The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘The Book of Sijjin & Illiyyin’ Review: Wicked Stepmothers Should Beware in Entertaining Indonesian Horror Opus [19d]
• James Cameron: ‘There’s Danger’ of a ‘Terminator’-Style Apocalypse Happening If You ‘Put AI Together With Weapons Systems’ [19d]
• Alyson Stoner Went to a ‘Medical Weight Loss Camp’ for ‘Hunger Games’ Audition Prep, Says a Doctor Didn’t Report Her Heart Issue So She Could Film ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ [19d]
• Shari Redstone’s Farewell Message to Paramount Employees: ‘I Will Be Cheering for You, Always’ [19d]
• Brian Robbins Calls Paramount-Skydance Merger ‘Bittersweet’ in Memo to Staff Amid His Exit as Co-CEO [19d]
• Alison Pill Signs with Gersh (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• ‘Anna Pigeon’ USA Network Series Casts Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, Ryan Northcott, Cooper Levy (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• TKO Raises Full-Year Financial Guidance After PBR, On Location and IMG Acquisitions [19d]
• Donnie Wahlberg, Sonequa Martin-Green to Attend World Premiere of ‘Boston Blue’ at Mipcom [19d]
• Liza Burnett Fefferman Exits as Executive VP and Head of Communications for Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios [19d]
• Kid Cudi Details Struggles With Depression, Addiction and Near-Fatal Overdose in New Memoir ‘Cudi’ [19d]
• ‘Evil’ Alum Mike Colter Reunites With Robert and Michelle King for CBS Legal Drama ‘Cupertino’ [19d]
• Kid Harpoon Creating Original Music for Broadway Revival of ‘Art’ (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• ‘The Boys’ Prequel ‘Vought Rising’ Adds Jorden Myrie, Nicolò Pasetti, Ricky Staffieri and Brian J. Smith to Cast as Production Begins [19d]
• TelevisaUnivision Sees Flat Upfront Volume, Despite Surge in Digital Ads [19d]
• ‘South Park’ Is So Effective at Mocking Trump Because it Mastered His Own Brand of Insult Comedy [19d]
• ‘F1’ Returns to Imax Theaters After Becoming Brad Pitt’s Highest-Grossing Movie Ever [19d]
• Veteran Christian Music Stars Like Phil Keaggy, Russ Taff, Amy Grant Unite for Livestream Benefit for Cancer-Stricken Journalist [19d]
• Variety Music Innovator of the Year PinkPantheress on Her Songs and Performing at Glastonbury: ‘I Didn’t Know If I Was Gonna Be Able to Get Over My Fear’ [19d]
• Variety & Rolling Stone to Release Truth Seekers Special Issue Coinciding With Annual Summit [19d]
• Emmys 2025: A Closer Look at Who Could Take Home Their First Trophy [19d]
• UTA Expands Communications Team With Addition of Gabe Tesoriero and Kate Cafaro [19d]
• Kelly O’Sullivan, Lois Smith Co-Starring in Indie Comedy ‘The Steel Harp’ (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Power of Young Hollywood Host Alec Flynn Talks Comedy and His Hopes for Showbiz’s Future [19d]
• Neon Acquires North American Rights to Japanese Thriller ‘Exit 8’ [19d]
• ‘Tulsa King’ Season 3 Teaser: Dwight Muscles His Way Into Distillery Business With Painful Results [19d]
• Young Hollywood Impact Report 2025: Milly Alcock, Simone Biles, Sombr, Miles Caton and More Talent Riding the Next Wave in Showbiz [19d]
• ‘Platonic’ Stars Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne Break Down Will and Jenna’s Relationship and Season 2’s Bathroom Scene [19d]
• ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff ‘Y: Marshals’ Casts Logan Marshall-Green [19d]
• Dan Buettner Joins Lemonada Media to Launch New Podcast Show [19d]
• Aubrey Plaza to Star as Heidi Fleiss in Upcoming Biopic From Pinky Promise (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Meet Variety’s 41 Under 40: The New Leaders Class of 2025 [19d]
• Korean Mystery Thriller ‘The Ugly’ by ‘Train to Busan’ Director Finds North American Distribution With Well Go USA Ahead of Toronto Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Amanda Shires, Brittany Spencer, More to Headline Nashville Showcase for She Is the Music, FEMco and Anzie Blue [19d]
