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Chris Pine Was Surprised by New ‘Star Trek 4’ Writer Hire Because ‘I Thought There Was Already a Script…I Was Wrong or They Decided to Pivot’ (variety.com)

New ‘The Office’ Series Picked Up at Peacock, First Plot Details Reveal Midwestern Newspaper Setting (variety.com)

Cate Blanchett Joins Zellner Brothers’ Alien Invasion Comedy ‘Alpha Gang’ (variety.com)

Man Shot Outside Drake’s Home; Drake Not Injured, Police Say (variety.com)

[SHOTS FIRED] Man Shot Outside Drake’s Home; Drake Not Injured, Police Say (variety.com)

Sony Pictures, Apollo Offer to Buy Paramount for $26 Billion in Cash (variety.com)

UFC 301: How to Watch Pantoja vs. Erceg Fight Online Without Cable (variety.com)

UFC 301: How to Watch Pantoja vs. Erceg Fight Online Without Cable...

Mike Leigh to Be Honored at Mediterrane Film Festival With Career Achievement Award - Does anybody here knows his work? (variety.com)

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Chris Hemsworth Takes Blame for ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Failure: ‘I Got Caught Up in the Improv and the Wackiness’ and ‘Became a Parody of Myself’ (variety.com)

Jeff Bridges Returning for ‘Tron: Ares,’ Says De-Aged Character in ‘Tron: Legacy’ Looked ‘More Like Bill Maher Than Myself’ (variety.com)

Chinese Animation Film ‘The Umbrella Fairy’ to Be Launched by Fortissimo at Cannes Market (variety.com)

The film is getting a theatrical release in China in the summer. I couldn’t find an exact date. Cannes Market is happening during the second half of May.

Mike Leigh to Be Honored at Mediterrane Film Festival With Career Achievement Award (variety.com)

Mike Leigh, the veteran director of “Vera Drake,” “Another Year” and “Happy-Go-Lucky,” will be honored at Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival with its Career Achievement Golden Bee Award....

Colin Jost Wins Over Tough White House Correspondents Dinner Crowd With Praise for ‘Decent’ Biden (variety.com)

‘Kraven the Hunter’ Moves to December Release as Sony Pushes ‘Karate Kid’ to May 2025 (variety.com)

Sony’s Marvel film “Kraven the Hunter” is being pushed back from its August release, moving to Dec. 13, 2024.

‘Humane’ Review: Caitlin Cronenberg’s First Feature Is a Searing Domestic Thriller About Crimes of the Not-So-Distant Future (variety.com)

In a future where state-sanctioned euthanasia is the answer to climate change, four furious siblings have two hours to decide which one will die....

‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ Canceled After Three Seasons at CBS (variety.com)

Video Game Preservation Has Become an Industry Urgency (variety.com)

Paramount Board Might Oust CEO Bob Bakish Amid M&A Talks: Report (variety.com)

M&A = Merger and Acquisition

Video Game Preservation Has Become an Industry Urgency (variety.com)

‘For All Mankind’ Renewed for Season 5, Soviet Space Program Spinoff in the Works at Apple TV+ (variety.com)

Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 Rape Conviction Overturned by New York Appeals Court (variety.com)

Callum Turner to Star in ‘Neuromancer’ Series at Apple TV+ (variety.com)

A couple months ago, it was rumored that Robert Pattinson might play Case in Apple TV+'s Neuromancer. It looks like that rumor fell through because it’s now official, Callum Turner will play Case. I’ll be honest with you, I have no idea who this guy is. But an official announcement about Neuromancer means this project is...