Zendaya will campaign for a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role as Chani in "Dune: Part Three," moving up from the supporting-actress category used for the first two films. The shift reflects an expanded part for Chani in Denis Villeneuve's trilogy finale, which Warner Bros. releases on December 18, 2026 in the United States (December 17 in the UAE).
Pop musician Charli XCX has joined the cast of Martin Scorsese's upcoming Gothic psychological horror film "What Happens at Night" in a cameo role, Variety reported on October 23, 2026. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as an American couple trying to adopt a baby in a small European town, with Mads Mikkelsen, Patricia Clarkson and Jared Harris also in the cast.
Screen tests for the next James Bond began this weekend in London, with Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O'Connor reported among the finalists. Amazon MGM Studios, which now controls the franchise, has not confirmed any names and says it will share casting news "when the time is right."
"Under the Skin," the 2013/2014 Jonathan Glazer film starring Scarlett Johansson, is being removed from Netflix in early November 2026. Tracker Whats-on-Netflix lists November 1 as the exit date, while MovieWeb reported October 31; the film will remain free to watch on Tubi, Pluto TV and Plex.
Sylvester Stallone has told TV Insider he wrote a script for a seventh Rocky film centered on an older Rocky's life outside the ring, but says he is unsure audiences would want it. The 80-year-old actor also floated a 1960s-set prequel as a possible alternative, as the franchise marks its 50th anniversary.
Indian director S.S. Rajamouli has confirmed he wants to direct at least one Hollywood film to learn the industry's production methods, but only after finishing his current project, Varanasi. He made the comments at the 50th São Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil, saying he has received multiple offers since RRR became a global hit.
Early access screenings of "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" begin on November 18, 2026, two days before the film's wide theatrical release on November 20. The Lionsgate prequel, directed by Francis Lawrence, follows a 16-year-old Haymitch Abernathy through the 50th Hunger Games.
Gladiator II, Ridley Scott's 2024 sequel to the Best Picture winner Gladiator, began streaming on Netflix on October 21, 2026, almost two years after its theatrical run. Within two days it rose to the #1 movie spot on Netflix in the United States, overtaking Ben Affleck's thriller Animals.
Helen Mirren stars as a fictionalized Patricia Highsmith in "A Talent for Murder," a psychological thriller directed by Anton Corbijn that opened in US theaters on October 23, 2026. Mirren, 81, says she had to "let go" of her usual polished image to play the reclusive crime novelist, swapping her signature look for a brown wig, minimal makeup and menswear-style clothing.
Wicker, a romantic fable starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård and Peter Dinklage, opened in select U.S. theaters on October 23, 2026, with a nationwide expansion set for October 30. Written and directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, it follows an ostracized fisherwoman who commissions a husband woven from wicker, and it has drawn a 93% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Actor Tom Skerritt, known for playing Dallas in "Alien," Viper in "Top Gun" and Sheriff Jimmy Brock in "Picket Fences," died Wednesday at 93. His family said he died of natural causes; no location was disclosed.
Steven Soderbergh's 2011 pandemic thriller Contagion has returned to the top of HBO Max's global movie charts in October 2026, according to FlixPatrol data cited by multiple outlets. The film had already topped the platform's U.S. chart in June 2026 and arrived on Netflix on August 6, 2026, marking its third major streaming resurgence since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Netflix released all 10 episodes of "Nobody Wants This" season 3 on October 22, with Joanne and Noah moving in together and getting engaged. Critics largely praise Kristen Bell and Adam Brody's chemistry but say the season rushes through major relationship milestones.
Disney+ and Hulu have given a series order to a revival of "Glee," the Fox musical comedy that ran from 2009 to 2015, with the announcement made on October 21, 2026. Original creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan wrote the new script for producer 20th Television, but no casting, episode count or premiere date has been confirmed.
