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Eddie Murphy is moving ahead with Playas Ball, an undead-tinged action comedy that will place the veteran performer back in live-action territory after a string of voice roles. Industry sources say Imagine Entertainment is backing the project, with Kyle Newacheck (fresh off Netflix’s successful Happy Gilmore 2) in the director’s chair.

Murphy will star and produce alongside Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody, while Charisse Hewitt-Webster represents Eddie Murphy Productions. The screenplay comes from Myles Murphy, marking another familial collaboration after the younger Murphy’s story credit on Coming 2 America.

Plot details remain under wraps, yet early descriptions liken the film’s supernatural angle to Murphy’s 2003 cult favorite The Haunted Mansion, hinting at a blend of broad set-piece comedy and light horror.

The package reunites Murphy with Imagine, the banner behind The Nutty Professor, Bowfinger, and last year’s holiday release Candy Cane Lane. Observers...

Eddie Murphy has determined one of his next projects with Playas Ball. Murphy is known for his comedic acting, contributing his talents to everything from Harlem Nights to The Nutty Professor. One of his major franchises is Beverly Hills Cop, which got a new installment last year with Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.

At 64 years old, Murphy is still a highly prolific actor. Next year, he will reprise one of his most iconic roles by returning to voice Donkey for Shrek 5. He isalso confirmed to be voice acting again for an animated version of The Pink Panther, playing Inspector Clouseau.

Per Deadline, Murphy has now set his next project. He will star in the film Playas Ball, and while the exact plot has yet to be revealed, the source had it described to them as an action comedy focusing on the undead. The movie will be directed by...

After foiling an elaborate heist in Amazon MGM‘s The Pickup, Eddie Murphy is ready to square off against the undead for the upcoming action comedy Playas Ball. The beloved entertainer will partner with Imagine Entertainment for his latest project, with Happy Gilmore 2 helmer Kyle Newacheck directing. Details about Playas Ball are scarce, but Deadline says it’s an action comedy about the undead.

Newacheck directs Playas Ball from a script by Myles Murphy, with Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody producing via Imagine Entertainment, with Eddie Murphy Productions’ Eddie Murphy and Christian Hewitt-Webster. Murphy is a frequent partner at Imagine Entertainment, after working on films like The Nutty Professor franchise, Bowfinger, Life, Boomerang, Candy Cane Lane, and Tower Heist. How the group plans to approach an action comedy about the undead remains to be seen, but it should be interesting.

Eddie Murphy’s latest film is The Pickup, which stars Murphy,...

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie are silver-haired amateur sleuths who suddenly find themselves solving a real life whodunit in the trailer for The Thursday Murder Club for Netflix.

Think Only Murders in the Building, only set in a British retirement home, as the comic crime caper based on the book by Richard Osman introduces senior crime busters not content to just play bridge or engage in idle gossip for leisure. Osman’s book has become a classic among British crime thrillers.

“If any harm comes to my friends, I will personally be laying a dozen blood-red roses on your coffin,” a steely Mirren, who plays the role of ex-spy Elizabeth, says at one point in the trailer that introduces Richard Tennant as a villain. The series is underpinned by classic actors like Kingsley in the role of ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim, Brosnan portraying ex–union activist Ron and...

Exclusive: Eddie Murphy will continue his long collaborative relationship with Imagine Entertainment. He’s set to star in Playas Ball, a comedy that will be directed by Kyle Newacheck, who just helmed the Netflix hit Happy Gilmore 2. They’re keeping the logline under wraps, but it’s described to me as an action comedy about the undead.

Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody will produce with Eddie Murphy Productions’ Eddie Murphy and Charisse Hewitt-Webster. Myles Murphy is scripting.

Eddie Murphy has just opened in The Pickup, the Amazon MGM comedy he stars in with Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer and Eva Longoria. The film just dropped on Amazon Prime.

It has been 40 years since Grazer and director Ron Howard formed Imagine after teaming on the hit Splash. Murphy has been a regular contributor to the company’s ascension, headlining films that include The Nutty Professor franchise, Bowfinger, Life,...

Netflix has revealed the official trailer and poster for The Thursday Murder Club, which is set to premiere on the streaming service on Thursday, August 28, 2025.

The Thursday Murder Club has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for violent content/bloody images, strong language, and some sexual references.

Based on Richard Osman’s international best-selling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees – Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley), and Joyce (Celia Imrie) – who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun.

When an unexplained death occurs on their doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

Directed by Chris Columbus, the film is the latest to be produced through the Netflix and Amblin Entertainment partnership.

The cast includes Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie,...

