The Brutalist Report

Variety

Streamers Urged to Pay U.K. Levy to Protect Embattled British TV Drama in Parliament Report: They Must ‘Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is’ [19d]
James Toback Hit With $1.7 Billion Verdict in Sex Assault Suit Involving 40 Women [19d]
Richard Kahn, Former AMPAS President and Studio Marketing Exec, Dies at 95 [19d]
‘Good American Family’ Star Imogen Faith Reid on ‘Heartbreaking’ Episode 5: ‘She Was Terrified of Kristine, and Michael Was Brainwashed’ [19d]
Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ TV Series Casts Siena Agudong as Sue Snell (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
Walmart Is Selling An Affordable Version of Drew Barrymore’s Talk Show Couch Online [19d]
James Cameron Says Blockbuster Movies Can Only Survive If We ‘Cut the Cost in Half’; He’s Exploring How AI Can Help Without ‘Laying Off the Staff’ [19d]
Mariska Hargitay, Chris Meloni Reunite in ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ Season 5; Here’s a First Look at Benson at Stabler’s Hospital Bedside [19d]
Zoya Laktionova’s Mariupol Memoir Wins Big at Visions du Réel’s Industry Awards [19d]
Distributors, Buy These Scary Good Movies From Overlook Film Festival: ‘Hallow Road,’ ‘LifeHack,’ ‘Touch Me’ and More [19d]
‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Casts Sasha Alexander as FBI Agent (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
Chadwick Boseman ‘Freaked Out’ Disney Execs on ‘Black Panther’ Set by Always Speaking as T’Challa; Ryan Coogler Told Them: ‘He Don’t Turn It Off Until We Wrap’ [19d]
‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: A Delectable Modern Rom-Com Reassesses the Appeal of Past Love Stories [19d]
‘A Brief History of Chasing Storms’ Director on ‘Twisters’ Tornado Fever, Climate Change: ‘How Do We Prepare for Such a Future?’ [19d]
Brett Goldstein Sets First Stand-Up Comedy Special at HBO [19d]
Music Industry Moves: Post Malone Joins Sony’s ‘For The Music’ Campaign [19d]
‘Murderbot’ Trailer: Alexander Skarsgård Goes Rogue in Sci-Fi Series (TV News Roundup) [19d]
Walton Goggins Says Hiding Rick’s ‘White Lotus’ Fate Caused ‘So Much Anxiety,’ He Acted Out the Finale’s ‘Last 30 Minutes’ for His Wife Weeks Ago [19d]
‘Sinners’ Soundtrack to Feature Music by Ludwig Göransson, Brittany Howard, Rod Wave, James Blake and More [19d]
Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix, Disney and More Media Stocks Rally as Trump Sets 90-Day Pause on Tariffs for Some Countries [19d]
Jennifer Lopez to Host American Music Awards in May [19d]
Kevin Williamson’s ‘The Waterfront’ Sets June Premiere Date at Netflix: First Look Images [19d]
Original ‘Scream 7’ Director Exited Amid Death Threats Over Melissa Barrera’s Firing Even Though ‘I Did Not Fire Her’; Jenna Ortega Was Out When He Signed On [19d]
Mickey Rourke Gets ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ Warning After JoJo Siwa Calls Out His ‘Homophobic’ Comments [19d]
No Fakes Act Reintroduced in Congress With Support From Google, RIAA, More [19d]
‘Black Mirror’ Creator Charlie Brooker on Dealing the Show’s ‘Biggest Body Blow’ in Season 7 and Whether He Took Another Swipe at Netflix: ‘Almost Disappointingly, No’ [19d]
YouTube Endorses No Fakes Act, as Lawmakers Renew Push to Outlaw Unauthorized AI Clones [19d]
‘Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker’ Exhibition to Open at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in May [19d]
Anjelica Huston Reveals Cancer Battle After ‘John Wick 3’ but Is Now ‘in the Clear’: ‘I’m at the Four-Year Mark’ [19d]
‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 5 Casts Jermaine Fowler [19d]
‘The Last of Us’ Renewed for Season 3 Ahead of Season 2 Premiere [19d]
‘M3GAN’ Returning to Theaters With Meta’s New Second Screen Tech; Fans Can Interact With Film During Blumhouse Halfway to Halloween (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
Female Representation in Film Has Significantly Increased Over Last Decade, Says Study From Kering Women in Motion and Annenberg Inclusion Initiative [19d]
Reza Rahadian, Zarrar Kahn Projects Among Udine Focus Asia’s 2025 Industry Selections [19d]
Box Office: ‘Minecraft’ to Steamroll Over Rami Malek’s ‘Amateur,’ Blumhouse Thriller ‘Drop’ [19d]
Noah Wyle Was Nearing a ‘Nervous Breakdown.’ Then Came ‘The Pitt’: It’s ‘Infuriating We Can’t Come to a Consensus’ on Masks and Vaccines [19d]
‘Twilight’ in Concert to Tour 60 Cities This Fall (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
