“Christy,” a sports drama that features a transformative performance from “Euphoria” star Sydney Sweeney as a female boxer, will be released by Black Bear in theaters in the thick of awards season.

Heading into the Toronto Film Festival where it will premiere, “Christy” was one of the hottest acquisition targets, but Black Bear, which financed the picture, has decided to take it off the board and make it the inaugural release of its fledgling distribution label. The film is a biopic of Christy Martin, a Wbc female super welterweight champ. It’s directed by Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner David Michôd (“Animal Kingdom”) and co-stars Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, and Katy O’Brian. “Christy” will be released in theaters nationwide on Nov. 7 and Black Bear plans to mount an Oscar campaign for the picture and for Sweeney’s performance, which is said to be chameleonic.

“We’re thrilled about the upcoming release of ‘Christy,...

Exclusive: Even with The Lost Bus set to bow at the Toronto Film Festival this weekend, Paul Greengrass is already gearing up his next high-profile project as sources tell Deadline Katherine Waterston is coming on to join the untitled pic from the Oscar-nominated director. Sources also confirm to Deadline that Andrew Garfield has officially come on to star with Focus Features now on board to distribute. Deadline first reported this past spring that the package was coming together with Garfield to Star and Focus the likely landing spot and insiders now say those deals have closed.

Greengrass is directing with Jason Blum producing through Blumhouse, alongside Greg Goodman, Joanna Kaye and Greengrass. Production is set to start this fall.

In the pic, Garfield stars as a legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. As the war burns across England, he forms an army of...

Lionsgate will develop the 1978 cult horror classic “Magic” into a newly imagined film, produced by Sam Raimi and “Weapons” producer Roy Lee, the studio announced on Wednesday.

Chris Hammond and Tim Sullivan, who have long championed the project and guided its development, will produce alongside Raimi and Lee. Raimi Productions’ Zainab Azizi will also produce, and the executive producers are Paul Fishkin with Andrew Childs for Vertigo.

The project will be written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, who previously wrote Raimi Productions’ upcoming survival horror thriller “Send Help” for 20th Century Studios.

The original “Magic” starred Anthony Hopkins as Corky, a magician who reaches fame alongside his ventriloquist’s dummy,...

The release date for the upcoming “Bluey” movie from Disney and BBC Studios has been revealed.

The CG-animated feature film based on the hit Australian animated children’s series is set for a global theatrical release on Aug. 6, 2027. After hitting theaters, the “Bluey” film will be available to stream on Disney+ and on ABC iview and ABC Kids in Australia.

The “Bluey” movie is written and directed by series creator Joe Brumm and is a Ludo Studio production. It will feature voice talent from the series, including Melanie Zanetti as Bluey’s mom Chilli and David McCormack as dad Bandit. Richard Jeffrey (“Bluey” Seasons 1-3) will co-direct with Amber Naismith producing. Series composer Joff Bush will provide the score.

According to a press release when the film was announced, it will “continue the adventures of Bluey, a lovable, inexhaustible, blue heeler dog, who lives with her Mum, Dad and her little sister,...

Beyond Fest will celebrate the career of Guillermo del Toro with a 12 feature retrospective series, Está Vivo: The Gods and Monsters of Guillermo del Toro. This year’s festival runs from Sept. 23 to Oct. 8 at The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.

In partnership with the American Cinematheque, Está Vivo will include new restorations, special director’s cut and rare 35mm screenings spanning from Del Toro’s debut with “Cronos” to his most recent film, “Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light.”

del Toro will join the celebration for four specially curated blocks of programming, during which he will share his personal stories, dreams, and nightmares from his life behind the lens. Ahead of his forthcoming film “Frankenstein,” releasing later this year, the series will be divided into themes of monsters, humanity, and imagination.

“Guillermo del Toro’s films have inspired generations of filmmakers and audiences alike in a way unlike...

The “Tomb Raider” live-action series at Amazon Prime Video is getting ready to shoot.

The series adaptation of the video game franchise is officially set to begin production on Jan. 19, 2026. In addition, Amazon MGM Studios has confirmed for the first time that Sophie Turner will star in the series as Lara Croft. The show was originally greenlit at Prime Video in May 2024, with Turner’s involvement first reported in November of that year. The show was first reported as being in development at the streamer in January 2023.

As previously reported, Phoebe Waller-Bridge will serve as creator, writer, and executive producer on the series.

David Corenswet will dust off his red trunks soon, as a sequel to James Gunn’s summer hit “Superman” will fly into theaters in less than two years.

