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Casting news, release dates, buyers after festivals, and the careful sentences studios use when they finally commit.
Announcement notes cover castings, release dates, and market gaps like a scalpel thriller still hunting a buyer after TIFF. Expect clear talk about who thinks they can sell adult genre without turning it into pure IP trailer bait. This is logistics and positioning, not a finished grade. When the film locks a real release and we see it, reviews take over. Until then, treat every announcement as a commitment level, not as proof of quality. Listings below are the live casting and date wire for the movies desk, refreshed when the studio paperwork actually moves. If you are new here, start with the newest listing, check the byline, and treat every date as sourced logistics rather than rumor from a comment section.
At Sitges, Peter Jackson said his Tintin 2 script with Fran Walsh is finished and it is the next film he directs. Here is every promised date since 2011 and the Hergé books the sequel will most likely adapt.
Paramount has picked up Pierce Brown's Red Rising for a feature film, with Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence attached and Justin Rhodes writing. Here is the twelve-year adaptation history and what the first movie has to get right.
Zendaya will star in an untitled Alex Garland science fiction film at A24, set to shoot in 2027 while his Elden Ring adaptation waits for March 2028.
Greta Gerwig's first Narnia trailer puts Digory, Polly, Jadis, and Meryl Streep's Aslan on screen ahead of a February 12, 2027 theatrical bow and April 2 Netflix date.
Disney's new Hexed trailer shows Hailee Steinfeld's Billie falling into a witch realm ahead of a November 25 release. Here is the cast, how the story changed in development, and why Hexed stands alone in Disney Animation's Thanksgiving slot.
Mike Flanagan's The Exorcist: Martyrs trailer debuted at NYCC, with Scarlett Johansson as an NYPD detective and a March 12, 2027 release. The setup borrows the best idea in the franchise's history, and here is how it fits the full film lineup.
Romain Gavras's Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Evans volcano dark comedy gets a hard Netflix date in the U.S. and France, turning a Tudum first look into an October appointment.
Marie Kreutzer's Gentle Monster, starring Lea Seydoux and Catherine Deneuve, gets its official trailer ahead of an October 30 theatrical open and a November 18 Netflix arrival.
Amazon MGM puts Colleen Hoover's Verity in theaters October 2 with Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway, and Josh Hartnett, tracking a $30 million-plus domestic open beside a soft Cruise lane for Digger.
Disney and Marvel's Endgame Encore led the domestic box office with about $26 million and stacked roughly $86 million globally. Variety and Box Office Mojo make the Doomsday warm-up read hard to ignore.
Trades confirm Jon Watts will direct the first film in Simon Kinberg's new Star Wars trilogy. Lucasfilm has no comment, Disney has not greenlit it, and Starfighter remains the only dated theatrical.
Hugh Jackman dark Robin Hood sets October 16 on HBO Max per WBD lineup. Soft theatrical context, cast and Sarnoski notes, no forged Dorkify grade.
The Numbers locked Wednesday near $4.51 million after a 35 percent step down from Tuesday, lifting domestic through September 23 to about $76.87 million and worldwide near $123.3 million. Friday files the week-two weekend ask without forging a drop percentage. Spoiler-light only.
The Numbers locked Tuesday near $6.90 million after a 30 percent bounce from Monday, lifting domestic through September 22 to about $72.36 million and worldwide near $118.8 million. Thursday files the week-two ask without forging a second-weekend percentage. Spoiler-light only.
Monday actuals locked the Capcom reboot near $60.15 million for the three-day and about $5.31 million on Monday. Domestic through September 21 sits near $65.46 million. Wednesday files the midweek holdover ask without forged week-two math. Spoiler-light only.
Studio estimates put Zach Cregger's Capcom reboot near $60 million domestic and about $108.3 million global for the three-day. Tuesday files the Monday actuals chatter and the day-after holdover ask. Spoiler-light only.
