By Marianne Zumberge
“Zootopia” has been a wild hit with American audiences. Now it’s showing its stripes overseas. Disney’s latest animated outing is scoring big in China, setting the country’s new record for largest…
By Marianne Zumberge
Paramount will no longer be distributing the animated film adaptation of “The Little Prince” in the United States, according to director Mark Osborne. “Many thanks to everyone for the outpouring of…
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By Ramin Setoodeh
When Jake Gyllenhaal was 5 years old, he observed two weeks of rehearsals for the 1988 drama "Running on Empty," written by his mother, Naomi Foner. "I remember sitting with my mom," Gyllenhaal said…
By Dave McNary
Steven Paul’s SP Releasing has concluded a deal with ESX Entertainment for domestic distribution rights to the drama “The Dog Lover: The Wrong Side of Right,” Variety has learned exclusively. “The…
By Janko Roettgers
When Oculus starts to ship its Rift virtual reality (VR) headset later this month, it will give consumers a free copy of the VR video game “Eve: Valkyrie“. And when those consumers are putting on…
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By Ted Johnson
CBS News said that one of its journalists, Sopan Deb, was detained by Illinois State Police as he was covering the aftermath of a rally planned for Donald Trump in Chicago on Friday, which the…
By Ramin Setoodeh
Netflix has acquired worldwide streaming rights to the SXSW documentary “Asperger’s Are Us.” The film, which follows a Boston comedy group that shares its name with the movie’s title, comes from…
By Justin Chang
A coolly gripping documentary account of one of the more bizarre true-crime stories ever to emerge from the film world.
By Elizabeth Wagmeister
"Empire" is the number one show on broadcast television, but the hip-hop hit declined in ratings during its second season, after breaking records in its debut season, hitting an all-time overnight…