Director and DC Films co-head James Gunn took to social media on Wednesday to announce an official title and release date for the project. “Superman: Man of Tomorrow” will hit theaters on July 9, 2027.

In his announcement, Gunn included a comic book image of Superman standing next to Lex Luthor in his Warsuit, a pretty clear signal that the sequel will continue to focus on Luthor’s antipathy for the Man of Steel. In the DC comics, Luthor (played by Nicholas Hoult in the film) creates the suit in order match Superman’s strength and abilities; it seems that after the failure of his plan to use a clone of Superman to defeat him in Gunn’s first film, Luthor has decided that...

Jordan Peele’s fourth film as a director appears to be taking longer than expected.

Universal Pictures has unset the Oscar winner’s next project from its release calendar, which was last dated for October 2026. Peele is currently at work on the film, which has yet to roll cameras, an individual familiar with the project told Variety.

Originally, the follow-up to his 2022 hit movie “Nope” was scheduled to open over Christmas 2024; following the guild strikes, the film was then pushed to next Halloween. Universal had no comment. Reps for Peele did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

As per usual with Peele’s directorial efforts, nothing is known about the movie’s plot, though its been categorized as a horror thriller. But speaking on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast in Jan. 2024, Peele said, “I do feel like my next project is clear to me, and I...

The nonfiction book The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape From Nazi-Occupied France is flying once again, this time with the help of A-listers Ben Stiller and Jeremy Allen White, as well as A24, who are all in various stages of talks to bring the adaptation to the screen.

If deals make, Stiller will direct and produce the adaptation of the book written by Seth Meyerowitz which would star White. A24 is in negotiations to land the package, which will be titled simply Airman.

Stiller would also produce via his long-standing production banner Red Hour Films. Also producing will be John Lesher via his Le Grisbi Productions and P.J. van Sandwijk of Storyteller Productions. Jake Gyllenhaal, who was to have starred in an adaptation being developed in the late 2010s, remains involved as producer via his Nine Stories banner.

The 2016 book tells the incredible true story of Arthur Meyerowitz,...

The epic story behind Paul McCartney’s stolen bass guitar, which was returned to him in 2024 after 51 years, will be told in a new feature-length documentary directed by Arthur Cary.

Titled “The Beatle and the Bass,” the documentary is produced by Passion Pictures, which won this year’s BAFTA with the Sundance hit “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” for BBC Arts. Fremantle is handling global distribution.

The documentary is announced as part of BBC Arena’s 50th Anniversary alongside “Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks” (also produced by Passion Pictures) and Ls Lowry’s “Lost Tapes.”

The detective story charts the saga of McCartney’s original Höfner bass guitar whose disappearance 51 years ago became one of rock ‘n’ roll’s most enduring mysteries.

McCartney, who will be featured in the film, said, “I think anything that’s nicked, you want back, especially if it has sentimental value. It just went off into...

Quiver Distribution has acquired the North American and U.K. rights to Uwe Boll’s migrant thriller “Run,” starring Amanda Plummer, James Russo (“Tulsa King”) and Ulrich Thomsen (“Lanterns”).

The film is set for a market premiere with cast and crew at this year’s AFM in Los Angeles. Quiver will then release “Run” digitally across North America and the U.K. Nov. 14, with Dubai-based Phars Film distributing it in West Asia and Germany’s Kinostar releasing the pic digitally day and date in the rest of the world, making it one of the rare global releases in the independent space.

“We’re excited to have a true global release for our movie ‘Run,’” said Boll. “To release the movie in 100 plus countries simultaneously is the future in a world in which every movie is only a click away.”

“Run” examines how the ongoing...

Guillermo del Toro is getting the Beyond Fest treatment.

The filmmaker, who is coming off the Venice Film Festival premiere of his latest monster fantasy, Frankenstein, will be getting a 12-movie retrospective from the biggest genre film festival in the country that will showcase his three decades of bringing fantasy, dreams and nightmares to the screen.

In partnership with American Cinematheque, Beyond Fest is putting on Está Vivo: The Gods and Monsters of Guillermo del Toro, featuring new restorations, special director’s cuts and rare 35mm screenings of del Toro’s oeuvre, taking audiences from his debut with Cronos to his most recent, Nightmare Alley. This year’s festival runs Sept. 23 to Oct. 8.

“Guillermo del Toro’s films have inspired generations of filmmakers and audiences alike in a way unlike any other artist we’ve experienced,” said Beyond Fest head of programming Evrim Ersoy in a statement. “To welcome him...

Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Kiberlain (“The Divine Sarah Bernhard) and Diane Kruger (“Amrum”) will lead the cast of French director Marc Fitoussi’s next film, “All About Corinne,” which has been boarded by French banner Indie Sales.

The company, which previously worked with Fitoussi on his 2022 film “Two Tickets to Greece,” is kicking off “Corinne” sales on the fall festival circuit.

Huppert, whose latest film “The Richest Woman in the World” opened at this year’s Cannes, stars as Corinne Maclou, a background actor who dreams of one day being more than an extra. Confident her breakthrough is right around the corner, she befriends famous actor Sandrine Kiberlain, hoping it will help her achieve her goal — but there’s still a long way to go for her to be welcomed into the closed-off French cinema family.

The rest of the cast includes Emmanuelle Bercot, Anne Marivin, Ana Girardot, Vincent Dedienne and Thomas Jolly,...

Before “Home Alone” turned Macaulay Culkin into a child actor icon, it was “Uncle Buck” (released in theaters one year before) that first put the young star on the map. The John Hughes-directed comedy was headlined by John Candy as a reckless bachelor who is forced to babysit his nieces and nephews. In the new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” which opened the Toronto International Film Festival, Culkin remembers Candy’s kindness on set and reveals Candy was one of the first people to notice there was trouble brewing at home.

“I think that’s why that’s one of my favorite performances, because I think he put a lot of himself into it,” Culkin says (via Entertainment Weekly). “[Most actors] don’t know how or don’t like to work with kids… they’re tricky to work with, but John was always really kind, and really good. He showed a lot of respect.

Exclusive: UK filmmaker Stroma Cairns’ feature debut, The Son And The Sea, has been picked up for international sales by Paris-based Mmm Film Sales ahead of its world premiere in Toronto’s Discovery strand.

The film will go on to have its European premiere in the New Directors section at San Sebastian Film Festival later this month and a UK premiere at BFI London Film Festival in October.

It follows two young men, Jonah and Lee, as they embark on trip to the Scottish coast, while Jonah endeavours to escape a messy life in London. Upon arrival, they meet a...

Exclusive: Rising German director Joscha Bongard’s narrative feature debut Babystar has been boarded for sales by Finland and UK-based outfit, The Yellow Affair ahead of its premiere as part of the Toronto Discovery strand.

The satirical dramaexplores the rise of family influencing and the children who become both product and commodity. Since birth, 16-year-old Luca has been the star of her parents’ influencer empire, her every milestone curated for millions of followers. When they announce plans for another child, the cracks in their perfect image intensify.

The film stars Maja Bons, Bea Brocks, Liliom Lewald, Joy Ewulu, Maximilian Mundt and Verena Altenberger.

“Young Washington,” the feature biopic of George Washington from Wonder Project and Angel Studios, has started production in Ireland, with a first look of William Franklyn-Miller in the title role revealed

Further cast members have also been announced for the film with Mary-Louise Parker, Mia Rodgers and Jonno Davis joining the project the cast.

Directed by Jon Irwin (“House of David”), the film follows the early life of America’s first president and is set for nationwide release over Independence Day Weekend 2026, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Principal photography will take place in Ireland and Virginia.

Parker will play Mary Washington, George’s strong willed mother, while Rodgers will play Sally Cary, the charming beauty of the Virginia gentry who first sees his potential. Davies — recently seen playing Robbie Williams as a CGI monkey in the acclaimed “Better Man” — portrays condescending British officer James Mackay.

The...

Bing Liu, the writer/director born in China until his family moved him to the United States when he was five, has a Best Documentary Oscar nomination for his 2018 feature “Minding the Gap,” about male skateboarders in Rockford, Illinois.

His narrative feature debut, “Preparation for the Next Life,” is produced by Orion Pictures and Plan B, from Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, and Dede Gardner — all following a similar path as Oscar-nominated docmaker RaMell Ross’ own narrative feature debut “Nickel Boys,” also produced by Orion and Plan B, and also set up at Amazon/MGM Studios, and also a literary adaptation of an acclaimed novel. So why the hell is the studio burying Liu’s film with a September 5 release date in the middle of fall festival season, and without sending it to any festivals?

The bittersweet immigrant love story at its core — starring cutie-pie it-boy Fred Hechinger as an army...

