Glenn Howerton: ‘I’ve always been fascinated by egotistical characters’

Discovery Channel has greenlighted a new wildlife series titled The Bond, which hails from Team Downey and Glen Zipper. The four-part series, which focuses on the bond between animals and humans, is executive produced by Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey and Emily Barclay Ford of Team Downey and writer-producer Glen Zipper, co-author of the sci-fi novel Devastation Class and creator of the documentary series Dogs on Netflix.

Giuliana Rancic has released a message confirming that she has tested positive for coronavirus.

E News! reporter Giuliana Rancic has confirmed she will not be attending TV's night of nights after testing positive to Coronavirus. The 46-year-old revealed in a video message obtained by E! News Giuliana said she, her husband Bill and their son Duke have tested positive for coronavirus.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVEveryone’s favorite familiar-slash-vampire hunter on FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” will soon show off his musical side on the small-screen: Harvey Guillén will recur on the second season of NBC’s “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” Variety has learned exclusively.In the multi-episode arc, Guillén will play George, a new programmer who is constantly looking for approval from the titular Zoey (Jane Levy) and his colleagues.

Comic book fans have too much power and influence on pop culture’s ebbs and flows, so watching “Utopia,” a show where a granular-level obsession with comics turns into jaw-dropping dismay, feels practically cathartic. Imagine that your favorite comic book is actually a colorful document of someone’s real, if wholly unbelievable, life, and every adventure and every panel is actually a vibrant snapshot of actual violence.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has acquired Shelly, an action-comedy package that has Jumanji: The Next Level‘s Awkwafina and Karen Gillan attached to reteam, and Jude Weng to direct. The action comedy script is by Michael Doneger and Liz Storm and the film will be produced by Ian Bryce Productions.Deadline wrote about the package in late June, when it was first shopped.

David Robb Labor EditorMorrie Gelman, historian and former Daily Variety reporter, died of heart failure August 26 in Palm Desert, CA with his family at his side. He was 90.Gelman, who covered the TV business, started his 50-year career as a journalist in 1948 in the New York City mailroom of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentLongtime media journalist and Variety alumnus Morrie Gelman died of heart failure on Aug. 26 in Palm Desert, Calif.

Gillian Jacobs and John Gallagher Jr. play parents fighting their son’s demon in the new horror “Come Play”.

The new trailer for “Come Play” initially hides its horrifying plot by showcasing how great the use of iPads and smartphones can be for children on the spectrum, especially in the case of young Oliver, who is mute and only communicates through whatever handheld device he has on him. But this is a horror movie after all, and you know shit is about to get bad.

Oscar winners Kate Winselt, Jennifer Hudson and Glenn Close have joined Daisy Ridley in the all-female voice cast of Baba Yaga, an immersive VR animated film that will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month. In the VR experience, viewers enter a haunting fairytale world, joining their sister Magda (Ridley) on a quest to heal their mother (Close) by entering an enchanted forest (Hudson) to obtain the cure from the enigmatic witch, Baba Yaga (Winslet).