Stranger Things star Sadie Sink will join Tom Holland in the fourth Spider-Man film.

Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is helming the movie that is currently untitled. Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna penned the screenplay.

The plot for the fourth Spider-Man is being kept under wraps, with the last film, No Way Home, ending with the world forgetting that teenager Peter Parker was Spider-Man, including Mj (Zendaya). It is unclear who Sink will play in the film.

Holland teased the fourth film last year during a stop on Good Morning America, saying, “The idea is crazy. It’s a little different to anything we’ve done before, but I think the fans are gonna really respond to it.”

Sony Pictures has set a theatrical release for July 31, 2026.

Holland was last seen onscreen as the heroic web-slinger in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, which...

Amazon MGM Studios is in development on a biopic about Tiger Woods, with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground banner in talks to produce.

The studio picked up the film rights to Kevin Cook’s book, The Tiger Slam, and King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green is in talks to helm the film adaptation, with Winkler Films also producing.

Cook, a former Sports Illustrated senior editor and editor in chief of Golf Magazine, in The Tiger Slam offers an inside look at the early streak of victories that left Woods far ahead of his rivals on the pro golf tour. The book includes accounts from Wood’s caddie, his coach, opponents and supporters.

After reaching the pinnacle of his sport, however, Woods faced a deep fall from grace caused by a maelstrom of grief over the death of his father, Earl Woods, sex addiction and the physical toll from...

Bleecker Street has nabbed the U.S. distribution rights to the 1984 cult comedy This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.

Both films are directed by Rob Reiner, with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer reprising their roles as the fictional English heavy metal band Spinal Tap in the latest outing. Spinal Tap II follows the band as they reunite after a 15-year break for one final concert, according to a synopsis from the producers.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues will get a wide theatrical release on Sept. 12, and has Reiner returning in the onscreen role of documentarian Martin “Marty” Dibergi, in addition to cameos by Elton John, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood.

“We feel privileged for the opportunity to work with Rob Reiner and the brilliant minds behind the original This Is Spinal Tap, and to be part of...

Jack Quaid-led action comedy “Novocaine” will vie with last weekend’s champion “Mickey 17” for the top spot on box office charts.

Based on projections, “Novocaine” should lead the way with $10 million to $12 million from 3,300 North American theaters in its first weekend of release. The film, from Paramount Pictures, cost $18 million. In “Novocaine,” Quaid plays an introverted everyman with the inability to feel pain, which he uses to his advantage after his dream girl is taken hostage in a bank robbery.

Those ticket sales should be enough to topple “Mickey 17,” which is expected to decline by 55% to 60% from its $19 million debut, putting second-weekend revenues around $8 million to $9 million. So far, the dystopian sci-fi comedy from Bong Joon Ho and Robert Pattinson has generated $20.5 million domestically and $54 million globally. Those grosses aren’t bad for an original, offbeat film in this theatrical landscape — except that “Mickey 17” cost $118 million...

Netflix has greenlit a remake of Stephen King’s novel “Cujo,” a horror story about a mother and son who get trapped in their car while protecting themselves from a rabid dog.

Roy Lee (“Barbarian”) will produce the reboot, which has yet to attach a writer, director or cast members, per Deadline, which broke the news of the project. King’s 1981 book was first adapted for the screen in the 1983 feature film of the same name, directed by Lewis Teague and starring Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Danny Pintauro. At the box office, “Cujo” earned $21 million worldwide (not adjusted for inflation) against a $6 million budget.

King’s novels, in genres ranging from horror and sci-fi to crime and fantasy, have been rich material for Hollywood, with films such as “Carrie,” “The Shining,” “Shawshank Redemption,” “Stand By Me,” “It” and the sequel “It: Chapter Two.”

Edgar Wright is currently adapting...

Shifting the attention from starry premieres at Austin’s Paramount Theatre to the independent film and TV projects that make up the majority of its lineup, the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival has announced the jury awards for its 2025 edition.

Amy Wang’s “Slanted” won the narrative feature competition, rewarding the tonal and thematic audacity of a high school comedy with boundary-pushing “The Substance” vibes. Wang, who also wrote the upcoming “Crazy Rich Asians” sequel, challenges beauty standards in a culture that idealizes whiteness, imagining a Chinese American teen (Shirley Chen) so desperate to be elected prom queen that she undergoes a radical identity-reconstruction procedure (she’s played by Mckenna Grace post-operation). The insecure teen immediately enjoys the perks of white privilege, but isn’t at all prepared for the downsides.

“This unflinching satirical thriller examines racial identity in a bold and skin-tingling new way,” said the jury, praising...

