Monday, December 14, 2020
SAG-AFTRA’s national leadership has waded into the bitter dispute over the looming deep cuts in the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan as the union’s national board vowed to combat “misinformati…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:22PMSAG-AFTRA’s national board is requiring its 160,000 members to fully comply with COVID-19 safety protocols on set, saying that they will face disciplinary action if they fail to do so. The…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:26PMSaturday, May 18, 2019
SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris will seek re-election as the union’s top national officer and the head of the ticket for the Unite for Strength and United Screen Actors Nationwide f…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:20AMSolvan “Slick” Naim is developing an untitled hip-hop movie musical based on William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” for Netflix. The streaming service announced the project on Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:13AMWednesday, May 15, 2019
Paradigm Talent Agency has hired Ashley Hanley as a talent agent, and promoted three New York-based trainees to agent: Valerie Champeau (talent), Katelyn Dougherty (book publishing) and Rach…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36PMSaturday, April 13, 2019
High-profile members of the Writers Guild of America, including Patton Oswalt, David Simon, Shawn Ryan, Michael Schur, John August, Amy Berg, Danny Zuker and many more have gone public with …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:25PMThursday, April 11, 2019
In today’s film news roundup, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera and Aaron Eckhart get major roles, Donna Langley is a commencement speaker, and the Brittania Awards are set for Oct. 25. CASTIN…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:58PMWednesday, April 3, 2019
Leaders of Hollywood agents and writers have conducted what’s become a deeply disappointing set of negotiations — fueling the town’s growing uncertainty over the outcome. As of late We…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:57PMSunday, March 31, 2019
Members of the Writers Guild of America have voted overwhelmingly to support tightened restrictions on their agents — setting up a potentially chaotic scenario a week from now. The vote wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:59PMSaturday, March 30, 2019
Leaders of the Writers Guild of America have repeated a threat to sue the major Hollywood talent agencies for alleged conflicts of interest. The leaders issued the threat Saturday during a m…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:43PMFriday, March 29, 2019
Sci-fi fantasy magazine Heavy Metal and Pete Townshend are partnering on the Who’s uncompleted rock opera “Lifehouse” for a graphic novel, with an eye to developing a movie and televis…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:46PMThursday, March 28, 2019
Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles are starring in medical thriller “The God Committee.” Austin Stark is directing from his own script. Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya are c…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:04AMBenedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, and Richard Madden have joined Sam Mendes’ World War I drama “1917.” DreamWorks Pictures and Universal Pictures announced …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:28AMTuesday, March 26, 2019
The Writers Guild of America, which is threatening to require members to fire their agents, has posted a scathing video attacking how major agencies conduct packaging. Titled “Agency Confl…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:40PMThe dealmakers appear to be getting nowhere. Negotiators for Hollywood agents and the Writers Guild of America have achieved little progress at their seventh session on Tuesday, with a chaot…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14PMThursday, March 21, 2019
The Writers Guild of America has authorized managers and lawyers to negotiate deals for writers in place of agents — if the guild tells members to fire their agents on April 7. The guild�…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:17AMWednesday, March 20, 2019
The Writers Guild of America has made a concession in film financing in its negotiations with Hollywood talent agents — the second in six weeks of talks. WGA West executive director David …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:27PMTuesday, March 19, 2019
Steven Spielberg has cast Corey Stoll and Brian d’Arcy James as police officers in his movie adaptation of “West Side Story.” Stoll will take on the role of Lieutenant Schrank, the New…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:20PMThe Broadway musical “Jekyll and Hyde” is getting the movie treatment from Academy Award winner Alexander Dinelaris. Dinelaris, who is writing and producing the adaptation, won an Oscar …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:48PMMonday, March 18, 2019
The Writers Guild of America has singled out Hollywood’s largest talent agencies, William Morris Endeavor and Creative Artists Agency, for allegedly soaring profits. The WGA, in an acrimon…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:50PMTuesday, March 12, 2019
Playwright David Mamet has expressed sympathy for his longtime friend Felicity Huffman and her husband, fellow actor William H. Macy, following her indictment in a widespread college admiss…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:25PMMonday, March 11, 2019
More audiences are opting to buy movie tickets online as opposed to in theaters, a new study shows. Online movie ticket purchases rose 18.7% in 2018 and in-theater buying of tickets slid 5.4…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:08PMWednesday, February 27, 2019
AMC Theatres’ Stubs A-List program, the subscription service that allows customers to see three movies a week for $19.95 a month, has hit 700,000 subscribers. That figure is well ahead of …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:05PMWarner Bros. has set a one-week release of “A Star Is Born” with almost 12 minutes of additional footage, including extended musical performances, on 1,150 screens in North America. The …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AMWednesday, February 13, 2019
The Tribeca Film Festival will open its 18th edition with the world premiere of the HBO Documentary Film “The Apollo,” directed by Roger Ross Williams. The film will debut at the…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMTuesday, February 12, 2019
The Beastie Boys, Brandi Carlile, Elisabeth Moss, T Bone Burnett and former House Speaker John Boehner have been added as speakers at the SXSW Conference during March 8–17 in Austin, Texas…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMFriday, February 8, 2019
Universal Pictures has set its “Wicked” movie for the Christmas season with a release date of Dec. 22, 2021. Stephen Daldry will direct and Marc Platt will produce. The three-tim…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:17PMEric Roth, who won an Academy Award a quarter century ago for “Forrest Gump,” went even further back when he was working with Lady Gaga on “A Star Is Born.” Roth, spe…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:51AMSaturday, February 2, 2019
Bradley Cooper left Spike Lee stunned and delighted at the Directors Guild Theatre on Saturday morning by recalling auditioning for Lee long before Cooper became famous. Lee was discussing h…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:32PMMonday, January 28, 2019
Disney has set a one-week engagement for “Black Panther” to return to theaters to celebrate Black History Month during Feb. 1-7 at 250 participating AMC locations. Tickets are free for e…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:53PMMonday, January 14, 2019
Steven Spielberg has cast 17-year-old high schooler Rachel Zegler as Maria in his remake of “West Side Story.” She will make her film debut opposite Ansel Elgort as Tony. Broadwa…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:48PM 