Welcome to the club! Netflix has just unveiled the new trailer for the upcoming film The Thursday Murder Club. The streamer also has announced the premiere date for the film on Thursday, August 28. The mystery caper stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Richard E. Grant and Ingrid Oliver. Home Alone director Chris Columbus helms the film from a screenplay by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote.

The official synopsis reads,

“Based on Richard Osman’s international bestselling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees – Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) – who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find...

Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt” will kick off the 63rd New York Film Festival as its opening night feature.

The film boasts an all-star cast led by Julia Roberts in a story about the impact of an alleged sexual assault on an Ivy League campus. Michael Stuhlbarg, Ayo Edebiri, Chloë Sevigny and Andrew Garfield co-star in “After the Hunt,” which Amazon MGM Studios backed. Nora Garrett wrote the screenplay.

Previous opening night films at the festival have included Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and Todd Haynes’ “May December.” RaMell Ross’s “Nickle Boys” opened last year’s edition.

Billed as the film’s North American premiere, “After the Hunt” will return Guadagnino to the festival, a place where he previously screened “Call Me by Your Name” and “Queer.” “After the Hunt” will screen at Alice Tully Hall on Friday, September 26, with Guadagnino...

Julia Roberts’ college professor Alma Olsson is forced to face secrets from her own dark past, and possibly see them come to light, in the official trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s After The Hunt psychological thriller for Amazon MGM Studios.

In the preview, Roberts’ professor’s star student Maggie Price, played by Ayo Edebiri, confides in her that a colleague, Henrik Gibson (Andrew Garfield), had crossed the line.

“It’s the right thing to do, isn’t it? To tell someone and, you know, given your history,” Edebiri asks Roberts at one point in the trailer. “What does that mean, my history?” Roberts responds with what becomes a key point in the feature from Imagine Entertainment as her own past threatens to be revealed.

At first Gibson accuses Price of plagiarism. But at another point in the teaser, an increasingly desperate Gibson tells Olsson “you know the truth, and you won’t say it,...

Millennials and Gen Z collide in the new trailer for After the Hunt. Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri (The Bear), Andrew Garfield (We Live in Time), Michael Stuhlbarg (Bones and All) and Chloë Sevigny (Russian Doll) all star in the intense drama from Challengers and Queer director Luca Guadagnino. The psychological thriller comes from Amazon MGM Studios and Imagine Entertainment. Imagine Entertainment’s Allan Mandelbaum brought the script to the production company and worked with CAA to bring Roberts and Guadagnino onto the project.

The official synopsis reads, “From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, After The Hunt is a gripping psychological drama about a college professor (Julia Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield), and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come into the light. After The Hunt is written by Nora Garrett.

The devil works hard but Luca Guadagnino works harder. After releasing two films last year — “Challengers” and “Queer” — the Oscar-nominated filmmaker is back with yet another new film this year in “After the Hunt,” a gripping thriller about a possible sexual assault accusation on a college campus that sends ripples throughout its insular world.

Julia Roberts plays a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student, played by Ayo Edebiri, accuses one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield) of “crossing the line.” Matters are made more complicated by a dark secret from the past of Roberts’ character.

Nora Garrett wrote the screenplay for the Amazon MGM Studios original film, which makes use of Jonathan Demme-like direct-address to put the audience even closer to this cadre of characters.

Watch the trailer above. “After the Hunt” will be released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Oct.

“After The Hunt” just might be Luca Guadagnino’s version of “Notes on a Scandal” with a twist. The highly-anticipated academia-set psychological thriller stars Julia Roberts as a college professor whose star pupil (Ayo Edebiri) accuses another beloved teacher (Andrew Garfield) of assault. That professor then in turn alleges that the student’s claims are only due to him catching her plagiarizing a piece. Who will Roberts believe?

The trailer teases Edebiri’s character’s queer obsession with Roberts’, as the ensemble also debate the privilege of higher education amid a growing generational divide. The tagline reads: “Not everything is supposed to make you comfortable,” while the synopsis hints that Roberts’ character will “find herself at a personal and professional crossroads […] as a dark secret from her own past also threatens to come into the light.”

“After The Hunt” is written by first-time screenwriter Nora Garrett. Director Guadagnino reunites with...

Julia Roberts is a professor caught in the middle of a #MeToo scandal in the trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming psychological drama “After the Hunt.”

The R-rated film also stars Andrew Garfield and “The Bear” breakout Ayo Edebiri, alongside Guadagnino regulars Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny in supporting roles. It was written by Nora Garrett.

According to its synopsis, “After the Hunt” follows a college professor (Roberts) who “finds herself at a personal and professional crossroad when a star student (Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Garfield), threatening to expose a dark secret from her own past.”