The South by Southwest Film & TV Festival announced its award winners for the 2025 festival, with “Crazy Rich Asians” writer Amy Wang’s film “Slanted” winning the top prize in the Narrative Feature Competition.

IndieWire’s review called Wang’s body horror high school film a combination of “Mean Girls” and “The Substance.” The film is seeking U.S. distribution.

The narrative feature jury, which included IndieWire’s own Executive Editor Ryan Lattanzio, also gave Annapurna Sriram’s “Fucktoys” the Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate, while Amanda Peet won the Performance award for her work in Matthew Shear’s debut film “Fantasy Life.” Benjamin Flaherty’s film “Shuffle” won the top Documentary prize.

Neon also awarded a special prize to director Grace Glowicki of “Dead Lover,” which just picked up distribution out of SXSW after it initially premiered at Sundance.

Check out the full list of SXSW winners below:

The...

For the most part, eclectic indie writer/director Chad Hartigan has made an entire career out of taking his own personal experiences and spinning them into something different or turning them on their head entirely (see “Morris From America”). Lately, the filmmaker’s been branching out, making films based on other people’s original ideas, and he continues in this vein with the dramatic, romantic comedy “The Threesome.”

But if a movie about a sexual troika gone awry sounds like a bad, broad romantic comedy, keep in mind who the thoughtful filmmaker is here.

Continue reading ‘The Threesome’ Review: Zoey Deutch Leads A Heartfelt Look At Sex, Love & Pregnancy In Chad Hartigan’s Sincere RomCom [SXSW] at The Playlist.

“Oh wow, we can take 34th Street,” Cliff (Michael Strassner) mentions to Didi (Liz Larsen) making their way to a Christmas Eve party in “The Balitmorons,” clearly appreciating the serendipity of an avenue associated with the holiday. Didi though, shows no sentimentality in suggesting a different route. Director Jay Duplass finds a road somewhere between those two lanes to make a joyful yet bittersweet comedy. Primed to become a seasonal standard, the film tracks two lost souls who find comfort in one another as all the other family get-togethers spark the loneliest of nights.

Both Cliff and Didi are in for a rough go of it; the two meet due to a chipped tooth that the former suffers on the way over to the family home of his girlfriend Brittany (Olivia Luccardi). Didi, a dentist, is one of the few in town to take an appointment during the holiday; for her,...

“There’s always a little bit of truth in legends,” Ahsoka once said on “Star Wars: Rebels.”

That line was a little Easter Egg to fans to assuage them about how the pre-Disney takeover “Star Wars” stories — told in decades-worth of novels, comics, and video games — might still live on in the official canon. It also applies a bit to the show “Star Wars: Underworld,” George Lucas’s ambitious, but ultimately scrapped live-action TV series he was developing in the years after “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith” hit theaters in 2005.

Little bits of information have leaked about the show over the years. One thing was certain: Per its title, it was set in the demimonde of the galaxy far, far away, among its scoundrels, and smugglers, and bounty hunters and assorted other criminals. But now Rick McCallum, the producer best associated with the “Star Wars” prequels, who...

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We waited a long, long time for director Ridley Scott to make a sequel to his beloved 2000 Best Picture-winning classic, "Gladiator." That sequel arrived in late 2024 in the form of "Gladiator II." Though not nearly as roundly praised as its predecessor, the sequel did finish as one of the highest-grossing movies of the year, and it did so without bringing back its previous star, Oscar-winner Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius. That's because Maximus died in the first one ... but that didn't prevent the writers from trying to bring him back anyway.

In a recent interview with The Direct, screenwriter Peter Craig revealed that there was, at one point, a scene that would have brought back Crowe as Maximus. This would have taken place towards the end of the film and it would have happened via a flashback with Paul Mescal's Lucius,...

“Reeling” opens with a long, ominous one-shot in which the familiar experience of returning home takes on a strange, uncanny hue. Ryan (Ryan Wuestewald) arrives at his family’s Oahu estate, after an unspecified time away. As the camera trails behind him and he walks the ground of the homestead, he encounters a parade of family friends who greet him warmly, and who he looks at almost like they’re aliens. Even his siblings, Meg (Nikki DeParis) and John (Hans Christopher), are treated with initial hesitation before they (re)introduce themselves. As a quiet panic becomes obvious in Ryan’s eyes, the happy return begins to feel like a nightmare.

Executive-produced by Werner Herzog, whose influence can be felt in the film’s mix of improv and scripted scenes, “Reeling” frequently pauses the narrative to observe the young, attractive party at the celebratory luau Meg throws for her birthday, as they play volleyball,...

