Film Review: ‘mechanic: Resurrection’

Life isn’t that unfair, it turns out. A “Malcolm in the Middle” revival has been ordered at Disney+, Variety has learned. The new iteration of the series hails from original series creator Linwood Boomer, with original stars Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston, and Jane Kaczmarek set to reprise their roles. Disney Branded Television has ordered four […]

Dunder Mifflin — the people person’s paper people — is sending its top employees into “Funko Fusion” as characters from NBC’s “The Office” join the action-adventure video game Friday. Developed by 10:10 Games, the game, which released in September, is filled with Funko Pop! figurine versions of iconic pop culture figures.

“Sesame Street” is hitting the market, as Warner Bros. Discovery has opted not to renew its deal for new episodes of the long-running children’s program. Max will continue to license episodes from the “Sesame Street” library through 2027, but the upcoming 55th season of the show will be the last to debut on the streamer.

Please please please … may we have another year-in-music in 2025 as strong as this one? In coming up with 10 best album lists, each of Variety‘s staff music writers felt 2024 brought an embarrassment of riches from which to choose. You could already see that in how the upcoming 2025 Grammys are easily the […]

Forget the web-slinging, it’s time for some big-game hunting. “Kraven the Hunter,” the latest (and possibly final) entry in Sony’s universe of Spider-Man villains, has made $2 million in Thursday previews at the box office. The R-rated Sony super-villain film is projected to make a disappointing $13 million to $15 million in its opening weekend.

We watch movies for so many reasons: the spectacle of great cinematography, the experience of connecting with a director’s ideas, the sheer pleasure of watching a story unfold before us. But we all know, deep down, that it’s the allure of faces that really draws us. Actors open a direct conduit between us and the screen, sending a current of energy we can can feel in our very bones.