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2026

2025

Harrison Ford to Receive 2026 SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award

Here’s the latest from Variety Harrison Ford, the man behind Han Solo and Indiana Jones, will be the recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s Life Achievement Award. Considered the show’s highest honor, it recognizes Ford’s legendary career as one of Hollywood’s most successful actors. He will be presented with the union’s tribute at...…

18th December 2025
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Nolan Elected President of DGA

Here’s the latest from Variety Christopher Nolan has been elected president of the Directors Guild of America, taking over the reins as the union prepares for upcoming negotiations with the major studios. Nolan, an Oscar winner and one of the most successful helmers of his generation, succeeds Lesli Linka Glatter, who...…

21st September 2025
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Fantastic Four First Reactions

Here’s the latest from Variety Marvel‘s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” has been unveiled to members of the film press, and first reactions are praising the MCU epic as a “visual feast” with “snappy, confident storytelling.” Next Best Picture editor-in-chief Matt Neglia wrote on X that the Marvel tentpole lives...…

19th July 2025
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Dinosaurs are ruling the box office again

Here’s the latest from Variety Dinosaurs are ruling the box office again. “Jurassic World Rebirth,” the seventh installment in Universal’s long-running prehistoric series, stomped to $147.3 million over its first five days in 4,308 North American theaters. Those ticket sales are enough to tower over domestic charts during the star-spangled...…

6th July 2025
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I’m Happy to Move on From Star Wars

Here’s the latest from Variety “Rogue One” director Gareth Edwards recently told Business Insider that he would never make another “Star Wars” movie again, adding: “I’m very happy to move on and do my thing.” Starring Felicity Jones and Diego Luna, “Rogue One” was the first “Star Wars” spinoff movie and centered on a...…

26th June 2025
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Denis Villeneuve to Direct James Bond Film

Here’s the latest from Variety Denis Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond film, Amazon MGM Studios has revealed, with Tanya Lapointe signing on as an executive producer. As previously announced, Amy Pascal and David Heyman will serve as producers. “Some of my earliest movie-going memories are connected to 007. I grew up watching...…

26th June 2025
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Get Over Yourself. You’re Luke Skywalker

Here’s the latest from Variety Mark Hamill says Carrie Fisher once had to remind him where he came from. During a recent interview on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” Hamill remembered that Fisher encouraged him to “embrace” his “Star Wars” roots after Hamill omitted the credit from a Broadway playbill. “[Carrie Fisher] came to see...…

4th June 2025
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‘I Had My Time’ In the Star Wars Franchise

Here’s the latest from Variety Don’t expect Mark Hamill to return to the “Star Wars” universe anytime soon. In a recent interview with ComicBook, Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the first three franchise-spawning “Star Wars” films, discussed his future in the immortal sci-fi universe. While he was the one to kick it...…

1st June 2025
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RIP: Loretta Swit (87)

Here’s the latest from Variety Loretta Swit, who played Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on seminal TV comedy “MASH,” died Friday at her home in New York City. She was 87. Her rep Harlan Boll said the New York police reported her time of death at 12:01 p.m. on May...…

30th May 2025
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RIP: Ed Gale (61)

Here’s the latest from Variety Ed Gale, who made his film debut wearing the “Howard the Duck” suit and went on to play Chuckie in “Child’s Play” and two other films in the series, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 61. His niece Kayse Gale wrote on Facebook, “It...…

28th May 2025
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She Came From Hollywood

Here’s the latest from Variety “Scream queen” Kathleen Hughes Rubin thrived for nearly a century in Hollywood. Despite her image as a sexy screen siren of the 1950s, she enjoyed an enduring marriage to producer Stanley Rubin, and was the beloved mother of four children and a joy to all who knew...…

27th May 2025
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Netflix to Stream Alfred Hitchcock Film Collection

Here’s the latest from Variety Get ready to scream: Netflix is bringing a collection of Alfred Hitchcock films to the streaming service this June — and, despite chief Ted Sarandos’ belief that the movie-theater biz is “outdated,” the company will showcase the legendary filmmaker’s work at its Paris Theater in...…

30th April 2025
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Mikey Madison Passes on Shawn Levy’s ‘Star Wars’ Movie

Here’s the latest from Variety Mikey Madison won’t journey into a Galaxy Far Far Away for her first project after picking up the best actress Oscar. Sources tell Variety that Madison was offered a role in the new and untitled “Star Wars” movie directed by “Deadpool & Wolverine” filmmaker Shawn...…

16th April 2025
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Starship Troopers Reboot in the Works at Sony

Here’s the latest from Variety Neill Blomkamp is doing his part. The “District 9” and “Chappie” filmmaker is attached to write and direct a new film adaptation of “Starship Troopers,” the 1959 sci-fi novel by Robert A. Heinlein that was last memorably brought to theaters in 1997 by director Paul Verhoeven....…

15th March 2025
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Jaws: The Exhibition

Here’s the latest from Variety The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has set “Jaws: The Exhibition” for Sept. 14 through July 26, 2026. Celebrating 50 years of Spielberg’s blockbuster film, “Jaws: The Exhibition” is the first exhibition of its scale at the Academy Museum focused on a single film, and the largest...…

4th March 2025
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Shit Happens

Here’s the latest from Variety Harrison Ford is not too upset over “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” flopping at the box office. His fifth and final turn as the iconic archeologist opened in theaters in summer 2023 and lost Disney a reported $130 million after its global box office haul fell...…

5th February 2025
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2024

Why Lucasfilm Entrusted Simon Kinberg

Here’s the latest from Variety When news broke on Thursday that Simon Kinberg — best known for being a writer, producer, director or all of the above on much of the “X-Men” franchise — had been hired by Lucasfilm to write and produce a new “Star Wars” trilogy, it came...…

9th November 2024
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New ‘Godzilla’ Movie Greenlit by Toho

Here’s the latest from Variety Godzilla is stomping its way back to the big screen. A new “Godzilla” movie, from the director of last year’s Oscar-winning Japanese film “Godzilla Minus One,” has been officially greenlit. Toho, the Japanese entertainment company and creator of Godzilla, made the announcement on Friday. Takashi Yamazaki, who...…

1st November 2024
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We Tried to Make It Fun

Here’s the latest from Variety Daniel Craig opened up about filming sex scenes for Luca Guadagnino‘s “Queer” during the film’s Venice Film Festival press conference, saying he and co-star Drew Starkey “tried to make it fun.” “You know as well as I do, there’s nothing intimate about filming a sex...…

3rd September 2024
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