Entertainment

Disney+ has ordered the series version of the “Afterlife With Archie” comics, Variety has learned. The show was originally reported to be in development at the streamer in 2025 with a script-to-series commitment. Disney is slating the series for a potential launch around Halloween 2027. As previously reported, the show is based on the comic […]

Variety • 20 minutes ago

Only a few years ago, Nazila Azizi was dodging bullets fired by the Taliban and trying to climb aboard one of the last evacuation flights out of Kabul. Today, the Afghan native is an architect and filmmaker, with a documentary in contention for Academy Award recognition. LineOut, now on an Oscar qualifying run in Los […]

Deadline • 20 minutes ago

“The Odyssey” defied the gods odds in its opening weekend, delivering a sensational $124.5 million domestically and $264.1 million globally. After all, it’s highly unusual for a centuries-old poem that everyone was forced to read in school to be the basis of a popcorn movie. Those mighty ticket sales are a testament to the appeal […]

Variety • 25 minutes ago

The 2026 FIFA World Cup once again demonstrated the value of home-team interest to broadcasters, with television audiences across Europe skyrocketing when national teams were still alive in the tournament before declining after their elimination. Yet, fans still turned up in force for the July 19 final opposing Spain to Argentina, proving that while national […]

Variety • 32 minutes ago

After the near-ecstatic reviews from critics for The Odyssey, tiny cracks are starting to show in Christopher Nolan’s record-breaking juggernaut, and a small but vocal faction of the audience appears to be begging to differ. Looking at Rotten Tomatoes, the ever-controversial aggregate site is reporting a stubborn wave of one- and even half-star reviews, calling […]

Deadline • 50 minutes ago

The world’s biggest theater chain AMC Entertainment saw its shares surge as it posted the highest quarterly revenue in its 106-year history for the three months ended in June and just cleaned up this weekend with the massive opening of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Revenue rose 14% from 2025 second quarter to near $1.6 billion […]

Deadline • 53 minutes ago