The tense trailer opens with Garfield’s character, Hank, laying into Gen Z. “All your generation, you’re scared of saying the wrong thing,” he says. “When did offending someone become the preeminent cardinal sin?”

“Maybe it’s around the same time your generation started making sweeping generalizations about ours?...

The latest news coming in hot is that Glen Powell, star of legacy sequels Top Gun: Maverick and Twisters, not forgetting Edgar Wright's upcoming adaptation of The Running Man, has potentially lined up another project that will bring back a bygone classic (in one form or another). He is reportedly set to star in an untitled movie about Texas blazes from director Ron Howard, who coincidentally helmed Universal's 1991 firefighting feature, Backdraft, starring Kurt Russell as one of the two feuding brothers on the trail of a serial arsonist.

The InSneider was the first to report on the project and while the initial details have not explicitly positioned it as a sequel to Backdraft, it certainly fans the flames of the long-rumored follow-up to the near 35-year-old action-thriller. Powell was linked to a Backdraft film last year, though that was said to be in the works at Imagine Entertainment.

Amazon MGM has preemptively acquired a pitch for an untitled firefighter film that will star Glen Powell with Ron Howard directing and Christina Hodson writing the screenplay.

Howard’s Imagine Entertainment and Powell’s production banner Barnstorm came up with the idea of the actor and director collaborating on a film and approached Hodson to come up with a pitch for the film. Hodson returned with an idea for a story about disparate childhood friends, now elite firefighters, who must rekindle their fractured relationship when a series of deadly fires sweep across Texas.

Howard and Powell will produce with Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody, and Barnstorm’s Dan Cohen. Hodson will executive produce.

Powell will next star in the Hulu comedy series “Chad Powers” and in Paramount’s adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Running Man” from director Edgar Wright. He has also recently entered a first-look deal through Barnstorm with Universal,...

Glen Powell is continuing down his smoking hot career path.

Amazon MGM Studios has landed the actor to star in an untitled firefighter movie for director Ron Howard. The studio preemptively acquired the original pitch from Christina Hodson, who is writing the script. The story focuses on two disparate childhood friends who are now accomplished firefighters and face a deadly series of Texas blazes while navigating their relationship.

Producers include Howard, Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody for Imagine Entertainment, alongside Powell and Dan Cohen for Barnstorm. Hodson serves as executive producer.

Last year, Powell starred in Universal’s big-screen hit Twisters and Richard Linklater’s Netflix film Hit Man, with Powell also producing and co-writing the latter. His forthcoming projects include Edgar Wright’s remake of The Running Man for Paramount that hits theaters this fall and the A24 thriller Huntington, which recently wrapped production. Additionally, Powell is in production on J.

Amazon MGM Studios has confirmed what was reported last night: Twisters star Glen Powell is starring in a Ron Howard directed untitled firefighter film.

The pitch came from Christina Hodson. Imagine Entertainment and Powell’s banner, Barnstorm, are producing.

Howard knows something about firefighter movies: He directed the classic Backdraft.

Hodson’s script follows disparate childhood friends, now elite firefighters, who must rekindle their fractured relationship when a series of deadly fires sweep across Texas.

Producers are Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and Jeb Brody, and Barnstorm’s Dan Cohen and Glen Powell. Christina Hodson will serve as EP.

Powell received a Golden Globe nom in Best Actor Musical/Comedy for the Netflix comedy Hit Man. He will next star in the highly anticipated series Chad Powers, which he also co-created and co-wrote, and will soon star in Edgar Wright’s The Running Man for Paramount Pictures, which...

Lewis Pullman is in negotiations to appear in the Spaceballs sequel.The Thunderbolts* actor, 32, is in talks to star in the upcoming follow-up to Mel Brooks’ 1987 sci-fi parody movie alongside his 71-year-old father, Bill Pullman, The Hollywood Reporter has said.Bill Pullman will be returning as his Han Solo-esque character Lone Starr, while Rick Moranis is slated to reprise his role as Dark Helmet in what will be his first on-screen cinematic appearance in nearly 30 years.Daphne Zuniga - who played Princess Vespa in the original flick - is also expected to come back for the sequel.While Brooks is not due to direct the Spaceballs follow-up, the 98-year-old filmmaker will reprise his role as Yogurt in the movie, with Will and Harper director Josh Greenbaum set to helm the project for Amazon MGM Studios.Rounding out the cast of the Spaceballs sequel is Keke Palmer, who has reportedly...

