement metrics are flagging, the streaming giant reported earnings for the second quarter of 2026 that were in line with Wall Street forecasts. But it issued weaker-than-expected guidance for Q3, driving the stock price down. Netflix reported Q2 revenue of
'House of the Dragon' returns to the charts, and 'Widow's Bay' debuts the week of its season finale.
"Artists alone could not tackle the market manipulation of secondary resellers," Kahan said on Thursday, commending Massachusetts for taking action.
Paramount Skydance began to lay out its legal argument Thursday against an antitrust lawsuit brought by a dozen states, calling it “one of the weakest merger challenges in modern antitrust history.” Paramount’s lawyers filed an opposition to the states’ motion for a temporary restraining order, whic
The perfect pre-game movie for The Odyssey is streaming for free on YouTube – watch it before Christopher Nolan's epic arrives in the theaters.
Officials have no timeline for repairs as flooding closes multiple roadways, disrupts Metro bus lines and triggers a sinkhole collapse.
Syfy's 12 Monkeys turned a risky remake into one of the smartest, most satisfying time-travel shows of the 2010s.
With a stacked cast including Sinners star Jack O'Connell and a killer premise, Netflix's best Western is a 7-episode epic that feels like a movie.
Ahead of Season 3 and following reports of a new game in the works, Fallout is officially exploding into SDCC 2026.
X Games is partnering with Electronic Arts, the maker of interactive sports gaming favorites like “Madden NFL,” and Full Circle for its San Vansterdam takeover experience. Running July 21 through Aug. 25, the adrenaline-fueled X Games will transform skate.’s virtual stadium (which opened at the star
Vox Media Studios (VMS) has signed a multi-year first-look deal with 20th Television, Variety has learned exclusively. Under the deal, VMS and 20th TV will work together to produce scripted and unscripted TV series across all platforms with an emphasis developing shows based on the long-form reporti
EXCLUSIVE: Julius Avery, the Australian genre filmmaker behind titles like Overlord and The Pope’s Exorcist, is set to direct the snake-themed survival thriller for 20th Century Studios. This marks the first big development on the project since we broke the news last fall that 20th had snapped up th
With the release of the two-hour finale that concludes the hit Netflix series, creator Alice Oseman along with Kit Connor, Joe Locke and more of the show's stars reflect on a groundbreaking, decade-long journey and what it means to end their queer love story.