A24 Lands Hot Package ‘Onslaught’ From ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Director Adam Wingard

Gordon Cox Theater Editor Are we back yet? That’s the question Broadway has been asking for the past three years, as the theater industry emerged from lockdown into a harsh new reality of rising costs and slow-to-return audiences. But now, after a grim fall, a springtime surge of buzzy new openings and a heartening spike in sales suggest that bated-breath Broadway may be ready to exhale.

Of all the shows to debut last year, you could argue that HBO’s “The Last of Us” was the biggest breakout. Not only was it a faithful adaptation of the Playstation video game series, but it also won over casual viewers as a must-see event.

The trailer for season two of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has debuted online, and it’s promising a lot in store for viewers of the Prime Video series.

A new Wicked movie featurette was released by Universal Pictures today, and it has new footage from the movie, plus, the emotional moments that Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo found out they’d be portraying Glinda and Elphaba, respectively.

Childish Gambino has revealed the list of cities he’ll be performing in for his next world tour – see the full list below.Today (May 13), rapper-actor-comedian Childish Gambino, real name Donald Glover, released his ‘Atavista’ album, along with a music video for the new track ‘Little Foot Big Foot’. The album is the “complete” version of his 2020 record, ‘3.15.20’.Besides releasing the album and music video, Gambino has also now revealed the list of cities he will be performing in for his recently teased world tour.

Chris Pine shares his thoughts after a casting director for The O.C. said he lost out on a role due to his acne.

After seeing Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire gross over $548 million and counting worldwide since its March 29 debut, Legendary has tapped Dave Callaham (Shang-Chi) to script the next film in its Monsterverse franchise, Deadline can confirm.Detail as to the threequel’s plot are under wraps. Directed by Adam Wingard on the heels of Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla x Kong watches as natural foes Godzilla and Kong come together to combat a mysterious Hollow Earth threat. Rebecca Hall, Bryan Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen, and Rachel House starred in the pic written by Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett and Jeremy Slater.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Original Films’ Camp Fire drama The Lost Bus has rounded out its cast with the addition of Ashlie Atkinson (BlaKkKlansman) and Spencer Watson (Them).

A24 and Steven Spielberg‘s Amblin Entertainment are teaming to develop an adaptation of James McBride’s acclaimed novel The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. Insiders say it is still in very early development and that Spielberg would only be producing not directing.

Lollapalooza documentary that tells the story of the iconic Chicago music festival has been released. Check it out below.Directed by Michael John Warren (Jay-Z’s Fade to Black), Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza is a three-part docu-series that gives insight into the creation of Perry Farrell‘s (Jane’s Addiction) music festival and its 30-year run going from a touring punk event to the annual music bash in Chicago’s Grant Park and beyond.“When I started Lollapalooza, it was a farewell for Jane’s Addiction,” said Farrell in the trailer.

A man has described the horrifying moment he pulled two teenagers from a crashed car filling with smoke after flipping onto its side - only for one of them to then grab a machete.

SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses plot elements from “The Fall Guy,” now playing in theaters. Long before Taylor Swift embarked on the Eras Tour, director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick had the idea to use “All Too Well” as a key moment in “The Fall Guy.” McCormick, a self-professed Swiftie, and Leitch were trying to find a fresh and contemporary song to fit into a particular scene. In the film, Ryan Gosling plays Colt Seavers, one of Hollywood’s top stuntmen. After experiencing an on-set accident, he falls off the grid for 18 months, ghosting aspiring director Jody (Emily Blunt), someone he also happens to be dating.

It's May already, and with a new month brings new shows to binge.

EXCLUSIVE: Yul Vazquez (Severance) has been tapped to star opposite Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera in Apple Original Films’ Camp Fire drama The Lost Bus from writer Brad Ingelsby and director Paul Greengrass, joining in an undisclosed role.

The cast of Gossip Girl has made a lot of money over the years!

Selena Kuznikov Paul Auster, the acclaimed novelist who also wrote and directed films, died at his home in New York City on April 30. He was 77. Auster’s novels centered around questions of identity, language and personal meaning.

Paul Auster, the celebrated author of nearly three-dozen books — including Winter Journal, Sunset Park, Invisible, The Book of Illusions and The New York Trilogy — screenwriter on Wayne Wang’s Smoke and director of Lulu on the Bridge, has died. His friend, Jacki Lyden, confirmed the news to the New York Times. Auster was 77.

Fans still love New Girl!

Slipknot have confirmed the identity of their new drummer after he made his debut with the masked metal band last week.Today (April 30), the band took to social media to post a new promo photo of its nine members in their classic red jumpsuits and masks, resembling an iconic photo taken in 1999. In the photo, the band tagged eight of its nine members – one of whom has been revealed to be Eloy Casagrande.A post shared by Slipknot (@slipknot)Eloy Casagrande – the former drummer of Brazilian metal icons Sepultura – has now been confirmed as Slipknot’s new drummer.

Julie Seabaugh Comedy constantly shifts and changes, and tenets that might have applied years ago are also on the move. Variety spoke to some comics about everything from social media to cancel culture to figure out the new rules of the comedy scene. Live wherever. New York too expensive? Los Angeles too soul-crushing? Austin … too Texas? Touring headliners now regularly hail from more efficient hubs in Colorado, Missouri, Minnesota or anywhere else with Wi-Fi.