Christopher Nolan is urging Hollywood to put the next AI copyright fight where the copyrights usually sit: with the studios. On the Nov. 7 episode of Hollywood Insiders with Hawk …
Netflix is extending Stranger Things beyond Hawkins with Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, a live-action prequel scheduled to arrive in 2028. The company announced the series on Nov. 6, …
Toronto is officially on Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday Global Tour ahead of the film’s December theatrical release. Marvel Studios teased the tour on Nov. 5 with the line “The Doomsday …
Robert Pattinson has reportedly screen-tested to play James Bond, adding a high-profile name to Amazon MGM Studios’ closely watched search for Daniel Craig’s successor. The Hollywood Reporter first reported that …
Universal Pictures announced that Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey will return to more than 1,000 screens in the U.S. and Canada starting Friday, Dec. 11, 2026. The run will cover all …
Grimes has joined Gods Don’t Give Gifts, an AI-generated sci-fi anthology scheduled for a limited U.S. theatrical release on December 4, 2026. The musician, whose real name is Claire Boucher, …
Lionsgate is moving the John Wick franchise into animation with the story that has hovered over the series since the original film: the Impossible Task. The studio confirmed during its …
Maya Hawke has joined Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment’s upcoming live-action Magic: The Gathering movie. Hasbro’s newsroom release dated Nov. 6 says the film will be directed by Matt Johnson, …
Adam Driver has again dampened hopes for The Hunt for Ben Solo, saying on The Rich Eisen Show that his proposed return to Star Wars is “over” and that “the …
DC Studios is reportedly developing a new John Constantine movie, with filmmaker Francis Galluppi attached to write the screenplay. Deadline reported Nov. 4 that the project is in very early …
Godzilla Minus Zero has opened with ÂĄ910 million in Japan, giving Toho and GKIDS what they describe as the country’s biggest opening day ever for a live-action feature film, counting …
Lionsgate’s long-developing live-action Naruto film has moved from development toward production, with Sony Pictures joining as co-financier and international distributor. The Hollywood Reporter reported the deal on Nov. 3, 2026. …
Travis Knight has put LAIKA’s latest film at the centre of Hollywood’s generative AI debate. The Wildwood director and LAIKA chief executive told The Verge that generative AI is “antithetical …
A fifth Halloweentown film is in early development at Disney, with Lily Houghton and Ryan Koehn writing a script based on characters created by Paul Bernbaum, according to TheWrap and …
Amazon MGM Studios’ long search for Daniel Craig’s James Bond successor has reportedly reached its final screen-test stage, with multiple Hollywood trades reporting auditions planned to begin as early as …
On paper, You Can See Everything had plenty working against it. It’s a documentary. It runs 174 minutes. Its subject is Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scandal, which most people …
Steven Soderbergh is joining The Batman Part II for the final stretch of principal photography, while Matt Reeves remains the film’s writer-director. Deadline first reported the arrangement on Oct. 15. …
Reese Witherspoon and French production group Mediawan said on Oct. 13 that they are buying Hello Sunshine, the women-focused studio Witherspoon founded in 2016, from Candle Media. Hello Sunshine is …
Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew now has its first trailer. The trailer leans into the creation of Narnia rather than a battle-driven franchise reset. The footage centers on the …
Videos circulated on Oct. 7 showing an oversized Street Fighter arcade cabinet in New York’s Times Square. Inside the cabinet’s apparent screen, performers dressed as Ryu and Ken staged a …
Universal Pictures and Blumhouse have released the full trailer for The Exorcist: Martyrs, putting Scarlett Johansson at the center of Mike Flanagan’s new attempt to restart the long-running horror franchise. …
Asia’s most visible AI filmmaking experiments are no longer just short demos. Singapore became the most visible case in August, when two AI-generated productions timed to National Day drew praise, …
Skydance Corporation, formerly Paramount Skydance Corporation, announced on Oct. 6, 2026, that it had completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD shareholders received $31.01666668 per share in cash, WBD …
Steven Spielberg is being moved into a larger creative role on Paramount’s next live-action Transformers film, with longtime producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura working beside him. Deadline reported on October 6 …
Deadline reported that Donna Langley, chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment, told Bloomberg Screentime that she thinks Paramount Skydance’s Warner Bros. Discovery deal is “bad for everything,” particularly for the feature film …
