Disney+ Casts Gianna Jun & Gang Dong-won Will In Korean Spy Thriller ‘Tempest’ & Sets Anime ‘Code Geass Rozé Of The Recapture’ Release Date

EXCLUSIVE: With Sony Pictures‘ Bad Boys: Ride or Die passing the $100 million domestic box office mark this past weekend, the studio and Will Smith are already looking to the future as he is attached to star in Sony’s Resistor.

Ethan Shanfeld Following the success of “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” Will Smith is teaming up again with Sony Pictures for the sci-fi thriller “Resistor,” based on Daniel Suarez’s 2014 novel “Influx.” The movie hails from Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Tony Shaw of Escape Artists, which has been developing the project for years alongside Smith and Jon Mone through Westbrook. Heather Washington is executive producing, and Dave Wilson is a producer.

Swept Away, the new musical featuring the music of folk-rock band The Avett Brothers, will begin performances at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre on Tuesday, October 29 with an opening set for Tuesday, November 19.

EXCLUSIVE: Dread, the L.A.-based distribution and financing company of Epic Pictures, has acquired North American rights to Korean action film A Man of Reason from Acemaker Movieworks. The feature directorial debut of veteran actor Jung Woo-sung will have a limited theatrical release on July 5 before heading to VOD.

Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton, aka Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton, have arrived at a special screening of Bridgerton season three part two on Wednesday (June 12) at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London, England.

Taylor Swift fans should probably keep their eyes peeled to their phones on Friday, June 13 because there’s a chance she could be announcing some major news during the next Eras Tour show.

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear on Tuesday announced the supporting cast for its Matthew McConaughey film The Rivals of Amziah King, which has wrapped production.

EXCLUSIVE: After what has been described to us as a “heated” and crowded auction, William Morrow has nabbed the rights to The Steps, a new memoir penned by veteran actor and three-time Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone. 

Karen Idelson As the animation community deals with industry contraction, one force inspires more fear and uncertainty than any other: Artificial intelligence. The Annecy Festival will screen four works using AI after receiving dozens of submissions that used the technology. Whether it’s concern that AI will make some animation jobs obsolete or replace humans altogether, there’s discussion about what it will mean not only for artistry but also workflow. Some see AI as a tool to be mastered and carefully applied as issues surrounding copyright, creation and overall use are sorted out.

Selome Hailu As “White Collar” sees a resurgence in popularity years after its conclusion, it seems fans will have new episodes to watch soon. Series creator Jeff Eastin revealed at Variety‘s TV Fest on Thursday that a new version of the police procedural is in the works. “We’re gonna reboot.

The cast of Pharrell Williams‘ upcoming movie musical just got bigger!

Jack Dunn Vertical and Bren Foster will launch their new martial arts thriller “Life After Fighting” on June 7 in select theaters and on demand. This marks Foster’s feature debut as writer-director and is his first collaboration with producer Navid Bahadori under their newly formed production and distribution company, Spinning Plates.

As part of the “World Outlander Day” celebration, Starz has set the premiere for the second half of Outlander Season 7 for Friday, November 22. New episodes will drop weekly on Fridays at midnight ET on the Starz app, Starz streaming and on-demand. On linear, new episodes will debut at 8 PM ET/PT on Starz in the U.S.

Jack Dunn Emily Alyn Lind, Shubham Maheshwari, Joseph Zada and Esther McGregor have joined the cast of Prime Video‘s new drama series “We Were Liars,” based on the young adult novel of the same name by E. Lockhart. They join previously announced cast members Mamie Gummer, Caitlin FitzGerald, Candice King, David Morse, and Asher Ali.

We Were Liars, Prime Video’s series adaptation of E. Lockhart’s YA novel, has found its infamous Liars. Emily Alyn Lind (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), newcomer Shubham Maheshwari, Esther MacGregor (Baby Girl), and Joseph Zada (Total Control) are set as series regulars, joining Mamie Gummer, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Candice King and David Morse. The series hails from Julie Plec, Carina Adly MacKenzie, Universal Television and Amazon MGM Studios.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Jack Reynor has been cast in Season 2 of the Amazon Prime Video spy drama “Citadel,” Variety has learned exclusively. Exact character and plot details for the second season of the big budget series are being kept under wraps. Reynor will appear alongside returning series leads Richard Madden and Priyanka-Chopra Jonas as well as Stanley Tucci.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Two South Korean superstars Gianna Jun and Gang Dong-won head the cast of “Tempest,” an espionage action drama series being readied by streaming service Disney+ for release next year. The contemporary Korea-set story sees Jun portray a highly-accomplished diplomat and former ambassador to the U.S.

S.W.A.T. is coming back!

Love Island star Jessie Wynter, who found love with farmer Will Young during her time on the show, has hinted at a cast feud. Jessie, who hails from Australia, admitted that she was "never added" to the girls' WhatsApp chat following their time in the villa.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter David Morse has joined the cast of the upcoming “We Were Liars” series adaptation at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned exclusively. Morse joins previously announced cast members Mamie Gummer, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Candice King in the series, which is based on the E. Lockhart novel of the same name.