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- Deadline· 9 OctDisney Heist Doc ‘Stolen Kingdom’ Heads To Mipcom
EXCLUSIVE: Stolen Kingdom, Joshua Bailey’s documentary about the lucrative black market for stolen props at Walt Disney World, is heading to Mipcom after BayView Entertainment acquired the international rights.
- Vulture· 9 OctNice Try, Other Mommy
Jessica Chastain’s new horror film has some fun imagery and some troubling ideas, but it doesn’t know what to do with any of it.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 9 OctReview‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’ Review: Kal Penn Plays Anna Nicole Smith’s Physician in a Moldy and Misguided Bio-Dramedy
Abbie Cornish co-stars as the famous model and reality TV star in this film about the man charged with various crimes after her death from a drug overdose.
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor - Deadline· 9 OctFocus Features & Blumhouse-Atomic Monster Snap Up Micro-Budget Horror Film ‘Play House’ From Nicolas Curcio
EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster have snapped up Play House, a micro-budget horror film from Nicolas Curcio, in a competitive situation, sources tell Deadline. We’re told this was a seven-figure deal for worldwide rights, excluding Latin America and India.
- Deadline· 9 OctDanny Boyle Says ‘28 Years Later: Part III’ Is Currently On The “Back Burner”
“It’s on the back burner at the moment,” Danny Boyle concluded this afternoon during a Q&A at the London Film Festival when asked about the current status of 28 Years Later: Part III.
- Deadline· 9 OctGeeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard, Alisa Payne Board ICE-Themed Oscar Contender ‘Water Cooler’ As EPs
EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award nominees Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard, and Alisa Payne are joining the Oscar-contending short documentary Water Cooler as executive producers. Emma V.F.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 9 OctRobby Hoffman Snags Stand-Up Sequel at Netflix
The Emmy nominee, who debuted her first stand-up special on the streamer in December 2025, has struck a deal to return to Netflix with a new one-hour special set to debut globally in 2027.
- Vulture· 9 OctSebastian Stan Wants the Hard Parts
The Marvel star is making risky career choices — most recently in the Cannes favorite Fjord.
- Variety· 9 OctThe Lumière Festival’s Classic Film Market Gains International Reach, Honors Greece and Spotlights Taiwan as Heritage Films Grow in Market Value
LYON, France — Classic film markets are ever more international and so is the International Classic Film Market (MIFC), part of Lyon’s Lumière Festival and one of the world’s very rare business meets and marts for the heritage film business.
- Variety· 9 OctAustralian Classic ‘Caddie,’ Considered a Landmark Film of Australia’s New Wave, Acquired by Potential Films Ahead of Lumière Film Festival Premiere
Potential Films, one of Australia’s leading independent distributors, has acquired worldwide rights to the newly restored 1976 drama “Caddie,” by Donald Crombie.
- Variety· 9 OctGlauber Rocha’s Long-Forgotten 1970 Anti-Fascist Work ‘Cabezas Cortadas,’ Undergoing 6K Restoration, Set to be Presented at Lyon’s Classic Film Market
Glauber Rocha’s 1970 work “Cabezas Cortadas” (“Cutting Heads”) will be among the anticpated restorations in progress presented at this year’s International Classic Film Market (MIFC), taking place during the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon.
- IndieWire· 9 OctAre There Too Many Horror Movies?
A crowded October calendar, filmmaker Joseph Kahn's recent Hollywood Reporter festival column, and excited fans complaining of burnout raise different questions about the genre's popularity.
- Deadline· 9 Oct‘Paranormal Activity’ To Haunt Broadway For Eight Additional Weeks
Paranormal Activity, Levi Holloway’s hit, critically acclaimed stage chiller inspired by the famous Paramount film franchise, has been extended for eight additional weeks at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre.
- IndieWire· 9 Oct‘Bird in Hand’ Trailer: A Wedding on ‘Rebranded’ Plantation Is Just the Start in Farcical Film Unafraid of Real Drama
Exclusive: Melody C. Roscher's feature filmmaking debut draws on her own life, combining the outrageous and the very real indeed.
Bird in Hand - Deadline· 9 OctVenice Winner ‘A Day In The Life Of Jo: Chapter Phaedra’ Gets North American Deal
EXCLUSIVE: 1-2 Special has acquired all North American rights to Jacqueline Lentzou’s A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra, which had its world premiere at the 2026 Venice Film Festival in Orizzonti, where it was awarded the Best Director Prize.
Also atIndieWire - The Hollywood Reporter· 9 OctReview‘The French Connection’: THR’s 1971 Review
On Oct. 9, 1971, the William Friedkin thriller starring Gene Hackman hit theaters enroute to winning the best picture Oscar.
The French Connection - The Hollywood Reporter· 9 OctU.K. Box Office Back to Full Health — But What Lessons Do We Learn?
Will the IMAX hype hold? Why does A24 deserve credit? Cinema programmers at three major theatrical players put their heads together and agree on the audience appetite for filmmakers with original stories.
- Variety· 9 OctBrad Bird’s ‘Ray Gunn,’ ‘Toy Story 5’ and Roger Deakins Lead View Conference Lineup as AI Debate Takes Center Stage
Brad Bird, Roger Deakins and the teams behind “Toy Story 5,” “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “Project Hail Mary” head to Turin next week for the 27th View Conference, where AI and the economics of animation and VFX are set to dominate the agenda.
Also atIndieWire - Deadline· 9 OctSymbioz Films Boards Cutthroat Istanbul Real Estate World-Set Drama ‘Sevda’ & Unveils Trailer
EXCLUSIVE: Symbioz Films has boarded sales on Swiss Turkish director Ufuk Emiroglu’s debut fiction feature Sevda, set against the backdrop of Istanbul’s cutthroat real estate world, and released a trailer.
- Deadline· 9 Oct‘Digger’ Delights ‘Homeland’ Star Mandy Patinkin: “One Of The Greatest Films I Have Ever Seen”
Mandy Patinkin really digs Digger. In an effusive video message, posted soon after watching Digger in a theater, the Homeland star implored his followers to ignore the haters and watch Tom Cruise’s ecological disaster movie. Patinkin described Alejandro G.
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