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Xbox Game Studios Boss on Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Call of Duty’ Movie, Launching ‘South of Midnight’ for PS5 and Switch 2, and Big Plans for Dev Direct in January (EXCLUSIVE)
Microsoft’s Xbox is heading into The Game Awards Thursday with 10 nominations and major promotional plans for the sec...
How a ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Animated Short Tackles the Rise of AI
Director Kent Seki spoke to IndieWire about making his directorial debut with the short "Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New...
Oscar Predictions: Original Song — ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Seeks ‘Golden’ Moment With ‘Sinners’ and Diane Warren Close Behind
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the...
How Composer Max Richter Used Elizabethan-Era Instruments and a Women’s Choir to Shape ‘Hamnet’s’ Emotional Tone
Composer Max Richter turned to Elizabethan-era instruments and a women’s choir to help find “Hamnet’s” emotional tone...
‘Troll 2’ review: Mythological Monsters Return in a Slick If Unsurprising Sequel to Global Netflix Hit
After putting a neat Norwegian spin on slasher horror (“Cold Prey”) and 1970s-style disaster thriller (“The Wave”), R...
‘Dust Bunny’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Is a Reluctant Hero in Morbidly Fantastical Shoot-’em-Up
Terrified of a seemingly imaginary creature under her bed, yet unfazed when street rats crawl around her while she hi...
Blake Lively Wasn’t Only High-Profile Smear Campaign By Baldoni Crisis PR, Alleges Jonesworks PR Firm Boss; Overlaps With Taylor Swift Attack, Astroturfing Study Finds
What may or may not have transpired between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni during production of It Ends With Us has ...
Why the Rankin/Bass Specials Are the Very Best Kind of Christmas Magic
IndieWire reached out to a number of current animators about the eternal appeal of the Rankin/Bass stop motion and an...
Oscars 2026 Nominations: Predictions & Odds For Every Category
Academy Award predictions. The post Oscars 2026 Nominations: Predictions & Odds For Every Category appeared first on ...
In Oscar Contender ‘Where The Light Enters You,’ A Young Woman’s Loss Inspires A Mission To Help Others
The Oscar-contending short documentary Where the Light Enters You begins with a chaotic scene at a hospital in India,...
Film Adaptation Of Dr. Ronald Mallett Memoir ‘Time Traveler’ In Works From Wild Nest Pictures & Jagman Productions
EXCLUSIVE: A big-screen adaptation of Dr. Ronald Mallett’s memoir “Time Traveler: A Scientist’s Personal Mission to M...
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Costume Designer on Puppet Fittings and Easter Eggs: ‘I Wanted Her to Echo the Marionette’
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points for “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2,” currently playing in theaters....
‘Europe’s New Faces’ Review: An Intimate if Scattered Portrait of Displacement Reframes the Immigration Narrative
“Europe’s New Faces” presents an experience that headlines have termed the “European migrant crisis” in a novel way. ...
David Del Rio Reinterviewed By CBS Studios Over Alleged Sexual Assault That Led To ‘Matlock’ Exit
Former Matlock series regular David Del Rio has been questioned again about the alleged Sept. 26 sexual assault incid...
James Gunn & DCU Director Explain How Supergirl Is an ‘Anti-Hero Story’
James Gunn and director Craig Gillespie recently opened up about the upcoming Supergirl, and how they believe it’s th...
‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ & ‘I Love LA’ Both Clock Best Audiences So Far As Freshman Seasons Near Their End
IT: Welcome to Derry is back on an upswing ahead of the season finale, with 5.8M U.S. cross-platform viewers tuning i...
Cherien Dabis Receives Variety International Vanguard Director Award at Red Sea Film Festival
Palestinian American writer-director-actor Cherien Dabis received the Variety International Vanguard Director Award a...
Sugar23 Reorganizes Amid Evolution Into Next-Generation Branded Entertainment Studio, Six Managers Expected To Depart
EXCLUSIVE: Sugar23, the management and production company founded by Michael Sugar, on Thursday announced a comprehen...
How Often Do Hostile Takeovers Actually Work? Paramount’s Bid to Land Warner Bros. May Face Uphill Battle
Paramount Skydance has announced plans to lay siege to Warner Bros. Discovery in a high boardroom drama that feels li...
‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Hits 5.8 Million Viewers and ‘I Love L.A.’ Reaches 1 Million, Two Series Highs for HBO
On Sunday, HBO aired the seventh episode of “It: Welcome to Derry” and the sixth episode of “I Love L.A.” to great re...