AMC in Talks to Acquire Former Pacific Theaters Locations at the Grove and Americana

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorHerbert G. Kloiber, who was formerly the owner of German TV and film giant Tele München Group (now known as Leonine), and Constantin Film have set up Vienna-based production company High End Productions, which will produce premium European fiction series for the international market.

Jeannie Mai is keeping it real.

Tilda Swinton is sitting cross-legged on a couch in her Highlands home, wearing heavy black specs and an army green Nine Inch Nails T-shirt, surrounded by her trio of spaniels.The Oscar-winning actor recently returned to her native Scotland after working “almost nonstop” for the past 18 months, at the same time the entertainment business was largely shut down by the coronavirus pandemic.An Instagram post of Swinton brandishing an appropriately funky face shield with Pedro Almodóvar on the

Grieving mom Frances Cairnes (Cush Jumbo) opens “The Beast Must Die” with these chilling words: “I am going to kill a man.”And, from there, the six-part thriller shifts into maximum overdrive.Premiering Monday (July 5) on AMC+, it’s based on the novel by Nicholas Blake — aka Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis (the late father of three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis) — and was shot on location on the Isle of Wight, about a 20-minute ferry ride from the south coast of England.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMany people were surprised that, after an initial 14-ish-month-long run and 236 performances, Bruce Springsteen is bringing his “Springsteen on Broadway” autobiographical show back for a summer-long second run that heralds the larger return of Broadway after 15 months of pandemic.

Ciara is using her platform to spread an important message!The "Rooted" singer opened up to ET about her new campaign, Cerving Confidence, a collaboration between the Black Women’s Health Imperative and Project Health Equality aimed to encourage Black women to schedule a well-woman exam, including getting screened for cervical cancer with Pap and HPV testing.«I think there's a huge opportunity to impact many lives, to maybe even save lives, especially for my Black women,» Ciara told ET.

Dr. Jill Biden discusses her first lady responsibilities in a new interview with Vogue.

When it comes to Hollywood studios, they’re pretty easy to read, most of the time, when it comes to decision-making. There are keywords that everyone knows excites executives more than others.

Jonathan Cohen Since its improbable 2004 mainstream breakthrough via the single “Float On” and the accompanying album “Good News for People Who Love Bad News,” Modest Mouse has released just two other full-lengths in the ensuing 17 years.

series as part of a deal with the author and her son, Christopher Rice, both of whom will serve as non-writing executive producers.AMC plans to build a multi-show universe around the Rice books.

Behind the scenes on The Boys, Eric Kripke is the man. He developed the hit Amazon Prime series, based on the comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and has served as showrunner since its inception.

Things weren’t always so cordial between Brandi Glanville and LeAnn Rimes.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAnd yet, it was quite deflating to see the recent report “The Prevalence and Portrayal of Asian and Pacific Islanders Across 1,300 Films,” which found that just 44 of those films featured an API lead or co-star.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAMC is close to taking over the Pacific Theatres locations at two popular Los Angeles shopping malls, a source confirmed to Variety on Tuesday.Pacific Theatres, founded in 1946, announced in April that it would not be reopening its 17 locations as pandemic restrictions loosened.

AMC Boss Adam Aron said he was kicking the tires of Arclight Cinemas’ locations after they went out of business and he meant it.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefExpenditure on advertising in the Asia-Pacific region last year dipped 4.3%, pulled back by the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on business. A rebound is underway, at differing speeds across the vast area, but will see digital formats increase their preponderance at the expense of TV.According to a new study by consultancy Media Partners Asia, the ad market in Asia slipped in value to $188 billion.

AMC has a revenge thriller coming your way that could put AMC+ on the map.