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The shake-up comes just four years after Gunn and Safran took the helm, with Latcham set to lead DC Studios into its next chapter following the Skydance-Paramount merger.
Skydance, fresh from completing its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, said the Paramount part of the business generated profit of $73 million â a swing from a loss in the year-earlier period â but the results did not include data from its new properties, because its deal did not close until October, after the fiscal [âŠ]
Hulu is leaning further into true-crime with its latest docuseries. The streamer has launched six-part series The Well, which explores the investigators reopening the case of the Speed Freak Killers. The Well investigates more than 200 unsolved murders that continue to haunt Californiaâs San Joaquin County, including those linked to serial killers Loren Herz
In another major shake-up for the DC Studios, Skydance is replacing Hollywood director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran with a former Marvel executive.
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The DC Studios co-chief admits that the executive role wasn't quite right for him and looks forward to returning to filmmaking full time.
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DC Studios co-presidents James Gunn and Peter Safran have officially announced they'll step down, and Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham will replace them. Gunn and Safran architected the new DC Universe of films and TV series, and they also had ambitious plans to expand the DCU into video games. Latcham is no stranger to superhero cinema, with credits on several
In a seismic executive shuffle unlike anything Bruce Wayne could pull off at Wayne Enterprises, James Gunn and Peter Safran are leaving their posts as Co-CEOs and Chairman of DC Studios, jobs which theyâve held for the past four years. The dynamic duo will continue to produce on various DC projects and returning to their [âŠ]
The duo were believed to be safe amid the Skydance takeover of Warner Bros., but now have a former Kevin Feige protege taking over their division.
On the eve of the American Film Market, entertainment industry executives Wifreddy Chiang and Anant Tamirisa have announced the launch of Baseline Media, a new advisory and executive services firm providing integrated finance, operations and business affairs expertise to independent producers, production companies and financiers. Chiang, whose experience inc
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Halfway into his first time as DGA president, Christopher Nolan is holding the studiosâ feet to the fire in protecting copyrighted materials from AI. In a new interview, the 2x Oscar winner explained that itâs âdown to the studiosâ to go after AI recreations of their work, noting that he was âvery pleasedâ his current [âŠ]
The senior vice president of publicity has been with Disney since it purchased Twentieth Century Fox.
Lionsgate Studios posted fiscal second quarter revenue of $667 million, up 41%, beating Wall Street forecasts. The standalone public company, which separated from Starz in 2025 and has been the focus of heated takeover speculation, narrowed its net loss for the three months ended in September to $15.5 million from $113.5 million the year earlier. [âŠ]
Former Hallmark Media executive Lisa Hamilton Daly and Warner Bros. and Legendary executive Alysia Cotter Thomas launched their own production company, Cottage Industry Entertainment, last year with a first-look deal with Fox Entertainment Studios. The pair have now unveiled their first slate to emerge from that pact including a series adaptation of Danielle
Fox Entertainment Studios has sealed a first-look development and producing deal with Cottage Industry Entertainment, the shingle launched by executives Lisa Hamilton Daly and Alysia Cotter Thomas. Among the slate of scripted television series and feature films in the works is âThe Whittiers,â based on the Danielle Steel novel, which Fox has optioned to adap
John Gore Studios has boarded Peter Hoarâs A Waiter in Paris, starring Leo Woodall (Tony) as a young British man attempting to make it as a Parisian waiter, as filming in the French capital. Theater and film producer John Gore is producing alongside former film critic Jason Solomons of Movie Love Productions and Phin Glynn [âŠ]
French production company Marvelous Productions and Greek production outfit Kapa Studios are joining forces on a cross-border partnership that will begin with a feature film and expand into television series and additional projects. The collaboration, which will be announced Thursday at the Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival, will see the two companies develop
She comes to Amazon from BBC Studios and also had a long tenure at NBCUniversal.
