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- Deadline· 5 Oct‘The Batman Part II’ Production Paused As Matt Reeves Steps Away For Personal Reasons
EXCLUSIVE: Production is pausing on the Warner Bros and DC Studios pic The Batman Part II due to director Matt Reeves stepping away for personal reasons. The studio on Monday released a statement on the matter.
- Deadline· 5 OctBillboard Acquires ‘Cosmic Symphony,’ Laura Karpman Documentary On Iconic Instruments Lost In LA Wildfires: “A Requiem And A Celebration”
EXCLUSIVE: Billboard has acquired Cosmic Symphony, the directorial debut of Oscar-nominated composer Laura Karpman that explores irreplaceable musical instruments lost in the Los Angeles wildfires, and the artists who owned them.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 5 OctGaza Documentary ‘NAZA’ Sparks IDF Counter Film to Rebut Venice Winner
‘NAZA: The Real Story’ by Israeli director Roi Danino is looking to pull the narrative back from fellow filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and producer Jonathan Glazer.
NAZA - The Hollywood Reporter· 5 OctInside the ‘Verity’ Adaptation: Crafting a Mystery Where Nothing Is Certain
Director Michael Showalter and author Colleen Hoover on the choices that keep viewers guessing, from an unreliable manuscript to a letter and an ending open to interpretation.
Verity - Variety· 5 OctSebastian Stan Challenges Audiences to Question Their Own ‘Belief Systems’ at ‘Fjord’ Premiere: ‘There’s More to Just Simply Being Right’
Sebastian Stan stars in “Fjord” as a conservative Romanian father who faces religious discrimination after moving with his family to his wife’s (Renate Reinsve) progressive, remote Norwegian hometown.
- Deadline· 5 OctEmily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro And Josh Brolin Returning For ‘Sicario 3’ From Black Label And Thunder Road With ‘The Weight’s Padraic McKinley To Direct
EXCLUSIVE: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin look ready to return to the land of the wolves as sources tell Deadline that Black Label Media and Thunder Road are brining back the team for Sicario 3.
Also atThe Hollywood Reporter, - Deadline· 5 OctAlcon Eyes UK Series Adaptations Of ‘Insomnia’ & ‘Prisoners’ After Launch Of Diego Piasek-Run International Studio Arm
EXCLUSIVE: Alcon, the company behind Practical Magic 2 and Blade Runner 2049, is heading into Mipcom with a new international studio division and plans to adapt a number of its movies into UK series.
- Deadline· 5 OctIAG Signs ‘What Happened To Doris?’ Director Nick Simon Off Fantastic Fest Premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Nick Simon has inked with IAG following the Fantastic Fest premiere of his supernatural horror flick What Happened to Doris?, which stars fellow agency client Heather Graham. Based on a true story, What Happened to Doris?
- Vulture· 5 OctDigger Is Officially the Flop of the Year
It caps off a calamitous box-office year for Warner Bros., just as Skydance is set to take over the studio Tuesday.
- Variety· 5 OctHammer Films Boss John Gore on Resurrecting the British Horror Icon, Plans to Remake the Classics and Why Christopher Lee Was the ‘Greatest Dracula’
In the credits for the “Paranormal Activity” stage play currently running on the West End before it heads off to Broadway next year, next to Blumhouse, which produced the original hit film franchise, sits the name of one of cinema’s most historic and iconic horror brands…
- Variety· 5 Oct‘I Play Rocky,’ ‘Paper Tiger’ and ‘Josephine’ Among Coronado Island Film Festival 2026 Lineup
“I Play Rocky,” “Paper Tiger” and “Josephine” are among the 140 narrative features, documentaries and short films set to screen during the Coronado Island Film Festival’s 11th season. The festival will run from Nov. 4 through 8.
- Variety· 5 OctDominga Sotomayor’s Cannes’ Directors Fortnight Film ‘La Perra’ Sells Internationally
Dominga Sotomayor’s “La Perra,” which premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and won the Palm Dog Award, has scored a raft of international sales for Paris-based sales outfit Lucky Number.
- Vulture· 5 OctAlejandro G. Iñárritu Stands by Digger
“It’s a provoking film. That’s the role of a film for me — let’s start the conversation.”
- Variety· 5 OctRiley Keough and Director Clay Tweel Board First Responder Psychedelic Therapy Doc ‘Under Fire’ as Executive Producers (EXCLUSIVE)
Riley Keough and Clay Tweel have joined Brandon Kapelow’s documentary “Under Fire” as executive producers. “Under Fire” follows Rob, a veteran Idaho fire captain living with PTSD who has spent decades responding to emergencies and saving other people.
- IndieWire· 5 OctReview‘What Can’t Be Mentioned’ Review: Dan Sallitt Returns with a Sequel to His Beloved Incest Drama ‘The Unspeakable Act’
Tallie Mendel reprises their role as Jackie, whose feelings for her older brother reignite when she learns that he expects a child.
What Can't Be Mentioned - Deadline· 5 Oct‘The Complete Kubrick’: How Michael Chaiken & Criterion Created The First Full Collection Of Stanley Kubrick’s Filmworks
This month, Criterion will release The Complete Kubrick, a thirty-disc collector’s edition that will present, for the first time, all 13 films directed by Stanley Kubrick, alongside his three early short films. All the titles have been given new 4K restorations.
- IndieWire· 5 OctJohn Turturro on ‘Only Living Pickpocket,’ Wishing the Coen Brothers Would Reunite and Why Hollywood Ignores the Working Class
Turturro also steals the show in Tom McCarthy's "A Statement," which premiered at the New York Film Festival.
A Statement - IndieWire· 5 Oct‘Manhood’ Trailer: The World of Penis Enlargement Gets a Bizarre and Sensitive Documentary
Exclusive: Director Daniel Lombroso's 2026 SXSW premiere understands the humor inherent to male insecurity.
Manhood - Deadline· 5 OctBBC Names Ex-‘Panorama’ Editor Rachel Jupp As Director Of News
The biggest job in British journalism officially has a new occupant. Rachel Jupp, the former editor of Panorama, has been named as the BBC’s next director of news, replacing Deborah Turness, who dramatically resigned last November amid an explosive editorial scandal over Donald…
- Variety· 5 OctDavid Ellison Names Skydance Corp.’s New Leadership Team for Movies, TV, Streaming and More
David Ellison, on the eve of officially closing the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger to form Skydance Corp., has announced his picks for the senior execs to run his new company.
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