"You Can See Everything," a documentary by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim following Elizabeth Holmes in the weeks before her prison sentence, has become one of the biggest documentary openings in decades and triggered sold-out screenings across UK cinemas ahead of its 20 November release. The film revisits the Theranos fraud case through unprecedented access to Holmes and her partner Billy Evans, while raising new questions about image control and documentary ethics.
Roseanne Barr, 73, has filmed a new sitcom called "Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable," her first scripted TV project since being fired from ABC's "Roseanne" in 2018. The eight-episode, privately financed series co-stars Randy Quaid and Drea de Matteo, but no network or streaming platform has picked it up and no premiere date has been set.
Disney+ and Hulu have officially greenlit a revival of "Glee," the musical comedy that ran on Fox from 2009 to 2015. Co-creator Ryan Murphy has written the new script with Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan and says he has spoken with about ten original cast members, though no casting, plot details or premiere date have been announced.
Advance ticket sales for Ranbir Kapoor's mythological epic "Ramayana: Part 1" reached Rs 1.53 crore by the evening of October 20, 2026, the day bookings opened, according to trade trackers. Within roughly 24 hours the figure climbed past Rs 5 crore, with the film set for a worldwide theatrical release on November 5, 2026.
Roseanne Barr has finished filming a new eight-episode sitcom called "Meemaw," her first major television project since ABC fired her from the "Roseanne" revival in 2018. The privately funded comedy was shot in Austin, Texas, with Randy Quaid and Drea de Matteo among the cast, and it does not yet have a distributor.
Quentin Tarantino has confirmed he finished a screenplay for what he intends to be his tenth and final film as a director. He said he is happy with the script but wants to first direct his London stage play and "live a little" before deciding when, or whether, to shoot it.
Critics and review aggregators now rank Game of Thrones below its own spin-offs, pointing to the show's final season as the turning point. The original series' eighth season became its lowest-rated on Rotten Tomatoes, while A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and House of the Dragon have drawn stronger recent reviews.
Rajinikanth's Tamil sequel "Jailer 2" crossed Rs 300 crore at the worldwide box office within three days of its October 15, 2026 release, according to trade trackers. Directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, the film overtook earlier Rajinikanth hits such as "Kabali" and "Enthiran" in lifetime worldwide earnings during its opening weekend, and separate trackers put its four-day global total above Rs 400 crore.
All eight episodes of "The Diplomat" season 4 arrived on Netflix on October 15, 2026, and the season opened with a 100% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, the highest of the show's four seasons. Keri Russell returns as Ambassador Kate Wyler in a plot centered on a secret operation to steal a Russian nuclear weapon.
Jennifer's Body 2 is moving forward with writer Diablo Cody and director Karyn Kusama attached, and Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried expected to return, though 20th Century Studios has not formally greenlit the project. The sequel fits a broader pattern in which studios revive cult horror films years later as "legacy sequels," a model already used for Scream, Halloween and Candyman.
Ahsoka Season 2 premieres on Disney+ on January 20, 2027, according to Lucasfilm's official announcement on StarWars.com. The story continues on Peridea, where Grand Admiral Thrawn's Imperial remnant includes witches called the Great Mothers and undead soldiers called Night Troopers. Creator Dave Filoni says the season also revisits the Mortis Gods, the Force-embodying entities first introduced in The Clone Wars.
HBO has confirmed Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas as the lead detectives of True Detective's fifth season, their first project together on screen. Cage plays Henry Logan and Banderas plays Rai García, with Issa López returning as showrunner and the story set in Jamaica Bay, New York. Production is scheduled to begin in 2027.
Paramount Pictures has acquired film rights to Pierce Brown's "Red Rising" and attached Francis Lawrence, director of five "Hunger Games" films, to helm an adaptation of the first novel. The announcement, made October 16, 2026, follows a cancelled television adaptation that had been in development since 2018.
