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October 15, 2026
Netflix Shocker: Bela Bajaria Leaving After 10 Years Amid Layoffs, Peter Rice to Replace as Chief Content Officer
In a major executive shake-up, Bela Bajaria is out at Netflix after 10 years at the streamer, most recently serving as its chief content officer. She will be replaced by former Disney and Fox execu...
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October 15, 2026
‘The Mummy 4’ With Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz Officially Titled ‘The Mummy: The Book of the Dead’
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz’s fourth “Mummy” adventure has a new title: “The Mummy: The Book of the Dead.” Fraser and Weisz are reprising their roles as Rick and Evie O’Connell alongside a cast...
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October 14, 2026
Box Office: ‘Street Fighter’ Aims for $30 Million Opening, ‘You Can See Everything’ Could Score $8 Million Start
Strength in numbers? Movie theater operators are hoping the adage proves true as four new movies aim to bolster the October box office. Paramount’s video game adaptation “Street Fighter” will lead ...
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October 14, 2026
Netflix Film VP Doug Belgrad Is Out Amid Layoffs
Netflix’s film VP Doug Belgrad has been let go amid a massive restructuring at the streamer. Netflix is laying off around 1,000 employees, around 6% of its workforce, in what marks the company’s la...
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October 12, 2026
Linda Duncombe, Beloved Banking Executive and Movie Producer, Dies at 55
Linda Duncombe, a longtime banking executive who spent the last two years as an independent film producer, died on Sunday of complications from a stroke. She was 55 years old. An infectiously frien...
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October 11, 2026
Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Now Stands to Lose $245 Million After Dropping 60% in Second Weekend
“Digger” will go down in box office history for all the wrong reasons. Tom Cruise and director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s R-rated environmental satire is tracking to lose $245 million in its the...
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October 11, 2026
‘The Social Reckoning’ Flops With $5.5 Million Debut, ‘Other Mommy’ Tops Box Office With $27.5 Million
“Other Mommy,” a horror movie starring Jessica Chastain as a double-jointed doppelgänger from hell, scared up $27.5 million in its box office debut. Those ticket sales were enough to lead in North ...
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October 6, 2026
Andrew Garfield Says OpenAI’s Sam Altman Seemed ‘F—ing Great Before Playing Him in ‘Artificial’: And Then You Learn More About a Person’
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 testify...
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October 5, 2026
Rachel Zegler Recalls Her ‘Evita’ Audition While Starring on Broadway in ‘Romeo + Juliet’: ‘I Sang 40 Pages of Material’
Tom Felton can’t go anywhere without getting recognized as Draco Malfoy, the icy-blond villain he memorably portrayed in eight “Harry Potter” movies. The actor, who is reprising his iconic role on ...
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October 5, 2026
‘Digger’ Down: 5 Takeaways After Tom Cruise Suffers One of His Biggest Box Office Bombs
Moviegoers didn’t dig “Digger,” to put it mildly. Saddled with terrible reviews and negative word-of-mouth, Tom Cruise’s absurdist dark comedy has cratered at the box office with $8 million in Nort...
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October 4, 2026
What David Zaslav Got Wrong About ‘Coyote vs. Acme’
Three years after “Coyote vs. Acme” was shelved by Warner Bros. as a tax write-off and rescued by indie distributor Ketchup Entertainment, the Looney Tunes comedy has become a box-office bright spo...
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October 4, 2026
Box Office: ‘Digger’ Majorly Bombs With $8 Million Opening Weekend, ‘Verity’ Scores $32 Million Debut
In “Digger,” Tom Cruise portrays a powerful oil tycoon who is bracing for an ecological disaster of epic proportions. But nothing could have prepared him for the catastrophe that’s unfolding at the...
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October 4, 2026
‘Avengers: Endgame’ Overtakes ‘Avatar’ as Highest-Grossing Movie in History With $2.925 Billion After ‘Encore’ Re-Release
“Avengers: Endgame” is once again the highest-grossing movie in box office history, reclaiming the title from “Avatar.” The two blockbusters have passed the crown back and forth over the years as t...
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October 1, 2026
Rachel Zegler, Diego Rodriguez and James Olivas on Bringing ‘Evita’ to Broadway and Reimagining the Iconic Balcony Sequence for Times Square
Rachel Zegler hesitated when “Evita” director Jamie Lloyd pitched her on his big idea for their West End revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical. Zegler was portraying Argentine first lady Eva...
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September 30, 2026
Box Office: ‘Verity’ Aims for $35 Million Debut and Anne Hathaway’s Third No. 1 Movie of the Year, ‘Digger’ Could Bomb With $12 Million
Anne Hathaway is returning to a familiar spot — the top of box office charts — as “Verity” hits the big screen over the weekend. The adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestseller is targeting a solid d...
