‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Sequel In Production Now, Adam Wingard Back To Direct

A 69-year-old woman from the US who died in a horror crash on the A9 has been named by police.

NFL season as they hammered the Tenessee Titans 41-7 at the Highmark Stadium in New York. The result reaffirmed the views of many pundits and fans that the Bill are among the favourites to make it to Super Bowl LVII next year.But their big night was marred by a post-game fracas which culminated in Hart, 28, being accused of taking a swing at a Titans player only to strike an opposition coach instead.

Police are searching for a missing Scots teenager last seen over 24 hours ago.

Ukraine and sentenced to death, is on his way back to the UK. Prime Minister Liz Truss has confirmed that a total of five British nationals who were being held in eastern Ukraine have been freed.

With Christmas now less than 100 days away, leading UK toy retailer Argos has announced its highly anticipated list of the top toys that are set to dominate Christmas wish lists in 2022 – and 60% are under £50.

The crew behind bars like Bunny Jacksons and chaotic pizza establishment Crazy Pedro’s are to revive a favourite Northern Quarter haunt. Liquor & Burn on High Street is being extended into the next door unit, where the Convenience Store bar was, and will re-open for business this weekend.

Russian men aged between 18 and 27 are leaving the country in their droves after Vladimir Putin’s call for a “partial mobilisation” of the country’s military reservists to help support his failing invasion of Ukraine. There are massive traffic tailbacks at border crossings between Russia and Finland as potential conscripts rush to flee the country.

With all the drama surrounding Warner Bros. Discovery in recent months, particularly after CEO David Zaslav took over the company after its recent merger, it’s easy to forget that it wasn’t that long ago WarnerMedia (without Discovery) was battling plenty of controversy all on its own.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief More than 600 buyers from companies in 30 countries are expected to be in Seoul, South Korea from Wednesday for the in-person return of the Broadcast WorldWide convention, better known as BCWW. Although BCWW bills itself as Asia’s largest broadcasting content market, given the strength of the Korean wave, much of the focus will be on Korean content and the business of working with Korean companies. Registered buyers and potential partners include Amazon Prime, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, PCCW the Hong Kong-based owner of Viu, and China’s iQiyi, all of which have already become purveyors of K-programming. “For the past 22 years, BCWW has served as a foundation for K-content to garner the global attention it is getting today,” said Cho Hyun-rae, president of the government-backed Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA). He added that he expects KOCCA and BCWW to “provide continuous support for K-content.”

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Former WarnerMedia tech exec Alex Maghen has joined Husslup as chief technology officer. He’ll oversee all engineering and technological aspects of the company, including strategy, as the new mobile app for creative talent discovery in media and entertainment continues its launch. The app is currently in an invite-only beta stage. Maghen will report to Husslup CEO/founder H Schuster, who announced the hire on Monday. “Any tech company is only as good as the talented people behind it, and with Alex’s arrival we are now fully positioned to accelerate our product growth and fulfill our mission of democratizing and diversifying access to the industry,” Schuster said in a statement. “Alex is a triple threat—he has deep technical expertise, an impressive CV at the intersection of technology and entertainment, and a personal understanding of the obstacles that diverse members of our creative community face.”

Manori Ravindran International Editor Tessa Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will headline the sci-fi thriller “Ash,” directed by Flying Lotus. Thompson plays a space station worker who wakes up on a distant planet to find her colleagues viciously killed, and then forced to work together with the man (Gordon-Levitt) sent to rescue her. But as their investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events, the rescuer begins to wonder how innocent she really is. Executive produced by Neill Blomkamp (“District 9”), “Ash” is based on an original screenplay written by Jonni Remmler. XYZ Films and GFC Films will produce, with Echo Lake also onboard as an executive producer. XYZ Films is financing and handling worldwide sales at next week’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Elin Hilderbrand‘s New York Times bestselling novel The Perfect Couple is being developed into a limited series at Netflix by 21 Laps (Stranger Things, Shadow and Bone) as part of their overall deal. Jenna Lamia (Good Girls, Resident Alien) will serve as showrunner and executive producer.

The demand to see “Batgirl” refuses to wane.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery is letting go of 29 staff in Europe, including key programming execs, as it moves to phase out HBO Max European originals and shift towards a new local commissioning model, Deadline can reveal.

A script for the upcoming sequel to The Batman is in the works.The director of the superhero feature, Matt Reeves, has just signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros. with the studio owning all the rights to his future projects for a set period of years.According to Deadline, the filmmaker's lineup includes the forthcoming sequel to the blockbuster, which starred Robert Pattinson as the titular caped crusader.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Warner Bros. Television has optioned Coco Mellors’ debut novel “Cleopatra and Frankenstein” to develop as a series, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. Mellors is onboard to adapt her book for the screen with Maggie Kiley attached to direct and executive produce via her overall deal with WBTV. WBTV declined to comment. In the book, twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank’s life is full of all the excesses Cleo’s lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a green card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives, and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could’ve predicted.

EXCLUSIVE: An iconic monster is headed to Disney+. Disney Branded Television is in very early development on King Kong (working title), a series for Disney+ tracking the original story of the famous ape. Deals have just closed for the project, from James Wan’s Atomic Monster, which would mark the first live-action series set in the Kong universe.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor When Brian Stelter signed off from the last installment of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Aug. 21, the number of mainstream vehicles analyzing an increasingly confusing media industry shrank even further.  Stelter bid farewell the same day Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan ended her run — asking such notables as Carl Bernstein and Jeffrey Goldberg on air whether the press is doing enough to cover topics ranging from disinformation to climate change. The lead story of his hour was a dire one: his program’s own cancellation after three decades. “It’s going to be on you to hold CNN accountable,” Stelter told viewers in the show’s waning moments, later adding: “The free world needs a reliable source.” 

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Ready your wands: a new Harry Potter immersive experience is making its U.S. debut this fall, allowing muggles all over the country to become wizards for the day.