The cast of Spaceballs 2 continues to round out. With Bill Pullman set to return as galactic rogue Lone Starr, his son, Thunderbolts* standout Lewis Pullman, is in talks to join him. The Hollywood Reporter has the news that Pullman will play Starburst, the son of Lone Starr and Queen Vespa (Daphne Zuniga); Zuniga, who starred in the 1987 original, is also set to return. The film is slated for a 2027 theatrical release by Amazon MGM Studios.

The comedy sequel has been assembling its surviving cast members all day: in addition to Pullman and Zuniga, the film has also recruited Mel Brooks, who directed and wrote the original, as the alien sage Yogurt, and Rick Moranis, who portrayed the villainous Dark Helmet. The film will star Josh Gad, who is co-writing the film, in an unspecified role, and Keke Palmer, who starred in the comedy hit One of Them Days earlier this year,...

The cast of Spaceballs 2 is coming together. After a handful of cast members were revealed to be involved with the project, including some returning stars, the latest addition may see Thunderbolts*actor Lewis Pullman come on board.

Per THR, Pullman — who will return as the Sentry in Avengers: Doomsday — is in talks to join the cast of the upcoming Spaceballs sequel. Should the casting go through, Pullman will be joining his famous father, Bill Pullman. The elder Pullman previously played Lone Starr, a spoof of Han Solo, in the original Spaceballs. Other original movie stars expected to reprise their roles include Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, and Daphne Zuniga.

This wouldn't be the first time the two Pullmans have shared the screen. Lewis got his career started with a role alongside his father in The Ballad of Lefty Brown. The younger Pullman has since branched out into some exciting roles elsewhere,...

Update: The new Spaceballs movie is turning into a family affair. THR reports that Lewis Pullman (Thunderbolts*) is in talks to join his father, Bill Pullman, in the upcoming Spaceballs sequel. As you might expect, the younger Pullman will play the son of Queen Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) and Lone Starr (Bill Pullman), who is named Starburst.

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Thirty-eight years after Mel Brooks took George Lucas’s Star Wars universe to task with the 1987 comedy classic Spaceballs, the 98-year-old filmmaker is up to his old tricks with a new Spaceballs movie coming in 2027! On Thursday, Brooks announced the film’s targeted release year through a hilarious teaser lampooning the absurd number of sequels and spin-offs from other franchises. In addition to the official announcement, Deadline says Rick Moranis and Bill Pullman are returning for the new Spaceballs movie, with Keke Palmer joining the cast.

Before you ask, yes, Mel...

Exclusive, updated with new, nonexclusive details: Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis are set to reprise their respective roles as Lone Starr and Dark Helmet in the new Spaceballs movie from Amazon MGM Studios, with Keke Palmer (One of Them Days) joining the cast, sources tell Deadline.

Amazon declined to comment, and character details for Palmer are under wraps, as is the sequel’s plot. Also newly aboard in an undisclosed role is Pullman’s son, rising star Lewis Pullman (Thunderbolts*), as THR was first to report this afternoon.

The addition of Moranis, though is particularly striking, as the actor hasn’t been seen much on screen for decades. As announced this morning, the original film’s director and star, Mel Brooks, will also feature in the cast once again, reprising his role as Yogurt. Slated for release in theaters in 2027, the film has been described by those who have not...

Almost a decade ago, Lewis Pullman began his acting career by appearing opposite dad Bill Pullman in the western The Ballad of Lefty Brown. Since then, he’s forged his own path, appearing in high-flying features such as Top Gun: Maverick and Marvel Studios’ The Thunderbolts* and earning an Emmy nomination for Lessons in Chemistry.

Now he is ready to reunite with his father onscreen and is in talks to star in the upcoming Spaceballs sequel.

The elder Pullman starred as the Han Solo-esque character Lone Starr in the Mel Brooks-directed film, which was released in 1987 and is fondly remembered for its riffs on Star Wars and other sci-fi staples, from Star Trek to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Amazon MGM Studios is behind the sequel and intends to give it a theatrical release in 2027. The studio had no comment on Pullman’s casting.

Josh Greenbaum is directing from a script by Benji Samit,...

The Schwartz is strong with this one. Daphne Zuniga will reprise her role as Princess Vespa for the upcoming “Spaceballs” sequel, which will be directed by Josh Greenbaum and written by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez and Josh Gad, who will also star. Zuniga will join original “Spaceballs” stars Bill Pullman (returning as Lone Starr), Rick Moranis (as Lord Dark Helmet) and Mel Brooks (as Yogurt), for the long-awaited legacy sequel. It was announced that Keke Palmer would also be joining the cast, with Palmer playing a new character.

