“Industry” co-creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay are staying in business with HBO, Variety has confirmed. Down and Kay have inked a new three-year overall deal with the premium cabler that begins in January 2025. Their current overall deal runs through the end of 2024.
One of the biggest movies of the year will soon be streaming. Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is a huge hit, taking in more than $374.1 million at the worldwide box office, and now you can watch it at home — if you missed the sequel
Mercury Filmworks, the studio behind the Netflix kids’ series “Hilda” and Disney’s “The Lion Guard,” is developing a 2D animated comedy series based on Flavia Z. Drago’s “The World of Gustavo” book series. Among the books being adapted are “Gustavo, the Shy Ghost” which became
Ghostface will kill again. “Scream 7,” the latest entry in the long-running horror franchise, will finally hit theaters on February 27, 2026, after enduring production delays, creative overhauls, and cast shakeups. The announcement was made on social media by Neve Campbell, who is returning to
Dana Carvey made a surprise return to “Saturday Night Live” last weekend to portray President Joe Biden. On the Season 50 premiere episode, he joined Jim Gaffigan as Tim Walz, Andy Samberg as Doug Emhoff, Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris, Bowen Yang as JD Vance
CAA has acquired executive search firm Hanold Associates as the Hollywood powerhouse agency looks to beef up its headhunting practice. Hanold was co-founded in 2010 by Neela Seenandan and Jason Hanold. The company has a team of 20 staffers who focus on recruiting a wide
James Farrell, head of international originals at Amazon MGM Studios, and Akihiko Okamoto, president and representative director at Yoshimoto, are to feature in a joint keynote session at TV market Mipcom. The execs will explore the origination and approach that has made “LOL: Last One
The playwright Jez Butterworth recently had perhaps the most eventful recording session in the history of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: “In the course of this call, I have returned one dog to its owner and seen four foxes,” Butterworth said