Adaptations From ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ to ‘Shrill’ Allow Authors More Agency

Teen heartthrob and One Tree Hill alum Chad Michael Murray recently opened up about the possibility of a reboot for the iconic teen drama OTH. In a candid chat with TV Fanatic, the 39-year-old star stated: “I believe at some point, I’m sure there will be some new iteration of One Tree Hill,” he explained.

Chad Michael Murray is talking One Tree Hill.

There’s only one Tree Hill — at least until someone reboots it. Chad Michael Murray thinks the teen drama will be back.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAllison Mack provided federal prosecutors with an audio tape that helped convict sex cult leader Keith Raniere in which Raniere and Mack have a chilling discussion about how to brand his “slaves,” prosecutors said in a memo on Monday.Mack, the former “Smallville” star, is due to be sentenced on June 30 for her role in the case of NXIVM, the management and leadership training program that proved to be a front for much more nefarious activities by Raniere and his

Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay is reportedly going to be reuniting with her “You Were Never Really Here” star and Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix for a newly announced project titled “Polaris,” with Phoenix’s partner, actress Rooney Mara (“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo“) taking a role alongside him. Details on the new film are being kept under wraps, but Ramsay revealed the news herself.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterDisneyland will no longer require fully vaccinated visitors to wear masks indoors or outdoors starting on Tuesday, said the Anaheim, Calif.-based theme park and resort, which has been engaged with a phased reopening since April 30.The move comes in conjunction with the State of California’s eased COVID-19 regulations on June 15, in which all capacity limitations and physical distancing restrictions will be dropped for fully vaccinated individuals as the state reopens

A summer of new TV — and some reboots, because it is 2021 after all. Beginning this month, some of the most-anticipated shows of the year will debut. However, many include familiar faces!

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterEven more of the band is getting back together.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIn the two versions of “The Mosquito Coast” that came before the Apple TV Plus drama (the 1981 novel and the 1986 film adaptation), the character of Allie Fox’s wife and mother to his children was just that and that alone: a wife and mother.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorBefore publicly revealing she was trans, actress Leyna Bloom was terrified of people finding out about her true identity.“To be trans and being a person of color and to be Asian, you have to constantly protect yourself, you have to constantly protect your voice because people hear you and they want to attack you,” Bloom says on the latest episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSources confirm to Variety that Mariah Carey has parted ways with Roc Nation and struck a partnership with the upstart Range Media Partners, where she will work with Melissa Ruderman, who oversaw her career at Roc Nation and left to join Range in January, as Variety exclusively announced.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew York’s City Parks Foundation returns to live, in-person performances this summer with the announcement of the shows planned for the 2021 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. SummerStage shows will be returning to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, and The Coney Island Amphitheater.

The French Dispatch. Set in a newspaper office in France, Anderson’s follow-up to 2018’s Isle of Dogs stars Benicio Del Toro, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand and more.Other standout films on show will be Flag Day which has been directed by Sean Penn; he also stars in the film as a bank robber alongside his daughter Dylan.Another is Mothering Sunday, Eva Husson’s adaptation of Graham Swift’s WW1-set novel about a doomed romance.

Australian actress Samara Weaving is gathering quite the list of credits in a short time with the Blumhouse horror-comedy “Ready or Not,” playing the daughter of Alex Winter‘s Bill in “Bill & Ted Face The Music,” and has taken the role of Scarlett in Paramount Pictures‘ “G.I. Joe” franchise reboot “Snake Eyes.” Another high-profile project, Weaving, has joined Damien Chazelle‘s 1920s Hollywood film “Babylon,” according to Deadline.

Damien Chazelle’s 1920s Hollywood-set movie Babylon has rounded out a bulk of what is expected to be its final casting. Of those set to head back in time are Max Minghella, Flea, Samara Weaving, Rory Scovel, Lukas Haas, Eric Roberts, P.J. Byrne and Damon Gupton.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVEven before he was a polarizing politician and incendiary social media user, Donald Trump was much talked about — often for his hair.

Kate Winslet was dedicated to making her latest character as real as possible.