Having wrapped up his run on “Andor,” Diego Luna is moving from one part of the Disney empire to another. The “Star Wars” actor will appear in the the studio’s live action adaptation of “Tangled” alongside Teagan Croft (“Titans”), Milo Manheim (“Zombies”) and Kathryn Hahn (“The Studio”). For those unfamiliar with the 2010 animated feature […]

Jagman Productions and producer Josh Green have acquired the rights to adapt Bruce Henderson’s “Sons and Soldiers,” with acclaimed Israeli filmmaker Avi Nesher set to direct. Henderson’s book follows a small group of young German-born Jewish refugees who escaped from Nazi-occupied Europe and resettled in America in the 1930s. After the United States entered the […]

When Diane Kruger started acting, she had a firm rule about the roles she’d take. “I never wanted to be in a World War II movie,” Kruger says. “When I started out, I didn’t want to be pigeonholed as a German actress. It was such obvious casting for me.” Kruger has softened her stance, memorably […]

Range has signed BAFTA-winning filmmaker Babak Anvari and his production company Two & Two Pictures. The London-based, Iranian-born filmmaker’s feature directorial debut “Under the Shadow,” which he also wrote, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The Persian-language psychological supernatural horror film established Anvari as one of the biggest discoveries out of the festival and […]

Lion Forge Entertainment and Webtoon Productions are teaming up to bring the zombie horror-comedy “ShootAround” to the big screen as a YA live-action film. Aiyana K. White, whose credits include “Severance” and “The Night Agent,” will write the feature based on the Webtoon webcomic of the same name. The comic by creator “Suspu” (Susanna Nousiainen) […]

Variety has hired award-winning journalist Marlow Stern as Chief Correspondent where he will focus on covering the film industry. In his new role, which begins today, Stern will write about Hollywood studios and talent agencies, as well as profile leading artists and filmmakers. Stern, who will be based in New York City, will report to […]

“Turning a movie into a musical reeks of desperation,” says a character in the new Broadway musical adaptation of the 1987 film “The Lost Boys.” That insider wink to the audience gets a big laugh — and truer words were never spoken. But this stunner of a show, based on the Joel Schumacher film, is […]

“Enjoy the show. Don’t be an asshole,” While it’s not your typical musical theater greeting, “The Rocky Horror Show” is not your typical show. It’s one that is flamboyantly abnormal and anarchical and one that famously thrives on enthusiastic audience engagement and interplay — but only up to a point (as the pre-show warning suggests. […]

Phiphen, an independent film and television production company founded by award-winning producer Molly Conners, has optioned the Carter Wilson’s bestselling thriller “Tell Me What You Did” and will adapt the novel into a feature film. Conners will produce the project; a screenwriter has not yet been attached. “Carter Wilson’s storytelling is immersive, suspenseful, and deeply […]

Audiences going to the musical “Beaches” are likely to know what to expect: the story of a decades-long, female friendship with plenty of schmaltz, some sass, and a mega-hit song, “Wind Beneath My Wings.” The musical, which began its development a dozen years ago — and most recently in a 2024 Calgary production, is based […]

It’s easy to get depressed about national politics. The people running things are nasty, brutish and eager to appeal to baser instincts rather than better angels. As “The Balusters,” the story of a neighborhood association riven by prejudice and petty skirmishes, demonstrates, politics aren’t much better at the local level. The debate here may be […]

It’s tempting to argue on principle that “Schmigadoon!” is everything that’s wrong with Broadway: a double-baked potato of familiar IP that relies on affection for a TV series, which itself relies on affection for golden age musicals. But the effervescent stage show, from creator Cinco Paul and director-choreographer Christoper Gattelli, is all but irresistible — […]