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‘Order of the Sinking Star’ Puzzle Adventure Game From Jonathan Blow, Arc Games Set for 2026 Launch
Ten years in the making, puzzle adventure game “Order of the Sinking Star” is set for a 2026 release on PC from Jonat...
New Star Wars Video Game ‘Fate of the Old Republic’ Set From Lucasfilm, ‘Mass Effect’ Director
A new Star Wars video game, “Fate of the Old Republic,” was announced Thursday during The Game Awards. The game will ...
The Game Awards 2025 Winners List (Updating Live)
The 2025 edition of The Game Awards kicked off Thursday night at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Up for ...
The Game Awards 2025 Winners List (Updating Live)
The 2025 edition of The Game Awards kicked off Thursday night at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Up for ...
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...
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Selects 10 Student Filmmakers as Prize Finalists- Film News in Brief
Ten finalists have been selected for the 2025 Sloan Student Prizes from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s nationwide f...
‘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...
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...
‘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. ...
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...
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...
‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Review: Slay Bells Ring Anew for an Under-the-Radar Franchise’s Return
The ranks of Christmas-themed horror movies swell further every year, digested with relish by genre fans and cheerful...
Disney’s OpenAI Deal ‘Appears to Sanction’ AI Company’s ‘Theft of Our Work,’ WGA Says
The Writers Guild of America said Disney’s huge licensing deal with OpenAI appears to “sanction” the AI company’s “th...
Watch How the Production Design of ‘Bugonia’ Goes from Working Class Realism to Outer Space Fantasy
Production designer James Price and director Yorgos Lanthimos talk about reteaming after "Poor Things" to build the h...