Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Unlike its rival movie studios, Disney is not looking at an early premium video-on-demand window for theatricals, according to Chairman-CEO Bob Iger. The executive made that point emphatica…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:25PMThe Walt Disney Company has topped Wall Street earnings estimates for its fiscal second quarter that ended on March 31, thanks to strong performances by feature films and theme parks. The co…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30PMFriday, May 5, 2017
Longtime Disney production executive Kristin Burr is transitioning to a Disney-based producing deal on the Burbank lot as Burr! Productions. Burr joined Disney in 1997 as a creative executiv…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:07PMDave Chappelle has joined Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the Warner Bros. remake of “A Star is Born.” Cooper is also directing, which marks his feature film helming debut. He is…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:54PMWednesday, April 19, 2017
Fox 2000 has hired “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail to direct World War II female pilots drama “Silver Wings.” The film will be produced by Anonymous Content’s Micha…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:07PMWednesday, April 12, 2017
Joseph David-Jones has joined the cast of Denzel Washington’s crime drama “Inner City,” written and directed by Dan Gilroy. Cross Creek will co-finance the film under its S…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:10PMSalma Hayek blisters John Lithgow’s self-satisfied real-estate mogul at a dinner party that goes off the rails in the first trailer for Roadside Attractions’ dark comedy “B…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:21PMWednesday, March 29, 2017
LAS VEGAS — An impassioned Christopher Nolan introduced intense footage from his World War II epic “Dunkirk,” expressing his goal of taking moviegoers back to the massive 1…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:18PMMonday, March 27, 2017
Owners of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood is planning to launch an immersive esports theater in its adjacent Chinese 6 Theatre complex. No timetable was disclosed in the announcement, m…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:07PMFox is developing a movie musical inspired by Pharrell Williams’ childhood. Broadway director Michael Mayer is attached to helm “Atlantis” with Gil Netter, Williams, and M…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:47PMThursday, March 23, 2017
Disney is in talks with Thea Sharrock, director of “Me Before You,” to helm its movie version of the gorilla story “The One and Only Ivan.” British director Mike New…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:59PMIFC Films has acquired the independent drama “Wakefield,” starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner, for a May 19 theatrical release and a May 26 VOD launch. The film, which sc…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:08PMTuesday, March 21, 2017
More than 180 art houses in North America and Europe have scheduled April 4 showings of “1984,” the dystopian drama starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. “1984” dire…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:04PMThursday, March 16, 2017
Disney’s animated hit “Moana” is expected to cross the $600 million mark at the global box office on Thursday, thanks to a strong opening in Japan last weekend. “Moa…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:56PMWednesday, March 8, 2017
New footage from “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” debuted at Disney’s annual shareholders meeting in Denver, more than nine months before the ninth “Star Wars” movie…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:23PMMonday, March 6, 2017
You can soon experience the music of “La La Land” live in concert. Lionsgate is launching a worldwide concert tour that will premiere May 26 and May 27 at the Hollywood Bowl. The…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:58AMFriday, March 3, 2017
Disney is in early talks with Jared Leto for the actor to star in and produce a live-action “Tron 3” movie. No writer has been hired. If the project moves forward, Justin Springe…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:15PMWednesday, March 1, 2017
“Spotlight” writer-director Tom McCarthy is re-writing Disney’s “Christopher Robin,” bringing momentum to the live-action fantasy movie. The move to hire McCarthy, …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:48PMFriday, February 24, 2017
On Feb. 24 at the Beverly Hilton hotel, the Publicists Guild, a unit of the International Cinematographers Guild, will bestow trophies to many of its own members, and will accord special hon…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMWednesday, February 22, 2017
Imax and Disney have renewed their longstanding slate deal through 2019, and disclosed that director Rian Johnson shot key sequences of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” using Imax̵…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:48AMFriday, February 17, 2017
Angela Lansbury has joined the cast of “Mary Poppins Returns,” the sequel to Disney’s 1964 film “Mary Poppins.” The movie is currently filming at Shepperton Studios in London. Lans…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:52PMThursday, February 16, 2017
Awards season frontrunner “La La Land” has added another award — a “Made in Hollywood” prize from the City of Los Angeles in recognition of making LionsgateR…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:56PMDisney and Lucasfilm have announced a Sept. 1 launch for “Star Wars Force Friday II,” a global fan event celebrating the launch of new products inspired by the upcoming “Star W…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, February 14, 2017
Fox 2000 and “La La Land” producer Marc Platt are developing “The Fox Hunt,” based on Mohammed Al-Samawi’s autobiography about becoming a peace activist in Yem…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:40PM“La La Land” has found romance in China, earning an impressive $12.5 million on its Valentine’s Day-launch, including previews. The China opening brings the film’s wo…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:46PMMonday, February 13, 2017
“A Star Is Born,” starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, has been allocated a $7 million production tax credit by the California Film Commission. The movie, which will mark Cooper’…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:43PMWednesday, February 8, 2017
The outsize success of Lionsgate’s “La La Land” is spurring Hollywood filmmakers to bring their projects to the studio, Lionsgate’s top movie production executive sai…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:18PMSaturday, February 4, 2017
“La La Land” director Damien Chazelle admitted Saturday that he had obsessed over the minute details of castings of the musical comedy-drama. “The most difficult parts to c…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:30PMSunday, January 29, 2017
Denzel Washington has won the SAG Award for best actor in the intense drama “Fences.” The award was announced Sunday night in ceremonies at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. He topp…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:27PMEmma Stone has won the SAG Award for Best Actress for her memorable portrayal of a struggling but savvy actress in the musical comedy-drama “La La Land.” Stone won the award Sund…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57PMSaturday, January 28, 2017
The memorable freeway ramp dance sequence was shot in only two days with 150 dancers in 110 degree heat, “La La Land” producer Marc Platt recalled at Saturday’s Producers G…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:55PM 
