Giancarlo Esposito Teases MCU Role & Says He’ll Show Up In A Series Also

Karen Idelson First-time feature film director Kelsey Mann dug deep into his own emotions while making “Inside Out 2.” As he imagined a story about the confusing journey we all go on through puberty, he knew he would need to add new emotions to the ones from the first animated hit — so Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment join the fray in main character Riley’s developing mind. At the Annecy Animation Festival, Mann will appear at a special screening of the Pixar film June 14 and will serve as Disney Art Challenge jury president. The theme of this year’s event will be “Adolescence: So many emotions.” He spoke to Variety about the new film.

David Beckham is opening up about his family.

Jamie Lang Ahead of today’s Warner Bros. Animation studio focus panel at the Annecy Animation Festival, Variety has learned that Cartoon Network Studios (CNS) is working on three new “Adventure Time” properties, including a movie and two new series. Currently in development, details are still scant regarding the “Adventure Time” movie, but the project features an animation superstar lineup of talent including “Steven Universe” creator Rebecca Sugar, “Over the Garden Wall” co-creator Patrick McHale and “Adventure Time” showrunner Adam Muto.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Located alongside a pristine alpine lake in the south of France, the Annecy Film Festival is considered a mecca by many in the animation community. It’s the kind of place you must visit at least once to meet others who wor­ship animation.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Turkish director Tolga Karaçelic, who made a splash in the U.S. with absurdist comedy “Butterflies,” is getting ready to premiere his first English-language film, “The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer,” in which the offbeat serial killer in question is played by Steve Buscemi. The New York-set film, which takes Karaçelic’s comic streak in a new direction, will launch on Saturday from the Tribeca Film Festival.

MaXXXine, the new film in the A24 fan favorite franchise, has a new trailer!

William Earl Giancarlo Esposito is ready to tell his life story. The actor, who memorably played Gus Fring on “Breaking Bad” and its spin-off “Better Call Saul,” has sold his memoir after a bidding war. The Crown Publishing Group, in partnership with Sugar23 Books, will release the book.

After weeks of teasing an upcoming appearance in a mystery Marvel movie, actor Giancarlo Esposito’s role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been revealed. Well, mostly.

Angelique Jackson Weeks after Emmy nominee Giancarlo Esposito teased that he’d be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe “sooner than you think,” Variety can confirm that he will appear in “Captain America: Brave New World,” which hits theaters next year. Esposito revealed he’d been cast in a Marvel project during a panel at CCXP in Brazil earlier this month. There he squashed fan speculation that he’d play Professor X in the widely expected Marvel Cinematic Universe version of “X-Men.” “There’s something about being original.

Captain America: Brave New World is entering its first set of reshoots and adding a new star to the cast.

“Lessons in Chemostry”For Apple TV+’s limited series based on Bonnie Garmus’ novel, Brie Larson portrayed chemist Elizabeth Zott, who launched a feminist cooking show in the 1960s.“Fallout”In Amazon Prime Video’s postapocalyptic drama, Ella Purnell portrays Lucy, a young woman who leaves her vault to search for her kidnapped father.“Frasier”Kelsey Grammer returns to his famous role of Frasier Crane in the Paramount+ revival comedy series.“I’m a Virgo”In the Amazon Prime Video comedy, Jharrel Jerome portrays Cootie and is an executive producer.r Variety in April 2024 at the PMC Studio in Los Angeles“Black Mirror”In the third episode of Season 6 of the Netflix drama, Josh Hartnett portrays David Ross.“Parish”Giancarlo Esposito portrays Gracián “Gray” Parish and serves as an executive producer in AMC’s crime drama.“Loki”Tom Hiddleston returned to the Disney+ series as Loki, the God of Mischief, for the second season.“Girls5Eva”In the third season of the Peacock-turned-Netflix comedy, Renée Elise Goldsberry leads as Wickie/ Lesley Wiggins.“Fallout”Aaron Moten plays Maximus in the hit Amazon Prime Video series “Fallout,” based on the blockbuster video game.“Colin from Accounts”In CBS’ Australian comedy co-created by Harriet Dyer, she portrays the leading woman, Ashley, who hilariously falls for Gordon after an unlikely meet cute: a car accident.“Colin from Accounts”Patrick Brammall plays Gordon and executive produces the Paramount+ comedy.“Will Trent”Ramon Rodriguez portrays the title character in “Will Trent,” a gifted detective who struggles with a rough past.“3 Body Problem”In Netflix’s “3 Body Problem,” Alex Sharp plays Will, who makes the ultimate sacrifice for science.“Virgin River”In Netflix’s romantic drama, which

Your Honor has a new bench.

Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale), and Shea Whigham (Joker) have been tapped as series regulars on Netflix‘s new drama series Death by Lightning, joining previously cast Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin and Nick Offerman. Additionally, Stephen McKinley Henderson (Civil War), Paula Malcomson (Parish) and Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey) are set as recurring on the series, executive produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The producer of Destry Allyn Spielberg‘s feature film debut said Thursday that the production has paid its debts to its vendors in New Mexico. The film, “Please Don’t Feed the Children,” wrapped production last fall, but still owed about $200,000 to various rental houses. The vendors were told several times over the last five months that they would be paid shortly, but those promises went unfulfilled.

EXCLUSIVE: Francis Ford Coppola‘s $120 million passion project Megalopolis has closed a fresh raft of deals following its buzzy world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival last week. 

There are a lot of streamers out there, but none quite like Dropout. “I’m a determined hipster,” jokes Dropout owner and CEO Sam Reich. “I can’t do anything that the rest of the industry is doing — I’m just too determined to be unique.” 

The stars of Megalopolis are back on the red carpet!

The stars of Megalopolis are back on the red carpet!

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Francis Ford Coppola‘s “Megalopolis,” which premiered at Cannes Film Festival May 16. The wait is over: “Megalopolis,” Francis Ford Coppola’s sci-fi drama has finally premiered at Cannes Film Festival, shocking and dividing critics. The film, a $120 million epic starring Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Giancarlo Esposito and Shia LaBeouf, was financed by Coppola himself — and has yet to secure a distributor in the United States. Regardless, the movie earned a 7-minute standing ovation from Cannes, as Coppola hugged Driver and Esposito and delivered an emotional speech dedicating the film to hope and family.

The cast of Megalopolis took to the red carpet at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on Thursday (May 16) to attend the movie’s premiere.