Movies

Paul Feig is revving up a theatrical return for The Italian Job. The filmmaker is in early talks with Paramount Pictures to helm a follow-up film to the studio’s 2003 action hit that starred Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton and Jason Statham, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Paramount is looking for a writer for […]

The stunning box-office success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” stems from the movie’s emotional impact — which is unlike other recent superhero movies, according to Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Ravi Ahuja. Ahuja exulted in the blockbuster’s record-breaking run, which has smashed box office expectations by raking in more than $2.4 billion worldwide, ranking […]

Isabelle Huppert looks quite the gangster in a behind-the-scenes image of her in Yann Demange’s crime family thriller Lineage,  which was unveiled today by The Veterans as it gears up for a sales push at TIFF. Shooting is currently underway in London with the Elle Oscar nominee joined in the cast by Dali Benssalah (No Time To Die) as well as Adam […]

EXCLUSIVE: A series of live-to-film concerts of Wicked and Wicked: For Good, with film screenings accompanied by a live symphony orchestra, will officially premiere at Radio City Music Hall on January 23, 2027, with a special preview set for January 16 in San Francisco. The first event will be Wicked: Part One In Concert. The […]

Channel 4 has announced the deepest round of layoffs in its 43-year history. The British network, home to shows including The Great British Bake Off and Taskmaster, is planning to cut 340 jobs by the end of 2026, meaning its workforce will shrink by more than a quarter. Channel 4 CEO Priya Dogra announced the […]

Netflix‘s How to Ruin, Seriously Single and Disaster Holiday franchises are getting new editions as part of the streamer’s latest South African slate. Following the launch of Blood Legacy Season 2 on September 25, Netflix will debut Seriously Single Too, Another Disaster Holiday later this year, with Tuiskoms Season 2, Marked Season 2 and Meet […]

John Malkovich has canceled a planned performance in Israel next year over what he described as the publication of an unauthorized press release to announce the show.  Malkovich was scheduled to perform The Music Critic in Tel Aviv next year. A press release was published last week quoting Malkovich saying he was “thrilled to return […]

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC‘s new director general ordered the UK broadcaster’s news division to assess its coverage of Jason Arday after the academic died by suicide last month. The University of Cambridge professor was subjected to intense press scrutiny for days amid a spiralling plagiarism row. He was found dead at his home in August, prompting […]

Damilola Orimogunje is set to make a small piece of African cinema history this week in Venice, where he will become the first Nigerian filmmaker to debut a feature in the Giornate degli Autori competition with his sophomore directorial effort, Dear Ajayi. “I’m absolutely thrilled,” Orimogunje says of his historic Venice selection, speaking with Deadline […]

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first trailer for writer-director Avi Nesher‘s October 7 film Our Loves, which is vying for 12 Israeli Academy Awards (Ophirs) later today, before its North American premiere at Toronto tomorrow. The film’s synopsis reads: “Five ordinary men and women, each trapped in a failing relationship and convinced they are living the worst […]

Sony’s superhero blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” retained its box office crown across the U.K. and Ireland for a sixth consecutive weekend, taking £1.6 million ($2.2 million). The performance propelled the film’s cumulative gross to $130.1 million, elevating it to sixth on the territory’s all-time box office chart. The film now sits within striking distance […]

EXCLUSIVE: Danish director Mads Mengel’s debut feature The Guest has been acquired for the U.S. and multiple European territories following its prize-winning world premiere in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July. Copenhagen-based LevelK has sold the film to Juno Films for the U.S, while European deals include to France (L’atelier d’Images), […]

Tokyo Gap Financing Market (TGFM), which is being held during this year’s TIFFCOM contents market in Tokyo (October 28-30), has announced a line-up of 24 projects from Asia, Europe and the Americas for this year’s edition.  Projects include five works selected in partnership with Canada’s Frontières Market, the international genre film co-production market organized by […]

EXCLUSIVE: Shiver me timbers! Here’s a first look at Paramount+‘s upcoming pirate drama Treasure Island. Above and below you can see seven images from the Playground Entertainment’s six-part adventure series starring Hayley Atwell (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning) as Bess Hawkins, David Oyelowo (Silo) as Long John Silver, Tom Sweet (Great Expectations) as Jim […]

Jon Stewart returned for an all-new episode of The Daily Show following a month-long hiatus. The comedian and Comedy Central host didn’t waste any time trolling Donald Trump and the chaos he’s caused over the last few weeks, like renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America. Toward the end of his opening monologue, he likened Trump […]

Veteran film and TV comedy writer Jeff Lowell died on August 24 in Virginia after a brief illness. He was 52. Lowell started his career as a sitcom writer in the mid 1990s, working on such series as The George Carlin Show, Bless This House and The Drew Carey Show. He went on to serve […]

Just weeks before Paramount Skydance starts being on the hook for the much vaunted $7 million a day ticking fee to Warner Bros Discovery shareholders, the David Ellison-run company today pushed hard once again for the Writers Guild of America plus California and 11 other states to pony up a nearly $2 billion bond in […]

Casey Affleck returned to the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday with his latest directorial effort, Company, which earned a 4½-minute ovation following its debut screening inside the Sala Grande.  There was an enthusiastic response, but Affleck and the cast left as applause was ongoing, and it died off. Star Nick Nolte got an extra-rousing cheer […]

Broadway held steady as the summer season came to a close with the Labor Day holiday, with the 25 productions grossing a total $26,258,361 for the week ending September 6. The total reps a small 2% increase over the previous week and about a 4% jump over last year at this time. Total attendance was […]

During Gamescom 2026 in Germany, I got an extended preview of Saw: Genesis, the upcoming multiplayer horror game from Broken Mirror Games, Anshar Studios and Bloober Team. And while the game is set nearly a century before the events of the Saw films, the influence of the franchise’s most infamous figure is unmistakable even if […]

Here’s an ominous phrase when one is speaking about Godzilla: “We didn’t finish the job like we thought.” That’s the opening line of the English-subtitled first trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, Takashi Yamazaki‘s sequel that is set two years after the events to his 2023 hit Godzilla Minus One. Equally troubling is this from logline […]