Donald and Stephen Glover are making a live-action PUBG series for Netflix, with Donald set to star and direct. Netflix's New Stanford Prison Experiment has become the most argued-about show of the month. Plus Disney buys Divine Rivals after Paramount let the rights lapse, Laika's Wildwood opens to $12.2 million, and James Gunn says Batman casting is close.

James Bond's last screen tests are running in London, and the deciding factor is not the acting. A three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary nearly beat Clayface at the box office. Plus House of Night finally has a director, Amazon MGM buys BookTok's serial-killer romance, Poison Ivy heads to HBO, and Halloweentown 5 is in development at Disney.

Steven Soderbergh is stepping in to finish principal photography on The Batman Part II while Matt Reeves handles a family matter. Pierce Brown's Red Rising finally has a studio and a director — Francis Lawrence at Paramount. Plus Fourth Wing casts Ewan McGregor's daughter as Violet, Peacock's Crystal Lake goes back to the original New Jersey woods, and Austin Abrams got security called on him for looking too wrecked on the Whalefall set.

Peacock's Dungeon Crawler Carl is officially shooting in 2027, with the audiobook narrator cast as Princess Donut — and Carl still uncast. Paramount is making a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Plus Artemis Fowl returns as an animated Disney+ series, Crazy Rich Asians is finally getting its sequel as an HBO show, and Naruto lands a new anime and a new manga.

Neon is making its own SCP Foundation movie under an open Creative Commons license to counter A24's contested version; The It Follows sequel They Follow adds James Jordan as Maika Monroe returns; Mike Flanagan's Carrie arrives on Prime Video with Stephen King calling it brilliant; Tommy Dorfman is adapting the transgender horror novel Carrying; and The Boys creator Garth Ennis gets another comic adaptation in Freddie the Fix.

John Goodman joins HBO's The Last of Us for its likely final season alongside two actors from the games; a live-action Mary Poppins TV series is in the works that goes back to P. L. Travers' darker original books; Ari Aster's Scapegoat adds Ella Purnell, Caleb Landry Jones and Samba Schutte; a Harry Potter producer is making an AI-generated adaptation of The Call of the Wild; and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo becomes a present-day Sky series with David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn.

Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew confirms Meryl Streep as the voice of Aslan — and the director says she built it like a David Bowie rock opera; Sam Raimi is producing a movie out of the Roblox hit 99 Nights in the Forest for 20th Century Studios with Toy Story 4 Oscar winner Josh Cooley writing; the cult Japanese game Lollipop Chainsaw is getting an R-rated live-action prequel plus an animated series and a new game; Alan Ritchson is in talks to replace Jason Momoa in Sony's Helldivers film; and FX's Far Cry series adds Brendan Gleeson, Jennifer Jason Leigh and three more.

A24 is bringing the SCP Foundation to theaters in 2027 as the next V/H/S movie; Netflix is developing an animated Diablo series, with Diablo V set for spring 2029; AMC and Canal+ greenlight an eight-episode Point Break series; a new British docu-horror shoots at Pendle Hill, where ten people were hanged for witchcraft in 1612; and Peacock's Crystal Lake trailer lands ahead of an October 15 drop.

Netflix is developing a live-action Dungeons & Dragons 'Ravenloft' series from Alfonso Cuarón and John August, telling the origin of vampire Darklord Strahd von Zarovich; Kane Parsons is officially returning to direct Backrooms 2 after making A24's biggest hit ever; Zach Cregger's Resident Evil is tracking for a franchise-record opening; Netflix confirms The Inbetweeners reunion movie; and Gary Oldman claims the next James Bond has been cast, backing Jack Lowden.

Dan Stevens is cast as Alex Murphy/RoboCop in Prime Video's series from Blumhouse Atomic Monster; Tom Hanks, Willem Dafoe, Jonathan Bailey and Peter Dinklage headline Lincoln in the Bardo; Adèle Exarchopoulos joins Park Chan-wook's Western The Brigands of Rattlecreek; Kit Harington replaces Nicholas Hoult as Lockhart; and Paramount Primal adapts Nick Cutter's body-horror novel The Troop.

Alfonso Cuarón's Apple TV+ horror series Ascension casts Caitríona Balfe; Sam Neill's final film role revealed in The Legend of Zelda; Nicholas Hoult cast as Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter Season 2; Prime Video debuts the first AI-generated series; Patrick Ness adapts a Korean fantasy bestseller for Disney.

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.

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.

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.