‘Succession’ Director Mark Mylod on Finding the ‘Game Sees Game’ Vibe of Season 2 Finale

Gone is Gone have released a new single, ‘Everything is Wonderfall’ – you can listen to it below.The supergroup, featuring members of Mastodon, At the Drive-In and Queens of the Stone Age, were formed in 2016 and returned back in December with a new single, ‘No One Ever Walked On Water’ – their first new music in almost three years.Made up of Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders, At the Drive-In drummer Tony Hajjar, Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, as well as multi-instrumentalist

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Emmy nomination ballots are now closed, but in scouring this year’s entries, I was sad to see that “Succession” composer Nicholas Britell didn’t submit the show’s seminal Season 2 rap, “L to the OG.”Featured in the “Succession” episode “Dundee,” the song was one of the cringiest, most memorable moments of the last TV season: At a black-tie dinner celebrating mega-mogul Logan Roy’s 50th year running Waystar Royco, his son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) —

Audrey Cleo Yap If there is one film Christian Slater wants to revisit from his early career, it’s 1990’s “Pump Up the Volume.” The drama — which celebrates its 30th anniversary in August — centered on teenager Mark Hunter (Slater), a high school student by day and a pirate radio DJ who goes by “Hard Harry” by night.“That is my favorite movie, I think, that I’ve ever done [and], to a large degree, favorite job,” Slater reveals on the Variety After-Show. “I felt like it was ahead of its time.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen Lynn Shelton died in May, she left behind a legacy that included directing episodes of programs such as “Little Fires Everywhere,” “The Morning Show,” “Dickinson,” “GLOW,” “Shameless,” “Fresh off the Boat,” “The Mindy Project,” “New Girl” and “Mad Men.” She also directed multiple Marc Maron standup specials, including this year’s “Marc Maron: End Times Fun.” However, Shelton has never been nominated for an Emmy — yet.

Who is signing where? The Hollywood Reporter's Rep Sheet is a snapshot of notable recent agency and management signings: Filmmaker Blitz Bazawule has signed with CAA. The New York-based visual artist was formerly with Paradigm.

Stevie Wong When The Morning Show kicked off the release of original content featured on the Apple TV+ streaming platform, much conversation was about its detailed #MeToo breakdown of a sexual harassment incident, affecting everyone who worked on the fictional news program.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Most Dangerous Game, the action thriller starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz, has been renewed for a second season at Quibi and is also set to be packaged into a standalone feature film.The series, one of the short-form service’s most-high profile titles, follows Dodge Tynes (Hemsworth), who is desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life and accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he’s the

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Lego Masters” hasn’t yet been renewed for a Season 2, yet Fox Corp. boss Lachlan Murdoch has all but confirmed that it will be back — well, once productions are allowed to come back.

Aitch and AJ Tracey are among the names on the lineup for Malta’s Escape 2 The Island festival, which is due to take place this summer despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Taking place August 28-30, other names on the bill include Fredo, Charlie Sloth, Headie One, Yxng Bane, Mist, Ms. Banks, Unknown T, and Dutchavelli.According to the festival’s website, “Malta will reopen to all flight destinations from July 15.

Mark Wahlberg revealed he’s finally found out he’s “allergic to almost everything” at 49-years-old.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIt was bound to happen at some point: The Oscars and the Emmys are about to collide. The decision to push next year’s Academy Awards all the way to April 25, puts it smack dab in the middle of Emmy campaign season.That’s going to make it, well, a mess.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Game On!,” CBS’ new game show hosted by Keegan-Michael Key and featuring tennis champion Venus Williams and Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski as team captains, dropped to its lowest rating and total viewership so far in its freshman season campaign.On Wednesday night, the game show scored a 0.4 rating among adults 18-49 and drew just over 3 million total viewers. That represents a 33% in the former metric and an 8% drop in the latter.

Shocking events that changed Malta forever are chronicled in “Just Noise.” Set in 1919, the film seeks to draw attention to Britain’s violent clash against protestors. While it would make news in today’s 24/7 news cycles the same couldn’t be said for this painful chapter.

Christopher Vourlias Like many of his countrymen, Swiss filmmaker Cyril Schäublin has watchmaking in his blood, a legacy he can trace back through his grandparents’ generation.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe media can’t get enough when it comes to talking about the media — which is why, perhaps, its obsession extends to fictionalized takes on the business as well.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNicholas Britell has become one of the most in-demand film and TV composers in recent years, thanks to his work on “The Big Short,” “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.” But it’s “Succession,” including that catchy instrumental theme song, which Pusha T made into a stunning rap, that has been unlike anything else in his career.That became apparent late last summer, as Season 2 of the HBO drama turned into a phenomenon, right when the cast and

posted last week on the Nielsen charts.NBC was first in ratings with a 0.7 rating/4 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 3.8 million, according to preliminary numbers. “The Titan Games” at 8 p.m.