- Jack Gilardi, Longtime ICM Partners Agent, Dies at 88
Jack Gilardi, a longtime ICM Partners agent who represented such stars as Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, Jerry Lewis and Shirley MacLaine, died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88. Gilardi was known for his gentlemanly style, love of […]
- Depeche Mode Documentary Gets One-Night Theatrical Release
Depeche Mode has reunited with the group’s long-time filmographer, Anton Corbjn, for a combination documentary/concert film, “Spirits in the Forest,” which Trafalgar Releasing has announced it will put on approximately 2400 screens […]
- Film Review: ‘Promare’
Anime maniacs have been waiting for this day: Eight years ago, Hiroyuki Imaishi co-founded Studio Trigger with the goal of one day hatching a feature as wild and innovative as his TV series “Gurren Lagann” and “Kill la Kill.” […]
- Comcast Adds DAZN Sports-Streaming Service to Xfinity Flex, Sets Launch on X1
DAZN, the digital sports service headed by ex-ESPN boss John Skipper, is now available to Comcast broadband customers on Xfinity Flex and will be available on Xfinity X1 this fall. It’s the first distribution deal for DAZN with a major U.S. […]
- Will Gluck Sets TV Overall Deal at eOne (EXCLUSIVE)
Will Gluck has signed a two-year overall television deal with Entertainment One (eOne), Variety has learned exclusively. Under the deal, Richard Schwartz will continue to oversee all television projects for Gluck’s Olive Bridge […]
- NBC Entertainment Names Katie Hockmeyer Exec VP of Late Night Programming
Katie Hockmeyer has been named executive vice president of late night programming at NBC Entertainment She will report to NBC Entertainment co-chairmen George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy, where she will work on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy […]
- Nexstar Completes Tribune Acquisition, Sean Compton to Head Programming
Nexstar Media Group has become the nation’s largest owner of TV stations after completing its $4.1 billion acquisition of Tribune Media. The deal creates a broadcasting colossus with more than 200 stations serving more than 100 markets, […]
- Paul Dano in Talks to Join Jane Campion’s ‘The Power of the Dog’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Paul Dano is in negotiations to join Benedict Cumberbatch and Elisabeth Moss in Netflix and Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.” Netflix acquired the film earlier this summer from See-Saw Films’ in-house sales arm Cross […]
- ‘Friends’ at 25: How Warner Bros. TV Built an Experiential Empire
“Friends” may have been set in New York City and filmed on a Burbank, Calif. soundstage, but its reach has truly gone global. So when Warner Bros. Television Group began brainstorming ideas on how to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the […]
- Toronto Film Review: ‘The Sleepwalkers’
Argentine writer-director Paula Hernández likes to explore what happens when characters from different worlds are thrown together. In her latest, “The Sleepwalkers,” which world-premiered in Toronto’s Platform competition […]