Producing the new “Spaceballs” installment are Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody, Brooks, Gad and Greenbaum, with Kevin Salter, Adam Merims, Samit, and Hernandez serving as executive producers.

The original 1987 film spoofed “Star Wars” and a number of other sci-fi classics, including “Aliens,” with Pullman’s Lone Starr standing in for Han Solo, John Candy’s Barf was an even more dog-like Chewbacca surrogate,...

May the Schwartz be with you! After IndieWire reported last June that a “Spaceballs” sequel was in the works, Amazon MGM has officially announced the follow-up to the 1987 “Star Wars” spoof film directed by Mel Brooks, as well as revealed that Brooks himself will be back to star.

The 98-year-old Brooks will star in the sequel to “Spaceballs,” reprising his role as Yoda…erm, Yogurt. Brooks also shared the news in a post on X, with a video message saying they asked “what do the fans want?”

“But instead, we’re making this movie,” Brooks joked. The video also had a “Star Wars” title crawl teasing all of the endless sequels and franchises that have come out in the nearly 40 years since “Spaceballs” first was released.

I told you we’d be back pic.twitter.com/RnoklPqBX6

— Mel Brooks (@MelBrooks) June 12, 2025

And it will be 40 years by the time “Spaceballs 2” is released,...

The Schwartz is truly with us all today! Not only is the iconic Mel Brooks returning as Yogurt for Amazon MGM Studio's highly anticipated Spaceballs 2, but some of the heavyweights from the first film are also back: Rick Moranis and Bill Pullman are reprising their respective roles as Dark Helmet and Lone Starr, according to Deadline, with Keke Palmer also joining the cast. This marks the first return to the screen for Moranis in years, so get ready to "watch evil triumph," as Dark Helmet says, because "good is dumb."

Plot details on the film remain unclear, but Moranis, Pullman and Brooks appear to be gearing up for more adventures on Druidia, decades after Pullman's Lone Starr first saved Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) from the malicious Spaceballs in one of the most iconic Star Warsparodies ever made. Palmer's character is unknown, but she is expected to join the...

Josh Gad's Spaceballs sequel has its first returning cast member. Comedy legend Mel Brooks, who co-wrote and directed the original film, will be returning to play the Yoda-like sage Yogurt. Brooks played two roles in the film, but there's no indication that he'll return to the villainous role of President Skroob. Deadline reports that the film has also been added to Amazon MGM's release calendar: it is now slated to hit theaters in 2027.

So far, details about the sequel are being kept under wraps, including its title, although the original film did tease Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money. Gad will pen the film and is also expected to star in it, while Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar) will direct. The film has been facetiously described as "A Non-Prequel Non-Reboot Sequel Part Two but with Reboot Elements Franchise Expansion Film." Brooks will turn 99 later this month,...

Mel Brooks is set to reprise his role as ‘Yogurt’ in a new “Spaceballs” film, Amazon MGM Studios announced on Thursday.

The sequel to the 1987 MGM cult classic will be released in theaters in 2027.

Josh Greenbaum is directing the film from a script by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Josh Gad. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

Released in 1987, “Spaceballs” had a decent run at the box office with $38 million grossed and got mixed reviews, but in the subsequent years became one of Mel Brooks’ biggest cult hits for its parodic take on “Star Wars,” with Rick Moranis enjoying a standout role as Dark Helmet, his sendup of Darth Vader.

The “Spaceballs” sequel isn’t the first time Brooks has revisited his earlier work. Along with a Broadway musical and subsequent film remake of “The Producers” starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in 2005, the comedy legend recently produced the...

Hollywood legend Mel Brooks — who will turn 99 later this month — is officially a go to appear in an untitled Space Balls sequel that will be released in theaters in 2027 by Amazon MGM Studios, the company announced Thursday.

Brooks will reprise the role of Yogurt in the follow-up to his 1987 cult-classic comedy spoofing Star Wars and other films of the era (think of his character as a tongue-and-check Yoda). Brooks directed and co-wrote the original film, along with playing dual roles (the other was the inept President Skroob).

This time out, Josh Greenbaum is helming the comedy from a script by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez and Josh Gad, who is also rumored to star. Amazon isn’t commenting on further casting at this time.

I told you we’d be back pic.twitter.com/RnoklPqBX6

— Mel Brooks (@MelBrooks) June 12, 2025

Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody are producing the Spaceballs sequel...

Mel Brooks is set to reprise his role as Yogurt in Amazon MGM Studios’ new Spaceballs movie, the studio announced today.

