Saturday, December 26, 2015
Thanks to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Disney’s total domestic gross for 2015 has passed the $2 billion milestone for the first time. Disney’s previous domestic re…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:29PMFriday, December 4, 2015
Barbra Streisand will direct the historical drama “Catherine the Great” with casting under way. The gig will be Streisand’s fourth following “Yentl,” “The Prince of T…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:08AMThursday, November 12, 2015
Broad Green Pictures is developing a movie about iconic playwright Tennessee Williams, based on John Lahr’s book “Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh.” William…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:02PMThe screenplay for “Annie Hall” has been named the funniest screenplay in voting by the members of the Writers Guild of America. The script by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman t…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:41AMTuesday, October 20, 2015
Michael Stevens, the longtime writer-producer of the annual Kennedy Center Honors, has died. He was 48. The Directors Guild of America announced Stevens’ death on its website Tuesday. …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:21PMWednesday, September 9, 2015
STX Entertainment has titled its intergalactic love story as “The Space Between Us,” starring Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino, Britt Robertson, BD Wong and Janet Montgomery. P…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:33PMTuesday, September 8, 2015
Director Terry Gilliam, the only American member of the Monty Python comedy troupe and an Oscar nominee for the screenplay to his film “Brazil,” has died. He was << born…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:14PMTuesday, August 25, 2015
The West Coast members of the Intl. Alliance of Theatrical Employees — Hollywood’s key below-the-line union — have ratified a three-year successor deal to the union’s master cont…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:54PMWednesday, August 19, 2015
Kim Allen will play Jackie Kennedy in Rob Reiner’s upcoming Lyndon B. Johnson movie “LBJ,” starring Woody Harrelson. Bill Pullman has been cast as Ralph Yarborough and Richard …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:16PMSaturday, August 8, 2015
The editorial staff of Vice Media’s digital operations will now be represented by the Writers Guild of America East after management agreed to a request to allow the staff to unionize…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:53AMMonday, July 27, 2015
Songwriter Bret McKenzie and author Michael Chabon are joining Disney’s musical comedy “Bob the Musical.” The project, in which a man suffers a head injury and can subseque…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:42PMTuesday, July 21, 2015
Sundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to Nelson George’s “A Ballerina’s Tale,” centered on a critical part of dancer Misty Copeland’s career. The documentary wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:06PMMonday, July 20, 2015
Ray Jessel, who had extensive TV credits on “The Love Boat” and “Head of Class,” died July 17 of natural causes at his home in Studio City, Calif. He was 85. Jessel w…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:25PMGeorge Coe, an actor with extensive credits and a longtime activist in the Screen Actors Guild, died Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif., after battling a long illness. He was 86. Coe acted for…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:03AMWednesday, July 15, 2015
Disney is developing “Genies,” a live-action comedy prequel to its 1992 animated hit “Aladdin.” Tripp Vinson is on board to produce “Genies” through his V…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15PMHugh Jackman has dropped out of the drama “Collateral Beauty” a month after the project was unveiled by Palmstar Media. Producers have indicated that they hope to replace Jackman…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:14PMThursday, July 2, 2015
IFC Films will release Elisabeth Moss’ psychological thriller “Queen of Earth” starting Aug. 26 in New York, followed by a national rollout. “Queen of Earth,”…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:46PMFriday, June 26, 2015
Outfest has selected writer-director-actor John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig & the Angry Inch,” “Rabbit Hole,” “Shortbus”) as the recipient of its 19th annual Outfest Achievemen…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:42AMWednesday, June 17, 2015
The Disney ABC Television Group has reversed course on cutting jobs for up to 35 application developers, two weeks after informing the employees that they were being laid off. The developers…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:09PMMonday, June 8, 2015
Michael J. Roth and Steve Longi have acquired feature film and TV rights to the Off-Broadway musical-comedy “Zombie Prom,” Variety has learned exclusively. Roth is producing thro…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:45PMWednesday, June 3, 2015
A remake of Whoopi Goldberg’s comedy “Sister Act” is in the works at Disney. Goldberg is not yet involved with the new “Sister Act.” Kirsten Smith and Karen McC…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:38PMFriday, May 29, 2015
“Annie” director Will Gluck has signed on to direct Disney’s lottery movie, formerly titled “Lucky Guy,” with “The Lego Movie’s” Dan Lin attac…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:32PMWednesday, May 27, 2015
Abrams Artists Agency has reorganized its executive suites in its Los Angeles and New York offices with a quartet of veterans receiving promotions, Variety has learned exclusively. Neal …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:39PMMonday, May 25, 2015
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SOURCE: Variety at 05:58PMThursday, May 14, 2015
The American Film Institute will confer honorary degrees on actress Angela Lansbury and writer-director-producer Lawrence Kasdan on June 10. The Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees will be presen…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMWednesday, May 13, 2015
Pacific Mercantile Bank has provided Mike and Marty Productions with financing for its legal thriller “Beyond Deceit,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino. The production fin…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMTuesday, May 12, 2015
Level 33 Entertainment has acquired North American rights to romantic drama “After Words,” starring Marcia Gay Harden, Oscar Jaenada and Jenny Ortega, Variety has learned. Red Se…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:35PMWednesday, April 8, 2015
Disney is developing a live-action version of “Pinocchio” with Peter Hedges on board to write the story that’s loosely based on the studio’s 1940 animated movie. Hedg…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:13PMMonday, April 6, 2015
James Franco has come on board to direct and produce William Gay’s “The Long Home,” a coming-of-age story set in rural Tennessee in the 1940s. Franco and Vince Jolivette wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:58PMThursday, April 2, 2015
Disney is developing a live-action movie version of its animated “Winnie the Pooh” property, hiring “Listen Up Philip” writer-director Alex Ross Perry to write the ad…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:44PMTuesday, March 31, 2015
Hugh Jackman will star in and produce faith-based drama “Apostle Paul” for Warner Bros. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck will also produce through their Warner-based Pearl Street banne…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:38PM 
