Brent Lang is an Executive Editor at Variety. He covers the film industry, filmmaking, and entertainment news, with a particular focus on Hollywood and the broader arts and media landscape. Brent's insights and expertise have been featured in numerous outlets including Yahoo News, Reuters, and IndieWire.
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Brent Lang’s coverage leans heavily toward film business news, with frequent attention to release strategies, studio performance, distribution hurdles, and industry-facing developments tied to filmmakers and celebrities. He appears most responsive to timely pitches that connect a current headline to clear commercial or creative stakes in the movie business.
He also covers theater-related preservation and event-driven stories, so outreach can work well when there’s a strong public-interest angle, a notable venue, or a broader industry trend behind the news.
Because his focus is national, pitches should frame the angle around U.S. relevance and market impact.
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By: Brent Lang
“ La Bola Negra ,” a sprawling historical epic that is viewed as a major Oscar contender, opened in limited release this weekend.
Factory 25 , a Brooklyn-based independent film distribution company, has acquired worldwide rights to Daisy Rosato and Nora Kaye's first feature
By: Brent Lang
The re-release of Ken Russell ‘s controversial epic “ The Devils ” was initially only supposed to be in theaters for one week. However, Warner Bros.
By: Brent Lang
The cast and crew of “ Blue Film ” were popping the champagne when disaster struck. The microbudget drama had just wrapped its final shot, managing
By: Brent Lang
Audiences continued to flock to “ You Can See Everything ,” as the twisty documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes captured the zeitgeist and saw its grosses increase in its second weekend.
By: Brent Lang
“ Clayface ,” a body-horror film based on a little-known comic book, opened to $24 million, a middling result for DC Studios, which is in year two of its mixed-bag theatrical revival.
Walter Koenig , who played Pavel Andreievich Chekov, a key member of the U.S.S. Enterprise on the original “ Star Trek ” series and across the first seven films, has died. He was 90.
By: Brent Lang
The women of “ The Gilded Age ” are assembled in the lavishly appointed drawing room of the Fifth Avenue Hotel for a postmortem.
By: Brent Lang
Barbara Barrie , a character actress best known for playing boisterous moms in “ Breaking Away ” and “ Private Benjamin ,” has died. She was 95.
By: Brent Lang
It's double trouble. AMC Theatres has released the first look at its new “ Dune: Part Three ” collectible popcorn buckets.
