The Gotham Film and Media Institute will honor Zendaya with the 2024 Spotlight Tribute for her performance in Luca Guadagnino’s steamy tennis drama “Challengers.” The award will be presented at the 34th annual Gotham Awards, which is set to take place Dec. 2 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The Spotlight Tribute recognizes […]

Netflix has set a Dec. 17 release date for its new bloody party royale mobile game “Squid Game: Unleashed,” based on the Korean drama-thriller that became the streamer’s most popular show ever in 2021. “Squid Game: Unleashed” will be available to play on the Netflix app. Pre-registration for the game is now open, and potential […]

“Yellowjackets” Season 3 has set its official premiere date at Paramount+ with Showtime. The new season of the thriller drama will premiere with two new episodes on Feb. 14, 2025 on streaming and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with Showtime plan before its linear debut on Feb. 16. The season will launch […]

In celebration of the film’s upcoming 30th anniversary, David Fincher’s crime thriller “Se7en” will be released for the first time digitally in 4K Ultra HD and on 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc on Jan. 7. The physical version will be available online and at major retailers while the digital release will be available on Amazon Prime […]

As part of the Asia Society Summit, Variety‘s Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay sat down with the president of distribution at Universal Pictures Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, global co-president and CMO of TaP Music Wendy Ong and COO of 100 Thieves Julie Van for the AWE Champions Panel to discuss how the trio navigates their respective […]

While many “Deadpool & Wolverine” quips have become fan favorites, like Gambit’s “I’m boutta’ make a name for myself here,” star and screenwriter Ryan Reynolds has a more sentimental take on which lines were his favorite to write. “The thing I’m probably most proud of was the Wolverine speech in the van where he just […]

Since the premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” at the Venice Film Festival in September, there has been an intense response from fans and media alike surrounding the revealing love scenes between star Daniel Craig and his on-screen paramour Drew Starkey. When asked about the reactions to the on-screen sex at the Los Angeles premiere of […]

Cinema Eye Honors, an organization that celebrates the artistic achievements of nonfiction and documentary filmmakers, has unveiled the feature film nominees for its 18th annual award ceremony, which takes place Jan. 9 at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, N.Y. “Sugarcane,” from co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, led the pack […]

Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the religious horror film “Inhabitants” from Brick Lane Entertainment. Written and directed by Matt McClung (“The Mad Whale”), Gravitas plans to release the film on digital and video on demand in February 2025. Cast members include Anna Jacoby-Heron (“Stranger Things”), Josh Andrés Rivera (“American Sports Story”), […]

The Palm Springs International Film Awards will honor Edward Berger’s Catholic drama “Conclave” with the ensemble performance award on Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 2-13. Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Lucian Msamati are expected to attend to accept the award. “’Conclave’ is a thought-provoking drama, […]

CBS has locked Feb. 24, 2025, as the release date for its new daytime soap “Beyond the Gates.” The debut project from the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture will premiere on CBS and stream on Paramount+. According to an official logline, “‘Beyond the Gates’ is set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington, D.C., and […]

Renee Zellweger is back in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” the fourth and final movie in the rom-com series that’s coming to Peacock on Feb. 13. “Mad About the Boy” is based on the third novel in Helen Fielding’s “Bridget Jones” book series. In addition Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson have both returned […]

Hungarian film and television producer Andras Hamori, who produced films like “Crash” and “Sunshine” and shows such as “The Gate,” died Sept. 2. He was 71. Some of Hamori’s other credits through the late ’90s and early 2000s include films like “The Sweet Hereafter,” “eXistenZ,” “Max,” “Owning Mahowny” and “Formula 51.” From 1991-1993 he served […]

Marvel has released the trailer for the third and final season of “What If…?” which premieres with eight episodes beginning on Dec. 22. The new trailer showcased alternate Marvel universes that includes Storm from the X-Men as the new Goddess of Thunder, a Gundam-sized Captain America, a cowboy Shang-Chi and more. Disney has confirmed the […]

Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount+ original series “1923,” starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, is coming to the basic cable Paramount Network. Season 1 of the prequel series will debut on Paramount Network on Dec. 8, immediately following a new episode of “Yellowstone.” “1923” first premiered on Paramount+ back in 2022, and the December premiere date will […]

If you’re a fan of Turner Classic Movies, you may experience some interruptions in the coming weeks. TCM, the Warner Bros. Discovery owned cabler that specializes in vintage films, released a video statement Friday delivered by host Ben Mankiewicz asking viewers to “pardon our digital dust” as TCM prepares to upgrade and expand its broadcasting […]

Horror streamer Shudder is giving a limited North American theatrical run to Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s latest horror feature, “The Devil’s Bath.” Per the official logline: “In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long […]