BBC Studios unscripted exec Jenny Groom is heading to Amazon MGM Studios, where sheâs been named head of MGM Alternative. Groom will report to Amazon MGM Studios nonfiction head Jenn Levy, who made the announcement Wednesday. In a memo to staff, Levy said Groom will oversee MGM titles including âSurvivor,â âShark Tankâ and âThe Voiceâ [âŠ]
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Hall, who has executive produced series including The White Lotus and worked at companies including HBO, Amazon and A24, is getting into business with Vice Studios. Hall has struck a non-exclusive producing partnership with the company to develop and produce scripted projects through his Hallogram banner. It comes just more than 12 months [âŠ]
EXCLUSIVE: Snowstorm, the production company co-founded by J.K. Rowlingâs agent Neil Blair and Cow producer Kat Mansoor, has turned to Vice Studios to bolster its team. Snowstorm has hired Joe Ingham, former head of development and executive producer at Vice Studios, as an executive producer. His credits include Ross Kemp: Lost Boys, Deadly Men (Crime [âŠ]
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EXCLUSIVE: This oneâs being billed as âThe Crown meets Peaky Blindersâ â albeit set on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Calgaryâs Titan1Studios has secured media and adaptation rights to Stephen R. Bownâs historical book The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudsonâs Bay Empire, and is developing a TV drama series titled [âŠ]
Astragon Entertainment schlieĂt sein Entwicklerstudio Astragon Development in Hamm. Das Team hatte zuletzt die Schiffssimulation âSeafarerâ entwickelt.
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect [âŠ
Utopai Studios, the AI-focused entertainment studio, has hired former Disney AI leader Hans Ku as its chief product officer, tapping a Hollywood studio veteran as the company tries to grow its content slate. Ku will focus on the studioâs product, engineering, research and business development teams, scale the startupâs AI tech and its AI production [âŠ]
EXCLUSIVE: Hans Ku, a former Disney, DreamWorks and Yahoo exec, has been named Chief Product Officer at Utopai Studios. In his new post, Ku will lead product, engineering, research and business development. He will aim to increase the scale of the technology behind the emerging firmâs film and TV slate along with expanding the companyâs [âŠ]
The new gig is a reunion for ThankYouX and Powell: During the latter's run at Paramount Pictures, he painted of portrait of Steve Jobs for her office on the lot.
Artists in Sudan are working to save culture and traditions amid the country's war.
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Five years into Angel Studiosâ launch, the Christian production company and distributor is implementing âThe Angel Promiseâ content standards. Co-founder and CCO Jeff Harmon explained that the initiative bans on-screen sex, nudity, the F-word and âmisuse of Godâs name,â in addition to expanding parental controls and allowing paid subscribers to choose which
As negotiations with the park ramp up, unionized food-service employees claim theyâre skipping meals and getting close to missing rent payments: âI would bet money that I'm one emergency away from just ruin.â
When veteran producer John Morayniss hung out his shingle as Blink49 Studios five years ago, he knew the companyâs work would be markedly different from his past experiences at Alliance Atlantis and Entertainment One. But Morayniss had no idea how dramatically the industry would shape-shift in ways that suited his young and nimble operation. âWhen [âŠ]
Angel Studios is introducing a broad new content policy that bans on-screen sex, nudity, F-words and misusing the name of God. The studio, known for films such as the hit âSound of Freedom,â will also give its paying members a chance to vote on movies and TV shows to ensure that a majority of members [âŠ]
Matthew Weiner is no longer involved with the drama series âThe Chairmanâ that is currently in development at Peacock, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. The project was first reported to be in the works at the streamer less than a month ago, with Eddie Murphy attached to star. According to sources, creative differences between [âŠ]
Warner Bros. International TV Production, the division that operates around 20 production companies around the world that make international versions of formats such as The Bachelor, has a new home within Skydance. The unit, which is run by President Ronald Goes, will sit under Skydance TV Studios and will be overseen by Warner Bros. Television [âŠ]
Kevin Feige, directorul Marvel Studios, i-a adus un omagiu regretatului Patrick Stewart, care a interpretat rolul profesorului Charles Xavier ĂźncÄ din filmul âX-Menâ din 2000.