Carrie-Anne Moss recently gave an interview to The Independent and said she has no regrets after pulling back from her acting career amid the skyrocketing success of “The Matrix” franchise. Moss starred as Trinity opposite Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne in the Wachowski’s 1999 action classic and its two sequels, “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions,” both released in 2003. She strategically declined major offers after the trilogy wrapped in order to become a mom and prioritize her family.

“After ‘The Matrix’ was such a big deal, I took a big, big break to have children and be with them,” Moss told the publication. “I remember being torn, having a little twinge like ‘Gosh, I’m getting offered such great things. That would be such a huge deal.’ And I was holding my baby in my arms, and I remember thinking, ‘At the end of my life, will it matter...

SXSW announced the winners of its film and television jury and special awards on Wednesday night, with Amy Wang’s Slanted earning Narrative Feature Competition honours and Shuffle by Benjamin Flaherty taking correponding documentary honours.

The Narrative Feature Competition Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate went to Annapurna Sriram forFucktoys, while Amanda Peet won the Special Jury Award for Performance for Fantasy Life.

In the Documentary Feature Competition Xander Robin’s The Python Hunt and Paige Bethmann’s Remaining Native earned the Special Jury Award.

Grace Glowicki, the director, writer, and star of Dead Lover, won the Neon Auteur Award...

Michael Fassbender is back. After a recent four-year hiatus (2020-2023) to pursue Formula One racing at Le Mans, he’s returned to acting with a vengeance.

In 2023, he played a perfectionist assassin in David Fincher’s “The Killer” (Netflix); an alcoholic soccer coach in Taika Waititi’s sports comedy “Next Goal Wins” (Searchlight); and took on his first TV series since his early years, as a London CIA agent in love with Jodie Turner-Smith’s Sudanese professor in “The Agency” (Paramount+/Showtime).

And, this week, his latest movie opens in theaters, Steven Soderbergh’s “Black Bag” (Focus), a rarity in today’s world: an original smart spy thriller for adults.

Fassbender is specializing in spies of late. In this witty British whodunit artfully written by Hollywood veteran David Koepp, the German-Irish Fassbender is George Woodhouse, a star spy at Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre, happily married to another star spy,...

Following their critically acclaimed and award-winning drama series, “The Dropout” for Hulu, Oscar-nominated and Emmy winner actress Amanda Seyfried is teaming up again with that series celebrated creator/writer/producer Elizabeth Meriwether. Their new collaboration is a series remake of the 1987 neo-noir thriller “Black Widow” starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell and directed by the late Bob Rafelson (“Five Easy Pieces.

Continue reading Amanda Seyfried To Star In ‘Black Window’ Thriller Series Remake From ‘The Dropout’ Creator Liz Merriwether [Exclusive] at The Playlist.

After making her directorial debut with the thoughtful and striking drama “Passing,” actor/filmmaker Rebecca Hall may have found her next project, a drama based on the life of novelist, poet, and essayist Erica Jong, best known for her controversial novel “Fear of Flying,” a groundbreaking cultural touchstone and feminist take on sexual pleasure, that caused a sensation in 1973.

Read More: ‘Long Bright River’ Trailer: Amanda Seyfried Plays A Cop Investigating A Murder During The Opioid Crisis

Described in passing in a New York Times article this week as a biopic of Jong, Amanda Seyfried, who will star in the lead role, told The Playlist in an exclusive interview about her new upcoming crime drama Peacock series, “Long Bright River,” the narrative goes beyond just that label or genre.

Continue reading Rebecca Hall To Direct Amanda Seyfried As Lead In A Drama About Feminist Author Erica Jong at The Playlist.

The Age of Disclosure, a provocative new documentary that argues for the existence of extraterrestrials, has drawn gasps and criticism at the SXSW film festival

A splashy new documentary that asserts the presence of extraterrestrial life on Earth and alleges a US government effort to hide information on possible alien activity is making waves at SXSW.

The Age of Disclosure expounds upon years of congressional activity and testimony surrounding the presence of Unexplained Anomalous Phenomena, in the United States, drawing both buzz and skepticism at the Austin, Texas-based cultural festival.

Few directors are as devoid of subtlety as Michael Bay. He's a filmmaker who can turn any type of scene into an action scene and often films quieter moments like he's shooting a movie's climax. But while Bay has crafted plenty of spectacular action scenes in the past, his latest film might be his most audacious and impressive work to date. It was also extremely dangerous to shoot, so much so that Bay was legally unable to be anywhere near the set while the cameras were rolling.

