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Sky Buys ITV Media Arm for £1.6bn
Sky has agreed to buy ITV's media and entertainment divisions for £1.6bn, with flagship shows like Coronation Street and I'm a Celebrity guaranteed to stay free-to-air at least until ITV's public serv
Tilly Norwood Lands Lead in AI Feature 'Misaligned'
AI "actor" Tilly Norwood, whose existence drew sharp industry backlash in late 2025, is set to star in "Misaligned," the first full-length feature from her creator studio Particle 6.
Ali Fazal Returns as Guddu Pandit in Mirzapur Movie
Ali Fazal discusses returning as Guddu Pandit in the theatrical 'Mirzapur: The Movie,' his role as a working-class policeman in Prime Video's real-life-inspired thriller 'Raakh,' and his push into ind
Trine Dyrholm Leads Karlovy Vary Drama 'The Guest'
Trine Dyrholm anchors Mads Mengel's Danish family drama 'The Guest' as a mentally fragile grandmother whose behavior threatens a christening party, premiering in the Crystal Globe Competition at Karlo
BAM Bogota Expands With Netflix, Unifrance Partners
Colombia's Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM) opens its 17th edition July 6–10 with 2,300 accreditations, a Netflix-backed training program reaching Latin American producers beyond Colombia, and a first-
Penguin Random House & BBC Studios Launching First Bluey Audiobook Collection
BBC Studios and Penguin Random House will release their first Bluey audiobook collection — "Bluey: The Beach and Other Stories" — globally on September 1, 2026, narrated by Australian actress Miranda
Netflix France Challenges Doubled Genre Investment Rules
Netflix France VP Pauline Dauvin has slammed France's newly expanded streamer investment obligations—requiring doubled spending in animation, documentaries, and live performance—as a 'checklist' threa
Dances With Wolves 4K Restoration to Premiere at Locarno
A 4K restoration of Kevin Costner's "Dances With Wolves," with over half an hour of unseen footage, will premiere at Locarno Film Festival's Piazza Grande on Aug. 7 as part of its Histoire(s) du Cinem
‘Flight originated from the imagination’: how artists have captured space travel
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has reopened its Flight and the Arts Center, showcasing more than 8,000 artworks tracing how artists from Norman Rockwell to Andy Warhol have imagined s
Secret Cinema Books Record 'Pirates' Pre-Sales
Under TodayTix ownership since a reported $100 million 2022 acquisition, Secret Cinema is moving toward a permanent London home at Greenwich Peninsula — and its 'Pirates of the Caribbean' presales are
Diljit Dosanjh's Satluj Pulled From Zee5 In India
Zee5 pulled the human rights drama Satluj, starring Diljit Dosanjh, from its platform in India just two days after its July 3 launch, following a years-long censorship battle over the film about Sikh
George Clooney to Receive Venice Golden Lion Honor
The Venice Film Festival will award George Clooney its 2026 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, citing his work as actor, director, and producer alongside his humanitarian advocacy.
‘Cosy competency porn’: why The Post is my feelgood movie
A retrospective essay celebrating Steven Spielberg's 2017 Pentagon Papers drama The Post as a 'cosy competency' thrill ride — and mourning a 2017-era optimism about journalism that the author believes
Super Nature Trailer Drops for Ed Sayers' Super 8 Doc
An exclusive first-look trailer debuts for 'Super Nature,' Ed Sayers' documentary shot entirely on Super 8 by 40 filmmakers worldwide. The 82-minute film features 120+ animal species and counts Oscar
Korea Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Maintains Slender Advantage Over Surging Thriller ‘The Eyes’
Toy Story 5 held the top spot at the South Korean box office July 3–5 with $2.8 million, but local thriller The Eyes narrowed the gap to under $400K in second place, while multiple new wide releases p
Terzić's '3 Weeks After' Premieres at Karlovy Vary
Director Miroslav Terzić's third feature film "3 Weeks After," a Bulgaria-set drama about peer violence in the aftermath of a classmate's suicide, will world premiere at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Colombian Film on Disappeared Premieres at Karlovy Vary
'Five Years, Four Months' becomes the first Colombian film in Karlovy Vary's Crystal Globe competition, centering mothers searching for the country's 120,000 disappeared as a right-wing president-elec
Sedaris's New Essays: More Cranky, Still Moving
A reviewer finds David Sedaris's 10th essay collection, 'The Land and Its People,' increasingly formulaic and cranky in tone, but says his writing about his late mother and oldest friends still devast
TLC's "Unacceptable" Panel Show Panned as Comedy Tragedy
A new TLC panel show "Unacceptable," produced by Romesh Ranganathan's company and stacked with major British comedy talent, is dismissed by a reviewer as a waste of performers on a format that "doesn'
Last Goal Wins Review: Justice Ezi's Nigeria Football Drama
Justice Ezi's debut football drama 'Last Goal Wins,' staged as part of Ryan Calais Cameron's season supporting Black and Global Majority writers, uses a Nigeria World Cup trial to interrogate race, be
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