The last time Italian filmmaker and humorist Franco Maresco was in competition at Venice, with his Cosa Nostra-baiting 2019 mockumentary “The Mafia is No Longer What It Used To Be,” he won the Special Jury Prize. If that title is unfamiliar to you, you haven’t been negligent. Even high-level festival awards can only do so much to raise the profile of films that aren’t built to travel, and Maresco’s unabashedly local brand of satire — steeped in cultural and political reference points with little resonance outside Italy — is as good an example as any. Despite another competition berth on the Lido, his new film “Bravo Bene!” is unlikely to buck that trend.

Inviting considerations of what the equivalent Italian term might be for “inside baseball” — “inside soccer” is too universally scrutable, surely — “Bravo Bene!” doubles or even triples down on the insularity by taking as its subject the director himself.

Pack your checkbooks, Hollywood.

As studios and streamers decamp for the Toronto Film Festival, where they will premiere or screen many of the films that they hope will dominate awards season, they’ll also be on the hunt for some compelling movies to round out their slates. On paper, there’s plenty on offer, including new films from leading auteurs like Steven Soderbergh, Mona Fastvold, and Gus Van Sant, as well as star-driven projects featuring the likes of Angelina Jolie, Riz Ahmed, Michaela Coel, and Chris Evans. But plenty of films have arrived at TIFF with impressive pedigree only to be met with a shrug by audiences. Here are 15 films that seem likely to spark the most intense bidding wars.

Hamlet

Cast: Riz Ahmed, Joe Alwyn, Timothy Spall, Art Malik, Sheeba Chadha

Director: Aneil Karia

Sales Agent: WME Independent / CAA Media Finance

Why Buyers Are Circling: A bold new take on the Bard,...

The fall festival firehose has opened. We’re now inundated with new movie premieres, with Telluride wrapped and Venice heading into its final weekend.

On this episode of IndieWire’s “Screen Talk” podcast, IndieWire Editor-at-Large Anne Thompson and Executive Editor Ryan Lattanzio break down the highs and lows of the fall festival circuit so far, from the standouts to the surprising misfires. Anne was in Telluride, which overlapped with Venice in programming a suite of Netflix titles, including Guillermo del Toro’s lushly mounted “Frankenstein” (we’re somewhat split on that one; Anne’s a perennial del Toro head) and Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly.”

Starring George Clooney as an aging Hollywood star staring down a potential PR crisis after a scuffle with a former acting class peer, it’s Baumbach’s most sentimental movie yet, though Clooney and Adam Sandler as his manager are likely to score Oscar nominations.

Spain’s Latido Films has pounced on the worldwide sales rights to family drama “Peréz Rodríguez,” which market debuts at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF).

Produced by the Dominican Republic’s Lantica Studios, the debut feature of writer-director Humberto Tavárez is an incisive yet heartfelt portrait of a Dominican family caught in the grip of generational conflict.

When tragedy strikes, the return of the patriarch’s illegitimate son fractures their carefully maintained facade, revealing long-suppressed tensions and hypocrisies. Told over the course of three celebratory gatherings, the film casts a wry look at Dominican identity, middle-class idiosyncrasies and the fragile threads that bind a family together.

“‘Peréz Rodríguez’ is an extraordinary film that dissects, like few others, the contradictions inherent among wealthy families in Latin America,” said Latido’s Antonio Saura, who hailed the pic’s acting, directing and surprise ending, in particular.

“The film keeps your attention throughout and...

Barcelona-based Filmax has secured international sales rights to “Luger,” the feature debut of Spanish filmmaker Bruno Martín.

A darkly comic, action-fuelled thriller, the film is already attracting strong attention across the international movie genre circuit.

“Luger” will world premiere in the official section of Austin’s Fantastic Fest, the largest genre festival in the U.S., whose upcoming edition takes place Sept. 18-25. It will then screen in competition at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, opening Sept. 26, before making its Spanish debut at the Sitges Film Festival, one of the world’s premier genre platforms.

Produced by José Luis Rancaño at La Dalia Films, “Luger” draws inspiration from the high-octane thrillers of the 1980s. The screenplay was co-written by Martín and Santiago Taboada (“Equals”).

Set over the course of one frenetic day in a crumbling industrial zone outside a major Spanish city, the film follows Rafa and Toni, small-time hustlers working for Angela,...

It’s been eight years since audiences got to experience Lynne Ramsay’s singular vision in a feature film, but her new movie “Die My Love” will arrive in theaters just in time for awards season.

The drama is set in rural Montana. Jennifer Lawrence plays a woman having serious trouble adjusting to motherhood. Robert Pattinson is her not-always-helpful husband in this intense psychological drama. Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte and Lakeith Stanfield also star.

