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Multi-prized Mexican filmmaker Isaac Ezban (“The Incident,” “The Similars,” “Párvulos”) is in advanced development on his sixth and “most personal project yet,” a time-travel, sci-fi road movie. The project is one of 34 works presented at this year’s Frontières International Co-P

California and 11 other states have filed for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to prevent the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal from closing while the states pursue an antitrust lawsuit. In a motion filed on Monday evening, the states asked a federal judge to

“My So-Called Life” creator and “Wicked” writer Winnie Holzman has been tapped to receive Humanitas’s Kieser Award, while writer/comedian Ashley Nicole Black has been named host of this year’s Humanitas Prizes Award Show & Toast, the org announced Monday. Also on Monday, Humanita

Freddy Krueger is ready for another close up. Paramount has closed a deal for the U.S. rights to adapt the original screenplay for “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” under its new genre label Paramount Primal. Domestic rights are being licensed from the Wes Craven estate, which include

In “Moana,” the Polynesian heroine sings about the gravitational pull she feels to return to the water. Disney, the studio behind the live-action remake of the 2016 animated musical, might have been wise to ignore the impulse to go back to the sea … at least so soon. Arriving a d

Fresh off her Emmy nomination for the second season of “Beef,” Carey Mulligan has joined the cast of Focus Features’ “The Bell Jar.” The project will mark the film acting debut of global pop star Billie Eilish. While the studio has not formally announced the project, sources told

Netflix and DreamWorks Animation veteran Shannon Olivas has joined Fox Corp.’s ad-supported streaming giant Tubi has head of communications and publicity. Olivas will lead communications strategy for Fox Tubi for consumer, advertiser, product, entertainment-related PR as well as

Director Nick Taylor spent years admiring the work of special effects artist Steve Johnson in a way that went beyond basic curiosity. “He was someone who had a very special place in my heart, because I grew up as a lonely misfit horror fan,” Taylor says. “I didn’t have a lot of f

Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” has received two Daytime Emmy nominations this year, both in the outstanding arts and popular culture program category. That includes a nod for series’ spring 2025 run, which was geared toward the TV awards season and ran on PBS SoCal as “Variety Stud

Disney is set to launch and premiere its first creator event, Created in L.A. The company is teaming up with creator, entrepreneur and media personality Jon Youshaei to launch Created in L.A., the premiere creator event for the next generation of storytellers. Created in LA, is d

“Gone With the Wind” is getting a 4K upgrade. The 1939 Hollywood epic will be released digitally in 4K Ultra HD and on 4K UHD Blu-ray on Nov. 3, marking the film’s first availability in the high-resolution format. The newly remastered edition will feature upgraded picture and sou

“Jurassic Park” star Sam Neill had been “pretty sick” for a couple of weeks before his death, according to his ex, Australian journalist Laura Tingle. Tingle, who dated Neill from 2018 to 2021, was a guest on the radio show “Sydney Mornings” on Tuesday and gave more insight into

Bleecker Street has set release dates for its fall awards slate, the largest roster of films the indie distributor has ever put forward in a single year, revealing the lineup exclusively to Variety. Among the titles are Alex Gibney’s “Musk,” the anticipated documentary examining