“National Treasure” director Jon Turteltaub says a third film is happening. “I have not said anything before this, but you deserve to have the scoop,” Turteltaub said at a live taping of the “National Treasure Hunt” podcast (via The Philadelphia Inquirer). He added that the audience was “the first people I have said this out
When renowned wildlife producer Mike Gunton approached “The Lion King” director Jon Favreau about collaborating on a documentary, the director, who had never made a doc, immediately said yes. It was 2022, and Gunton, an executive producer at BBC Studios Natural History Unit, wanted to “supersize” his “Dynasties” series about vulnerable or endangered species, and
On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart gave his post-match opinion on Sunday’s World Cup final, in which Spain beat Argentina 1-0. “Of course, the World Cup ended yesterday, finitely, with Spain defeating Argentina 1-0 on the field, in football,” Stewart said at the end of the show. “The Spain-Argentina final was
On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart slammed President Donald Trump for his reaction to the press following the death of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. Graham died on July 11 at age 71. “The big news of the weekend was the sudden passing of Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina,” Stewart said
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