“Die My Love” premiered in competition at Cannes Film Festival back in May. Distributor and streaming service Mubi bought distribution for the film in a major deal totaling $24 million, landing rights for North America and various international territories. That acquisition came a year after Mubi bought “The Substance” ahead of its Cannes premiere, before turning the horror movie into a major awards player. Intriguingly, the teaser for “Die, My Love” name-checks “the studio behind ‘The Substance...

Lynne Ramsay has never been one to shy away from disturbing portrayals of challenging subject matter, and her new film “Die My Love” sees the auteur probing the depths of postpartum depression.

Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson star as a married couple who move to the countryside after having their first child, with Lawrence’s Grace losing herself in a psychosexual frenzy as she adapts to her new life with a baby.

The film premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where IndieWire’s Ryan Lattanzio wrote that “I don’t think there has ever before been such a psychologically immersive view of postpartum depression as ‘Die My Love’ onscreen. The film careens between a dreary sludge of despair and eventual heart-palpitating nightmare, Grace caught in a mercurial storm of her own moods without ballast and unable to be understood by those around her.”

Ramsay directs from a screenplay she co-wrote...

Executives from three of the UK’s top studio facilites have joinedScreenInternational’s second annual film summit, ’Building on the UK’s Global Success’, taking place at the BFI Southbank on September 30

Kate Phibbs, head of studo at Film Soho, Debbie Adler, head of commercial and marketing at Garden Studios and Gerwyn Evans, head of studios UK at Great Point Studios, will come together to talk about how UK studios are ensuring their campuses can host productions across a range of different budgets while also delivering on sustainability targets.

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The summit kicks off with a keynote speech...

Packed with panoramic shots of a 1575 Algiers, “The Captive,” from Oscar-winning director Alejandro Amenábar, weighs in as one of the biggest Spanish movies of 2025 and a broad audience play.

It’s an adventure tale, set over the years from 1575-1580, focusing on “Don Quixote” author Miguel de Cervantes as a young Spanish soldier languishing in an Algiers jail after capture by Ottoman corsairs. There, however, Cervantes (Julio Peña) discovers his power of storytelling. Enthralling both fellow captives and the Bey of Algiers, Cervantes, his spirit unbroken, also imagines a daring escape plan.

“The Captive” feels at time as historical epic, such as in a majestic sweep across the port of Ottoman Empire Algiers, later seen from its highest building, a higgedly-piggedly hotchpotch of favela-like houses, stretching down to the sea.

At others, however, as Amenábar says, it tries to capture Cervantes’ soul. “The Captive” begins with an aged Miguel de Cervantes writing “Don Quixote,...

The Conjuring: Last Rites is the widest opener in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as the Warner Bros horror launches in 620 sites.

It is the biggest opening in the paranormal series, ahead of 2016’s The Conjuring 2 which opened in 504 sites. That title launched with £2.8m and was followed by The Devil Made Me Do It in 2021 (£1.9m debut from 475 sites). The first film opened in 2013 with £2.2m from 371 venues.

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return for Last Ritesas the paranormal investigators travel to Pennsylvania to vanquish a demon from a family’s home. It is directed by Michael Chaves...

Hoist that Flag: This article contains spoilers for "Peacemaker" season 2, episode 3, "Another Rick Up My Sleeve."

Peacemaker (John Cena) has a serious Flag problem. Not only does he feel guilty about killing Rick Flag Jr. (Joel Kinnaman) in 2021's "The Suicide Squad" (2021), but Rick Flag Sr. (Frank Grillo) knows all about this, and as the new head of A.R.G.U.S., he's in prime position to do whatever he can to get on Peacemaker's case. If all of that wasn't enough, the opening of "Peacemaker" season 2, episode 3 ("Another Rick Up My Sleeve") adds yet another twist to the show's ever-expanding Flag game by bringing back Rick Jr. 

In a flashback scene,...

With no home ground and one match away from non-league competition, the Seagulls’ climb up to the Premier League is one of the game’s great success stories

The tidal wave of streaming landfill, football club reality series, part of the seemingly bottomless pit of sport industry content, means that cutting through is tougher than ever, especially for single-instalment films that can’t rely on surfing some sort of wave of tournament triumph nostalgia. Access isn’t enough; you really need a good story, and this account of the rise, fall and rise again of Brighton & Hove Albion – while “authorised” up the wazoo – has certainly got that.

Brighton’s...

This article contains spoilers for "Foundation" season 3, episode 9.