When you hear the words "A documentary by Michael Bay," many thoughts come to mind. However, upon watching "We Are Storror," you come to realize that, of course, death-defying parkour daredevils who perform outlandish stunts on the regular would be the subject that captured Bay's attention.

There was just one tiny problem. As a member of the Directors Guild of America, Bay was...

One of the predominant worries of our age is the desire to live authentically. There’s a profusion of technological developments and variables — now extending to artificial intelligence — that both help and hamstring us from achieving this, with much neurosis and self-consciousness brought on if we can’t. The 2010s and the ongoing Trump era have also intensified the clamor for identity politics, where a sometimes fragile sense of empowerment is gained by asserting difference in the face of mass American conformity.

So, the faux-inspirational outcome is that we must embrace our truth, and “Slay, Serve, and Survive,” to reference the in-film reality show contest in Nastasya Popov’s SXSW premiere “Idiotka.” Premiering in the non-competitive Narrative Spotlight section, Popov’s upbeat and genial comedy capably interrogates these ideas, with its tale of a young, aspiring LA fashion designer (from a Russian emigré background not unlike the director’s own...

Robert Pattinson is starring opposite Zendaya in A24’s “The Drama,” and if it wasn’t for her then he might’ve lost his mind over one particular scene. Speaking to French publication Premiere (via IndieWire), Pattinson said that Zendaya helped him get out of his head by telling him to just say a line and to stop obsessing over what the hidden meaning of their scene might be.

“We had a scene together that was driving me crazy,” Pattinson said. “I was desperately looking for its meaning, writing pages and pages of textual analysis. I ended up calling Zendaya the night before shooting the scene. I shared my doubts with her, I spoke for two hours, and after a while, very calmly, she made me understand that the line just said what it meant to say, that there was no hidden meaning. And there I was going crazy for three days.

Top film and TV marketing executives gathered at A.O.C. restaurant in Los Angeles Tuesday night for a private dinner and salon where the conversation ranged from how AI tools are changing the discipline to the new metrics that drive business decisions.

Variety‘s Future of Marketing Dinner, Presented by Amazon Ads, was an intimate gathering that had plenty of what marketing mavens are looking for: engagement. The lively conversation began over the salad course and continued through coffee and dessert trays stacked with brownies, cookies and a divine butterscotch mousse.

The group brought together perspectives about everything from opening theatrical films in overseas territories to juggling the competing demands of driving subscriber acquisition and retention campaigns for streaming platforms. Here’s a look at who was there for the thoughtful discussion about the art and the science of marketing movies and TV shows.

Taylor Sheridan's "Yellowstone" boasts strong family values, with the story chronicling the Duttons as they protect their land from those who want to destroy their way of life. That said, the neo-Western saga isn't the type of wholesome entertainment that's fun to watch with your children. "Yellowstone" contains several wild moments that push the boundaries of good taste, with people getting graphically killed and lovers giving into their carnal desires. Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) also bathes in a horse trough and accuses her stepbrother of being impotent. It's a lot, and Kevin Costner wants his family to ignore his hit show.

While speaking to ExtraTV, Costner — who played John Dutton on the series for four-and-a-half seasons — explained that "Yellowstone" isn't something he'd show his family. So, why is he reluctant to celebrate one of his biggest hits with them? As he explained:

"It's too naughty for them to see...

Since getting his big break crafting jokes for Bette Midler in the early 1970s, Emmy-winning comedy writer and personality Bruce Vilanch has found success writing for the small screen and stage. But by his own admission, the scribe behind 25 Academy Award ceremonies and more than his fair share of Miss Universe and USA pageants has also penned some real flops.

In his new book, “It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote,” Vilanch walks readers through some of the most ill-conceived projects he’s been attached to over the years — from 1978’s “The Star Wars Holiday Special” to the now infamous 1989 Oscars ceremony that opened with Rob Lowe and Snow White pirouetting to “Proud Mary.”

“‘It was a terrible idea, and I shouldn’t have gotten involved’ didn’t even occur to us at the time,” Vilanch told IndieWire on a Zoom call,...

Agora, the industry section of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, announced its awards Wednesday, with Alexa Bakony’s “Highways of Hope” taking the Iefta Award for Best Documentary in Development, accompanied by a 10,000 euro cash prize.

The film, produced by Gábor Osváth and Veronika Gál of Filmfabriq in Hungary, centers on Gulnaz, a 21-year-old Muslim woman from India, who drives trucks across Europe. The jury said: “This project led by a young female team promises to cross European borders and break Indian stereotypes about Muslim minorities through an energetic story of emancipation. We were captivated by the main character facing a darkening world with youthful joyfulness and optimism.”

