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Paul Walker‘s brother does not want to be involved in bringing back the late actor’s character, Brian O’Conner, for Universal’s next “Fast and Furious” movie. He knows AI could be used to do it, but he doesn’t think it should be done. “AI was not…
Jimmy Kimmel and Disney‘s ABC have entered into negotiations about keeping the host in late-night after the new TV season, a process that might ordinarily be the most normal of business practices, but in the current climate is exceedingly fraught. Kimmel and executives at the…
A court will hold a two-day settlement conference in the Paramount-Warner Bros. antitrust case in late October. The conference is a standard part of civil procedure and does not indicate whether a deal is in the offing. A magistrate judge, Thomas Hixson, has been tasked…
Internet sleuths were convinced this week that Tom Cruise’s upcoming movie “Digger” is a secret musical, but unfortunately that isn’t the case. Variety spoke with two sources familiar with the production, who said “Digger” is not a movie musical, but both were amused by the…
When director John Madden first read Paul Mayhew-Archer’s script that was based on his experience living with Parkinson’s disease, he knew it had a ways to go. But he recognized its potential. Now nearly a decade later, Madden is ready to show “Onwards and Sideways”…
On Sept. 11, 2001, after the deadliest terrorist attack on the U.S. in history, Variety reporters and editors swung into action to put out the daily paper. This was the lede on the multi-bylined top story in the Sept. 12 edition of Daily Variety: “It…
Netflix has canceled “Ransom Canyon” after two seasons. The romantic drama was set in the Texas Hill Country and, per the official logline, followed “the intersecting lives of deep-rooted families in a town where your neighbors know everyone’s business.” Season 2 saw “rancher Staten Kirkland…
On the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, YouTube serves as a fascinating time capsule for news coverage from that day, during which shocked anchors documented the national tragedy in real time. American Airlines Flight 11 was flown by a terrorist into the North Tower of…
The dramatic drop in 2025 French TV export figures may have cast a shadow over this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous TV market in Le Havre. Yet, like the skies over the Normandy coast, the gloom proved fleeting. Local sellers, rather than disheartened, are already navigating the…
British comedy once dominated the small screen, spawning iconic shows and formats from “Monty Python” to “The Office.” But the last decade hasn’t been a bundle of laughs as sketch shows and sitcoms fell out of fashion, partly due to traditional broadcasters’ shrinking budgets while…