It’s lights out and away we go at CinemaCon, where director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer took the stage at Caesars Palace to talk up the upcoming racing drama “F1,” starring Brad Pitt. “We believe this is going to be the cinematic event of
In two decades at Variety, I have reviewed precious few slasher movies. Call me old-fashioned, but I don’t take much pleasure in what Roger Ebert called “dead teenager movies” — and yet, for some reason, this week I am writing about three (and no, that’s
David Fincher is directing a sequel to “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” with Quentin Tarantino writing the follow-up to his Oscar-winning epic. Variety confirms the project, which does not have an official title, is being set up at Netflix, where Fincher has a first-look
It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s DC’s last, best chance to make a movie that rivals Marvel. James Gunn, who was hired by Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav to reinvigorate DC’s cinematic universe after a series of duds like “The Flash” and “Justice League,” took
Leonardo DiCaprio hit CinemaCon on Tuesday to debut a new look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” an $130 million adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel that’s one of those big, bold bets that studios rarely make anymore. It’s the first time DiCapro
It’s alive! “The Bride!,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s punk rock take on Frankenstein’s monster and his betrothed, debuted a terrifying first look at CinemaCon on Tuesday as part of Warner Bros.’ presentation to theater owners. The $90 million-budgeted film stars Christian Bale as Frankenstein’s monster and Jessie
“Barbarian” mastermind Zach Cregger is officially back, bringing a deeply unsettling look at his latest film, “Weapons,” to CinemaCon 2025. During a robust Warner Bros. presentation at the Las Vegas gathering, Cregger proved why he’s one of the most coveted directors currently working in the
The creators of “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” went into the project with one goal top of mind: They wanted to make theater legitimately scary. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: “Stephen said to me, ‘Have you ever been really frightened by something you’ve seen onstage?’”
