Brought to you by Hulu’s new original series “Furious.” Candice DeLong is a former FBI agent and profiler. He has interviewed dozens of female murderers and at least one convicted serial killer, Vickie Dawn Jackson. DeLong joined the FBI in the 1980s after working as a psychiatric nurse, bringing her mental health experience to her
In “Moana,” the Polynesian heroine sings about the gravitational pull she feels upon returning to the water. Disney, the studio behind the 2016 live-action remake of the animated musical, might have done well to ignore the urge to return to the sea… at least this soon. Arriving a decade after the original and just two
On today’s episode of the “Daily Variety” podcast, in our weekly box office segment, VarietyDisney’s Rebecca Rubin looks at what went wrong with Disney’s live-action remake of “Moana.” And Jon Erwin, the filmmaker behind “Young Washington,” explains how his Wonder Project brand is making independent films work like a business. The box office dynamics around
“Moana” failed to make a splash at the box office, grossing $43 million in 3,827 North American theaters in its opening weekend. Those ticket sales, while enough to take the No. 1 spot on the box office charts, are disastrous given that the live-action remake of “Moana” has a massive $250 million production budget, and
Donald Iwerks, son of Mickey Mouse co-creator Ub Iwerks, whose groundbreaking innovations transformed cinematic storytelling and immersive entertainment, died on July 9. He was 96 years old. Iwerks spent more than six decades on projects for The Walt Disney Company, along with his own studio, Iwerks Entertainment. Don pioneered innovations in projection technology, 3D and
Moana and Maui set sail once again, this time in live action. Released in theaters on July 10, Disney’s animated musical “Moana” comes to life with a new live-action version directed by Catherine Laga’aia, who plays the title character. Similar to the original, the film follows Moana’s journey to restore the heart of Te Fiti