‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ Sets Fall 2025 Release as Take-Two Posts $2.9 Billion Quarterly Loss

The Hills of California, the first new play by Jez Butterworth‘s since his acclaimed The Ferryman in 2017, will open on Broadway this fall, reuniting the playwright with director Sam Mendes.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Chip and Joanna Gaines‘ beloved home renovation series “Fixer Upper” is turning 10 and the couple is celebrating with the launch of a new special edition season, “Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse.” Premiering Sunday on the Gaines’ Magnolia Network (part owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) and HGTV, the original home of the “Fixer Upper” franchise, and streaming same day on Max and Discovery+, the six-episode “Lakehouse” follows Chip and Jo as they take on a unique mid-century modern lakehouse flip near Lake Waco, a new neighborhood for the home reno couple based in Waco, Texas. “Chip found a set of plans in this lakehouse that showed the house was built in 1965 and the husband loved mid-century modern style and the wife loved that Spanish revival style,” Joanna Gaines tells Variety.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Fallout 76″ has found a whole new world of players thanks to the popularity of Amazon’s “Fallout” TV series. The Bethesda Game Studios title, which first launched in October 2018, crossed 20 million downloads and plays as of Wednesday.

Thania Garcia Following his detainment in California for fraud and theft, Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston is now facing 10 charges in Broward County, Florida, according to an arrest warrant issued on May 20. Kingston, whose real name is Kisean Paul Anderson, was arrested on May 23, just hours after a SWAT team raided his South Florida mansion and arrested his mother. Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner, is also named in the arrest warrant for defrauding several businesses, including a jeweler and a car dealer.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Losses shrank at Lionsgate and revenues climbed as the company’s television business rebounded from the twin strikes that had shut down production for much of 2023. Revenue at the company behind “The Hunger Games” and “John Wick” franchises topped out at $1.12 billion, up from $1.08 billion in the prior-year quarter. Lionsgate also reported a net loss attributable to shareholder of $39.5 million, which compared favorably to the prior-year quarterly losses of $96.8 million.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer The “Call of Duty” franchise is expanding. Microsoft’s Activision revealed new title “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6” Thursday, along with a teaser for the previously unannounced first-person-shooter game. Though no other details were revealed, the game developer promises more info to come out of Xbox Games Showcase in June, which will be followed by a “Black Ops 6 Direct” presentation.

UPDATE: Romeo + Juliet starring Heartstopper‘s Kit Connor and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler will begin Broadway performances on Thursday, September 26, at Circle in the Square Theatre, with an official opening night set for Thursday, October 24. The run, directed by Sam Gold, is a strictly limited, 16-week engagement.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Lionsgate has added three movies to its release calendar. “Flight Risk,” an aviation thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Mel Gibson, will land on Oct. 18, 2024, while Dave Bautista-led action-comedy “The Killer’s Game” will debut on Sept.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Super/Man,” a documentary about the life of Christopher Reeve, will hit the big screen in the fall. The film, which was widely embraced at Sundance and sold to Warner Bros. Discovery for roughly $15 million, will play in select theaters on Sept.

Rockstar has confirmed Grand Theft Auto 6 is still coming in 2025 after rumours of delays.Late last year, Rockstar announced that Grand Theft Auto 6 would be released at some point in 2025 and shared a record-breaking trailer.However since then, updates have been few and far between. In March, the studio scrapped remote working, with many devs saying they’d been “left in limbo” following the rule change.The following month, Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive laid off hundreds of staff and cancelled a number of titles as part of a “cost reduction program” that they hoped would “identify efficiencies across its business and enhance the company’s margin profile, while still investing for growth”.

J. Kim Murphy A new entry in the “Insidious” franchise has been set for the theaters. The next installment of the Blumhouse Productions horror property, co-produced by Screen Gems, has been added to Sony’s theatrical slate, with the studio dating the film for an Aug.

The M3GAN sequel is coming, but it’s been pushed back a month!

Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming eventually!

Grand Theft Auto VI, the latest installment in the mega-selling video game franchise, will be released in fall 2025, parent company Take-Two Interactive has confirmed.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Freddy Fazbear will return to haunt multiplexes in 2025. Universal and Blumhouse’s “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2,” a horror sequel set in the haunted Chuck E. Cheese-esque establishment known as Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, will land in theaters on Dec.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Microsoft‘s Activision has launched a new internal, standalone studio with one mission: creating a new narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise. Titled Elsewhere Entertainment, the studio will be headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, with additional staff in the United States.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer The actors behind the iconic Weasley Twins will be around to stir up trouble on Food Network‘s new “Harry Potter“-themed competition, “Wizards of Baking.” Variety has learned exclusively that James and Oliver Phelps, who played Fred and George Weasley throughout Warner Bros.’ eight-film “Harry Potter” franchise, will be hosting “Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking.” The project, which will air on Food Network and be available to stream on Max, was announced by Warner Bros Discovery U.S. networks chief Kathleen Finch during the company’s upfront presentation in New York City Wednesday.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Food Network has a new magical treat in store for viewers this holiday season: The Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable channel has ordered a baking competition inspired by the beloved “Harry Potter” franchise.

Katcy Stephan Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” is hitting the big screen next summer. Sony Pictures has slated the long-awaited project for June 20, 2025. Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes are set to star in the sequel to “28 Days Later” and “28 Weeks Later.” Plot details are still being kept under wraps for the new screenplay, written by Alex Garland.

Mark your calendar for June 20, 2025 as that’s when the next installment in Danny Boyle’s 28 franchise hits theaters, 28 Years Later.