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ADVERTISEMENT “”A MASTERPIECE The Guardian MAY 6, 2020 US $9.99 JAPAN ¥1280 CANADA $11.99 CHINA ¥80 UK £ 8 HONG KONG $95 EUROPE €9 RUSSIA 400 AUSTRALIA $14 INDIA 800 “POWERHOUSE PERFORMANCES“ The Guardian “A WINNER” “BEYOND Oregonian JUICY” “ELECTRIC” Seat42F Chicago Sun-Times “ADDICTIVE” GQ “HELL OF A LOT OF FUN” “MARVELOUSLY AV Club WRITTEN” Gold Derby “ ” TERRIFIC CAST “ The New Yorker SLICK, SOPHISTICATED” “STYLISH, The Guardian FAST PACED” “ENERGIZINGLY NPR BRIGHT” “DEEPLY People ENTHRALLING” “COMPELLING” The Daily Californian Refinery29 DIGITAL DYNASTY THE CHINESE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY MAKES A TECTONIC, TECHNOLOGY-LED LEAP AS THE CORONAVIRUS PUTS TRADITIONAL FORMATS ON PAUSE BY REBECCA DAVIS AND PATRICK FRATER P.26 Untitled-1 1 4/29/20 1:33 PM RISKY BUSINESS France’s Memento Films Distribution, which is releasing Juliette Binoche starrer “How to Be a Good Wife,” is among the European distributors itching to get their films into theaters; others are being more cautious. P.36 P.2 6 P.3 2 P.4 1 China Goes Mobile Silver Screen’s Emmy Early Latest ‘Girl’ Voters Guide When the nation’s prime box office season was cut short Riding a wave of critically beloved The TV awards season calendar will by the coronavirus outbreak, audiences flocked to digital performances, Beanie Feldstein moves look a lot different this year because for entertainment. Will the binge continue? into the solo lead with her new IFC film. of the COVID-19 pandemic. By REBECCA DAVIS and PATRICK FRATER By MATT DONNELLY By DANIELLE TURCHIANO CAROLE BETHUEL/MEMENTO FILMS BETHUEL/MEMENTO CAROLE VARIETY 3 CONTENTS TOP BILLING 11 NBCU’S NEW VIEW C-suite shake-up may forecast media firms’ response to pandemic streaming surge 13 FEST FINDS A WAY Tribeca goes digital to give filmmakers an alternative way to highlight their work 17 ‘BECOMING’ DIRECTOR Nadia Hallgren makes her feature helming debut with doc about Michelle Obama 18 THE BIG TICKET Elle Fanning talks about her new Hulu series “The Great,” corsets and quarantine life EXPOSURE 21 DEVOUR ALSO Criterion has dropped a INSIDE Blu-ray boxed set, “Six Moral Tales,” of work by Éric Rohmer 24 DIRT P.4 5 8 Jodie Foster lists home in FIELD NOTES Calabasas gated community Musings “Hello Again” is one of on hot topics the films in the pipeline in Germany, among the 9 FOCUS countries featured in the PLUGGED IN International Report What’s trending at Variety.com 56 NAB VIRTUAL SUMMIT Remote broadcasters’ confab P.2 3 to look at industry shifts due to the streaming boom Musician-songwriter Brent Kutzle IMA/HBO puts Topanga retreat on the block ARTISANS 59 GIVING PROPS New Disney Plus series sings praises of those who create or find items for movies 60 MAN OF ACTION Former stuntman Sam Har- grave on turning director for Netflix’s “Extraction” LOU FAULON/NETFLIX; I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE: ATSUSHI NISHIJ THIS MUCH IS TRUE: ATSUSHI I KNOW FAULON/NETFLIX; LOU 61 HISTORY LESSON Production designer looks back on creating the world of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” REVIEWS “Since the show is about jazz, the P.6 3 set felt kinetic, improvisational, 63 TV high-energy, spontaneous. ... We “I Know This Much Is True” were allowed so much freedom to “I Know This Much just play and try new things.” 64 FILM Is True” review Amandla Stenberg on her new Netflix series, “The “Becoming” Eddy,” from Damien Chazelle P.66 HELLO AGAIN: WARNER BROS./SOMMERHAUS FILM/GORDON TIMPEN; STENBERG: TIMPEN; STENBERG: FILM/GORDON BROS./SOMMERHAUS WARNER AGAIN: HELLO 4 VARIETY “++++ WHIPSMART AND WICKEDLY FASCINATING HUGH JACKMAN IS STELLAR...ALLISON JANNEY IS AMAZING” “Jackman gives a “A bright, sharp-edged satire… “Janney brings her CAREER-HIGH PERFORMANCE” JACKMAN AND JANNEY ARE A GIFT” A-GAME” “THE BEST WORK OF JACKMAN’S CAREER “JACKMAN IS BETTER THAN EVER JANNEY IS ASTONISHING” JANNEY IS EXCELLENT” “THE PERFORMANCES COULDN’T BE BETTER Jackman and Janney are brilliant...Geraldine Viswanathan is excellent...Ray Romano is perfect” “JACKMAN IS DARKLY “MESMERIZING “TERRIFIC, DARKLY FUNNY… “SUPERB... CHARISMATIC” CHARACTER STUDIES” SURPRISINGLY THRILLING” JACKMAN IS SUBLIME” “Appallingly funny… “Perfect for our times… “Masterful…A diabolically Irresistible…Delicious” Excellent…Remarkable” smart American crime story” AN HBO FILM BASED ON A TRUE STORY AND STREAMING SOON ON Untitled-2 1 5/4/20 12:53 PM Michelle Sobrino-Stearns GROUP PUBLISHER & CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER SALES MARKETING Donna Pennestri Dea Lawrence ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Claudia Eller MILLIE CHIAVELLI JOHN ROSS SVP, SALES & GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS VP, FEATURES & EVENTS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DAWN ALLEN TIM BOYER VP, FILM & TALENT Andrew Wallenstein CREATIVE DIRECTOR MICHELLE FINE-SMITH CHIEF MEDIA ANALYST & PRESIDENT, VARIETY INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM VP, GLOBAL CONSUMER PARTNERSHIPS SUSANNE AULT DIRECTOR, PROGRAMMING EDITORIAL FEATURES JASON GREENBLATT Lesley McKenzie Steven Gaydos VP DIGITAL SALES DAYNA WOLPA DIRECTOR, EVENT MARKETING MANAGING EDITOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL ERIC LEGENDRE CONTENT/EXECUTIVE EDITOR CO-MANAGING DIRECTOR, DAVID S. 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