Brooks, who directed and starred in the original film, had already been set to produce. Parodying Star Wars‘ Jedi Master Yoda, his character Yogurt is an alien who in the original served as a mentor to protagonist Lone Starr (Bill Pullman). Described by those who have not yet read the script as “A Non-Prequel Non-Reboot Sequel Part Two but with Reboot Elements Franchise Expansion Film,” the sequel will be released in theaters in 2027.

Plot details are being kept under wraps. Josh Greenbaum will direct from a script by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Josh Gad, as announced in June of last year. Gad is also expected to star and will produce alongside Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Jeb Brody, Brooks, and Greenbaum, with Kevin Salter, Adam Merims,...

Exclusive: Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy and Emily Rudd have rounded out the cast of 20th Century’s movie adaptation of the Daniel Kraus novel Whalefall, with Brian Duffield directing and Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin starring. Duffield will co-write the script with Kraus.

The film is described as The Martian meets 127 Hours, centering on a scuba diver in search of his deceased father’s remains who gets swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. After giving up on life, the young man is surprised to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places.

Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody and Allan Mandelbaum are producing. Mandelbaum brought the book into Imagine and previously produced Duffield’s No One Will Save You (for 20th Century Studios). Duffield will also produce. Production...

Netflix has revealed the teaser trailer and key art for The Thursday Murder Club, which will premiere on the streaming service on Thursday, August 28, 2025.

The Thursday Murder Club has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for violent content/bloody images, strong language, and some sexual references.

Based on Richard Osman’s international best-selling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees – Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley), and Joyce (Celia Imrie) – who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun.

When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

Directed by Chris Columbus, the film is the latest to be produced through the Netflix and Amblin Entertainment partnership.

The cast includes Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie,...

It’s Thursday, so it must be time for Netflix to release the teaser for Chris Columbus movie The Thursday Murder Club.

The Thursday Murder Club, based on Richard Osman’s novel of the same name, follows four retirees — Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) — who solve cold case murders for fun.

The movie also stars Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Richard E. Grant and Ingrid Oliver. Some of them are probably also restless retirees, while at least one is probably a murderer — but that’s just us playing the odds.

The Thursday Murder Club screenplay is by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote. Jennifer Todd produces with Columbus; executive producers are Osman, Eleanor Columbus (Chris Columbus’ daughter), Holly Bario and Jeb Brody. The movie is produced through Netflix’s partnership with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment.

Netflix has unveiled the first teaser for The Thursday Murder Club, its anticipated adaptation of the international bestseller by Richard Osman that is set to premiere August 28.

Directed by Chris Columbus, the murder mystery stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie as four irrepressible retirees — Elizabeth (Mirren), Ron (Brosnan), Ibrahim (Kingsley) and Joyce (Imrie) — who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

The trailer opens with Elizabeth discussing a cold case for the group to look into from May 11, 1973, involving a woman thrown out of a window and onto the street below.

“Oh my god!” says Joyce, barging in. “Isn’t this room usually for jigsaws?”

“Not on a Thursday, no,” Elizabeth says.

This is Joyce’s introduction...

Netflix has just unveiled the new teaser trailer for the upcoming film The Thursday Murder Club. The streamer also has announced the premiere date for the film on Thursday, August 28. The mystery caper stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Richard E. Grant and Ingrid Oliver. Home Alone director Chris Columbus helms the film from a screenplay by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote.

The official synopsis reads,

“Based on Richard Osman’s international bestselling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees – Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) – who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

Netflix has released the first trailer for the film adaptation of Richard Osman’s novel “The Thursday Murder Club,” directed by Chris Columbus.

According to an official synopsis, “The Thursday Murder Club” follows ex-spy Elizabeth (Mirren), ex-union activist Ron (Brosnan), ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim (Kingsley) and ex-nurse Joyce (Imrie), whose casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn when an unexpected death occurs on their doorstep.

“This is the finest cast I’ve worked with since Potter,” Columbus told Netflix. “They’re just so incredibly well-prepared, and it’s because they do everything. They do theater, they do television, they do film, and they’ve developed those sorts of muscles.”

The full cast of “The Thursday Murder Club” includes Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Richard E. Grant and Ingrid Oliver.

Produced by Columbus and Jennifer Todd, the film is the latest feature to...

What do you get when you have a home full of retirees with endless time on their hands? Well, a compelling whodunit. The highly-anticipated film adaptation of Richard Osman’s bestselling novel “The Thursday Murder Club” is almost here, with Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie playing the central foursome of sleuths. Chris Columbus directs the feature for Netflix.

“The Thursday Murder Club” centers on neighbors Elizabeth (Mirren), Ron (Brosnan), Ibrahim (Kingsley), and Joyce (Imrie) who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. “When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands,” as the synopsis teases.

