The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Sean Baker Scores Massive Payday for ‘Anora’ Follow-Up at Warner Bros. Label Clockwork: Inside the Deal for “Ti Amo!” (EXCLUSIVE) [11d]
• ‘Michael’ Director Antoine Fuqua Questions Some Michael Jackson Allegations: ‘Sometimes People Do Nasty Things for Some Money’ [11d]
• Ron Frierson Named President and CEO of Hollywood Chamber of Commerce [11d]
• ‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money’ Review: Ben McKenzie’s Knife-Sharp Documentary Takedown of Cryptocurrency [11d]
• Marvel’s Visual Department Director Andy Park Exits After 16 Years Amid Disney Layoffs: ‘I Couldn’t Be Prouder of the History We Made’ [11d]
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says AI in Hollywood Will Get People to ‘Care More About Human Creators, Not Less’ [11d]
• Music Industry Moves: Miranda Lambert Joins MCA Records [11d]
• ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Season 2 Casts Ryan Phillippe [11d]
• Disney+ Signs Multi-Year Co-Development Deal With Japan’s The Seven [11d]
• Tim Cook Stepping Down as Apple CEO, to Be Succeeded by John Ternus at Tech Giant [11d]
• ‘Super Troopers 3’ Trailer: Broken Lizard Reunites for Raunchy Comedy Filled With High-Speed Chases, a Wedding Gone Wrong and More [11d]
• ‘Wednesday’ Season 3 First Look: Jenna Ortega Arrives in Paris [11d]
• Madonna Says Coachella Outfit Went Missing, Offers Reward for Its Return: ‘These Aren’t Just Clothes, They’re Part of My History’ [11d]
• Billy Strings Breaks Leg in Two Places While Skateboarding During Encore Break: ‘I Heard It Snap Over the Screaming Crowd!’ [11d]
• Christina Applegate Speaks Out After Hospitalization: I’m Getting ‘Better Every Day’ and ‘Health Issues Are a Constant For Me, but I’m a Strong Chick’ [11d]
• Oscilloscope Laboratories Buys Will Poulter, Noah Centineo Sundance Hit ‘Union County’ (EXCLUSIVE) [11d]
• Shaboozey Announces Concept Album ‘The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales’ [11d]
• Channing Tatum’s ‘Magic Mike’ Live Show Sets Global Expansion With $45 Million Capital Raise (EXCLUSIVE) [11d]
• D4vd Charged With Murder in Death of Teen Girl Celeste Rivas [11d]
• Elisabeth Moss Wins Emmys Petition, Will Compete as Guest Actress for ‘The Testaments’ After Reprising ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Role (EXCLUSIVE) [11d]
• ‘Superman’ Sequel ‘Man of Tomorrow’ Starts Filming as James Gunn Teases Brainiac, Lex Luthor in Jail [11d]
• ‘Practical Magic 2’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock Return for Magical Sequel 28 Years After Original [11d]
• Fox One Expands Podcast Lineup With Shows From Fox News, Red Seat Ventures [11d]
• Critics Choice Awards Set 2027 Dates, Renews Two-Year Deal With Versant [11d]
• MFF & CO Developing Cinematic Universe Based on ‘Possible,’ William Ury’s Best-Selling Guide to Conflict Resolution (EXCLUSIVE) [11d]
• One of TV News’ Most Respected Consultants Says Format Is Breaking, Needs to Change Quickly [11d]
• ‘Memory of Princess Mumbi,’ Set in a Retro-Futuristic Africa Recreated With AI, Scores Istanbul Film Festival Top Prize [11d]
• TV News Goes Crazy for Creators: Will Digital Mavericks Add Life to Old Format or Wipe It Out? [11d]
• The Making of ‘Heated Rivalry’ Is Unpacked in New Book From Creator Jacob Tierney, Including Annotated Scripts [12d]
• FBI Director Kash Patel Files $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against the Atlantic, Which Calls Suit ‘Meritless’ [12d]