The Apple TV+ series "Foundation" has earned the ire of many hardcore fans of Isaac Asimov's seminal book series of the same name due to creator and showrunner David S. Goyer changing a great many things from the source material. Faithful or not, what is undeniable is that one of the show's biggest changes may very well end up as the biggest legacy of "Foundation": the Cleons.

These characters are three emperors, all clones of the original emperor: One as a young man titled Brother Dawn (Cassian Bilton), one as a middle-aged man titled Brother Day (Lee Pace), and one...

The European film and TV industry needs to increase its focus on audience needs and to embrace EU-based technology if it is to become more competitive in the face of growing market penetration by global giants.

These are among the conclusions of the European Commission’s second European Media Industry Outlook report, a follow up to its influential first study published in 2023 which has helped to inform EU thinking about support for the sector.

The publication of the report comes as the European Union weighs up its future support for European media and audiovisual sector. In July, it published its...

Read out by San Sebastián Festival Director, José Luis Rebordinos and Head of Communications Ruth Pérez de Anucita as the festival revealed on Friday full details of its 73rd edition’s attending stars and directors, the festival statement against Gaza genocide comes two days after organisers of the Vuelta de España, Spain’s equivalent of the Tour de France, halted the cycling race three kilometres from its finish in neighbouring Bilbao out of safety concerns as massed peaceful Gaza protestors threatened to spill over barricades into the cyclists’ path.

Protesters, many older adults, were calling for the expulsion of the Israel-Premier Tech team which was stopped last week during a time trial by activists holding Palestinian flags.

San Sebastián has a long tradition as a focus of pro-democracy protest under Franco and, after democracy was won in general elections of 1977, of screening political and social issue movies. Friday’s press...

The lost 43 minutes of Orson Welles‘ “The Magnificent Ambersons” is the holy grail of cinema. The legend goes that after a bad test screening, Rko tacked on a happy ending and chopped the film from 131 minutes to 88. The missing minutes were melted for their silver nitrate, but cinephiles have spent years seeking a print that retained the the footage; TCM even sponsored a trip to Brazil in pursuit of a complete print.

Like other efforts, Brazil didn’t pan out. Welles believed that the studio butchered a movie that would be seen as greater than his debut, “Citizen Kane,” but would he have used generative AI if it offered the possibility of recreating what he lost?

Showrunner, which bills itself as the “Netflix of AI,” is either betting Welles would. It is using “The Magnificent Ambersons” to develop its latest model, Film-1, which Showrunner hopes will let people generate lifelike short films.

Revered Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio, who is at the Venice Film Festival with HBO series “Portobello,” is set to make a high-end biopic titled “Falcon” about charismatic auto industry executive Sergio Marchionne who saved Fiat and Chrysler from the brink of bankruptcy.

Shooting on “Falcon” is expected to start in 2026 in Italy, the U.S. and Canada.

The project is written by Bellocchio with Ludovica Rampoldi, Andrea di Stefano, Stefano Rulli and with the collaboration of Oliviero Del Papa. “Falcon” is being produced by Simone Gattoni for Kavac Film, by Mattia Mor for Emotion Network and Rai Cinema.

Marchionne, who was Italian and Canadian, died in 2018 at 66. He was hired by Italy’s Agnelli family to run Fiat in 2004 when, due to previous mismanagement plus the recession, few in the auto industry believed it could be saved. Then, in 2009, when Chrysler was guided into a U.S. government-led bankruptcy, Marchionne...

Minerva Pictures has acquired Lee Hong-chi’s sophomore feature “A Dance in Vain” for theatrical distribution in Italy. The deal continues Minerva’s relationship with the filmmaker following their successful distribution of his Venice Lion of the Future Award-winning debut “Love is a Gun.”

“A Dance in Vain” is selected for the Settimana Internazionale della Critica (Sic), the independent section of the Venice Film Festival. Parallax Films is handling world sales on the title.

The drama stars Cici Wang as Monkey, a theater company worker struggling to make ends meet in an unnamed big city. The story follows her repetitive daily existence, haunted by the suicide of her boyfriend Leo. Caught in cycles of routine and isolation, Monkey attempts to communicate her exhaustion to others, only to be met with dismissive responses.

“We are extremely thrilled to bring Lee Hong Chi’s new film to Italian audiences,” said Andrea Curti,...

Spoilers for "Peacemaker" season 2, episode 3, "Another Rick up my Sleeve," to follow.