A special mention was given by the jury to “Bugboy,” directed by Lucas Paleocrassas, and produced by Rea Apostolides of Anemon in Greece. The project is about the relationship between a boy and an insect, which reveals the transformative power of nature. The...

Quite a few artists have contributed to the Marvel comic "Daredevil" over the years, lending their own unique visual style to the ongoing trials of blind lawyer and vigilante Matt Murdock. David Mack, however, might just be the most unique of them all. Mack uses a mixed media approach to his art, combining watercolor, ink, and pencil (sometimes with collage materials like printed paper or even Scrabble letters) to create wildly inventive sequential images that tell powerful stories. His most well-known work is in "Daredevil," where he's served as both an artist and writer, co-creating the character of Echo with Joe Quesada and contributing to some of the very best arcs in the series (like the incredible "Wake Up").

Now the long-time Marvel artist has had a hand in the production of "Daredevil: Born Again," the Disney+ series that functions as both a continuation of the Netflix "Daredevil" show and...

One of the great pleasures of director Duke Johnson‘s haunting and beautiful new film “The Actor” is, appropriately enough given the film’s title, the abundance of terrific performances. André Holland anchors the movie as the title character, an actor struggling to figure out who he is and where he belongs after an accident leaves him with amnesia. He’s surrounded by a gallery of equally fascinating supporting players — most of whom play multiple characters, with the actors often unrecognizable under layers of elaborate hair and makeup.

For Johnson, the decision to create a troupe of actors who would play different characters throughout was both practical and philosophical. “There are the limitations of shooting in Europe and getting your actors,” Johnson told IndieWire on an upcoming episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, noting that getting a huge cast to Budapest for production would have been prohibitively expensive — once he...

Before George Lucas sold Lucasfilm and the “Star Wars” rights to Disney, he had attempted to put together an extremely ambitious television project called “Star Wars: Underworld” and according to longtime producer Rick McCallum (“Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” franchises) there were some headache-inducing costs involved because of the limited technology at the time.

McCallum spoke with the podcast “Young Indy Chronicles” (spotted by Gizmodo) detailing how many scripts they compiled during their pained and long development period alongside what each episode would have cost them using the VFX tech of the day.

Continue reading George Lucas’ Unmade ‘Star Wars: Underworld’ Series Would Have Cost Billions Due To Technology Limitations at The Playlist.

It’s back! Following the beloved first run of IndieWire’s “Pass the Remote” panel series at the Vidiots Foundation in Los Angeles’s Eagle Rock neighborhood in spring 2024, the series is coming back. “Pass the Remote” launches once again on Tuesday April 1, presented in partnership with Disney.

The first panel will be about the art of casting, and feature casting directors Tiffany Little Canfield, Wendy O’Brien (“Abbott Elementary”), Danielle Aufiero (“Good American Family”), Seth Yanklewitz (“Deli Boys”), Julie Ashton (“Mid-Century Modern”), and Josh Einsohn (“Paradise”) with more to be announced.

The second panel will focus on music composers and take place Tuesday April 15. There’s also a panel discussion about “Abbott Elementary” featuring Quinta Brunson set for Tuesday May 20, with two more panels announcements to come.

“Pass the Remote” will continue through the end of May. IndieWire moderators will interview talent from shows across Disney’s linear and streaming portfolio.

Benjamin Flaherty spent three years shooting “Shuffle,” a documentary that follows three addicts who are trying to stay alive in rehab facilities that are scamming insurance companies. Flaherty reveals that patients are being bought and sold for their insurance policies and ushered into a cycle of care designed to keep them sick. With the help of an FBI informant, an insurance analyst, and the former executive director of a Philadelphia-based treatment facility, the director uncovers collusion at the highest levels of government.

Flaherty, who uses his personal journey of recovery from addiction as a way into the 82-minute doc, unravels a web of public policy and private interest preying on a desperate population for the sake of profit.

“I was only a few months sober when I heard a story about people being lured into sober homes for their insurance policies,” he says. “I was living in a sober home at the time,...

The largest audience award in the world, the Lux Audience Award, sees citizens and members of the democratically elected European Parliament coming together yearly to honor a European film with their coveted prize. This year’s slate of highly-acclaimed nominees include Gints Zibalodis’s history-making “Flow,” which just won Latvia its first ever Oscar for Best Animated Film, and Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” the first film by a Black filmmaker to win the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

A joint initiative of the European Parliament and the European Film Academy in collaboration with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas, the Lux Audience Award “fosters dialogue and engagement between politics and the public through the medium of film.” Nominated films address “European values” as well as raising “awareness about some of today’s main social and political issues.” Throughout the competition period, the European Parliament provides subtitles in 24 EU...

