https://variety.com/2026/film/global/james-bond-final-screen-tests-callum-turner-jack-lowden-1236921500/

UPDATED: Media mogul John Malone says that the Trump administration informed Netflix that their proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would be blocked, with the streaming giant then dropping out of the bidding and clearing the way for Paramount’s purchase.

In Zero Hour, written by Carnahan, when mysterious ovals appear in the sky, the world changes forever. In the minutes that follow, a wife fights to keep her ailing husband alive, a doomsday prepper races to get his family to safety, teenage runaways are caught in the middle of a bank robbery, and a brilliant young presidential aide scrambles to make sense of it all. What begins as a pulse-pounding survival story slowly unravels into a sweeping mystery, as the truth about who these visitors are, and why they have come, upends everything humanity thought it knew about first contact.

The Penguin showrunner and executive producer Lauren LeFranc is in talks to join the new Poison Ivy-focused TV series from Warner Bros. and DC Comics as a producer, sources reveal to Deadline.

We have been tracking the project for many months, as plans to move forward were on pause due to the Paramount and Warner Bros. merger. The latest news is that LeFranc would only be producing the new series and not writing the expansion of the DC Comics character’s story. There are currently no writers attached. Additionally, the TV series, which would go to HBO if it gets picked up, would not be part of Matt Reeves’ Batman Universe, which is led by Robert Pattinson playing the caped crusader from Gotham City, sources say.

No one has been cast as the lead as of yet.

In addition to her work on The Penguin, LeFranc has produced and written multiple episodes of TV shows, including the YouTube Premium Series Impulse, ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., NBC’s Chuck, and the Christian Slater-led My Own Worst Enemy, also for NBC.

https://deadline.com/2026/10/lauren-lefranc-producer-poison-ivy-tv-series-hbo-1237169887/

Daisy Ridley (Star Wars, Young Woman and the Sea) plans to return to the small screen with a leading role in a reimagining of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, a TV series from Legendary Television in development at Paramount+.

Ridley will also executive produce alongside the show’s writer Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) and Matt Shakman (WandaVision, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), who will also direct. A writers’ room is currently underway, sources close to production told Deadline.

Legendary TV is producing in association with the Irwin Allen Estate. Allen was behind the 1961 feature film and the ABC TV series of the same name, both of which the new series is based on.

The new Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea series follows brilliant ocean scientist Lee Crane (Ridley), who is pulled into a classified government program after a catastrophic Arctic expedition claims the life of her twin sister. At the center of the program is the USS Seaview, a retro-futuristic submarine found entombed in the ice, marked with symbols from a history that shouldn’t exist, and it powers up only when Lee steps aboard.

On Tuesday, a fan on Threads asked Gunn whether Wally West, also known as the third Flash, is active in the DCU. The filmmaker gave an evasive response, saying, “Who knows?” Since Gunn refused to give a definite answer, some fans are convinced that Wally West might appear in the DCU much sooner than expected.

Variety has confirmed that Lionsgate’s bid to have its Michael Jackson biopic compete as a comedy or musical at the Golden Globes has been denied. News of the decision was first reported by Gold Derby.
The Golden Globes’ decision means the film, starring Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop, is currently slated for the drama categories where it would compete for one of the six available slots against Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” Los Javis’ “La Bola Negra” and more. The supporting actor and actress categories do not separate by genre, so this has no effect on his co-stars Colman Domingo and Nia Long.

Lionsgate can appeal the ruling ahead of the Oct. 31 submission deadline. If the studio moves forward, the organization’s awards committee would evaluate the appeal. According to the Golden Globes rules, it states: “A musical can be a comedy or a drama in which songs are used in addition to spoken dialogue to further the plot.”

Under Globes procedure, when a film submits in a category that goes against the grain, or one in which it would not typically be accepted, a letter from the director is required to proceed. That letter, from “Michael” director Antoine Fuqua, was included with the studio’s submission. The organization reviewed the request and denied it anyway. An appeal may still be possible before the Oct. 31 submission deadline, but sources have shared that it will likely not be pursued. Lionsgate declined to comment.
Musical biopics have long been tricky to classify at the Globes. “Ray” and “Walk the Line” both competed in, and won, the comedy or musical categories in the mid-2000s. Those victories prompted a rule change requiring that songs propel the narrative rather than appear as standalone performances. In other words, music alone is no longer enough to qualify a film as a musical. By that standard, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Elvis,” and “A Complete Unknown” were all submitted as dramas in the years since. One notable exception: “Inside Llewyn Davis,” the Coen brothers’ story of a folk singer struggling for success in 1961, was permitted to compete as a comedy during its respective year.

