The Brutalist Report

Variety

• New ‘God of War’ Game ‘Sons of Sparta’ Surprise Launches on PlayStation, Original Trilogy Remake in the Works [24d]
• ‘John Wick’ Video Game in the Works [24d]
• New ‘Legacy of Kain’ Game ‘Ascendance’ Set With Original Voice Cast Returning [24d]
• CBS News Considering New Round of Layoffs, Could Affect at Least 15% of Staff [24d]
• Cardi B Fires Back at Trump’s Homeland Security After It Mocks Her for Slamming ICE: ‘Why Y’all Don’t Wanna Talk About the Epstein Files?’ [24d]
• ‘Bridgerton’ Costume Designers on Making the Lady in Silver ‘Forgettable,’ ‘Sexier’ Maid Uniforms and Benedict’s Leather Bracelet [24d]
• Margot Robbie Used to Watch Rachel McAdams’ ‘Notebook’ Audition Before Her Own to ‘Just Try and Be as Good as Her… It’s the Commitment’ [24d]
• ‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Robbie G.K.’s Nineteen92 Magazine Cover and Photos Revealed (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• Kevin James on His ‘Solo Mio’ Super Bowl Stunt, Staying Apolitical and Wanting ‘Grown Ups 3’ Whether ‘It’s Streaming or in Theaters’ [24d]
• Scott Borchetta to Exit Hybe America, Relaunch Big Machine Records [24d]
• Open Cities, New Film Producer and Accelerator, Launches From Former Sundance CEO Joana Vicente and Jason Kliot (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• WGA Staff Picket Outside Writers Meeting Amid Strike Threat [24d]
• Roku Swings to Profit in Q4 on Record Streaming Subscription Sign-Ups, Forecasts 16% Revenue Growth in 2026 [24d]
• Ryan Gosling to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ in March [24d]
• LISTEN: What’s Happening in Hollywood’s Contract Talks; Remembering James Van Der Beek [24d]
• Ben Stiller, Jessica Chastain Apple Series ‘Off Weeks’ Adds Four to Cast [24d]
• Channel 4 Sets Drama Slate With Anthony Boyle-Starrer ‘Close to Home’ and Iranian Hostage Thriller ‘The Siege’ [24d]
• Why Supporting Actor and Actress Could Deliver Oscar Night’s Biggest Surprises [24d]
• ‘Rockford Files’ Reboot Pilot Casts David Boreanaz in Lead Role [24d]
• ‘Mario Tennis Fever’: How to Buy the New Nintendo Switch 2 Game Online [24d]
• Cass Elliot Biopic ‘My Mama Cass’ to Star ‘Baby Reindeer’ Breakout Jessica Gunning [24d]
• Berlinale Opening Ceremony Starts Fest on a Hopeful Note With Sean Baker and Michelle Yeoh’s Moving Speeches, Love for Indie Cinema and Little Mention of Politics [24d]
• Oscar Predictions: Animated Short — Race Pits Two Self-Distributed Films Against Two Studios and Canada’s NFB [24d]
• Music Industry Moves: John Fogerty to Receive Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Highest Honor, Liz Rose Re-Ups With Warner Chappell Nashville [24d]
• Susan Grode, Art and Entertainment Lawyer for ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Creators, Dies at 86 [24d]
• World War II Drama ‘Battle of Oslo’ Sells Wide for Global Constellation (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• Warner Bros’ $30 Million Oscars Race: How ‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ Are Campaigning at the Same Studio [24d]
• 20 Years After a ‘Friends’ Harassment Suit Was Dismissed, Baldoni-Lively Case Revisits Limits of Creative Freedom [24d]
• Victoria Monét Signs With UTA [24d]
• ‘Foster Dade’ Hulu Pilot Casts Jaden Michael (EXCLUSIVE) [24d]
• ‘Bosch’ Prequel ‘Start of Watch’ Casts ‘Mayans MC’ Alum JD Pardo [24d]
• Hearst Magazines Union Authorizes Strike for 410 Members if It Fails to Reach New Deal With Company [24d]
• Crocs Take Step Into Ad-Supported Microdramas With CAA [24d]
• Viola Davis to Receive Chairman’s Award at NAACP Image Awards [24d]
• As ‘Kelly Clarkson’ and ‘Sherri’ End Their Runs, Stations Give Up Expensive Daytime Talk Shows for More Live, Local News [24d]
• Prime Video’s Nicole Clemens is Ready To Make Her Mark With ‘Big, Bold Swings’ as She Unveils First International Showcase: ‘I Think I Have a Track Record’ [24d]
