Thursday, February 18, 2021
Lupita Nyongo’s children’s book “Sulwe” will be adapted into an animated musical for Netflix. Written by Nyong’o and illustrated by Vashti Harrison, the book follows a young Kenyan…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57PMNYU Tisch School of the Arts has established a scholarship in honor of alumnus Philip Seymour Hoffman. The $50,000 grant will support Tisch drama students who demonstrate financial need, aca…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57PMFriday, February 12, 2021
“My Little Pony,” an animated movie aimed at family audiences, is heading to Netflix. Paramount Pictures was originally set to distribute the film, which had been scheduled to open in t…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:15PMTuesday, February 9, 2021
Hold on to your ruby red slippers and break out the pointy black hats: A “Wizard of Oz” remake is in the works at New Line Cinema. Nicole Kassell (“Watchmen”) is directing the adapta…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:13PMTuesday, February 2, 2021
While Broadway remains dark, Entertainment One is bringing the musical “Come From Away” to audiences at home. The company is producing and financing a live stage recording of the Tony Aw…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:43PMSunday, January 31, 2021
Would audiences pay to see a new movie in theaters if they could watch the same title at home from the comfort of their couch? Prior to the pandemic, the response from theater operators and …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:33PMTuesday, January 12, 2021
Benoît Jutras, the composer behind many Cirque du Soleil productions, is developing a slate of original musicals for the stage and screen. The first project will be a rock opera that traces…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:57PMThursday, January 7, 2021
When the lights go up on Broadway, “Mean Girls” won’t be returning to the stage. Producers announced Thursday that the musical, based on Tina Fey’s modern cult classic, will not reop…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:15PMWednesday, January 6, 2021
Paramount Pictures is getting in on the business of Monty Python. The studio has acquired “Spamalot,” the upcoming movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. The film was previously s…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:34PMWednesday, June 12, 2019
Bryan Cranston took a moment to get political during Sunday night’s Tony Awards, blasting the president’s stance on the state of journalism. “The media is not the enemy of the people. …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:06AM“Hadestown” director Rachel Chavkin, who won her first Tony Award on Sunday night, used her acceptance speech to make a call for greater diversity and representation on Broadway. “Ther…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:06AMWednesday, April 3, 2019
Hakuna Matata, indeed. Disney debuted all-new footage of the highly anticipated remake at CinemaCon, the annual exhibition trade show in Las Vegas. The roughly five minute clip followed a yo…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:08PMJennifer Hudson delivered an anthemic rendition of “Memory” to cap Universal Pictures’ CinemaCon presentation on Wednesday. Universal and Working Title didn’t release any footage fro…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:31PMSunday, March 31, 2019
Disney’s “Dumbo” had an underwhelming liftoff at the domestic box office. Tim Burton’s live-action remake of the 1941 cartoon debuted with $45 million from 4,259 North American theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:32AMWednesday, March 27, 2019
Disney’s upcoming adaptation of “Dumbo” is taking flight this weekend. Directed by Tim Burton, the studio’s live-action re-imagining of the 1941 cartoon is expected to earn roughly $…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMTuesday, March 12, 2019
You ain’t never had a friend like Will Smith’s Genie. Disney released the first full-length trailer for the studio’s live-action remake of “Aladdin,” starring Smith as the Genie, M…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:27AMWednesday, February 13, 2019
Elsa, I have a feeling we’re not in Arendelle anymore. Everyone’s favorite ice queen is braving a new element in the newest teaser trailer for Disney’s “Frozen 2,R…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:19AMWednesday, January 23, 2019
“BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee’s crime drama about a black detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan, is heading back to theaters after picking up six Oscar nominations. The …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:10PMFriday, January 4, 2019
Thanks to the smash successes of “Aquaman,” “A Star Is Born,” and “The Meg,” Warner Bros. capped off 2018 with a new milestone. The studio had its biggest…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:18AMWednesday, December 26, 2018
Reports of the death of movies are greatly exaggerated. The exhibition business came roaring back in 2018, as blockbusters such as “Black Panther,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:42PMThursday, November 1, 2018
The wait never bothered us anyway, but “Frozen” fans will get to see Anna and Elsa back on the big screen a little sooner than expected. Disney announced “Frozen 2” h…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:52PMSunday, October 21, 2018
“Venom” remains a force to be reckoned with overseas as the Tom Hardy superhero movie topped the foreign box office for the third weekend in a row. Sony’s “Venom̶…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMTuesday, October 2, 2018
Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, and Tom Hardy are injecting a little star-power into multiplexes. Following a lackluster September at the box office, “Venom” and “A Star Is Born…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:19PMThursday, September 13, 2018
October should start strong as two releases targeting vastly different audiences will open at the box office. One stars a shocking otherworldly being. The other is “Venom.” Early…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:50PMFriday, August 17, 2018
Samantha Barks didn’t watch Julia Roberts and Richard Gere’s iconic “Pretty Woman” in preparation for her starring role in the new Broadway musical adaptation of the …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:32PMWednesday, August 15, 2018
Keri Russell is Broadway bound. The award-winning actress is joining Adam Driver in the first Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson’s “Burn This.” Tony Award winner Michael Ma…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:24PMWednesday, August 8, 2018
Bryan Cranston will return to Broadway in his Olivier Award-winning role of Howard Beale in “Network.” Lee Hall and Ivo van Hove are adapting the play, which is based on the 1976…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:12AMMonday, June 11, 2018
While introducing the first Tony nominee for best revival of a musical, “My Fair Lady,” Amy Schumer paused to throw some general shade at the state of women’s right in Amer…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:04AMTuesday, March 6, 2018
Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Blumstein, whose stage name is Ruthie Ann Miles, is in the hospital and her 4-year-old daughter Abigail has died after they were struck by a car in Brooklyn, acco…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AMSunday, March 4, 2018
The 90th Academy Awards are taking place on Sunday, honoring the best in film from the past year. Nominees to look out for include Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” which…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:42PMWednesday, December 27, 2017
Disneyland suffered a power outage on Wednesday afternoon, Variety has confirmed. At least a dozen rides and attractions appear to have been shut down at the Anaheim, Calif., park. According…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:45PM 