Bruce Ramer, Attorney Who Gave the ‘Jaws’ Shark Its Name, on Navigating Hollywood as Film Turns 50 [19d]
Locarno Film Festival Launches U.S.-European Indie Film Financing Initiative in Tandem With Oxbelly [19d]
Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2025: Meet Hollywood’s Top Entertainment Attorneys [19d]
See Bon Iver and Todd Snyder’s New Clothing Collaboration (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
‘G20’ Review: Viola Davis Emerges Unscathed From a Preposterous President-as-Action-Hero Movie [19d]
Fremantle Launches Imaginae Studios to Create Content Using AI Tools [19d]
‘White Gold of Greenland’ Doc Adds Urgency to Arctic Island’s Push for Freedom Amid Trump Threat: It’s ‘Wanted to Be Independent for Decades’ [19d]
Warner Bros. Discovery Bets Big on Homegrown Heroes for Indian Kids Market: ‘We’re Looking for Stories That Resonate Across South Asia’ (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
‘Out of My Mind’ Star Phoebe-Rae Taylor on DMing Co-Star Jennifer Aniston and How the Film’s Accessible Set Was a ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ [19d]
Darren Aronofsky Sounds Off on Method Acting: It’s ‘Just Something to Hide Behind, as Opposed to Doing the Work and Being Professional’ [20d]
Scripps Digs Deeper Into Women’s Sports, Striking Deals for Tournaments [20d]
Spain’s ECAM Forum and Conecta Fiction & Entertainment Unite for International Collaboration [20d]
Beomhan, Former K-Pop Trainee and TikTok Star, to Host Podcast ‘The K-Factor’ (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
Alejandro G. Iñárritu Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Debut Feature ‘Amores Perros’ in New Making-Of Book From Publishers Mack (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
Romantic Spy Comedy ‘Real, True, 100 Percent Love’ Starts Production, Mise En Scène Company Boards Project (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
India’s Mugafi Chief Plots Marvel of the East, Powered by AI: ‘Our Goal Is to Reduce Time and Cost’ (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
‘Little Bird’ Star Darla Contois and ‘The Order’s’ Morgan Holmstrom Join Indigenous Canadian Horror Feature ‘Ancestral Beasts’ (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
Rodrigo Sorogoyen to Head Cannes’ Critics Week Jury Including Daniel Kaluuya, Jihane Bougrine,Josée Deshaies, Yulia Evina Bhara (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
Furniture Comes to Life in Twisty Psychological Horror ‘Who Knows?’ Based on Guy de Maupassant’s Story and Backed by Federation Spain (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
Cannes’ Frontières Platform Reveals 2025 Selection, Ranging From Epic Fantasy to Indigenous Folklore and Drag Queen Horror (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
Doha Film Institute Chief Confirms Plans to Launch New Film Festival in Qatar, Details to Be Unveiled in Cannes [20d]
Mafia Series ‘Cold Summer’ Sells to Walter Presents in the U.S. and Canada Ahead of Linear U.K. Premiere on Channel 4 (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
Goldfinch Partners With Web3 Studio The Squad With a View to Transform Film Finance (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
Sundance Steamy Queer Sex Drama ‘Sauna’ Scores Major Market Deals in North America, Germany, Spain (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol to Be Immortalized With ‘DDLJ’ Leicester Square Statue – Global Bulletin [20d]
Hilary Swank Says Hollywood Was ‘More Patriarchal Than Ever’ When She First Started Acting: ‘I Just Don’t Like Being Told How to Be Feminine’ [20d]
MrBeast Slams Trump’s Tariffs as the ‘Nail in the Coffin’ for Small Businesses: ‘A Random Price Hike Was Pretty Brutal’ [20d]
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez Sounds Alarm Over Trump Administration’s ‘Absolute Pattern of Censorship and Control’ [20d]
Nightclub Roof Collapses in Dominican Republic and Kills Over 60, Including Singer Rubby Pérez and Former MLB Player [20d]
‘The Wizard of Oz at Sphere’ Will Use AI and Advanced Computing to ‘Reimagine’ 1939 Classic [20d]
Marvin Levy, Longtime Publicist to Steven Spielberg, Dies at 96 [20d]
‘Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends’ Review: Not Just a Broadway Tribute but a Musical Feast [20d]
Susan Senk, Veteran Entertainment Publicist, Dies at 75 [20d]
Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ TV Series Eyes Summer H. Howell for Lead Role (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
Universal Unveils Plans for U.K. Theme Park and Resort [20d]