[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for “Daredevil: Born Again” through Season 1, Episode 3.]

There are few things as satisfying as a courtroom drama. From the tradition of “12 Angry Men” to “Juror #2” and even the recent, twisted version on “Yellowjackets,” this dramatic sub-genre exemplifies that formula can be consistently entertaining in the right hands.

I read a tweet many years ago about how the best Marvel movies are something else at their core: “Winter Soldier” is a spy thriller, “Ant-Man” is a heist film, “Spider-Man: Homecoming” is a teen comedy, and so on. “Daredevil: Born Again” Season 1, Episode 3 is a full-tilt courtroom drama that expertly opens up further storylines while wrapping up its main arc.

After learning that his client Hector (Kamar de los Reyes) is the vigilante known as White Tiger, Matt (Charlie Cox) has his hands full trying to keep the secret and still prepare his defense. He believes that Hector is a good and innocent man,...

You can’t have a picnic at the beach and then be upset when seagulls show up. And when you advertise a free-for-all python hunting contest offering cash to anyone willing to run through swamps in the middle of the night and bring back deadly snakes, you really have no right to complain when strange characters start appearing on your doorstep.

But it’s not like I have a better idea for culling the invasive Burmese python population in the Florida Everglades. Since 1992, when Hurricane Andrew ripped through Miami during a wildlife convention and released foreign species into the state’s swamps, these strangling snakes have been reproducing in the Everglades and feasting on native species. The vast majority of Florida preservation enthusiasts want these intruders gone — as do the vast majority of normal people, who don’t need a principled reason for preferring not to live anywhere near 20-foot pythons.

Deadline reports that Sadie Sink has joined the cast of Tom Holland's upcoming fourth Spider-Man film. Sink is a rising star, having broke out with her role as Max Mayfield on "Stranger Things." She's since gone on to make notable appearances in the "Fear Street" films and play a supporting part in Darren Aronofsky's Brendan Fraser comeback vehicle, "The Whale."

The report does not say which character Sink is playing, and it may be more complicated than it appears. Now, Sink's red hair should set off all of your spider-senses. The obvious conclusion is that she'll be playing Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker's famously red-haired girlfriend. But doesn't Tom Holland's Peter already have an Mj?

In the Jon Watts-directed "Spider-Man" trilogy, Holland's Peter Parker got together with Michelle "Mj" Jones (Zendaya). Now, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" ended with Mj losing her memories of Peter, and he...

Writer, producer and director Rohit Karn Batra’s The Film Compartment is partnering with Sean Penn’s Projected Picture Works for his upcoming drama “The Gun on Second Street.” Guy J. Louthan of Ransom Films will produce with Batra. Rikin Shah, U.S. Congressman Eric Swalwell and Projected Picture Works partners Penn, John Ira Palmer and John Wildermuth will executive produce. Production on the film is set to begin in early June.

“The Gun on Second Street” is an allegory of the gun crisis in the United States, as it follows two Pittsburgh police partners and best friends who are called to an uneventful domestic violence dispute on Second Street. When Officer Tj Meadows III accidentally kills his partner, Kevin Cooper, he is left traumatized. Years later and no longer a cop, he returns to Pittsburgh and falls for Kevin’s widow, Kacie, as they both confront their painful past.

A biopic on one of the greatest golfers to ever play the game and one of the most influential athletes for the sport, Tiger Woods, has been set up at Amazon MGM Studios, with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions in talks to produce, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.

Amazon MGM optioned the rights to the book “The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played” by author Kevin Cook. The book was published in November 2024 and gives the behind-the-scenes story of how Woods in 2000, already having dominated the Masters earlier in his career, managed to win four major golf titles in a row that left all of his other rivals on the course in the dust.

Reinaldo Marcus Green, who directed the biopic “King Richard” about Venus and Serena Williams’ father that won Will Smith an Oscar, is in talks to direct the film.

“Spider-Man 4” casting is finally in full swing! The next installment of the Spidey franchise will see both Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios reunite on the co-production as they’ve just added “Stranger Things” actress Sadie Sink in an undisclosed role alongside Tom Holland.

Deadline reports that director Destin Daniel Cretton (“Shang-Chi & The Legend of The Ten Rings”) is expected to shoot the pic later this year in the United Kingdom, luckily, the same location where The Russo Brothers are anticipated to film “Avengers: Doomsday.”

Read More: ‘Avengers’: Russo Brothers Talk Being “Reactivated,” Honoring The MCU Past & ‘Gray Man 2’ [Exclusive]

Who is Sink playing in the next “Spider-Man” movie?

