This classic title sequence, shot from overhead, depicts T.E. Lawrence‘s preparation for his final motorcycle ride on May 13, 1935. He died 6 days later. There are few film openings I love more. Maurice Jarre composed the score.

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At the Women in Motion event, NBCUniversal Group Chairman Donna Langley says that after the 11th #FastandFurious the franchise may 'pivot': 'We may bring it back to the streets of la and maybe make it a more intimate story.'

Spoke to the remarkable David Cronenberg about how the death of his partner of 43 years inspired his new movie #TheShrouds : 'When they lowered my wife into the ground, I wanted to be in the box with her.” variety.com/2024/film/news…

Strong words from Coppola today about Hollywood leaders, after he dropped $120 million of his own cash to make #Megalopolios : 'The job is not so much to make good movies, the job is to make sure they pay their debt obligations.'

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I'm about 8 hours behind my own scoop, but I am PUMPED that Keira Knightley will be our #WomanInCabin10 for a film adaptation at Netflix. variety.com/2024/film/news…

Fascinating

Great profile of a lion in winter, Paul Schrader, by Stephen Rodrick

Media companies embraced cost-cutting in 2023. Their CEOs didn't get the memo. From Bob Iger's profitable Disney return to Rupert Murdoch's lavish last hurrah at Fox, Todd Spangler and I break down the massive pay packages of media chiefs variety.com/lists/ceo-pay-…

Exclusive: Celine Song‘s “Materialists” has rounded out its cast with Zoë Winters, Dasha Nekrasova, Louisa Jacobson and Marin Ireland.

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This is one of my favorite covers of Variety we’ve ever published. For our #Cannes2024 issue, witness Anya Taylor-Joy (in a profile written by me). variety.com/2024/film/news…

WGA Strike: One Year Later, Writers Face a Different Sort of Crisis variety.com/2024/biz/news/…

I'll believe CHALLENGERS is a success when a studio gives Luca another $55M for his next film...

Spoke with Brad Gilbert on training the #Challengers cast.

for the cover of Variety, Ramin Setoodeh and i bring you the definitive story of the making of CHALLENGERS, in all its sexy, messy glory🎾💋 variety.com/2024/film/news…

Talked to the production team of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (New York) about how they pulled off the revival's audacious and sexy 75-minute prologue. variety.com/2024/legit/new…

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I spent a lot of time with the team behind Broadway’s “Stereophonic,” which I found to be an interesting study on the art of making art — both within the play and behind the scenes variety.com/2024/legit/new…

Spent a Wednesday morning strolling through the Hall of Primates and talking chimps with Owen Teague, the star of #KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes . Here's my report from that memorable visit to the American Museum of Natural History variety.com/2024/film/news…