Adam Scott, whose horror credentials include “Little Evil,” “Krampus” and “Piranha 3D” — and go all the way back to 1996’s “Hellraiser: Bloodline” — is returning to the genre. The “Severance” star will lead the cast of supernatural horror “Hokum,” set to shoot on location in Ireland later this month, Variety can reveal. The film […]
Guy Pearce was in a celebratory mood at an afterparty for the 2010 Academy Awards, having appeared in that year’s best picture winner, “The Hurt Locker.” He was chatting with Cameron Diaz when a plate of mini hamburgers passed by, and they decided to have some fun. “Cameron pretended to sort of bite my burger […]
MK2 Films (“Anatomy of a Fall”) is reteaming with Carla Simón, the Spanish filmmaker of the Berlinale Golden Bear-winning film “Alcarràs,” on her follow up film, “Romería.” Simón’s third feature, “Romería” is part of a trilogy exploring family and sees Simón draw from her own life, this time exploring a pivotal moment from her late […]
Jean Reno is attached to headline the action-thriller “The Butler,” directed by Tom Edmunds (“Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back”). The stylish period film will deliver a fresh twist on the revenge thriller genre, combining high-octane action with upstairs/downstairs family drama. Additional casting will be announced shortly. Daniel Baur’s K5 Intl., whose recent […]
From up-and-coming creators of all mediums to actors and writers, Variety has announced its 2025 list of 10 Brits to Watch. This year’s honorees will be celebrated at the Newport Beach Film Festival U.K. Honours on Feb. 12 at the Raffles London at the OWO.Read Morefrom Film
AMC Theatres is hiking the price of Stubs A-List, the cinema chain’s monthly movie subscription membership. But film fanatics are getting a greater value for their money, too. They’ll receive an additional weekly reservation, allowing them to see up to four movies instead of the current allotment of three per week. Starting on May 7, […]
As production designer Stephan Olson told IndieWire, “The house changes with these new characters in it.”
Tim Kappel and Loren Wells of Wells Kappel LLP were the attorneys behind a recent copyright-termination lawsuit that saw songwriter Cyril Vetter re-acquire the global rights to a hit song he’d unknowingly signed away — for one dollar — in his youth. Variety welcomes responsible commentary, send submissions to [email protected]. One afternoon in the summer of […]
Instacart’s Super Bowl commercial gets by with a little help from some friends. To stand out during Fox’s February 9 telecast of Super Bowl LIX, executives from the delivery service reached out to some of the nation’s biggest consumer-products companies, all of which happen to depend on Instacart to get everything from deodorant to frozen […]
