It’s in the hand-painted eyelashes on every Barbie doll prototype. It’s in the meticulous detail found on the millions of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars made every year. It’s in the ingenuity of the artists and technicians who collaborate on the properties that power the
Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Comics have moved to throw out a lawsuit over the copyrights to “Superman” in foreign territories, arguing the issue has already been exhaustively litigated. Mark Peary, the nephew of the late Superman co-creator Joe Shuster, filed the suit in January,
Last July, the executives at Mattel were celebrating the year anniversary of their billion-dollar box office baby “Barbie” at the Hollywood Bowl. After shattering global attendance records with Greta Gerwig’s cinematic adventure — based on the company’s most iconic brand — the team partnered on
How far would you go to lift a deadly curse? Ahead of the film’s world premiere at this year’s SXSW, Annapurna Sriram’s “Fucktoys” has unveiled its trailer exclusively to Variety, teasing a grindhouse adventure through a town named Trashtown, USA. After a woman named AP
Last month, Robbie Brenner and a team of Mattel executives made the trek to the Sundance Film Festival. For five days, they braved thin mountain air to get a sense of the emerging filmmakers who they could enlist to make movies and shows based on
Loam Entertainment has ordered a greenlight for the independent comedy “Bad Counselors,” fully financing and producing the project with Zero Gravity, as exclusively learned by Variety. The log-line for “Bad Counselors” is described as a “fish-out-of-water comedy [following] two partying fraternity brothers who pose as
NBC’s “Opry 100: A Live Celebration” is adding more performers to the roster for the March 19 special, which will devote three hours to commemorating the 100th anniversary of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. The live broadcast will feature performances from Post Malone, Keith Urban, Alison
Gravitas Ventures has acquired the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to “Layla,” which had its premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The LGBTQ+ drama follows Layla (Bilal Hasna), a struggling Arab drag queen with a deep desire for true love. After unexpectedly catching the