Roland Emmerich Directing ‘midway’ Battle Movie With China’s Bona On Board

A man who for some reason smashed up a guitar with a hammer in Texas apparently thought it had been signed by Taylor Swift — but it was not, in fact, an official Swift-certified guitar. In a video that has gone viral, the unidentified man is seen taking a small hammer to the guitar, after […]

UPDATED: Disney is reorganizing major parts of its television operations, with the Mouse House set to combine the ABC and Hulu scripted drama and comedy teams. Simran Sethi will be promoted to the role of president of scripted programming of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment to run the combined teams.

Disney+ Spain has unveiled what it touts as the first original daily melodrama series produced by a premium streaming platform in Europe, “Return to Las Sabinas” (“Regreso a Las Sabinas”). The announcement was the first order of the day at the Madrid confab, Iberseries & Platino Industria, which kicked off on Oct.1.

The playwright Jez Butterworth recently had perhaps the most eventful recording session in the history of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: “In the course of this call, I have returned one dog to its owner and seen four foxes,” Butterworth said during a conversation with director Sam Mendes about their latest […]

James Farrell, head of international originals at Amazon MGM Studios, and Akihiko Okamoto, president and representative director at Yoshimoto, are to feature in a joint keynote session at TV market Mipcom. The execs will explore the origination and approach that has made “LOL: Last One Laughing” one of the most successful and travelled formats of […]

Variety will host its third annual “Pixels and Pencils” series at this year’s SCAD Savannah Film Festival on Monday, Oct. 28. The panel, featuring directors of some of the year’s most celebrated animated feature films, is presented in partnership with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Moderated by Clayton Davis, Variety’s senior awards […]