Monday studio estimates put Zach Cregger's Capcom reboot near $60 million domestic and about $108.3 million global for the three-day. Franchise-record open, ~3,684 theaters, $75 million production budget. Spoiler-light only.
Friday landed near $26.3M domestic including roughly $8.8M in previews, a franchise opening-day record. Sony is projecting about $53M to $55M for the three-day; industry chatter floats as high as ~$60M. Sunday morning still hedges until Monday actuals.
TGS week booked Juliet a Hollywood ticket. Sunday's take: an announcement is not a production calendar. The writers room is still the missing piece, not a forged start date.
TGS week put Juliet on a Hollywood runway. Ambitious Entertainment and partners are producing a live-action feature separate from the anime track, while LC2 Back2Back aims at PS5 in 2027.
Saturday morning, tracking chatter still clusters in the mid-$50M neighborhood after franchise-best Thursday previews near $8M to $9M. Spoiler-light: Cregger, Abrams, Capcom reboot, wide release. Actuals can wait for Monday.
Deadline and TheWrap put Alan Ritchson in talks to star in Justin Lin's Helldivers after Jason Momoa exited. Theatrical target remains November 10, 2027. Talks are not a locked casting card.
Deadline puts Thursday previews at $8M to $9M, crushing the franchise's prior ~$1M Final Chapter mark. Friday opens with tracking that started at $40-50M and chatter climbing toward $50-60M.
Fantastic Fest posts landed overnight. Full reviews hit 9 a.m. PT. Friday, September 18 is still the only open that counts.
Gregor and Mand write the fare. Moritz, Ascher, and Nakahara produce. No date, and that is still the whole filing.
Steven Knight told Greatest Hits Radio the Bond script draft is done ("nodding silently"). Denis Villeneuve still directs the Amazon MGM reboot. No casting has been announced.
Paul Greengrass and Andrew Garfield's 1381 Focus Features epic is tracking a low-single-digit open (~$3 to $5M) with mixed Tomatoes. Robin Hood origin framing is still doing more marketing work than the reviews.
Warner Bros. puts Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman back in theaters as Sally and Gillian Owens on September 11, 2026, PG-13, about 130 minutes, Susanne Bier directing. Announce filing, no forged opening gross.
September 10 unveil for the Avengers: Doomsday travel-tunic figure: tailored green cloak look, mystic effect hands, worldwide limit of three thousand, cart date not yet public.
Deadline reports Noah Jupe joins Avengers: Secret Wars in an undisclosed key role. Film dated December 17, 2027, after Doomsday on December 18, 2026. Mystery casting as Multiverse architecture.
Wes Ball's live-action Legend of Zelda is dated April 30, 2027. Fans expected footage in the 40th Anniversary Direct; here is the confirmed record versus the insider talk.
Deadline put Brand New Day in the $900M domestic club on Friday. World of Reel's Labor Day math leaves Force Awakens roughly fourteen million ahead. The announcement is the chase.
TheWrap's September Nova chat, plus Feige's Comic-Con shrug, turns early development into a Saturday announcement. Rich Rider is the name. The date is still missing.
Street Fighter Combo Challenge hits YouTube Playables as the first full-length movie trailer you can play. World Warrior Tour Tokyo was the stage. October 16 is still the date.
Deadpoint hits theaters September 2 after a Netflix-era sequel boom. The Spierigs directed. Mann still owns chapter three. The tower became a catalog.
Vertical and Protozoa dropped the Pendulum teaser today. Mark Heyman's R-rated directorial debut, produced by Darren Aronofsky, opens nationwide January 1, 2027 as a New Mexico retreat head trip.
Sony and Columbia are putting The Social Reckoning in theaters October 9 with Jeremy Strong as Zuckerberg, Mikey Madison as Frances Haugen, and Jeremy Allen White as Jeff Horwitz. Sorkin wrote and directed a companion to The Social Network. The product on the shelf is the 2021 leak, not another dorm-room origin.
Comic-Con handed the keys to a flaming skull and to David Jonsson as T’Challa’s son. Different movies. Same tell.