Image: Legendary Legendary’s Street Fighter movie is in full production, with a release date scheduled for 16th October, 2026. The film, which will be the first of a three year alliance between the filmmaker and Paramount, will be set in 1993 – around the same time the legendary Street Fighter 2 dominated arcades. As we’ve been reporting for a while, …
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“Cautiously optimistic” is how one seller characterizes the prospective acquisition landscape as the 50th Toronto Film Festival kicks off Thursday with starry indies featuring Chris Evans, James McAvoy, Vince Vaughn, Amanda Seyfried, Angelina Jolie and Sydney Sweeney. An abundance of product isn’t the problem coming out of Venice and Telluride and segueing into TIFF, rather it’s the fastidiousness of buyers …
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Will Smith has found a new home at Paramount Pictures. The movie star and his Westbrook banner, which he runs with wife Jada Pinkett Smith, have inked a first-look deal with a focus on developing four-quadrant theatrical movies, emphasizing projects based on IP and franchise plays. The projects will be developed as starring vehicles for the Oscar winner. Under the …
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From Sydney Sweeney throwing punches to a new ‘Knives Out’ whodunnit, and not one but two Charli XCX movies — these are the films to catch at TIFF Film lovers, go north! This year’s Toronto International Film Festival kicks off on September 4th, promising 10 days of awards-season hopefuls, big-name docs, long-awaited labors of love, and imports coming everywhere from …
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The summer movie season may be officially over, but the biggest movie of the summer (and the year, for that matter) is coming to streaming. That’s “Lilo & Stitch,” Disney’s live-action remake of the 2002 animated classic that remains Hollywood’s only $1 billion grosser of the the year so far. The family blockbuster debuts on Disney+ and is sure to …
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From a Bruce Springsteen biopic to a new PTA drama, a new ‘Avatar’ and the ‘Wicked’ sequel — everything you need to see this awards season Ah yes, the autumn months — when the leaves turn brown, the air becomes chillier, school is back in session, and talk turns to “BUT WHAT ARE ITS OSCAR CHANCES?!?” Looking over the year’s …
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As we learned from the original Spinal Tap, all things must pass — or choke on someone else’s vomit, or die in a bizarre gardening accident, or explode onstage. So it’s appropriate that the film’s long-delayed sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (in theaters Sept. 12), functions as a very funny elegy for the entire rock & roll era, …
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Netflix has announced everything coming to the streaming service in September 2025, and there’s one big name that will be dominating Netflix this month: “Wednesday.” Yes, the hit horror comedy is back for season 2 (again), but this time we’re getting the epic conclusion to the murder mystery rather than being left on a cliffhanger like last month. That’s not …
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Mark Jenkin makes movies that feel unearthed from the deep, dark recesses of the subconscious, where names, faces, emotions, and events are tethered together by hazy associate links. As with 2022’s Enys Men, the Cornish writer/director’s Rose of Nevada—premiering at the Venice Film Festival—imagines water as a conduit for facilitating and strengthening those connections, as well as exists in a …
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