Star Wars: Starfighter, directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Gosling, will be the first Star Wars film or series since the franchise began in 1977 with no narrative connection to the Skywalker Saga. Lucasfilm and Disney have set the standalone film for theatrical release on May 28, 2027, roughly 50 years after the original Star Wars premiered.
Law & Order's 26th season premiered Thursday, October 8, 2026, on NBC and became available to stream the next day on Peacock. New episodes continue to air Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT, now following Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the network's Thursday lineup.
Steven Soderbergh is directing the final weeks of principal photography on "The Batman: Part II" after Matt Reeves paused the shoot in early October 2026 to deal with a family matter. Reeves remains the credited writer-director and plans to return for post-production; DC Studios says the film, due February 18, 2028, will be completed.
Amazon's Prime Video has cast Esther McGregor as Violet Sorrengail and Emilio Sakraya as Xaden Riorson in its television adaptation of Rebecca Yarros' bestselling novel "Fourth Wing." The casting was announced on October 15, 2026, about three years after the book-to-screen project was first revealed in October 2023.
A new A24 documentary, "You Can See Everything," filmed Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the weeks before she began an 11-year prison sentence, and critics say it shows why her fraud case still grips the public. Directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim spent 34 days with Holmes and her partner before she reported to prison in 2023, producing a film reviewers compare to Orson Welles' "F for Fake."
Javier Bardem, 57, has said in recent interviews that aging brings him "insecurity, fear and quite a scare" rather than confidence, and that older actresses still face unfair scrutiny despite more roles becoming available to them. The remarks came as the Spanish actor promotes two new films, "El ser querido" and "Bunker."
Christian Gálvez, who hosted the final round of Spain's Pasapalabra for twelve years, is fronting two new pilot shows based on El Rosco that were shown to buyers at the MIPCOM television market in Cannes. The move comes after Spain's Supreme Court ruled in May 2026 that the puzzle segment is a separate format owned by the Dutch company MC&F, triggering a rights fight between Atresmedia and Mediaset back home.
Zendaya has been cast in an untitled science-fiction film written and directed by Alex Garland for A24, according to trade reports published October 15, 2026. The project has no title or released plot details, and production is expected to begin in 2027, after Garland finishes work on his "Elden Ring" adaptation.
Jailer 2, the sequel to the 2023 Tamil hit Jailer, opened in theatres worldwide on October 15, 2026, with Rajinikanth again playing retired jailer Tiger Muthuvel Pandian. Director Nelson Dilipkumar and composer Anirudh Ravichander return for Sun Pictures, and the film adds a larger ensemble around the returning cast. Early reports describe heavy advance ticket bookings and a mostly positive social-media response on release day.
Jailer 2, the sequel to the 2023 Tamil hit Jailer, released on 15 October 2026, with trade reports describing Tamil, Telugu and Hindi-dubbed versions reaching audiences. The Rajinikanth-led action film arrived with strong advance-booking figures reported by Indian trade outlets, while its Hindi version was reportedly shut out of the PVR INOX and Cinepolis multiplex chains over a dispute about its streaming release window.
British actor Isaac Rouse has been officially cast as the teenage James Bond in "Young Bond: SilverFin," a full-cast audio drama from Big Finish Productions and Ian Fleming Publications. The production, not connected to the Eon/Amazon MGM film franchise, adapts Charlie Higson's first Young Bond novel and is due to begin releasing in October 2026.
VisionQuest, the eight-episode Marvel miniseries closing out the WandaVision trilogy, began premiering on Disney+ this week with Paul Bettany returning as Vision opposite James Spader's Ultron. Early reviews are split: critics praise the two lead performances but say the show leans too heavily on years of MCU backstory.
The Daily Wire's new film "Confession," a Stalin-era prison drama starring Rob Lowe and James Franco, will premiere at the Warsaw Film Festival on October 15, 2026, before opening in 100 U.S. theaters and on The Daily Wire's streaming platform on November 11. The film was written by Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro and directed by Czech filmmaker Václav Marhoul, known for "The Painted Bird."