Verity is moving toward a mid-$30 million domestic opening while Digger is now looking closer to single digits. Pre-weekend tracking already showed a wide split. Variety had Amazon MGM’s Verity …
Godzilla Minus Zero earned strong first reviews at its New York Film Festival premiere, where director Takashi Yamazaki defended the sequel’s R rating. The sequel premiered on Sept. 26 as …
Autodesk’s Robots of the Wild West may end up being remembered less for its robot western premise than for a small table scene that went wrong. The AI-assisted demo film, …
Marvel’s newest box office win came from a movie that first opened in 2019. Avengers Endgame: Encore returned to North American theaters over the Sept. 25–27 weekend and opened at …
Universal Film has crossed $5 billion at the 2026 global box office, according to NBCUniversal, becoming the first studio to reach that mark this year. In its September 25, 2026, …
Nearly 31 years after the first Toy Story arrived in theatres, Toy Story 5 has become the franchise’s biggest theatrical entry by putting a different kind of technology at the …
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new AI essay has been read as another warning that Hollywood must embrace the technology. In a 2,377-word essay posted to X on September 23, 2026, Katzenberg said …
Paramount Skydance’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition now has an answer to the simplest film-output concern: 2027 appears covered. Under the proposed settlement announced Sept. 21 by California Attorney General …
Godzilla Minus Zero has taken the Godzilla series somewhere its U.S. rating history had not gone before: an MPA R. The Motion Picture Association’s FilmRatings database lists the upcoming Godzilla …
Marvel Studios has put a seven-year-old blockbuster back in theaters on a weekend where it may not behave like a typical reissue. Avengers Endgame: Encore opens on September 25, 2026, …
Netflix is doing something unusual with The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth: making a streaming-bound movie feel scarce before it becomes easy to watch. The company confirmed through Tudum that …
Goodfellas CEO Vincent Maraval has put Michel Hazanavicius’ The Third Hand into the film industry’s AI debate after saying the technology cut eight days from a major battlefield sequence. According …
Paramount Skydance’s settlement with a 12-state coalition has moved its planned Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition closer to closing, but the deal is not final yet. California Attorney General Rob Bonta …
Aaron Sorkin says Sony brought in outside lawyers to fact-check The Social Reckoning, adding an extra layer of scrutiny to a film that dramatizes Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, Wall Street …
California has created a standalone tax credit for post-production work, a policy shift aimed at keeping more editing, sound, music, finishing, and visual effects work inside the state even when …
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil has shifted from risky franchise reboot to box office breakout. The opening was larger than the early tracking suggested. Variety reported that Resident Evil had been …
Canadian films are not just fighting for Canadian viewers. They are fighting for room on Canadian screens, and a new exhibitor-led report suggests the cause is more complicated than a …
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has become the kind of theatrical event Hollywood keeps trying to engineer. At publication time, Box Office Mojo and The Numbers both list Sony Pictures Releasing’s …
Practical Magic 2 has the kind of headline studios like to see: a No. 1 debut, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman back together, and a worldwide opening of about $46 …
River looks like a straightforward festival acquisition story at first: a buzzy horror film premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, a bidding fight breaks out, and a major studio-backed …
Tom Holland’s name is now sitting at the center of a box-office argument that sounds simple until the math gets opened up. A public leading-role ranking updated on September 14, …
Sunny Hostin’s deal with Fountain 0 did not land like a normal entertainment announcement. It put two fears in the same frame: AI can replace working performers, and Hollywood’s normal …
The Venice Film Festival screened a documentary where every appearance by Diesel founder Renzo Rosso was AI-generated. For brands, creators, and publishers, the trust test is no longer just whether …
Two of the world’s most influential creative economies just put serious money behind a statement: AI should not replace the people who make art, film, and content. On September 7, …
Coyote vs. Acme finally got the ending fans wanted: a real theatrical release. Now it has a box office number too. The Looney Tunes hybrid opened with an estimated $15.5 …
Tom Cruise is going back to the racetrack. The Associated Press reported that Cruise announced a Days of Thunder follow-up at Daytona International Speedway on August 29, 2026, hours before …