Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, has forged a multi-year boxing promotion partnership with U.S. sports and entertainment conglomerate TKO and Saudi sports marketing company Sela in what is being touted as a landmark deal. Alalshikh – who has long been
Sam Worthington has been cast in the lead role of the upcoming Harlan Coben Netflix limited series adaptation of “I Will Find You,” Variety has learned. Variety exclusively reported the show was picked up at Netflix in November 2024. It is an adaptation of Coben’s
Connie Nielsen has joined the cast of the upcoming series “Robin Hood” at MGM+, Variety has learned exclusively. The 10 episode series was greenlit in September 2024 and recently began production in Serbia. Nielsen will appear alongside previously announced cast members like leads Jack Patten,
As Emmy For Your Consideration season gets underway this week, CBS and the Television Academy have revealed the date and time for this year’s 77th Emmy Awards telecast: Sunday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. The 77th Emmys will air live
Boden is back at Firehouse 51. Eamonn Walker, who left “Chicago Fire” at the end of Season 12, will return for his first time since his 2024 exit, appearing in the April 16 episode, titled “Post-Mortem.” Per the official description, Boden has been tasked by
The Dominican Republic’s Jose Maria Cabral, best known for his reality-grounded prison drama “Woodpeckers” (“Carpinteros”), has ventured into documentary filmmaking for the fourth time with his bracing portrait of Santo Domingo’s titular “42nd Street” (“La 42”). He debuts its trailer exclusively in Variety ahead of
The streaming era has brought rapid change to the media industry — so much so that one TV mainstay is revamping its corporate moniker. The company once known as A+E Networks, an entertainment joint venture backed by Disney and Hearst, is dialing back its connection
“You want to see something cool?” On July 3, 2019, Neil Druckmann first said those fateful words to Craig Mazin inside the Santa Monica offices of Naughty Dog, the developer behind the blockbuster 2013 video game “The Last of Us.” As the game’s writer and