• ESPN Pulls Boston Marathon Doc ‘Rachel, Breathe’; Director Frank Marshall Cites Rights Disagreement and Says Lawyers Told Him ‘Sign It Now or We Are Pulling the Show’ [12d]
• Martin Scorsese’s Pope Francis Film to Launch With Private Vatican Screening One Year After His Death; First-Look Images Revealed [12d]
• Catherine O’Hara Rewrote Entire Scenes for ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Dan Levy Reveals: ‘She Was Just an Irreplaceable Talent and an Irreplaceable Person’ [12d]
• Madonna’s Manager Guy Oseary ‘Not Sure’ She’ll Tour Again Following Sabrina Carpenter Coachella Performance and ‘Confessions II’ Release [12d]
• Ryan Reynolds Says Deadpool Will Be a ‘Supporting Character’ Moving Forward and ‘I’ve Got Stuff Written’ for His Return: ‘I Don’t Think I’m Ever Going to Center Him Again’ [12d]
• After WrestleMania, Play Your Own Retro Arcade Matches at Home: Here’s Where to Buy WWE WrestleFest Online [12d]
• From Local Producer to Global Player: How Chile’s Fabula Scaled Across Borders [12d]
• Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Title ‘Double Freedom,’ From Director Lisandro Alonso, Boarded by Luxbox (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
• ‘Elden Ring’: Alex Garland’s A24 Video Game Movie Reveals Full Cast, 2028 Release Date and It’s Being Shot for Imax [12d]
• Kevin Dillon Action-Thriller ‘Complex, Texas’ Unveils First Look as VMI Acquires Sales Ahead of Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
• Animated Comedy ‘Kevin’ Is an Enjoyably Chaotic Feline Coming-of-Age: TV Review [12d]
• ‘Lemme Say This’ Pop-Culture Podcast Is Returning Under Pact With Obamas’ Higher Ground (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
• ‘Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day,’ Starring Haley Bennett, to Open SXSW London’s Screen Program [12d]
• BrLab Announces Winners of 15th Edition, With FiGa Films Acquiring Sales Rights to Brazilian Drama ‘Red Nest’ (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
• Patrick Muldoon, ‘Days of Our Lives’ and ‘Melrose Place’ Actor, Dies at 57 [12d]
• Assi Azar Sets Celebrity Group Therapy Series ‘Who Wants to Start?’ Where Stars Will Discuss a ‘Defining Life Experience’ With Each Other (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
• BBC Acquires French WWI Super-Soldier Action Series ‘The Sentinels’ From Studiocanal [12d]
• ‘Heated Rivalry’ Season 2 Set for 2027 as Lionsgate Play Pivots to Theatrical-First Hollywood Strategy in India [12d]
• Cannes’ Annecy Animation Showcase: Anime, Insect Stop Motion, Sci-Fi Cuisine and Oscar-Nominated Alain Gagnol (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
• Kurt Russell, Kristin Scott Thomas to Be Honored at Monte-Carlo Television Festival [12d]
• Jacqueline Zünd Explores Climate Inequality in ‘Heat,’ Premiering at Visions du Réel: ‘I Found Dystopia in Real Life’ [12d]
• Korea Box Office: ‘Salmokji : Whispering Water’ Maintains Command in Second Weekend [12d]
• Philo Pitches New Subscribers With $33 Live TV Package That Includes HBO Max, Discovery+ and AMC+ [12d]
• China Box Office: ‘It’s OK’ Retains Top Spot During Quiet Weekend [12d]
• Microdrama Takes Center Stage at Cairns Crocodiles as FlareFlow Data Shows Australia Outperforming Global Markets (EXCLUSIVE) [12d]
• Sydney Sweeney’s Work in ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Is Complicated and Compelling [12d]
• In ‘Euphoria,’ Being Called a Pig Is Worse Than the N-Word. Sam Levinson and Adewale Akinnuoye-Adgabje Unpack Why [12d]
• ‘Fallen Angels’ Broadway Review: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara Sparkle in Lackluster Noël Coward Revival [12d]