• ‘The Traitors’ Producers on Donna Kelce’s Mysterious Season 4 Role, Protecting the Cast and the Possibility of an All-Stars Season: ‘We’re Still a Baby’ [24d]
• Berlinale Honoree Michelle Yeoh on Hollywood Ageism, ‘Wicked 2’ Oscar Snub and Asian-Led Storytelling: ‘I Will Kick Ass Because I Want to, and I Still Can’ [24d]
• DOJ Ousts Antitrust Chief Gail Slater, Who Was Reviewing Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger [24d]
• Ubisoft to Cut 200 Corporate Staffers Through ‘Voluntary Departure Plan’ Amid Studio Restructuring [25d]
• Charades, Mikrofilm and GKIDS Team on Animated Romantic Horror Film ‘Pesta’ (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Anime, Gianna Jun Drama Head Prime Video’s 2026 Asian Slate [25d]
• ‘The Beatles’ Movies Expands Cast With Lucy Boynton, Harry Lawtey, Morfydd Clark and Farhan Akhtar [25d]
• Prime Video Unveils International Originals Slate Including Stanley Tucci-Starrer ‘Masterplan’ and Upcoming ‘Fist Of The North Star’ Adaptation [25d]
• In ‘CBS Evening News’ Exodus, 11 of Around 40 Staffers Take Buyouts Amid Bari Weiss Overhaul [25d]
• Michaela Coel’s HBO, BBC Series ‘First Day on Earth’ Casts Thandiwe Newton, Ncuti Gatwa, Danny Sapani, Maxine Peake [25d]
• ‘Citizen Kane,’ ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ and More Set for Rereleases in Fathom Entertainment’s Big Screen Classics Film Series (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Franco Nero on His Storied Career, Finally Getting a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Directing Kevin Spacey: ‘I Believe That Everyone Deserves a Second Chance’ [25d]
• ‘Spider-Noir’ Trailer: Nicolas Cage Is a Spider-Man Detective in Prime Video’s Black-and-White Series; May Release Date Set [25d]
• How ‘The Simpsons’ Made It to 800 Episodes — And Even Helped Save Star Yeardley Smith’s Life [25d]
• Ed Helms and Nat Wolff Join Rachel Zegler in Comedy Drama ‘She Gets It From Me’ [25d]
• Bloomberg Expands Live Business, News Coverage to Weekends With New Three-Hour Show [25d]
• Jay Shetty Launches Perfect Strangers Production Shingle, Which Has Inked Netflix Deals for Two TV Series (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Sets Reunion Panel at ATX TV Festival [25d]
• Ryan Murphy’s ‘Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’ Paints a Stunning Portrait of Love and Its Incompatibility With Fame: TV Review [25d]
• Kerry Washington, Zinzi Coogler, Chase Infiniti and LaTanya Richardson Jackson Named Essence Black Women in Hollywood Honorees [25d]
• Joe Rogan Refused to Meet Jeffrey Epstein in 2017, Then Ended Up in the Epstein Files: They Tried to ‘Get Me to Meet Him. I Was Like, Bitch Are You High?’ [25d]
• What I Learned About MAGA Men After Responding to Angry Emails About Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show [25d]
• Island Records’ New Dynasty: With Sabrina, Chappell, Olivia Dean and Lola Young, the Label’s Chiefs Explain How It Got So Hot, So Fast [25d]
• Kino Lorber Acquires Sundance, Berlin Film ‘Filipinana’ for North America [25d]
• ASCAP Distributes a Record $1.75 Billion in Royalties for 2025 [25d]
• Minerva Pictures Pounces on Berlinale-Bound Chilean Punk Dramedy, ‘Matapanki’ (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• German Industry Welcomes Film Funding Boost, Investment Commitment For Streamers, Broadcasters [25d]
• Berlin Age-Gap Romance ‘Only Rebels Win’ Director on Working With ‘Succession’s’ Hiam Abbas and the Film’s Provocative Aspects: ‘I Throw a Bomb and See People React to It’ [25d]
• Hilary Duff Announces ‘The Lucky Me’ World Tour, Her First Global Run in Almost Two Decades [25d]
• ‘Off Campus’ Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon, Season 1 to Premiere in May [25d]
• BTS ‘Arirang’ World Tour to Stream Live in Cinemas Globally [25d]
• How Matthew Inman’s Viral Cartoon ‘My Dog: The Paradox’ Came to Life as a Short Film [25d]
• CJ ENM’s ‘The Legend of Kitchen Soldier’ Heads to Series Mania [25d]
