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Jenna Ortega and Rose Byrne will star in Nasty, a gymnastics-themed drama for Warner Bros Clockwork, directed by Mary Bronstein. The Black List–listed screenplay by Isabella Jarosz centers on a prodigious gymnast vying for an Olympic spot, with her coach as her toughest opponent. Ortega and Byrne are producing the project with LuckyChap, and filming is planned to commence this fall.
James Gray’s crime drama Paper Tiger, starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller, will open the 64th New York Film Festival on Sept. 25. Set in 1986 New York, it follows two brothers entwined with the Russian mob as one plots a get-rich-quick scheme; the Cannes premiere drew a seven-minute standing ovation, and Gray and the cast will attend NYFF’s opening night, with tickets going on sale Sept. 15.
Christopher Nolan’s $250m Odyssey is being hailed by critics as perhaps his best work, a three-hour epic that blends daring storytelling with spectacular cinema and could be a next-year Best Picture frontrunner. Major outlets praise its ambition, energy, and formal bravura, while a few reviews flag dull interludes, pacing questions, or omissions of female characters. Overall, the film is framed as a bold, modern epic that showcases Nolan’s signature style and cinematic ambition.
Danny Boyle’s Ink will open the 83rd Venice Film Festival with a world premiere in the main competition, starring Jack O’Connell as The Sun editor Larry Lamb, Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch and Claire Foy. Written by James Graham, the drama tracks Murdoch’s acquisition of The Sun and its impact on British tabloid journalism, with Studiocanal producing and distributing Ink across multiple territories including the U.K., France, Germany, Poland, Benelux, Australia and New Zealand (Italy handled by Lucky Red).
Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch biopic Ink will open the Venice Film Festival, starring Jack O’Connell as The Sun editor Larry Lamb with Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch and Claire Foy as Jules Davies. Directed by Boyle from James Graham’s screenplay, Ink is produced by Boyle, Tessa Ross and Michael Ellenberg, financed by Studiocanal, and will screen Sept. 2 in Sala Grande on the Lido as Venice runs Sept. 2–12; the film chronicles Murdoch’s acquisition of The Sun and its ascent as Britain’s top tabloid.
Deadline’s guide shows where Christopher Nolan’s films are streaming or rentable today: Memento is on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock, Kanopy, and Hoopla; Insomnia isn’t streaming and is for rent; The Prestige streams on Hulu; The Dark Knight trilogy is available via HBO Max/Prime Video channels and YouTube TV; Inception has limited streaming (MGM+ with a trial) and rental options on Prime Video and Spectrum; Interstellar is on Hulu and Paramount+; Dunkirk and Tenet are rentable on Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango, and Spectrum; Oppenheimer isn’t streaming but can be rented on Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango, and Spectrum; The Odyssey (2026) is upcoming, likely heading to Peacock after its theatrical run.
Deadline reports The Batman Part II has been delayed to February 18, 2028 (from October 1, 2027); Matt Reeves shared a teaser of Robert Pattinson in the Batsuit, praising the script as extraordinary and promising big swings, with Colin Farrell also praising the project.
Andy Serkis says The Hunt for Gollum will somewhat acknowledge the Lord of the Rings franchise’s lack of diversity but won’t be a politically correct, casting-for-the-sake-of-box-ticking effort; the announced cast so far is all white (including Dornan, Taylor-Joy, Winslet, Pace, Woodall, Wood, McKellen) with Serkis returning as Gollum, and he notes Tolkien’s Norse influence and The Shire’s insularity as context. The Rings of Power backlash over diverse casting is referenced, with supporters condemning racism. The film opens December 17, 2027.
Washington Post critics present a decade-by-decade list of 25 transformative American works—spanning books, art, music, and film—explaining how each reshaped the national story, sparked debates, and reflected evolving ideas from the 18th century to the modern era, with concise context for why they mattered.
Danny McBride will make his feature-directing debut by helming a new G.I. Joe movie at Paramount, with plot details kept under wraps; the project is a high-priority studio effort that would introduce a commando strike force including Duke, Roadblock and Snake Eyes, following Paramount’s previous G.I. Joe films and a Snake Eyes spinoff.
Warner Bros. is reworking its release calendar: J.J. Abrams’ The Great Beyond moves from Nov. 13, 2027 to Oct. 1, 2027, which in turn pushes Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II to Feb. 18, 2028. Other date changes include Panic Carefully moving to April 9, 2027 and Revenge of La Llorona moving up to Feb. 26, 2027, all amid merger-related uncertainties surrounding Paramount’s potential Warner Bros. acquisition.
Deadline previews I Play Rocky, a Peter Farrelly‑directed meta‑film in which Anthony Ippolito plays a Sylvester Stallone–like hopeful who insists only he should portray Rocky Balboa; the cast also includes Matt Dillon and AnnaSophia Robb, with footage shown at CinemaCon and Cannes, and Amazon MGM Studios has set a limited awards‑season release for November 6, 2026.
Netflix’s Heartstopper Forever had its world premiere in London at Cineworld Leicester Square, wrapping up Nick and Charlie’s story as the cast, including Kit Connor, Joe Locke, Yasmin Finney, and others, walked the red carpet in a photo gallery-style event.
Christopher Nolan's three‑hour epic The Odyssey is tracking a roughly $200 million global debut, with domestic projections in the mid-to-high $80s to $100 million and about $110 million from 73 overseas markets, all on a heavy IMAX rollout and with a star-studded cast, in a weekend largely unblocked by other major releases.
Production has officially begun on The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, with Andy Serkis directing and reprising his role as Gollum; first on-set footage shows Serkis in motion-capture gear on location in New Zealand as the team works toward a December 17, 2027 release, reuniting Serkis with Peter Jackson and the original Middle-earth team alongside cast members like Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Lee Pace and new stars Kate Winslet, Jamie Dornan, Leo Woodall and Anya Taylor-Joy.