Sofia Coppola Asked 'How Would I Start Over' When Filming 'The Beguiled'

“Vice” director Adam McKay got chills when he first saw Christian Bale in full costume as former vice president Dick Cheney, he said Variety’s Screening Series. “He came out in the makeup, in the suit, the wig was right and he had done all his character work,” McKay recalled. “He started doing the walk of [...]

The creators of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” discussed the eye-catching art style of the best animated feature Oscar winner at a Variety Screening Series. “A lot of things that you see in most CG films, we didn’t want,” co-director Peter Ramsey said. “We wanted a look that was going to make you feel like…walking into [...]

The team behind Neil Armstrong biopic “First Man,” including Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, director Damien Chazelle, writer Josh Singer and composer Justin Hurwitz, took time to discuss the film as part of Variety’s Screening Series. Claire Foy, who plays Armstrong’s wife Janet, expressed her appreciation that director Damien Chazelle and writer Josh Singer “realized that [...]

Late-night TV star Conan O’Brien discussed the differences between hosting his talk show and his podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” for Variety‘s cover story. The comedian said the conversations are more intimate and candid without having a camera and audience present. “Big stars come in, they just dropped their kids off at school and […]

For Variety‘s Power of Young Hollywood issue, Grammy-nominated singer Camila Cabello sat down to talk about her childhood idols such as Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, the lessons she’s learned since rising to fame with Fifth Harmony (and eventually leaving to pursue her solo career in 2016) and — of course — her latest duet […]

The real reason behind Forky’s odd name choice.