The Brutalist Report

Variety

• LISTEN: How Channing Tatum and Derek Cianfrance Raised ‘Roofman’; the Lowdown on the Lido Fest With Variety’s Elsa Keslassy [13d]
• Director Oren Jacoby On His Big Oil Resistance Telluride Doc ‘This Is Not A Drill’: ‘It’s a Look At The Failure of an Entire Industry to Tell the Truth’ [13d]
• Jensen Ackles on the ‘Countdown’ Finale Cliffhanger, Why ‘It Would Suck if It Just Ends There’ and the ‘Supernatural’ Reunion on the ‘The Boys’ Final Season [13d]
• Oscar Isaac Embraces Julian Schnabel as ‘In the Hand of Dante’ Scores 8-Minute Venice Ovation [13d]
• Channing Tatum Bombed ‘Thor’ Audition by Moving Around Too Much, Then He ‘Spent Five Years Trying to Learn Stillness’: ‘I Didn’t Really Want to Be Thor’ [13d]
• American Eagle Credits Controversial Sydney Sweeney ‘Great Jeans’ Campaign With Boosting Sales and Brand Awareness [13d]
• Andy Serkis Says ‘I Can’t Escape’ Gollum Before Flying to New Zealand to Begin New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie: ‘We’re Going Down to Start Prep’ [13d]
• Variety’s Business Managers Elite 2025: Nominations Are Open [13d]
• Dylan O’Brien on His ‘Twinless’ Mustache and Playing Drums for Taylor Swift’s ‘Snow on the Beach’: ‘It Was an All-Time Bucket-Lister for Me’ [13d]
• ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ Bows in London With ‘No Real Plans’ for More, but ‘Who Knows What the Future Holds?’ [13d]
• ‘In the Hand of Dante’ Review: Julian Schnabel’s Gonzo Literary Gangster Movie Is a Folly That Pulsates With Life [13d]
• ‘Wuthering Heights’ Trailer: Jacob Elordi Seduces Margot Robbie in Erotic Footage From ‘Saltburn’ Director Emerald Fennell’s Movie [13d]
• ‘Wednesday’ Production Designer Built Venetian-Style Gala Set With Gondolas, Arches and Crashing Chandeliers in Two Weeks [13d]
• Angelina Jolie Boards ‘Muganga, The One Who Treats’ as Producer (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Financier Refuses to Pay Crew of Shirley MacLaine Film Crew a Year After Production Wraps [13d]
• Devon Walker on Leaving ‘SNL,’ His Advice to New Cast Members and Why the Show Can Be ‘Toxic’: ‘A Sprinkle of Humanity Could Be Added’ [13d]
• Patrick Gibson to Star as James Bond in Video Game ‘007 First Light’; Gameplay Trailer, Release Date Revealed (Gaming News Roundup) [13d]
• Lionsgate Hires Apple TV+’s Justin Manfredi as Head of TV Marketing [13d]
• Best Horror of September 2025: The Final ‘Conjuring,’ ‘Strangers’ Returns, Demonic Football Stars and More [13d]
• How Lady Gaga’s ‘Wednesday’ Costume Used Bird Feathers and Silk Embroidery to Dress the Ghostly Rosaline Rotwood [13d]
• Will Smith, Westbrook Sign First-Look Deal With Paramount to Make Franchise Films [13d]
• ‘Bel-Air’ Sets Fourth and Final Season Release Date at Peacock [13d]
• Douglas Aibel Stepping Down as Vineyard Theatre Artistic Director (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Édgar Ramírez-Produced Thriller ‘It Would Be Night in Caracas’ Casts a Light on Venezuela’s 2017 Riots and Diaspora [13d]
• Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Premiere ‘The History of Sound’ in NYC, Post Malone Debuts Fashion Line in Paris and More Celeb Photos: September 2025 [13d]
• ‘Cape Fear’ TV Adaptation at Apple Casts Ron Perlman, Ted Levine and Margarita Levieva [13d]
• Taylor Swift’s UK Tour Pushes Live Music Spending to Record High of $8.9 Billion [13d]
• Beyond Fest to Celebrate Guillermo del Toro With 12 Movie Retrospective- Film News in Brief [13d]
• After Decades in the Business, Tom Pelphrey Is Finally Being Taken Seriously in ‘Task’ — and ‘Didn’t Have to Do a Ton of Soul-Searching’ for the Gritty Role [13d]
• Studio TF1’s Thriller ‘Surface’ Hits Huge Numbers in Online Preview Ahead of French Primetime Premiere [13d]
• ‘The Paper’: How to Watch ‘The Office’ Spinoff Comedy Series Online [13d]
• AEW Pay-Per-Views to Stream Live on HBO Max Starting With ‘All Out’ 2025 [13d]
• Dan Rather Blasts ‘Shameful’ CBS and ABC Settlements With Trump, Draws Parallels to His Bush-Era Ouster [13d]
• Laura Dern and Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Patti Harris to Be Honored at Oceana’s New York Gala (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Gets Funko Pop Collection, Including Customizable ‘Pop! Yourself’ Figures [13d]
• Roblox Aims to Expand Age Estimation Tool to All Users By End of 2025 [13d]
• Lady Gaga Releases Tim Burton-Directed Video for ‘The Dead Dance’ [13d]
• Brandi Carlile Announces First Solo Album in Four Years, ‘Returning to Myself,’ and Releases Video for Title Track [13d]
• ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Review: The Warrens Unretire for One Final Exorcism … and This Time, It’s Personal [13d]
• Reneé Rapp, Ed Sheeran and Malala to Teach Public School Students as ‘Celebrity Substitute’ Returns for Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• ‘Yellowstone’ Beth and Rip Spinoff ‘The Dutton Ranch’ Casts Ed Harris [13d]
• Independent Film and Television Alliance President Jean Prewitt Steps Down After 25 Years [13d]
• ‘The Office’ Spinoff ‘The Paper’ Opens With a Few Wrinkles Before Ironing Itself Out: TV Review [13d]
