The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Obsession’ Filmmaker Curry Barker to Direct ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reimagining at A24 (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• ‘Jury Duty: Company Retreat’ Submits 19 Actors for Emmys, Including Sia; Participant Anthony Norman Ineligible (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• ‘Fighting With My Family’ Being Developed Into a Stage Musical With Stephen Merchant and Dwayne Johnson Producing [10d]
• Drake Announces ‘Iceman’ Album Release Date [10d]
• Denise Richards Remembers Friend and ‘Starship Troopers’ Co-Star Patrick Muldoon: ‘I Don’t Know What I’m Going to Do Without You Here’ [10d]
• ‘Survivor’ 50 Sneak Peek: Jeff Probst Competes for the First Time — Thanks to Jimmy Fallon (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• ‘On the Road (En El Camino)’ Tops Winners at 43rd Miami Film Festival – Film News in Brief [10d]
• ’90s Slasher ‘213 Bones’ Sells U.S. Rights to The Horror Collective; Studio Dome to Launch Global Sales at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Anne Hathaway Pushed ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Producers to Cast Size-Inclusive Models Because ‘All Different Shapes Are Beautiful’ [10d]
• Trump’s Media Company Appoints Kevin McGurn, Former Hulu and Vevo Exec, Interim CEO [10d]
• Fox Movie Boss Says Execs Thought ‘X-Men’ Was a ‘Disaster’ and Rupert Murdoch Flipped Out Over ‘Fight Club’: ‘What Kind of Sick F—ing Human Would Make This?’ [10d]
• Shawn Levy Says AI Will Become an ‘Essential Tool’ for Moviemaking but He Hasn’t ‘Incorporated’ It in ‘Any Meaningful Way’ Yet [10d]
• ‘ESPN Jeopardy!’ Confirmed Ordered by Disney+ and Hulu, With Host Joe Buck [10d]
• Ramy Youssef Trolls MAGA Backlash to His ‘Sesame Street’ Episode Where Elmo Spoke Arabic: ‘Elmo Saying Habibi Has Set Them Off’ [10d]
• CinemaCon 2026 Takeaways: David Ellison Quashed a Rebellion, Tom Rothman Ticked Off Theater Owners and Steven Spielberg Issued an Urgent Warning [10d]
• Neon Adapting Sam Evenson’s Viral Horror Short ‘Mora’ Into Feature Film (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• An Oscar for Rocky? ‘Project Hail Mary’ Puppeteer James Ortiz Is Eligible for Best Supporting Actor (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• Harvey Weinstein’s Fourth Rape Trial Gets Underway: ‘Power, Control and Manipulation’ [10d]
• T-Mobile and DoorDash Team Up To Deliver Fast 5G Home Internet, Now Delivered the Fastest [10d]
• LISTEN: Hollywood Wants to Know More About Tim Cook’s Successor at Apple; BookCon Returns With Focus on Romantasy and Adaptation [10d]
• ‘Beef’ Season 2 Opens With 2.4 Million Views on Netflix Top 10, Down Nearly 60% From Season 1 [10d]
• Netflix India’s New-Talent Bet Lands Three Films in Global Top 10 as ‘Toaster’ Hits No. 1 (EXCLUSIVE) [10d]
• ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Director Jorma Taccone on the Lonely Island’s ‘SNL’ Legacy and Recovering From a Shattered Pelvis: ‘I Had a Moment of My Life Flashing Before My Eyes’ [10d]
• Reese Witherspoon Confronts Backlash Over AI Support: ‘No One Is Paying Me’ and Computers Should Not ‘Replace Humanity’ [10d]
• ‘Paradise’ Season 3 Casts Julianna Margulies [10d]
• Variety Announces Program for Inaugural High Tea: Celebrating Female Directors Event [10d]
• As Election Nears, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Offers Short-Term Cuts in Film Production Fees [10d]