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| Thu 13:50 |
Winona Ryder Fact Checks ‘Stranger Things’ 1980s Accuracy on Set, Scripts ‘Had to Change’
When you’re making a show set in the 1980s and jam-packed with all things 1980s pop culture, it helps to have a 1980s icon on set. Such is the case for “Stranger Things” and Winona Ryder, who not only stars in the series as Joyce Byers but also makes sure creators Matt and Ross Duffer […] |
| Thu 13:43 |
‘Stranger Things’ Creators Duffer Brothers Launch Online Class on Creating a TV Show
The Duffer Brothers are going to take aspiring TV creators behind the scenes in the Upside Down. Matt and Ross Duffer, who are the creators, writers and executive producers of Netflix smash hit “Stranger Things,” launched a class on celeb-focused online learning platform MasterClass about how to develop an original TV series. The debut of […] |
| Thu 13:00 |
Horizon Media Acquires Controlling Stake in Digital-Experience Company First Tube
Horizon Media, the independent media buying company, has acquired a controlling stake in First Tube, a company that specializes in a practice that has intrigued a growing number of advertisers: digital experiences. First Tube is one of a number of companies that works to give consumers a way to interact with concerts, gatherings and the […] |
| Thu 12:57 |
Frank Zappa’s Recordings, Song Catalog and More Acquired by Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group has announced an agreement with Frank Zappa’s family to acquire the legendary musician’s recordings, publishing catalog, film archive, name and likeness, and the contents of “The Vault,” the storage facility that houses his complete archives. The agreement is between UMG and the Zappa trust — comprising the musician’s children Moon, Dweezil, Ahmet […] |
| Thu 12:45 |
Exposure: June 2022 Party Pics
Check out the latest party pics from Hollywood and beyond. |
| Thu 12:27 |
BBC Denies Ban on Secondary Sales to U.S. Streamers, Producers Body Vows to Fight Policy Change
The BBC has denied it plans to ban the secondary sale of commissions to Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ in the U.K. for five years. But they have confirmed to Variety that the secondary sales process is under review. “The BBC is not introducing a ban, we are looking at our secondary sales policy in […] |
| Thu 11:30 |
Taiwan and France to Be Feted at Bumper Venice Gap Financing Market
Film and immersive video projects from Taiwan and France will be put in the spotlight at the Venice Gap-Financing Market, a project support event that is part of the Venice Production Bridge and the Venice International Film Festival. The three-day market will present a huge 63 projects from around the world in the final stages […] |
| Thu 11:17 |
‘Apocalypse Now: Final Cut,’ ‘Basic Instinct’ in Lineup as Streamer Studiocanal Presents Launches on
A wealth of film and TV titles are available at launch on streamer Studiocanal Presents, which is now available as an Amazon Prime Video channel in the U.K. Some 300 films and series from Studiocanal’s catalogue are available at launch, including Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now: Final Cut” in 4K; Brian Helgeland’s “Legend”; Joel and […] |
| Thu 11:00 |
Teaser of Fantasia Opening Night Film ‘Polaris’ Reveals Dystopian Perpetual Winter (EXCLUSIVE)
Opening the 26th Fantasia Int’l Film Festival in Montreal on July 14, writer-director KC Carthew’s “Polaris” is her sophomore pic after her multi-award-winning debut feature, “The Sun at Midnight” (2017). A teaser, bowing exclusively in Variety, reveals a dystopian thriller set in a frigid, snow-blanketed wasteland. An expansion of her award-winning short film “Fish out of Water,” […] |
| Thu 09:00 |
‘Matilda the Musical’ to Open BFI London Film Festival
The world premiere of “Matilda the Musical” will open the 66th BFI London Film Festival. The Netflix adaptation stars Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Sindhu Vee and introduces Alisha Weir as Matilda. Screenwriter Dennis Kelly adapted the Tony and Olivier award-winning Royal Shakespeare Company theater production for the big screen, with […] |
