Odysseus spent 10 years getting home. Universal is giving “The Odyssey” about 10 weeks to get its name on a ballot. The studio’s official Oscar campaign for Christopher Nolan’s epic kicks off in earnest the week of Nov. 9, Variety has learned, with a run of screenings and Q & As that puts Nolan, producer
Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” no longer has a stranglehold on the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100; after three weeks, it has relinquished the slot to the previous song to have a stranglehold on the chart, and a much more indomitable one, Ella Langley‘s “Choosin’ Texas.” The country music tune returns to the
Anime giant Crunchyroll plans to dissect the growing business of anime with its first-ever thought leadership summit to be held as a precursor to New York Comic Con in October. The Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum will be held Oct. 7 at New York’s Javits Convention Center, with conference tracks focusing on four key themes: fandom,
Guillermo del Toro had one rule when bringing “Pan’s Labyrinth” back to theaters for its 20th anniversary: “No damn AI.” The filmmaker returned to San Diego Comic-Con to talk about the 20th anniversary of the film, which returns to theaters on October 9 in 3D and HDR for the first time. The filmmaker said he