Continue reading ‘Spider-Man 4’: ‘Stranger Things’ Star Sadie Sink Joins Cast Of Marvel’s Next Spidey Adventure at The Playlist.

Sadie Sink is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The “Stranger Things” star has been cast in “Spider-Man 4,” in which she’ll share the screen with Tom Holland as the teenaged, web-slinging Avenger.

It’s unclear who Sink will portray in the comic book adventure, though Deadline, which first reported the casting news, hinted that her role will be “significant.” The outlet also posited that Sink could play “X-Men” mutant Jean Grey, a character who has been brought to the screen in the past by Famke Janssen and Sophie Turner.

Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures, which releases the “Spider-Man”-centric films in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, couldn’t be reached for comment.

Plot details on the fourth “Spider-Man” installment haven’t been revealed. In the third entry, 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Peter Parker accidentally breaks open the multiverse and allows for two prior Spider-Men, Tobey MaGuire and Andrew Garfield,...

With founders Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, masterminds of such low-budget horror as “Resolution,” “Spring,” and “The Endless,” now entrenched in the Marvel machine, their Rustic Films is calling in the reserves. “Descendent” writer/director Peter Cilella has been involved with multiple Rustic productions as an actor, going all the way back to “Resolution” in 2012. Now, he’s the latest member of the Los Angeles-based production company’s roster — he’s preceded by Michael Felker, whose “Things Will Be Different” debuted under the Rustic banner last year — to get his turn in the big chair, so to speak.

At the film’s SXSW premiere, Cilella described his feature directorial debut as being about “depression, anxiety, and aliens.” And the film’s priorities do unfold in that order. There’s also some soul-searching about what it means to be a man in contemporary America, a topic that’s too often hijacked...

Star golfer’s life will become an Amazon MGM movie with King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green at the helm

Tiger Woods is headed to the big screen with Amazon MGM Studios acquiring film rights to Kevin Cook’s book The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played.

According to Deadline, Reinaldo Marcus Green, who turned the rise of Venus and Serena Williams into the Oscar-nominated 2021 film King Richard, will direct this tale of Woods’ rise from child prodigy to one of the most famous and accomplished golfers of all time. Will Smith nabbed the best actor Oscar for his role in King Richard.

The Bear actor called Musk a fascist and an idiot after his reaction to a post from a rightwing account that claimed she was replacing Johnny Depp

Ayo Edebiri, the actor best known for her Emmy-award winning work on The Bear, has said she received “insane death threats” after Elon Musk shared a fake news report about her being cast in a film.

On her Instagram, Edebiri recalled the furore that met Musk’s reposting of a story by “Unlimited L’s”, a rightwing account with no apparent Hollywood connection or insight, that she was to replace Johnny Depp in a reboot of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

The European Producers Club (Epc) has appointed Julie-Jeanne Régnault as its new managing director.

Régnaultwas previously secretary general of Efad (European Film Agency Directors Association) and stepped down in January after six years in the role.

She takes over from Alexandra Lebret who announced her departure from the Epc in January.

The Epc represents 200 independent production companies across 35 European countries. The Epc remains formally headquartered in Paris, but Régnault will be based in Brussels.

Régnault is widely regarded as an expert in European audiovisual policy. Before Efad, she headed European affairs at France’s Cnc and is a former policy officer at the European Commission.

Amazon MGM is developing a movie about Tiger Woods, with Barack and Michelle Obama’s company Higher Ground in talks to produce.

Based on Kevin Cook’s book “The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story of the Greatest Golf Ever Played,” the biographical drama will chart the rise of the child prodigy turned golf star. “King Richard” filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green is attached to direct.

Taking inspiration from the book’s moniker, the film is expected to focus on Woods’ triumph of winning four consecutive major championships, known as the “Tiger Slam.” After turning pro at age 20 in 1996, Woods became one of the most recognizable golfers of all time. He has 15 major championship wins to his name, including 82 PGA Tour victories.

His life off the green, though rife with drama, reportedly won’t be depicted in the film. In 2009, Woods fell from grace after numerous extramarital affairs came to light. As part of the fallout,...

In the "Family Guy" episode "Untitled Griffin Family History", the Griffins find that burglars have broken into their basement. In a panic, they flee to their home's previously unseen panic room, a room that Peter (Seth MacFarlane) had been constructing in secret. After locking themselves inside, the Griffins find there's no telephone, nor any real way of escaping. Peter, trying to keep the mood jovial, decides to tell the history of his family, going back to the beginning of time. The bulk of the episode consists of jokey asides and flashbacks, because it's "Family Guy." 