• Series Mania to Open With Disney+ Title ‘The Testaments’ and Include ‘The Audacity’ With ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Star Simon Helberg [25d]
• ‘A Prayer for the Dying,’ Starring Johnny Flynn, John C. Reilly, Debuts Trailer Ahead of Berlinale Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ Stage Adaptation to Launch U.K. Tour (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Katie Holmes Remembers James Van Der Beek: ‘I Am So Grateful to Have Shared in a Piece’ of His ‘Journey’ [25d]
• Rima Das’ Berlin Title ‘Not a Hero’ Boarded by MMM Film Sales (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Wim Wenders Says ‘We Have to Stay Out of Politics’ as Berlinale Jury Fields Questions About Israel and Palestine: Filmmakers ‘Have to Do the Work of People, Not the Work of Politicians’ [25d]
• French IP Market for Asian Adaptations to Launch at India’s Red Lorry Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Samuel Goldwyn Films Buys U.S. Rights to Supernatural Thriller ‘The Wolf and the Lamb’ (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• EFM Animation Days: From Black Death Romantic Horror to a Buzzy Time-Travel Tale, 10 Titles to Track [25d]
• Berlin Opener ‘No Good Men’ Director Shahrbanoo Sadat’ on Making Afghanistan’s First Film Featuring an Onscreen Kiss (And a Vibrator) [25d]
• Berlin Opener ‘No Good Men’ Director Shahrbanoo Sadat’ on Making Afghanistan’s First Film Featuring an Onscreen Kiss (And a Vibrator) [25d]
• SND Partners With Salaud Morisset for Jacques Deray’s Cult Classic ‘La Piscine,’ Starring Alain Delon, Romy Schneider (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• ‘Derry Girls’ Follow-Up ‘How to Get to Heaven from Belfast’ Is Another Delightful Northern Irish Romp — This Time With a Dead Body: TV Review [25d]
• Alief Boards Nick Butler’s ‘Lunar Sway’ for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• CPH:DOX Unveils Competition Lineups, Including 53 World Premieres [25d]
• Amazon MGM Studios Developing First U.S. Adaptation of Best-Selling Spanish Author Mercedes Ron’s Novels (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Craig Fairbrass Sequel ‘Villain 2’ Heads to EFM With Double Dutch (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Queer Southeast Asian Ballroom Doc ’10s Across the Borders’ Boarded by Germany’s Rise and Shine (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Kelly Marie Tran Thriller ‘Forge,’ Time-Loop Drama ‘Desert Road’ Picked Up by MSC for EFM (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Japanese Horror ‘Wash Away’ Joins Finecut’s Berlin Market Slate (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Quiver Acquires Uwe Boll’s ‘Citizen Vigilante’ Starring Armie Hammer, Readies Summer Release (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Cultpix Expands Beyond Streaming With Blu-ray Label, Archive Partnerships (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Rising Pakistani Talent Seemab Gul’s Next Film ‘Haven of Hope’ Boarded by Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Outsider Pictures, Unannounced Grab Peruvian Culinary Hit ’Mistura’ for North America, U.K. (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Filmax Unveils Gangster Movie ‘Mallorca Confidential’ (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]
• Filmoption Boards ‘The Struggle for Mother Water’ Docuseries at Berlinale Market Selects Directed by Michael Zelniker: ‘Water Is Life’ [25d]
• EFM Animation Days Sets Packed Edition With Global Toons, Artists and Producers Poised to Dig Into Toons [25d]
• HGTV Cancels ‘Rehab Addict’ After Host Nicole Curtis Used Racial Slur During Filming [25d]
• ‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals the Identity of Owl: Here Is the Celebrity Under the Costume [25d]
• ‘Highguard’ Developer Wildlight Entertainment Lays Off Multiple Staffers Less Than a Month After New Game’s Launch [25d]
• ‘Queen of the South’ Producer Mark Valadez to Showrun ’80s Music Drama ‘Those Little White Lines’ (EXCLUSIVE) [25d]