'Rings of Power' & 'House of the Dragon' Lead The Top 10 Most Expensive TV Shows Ever Produced

Victor Wembanyama, the best NBA prospect since at least LeBron James, will likely play for the San Antonio Spurs. The team won the NBA’s closely-watched draft lottery tonight and will, unless something bizarre happens, draft the 7’3″ Frenchman next month.

EXCLUSIVE: Benedict Cumberbatch has signed to star in Dylan Southern’s adaptation of Max Porter’s acclaimed novel Grief is the Thing With Feathers about a father and his two young sons dealing with the sudden death of their wife and mother.

EXCLUSIVE: Production has wrapped on the Piki Films (JoJo Rabbit, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) and Sandy Lane Productions (Bad Behaviour) family drama The Mountain from Kiwi filmmaker Rachel House.

By On a particularly wet, frigid afternoon in New York, I was home in my apartment with just two things on the menu: my Chipotle bowl and Sex and the City. I’ve seen every episode of about 67 times, so picking an episode to watch these days is a bit laboring. Do I watch Carrie wear that red cowboy hat in the Hamptons for the umpteenth time? Or recite Lexi Featherston’s, “New York is over!” speech yet again? Faced with such boundless options, I left my episode choice up to fate.

is finally back with season 2. The world's fiercest competition, which sees each drag queens debuting a new musical number in front of a live audience and a «Pop Dival Panel» of judges, returns to Paramount+ on Friday, June 2. And among this year's contestants are queens from nine countries including the United States, Mexico, Brazil, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Israel, the United Kingdom, Italy and Australia. Executive produced by RuPaul and hosted by Graham Norton, follows some of the world's most talented performers as they battle it out for global domination during head-to-head singing battles spotlighting their wide range of talent.

Jordan Moreau George R.R. Martin’s world of Westeros from his “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels is one of the most sprawling fantasy universes ever created. There are countless complex characters (with confusing names) that lived across dozens of generations in which they fought, killed, allied, betrayed and had children with one another.

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off starring in season two of HBO’s The White Lotus, Theo James has been set to lead new horror movie The Monkey, based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King.

Oppenheimer starring Cillian Murphy – check it out above.Directed by Christopher Nolan, the historical biopic stars Murphy as theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who is considered the “father of the atomic bomb” for his role in the Manhattan Project.This latest trailer showcases the ensemble cast, including Emily Blunt as wife Katherine ‘Kitty’ Oppenheimer, Matt Damon as General Leslie Groves Jr., director of the Manhattan Project, Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock and Robert Downey Jr.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The Playmaker Munich has signed with producer Ulysses Films to handle international sales for its upcoming family animation project “Pirate Mo & the Legend of the Red Ruby,” which has a planned release of early 2026. Ulysses produced animation box-office hits such as “The Amazing Maurice,” “Niko & the Way to the Stars,” “Rabbit Academy – Mission Eggpossible” and “Tad, the Lost Explorer.” The script for “Pirate Mo,” which is based on Kirsten Boie’s bestselling novel, was written by Richie Conroy, and the director is Florian Westermann, co-director of “The Amazing Maurice.”

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Budget? What’s that? The royal family doesn’t know!

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 has been hailed as a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy, with the future of the franchise now very much up in the air.Director James Gunn previously confirmed that the third instalment would be the Guardians’ final adventure together, although following the release of the film, it’s now clear that many of the characters will appear again in other MCU films.Vol. 3 sees the Guardians adjusting to life on Knowhere as parts of Rocket’s past resurface.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Ken Marino credits his pal Adam Scott for making the unlikely and unexpected “Party Down” revival a reality. “Adam helped guide this and make this happen in a real way,” he tells Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast. “I think everybody in that cast recognized how special it was, and to just kind of go back and to get to do some more, to be with these people again, creatively, it’s a real gift.” The first two seasons of “Party Down” aired on Starz in 2009 and 2010; the revival takes place a decade after the show’s last episode and features the returns of Marino as Ron, the slightly clueless catering manager who now owns the business — well, running it out of his van — and Scott as Henry, the sardonic failed actor who’s now a teacher and working on the side with Party Down to help pay for his alimony.

Emily Longeretta The days of fall TV being the time for new shows to premiere are long gone. This summer, prep for bingeing per usual with a slew of unscripted and scripted series coming to both streamers and network TV. Likely the most-anticipated series of the year, HBO’s “The Idol,” will premiere in July after a great deal of delays and reshoots.

2023 Tony Awards.And now that all 27 nominated productions have been announced for the 76th annual Tonys, it’s time to see them all live — well, the 16 shows that are still running as of now which feature stars nominated for the first time like Jessica Chastain, Josh Groban and Jodie Comer — on the Great White Way before theater’s biggest night of the year.To make your life easy, we’ve compiled a list of all the shows from the most nominated — this year, the musical adaptation of “Some Like It Hot” led the way with 13 nods — to the least that only nabbed a single selection like the buzzy “Summer, 1976.”Best of all, we found tickets for all 16 shows that are still running as of now.Want to go to a show in person so you’re in the know come awards night?Keep reading, dramaphiles.We’ve got all the details you need below.13 nominations include Best New Musical, Christian Borle and J.

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So we’re going to do the hard work for you.

Beyond beautiful. The stars stepped out to the 2023 Met Gala for fashion’s biggest night on May 1 and the over-the-top makeup and hair looks were just as memorable as the elaborate ensembles.

Celebrities always know how to stand out on a red carpet. And in some cases, they’re shimmering with some of the world’s most expensive diamonds and outfits.

Emily Longeretta Despite the ups and downs of the industry and the ever-changing landscape, new reality series and more unscripted content than ever has continued to grow into must-watch television. With more competition than ever, Variety homes in on the biggest titans on reality TV.

Simon Russell Beale, Freddie Fox, Gayle Rankin & Abubakar Salim have joined the cast of HBO’s House of the Dragon for Season 2.