The all-star cast also includes Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, and Ingrid Oliver. The film is the...

Exclusive: David Leitch’s next movie How To Rob a Bank isn’t done adding top-tier talent, with sources telling Deadline that Zoë Kravitz is set to star in the Amazon MGM Studios film. The deal reunites Kravitz with her Mad Max: Fury Road co-star Nicholas Hoult, who is also on board to star. Anna Sawai, Pete Davidson and Rhenzy Feliz are also on board.

The film, which Leitch is directing, will be released in theaters September 4, 2026.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but given Leitch’s track record of delivering on big thrills and fun set pieces in films like Bullet Train, Deadpool 2 and most recently The Fall Guy, expect something similar in scope.

87North’s Kelly McCormick and Leitch will produce alongside Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody and Allan Mandelbaum. Mark Bianculli wrote the script and will executive produce.

Besides Hoult,...

Exclusive: The Penguin breakout Rhenzy Feliz is the newest addition to the cast of How to Rob a Bank, director David Leitch’s bank heist actioner for Amazon MGM Studios, Imagine Entertainment, and 87North Productions.

Written by Mark Bianculli, the film’s plot remains under wraps for now, as does Feliz’s role alongside Nicholas Hoult, Anna Sawai, and Pete Davidson.

87North’s Kelly McCormick and Leitch will produce alongside Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody, and Allan Mandelbaum, with Bianculli exec producing. The film enters production this summer and is slated for release in theaters on September 4, 2026.

Feliz garnered rave reviews for his work alongside Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti in the Golden Globe and Critics Choice- nominated HBO series The Penguin, a limited series following the efforts of Oswald Cobb aka The Penguin (Farrell) to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham.

Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios’ David Leitch directed crime action thriller How to Rob a Bank is walking away with a September 4, 2026 Labor Day weekend release.

The pic which stars Nicholas Hoult, Pete Davidson, and Anna Sawai has a plot that’s largely under wraps, but involves smart bank robbers who share their heists on social media while evading police.

Leitch and Kelly McCormick’s 87 North is producing with Imagine Entertainment. The duo will produce alongside Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody, and Allan Mandelbaum. Mark Bianculli wrote the script and will also executive produce.

There aren’t any other wide entries dated on Labor Day weekend 2026. How to Rob a Bank opens in the frame prior to Warner Bros/DC’s Clayface on Sept. 11.

Amazon MGM Studios’ has committed to theatrical in a big way, having made a big splash at CinemaCon this year with their...

Exclusive: Following her star-making performance in the FX series Shōgun, Anna Sawai looks to have found her big follow-up. Sources tell Deadline that the Emmy winner is set to co-star in Amazon MGM Studios’ How to Rob a Bank, from director David Leitch, Imagine Entertainment and 87North Productions. Sawai joins previously announced stars Nicholas Hoult and Pete Davidson, and sources say the film will be released in theaters.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but given Leitch’s track record of delivering on big thrills and fun set pieces in films like Bullet Train, Deadpool 2 and most recently The Fall Guy, expect something similar in scope.

87North’s Kelly McCormick and Leitch will produce alongside Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody and Allan Mandelbaum. Mark Bianculli wrote the script and will executive produce.

Sawai took the town by storm last year following her Emmy-winning performance in Shogun.

Celia Imrie, Sir Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan in ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ (Photo © 2024 Netflix)

Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan star as the heads of an illegal drug empire in MobLand. In Netflix’s The Thursday Murder Club, they reunite to star as retirees who spend their free time solving murders. Sir Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie fill out the quartet of amateur sleuths.

The film, based on Richard Osman’s bestselling book, also stars Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, and Jonathan Pryce. Rounding out the ensemble are David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Richard E. Grant, and Ingrid Oliver.

“The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees—Elizabeth (Mirren), Ron (Brosnan), Ibrahim (Kingsley), and Joyce (Imrie)—who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they...

The case is officially open! The Thursday Murder Club will arrive on Netflix on Thursday, August 28, 2025. The streaming service shared a first look at photos with Vital Thrills today.

The Thursday Murder Club has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for violent content/bloody images, strong language, and some sexual references.

Based on Richard Osman’s international best-selling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees – Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley), and Joyce (Celia Imrie) – who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun.

When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

Directed by Chris Columbus, the film is the latest to be produced through the Netflix and Amblin Entertainment partnership.

The cast includes Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan,...

