Warner Bros. is developing an untitled tentpole movie starring Jared Leto as the Joker and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who direct and exec produce NBC’s “This Is Us,”…
“Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae has joined Fox 2000’s coming-of-age drama “The Hate U Give” opposite Amandla Stenberg, Variety has learned exclusively. George Tillman Jr. is directing from…
Chris Hemsworth and Jeff Bridges are in negotiations to star in the Fox thriller “Bad Times at the El Royale,” with Drew Goddard directing from his own script. Should the deals close, the actors…
Will Ferrell is producing and starring in the CBS Films comedy “The 100 Year-Old Man.” The project is based on bestselling author Jonas Jonasson's “The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and…
Netflix has unveiled a pair of documentaries — Gay Talese’s “Voyeur” and “Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold” — and plans to release both later this year. Both titles are due to premiere first at…
Six-year-old Joshua Satine has been cast in Lionsgate's thriller “A Simple Favor” opposite Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, and Henry Golding, Variety has learned exclusively. Satine will play the son of…
Maya Rudolph has joined Melissa McCarthy in the dark comedy “The Happytime Murders.” The casting represents a reunion for longtime friends McCarthy and Rudolph, who first shared the big screen in…
In today’s film news roundup, “Melrose Place” star Jamie Luner joins “Honeymoon in Paradise,” Vera Farmiga joins “The Front Runner,” Abramorama and Gravitas acquire documentaries and Sony Pictures…
David Oyelowo has joined Lionsgate's science-fiction adventure "Chaos Walking," starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. Doug Liman is directing while Allison Shearmur and Doug Davison are producers…
TWC-Dimension Films has set a Feb. 23 release date for its family comedy “The War with Grandpa,” starring Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken. Tim Hill directed the movie, which also stars Uma…
Voting is ending for a particularly acrimonious SAG-AFTRA presidential election with results due to be announced as early as Thursday afternoon. The counting of the ballots, with about a quarter of…