EXCLUSIVE: Rome Flynn (Godfather of Harlem, How to Get Away With Murder) has joined the cast of Throttled, Amazon MGM Studiosâ new romance film based on the first book in Lauren Asherâs bestselling Dirty Air series. From screenwriter Melissa Osborne and director Nzingha Stewart, Throttled stars Nicole Wallace as Maya Alatorre, an ambitious young woman [âŠ]
Marcus Corp. chairman and CEO Greg Marcus wants studios to hold off marketing a film as available to watch at home during an exclusive theatrical run. Windows are now longer, he acknowledged, but the timing of messaging is just as important in boosting moviegoing. PVOD or TVOD, premium and transactional video on demand, follow theatrical [âŠ]
EXCLUSIVE: Dancing with the Stars is a Hollywood fixture, and the team behind The Next Pro wants the spinoff to join its parent show in Los Angeles. Deadline understands that BBC Studios is looking to move production of the ABC summer hit to California after its first season was shot in Australia. The company has [âŠ]
George Cheeks has revealed his leadership team. Skydance TVâs Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer Cheeks has named his 10 top executives across the companyâs studios business, entertainment, sports and news. This includes the creation of Skydance TV Studios, which will officially house Warner Bros Television Group, run by Channing Dungey; CBS Studios, run by
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Television Studios has signed an exclusive overall deal with TV writer and playwright Bash Doran (Fear Not, Beef) to create, develop, and produce original scripted series for the studio through Peteâs Uncle, her company with producing partner Mallory Baysek. The pact was negotiated before the close of PTVS parent Paramountâs merger with
Amazon MGM Studios Japan is doubling its investment to bring its content up to global standards, studio head Buddy Marini said Wednesday at a Tokyo International Film Festival TIFFCOM market session on unlocking the global potential of Japanese IP. The session, organized by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and UniJapan, also featured Credeus CEO Matsuhas
Buddy Marini, Amazon MGM Studiosâ new head of Japan, says the company has doubled its investment in original Japanese content, including an expanded slate of live-action films and series. Marini was speaking on a panel on the opening day of TIFFCOM, which also featured One Piece showrunner Steven Maeda and Kingdom producer Shinzo Matsuhashi, outlining [âŠ]
âReacherâ sure has some reach. The Prime Video series ended September as the monthâs No. 1 original streaming series, according to Nielsen. âReacherâ comes from Paramount TV Studios, which had a good month: The companyâs âReacherâ spinoff âNeagleyâ was ranked third, tied with another Paramount TV Studios series, âLioness.â âReacherâ hit the top spot with [âŠ]
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Criticism of the Golden State's DEI program has emerged as a roadblock amid a global battle to host Hollywood projects.
Savannah College of Art and Design has completed its SCAD Film Studios expansion in Savannah, Georgia. The 16-acre complex of SCAD Savannah Film Studios added new professional soundstages and more than 50 backlot facades and practical interiors to Savannahâs production landscape. The space, built for professional productions as well as students, is the large
Brian Gordon has been named executive producer and head of live content at PGA Tour Studios, the latest sign of how the golf organization is focusing more intently on controlling more of its content. Gordon is tasked with leading editorial vision and creative execution across live programming produced by PGA Tour Studios. He will start [âŠ]
Japanâs anime industry is in better shape overall, but gaps in pay and conditions are opening up largely between studios prepared to put their own capital on the line and those that are not, according to Fujitsu Ryota, programming advisor for the Tokyo International Film Festivalâs Animation section. âGiven the high level of creativity demonstrated [âŠ]
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EXCLUSIVE: Leslie Bibb is set to star in Upgraded 2 from director Becca Gleason, joining the previously announced returning star and producer Camila Mendes. Luke Roberts and Justin Matthews, who penned the first film, wrote the screenplay. Story details are under wraps, but the first movie starred Mendes as Ana, an ambitious intern at an [âŠ]
EXCLUSIVE: Omung Kumarâs âSilaaâ, starring Harshvardhan Rane, will release early next year. Zee Studios has set a launch date of February 5, 2027, on the film, which stars Rane and Sadia Khateeb in a story billed as bringing together âintense romance, gripping mystery and high-octane actionâ set against the landscapes of Kashmir and Vietnam. The [âŠ]
Also debuting this weekend are 'Wildwood,' 'Klara and the Sun,' 'Wicker' and 'Ali G: Who Iz I?'
EXCLUSIVE: Lyrical Media and Embrace have sold feature package Butcher & Blackbird, a dark romance based on the bestselling novel by Brynne Weaver, to Amazon MGM Studios, for release worldwide on Prime Video. Chris McKay, the filmmaker who directed Amazonâs Chris Pratt sci-fi actioner The Tomorrow War, is set to direct. Emma Laird (War) and [âŠ]
EXCLUSIVE: Wayfarer Studios, Familiar Stranger and Amanat Films have set coming-of-age feature drama The Alchemy of Being Okay with Yasmeen Fletcher (Ms. Marvel), alongside Cherien Dabis (All Thatâs Left Of You, Mo, Fallout), Ibrahim Renno (The Chosen, Law and Order: Organized Crime), Abubakr Ali (Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, House of Dynamite), Just
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