Netflix has released a small batch of new images from the upcoming film The Thursday Murder Club. The streamer also has announced the premiere date for the film on Thursday, August 28. The mystery caper stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman, Geoff Bell, Richard E. Grant and Ingrid Oliver. Home Alone director Chris Columbus helms the film from a screenplay by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote.

The official synopsis reads,

“Based on Richard Osman’s international bestselling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees – Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Ron (Pierce Brosnan), Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) – who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with...

Netflix has unveiled a premiere date and a set of first-look photos for The Thursday Murder Club, its adaptation of the international bestseller by Richard Osman from director Chris Columbus. The film, starring Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley, is set to premiere August 28.

Check out the stills from the film above and below.

Adapted for the screen by Katy Brand and Suzanne Heathcote, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees — Elizabeth (Mirren), Ron (Brosnan), Ibrahim (Kingsley) and Joyce (Celia Imrie) — who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

The latest film to be produced through a partnership between Netflix and Amblin Entertainment, pic also stars Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Paul Freeman,...

David Leitch's upcoming bank heist movie is untitled no more. The director's The Fall Guy follow-up movie has been officially titled How to Rob a Bank.

Additionally, Deadline is reporting that Pete Davidson is in negotiations to co-star opposite Nicholas Hoult, who joined the project last month, in How to Rob a Bank. While plot details are being kept under wraps, the movie brings together the stars of James Gunn's two DC blockbusters, 2021's The Suicide Squad and the forthcoming Superman. The project is housed at Amazon MGM Studios, with Leitch producing via his 87North with Kelly McCormick. Other producers attached to How to Rob a Bank include Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody, and Allan Mandelbaum. Mark Bianculli wrote the script for the movie and will executive produce.

How to Rob a Bank was first reported to be in development in February 2025 and will serve as Leitch's...

Exclusive: Pete Davidson is in negotiations to co-star opposite Nicholas Hoult in Amazon MGM Studios’ How to Rob a Bank, from director David Leitch, Imagine Entertainment, and 87North Productions. Leitch is directing with insiders saying the the film will be released in theaters.

Plot details are being kept under wraps but given Leitch’s track record of delivering on big thrills and fun set pieces in films like Bullet Train, Deadpool 2 and most recently The Fall Guy, expect something similar in scope. 87North’s Kelly McCormick and David Leitch will produce alongside Imagine’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody, and Allan Mandelbaum. Mark Bianculli wrote the script, for which plot details are being kept under wraps, and will executive produce.

Leitch films always tend to draw top talent and this film is no different with an A-list ensemble expected to join the cast.

Davidson most recently wrapped production on the...

Luca Guadagnino, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield flew into Vegas today to talk up their upcoming thriller After the Hunt from Amazon MGM Studios and Imagine Entertainment. It’s the filmmaker’s fourth movie with Amazon MGM Studios after Suspiria, Bones and All and Challengers. Guadagnino never dwells in one genre, or one subject, and After the Hunt is a throwback to ’90s thrillers like Michael Crichton’s Disclosure with a little Curtis Hanson’s Wonder Boys thrown in.

Set for limited domestic release on October 10, the psychological drama is about a college professor (Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student (Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Garfield), and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come into the light.

The highly anticipated prestige drama “After the Hunt” put CinemaCon in its crosshairs on Wednesday, delivering an exhilarating and deeply conflicting first look at the Julia Roberts-Luca Guadagnino film collaboration.

Heavily tipped for awards buzz already, “After the Hunt” played confidently and compelled the audience of global movie theater owners at their annual Las Vegas convention.

Roberts stars as a college professor who “finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield),” according to a synopsis. As she grapples with an ugly situation, “a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.”

In what Guadagnino teased as the best performance of Roberts’ career, the footage played shows the Oscar winner in top form as a shock-blonde, east coast academic elite. Her circle of slightly sycophantic colleagues tout her brilliance, even...

Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri brought the tense first trailer from their new thriller After the Hunt to CinemaCon.

Luca Guadagnino joined his castmembers to tease the Amazon MGM Studios film that also stars Julia Roberts and hits select theaters Oct. 10 before expanding the following week. Hailing from Imagine Entertainment, After the Hunt focuses on a college professor (Roberts) who is forced to confront her own dark past when a prominent student (Edebiri) makes an accusation against one of her colleagues (Garfield).

“I’ve wanted to work with Luca for 15, 20 years and finally we’ve gotten to do it,” Garfield told the crowd. He called Guadagnino’s work “sumptuous, sensual and life-affirming.”

Edebiri added, “This is a movie that’s built to see with other people to talk about and discuss and just feel.”

The trailer shows Edebiri coming to Roberts to confide in her. “He crossed the line,” Edebiri says of Garfield’s character.