James Gunn's DC Universe is confusing sometimes, especially in regard to its relationship with the DC Extended Universe. Gunn, for example, has confirmed that the Dceu's Blue Beetle is officially canon in his new cinematic universe (albeit with a few tweaks), as he believes the character occupies a unique spot in the timeline. "Peacemaker" is similarly unpredictable, with its season 1 finale having featured the Dceu's Justice League only for season 2 to pull off a wild retcon by replacing the aforementioned heroes with the Justice Gang. What's more, the confusion doesn't end there, as "Peacemaker" season 2, episode 3, "Another Rick up my Sleeve,...

In Superman: Man of Tomorrow, will the Man of Steel team up with Lex Luthor? Duke it out with him in the galaxy’s most unexpected custody battle? Or tackle climate change and LGBTQ+ rights?

Is tomorrow just another day, as the adage goes? Or is it suddenly a franchise-within-a-franchise, a special wing of the nascent DC Universe focused in hard on what all those nutty Kryptonian super-cousins have been up to? What we do know, thanks to studio boss James Gunn in a series of social media splurts, is that Tomorrow is most definitely the future. Gunn has revealed that his follow-up to Superman will be titled Superman: Man of Tomorrow,...

Exclusive: Four screenwriters from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt will participate in the fourth edition of AuthenticA Series Lab, the development programme from South Africa-based Realness Institute that and supports writers to advance their series ideas into pilot scripts.

The filmmakers are Gamel Apalayine from Ghana, who works across film, TV, theatre and music; Nigerian-British poet, filmmaker and photographer Jolade Olusanya; Kenyan scriptwriter and author Mona Ombogo; and Egyptian-Canadian filmmaker Reem Morsi, who wrote and directed 2024 comedy Banned.

The AuthenticA programme begins with a residency in the Western Cape, South Africa in September, followed by online sessions until mid-December.

A...

FilmRise has inked deals for two true crime series that will explore the psychological elements driving fatal crimes.

The streaming distributor will co-produce “Murder in Mind” with CBS AMC Networks U.K. and Blue Ant Studios, while “Pushed to Death” represents a partnership between FilmRise, CBS AMC Networks and All3Media International.

Both 10-episode series will receive different treatment across markets. “Pushed to Death” will air under that title in North America via FilmRise, while U.K. audiences will see the same content as “Fatal Fall: Murder or Accident” through CBS AMC Networks U.K. All3Media International will shop the show globally using the British title.

The deals give FilmRise North American exclusivity across all platforms for both projects, continuing the company’s strategy of building its true crime brand.

“FilmRise has a strong track record of delivering true crime that resonates with North American audiences,” said Jonitha Keymoore, senior VP...

A flourishing lineup of immersive storytelling experiments are taking visitors into novels, nightclubs and outer space

In the largest cinema at the Venice film festival, guests gather for the premiere of Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro’s lavish account of a man who dared to play God and created a monster. When the young scientist reanimates a dead body for his colleagues, some see it as a trick while others are outraged. “It’s an abomination, an obscenity,” shouts one hide-bound old timer, and his alarm is partly justified. Every technological breakthrough opens Pandora’s box. You don’t know what’s going to crawl out or where it will then choose to go.

Screen’s latest special edition previews the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which runs September 4-14.

The issues looks back on 50 years of TIFF with key figures from the event’s history, and features interviews with James McAvoy, Stephen Graham, Agnieszka Holland and Alice Winocour about their festival projects. Lucas and Michiel Dhont’s also discuss what’s next for their production outfit The Reunion.

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Venice International Film Festival, Italy - August 27-September 6

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100% Manusia Film Festival, Indonesia - September 4-14

Toronto International Film Festival, Canada - September 4-14

Jakarta International Documentary Experimental Film Festival,Indonesia - Setptember 5-13

London Rolling Film Festival,...

It’s been an uncharacteristically strong year for Balkan cinema, with filmmakers from the southeastern corner of Europe fighting — often against all odds — to bring their stories to the screen, despite challenges ranging from civil unrest to moribund support from state-backed funding bodies.

Nevertheless, this year has seen the return of old masters, like Romanian provocateur Radu Jude (“Dracula”), and the emergence of fresh voices, such as Slovenia’s Urška Djukić (“Little Trouble Girls”), alongside triumphs including North Macedonian director Georgi M. Unkovski’s dual Sundance prizewinner “DJ Ahmet” and Croatian director Igor Bezinović’s Rotterdam-winning docu-drama “Fiume O Morte!”

That momentum has carried into the fall festivals, where North Macedonian directors Teona Strugar Mitevska (“The Happiest Man in the World”) and two-time Academy Award nominee Tamara Kotevska (“Honeyland”) both launched their latest works at the Venice Film Festival. They were joined on the Lido by veteran Bulgarian filmmaker Stephan Komandarev...

