Everything on the wire from Variety (US).
Hollywood is bracing for a weekend of disruptions after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights in the United States on Friday, throwing travel plans into question for talent, executives and buyers headed to and from Los Angeles and New York for one of the busiest stretches on the…
When Channing Tatum returns as Gambit in “Avengers: Doomsday,” he will be a “fully-rounded character” and not just a supporting player used for non-stop laughs and cool action scenes. That was mostly Gambit’s purpose during his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in 2024’s “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Fans…
The finale of “VisionQuest” reached 3.7 million views in one days. Measured by Disney, that total puts the episode above the finale of every other Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series in the last three years, since Season 2 of “Loki” in 2023. The other MCU series released since then include Seasons…
Sundance Institute will honor Jesse Eisenberg, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Beth de Araújo and Dawn Porter at its annual fundraiser, Celebrating Sundance Institute: The Boulder Debut, on Jan. 22. Recognizing an artist’s contributions to independent film, Eisenberg will receive the Sundance Institute…
“Two and a Half Men” is set to hit free streaming for the first time. The show is among five series from Warner Bros. TV set to will premiere on Pluto TV later this month under an output pact with new Skydance sibling Warner Bros. TV. Also coming to Pluto TV are “Veronica Mars,” “The […]
TV comedy vet Michael Schur (“Parks and Recreation,” “The Good Place”) is worried about the state of the sitcom. As he prepares to launch his latest series, Peacock’s “Dig,” he’s concerned about the industry’s focus on “completion rates.” “That’s part of this new kind of ‘tech bro’ ethos that has…
A lot changed after Steven Spielberg released “Jaws” in 1975. Widely considered as the first summer blockbuster, the film revolutionized how Hollywood distributed its big-budget spectacles. But, as Bruce Springsteen laments, the iconic shark thriller killed one of America’s favorite pastimes…
Billy Evans says he wasn’t fully on board with the plan to show, well, everything, in the hit documentary “You Can See Everything.” Elizabeth Holmes’ partner is shown fully nude in the shower in Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s buzzy film that shows the Theranos founder and her family in the…
Grammy-winning artist and producer Diplo and former Downtown Music CEO Andrew Bergman have joined forces to launch Bison Music, an independent music publisher. Bergman will serve as CEO, alongside COO Tom Lee, CCO Juba Lee and General Manager Jenny Ilibassi. (Pictured above, L-R: Tom Lee, Bergman…
Johnnie Burn, the Oscar-winning sound designer behind “Hamnet” and “The Zone of Interest,” found Daniel Roher’s “Tuner” to be one of his most personal projects to date. In the film, Leo Woodall plays Niki, an expert piano tuner with acutely sensitive hearing that is sometimes debilitating — in…