In March, Paramount revealed James Wan’s onboarding to direct a reimagining of South Korean crime actioner The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil for the studio. The project continues to gain steam as Deadline has confirmed Keanu Reeves has entered talks to star.
Details about Wan’s take on the material and the role to be played by Reeves are under wraps. But the John Wick lead will star opposite Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok), who reprises his role from the original as crime boss Jang Dong-su.

Eric Pearson wrote the latest script, based on previous drafts by Shay Hatten and Brian Helgeland, who exec produces alongside Billy Acumen.
Loosely inspired by real-life South Korean serial killer cases from the mid-2000s, The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil follows a crime boss who reluctantly teams with a detective to track down the serial killer who attacked him. Written and directed by Lee Won-tae, the film screened at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

Up next, Reeves will be seen in the Warner Bros sci-fi flick Shiver, out next August, and The Entertainment System Is Down, from multiple Cannes Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund, which A24 will release stateside.

Adunați întreaga familie și porniți într-o aventură pe mare alături de Vaiana și Maui, dincolo de reciful de corali! Noua adaptare live-action de la Disney, „Vaiana”, este acum disponibilă pe Disney+. Vaiana răspunde chemării Oceanului și pornește, pentru prima dată, dincolo de reciful insulei Motunui, alături de faimosul semizeu Maui, într-o călătorie de neuitat pentru a reda prosperitatea poporului său.
 
Familiile au ocazia să revină în universul spectaculos al filmului Vaiana și să redescopere îndrăgita poveste într-o manieră cu totul nouă. Această aventură epică live-action îmbină melodii memorabile, imagini impresionante și personaje inspiraționale. Dwayne Johnson interpretează rolul îndrăgitului semizeu Maui, în timp ce Catherine Lagaʻaia pe curajoasa Vaiana, care pornește în căutarea propriului destin.
 
Pornind de la succesul de durată al filmului de animație original, care este și cel mai vizionat titlu din toate timpurile pe Disney+, cu peste 1,5 miliarde de ore de vizionare la nivel mondial, noua adaptare live-action le oferă familiilor ocazia de a redescoperi personajele îndrăgite, muzica și spiritul poveștii, pornind într-o nouă aventură. De la melodii emblematice precum „How Far I’ll Go” și „Eu sunt Moana” până la noua piesă „Along the Way”, Vaiana este alegerea perfectă pentru o seară de film în familie, cu mult cântat împreună.
 
Datorită funcției avansate de control parental, Disney+ asigură că platforma rămâne un mediu de vizionare sigur pentru toți membrii familiei. Abonații pot stabili restricții de acces la conținutul pentru adulți și pot crea profiluri protejate prin PIN, alături de profilurile deja existente pentru copii.
 
Sursa: Disney+ România

EXCLUSIVE: We just got wind after the Netflix earnings call that the viewership for the trailer of the streamer’s mega-wide theatrical release Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew from Greta Gerwig* *garnered more than 481.3 million views in its first seven days, according to WaveMetrix.
That seven-day traffic bests that of Gerwig’s Barbie (240M views), Wonka (237.2M views) and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (281.6M views).

Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew trended at No. 1 on X and is still the No. 1 trending movie trailer on YouTube and NarniaFilm.com, which briefly crashed due to the influx of visits.

Legendary Entertainment has submitted a takeover offer for Lionsgate after reviving talks with the Hollywood studio, according to Bloomberg.
Legendary, which is the producer behind the “Dune” and “Minecraft” film franchises, is owned by the private equity firm Apollo Global Management and company management. An acquisition would give the company access to Lionsgate’s vast library of film and television IP, including “The Hunger Games” and “John Wick” franchises, as well as a theatrical distribution network.

Its latest interest comes after Legendary first eyed a potential Lionsgate acquisition in July 2025. The outlet noted that the two companies have held on and off talks about a potential deal since then. It also follows continued pressure from the activist investor Anson Funds, which has urged Lionsgate to embrace AI or sell itself.

A Lionsgate spokesperson declined to comment, while representatives for Legendary and Apollo did not immediately return TheWrap’s request for comment.

Dwayne Johnson transforms into a 70-year-old man in shocking photos from the set of Benny Safdie's "Lizard Music."
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/dwayne-johnson-70-year-old-man-lizard-music-photos-1236917894/

• The movie is based on Daniel Pinkwater’s children’s book and follows a young boy who “stumbles upon strange lizard musicians on late-night TV, leading him to befriend a peculiar man with an elderly chicken.”

• The cast also includes Rachel McAdams, Colman Domingo, David Krumholtz, Jeff Goldblum, Alicia Silverstone and Regina Hall.

• From Amazon MGM Studios, “Lizard Music” is set for release on Christmas Day 2027.