Long considered the preeminent film festival to launch a title into awards season, Venice experienced a modest wobble last year – at least in comparison to Cannes.

Venice titles earned two of the 10 best picture Oscar nominations versus three from Cannes.In addition to The Brutalist and I’m Still Here, several other films ended last year’s Venice Film Festival as seeming contenders – notably Queer, Babygirl and Golden Lion winner The Room Next Door – but then failed to score any actual nominations at either Oscar or the Bafta Film Awards.

Venice competitor Joker: Folie A Deux was positioned as an awards contender going into the festival,...

“Knife + Heart” director Yann Gonzalez has reunited with frequent collaborators Vanessa Paradis and M83 frontman Anthony Gonzalez — the filmmaker’s brother — on “I’ll Forget Your Name,” a gothic drama selected for this year’s Venice Gap-Financing Market.

Written and directed by Gonzalez, produced by Paris-based Pan Cinema, with music by the other Gonzalez, the film follows a 50-year-old instructor in a small village whose nightly cruising encounters take a darker turn when she falls for a young man who soon vanishes, sending her down a mysterious and nightmarish path.

Building on their experience with “Knife + Heart,” which premiered in competition at Cannes in 2018, Gonzalez crafted this new project specifically for Paradis. Kinology is handling global sales, with Chanel supplying key costumes.

“This comes from a more personal place and is less referential than my previous films,” Gonzalez explains. “It centers on a woman my own age,...

Top Bollywood star Ajay Devgn has unveiled his latest business venture, Lens Vault Studios (Lvs), partnering with Danish Devgn to establish a media company focused on technology-driven entertainment production.

The new studio will produce content across multiple platforms including theatrical releases, streaming services, commercial projects, gaming experiences and international collaborations. The announcement follows Devgn’s track record of investing in production companies, visual effects firms and his recent AI company Prismix, which he launched alongside Danish Devgn.

Under the new structure, Ajay Devgn will hold the chair position while Danish Devgn will serve as founder and chief executive officer.

“We are building a creative ecosystem within Lvs where original ideas are nurtured and new forms of storytelling are realised using world-class technology,” Ajay Devgn said. “Our goal is to set a new benchmark for Indian media on the global stage, an environment that empowers creators and leverages next-generation tools to...

Cambodia has submitted the psychological horror thriller “Tenement,” co-directed by Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea, as its contender for best international feature at the 98th Academy Awards.

The film is set within a decaying Khmer Rouge–era tenement in Phnom Penh. It follows Soriya (Thorn Thanet), a Cambodian-Japanese manga artist who returns home after her mother’s death and becomes trapped in a series of terrifying visions that blur the boundaries between the past and present.

“Tenement” world premiered in the Big Screen Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2024 and has since screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival, Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, Kaohsiung Film Festival, Luxembourg City Film Festival, Motel X and Horrorant’s Fright Nights, among others.

Shot across Tokyo and Phnom Penh, production began in 2020 but was delayed for two years by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The secret of “Maddie’s Secret” — or maybe it’s the central joke — is that the movie’s creator and star, comedian John Early, takes the whole thing seriously.

A tongue-in-cheek critique of influencer culture crossed with a sincere homage to the heyday of disease-of-the-week TV movies, the tricky, one-of-a-kind stunt stars Early (who is male) as Maddie “the Fattie” Ralph (who is not). But gender doesn’t factor into the queer comedian’s play-it-straight directorial debut, at least not insofar as his food-passionate protagonist’s fragile reality is concerned.

Just as John Waters’ muse, Divine, assumed dowdy-housewife drag in movies such as “Hairspray” and “Polyester,” Early dons a blond wig and falsies to embody his film’s titular ingenue: a guileless vegetarian chef whose overnight viral-video success triggers her long-suppressed eating disorder. And also like Waters, who channeled the so-lush-they’re-lurid style of Douglas Sirk’s 1950s melodramas, Early adopts the gauzy,...

Over 40 years since This Is Spinal Tap was mistaken for a comedy, its hard-rocking subjects are back for a legally obligated final gig. Our writer smells the glove

Spinal Tap are remembering the old days. It was 1966, and the young beat group from Squatney in east London – still, at that point, the Thamesmen – were honing their act in the tough clubs of the Benelux circuit. A young band from Britain could learn a lot, facing up to riotous crowds of Dutch, Flemings, Walloons and Luxembourgers. What lessons did Tap take from that year?

“If you speak really loudly, it’s all right if you don’t have any of the local language,...