The Brutalist Report

Variety

LISTEN: National Comedy Center’s Journey Gunderson on Preserving Humor as History [20d]
Inside Google’s Efforts to Get Creatives Hooked on AI [21d]
Naomi Watts’ Secret ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role Reunited Her With Tom Holland, 12 Years After ‘The Impossible’: ‘From Playing Your Mom to Your AI’ [21d]
Audrey Nuna Signs to Republic Records (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss on the Friendship Driving ‘Elektra/Persona’ at London’s National Theatre: ‘There’s a Lot of Masking and Unmasking’ [21d]
Leslie Iwerks on ‘Disney Worldbuilders’ and How Jennifer Lee, James Cameron and Jared Bush Carry Forward Walt Disney’s Legacy [21d]
‘The Odyssey’ Star Samantha Morton ‘Hasn’t Worked for a Year’ After Making Nolan’s Epic Because ‘I’m 49’ Years Old and ‘There’s Other Good Actors Out There’ [21d]
Hearst Clinches Deal to Buy Out A+E Global Media Stake From Disney [21d]
What Happened to the Boy From ‘Boyhood’? Ellar Coltrane on 12 Years of Linklater’s Classic, Coming to Set High and More [21d]
Paramount Q2 Profit Dips, With Streaming Boost Offset by TV Declines [21d]
Bill Hader, James Wan, Devon Pritchard, Nick Kroll and Keith Le Goy Join Variety Entertainment and Technology Summit Programming [21d]
Judge Sets Paramount-Warner Bros. Antitrust Trial for March 2027 [21d]
Disney’s Next Big Thing: Malachi Barton on ‘Camp Rock 3,’ Doomscrolling on TikTok and Not Hiding His Faith in God [21d]
Variety’s 10 Assistants to Watch in 2026 [21d]
‘The Voice’ Celebrity Edition to Air on NBC in 2027, With Host Keke Palmer and Judges Joe Jonas, Queen Latifah, Riley Green [21d]
UFC Lost $30 Million on White House Fight on Donald Trump’s Birthday [21d]
How to Snag Tickets to Bowen Yang’s ‘Oh Mary!’ Broadway Debut [21d]
Immersive Horror Play ‘A Ghost in Your Ear’ Sets New York Premiere From Audible Theater [21d]
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos Set $200 Million Fund to Recover Endangered Species [21d]
Bendita Film Sales Seizes Worldwide Sales Rights to TIFF-Bound ‘Love Is the Monster’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Ariana Grande May or May Not Be Struggling. We Can Talk About It Without Trying to Shame Her [21d]
‘Colin From Accounts’ Season 3 Trailer: Gordon and Ashley Deal With the Awkward Proposal Gone Wrong (TV News Roundup) [21d]
‘Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments’ Sets Online Release Schedule [21d]
Roger Federer’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Set to be Broadcast on the Tennis Channel (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Christina Applegate Returns Home After Months-Long Hospitalization and ‘All Is Well’ [21d]
Eli Roth Got Sick of Studio Notes and Shrinking Residuals, With ‘Ice Cream Man’ He’s Going Into Business for Himself [21d]
Hollywood’s New Leaders: Class of 2026 [21d]
Brittany Snow Joins Sydney Sweeney in ‘The Housemaid’s Secret’ [21d]
Martin Scorsese and Susan Sarandon Squash Their Children’s Internet Beef in New Jack Henry Robbins Sketch (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Maude Apatow Directorial Debut ‘Poetic License’ Lands at Sony Pictures Classics After Row K Debacle (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Joe Budden Is Launching a True-Crime Podcast With Wolf Entertainment, Advance Local and Headline Studio [21d]
‘The Day of the Jackal’ Producer Carnival Films Acquires Television Rights to Sarah Pinborough’s Murder Mystery ‘They Say a Girl Died Here’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
San Sebastián Sets José Giovanni Retrospective Honoring French Crime Cinema Pioneer [21d]
Tokyo’s TIFFCOM 2026 Expands IP Market, Adds AI and Anime Conferences [21d]
Todrick Hall’s ‘Midnight’ Announces Full Cast and Creative Team Ahead of New York Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
A New ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Book Features 500 Pieces of Concept Art and Delves Into Film’s Biggest References: Korean Mythology, Shamanism, Manhwa and More [21d]
‘Baywatch’ Swims to Prime Video in Canada, Latin America, India and Europe [21d]
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Rewrites Box Office History in India With Record Launch [21d]
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Lands Biggest Opening Weekend in Middle East Box Office History [21d]
David Ellison Says Opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. Is Over His Control of CNN, Claims He Will Not ‘Bend Newsrooms to My Views’ [21d]
Jesse Eisenberg’s Musical Comedy ‘The Debut,’ Starring Julianne Moore, to Close London Film Festival [21d]
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Dominates U.K. and Ireland Box Office With Massive Launch [21d]
Spotify Notches 300 Million Premium Subscribers [21d]
‘Gagarine’ Directors Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh Talk ‘The Green Eyes’ as Kinology Announces First Sales: ‘Dreamers Know No Borders’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Singapore’s First Wuxia Film ‘The House on the Moon’ Unveils Clip Ahead of Locarno Competition Bow: Director Nelson Yeo ‘Decided to Fully Embrace Genre’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Raima Sen, Shrimoyee Chakraborty, Aarti Bajaj Team on Parno Mittra’s Producing Debut ‘The Music Teacher’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Haugesund New Nordic Films Unveils French Focus Including a Case Study on ‘Ibelin,’ From ‘The Imitation Game’ Director Morten Tyldum (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Hwang Bo-reum, Lee Geum-yi Among Authors in Busan Story Market’s 2026 Selections [21d]
Shudder Nabs U.S. Rights to ‘Bloody Tennis’ and Horror Film Grabs Buyers in Other Major Territories Ahead of Locarno World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Tadanobu Asano, Yukino Kishii’s Cannes Title ‘All the Lovers in the Night’ Lands North American Distribution (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Hyun Bin, Jung Woosung Collide Again as ‘Made in Korea’ Sets September Return on Disney+ and Hulu [21d]
India’s Yash Raj Films Launches Raah Records With Aman Single ‘Jaadugari’ (EXCLUSIVE) [21d]
Geno Segers Apologizes For Transgender Comments After ‘Hadestown’ Exit: ‘I Recognize the Impact of My Statements’ [21d]
Mary Rivera, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Actress, Dies at 82 [21d]
‘Ice Cream Man’ Review: Eli Roth’s Children-of-the-Damned Splatter Movie Is No Treat [21d]
Ariana Grande Clarifies Upcoming Break and Says It Was Planned in Advance: ‘Boundaries, They Need to Be Set’ [21d]
Dermot Mulroney Says He’s ‘Sad to See it Go’ After ‘Chicago Fire’ Exit: ‘We Gave it Our All for Two Seasons’ [21d]