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Netflix Starts Production on Carley Fortune’s This Summer Will Be
Netflix’s adaptation of Carley Fortune’s novel *This Summer Will Be Different* has begun production, casting Sophie Nélisse, Roby Attal, and Francesca Reale in lead roles on Prince Edward Island and i
Joe Marler becomes BBC's first celebrity Gladiator
Former England rugby star Joe Marler will become the first ever celebrity Gladiator on BBC's revival of the show, taking on the persona "Mauler" for special appearances in the fourth series set to air
Disney Earnings Buoyed By ‘Toy Story 5’, Theme Parks, Streaming Profit; Books $100M Tariff Refund
Disney posted fiscal Q3 operating income of $5.6 billion, up 21% year-over-year, beating Wall Street forecasts as Toy Story 5 crossed $1 billion globally, streaming profit more than doubled, and theme
Disney Streaming Profit Doubles; Consumer Products Shifts
Disney posted June-quarter earnings with streaming operating income more than doubling, while CEO Josh D'Amaro announced a major restructuring that moves consumer products revenue from Disney Experien
Film Exposes Himmler's 'Anti-Nazi' Masseur as SS Member and Forger
A new film premiering at the Locarno festival stars Claes Bang as Felix Kersten, Heinrich Himmler's personal masseur, but depicts him as a narcissistic document forger rather than the wartime savior h
Why Horror Filmmakers Are Obsessed With Obsolete Tech
A new wave of indie horror hits — Obsession, Backrooms, and Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma — is leaning hard into analogue props, pre-digital production design, and the year-20
Locarno Film Festival Head Giona A. Nazzaro Talks Mission To Liberate Spectators In The Age Of The Algorithm As 79th Edition Kicks Off
Locarno Film Festival launches its 79th edition with French duo Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh's timely migration drama 'The Green Eyes,' as artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro vows to liberate audie
The Shards Review: Murphy's Comeback on Disney+
The Guardian's TV reviewer hails Ryan Murphy's Disney+ adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's The Shards as the showrunner's triumphant return to form after last year's critically savaged All's Fair.
‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Is Both a Promising Reboot and a Tedious Sequel: TV Review
Variety's review of 'Ted Lasso' Season 4 finds the women's team premise a promising reset but says the show can't bench Roy Kent or the Roy-Keeley romance long enough for new characters like Tanya Rey
Review: Suryawanshi's Snow Leopard Memoir
Indian conservationist Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi's first book reframes the snow leopard not as a literary icon but as a fragile, conflict-plagued predator whose survival hinges on unglamorous fieldw
Phoebe Bridgers Returns with Lost Weekend Solo Album
Phoebe Bridgers returns with 'Lost Weekend,' her first solo album in six years — a daring, disorienting indie-Americana record built around her father's death and the collapse of her engagement to act
Tulisa Launches Fix the Press Campaign, Paramount+ Doc
Tulisa Contostavlos has launched "Fix the Press," a petition for an independent press regulator free of industry funding and control, while Paramount+ films a three-part documentary on her life and th
Tim Pope Recalls Torturing Rock Stars in Iconic Music Videos
Veteran music video director Tim Pope, 70, has published a memoir titled 'I Shoot Rock Stars' recounting four decades of putting megastars from the Cure, Queen, Bowie and Neil Young through elaborate
‘The Odyssey’ Extends Run At Alex Theatre After Becoming Highest-Grossing 70MM Exhibitor Who Had Not Screened A New Movie In 35 Years
Los Angeles's historic Alex Theatre is extending its 70mm run of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey through August 20, 2026, after becoming the film's highest-grossing 70mm exhibitor — despite not having
Eli Roth Admits AI Use in 'Ice Cream Man' After 'Misspoke'
Eli Roth admitted AI was used in 'a very small portion of a few scenes' of his upcoming horror film 'Ice Cream Man' days before its Aug. 7 premiere, reversing his earlier claim that he personally drew
Schleinzer Signs With Cinetic After Silver Bear Win
Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer, whose Berlin competition entry 'Rose' won the Silver Bear, has signed with Cinetic for representation while developing a Klaus Nomi biopic musical.
Juliette Lewis Recalls De Niro 'Speaking in Tongues'
Juliette Lewis discusses her return to the 'Cape Fear' universe as Max Cady's secretive half-sister Crystal in Apple TV's just-concluded series — a full-circle moment from her 1991 Oscar-nominated tur
David Attenborough, 100, Scores Two Emmy Nods
Director Keith Scholey joined Deadline's Doc Talk podcast to discuss 'Ocean with David Attenborough,' a documentary that earned six Primetime Emmy nominations and gave its centenarian narrator two Out
Google Screens 11 AI Short Films at Metrograph
Google hosted a screening of 11 AI-generated short films at NYC's Metrograph theater, showcasing the fourth cohort of its Flow Sessions program designed to win filmmakers over to generative video tool
Two Punk Legends Help Revive a Cult Band’s Archive
Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye are helping reissue the Cramps' back catalog, starting with the long-shelved Alex Chilton-produced album 'Gravest Gravy,' due August 21 on the band's dormant Vengeance Re
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