Near the end of the episode, Peter, finally tired of being trapped, fires a flare gun into the panic room's air vent. This triggers the room's automated sprinkler system, and the airtight closet begins to fill with water. Before long, the Griffins are all floating, facing a potential watery doom. As they are about to drown,...

Film is so back. Shooting on Kodak film continues to be both a more popular choice among filmmakers and to gather more Oscar prestige. At this year’s Academy Awards Sean Baker’s Best Picture winner, “Anora,” was shot on 35mm by cinematographer Drew Daniels; Brady Corbet’s Best Cinematography winner, “The Brutalist,” was shot on 35mm VistaVision to great aplomb by Dp Lol Crawley; Walter Salles’ Best International Feature Film winner, “I’m Still Here,” was shot on both 35mm and S8mm by cinematographer Adrian Teijido; and the Best Live Action Short winner, “I’m Not a Robot,” was also shot on 35mm.

This year looks set to build on that success. There will be a cohort of prominent movies captured on film from some of the usual analog-loving directors: Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt,” Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia,” Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme,...

Walt Disney Pictures has been behind a large swath of live-action remakes based on their extensive library of animated films. The next project heading to theaters in May is a remake of the beloved 2002 pic “Lilo & Stitch” and the studio just released a full trailer for the alien-centric adventure set in Hawaii.

If you’re not familiar with the original movie: Lilo is a young Hawaiian girl thrust into a sci-fi adventure after she adopts an adorable alien creature, Stitch, who happens to be on the run after escaping the grasp of other more dastardly aliens.

Continue reading ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Trailer: Disney’s Adorable Alien Returns In Live-Action Remake On May 23 at The Playlist.

The SXSW Film and TV Festival always offers fans a first look at some of the biggest TV shows and films that will be making their way to our screens throughout the year. But the fun doesn’t stop with the official screenings at festival venues. Activations from major studios, networks, and streaming services turn the entire city of Austin into a playground for pop culture junkies, with fans receiving one-of-a-kind opportunities to interact with their favorite properties. And SXSW 2025 hit the ground running on the activation front, with the likes of Paramount, Prime Video, and FX on the ground to welcome fans into worlds they usually only see on screen.

This year’s class of activations is headlined by the return of an annual favorite, Paramount+’s The Lodge. Taking over every floor of the Clive Bar in Austin, the sprawling activation gave fans an opportunity to engage with...

When you wish upon a shooting star, you might just end up with an adorable blue extraterrestrial creature. At least, that’s what happens in the first full-length trailer for Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” remake.

In the extended look at the live-action reboot, a lonely Hawaiian girl named Lilo is longing for a best friend. After she sees a glowing comet blast across the night sky, she makes a wish and then finds herself face-to-face with Stitch, a dog-like alien experiment whose raison d’etre is creating destruction.

Like the original 2002 animated film, “Lilo & Stitch” follows a young orphan who is being raised by her teenaged sister, Nani. Lilo develops a close bond with Stitch (née Experiment 626) through the Hawaiian concept of “ohana,” which means family — and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.

“He is your responsibility. Got it?” Nani says in the trailer, to which Lilo cheerfully replies,...

Austria-based sales firm Square Eyes has boarded worldwide rights on David Bim’s feature debut To the West, in Zapata.

The film will have its world premiere in the Burning Lights competition at Visions du Reel in Switzerland next month.

Documentary To the West, in Zapata follows a family living in Cuba’s Zapata swamp during the Covid pandemic, where the father must secretly hunt crocodiles in order to feed their sick child. It is produced by Bim with Lia Rodriguez for Cuba’s Ventu Productions.

It is a first feature for Havana-based filmmaker Bim, who is also director of...

People tend to overuse the term “mind-blowing” when hyping sci-fi movies, but in the case of Flying Lotus’ visually audacious “Ash,” the word feels apt. Weak on plot but pretty as a sunset (on the whole human race?), “Ash” opens with a shot of the cosmic turmoil swarming inside the brain of an astronaut far, far away from earth, then pulls back abruptly, zooming out through her pupil to reveal the look of pure panic on the face of sole survivor Riya Ortiz (Eiza González). Cue a shock-montage of all her crewmates, each with their head crushed in or blown open.

How’d they all die? Most unpleasantly. Fast-forward 90 minutes, and the final image is another head-spinner. Between those extremes, “Ash” is surprisingly conventional, especially coming from the maniac who conceived 2017 Sundance disruptor “Kuso” and the scatological game-show segment “Ozzy’s Dungeon” from “V/H/S/99”: a colorful, giallo-styled homage to graphically scary extraterrestrial horror movies,...