The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Michael Mann on His Inspirations for ‘Thief,’ ‘Heat’ and ‘The Insider’ and Commitment to Authenticity: ‘I Find Things That You Cannot Make Up’ [3d]
• ‘General Hospital’ Star Kirsten Storms Says She Is Undergoing Brain Surgery for an Aneurysm: ‘We’ve All Got Times When Things Aren’t Great’ [3d]
• John Candy’s Son ‘Shocked’ to Discover Resurfaced Interviews Where Journalists Mocked the Actor’s Weight: ‘That Was Heart-Wrenching’ [3d]
• Laurie Metcalf on Signing Onto ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Without Seeing a Script and Charlie Hunnam’s Nude Scene [3d]
• Motion Picture Association Distances Itself From Instagram’s ‘PG-13’ Content-Blocking Feature for Teens, Says Meta Did Not Contact Trade Group Beforehand [3d]
• Hollywood Script Readers Fear They Could be Replaced by AI. They Set Up a Test to See Who Gives Better Feedback [3d]
• Music Industry Moves: UMPG Inks The Marías to Global Publishing Deal [3d]
• Stage and Screen Vet Kathleen Chalfant Seeks Historic Best Actress Oscar Attention With Venice Player ‘Familiar Touch’ [3d]
• Banijay Mexico & U.S. Hispanic Catches World Cup Fever With ‘Tres Hinchapelotas’ (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• ‘The President’s Cake,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘To the West, in Zapata’ Top Hamptons Film Festival Award Winners [4d]
• LISTEN: Mattel’s Robbie Brenner, Banijay’s Marco Bassetti and All the Buzz From the Mipcom Content Market [4d]
• ‘Unknown Number’ Director Skye Borgman Talks Kendra Licari and Releasing Three Netflix Docs in Seven Weeks [4d]
• ‘Devil in Disguise’ Season 2 in the Works at Peacock, Focused on Richard Ramirez, aka ‘The Night Stalker’ (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• ‘Pete Hegseth Has United the Media!’ Only One Outlet Has Agreed to Pentagon’s New Press Rules as Fox News, CNN and More Refuse to Comply [4d]
• Variety’s Faith & Media Impact Report 2025: Nominations Are Open [4d]
• L.A. Production Activity Falls Below 2023 Strikes, Led by Sharp Drop in Reality TV [4d]
• Kristin Cavallari Signs Multi-Year Eight-Figure Deal With Dear Media for ‘Let’s Be Honest’ Podcast (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Cheryl Hines Pushes Against ‘The View’ Hosts for Slamming Husband RFK Jr. for ‘Spreading Misinformation’: ‘May I Finish?’ [4d]
• ‘Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight’ Pays Homage to Joker’s Origins in 1989 ‘Batman’ and ‘Arkham’ Combat [4d]
• Doja Cat, Missy Elliott, Alchemist and More Pay Tribute to D’Angelo: ‘A True Voice of Soul’ [4d]
• Sean Penn Talks PTA, Brian de Palma, Terrence Malick and Above All His Love of Cinema at Lumière Film Festival [4d]
• Jennifer Fox to Produce AMPAS Governors Awards – Film News in Brief [4d]
• Heather Hill, Emmy-Winning Director of ‘The Young and the Restless’ and Other Soaps, Dies at 85 [4d]
• Netflix to Stream Selection of Spotify Video Podcasts Starting in 2026 [4d]
• ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Franchise Boss Marc-Alexis Côté Exits Ubisoft Amid Restructuring [4d]
• ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Rewatch Podcast Joins Office Ladies Network for Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert Give Trump Rare Praise After Gaza Ceasefire: ‘Trump Deserves Some Praise … Good Work on That’ [4d]
• Drew Struzan, Renowned Poster Artist for ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Back To The Future,’ Dies at 78 [4d]
• CBS News Staffers Won’t Be Disciplined for Not Responding to Bari Weiss Memo, Union Says (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• D’Angelo, Neo-Soul Pioneer and ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel)’ Singer, Dies at 51 [4d]
• DOC NYC Unveils Full Lineup Including ‘Cover-Up,’ ‘Predators,’ ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ and More [4d]
• 12 Former Bachelor Contestants to Renovate Iconic Mansion in New HGTV Series: Meet the Cast [4d]
• When Fandoms Converge: How Musical Tastes Send Key Cultural Signals for Consumers [4d]
• ‘Orwell: 2+2=5’ and ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Lead Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations [4d]
• Oscars: U.K. Submits ‘My Father’s Shadow’ for International Feature Race (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Julien Temple’s Johnny Pigozzi Doc ‘I Am Curious Johnny,’ Featuring Martha Stewart, Mick Jagger and More, Reveals Trailer Ahead of Rome Film Fest Bow (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• CMG Worldwide Teams With Loti AI to Protect IP for Estates of Burt Reynolds, Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland and More (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Cartuna Picks Up Latvia Oscar Entry Animated ’Dog of God’ for North American Distribution (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Supreme Court Rejects Alex Jones’ Appeal of $1.4 Billion Verdicts in Sandy Hook Defamation Cases [4d]
• Cinema United Extends 5-Year Contact With CEO Michael O’Leary [4d]
