Film

It won’t be called Dune: Messiah even though it’s an adaptation of that book, Variety reports. The movie is set to release in December 2026.

The racing drama is now Apple’s highest-grossing movie to date after generating $293 million at the global box office over the last ten days, overtaking the $221 million total intake set by Ridley Scott’s Napoleon in 2023. It’s a short leaderboard given that Apple has only released five films theatrically, however, and it already covers the $250 million that F1 cost to produce.

Netflix only released the Sony-animated K-Pop Demon Hunters movie two weeks ago, but its catchy soundtrack is already beating out established K-pop artists in the US. “Your Idol” by the Saja Boys — the movie’s villainous and entirely fictional boy band backed by some respected voices — hit No.2 on the US Spotify chart Thursday, dethroning BTS as the highest-charting K-pop band in US Spotify history.

From director Julian Glander (Summer Camp Island), Boys Go to Jupiter revolves around Billy 5000 (Jack Corbett) — a gig worker whose life is upended when he stumbles across an alien egg that hatches into a small creature he must take care of. The movie looks equal parts inspired, adorable, and like something worth checking out when it hits theaters on August 8th.

You could see that Blumhouse really believed it could recreate the success of the original M3gan with its recently-released sequel. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, M3gan 2.0’s bombing at the box office this month has spooked the studio into reassessing its plans to put out a spin-off next year.

If you missed Brandon Salisbury’s documentary George Romero’s Resident Evil earlier this year — which, as the name implies, explores Romero’s failed adaptation of the the Capcom survival horror series — now it’s available to watch for free on YouTube.

Not long after the first trailer for The Long Walk, we’re getting a look at another adaptation of a Stephen King dystopia about forward momentum, this time with Edgar Wright’s take on The Running Man. The movie hits theaters in November, but the trailer drops tomorrow.

The Brad Pitt-starring racing drama opened to more than $55 million in the US this weekend, and $144 million worldwide. That’s still a ways short of the movie’s $200-300 million production budget, but it’s easily on track to beat the $221 million-earning Napoleon as Apple’s biggest film yet.

The cast also includes Jason Momoa as Blanka and singer Orville Peck as Vega, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Our first look at Ari Aster’s upcoming feature Eddington made it seem like a pandemic-era drama, but the film’s latest trailer makes it feel like it’s going to be more of a politically-charged thriller when it hits theaters on July 18th.

Amazon announced that the Blade Runner 2049 and Dune director is going to take on another high-profile franchise with the next James Bond flick. It will be the first one produced after Amazon reportedly paid $1 billion to obtain full creative control over James Bond.

Kim Kardashian’s side quests don’t always make the most sense, but Deadline reports that she’s attached to produce and star in Amazon MGM’s new movie based on the Bratz dolls, which somehow feels very right.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ latest trailer features some cool new shots of the team using their powers to take on Galactus and the Silver Surfer, but its most surprising reveal is the fact that Ben Grimm can apparently grow a beard made out of his rock-like carapace.

That’s according to The Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin, who also said, “It felt less like watching a blockbuster in the modern sense than the greatest game of dressing up in the desert anyone ever played.”

A Minecraft Movie will start streaming on Max on June 20th, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. The movie was a huge hit in theaters.

Director Eliza McNitt’s new short film produced by Darren Aronofsky’s Primordial Soup and Google DeepMind, uses generative AI to tell the story of a woman going through a difficult birth. The project’s meant to be a testament to the potential of AI video generation models, but...well, you can see the results for yourself. We’ll have more to say on this soon.

If you’ve been waiting for Warner Bros. Japan’s follow-up to Batman Ninja, some good news: (HBO) Max announced today that Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League is set to make its streaming debut this summer on July 3rd.

I’m dead excited to see Laika’s spooky 2012 stop-motion movie return to theaters for a one-week limited run, starting on October 25th in the US and October 23rd for other global screens. The re-run also includes the premiere of “ParaNorman: The Thrifting,” a new CG short film starring Finn Wolfhard and Anna Kendrick, who reprises her role as Norman’s sister, Courtney.

Apple CEO Tim Cook got to appear in a shiny Variety profile about F1 and Apple’s entertainment efforts. Poor Craig.

The distribution rights to Warner Bros. Japan’s animated adaptation of All You Need Is Kill — Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s 2004 sci-fi novel that inspired Edge of Tomorrow — have been acquired acquired by Gkids. The company plans to put the film in theaters “soon.”

If you’ve got an iPhone running iOS 18.4 or later, the Apple TV Plus tab of the TV app now features a trailer for the upcoming Brad Pitt F1 movie that’s now enhanced with vibrations created by the modern iPhone’s Taptic Engine.

In case you were wondering what sorts of new / returning series and movies are making their way to Apple TV Plus this year, the studio has just dropped a sizzle reel teasing some of what we can expect to see from Chief of War, Invasion season 3, Foundation season 3, Slow Horses season 5, and more.