• Ian Somerhalder Reveals Why He Asked to Leave ‘Vampire Diaries’ During Season 3: ‘I Was So Angry… I Wanted Off’ (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Emily Spence Joins Vice Media Group as Chief Communications Officer [13d]
• Google Pixel 10: Here’s How to Buy the New Android Smartphone Online [13d]
• Julio Torres on His Off Broadway Show ‘Color Theories,’ Getting Pitched by Toy Companies After ‘Barbie’ and the Decline of Diversity in Hollywood: ‘Isn’t It Funny How Far We’ve Swung Back?’ [13d]
• Kaitlyn Dever, Meghann Fahy and Issa Rae Among Through Her Lens Jurors [13d]
• ‘Conjuring 4’ Should Scare Life Back Into Box Office With Projected $50 Million-Plus Debut [13d]
• Taylor Swift Is ‘Welcome at Any Time’ to Play Super Bowl Halftime Show, Says NFL Chief Roger Goodell [13d]
• Streameast Shut Down: World’s Most Massive Sports Piracy Site Disabled After Raid [13d]
• ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Review: A Young Girl’s Death in Gaza Is Heard From an Agonizing Distance in a Crushing Docudrama [13d]
• Disney Theatrical Group’s Thomas Schumacher Will Depart Longtime Leadership Role This Month (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Radiohead Announce First Tour Dates in Seven Years [13d]
• ‘Ice Road Truckers’ Returns to History Channel After Eight Years Off the Air [13d]
• Sophie Cookson, Franka Potente Team for Martin Rosete’s Espionage Thriller ‘The Hive’ as First Look Revealed (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Alexander Rodnyansky’s ‘Notes of a True Criminal’ Debuts Teaser Trailer as Film Premieres in Venice: ‘I Portray War as a Persistent Curse’ (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• ‘Slow Horses’ Season 5 Trailer: Gary Oldman Drags Misfit Spies Into Web of Terror Plots [13d]
• Warner Music Restructures: Atlantic and Warner Records U.K. Labels to Report to U.S. Management [13d]
• ‘A House of Dynamite’ Trailer: Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson Race to Stop a Nuke From Destroying America in Kathryn Bigelow’s Netflix Thriller [13d]
• Lincoln Center Theater’s New Artistic Director Lear deBessonet Talks Building ‘Impossible Communities’ [13d]
• Riz Ahmed to ‘Stretch Culture’ as WePresent Guest Curator (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• FlareFlow Shoots to U.S. Top 5 Entertainment Apps With Micro-Drama Binge Formula [13d]
• Julian Schnabel Rejects Gaza Activists’ Call for Venice to Disinvite Gal Gadot and Gerard Butler From ‘In the Hand of Dante’ Premiere Over Israel Support [13d]
• ‘The Paper’ Renewed for Season 2, One Day Before Series Premiere on Peacock [13d]
• Women in Film India Unveils Six Filmmakers for Toronto Delegation (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Director Hopes Brad Pitt and Joaquin Phoenix Joining Gaza Drama as Producers Will ‘Mean Something’: It’s ‘Very Important to Give’ Palestinians a ‘Voice and a Face’ [13d]
• Cai Shangjun’s ‘The Sun Rises on Us All’ Unveils First Clip Ahead of Venice, Toronto, Busan Premieres (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• German Producers Upbeat Following Revamp of Funding but There’s Still Room for Improvement [13d]
• ITV Studios Launches New Entertainment Label – Global Bulletin [13d]
• Actors Union Equity Blasted by ‘Oldest Ally’ Spotlight After Losing ‘Cynical, Performative and Expensive’ Court Case [13d]
• Emmy-Winning Indian Comedian Vir Das Sets Lincoln Center Residency: ‘All I’m Thinking About Is the Jokes’ (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Philippines’ QCinema Market Unveils 20 Film Projects Across Southeast Asia [13d]
• Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet,’ Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’ and Kate Moss Biopic Among BFI London Film Festival Lineup [13d]
• Jackie Chan’s ‘The Shadow’s Edge’ Lands U.K. Distribution Deal With Trinity CineAsia (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Anurag Kashyap’s Amazon MGM Studios Film ‘Nishaanchi’ Unveils Trailer (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Trailer: Ralph Fiennes Returns in Zombie Sequel [13d]
• Annemarie Jacir’s Historical Epic ‘Palestine 36’ Readies for Toronto Debut: Watch Clip Here (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Na Hong-jin to Lead Star-Studded Jury for Busan’s Inaugural Competition Section [13d]
• Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ Selected by Korea for Oscars [13d]
• ‘Ghoul,’ ‘Betaal’ Creator Patrick Graham Pens Indian Horror Feature Based on Real Tragedy for Not Out Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• AEW Star Jeff Jarrett Says Taylor Swift Performed a Private Three-Hour Concert For His Family Shortly Before His Wife Died of Breast Cancer: ‘An Amazing Experience’ [13d]
• ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ Star Frankie Muniz Says Fans Will Be ‘Surprised’ to See ‘Where Everybody Is’ in Series Reboot: ‘Hard to Fit 20 Years of Stuff into Four 30-Minute Episodes’ [13d]
• ‘Alien: Earth’ Star Babou Ceesay on the Massive Episode 5 Twist: ‘There’s Something Human About This Guy That I Wanted to Cover Up’ [13d]
• Jeffrey Wright Slams Backlash to Him Playing Commissioner Gordon in ‘The Batman’ as ‘F–ing Racist and Stupid’: ‘It’s Absent All Logic’ [13d]