• Shawn and Serena Levy to Host Sense of Home Hamptons Fundraiser [19d]
• Tyla Takes Charge: Music’s Global Star on Rejecting the Pop Machine and Why Her Second Album Is a ‘Totally Different Vibe’ [19d]
• Bill Hader Turned Down ‘SNL50’ Sketch ‘Because I’m Anxious,’ Says His Anxiety Leads to Shingles, Migraines and Vision Loss [19d]
• Tobias Menzies and Sophia Di Martino Among Eight Joining Ayo Edebiri-Will Sharpe Rom-Com Series ‘Prodigies’ at Apple [19d]
• TIFF Documentary Lineup Includes Films From Laura Poitras, Raoul Peck, Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi [19d]
• Box Office: ‘Freakier Friday’ and ‘Weapons’ Battle for First Place Over ‘Fantastic Four’ [19d]
• ‘Cold Storage’ Trailer: Joe Keery and Liam Neeson Fight a Brain-Exploding Fungus [19d]
• ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Trailer: Rose Byrne Plays a Spiraling Mother in A24 Dramedy [19d]
• Disney Store Unveils Halloween Villains Collection, Featuring Maleficent, Ursula, Hades, Scar and More [19d]
• Metallica to Perform Special Concert in the Hamptons to Launch SiriusXM ‘Maximum Metallica’ Channel (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Hulu App to Be Phased Out as Disney Is ‘Fully Integrating’ Service Into Disney+ [19d]
• Latido Films Picks Up Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat-Directed Anthology Comedy ‘Homo Sapiens?’ (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• ‘The Traitors’ Producer All3Media Reports $132 Million Revenue Drop [19d]
• Dave Franco Is ‘Open’ to Playing Luigi Mangione in a Biopic if It’s With the ‘Right People’: ‘No One Has Approached Me About It Yet’ [20d]
• Disney Will Stop Reporting Subscriber Numbers for Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ [20d]
• As Emma Thompson’s ‘The Dead of Winter’ Debuts, Producers Augenschein Discuss Star-Led Slate, Including Films With Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Ethan Hawke (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
• Disney Streaming Swings to Profit in June Quarter as U.S. Parks Biz Lift Overall Results [20d]
• ESPN Sets Launch Date for Stand-Alone Streaming Service, Priced at $30 Monthly [20d]
• Berlusconi-Backed MFE Wins ProSiebenSat.1 Support for Sweetened Takeover Offer [20d]
• ESPN Gets Headlock on WWE Live Events Like ‘WrestleMania’ in New U.S. Rights Deal [20d]
• ‘The Irregulars’ Actor Harrison Osterfield Joins Cast of Maia Novi’s ‘Invasive Species’ for U.K. Bow (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
• ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Cast Guide Guide: All the Characters New and Returning to Nevermore Academy [20d]
• Studiocanal Buys Into Brock Media, the U.K. Producer of ‘The Outrun,’ as It Looks to Deliver More Female-Driven Films and Series [20d]
• Estonia’s Martti Helde Reunites with ‘In the Crosswind”s Three Brothers for ‘Silverwhite,’ Finds Finnish, Latvian Partners (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
• ‘Pretenders’’ Vallo Toomla Tempts Italian, Finnish, Lithuanian Partners with Estonian Sci-Fi Romance ‘Beatrice’ Ahead of Haugesund (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
• Haugesund’s New Nordic Films Unveils Baltic Projects for Nordic Co-Production Market and Baltic Focus Program (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
• ‘Wednesday’ Stays Strong in Season 2 With the Endlessly Intriguing Jenna Ortega: TV Review [20d]
• Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development Lineup to Feature Feminist Take on ‘Kamasutra,’ Mystery in Chocolate Factory and ‘Spark of Poetry’ [20d]
• Locarno’s Open Doors: From Queer Romance to Afrofuturism and a Feel Good Heist Romp, Next Gen African Filmmakers Drive To Tell Stories Their Way [20d]
• ‘Hamilton’ Movie Sets September Theatrical Release [20d]
• Tom Holland Wore His Grandma’s Fishnets for ‘Lip Sync Battle,’ Says Dad Warned Him Against the Performance: ‘Son, I Don’t Think That’s a Good Idea’ [20d]
• ESPN, NFL Deal Makes Football League Part Owner of Disney Sports Giant [20d]