Movies

Polish documentarian Michał Marczak will make his narrative feature debut by writing and directing “Perfection,” an English-language adaptation of Vincenzo Latronico’s novel. The early-development drama follows a millennial expatriate couple pursuing an elusive ideal in Berlin, while the novel was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize.

The first trailer for Stelana Kliris’ Apart follows Eleni, a young Cypriot woman whose arranged marriage takes her to Apartheid-era South Africa, where a secret from her past threatens her new life. Starring Leem Lubany and Luca Pasqualino, the drama will premiere at the 30th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

Joe Perry will miss the sold-out West Coast debut of Unleashed Spirits: The Rise of the Hollywood Vampires at the Newport Beach Film Festival while rehearsing for Aerosmith’s first performances together in three years.

Charades has acquired international rights to Dream Come True, the third feature from Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen, as filming wraps in Denmark, Finland and France. Magnus Millang stars as a commercial diver who discovers a shipwreck containing thousands of pristine champagne bottles that could be worth millions.

StudioCanal’s 2026 outlook is gaining momentum as Pressure, Les Misérables, The Doll (Lalka) and the third Shaun the Sheep film deliver strong box-office performances. The results helped lift Canal+’s content production and distribution revenue, while the company reaffirmed its full-year guidance.

A24’s three-hour documentary You Can See Everything, featuring Nathan Fielder and Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, topped Wednesday’s box office with an estimated $2.3 million. Directed by Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, the film is projected to earn $23.1 million over five days.

Samara Weaving has joined Olivia Wilde’s Universal Pictures holiday comedy Naughty as the mistress of Ike Barinholtz’s character. The ensemble also includes Jennifer Aniston, Peter Dinklage, Chase Sui Wonders and Regina Hall.

Production begins this week on Néstor, a feature documentary about Spanish cinematographer Néstor Almendros, narrated by Javier Bardem and produced by J.A. Bayona and others. Laurent Bouzereau will direct the film exploring Almendros’s life, artistry and political convictions.

Laura Hyppönen’s psychological suspense drama Lex Julia will world premiere Nov. 13 in the Baltic Film Competition at the 30th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Set on an isolated island, the film follows a music producer confronting a man from her past as hidden truths emerge.

Quinta Brunson says the Betty Boop movie she is developing and starring in remains in process, with a story exploring the character’s creation and a broader era of animation. She teased that the film will also illuminate unexpected aspects of American history.

Dwayne Johnson teased the newly released poster for Jumanji: Open World, the billed finale of the current trilogy, arriving in theaters Dec. 25. Directed by Jake Kasdan, the movie reunites Johnson with Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan as the game’s heroes escape into the real world.

HAIM musician Este Haim makes her voice-acting debut as Hallow’s Eve in Marvel’s animated special Spidey and the Avengers: Halloween Team Up. She shaped the villain’s voice with inspiration from Stevie Nicks and Disney characters Ursula, Jafar and Scar.

Street Fighter topped the worldwide weekend box office with a $51.1 million debut, earning $31 million domestically and $20.1 million across 65 international markets. The Kitao Sakurai-directed movie was co-financed by Capcom and Legendary, with Paramount handling distribution.

El Gouna Film Festival has selected Abdallah Dnewar, Razan AlSoghayer, Omar Rammal, Asmahan Bkerat and Rama Abdi for the third cohort of its Rising Stars program, which supports emerging film professionals from across the Arab world.

Clive Barker says Saber Interactive’s Hellraiser: Revival video game has inspired “many ideas” he would like to realize in the Hellraiser universe. Although he plans to remain involved with the franchise, he has not announced a specific new film or production plans.

Street Fighter is projected to lead the domestic box office with a $31 million debut after earning $13 million on Friday from 3,575 theaters. The Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything is the weekend’s surprise, heading toward a $12 million opening from just 855 locations.

Joel and Ethan Coen are considering several Minneapolis-set projects for a potential reunion movie, eight years after “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” The filmmakers said the ideas have not developed enough to confirm which project, if any, will move forward.

Billy Evans defended giving filmmakers Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim access to his home with Elizabeth Holmes before her imprisonment for the documentary “You Can See Everything,” saying audiences should see her beyond established public narratives. Evans has not watched the completed film but said its first trailer makes Holmes “look insane.”

Veronica Roth returns to the Divergent world with The Sixth Faction, an alternate-universe retelling that sends Tris Prior down a different path and reworks her relationship with Four. The novel is the first half of a planned duology, as Roth also revisits the film that was never made.

Clayface director James Watkins put Tom Rhys Harries through three months of auditions, including two extended screen tests, before casting him in the DC Studios film’s central role. Harries plays Hollywood star Tom Hagen, whose experimental procedure after a disfiguring attack leads to shape-shifting skin.

The 31st Busan International Film Festival recorded 200,043 screening admissions, its highest total since 2015, and 277,027 attendees across all programs. The Oct. 6–15 event unfolded amid political disputes over Hur Jin-ho’s thriller “The Assassin(s)” and an anti-war awards speech.