On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Todd Spangler and Gene Maddaus examine why OpenAI abruptly pulled the plug on its generative AI video creation model, Sora, and why...

Peter Debruge, former chief film critic at Variety, has been tapped to serve as director of the SXSW Film & TV Festival. Beginning on April 6, he takes over the Austin...

Amid budget pressures, French broadcaster France Télévisions has sharpened its international fiction strategy with high-concept series with distinctive storytelling, such as Mathieu Missoffe (“Furies”)’s new thriller series “Passe Muraille” and “Free...

There are a lot of memorable characters in the HBO reality series “Neighbors,” a wonderfully absurd, bleak and hilarious encapsulation of America seen through the eyes of people at war with...

Created by “How to Have Sex” director Molly Manning Walker, upcoming series “Major Players” is all about the love of the game.  “I’ve been obsessed with football forever,” said Walker at...

Meta‘s Instagram wants to make it easier for marketers to buy ads that tap into viral moments on its short-form Reels videos. Instagram announced that it is expanding Reels trending ads...