“Transformers One” director Josh Cooley wanted an end credits song that captured the tone of his new animated feature. He had already enlisted composer Brian Tyler to compose the film’s score, and as they were putting the finishing touches together, Tyler was simultaneously juggling other projects and on the cusp of releasing his new immersive audio-visual […]

Makeup artist Mike Marino warned Sebastian Stan that transforming him for his latest role in A24’s “A Different Man” would require much more from the actor than just wearing a mask. It would be a transformation that would require him to live in the character’s shoes. In the film, which opened Friday, Stan plays Edward, […]

David Korins, the scenic designer behind “Hamilton,” “Beetlejuice” and “Dear Evan Hansen,” is headed to Tucson, Ariz., with a new exhibition titled “Stages of Imagination: The Iconic Broadway Designs of David Korins.” The exhibition, which opens this weekend at the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, will run through May 31, 2025, and invites visitors […]

UTA has signed Blackmagic Design, the digital film tech company behind video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors and more for broad representation. Founded by top post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore and Australia. Blackmagic Design (BMD) creates video editing products, digital film cameras, color […]

Beginning in 2025, the Sun Valley Film Festival will shift from March to December. The move seeks to place the festival as a prominent “must-stop” on the awards circuit. To mark the shift in dates, the festival will produce a special two-day SVFF Winter Screening Series on Dec. 6-7. Executive director Teddy Grennan said, “When […]

Baz Luhrmann has set his new project, “Jehanne d’Arc” at Warner Bros. Warners has confirmed that the filmmaker will next take on the epic tale of France’s national heroine and saint Joan of Arc. The teenaged Joan of Arc became a heroine after leading the French army to victory in Orléans in 1429. She was […]

FX’s drama “Shōgun” headed into the Primetime Emmys, having already broken the record for most wins in one season at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend. Now, it’s extended its record even further with 18 total wins. On stage, the cast and crew gathered while Executive Producer Justin Marks thanked their partners at Disney Television, […]

Native American filmmaker Blake Pickens (Chickasaw) has joined the documentary film “Reservation Redemption” from first-time director Brenda Fisher (Yakama). Fisher and Pickens, who produced “Wild Indian,” will co-direct and co-produce the project. Brice Fisher (Siletz), son of Brenda Fisher, is associate producer. “Reservation Redemption” offers a unique and personal lens into the most incarcerated race […]

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman and his longtime collaborator cinematographer Eric Steelberg will receive the third annual Variety Creative Collaborators award at Virginia’s Middleburg Film Festival in October. The award will honor their collaborations on films such as “Juno,” “Up in the Air,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and the upcoming release “Saturday Night.” Middleburg Film Festival executive […]

The name on everybody’s lips at this week’s Emmys is FX’s “Shōgun.” Emmy-nominated actor and producer Hiroyuki Sanada was looking forward to seeing his fellow cast members at Sunday’s show. “I haven’t seen them in maybe two years,” he told Variety. “I’m looking forward to a reunion. Sanada, co-star Anna Sawai, and showrunners Rachel Kondo […]

It took 13 puppeteers to bring AppleTV+’s titular robot “Sunny” to life. Joanna Sotomura, the American performer who embodies the ominously helpful bot, flew to Tokyo where the series was filmed to meet the robotics team two weeks before filming began.  “We had our robot dojo space. I would do the rehearsals and scenes as […]

Courtney B. Vance is a Tony- and Emmy-winning actor and the president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. To Vance, legendary actor James Earl Jones was known as “Jimmy.” The two first met in the 1980s while starring in August Wilson’s drama “Fences,” which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and four Tony Awards, including Jones’ […]

The prestigious EGOT club just gained two new members: Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The duo, who already have an Oscar for “La La Land” and a Tony and Grammy award for “Dear Evan Hansen” and “The Greatest Showman,” secured their EGOT (the home run of winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award) […]

FX’s “Shōgun” dominated the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, taking home 15 trophies during the second half of the two-part ceremony held at the Peacock Theatre in downtown L.A. FX’s costume drama entered the weekend leading in overall nominations with a tally of 25 Emmy nominations this year. Overall, FX dominated the weekend with 27 […]

Angela Bassett is now an Emmy winner. Bassett won the award for outstanding narration on National Geographic’s nature documentary “Queens” on Saturday, the first night of the Creative Arts Emmys. Following her triumph, Bassett came backstage to the press room, where a reporter asked her what the win meant to her. “We don’t work for […]

J Stevens’s drama “Really Happy Someday” is one of the many titles in search of distribution at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Premiering Sunday night, the film stars Breton Lalama, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Xavier Lopez and Ali Garrison. The captivating story centers around Z (Lalama), before his transition, as a rising musical theater star struggling […]

“Saturday Night Live,” was the big winner on the first night of the Creative Arts Emmys, earning six Emmys, followed by Ron Howard’s “Jim Henson: Idea Man,” “The Oscars” and the animated series “Blue Eye Samurai,” which collected four trophies apiece. The Television Academy handed out Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday in nonfiction and nonscripted […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points in “The Deliverance,” now playing on Netflix. “Nothing says evil like black sclera contact lenses.” That was the key to Glenn Close’s devil-possessed transformation in Lee Daniels’ “The Deliverance.” In addition to the special lenses, Close spent four hours in the makeup chair, with special effects makeup artist Jason Collins […]

Lloyd Lee Choi’s feature adaptation “Lucky Lu” will begin filming in New York City later this year. Based on Choi’s live-action short, “Same Old,” “Lucky Lu” tells the story of a Chinese delivery driver in New York City who discovers his e-bike has been stolen. With his family en route after many years apart, Lu […]