Dave Bautista in talks for Kratos after Ryan Hurst's injury, EA's $55B Saudi acquisition closes, Eli Roth admits using generative AI in Ice Cream Man, The Mummy reboot brings back original cast, and a teen nearly made a million on Steam with a meme game.

Vincent 'Big Pussy' Pastore of The Sopranos dies at 80; Barbie sequel stalls as David Zaslav won't approve Gosling and Robbie's pay raises; Christopher Nolan says identifying storytelling mechanics doesn't invalidate them; Ariana Grande exits West End debut amid public scrutiny.

Sadie Sink revealed as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day setting up X-Men reboot; D&D announces World of Warcraft Universes Beyond crossover and Dark Sun return at Gen Con 2026; A24's Elden Ring movie with Alex Garland wraps filming; Marvel cancels Wonder Man Season 2.

Marvel dominated SDCC: Ryan Gosling lands Ghost Rider with Shawn Levy directing, David Jonsson was secretly cast as Black Panther six months ago. Mike Flanagan drops the first teaser for his Carrie series. Plus: The Odyssey leaks on X, Deadpool walks the Comic-Con floor, and Tom Holland gets brutally honest about his filmography.

Mike Flanagan is in talks to showrun Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40K series for Amazon. Jennifer Aniston and Peter Dinklage star in Olivia Wilde's 'Naughty,' a Christmas comedy where Santa testifies in a custody battle. The author of Children of Blood and Bone says she 'will not watch' the film adaptation. Jumanji: Open World trailer drops. Pedro Pascal's Behemoth! to premiere at NYFF.

Academy voters call Christopher Nolan "the definitive filmmaker of our time" after first Odyssey screenings. Universal signs deal with Atari to turn 10 classic games — Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, and more — into movies. The Dungeon Crawler Carl TV series casts audiobook star Jeff Hays as Princess Donut at SDCC. Martin McDonagh returns to Venice with Wild Horse Nine, Florian Zeller's Bunker thriller pairs Bardem and Cruz. And Johnny Depp brings Ebenezer Scrooge to Comic-Con in full regalia.

Amazon greenlights RoboCop series from Blumhouse Atomic Monster. Rolling Stone begs Hollywood to stop making Evil Dead movies — just as Universal announces a Halloween Horror Nights haunted house. Plus: La La Land finally fixes Ryan Gosling's hand, Jessica Chastain faces her doppelgänger in Other Mommy, and Gen Z discovers Homer.

Prime Video's God of War series recasts Kratos after Ryan Hurst's on-set injury. Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg confirm the Call of Duty movie will be set in the Modern Warfare universe. Hollywood studios are locked in a feeding frenzy for Gen Z horror directors Kane Parsons and Curry Barker — and the numbers explain why.

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey arrives in theaters as the first film ever shot entirely on IMAX cameras. Shia LaBeouf reportedly "exploded" on the set of The Rooster Prince in a devastating behind-the-scenes account. Olivia Wilde directs a dinner-party comedy with Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton. Netflix reveals 300 titles used generative AI in production this year, while Lorde publicly pushes back against Spotify's AI feature. FX and Color Force win a bidding war for a New Yorker article about a national park rescue squad.

Blade Runner 2099 gets its first SDCC panel in 9 years with Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer. Hugo-nominated "I AM AI" novelette optioned for feature film. WB Animation revives Dark Shadows as adult animated series. YouTube-born directors behind Obsession and Backrooms have rewritten box office rules with $700M+ combined. Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive lands at Apple TV with 10-episode first season.

Marvel concept art gives the first look at Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom mask and returning X-Men. Christopher Nolan says young audiences are rejecting 'AI slop' and defends The Odyssey's modern dialogue. Disney's live-action Moana opens to a weak $43M while the Michael Jackson biopic crosses $1 billion. Plus: Emmy nominations, Legally Blonde goes series, and Evil Dead Burn brings French brutality to theaters.

Lionsgate launches a global search for Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. Dan Trachtenberg's animated Freddy the 13th gets a Friday the 13th release. Anne Hathaway spent a week becoming Harley Quinn — Nolan had other plans. Plus: AHS Coven returns and Emmy Rossum's Shameless pay battle.

Nolan's Odyssey earns raves as a Best Picture frontrunner, a $750K horror film crosses $400M, HBO recasts a Potter Weasley, and Sanderson's Cosmere finds a home at Apple TV.

Spielberg returns to horror with The Mandela Catalogue, Warner Bros wins a bidding war for Siren Head, Netflix greenlights medieval fantasy Barbaric, and more niche genre pre-production exclusives.

Netflix drops the trailer for Louis Leterrier's sci-fi horror The Last House with Greta Lee and Wagner Moura. Midjourney tries to force Disney and Warner Bros to reveal their AI use. David Fincher and Zach Cregger secretly shaped a Netflix horror game. Plus: Touch Me alien body horror, Hugh Jackman's Wolverine legacy, and Rhythm Heaven Groove returns.

Paul Dano joins the cult horror remake Possession, Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman movie lands at Neon, Timothée Chalamet voices an alien love story, Colin Farrell leads an Irish revenge thriller, and A24's Backrooms gets 16 minutes of new footage.

Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour reunite as father-daughter spies, Supergirl stumbles, Jonah Hill's Cut Off is "unreleasable," Madonna rejects AI, and Gen Z demands "chalant" relationships.

The Bear says goodbye, Phoebe Bridgers returns with a sword, the James Bond race heats up, Tom Hardy drops a rap album, and Nolan wrestles with IMAX anxiety.

Pre-production exclusives, casting before it catches fire, and niche genre nuggets — Pattinson as Chris Hansen, Todd Haynes' noir with Pedro Pascal, Billie Eilish in The Bell Jar, and more.