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Amazon Prime Day Slashes Blu-ray Box Sets by 50%
Amazon's Prime Big Deals Day features steep discounts on Blu-rays, 4K UHD releases, and boxed sets including 'The Sopranos,' 'Babylon 5,' and 'The Matrix,' with the source framing physical media as a
Jay-Z, Rick Rubin Reunite for HBO Doc Series
HBO will debut an eight-part documentary series this fall in which Rick Rubin interviews Jay-Z about his music, lyrics, life, and creative process, with the project arriving during a major anniversary
Neon's 'Paper Tiger' Gets November Awards-Season
Neon has set James Gray's Cannes-premiering drama "Paper Tiger," starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, for a Nov. 20 wide release, positioning the starry film for the kickoff of awards season.
John Herzfeld Boards Horror-Thriller 'Specimen'
Veteran filmmaker John Herzfeld has signed on to rewrite and direct the horror-thriller 'Specimen,' produced by Chase Vergari and Eric Handler, whose scripts follow a neuroscientist's experiment to cu
Will Ferrell Is an Aging Golfer in Netflix's 'The Hawk'
Will Ferrell stars as a washed-up pro-golfer trying for one last comeback in the upcoming Netflix comedy series 'The Hawk,' which drops its first trailer ahead of a July 16 premiere.
Cannes Breakout ‘La Bola Negra’ Sells Out For Goodfellas As Spanish Drama Eyes Awards Season Run
Goodfellas has sold Spanish drama La Bola Negra to more than 30 international distributors following its Cannes Competition premiere, with Netflix securing U.S. rights in a record seven-figure deal an
Spielberg's Aliens Were Never About Aliens
Steven Spielberg's decades-long filmography reveals a consistent pattern of using extraterrestrials not as spectacle but as tools for exploring what it means to be human, culminating in his new film D
Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders open, but don’t expect a physical copy
Rockstar opened pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI at midnight ahead of its 19 November launch on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X, confirming $80 pricing, a digital-only retail model with no physical disc, an
Paramount Inks Multi-Year Deal for Harry Potter Linear
Paramount has signed a multi-year licensing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to air all eight Harry Potter films and three Fantastic Beasts movies across MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, and Paramount
Jackass: Best and Last Reviewed as Wistful Finale
Variety's review of 'Jackass: Best and Last' calls the sixth and final franchise film an amusing greatest-hits compilation laced with new stunts, balancing the crew's enduring gags against the poignan
Massive Joy Division Boxed Set of Concert Recordings Due in September
Rhino will release "Eternal (Live)" on Sept. 25 — a 14-CD, 2-DVD boxed set compiling audio from 16 Joy Division concerts between March 1979 and May 1980, including previously unreleased and uncirculat
DC Studios, Warner Bros. Unveil Absolute Batman Series
DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation unveiled an 'Absolute Batman' animated series at Annecy, alongside greenlights for adult-skewing 'Joker: Laugh Riot' and a kids-focused Krypto project.
Puppy eyes, sad hair and a big boom box: John Cusack films – ranked!
To mark John Cusack's 60th birthday, a retrospective ranks his film roles — described as ranging from intense to ironic to lovable — highlighting characters like a sympathetic scientist and a peevish
Justin Halpern's Debut Novel 'Get Lost' Out Next Month
Writer and showrunner Justin Halpern, co-showrunner of ABC's 'Abbott Elementary,' discusses his debut novel 'Get Lost' — born on the WGA strike line — and previews a harder-edged Netflix adaptation of
Ghostbusters: Night Shift Unveils Footage at Annecy
The creative team behind Netflix's upcoming animated series "Ghostbusters: Night Shift" debuted first footage at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, revealing the show will be set in 199
Tartakovsky Sets 'Conan the Barbarian' Series with CN
Genndy Tartakovsky is developing an animated 'Conan the Barbarian' series with Cartoon Network Studios and Prime Video, announced at Warner Bros. Animation's Annecy Studio Focus — marking his return t
ViQueens Animated Viking Film Unveiled at Annecy
Animated Viking adventure 'ViQueens,' featuring voice work by Ella Purnell, Rita Ora, and soccer star Erling Haaland, debuted its first teaser at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival along
Genre-Bending Stories, Trailblazing Co-Productions Head Annecy’s MIFA Feature Pitches
The MIFA Feature Pitches at the Annecy Animation Festival selected 10 projects from 200+ submissions, spotlighting five standout genre-bending animated features from Peru, India, China-France, and Bra
Elaine May Gets Lincoln Center Career Retrospective
Film at Lincoln Center is mounting a career retrospective on director Elaine May (June 26–July 2), featuring a 4K restoration of her once-maligned 1975 film Mikey and Nicky and a reappraisal of her no
Tate Modern Frida Kahlo Show Reckons With Fridamania
Tate Modern's new exhibition 'Frida: The Making of an Icon' examines the tension between Frida Kahlo's ubiquitous sanitized merchandise and the real, complicated artist — a sharp-tongued, heavy-drinki
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