Monday, March 27, 2017
Adam Aron likes to hit the ground running. Within two months of taking the top job at AMC Entertainment in January 2016, he had negotiated a $1.1 billion deal to buy Carmike Cinemas, transfo…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMSunday, March 19, 2017
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” scored with audiences, racking up a massive $170 million domestically to become the biggest March debut ever and the seventh-best opening in…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:58PMTuesday, March 14, 2017
Ian McKellen poked fun at the controversy swirling around the inclusion of a gay character in “Beauty and the Beast” during the Disney film’s New York City premiere on Mond…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:20AMMonday, February 27, 2017
It’s been roughly 17 hours since “La La Land” was mistakenly crowned the best picture winner Sunday night, while the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the pro…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:28PMWednesday, February 1, 2017
The seven major Hollywood studios have failed to elevate minorities and women to the director’s chair over the past decade, according to a new report by the University of Southern Cali…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:24PMTuesday, January 24, 2017
“La La Land,” a musical tribute to Los Angeles, dominated the Oscar nominations on Tuesday, picking up 14 nods to tie the record set by “Titanic” and “All About…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:41AMMonday, December 19, 2016
Disney has shattered industry records, setting a new benchmark for annual box office revenues to become the first studio to hit $7 billion globally. All it took was a “Star Wars”…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:16PMSunday, December 18, 2016
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” sold out multiplexes around the country and brought fanboys and fangirls out in force over the weekend. The “Star Wars” prequel scored …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:31AMMonday, December 12, 2016
“La La Land,” a musical ode to Los Angeles, topped the Golden Globe nominations on Monday, picking up seven nods. It was followed closely behind by “Moonlight,” a low…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:28AMSunday, December 11, 2016
When it comes to movie musicals, there’s a reason Hollywood doesn’t make them like they used to. “La La Land,” a throwback to a time when bursting out in song was a f…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:43PMDisney’s “Moana” topped a sleepy weekend at the multiplexes, earning $18.8 million to lead the domestic box office. It was the third straight victory for the animated adven…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:04PMWednesday, December 7, 2016
Only the most astute viewers of “La La Land” will notice a slight change to the final cut of a movie that many expect will be a formidable Oscar contender. That’s because J…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:27PMThursday, December 1, 2016
Universal and Warner Bros. are having discussions with theater chains about possibly limiting the amount of time between a film’s theatrical release and its debut on home entertainment…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:04PMSunday, November 27, 2016
The box office success of “Moana” confirms Disney’s status atop the pecking order of major studios. It owes its apex predator status to the way it has deftly bolstered and …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:23PMThursday, November 24, 2016
Disney’s “Moana” topped the Thanksgiving eve box office, picking up $15.7 million in its first full day of release, and leaving the competition in its wake. The animated ad…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:34AMMonday, November 21, 2016
Disney has been drawing a lot of aces lately. From “Doctor Strange” to “Zootopia” to “Finding Dory,” the studio has amassed an impressive streak of blockb…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:21PMWednesday, November 2, 2016
“Zootopia,” “Captain America: Civil War,” and “Finding Dory” has pushed Walt Disney Studios to its biggest year ever at the global box office with two mon…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:48PMWednesday, October 26, 2016
“The Incredibles 2” will hit theaters a year before it was originally slated, while “Toy Story 4” will move from 2018 to 2019, Pixar said Wednesday. The two animated …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:53PMWednesday, September 28, 2016
Having become king of the jungle, Jon Favreau is heading to the African Savannah. Disney has tapped the filmmaker to oversee its upcoming live-action remake of “The Lion King.” F…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:49AMSunday, September 25, 2016
Antoine Fuqua knew what it would take to get him to remake “The Magnificent Seven,” John Sturges’ 1960 classic about a band of gunslingers. The film, which was itself a rem…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:03PMWednesday, September 21, 2016
Disney chief Bob Iger said he just met with LucasFilm head Kathleen Kennedy to map out “Star Wars” movies from 2021 and beyond, signalling that the studio is plunging ahead with …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:46PMSunday, September 18, 2016
Woody Harrelson is earning some of the best reviews of his career, playing Lyndon Johnson, as a conniving, but deeply insecure wheeler-dealer in Rob Reiner’s “LBJ.” But the…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:58PM“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle’s musical ode to Los Angeles, captured the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival after screening to standing ovations and…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:51PMTuesday, September 6, 2016
The Toronto Film Festival is always known for its hodgepodge of big studio titles, small indies and everything in between. But this year’s gathering up north is facing more uncertainty…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:28PMThursday, September 1, 2016
“Moulin Rouge!” will can-can its way onto the stage in a theatrical reimagining of the big screen musical. Global Creatures is developing the show and has tapped “Skyfall&#…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMWednesday, August 31, 2016
For New Yorkers, going to the movies often means camping out for an hour before the show starts. Stragglers know that arriving late can be the difference between seeing the movie unfold in c…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:06PMMonday, August 29, 2016
The end of “Finding Neverland’s” Broadway run took a bite out of earnings last week. Box office on the Great White Way dropped 6.6% to $21.5 million after the theater comm…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:28PMMonday, June 13, 2016
“Hamilton” triumphed at the Tony Awards on Sunday, racking up 11 statues including the Best Musical prize. But the victory was colored by the mass shooting at an Orlando gay club…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:38AMFrank Langella was so moved by the mass shootings in Orlando that he tore up the speech he planned to deliver at Sunday’s Tony Awards so he could pay tribute to the 50 people who had b…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:31AMSunday, June 12, 2016
Jessica Lange first performed the part of Mary Tyrone 16 years ago in a London stage production, but the newly minted Tony winner said that she understood the part in a fresh way starring in…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:21PM 
