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Val Kilmer, Star of ‘Batman Forever,’ ‘Tombstone,’ Dies at 65

Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s “The Doors” and starred as a tubercular Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles. His daughter Mercedes told The New York Times the cause was pneumonia. He was

Josh Brolin and Don Winslow Remember Val Kilmer: ‘A Brilliant Actor and a Good Man’

Tributes have poured in for Val Kilmer. The actor who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” and channeled as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone‘s “The Doors” and starred in several other 1980s favorites, has died, The New York Times has confirmed. He was 65. He had been battling

Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ Unveils Electrifying First 10 Minutes at CinemaCon With Ultra-Immersive Daytona Racing Footage

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

‘Hell of a Summer’ Review: ‘Stranger Things’ Star Finn Wolfhard’s Co-Directing Debut Is a Cut Above

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 to Direct Brad Pitt in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Netflix Follow-Up From a Tarantino Script

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

James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Footage Soars at CinemaCon as Krypto the Dog Steals the Show

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 Plays Drug and Booze-Addled Revolutionary in Crazy CinemaCon Footage for PTA’s ‘One Battle After Another’

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

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein Movie ‘The Bride!’ Debuts Maniacal, Bloody First Trailer at CinemaCon as Christian Bale, Jessie Buckley Promise ‘Till Death Do Us Part’

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