Greig Fraser says Project Hail Mary was harder to shoot than Dune or The Batman
The Oscar-winning Australian says Project Hail Mary beat Dune and The Batman for difficulty. The $200 million film, built around a puppet on tiny sets, has made $684.5 million worldwide.
October 12, 2026 11:27 am
Bloodaxe sets a January premiere on Prime Video, with season two already filming
Michael Hirst's Viking saga, with Australian actor Levi Miller as Haakon, arrives on January 20, 2027. Amazon renewed it in June, before a single episode had aired.
October 11, 2026 12:41 pm
Michael Douglas was Fox's third choice for Gordon Gekko, and the studio said he was too young
Douglas's new memoir says Warren Beatty and Richard Gere came first for Wall Street, and Fox thought he was too young. It also confirms Gekko never said "Greed is good" in that form.
October 10, 2026 11:14 am
Tom Cruise's Digger takes fourth place by just $1,771 as loss estimates double
Iñárritu's political satire edged out an A24 film for fourth place on its opening weekend. Published budgets run from $125 million to nearly $180 million, and the loss estimates doubled in a week.
October 10, 2026 3:05 am
Dakota Johnson explains her 'Verity' faint — and ending up in Josh Hartnett’s arms
Dakota Johnson explains why she suddenly fainted into Josh Hartnett’s arms while filming Verity — and the cause isn’t what you’d assume.
October 8, 2026 11:03 am
Positive first reactions greet Dune: Part Three, hype looks justified
After a limited screening, Dune: Part Three sparked the kind of buzz that turns into ticket lines.
October 7, 2026 7:06 am
Busan's top prize now qualifies a film for the Oscars without its country selecting it
Busan opens on Monday with A-list status and a new power: its top prize now qualifies a film for the international feature Oscar without any national committee selecting it. Two countries with films in this year's competition did not submit to the Academy at all.
October 1, 2026 4:47 pm
The Oscar international deadline closes today and nobody can agree how many countries entered
Submissions for the international feature Oscar close today. Depending on which tracker you open, either 68 or about 87 countries have entered, and four of the biggest film-producing nations in the world are not among them.
September 30, 2026 4:12 pm
Universal passed five billion dollars and two thirds of it came from outside North America
Universal became the first studio to pass five billion dollars at the 2026 global box office. Nearly two thirds of that money came from outside North America, and the studio's own announcement undersells one of its biggest films by sixty million dollars.
September 29, 2026 4:23 pm
San Sebastian gave its Golden Shell to the one competition film three festivals had already shown
San Sebastian gave its Golden Shell to the one film in competition that everybody had already seen. Mike Leigh's Tender Loving Care premiered at Telluride on 4 September, played Toronto and New York, and then took three prizes in Spain on Saturday night.
September 28, 2026 3:27 pm