In order to create a long-running series, “there has to be meat on the bone,” “Vikings” creator Michael Hirst said Sundance at Monte-Carlo Television Festival. “It has to be a whole world, rich enough to satisfy the requirements of your imagination,…
At no point has the Trump presidency more closely resembled a scene out of “Idiocracy,” Mike Judge’s 2006 satire about a Philistine society that abhors intellectualism, than on Sunday night, as the White House played host to UFC Freedom 250…
Ahead of the release of “Toy Story 5,” The Walt Disney Company EMEA has launched a new short-film titled “The Magic of Movies: Jessie Saves the Day” as part of a philanthropic campaign supporting local hospitals.Featuring some familiar faces, the…
As the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival gets underway, the spotlight is fixed on Hong Kong screen icon Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who presides over the Golden Goblet Awards as jury president. Leung’s presence, together with 12 world premieres in the…
Rory Kinnear will play economist and Bloomsbury Group figure John Maynard Keynes in the world premiere of “The Standard of Living,” a new play by three-time Olivier Award winner James Graham, producers Brian and Dayna Lee and director Nicholas Hytner…
Edko Films’ action thriller “The Furious” claimed the number one spot at the China box office during the June 12–14 weekend, unseating a long-running local juggernaut with an RMB76.1 million ($11.2 million) frame, according to data from Artisan Gateway.Having debuted…
“The Walking Dead: Dead City” may be a dark show, but it’s also a fitting festival opener, argues Cécile Menoni, executive director of Monte-Carlo Television Festival.“It felt like a natural choice for this anniversary edition,” she tells Variety. “Beyond its success, it…
The local action-horror film “Colony” held firmly onto the top spot at the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jun. 12–14.According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film pulled in…
Jane Fonda, who was married to the late CNN founder Ted Turner, urged the audience at a live event in New York City to “sign a petition to tell your state attorneys general to block the Paramount Warner Brothers merger.…
Anne Schedeen, the actress who starred as matriarch Kate Tanner on NBC’s ALF (1986-’90), has died. She was 77.Deadline confirms the actress died after the family announced on Sunday that she “passed peacefully” with a heartfelt tribute posted on her…
As some familiar faces went up against Ghostface in Scream 7, one character underwent a recasting after 25 years.Joel McHale, who made his debut as Sidney’s (Neve Campbell) husband Mark Evans in the latest in the slasher franchise, noted that…
As Knicks fever has taken over the world, the New York City home team is coming to late-night.Following the team’s first NBA Championship win in more than 50 years, they well appear on Monday’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for…
After 10 years, Dead by Daylight is getting the horror film treatment with director Thordur Palsson helming the adaptation of the video game for Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Behaviour Interactive.The Icelandic director (Netflix’s The Valhalla Murders, The Damned) was announced…
Following Oliver Tree‘s death, the music industry is paying tribute to the artist, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.Melanie Martinez, who previously dated the Love You Madly Hate You Badly artist, remembered him as a “true artist” with…
Lionsgate’s martial arts action film The Furious and RuPaul-starring Stop! That! Train! debuted to nos. 8 and 9 at the domestic box office with the The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act from Fathom rounding out the top ten in…
