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Two Star Wars Films Just Reappeared on Paper. Neither Has a Date.
A trade listing dated 3 September put both Star Wars: New Jedi Order and Dave Filoni's long-dormant crossover film back on paper — the first sign of life from either in about a year. It is not a greenlight, and Lucasfilm has said nothing. But these are the two films Kathleen Kennedy pointedly did not discuss on her way out the door.
September 8, 2026 1:10 am
Band of Brothers Turns 25, and the New Documentary Can Only Interview the Actors
Band of Brothers turns 25 on Wednesday, and HBO is marking it with a documentary called Legacy. In 2001 the series came packaged with a film in which the real men of Easy Company told their own story. This one interviews the actors. Not by choice — there is nobody else left to ask.
September 7, 2026 1:05 am
Tarantino Called Black Hawk Down the Best Film of the Century. Ridley Scott Says No.
Quentin Tarantino called Black Hawk Down the best film of the 21st century. Nine months later, Ridley Scott was asked whether he agreed and said: "No." Then: "I wonder what he was on, because whatever it is, I want some."
September 6, 2026 1:10 am
Spider-Man Needs $45M for the All-Time Record. Its Lead Over Star Wars Is Shrinking.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day sits at $891.5M domestic after five weekends at No. 1. It needs $45.1M more to take the all-time record from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Every outlet is treating that as a formality. The weekend-by-weekend numbers say otherwise.
September 5, 2026 1:20 am
Norman Reedus Wrapped Daryl Dixon in June. He Already Has an Apple TV Thriller.
Norman Reedus has joined Apple TV's Disavowed as a series regular opposite James Marsden. His role is undisclosed. It is his first announced series since he finished shooting the last of Daryl Dixon in June — sixteen years after he first played the part.
September 4, 2026 1:15 am
The Lord of the Rings Producer Is Starting a New Fantasy Franchise at 82
Barrie M. Osborne, one of only three producers credited on all three original Lord of the Rings films, is launching a new fantasy franchise called Wars of the Drakons. It is his first producing job in more than a decade, and he is 82.
September 2, 2026 1:35 am
Guy Pearce Says Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 2 Shoots Next Year
Guy Pearce has given a timeline for the sequel to 1994's The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: cameras in 2027, cinemas in 2028. It will be the first Priscilla film without Terence Stamp alive to see it — and the first with him in it anyway.
September 1, 2026 4:20 am
Adaptations That Are Better Than the Book, and Why
Fighting words, deployed carefully. "Better" here means the adaptation does something the source couldn't, rather than simply being more popular.
August 31, 2026 8:37 am
Teyonah Parris Joins Apple's Running, Which Already Has Brian Tyree Henry and Rhea Seehorn
Teyonah Parris is joining Running, the Apple Original Films project from director Gavin O'Connor, per Deadline. She joins a cast that includes Spike Fearn, Brian Tyree Henry and Rhea Seehorn.
August 30, 2026 7:27 am
Adèle Exarchopoulos Is Joining Zoë Kravitz in Megan Park's Apple Mystery
Apple's untitled mystery from My Old Ass director Megan Park has landed Adèle Exarchopoulos in a lead role opposite Zoë Kravitz, per Deadline. What she's playing hasn't been disclosed. Apple declined to comment, which is Apple's default posture on everything short of a hardware launch.
August 28, 2026 3:18 am
Charles Melton Is in Talks to Play Kakashi in the Live-Action Naruto Movie
Destin Daniel Cretton's Naruto adaptation has been circling for a while, and this is the casting that will decide whether the fandom gives it a chance: Charles Melton is in talks to play Kakashi Hatake.
August 26, 2026 8:17 am
IMAX, 70mm, Dolby: What the Formats Actually Mean When You Buy the Ticket
The ticket page offers you six options at four prices and explains none of them. Here's the plain version.
August 23, 2026 1:00 am
Camila Morrone Is Joining Miami Vice, and the Cast Is Getting Genuinely Stacked
Universal's Miami Vice '85 added Camila Morrone this week, opposite Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler as Rico Tubbs and Sonny Crockett.
August 22, 2026 8:55 am
Big Avengers: Secret Wars update drops, as Kevin Feige hints at Marvel’s game plan
Kevin Feige has sharpened the picture on Avengers: Secret Wars, teasing the MCU’s path forward and pointing to what the comics’ Secret Wars events actually show.
August 21, 2026 3:47 am
Release destination revealed for 'Madden,' Nicolas Cage’s football biopic
Nicolas Cage is set to suit up for Madden’s legendary story beyond the field, and it’s not the kind of role you’d expect from him.
August 20, 2026 7:26 am
James shuts down rumors: no concurrent 'Batman III' production with II
James Gunn cut through the chatter around The Batman Part III, confirming where it stands on entering production alongside Part II.
August 18, 2026 5:43 am
Kit Connor dating update: what we know about his love life in 2026
Wondering where Kit Connor’s 2026 relationship status actually stands, and what the Heartstopper star has lined up on the film front?
August 17, 2026 12:18 am
December 18’s box office showdown comes with bigger stakes than ticket sales
Call it the main event at the box office: Denis Villeneuve’s vision vs. RDJ’s MCU return — place your bets.
August 8, 2026 6:01 am
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