A24 Following yesterday’s poster, A24 has unveiled the teaser trailer for its film adaptation of the internet horror phenomenon “The Backrooms”. Kane Parsons, the 19-year-old filmmaker who created the original “The Backrooms (Found Footage)” viral video, directs the projects, making him the youngest director in A24 history. Parsons will direct from a script by Roberto […]

Warner Bros. Pictures Just over a decade ago, an upcoming 19-year-old actor named Timothee Chalamet jumped from a brief stint on Showtime’s “Homeland” to cinema with a role as the son of Matthew McConaughey’s character in Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar”. Today? Chalamet is now one of the most in-demand actors in the world, someone who can […]

The Weinstein Company One of the most unexpected bits of news this month was the announcement that “Gerald’s Game” and “Doctor Sleep” filmmaker Mike Flanagan was working on a new film adaptation of Stephen King’s novella “The Mist”. The story follows a group of people trapped in a local grocery store after their town becomes […]

Warner Bros. Pictures “One Battle After Another” took the honour of Best Film at last night’s 2026 BAFTA Awards, dominating the ceremony with wins also for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor (Sean Penn). They were some of the more predictable choices in an Alan Cumming-hosted ceremony that […]

Sony Pictures Animation The post-President’s Day holiday weekend box-office is usually a slow one, but this year it was a bit better – even if some films got hit pretty hard. Sony Pictures Animation’s “Goat” took the top spot with $17 million, dropping just 38% compared to last week’s winner “Wuthering Heights” which fell 57% […]

BBC, Disney+ As previously reported, the future of “Doctor Who” remains in limbo. Disney’s attempt to bring the franchise to a wider global audience saw the budget increase, but it failed to find an audience in the UK or on the Disney+ service internationally. The show ended its run with Ncuti Gatwa’s The Doctor regenerating […]

Ubisoft Ubisoft has been struggling as a company in recent years with job cuts, studio closures, game cancellations and declining revenue. Despite all that, they recently announced major restructuring for the company, which will see its creative teams restructured into autonomous ‘creative houses’. That includes the Tencent-backed subsidiary Vantage Studios, which will shepherd the company’s […]

HBO Nightwing“Nightwing: Year One” co-writer Scott Beatty has endorsed a casting suggestion from a recent Instagram posting by “Heated Rivalry” star Hudson Williams holding up a copy of that comic’s 20th anniversary edition. The photo is captioned with Williams asking James Gunn to grab a coffee with him, which fans have interpreted as Williams wanting […]

Universal Pictures Last year, Universal Pictures released “Jurassic World Rebirth” to some solid success. Gareth Edwards directed the project, coming on board relatively late in the process, which meant he had little input in pre-production as David Koepp’s script was set and both production and release dates were in place. Despite those limitations, the title […]

Universal Pictures Oscar winner Tom Hanks will both produce and play former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the film adaptation of George Saunders’ bestselling novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” at Starburns Industries. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Duke Johnson (“Anomalisa”) will direct and produce the project, which Hanks’ Playtone label and his regular collaborator Gary Goetzman will produce. […]