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He also worked on 'Groundhog Day,' 'You've Got Mail,' 'Hitch,' 'Fool's Gold' and 'Planet Earth,' among many others.

‘Mr Burton’ feted again at Bafta Cymru 2026 ceremony following 2025 wins Screen Daily

‘Verity’ tops UK-Ireland box office as ‘Digger’ repeats international struggles Screen Daily

Andrew Garfield admits he was initially charmed by Sam Altman before he portrayed the controversial CEO of OpenAI in director Luca Guadagnino’s new film “Artificial.” “I remember seeing Sam testifying to Congress for the first time, way back when,” Garfield said on Monday night at the movie’s world premiere at the New York Film Festival. […]

The response to Iñárritu's big-budget satire delivers sobering lessons as the Warner Bros. release heads for a major financial loss: "'Digger' has provided a reality check on today's unpredictable marketplace."

Artificial, which had its world premiere Monday at the New York Film Festival, certainly comes in with a bit of controversy attached. Produced and made under Amazon MGM Studios, the Luca Guadagnino film about the origin of OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman and key creative Ilya Sutskever, was shopped around after Amazon decided maybe […]

Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial” premiered at the New York Film Festival Monday night, and early reviews have members of the film press championing the Sam Altman-centered movie as a “provocative,” “visceral corporate drama” and the director’s “best film in a decade.” Next Best Picture editor-in-chief and critic Matt Neglia wrote that “Artificial” is “as entertaining as […]

The trailblazing actor and outspoken activist for Latino representation in Hollywood could land the first Oscar nomination of his career.

Korean film industry rallies around ‘The Assassin(s)’ team after historical inaccuracy claims Screen Daily

Just 47 days after its theatrical release, Sony's superhero smash hit claimed the title of highest-grossing film in North American box office history. Here's how to stream it from home.

Sixteen years ago, Andrew Garfield played the Facebook co-founder who was pushed out of the company he helped create in “The Social Network” and came up short in the supporting actor race. Now, he’s playing the CEO pushed out of OpenAI — and who talked his way back in five days later. Different man, different […]

UPDATED MONDAY after Sunday AM post: Colleen Hoover fever came back at the box office as the feature take of the author’s novel Verity starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett scored her second best global debut ever at $62.1 million worldwide. That files behind the 2024 blockbuster It Ends With Us, in like-for-likes, […]

Comedian Tim Savage explains how he turned his online alter-ego Skweezy Jibbs into an indie film success story.

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! In Atonement, Kenneth Branagh plays Michael Reid, a reporter covering the Iraq War in 2003 and... The post Atonement first appeared on Film Threat.

‘Verity’ rules worldwide box office as ‘Digger’ capsizes with $20m debut Screen Daily

Turturro also steals the show in Tom McCarthy's "A Statement," which premiered at the New York Film Festival.

Syria’s ‘The Other Side Of The Sun’ submitted to Oscars, lands US distribution Screen Daily

Exclusive: Director Daniel Lombroso's 2026 SXSW premiere understands the humor inherent to male insecurity.

The big media news this week concerned Skydance Corp., David Ellison’s newly formed Hollywood mega-company comprising Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, which Ellison (and his father Larry) acquired in a $111 billion debt-addled merger that is set to officially close Oct. 6. What the long-term future of the studio behemoth may look like is […]

The Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) has come out in support of the team behind “The Assassin(s),” Hur Jin-ho’s thriller about the 1974 shooting of first lady Yuk Young-soo, as political anger over the Korean box office leader spills onto its cast and crew. Conservative politicians and online critics have accused the film of distorting […]

Director Hur Jin-ho’s political crime thriller “The Assassin(s)” held the top position at the South Korean box office in admissions over the weekend of Oct. 2–4, though Japanese animated feature “Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island” captured the frame’s largest gross revenue. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by […]

"Resident Evil" arrived big, "Buddy" built a hit, and "Evil Dead" and "Insidious" grappled with cost-benefit expectations. Horror’s third quarter explains why the genre needs more than one benchmark.

Amid Paramount’s industry-shaking acquisition of Warner Bros., James Gunn is remaining focused on his work. When asked if he’s ready to start writing his next film to follow Man of Tomorrow, the DC Studios co-CEO revealed he’s “already in it” while awaiting the edit for his upcoming sequel to 2025’s Superman. “I had to do […]

John Wilson’s Sundance-premiering The History of Concrete from Magnolia Pictures is oh so solid, eyeing $450k on 160 screens in week three for a cume of over $1.2 million cume, making it the top grossing, platform-release doc of 2026. Acclaimed documentary NAZA is reporting a five-day gross of $86k since its theatrical debut Wednesday. NAZA […]

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been was the winner of the People’s Choice Documentary Award... The post Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been first appeared on Film Threat.

Zurich Film Festival selects winners for 2026 edition Screen Daily

Ashley Duong has created an inventive hybrid film inspired by a memoir that fluidly moves between re-enactments and verite documentary styles.

Among documentaries, the humorous look at urbanism is the year's highest-grossing platform release.

Their breakout 2018 sci-fi thriller debuted at the Vancouver Film Festival. Now they’re returning with ‘Freaks 2’ and as bankable horror directors and writers.

"I’m just there to commit utterly to serving the material," the Oscar nominee said of his approach to acting.