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Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison Sends Letter to Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Making Case for Why Its Bid Is Better Than Netflix Deal: ‘I Am Passionate and Dedicated to This Pursuit’
David Ellison, the CEO of Paramount Skydance who has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, is u...
Prime Video's 'Fallout' Faces Nuclear Controversy for Not Crediting 'New Vegas' Creators
Fallout Season 2 uses major New Vegas characters and locations, but the original developers won’t be credited or comp...
IndieWire Craft Roundtables: Casting Directors of Some of 2025’s Top Films Talk About Their Unique Process
In celebration of the Academy's first year honoring casting with its own Oscar category, the casting directors behind...
‘I Want Your Sex’ First Look: Gregg Araki Explores a Generational Divide in Sexual Desire Through His Character’s Boundary-Pushing Romance
In his new BDSM dominatrix drama starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman, the “Mysterious Skin” director turns his a...
‘Ella McCay’ Review: James L. Brooks’ Latest Misfire Is Too Enamored With Its Characters to Recognize Their Flaws
Bill Clinton was elected governor at an impressively young 31. Sarah Huckabee Sanders achieved the same feat when she...
One of the Most Underrated Comedy Series of the Year Gets an Exciting December Release Update
Animal Control returns with its fourth season in a few weeks, much earlier than its initially scheduled January 2026 ...
21 Years Later, HBO's Controversial "Bro Culture" Series Resurfaces on Streaming Charts
HBO's 2004 satirical drama has been criticized over the years, but now it is seeing renewed interest on streaming cha...
Prime Video Decides the Fate of Its 'White Lotus' Replacement
Prime Video has decided the fate of Jesse Williams' White Lotus replacement, Hotel Costeria, after a single season. R...
‘Jay Kelly’ Composer Nicholas Britell on Using a Felt Piano and Analog Tape to Record the Film’s Score
Noah Baumbach knew he wanted the score to “Jay Kelly” to be a character in his latest movie. He wanted a fullness of ...
How to Win an International Feature Oscar
From "Sentimental Value" to "It Was Just an Accident," we parse the ins and outs of this year's Oscar campaigns.
Jeff Garcia, Voice of Sheen on ‘Jimmy Neutron,’ Dies at 50
Jeff Garcia, the voice actor best known for playing Sheen in the “Jimmy Neutron” franchise, died Wednesday, Variety h...
‘Franz’ Star Idan Weiss on Working With Helmer Agnieszka Holland: ‘It’s So Good That We Still Have Directors Who Are Really Political’
German actor Idan Weiss says one of the keys to his critically praised portrayal of Franz Kafka in Agnieszka Holland’...
‘Magic Tree House’ Animated Series in the Works With Spuree (EXCLUSIVE)
Magic Tree House, the beloved series of children’s books in circulation for three decades, has an animated series ada...
Idris Elba Talks ‘Dust to Dreams’ and Upcoming Feature ‘This Is How It Goes’ at Red Sea: ‘Directing Lets Me Flex Different Muscles’
Idris Elba opened his Red Sea Film Festival conversation with the screening of “Dust to Dreams,” a short film shot in...
Teyana Taylor to Receive Creative Impact in Breakthrough Performance Award From Variety at 2026 Palm Springs Film Festival
Variety will honor Golden Globe, Grammy Award and Critics Choice Award nominee Teyana Taylor at the 2026 Palm Springs...
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Already Has Fans Annoyed (And They Have A Point)
Fans have already noticed an obvious problem with the second season of Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender series, a...
Brandon Sanderson Reveals the 1 Tactic That Could Help George R.R. Martin Win Back Fans
Discover how Brandon Sanderson's transparent approach to fan engagement could help George R.R. Martin reconnect with ...
Adam Sandler's New Oscar Contender Is a Streaming Hit as Awards Season Ramps Up
Adam Sandler's Oscar contender with co-star George Clooney, Jay Kelly, is the third most-streamed movie on Netflix in...
Anthony Hopkins Recalls How He Approached the Role of ‘Intellectual Genius’ Hannibal Lecter, Wanting ‘to Play Him as a Machine’
Speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Anthony Hopkins explained how he approached the r...
These 10 Obscure Animated Shows Became Cult Classics
Although animated shows like Invader Zim and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack weren't as popular, they eventua...