• Variety Launches ‘Daily Variety’ Podcast Hosted by Cynthia Littleton [4d]
• Independent Film Company and Shudder Buy Zombie Outbreak Horror Movie ‘This Is Not a Test’ (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Mel Gibson’s ‘Resurrection of the Christ’ Finds New Jesus and Mary Magdalene in Jaakko Ohtonen and Mariela Garriga, Reveals Main Cast (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• ‘Amadeus’ Teaser: Will Sharpe’s Mozart and Paul Bettany’s Salieri Face Off in Sky Series [4d]
• IDFA to Open With Shorts Program, Announces Victor Kossakovsky’s ‘Trillion,’ Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk’s ‘Silent Flood’ in Competition [4d]
• Cineflix Closes Multiple Deals for ‘Vanished History,’ ‘Cape Carnage: Killer Catch,’ ‘Commando Missions’ (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Society for Audiovisual Heritage Launches Latam Classics Label at the Lumière Film Festival’s International Classic Film Market (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Pepe Aguilar, Gloria Estefan, Carín León and More to Perform at 2025 Latin Grammys [4d]
• ‘Titanic’: How a Four-Minute-and-Two-Second Trailer Helped James Cameron’s Epic Stop the Bad Buzz and Become a Massive Blockbuster [4d]
• Donald Trump Complains ‘Really Weird’ Time Magazine Cover ‘Disappeared My Hair’: ‘The Picture May Be the Worst of All Time’ [4d]
• ‘Tron: Ares’ Debuts Atop U.K., Ireland Box Office [4d]
• Instagram’s Teen Accounts Will Restrict Content to Match Movie Industry’s PG-13 Rating [4d]
• Dan Laustsen on Shooting Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’: ‘It’s About Love and Forgiveness’ [4d]
• Mipcom: Banijay Asia Partners With Talpa Studios in India and Thailand; New Quiz Format ‘Caught in the Middle’ Lands in Australia, Netherlands; Prime Video Unrolls ‘Red Carpet Survival’ in Italy [4d]
• Jeremy Renner Narrates AI-Animated Feature ‘Stardust Future’ (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Selma Blair and Constance Zimmer Get Candid About Struggles With Health, Menopause and Aging: ‘Why Was This Kept a Secret?’ [4d]
• Amazon Prime Video Extends U.K. Film and TV Training Initiative, Launches New Programs for Freelancers (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• The Playmaker to Launch International Sales on ‘Barry & Me’ at AFM (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Abbie Cornish, Dougray Scott to Star in Action Thriller Series ‘The Invisible’ (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• John Hannah to Lead U.K. Detective Drama Series ‘Death in Benidorm’ for Paramount’s Channel 5 and ZDF (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• ‘Halloween vs Day of the Dead’ to Haunt AFM as Studio 100 Film Board as Sales Agents (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Lucy Liu’s ‘Rosemead’ Boarded by Picture Tree for International Sales (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Crime Series ‘The Big F*ck-Up’ Is Not Afraid of Color: ‘You Can’t Compare It to Anything Else Made in Belgium’ [4d]
• Filipino Historical Epic ‘Quezon,’ Starring Jericho Rosales, Iain Glen, Sets Global Rollout (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• ‘The Plague’ Director Alberto Rodríguez Unpacks ‘The Anatomy of a Moment,’ Hailed in Spain as ‘the Series of the Year’ [4d]
• Madgic Distribution Marks MipJunior Debut With Sale of Toon Series ‘Emerald’ to Knowledge Canada, MediaCorp Singapore and Noga Israel (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• ‘Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Africa’ Takes Showmax’s Hit Franchise to Brazil (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Britt Raes Talks Adapting Berlinale-Winning Short ‘Luce and the Rock’ Into Series for VRT’s Ketnet and New Wave of Flemish Animators [4d]
• ‘The Big F**k-Up’ Producer Gears Up to Launch Female-Led Dramedy ‘Boho,’ Warns Against Conservatism: ‘The Old White Man is Back’ [4d]
• The Animation Industry is Strapped for Cash. What’s Next? [4d]
• Kylie Jenner Sings and Raps in Her Music Debut, ‘Fourth Strike,’ With Terror Jr [4d]
• Electric Entertainment Gets $20 Million Investment From Content Partners Capital (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• ‘The Twits’ Review: Unruly Roald Dahl Adaptation Is Tastier Than a Bowl of Worms, If You Like That Sort of Thing [4d]
• Anna Wintour Says CBS News Head Bari Weiss Has The Makings of ‘a Great Leader’ [4d]
• Keanu Reeves Remembers Diane Keaton as a ‘Generous Artist’ and a ‘Very Special’ Person: ‘She Was Very Nice to Me’ [4d]
• Danielle Fishel Sets ‘Boy Meets World’ Reunion at ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Dedication Night With Bill Daniels, Matthew Lawrence, Trina McGee and More [4d]
• AI-Driven ‘Hanuman’ Film Lands Rajesh Mapuskar as Director (EXCLUSIVE) [4d]
• Haim Brings ‘I Quit’ Tour to a Close in Santa Barbara With a Fiery Show That Feels Anything but Resigned: Concert Review [4d]
• TiVo Stops Selling DVRs, Exiting the Hardware Business After 26 Years [4d]
• Diane Keaton’s ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ Returning to AMC Theatres [4d]