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September 29, 2026
‘Game of Thrones’ Movie ‘Aegon’s Conquest’ Sets Summer 2029 Release Date
Winter is coming to the big screen… in summer of 2029. “Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest,” the first movie set in the fictional world of Westeros, has been scheduled for June 6, 2029. Owen Harris ...
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September 28, 2026
Robert Pattinson’s Star Power and Gen Z: 5 Reasons ‘Primetime’ Became a Breakout Box Office Hit
Plenty of moviegoers had a seat for “Primetime,” a true-crime thriller starring Robert Pattinson as Dateline NBC journalist and “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen. The A24 movie landed on the ...
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September 27, 2026
Neil Patrick Harris to Star in ‘Damn Yankees’ Broadway Revival
A revival of “Damn Yankees,” starring Neil Patrick Harris and Julianne Hough, will open next spring on Broadway. It’s the first Broadway revival of “Damn Yankees” in more than 30 years. Following l...
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September 27, 2026
‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Scores Massive $86 Million Globally, Brad Pitt’s ‘Heart of the Beast’ Launches to $50 Million Worldwide
“Avengers: Endgame” returned to theaters and assembled a massive $86 million globally, including $26 million in North America and $60 million overseas. Disney and Marvel’s 2019 blockbuster was alre...
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September 27, 2026
Box Office: ‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Returns to No. 1 With $26 Million, ‘Primetime’ Scores Impressive $19 Million Debut
“Avengers: Endgame Encore,” a re-release of Disney and Marvel’s 2019 blockbuster (with extra footage!), emerged victorious at the domestic box office over several new releases. “Avengers: Endgame E...
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September 26, 2026
Scarlett Johansson Takes Break From Filming Overseas for ‘Paper Tiger’ NYFF Premiere After Skipping Cannes: ‘I’m Hallucinating’
A very jet-lagged Scarlett Johansson reunited with co-stars Adam Driver and Miles Teller for the New York Film Festival premiere of “Paper Tiger,” which kicked off the festival’s 64th edition. “I’m...
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September 23, 2026
‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Could Top Box Office, Brad Pitt’s ‘Heart of the Beast’ and Robert Pattinson’s ‘Primetime’ Vie for No. 3
In a blast from the past, “Avengers: Endgame” might actually wind up as No. 1 at the domestic box office in… 2026. Disney is bringing the Marvel juggernaut back to the big screen ahead of “Avengers...
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September 22, 2026
‘Evita’ on Broadway: West End Stars Diego Rodriguez, James Olivas to Reprise Roles Alongside Rachel Zegler (EXCLUSIVE)
Diego Rodriguez and James Olivas will star alongside Rachel Zegler in “Evita,” which opens on Broadway next spring. Rodriguez and Olivas are reprising their roles as Che and Juan Perón, respectivel...
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September 20, 2026
Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ Breaks Franchise Records With $60 Million Opening Weekend
“Weapons” director Zach Cregger has electrified the box office again, this time with his take on “Resident Evil.” His reboot of the ’90s zombie video game has collected $60 million in its opening w...
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September 20, 2026
‘Backrooms’ Surpasses $400 Million at Global Box Office
“Backrooms” has hit $400 million at the global box office, a remarkable benchmark for the low-budget indie sensation. After nearly four months on the big screen, “Backrooms” has generated $197.5 mi...
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September 16, 2026
Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Targets Franchise-Best $45 Million Debut
Movie theater operators are counting on “Resident Evil” to scare some life into the early fall box office. Sony’s horror-comedy reboot of the zombie-infested property is targeting a strong $40 mill...
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September 16, 2026
‘Spring Awakening’ Revival Sets Off Broadway Cast
Ashlyn Maddox, Tyler Jordan Wesley, Ryo Kamibayashi and Amalia Yoo are about to learn about the “bitch of living.” The young actors will star in this fall’s off-Broadway revival of “Spring Awakenin...
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September 15, 2026
Quentin Tarantino to Publish ‘Cliff Booth’ Novel Before Brad Pitt and David Fincher’s Movie Streams on Netflix
Quentin Tarantino is writing a novel version of his “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” spinoff “Cliff Booth.” It will debut later this year, timed to the release of the forthcoming film starring Brad ...
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September 15, 2026
‘Annie’ Returning to Broadway for 50th Anniversary
Little orphan Annie is returning to the Great White Way. A revival of “Annie” will premiere on Broadway in fall 2027, timed to the classic musical’s 50th anniversary. Sam Pinkleton, the Tony-winnin...
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September 13, 2026
Box Office: ‘Practical Magic 2’ Fizzles With $30 Million Debut
Whatever spell conjured by the witchy Owens sisters, played onscreen by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in two “Practical Magic” movies, wasn’t powerful enough to lure audiences to theaters. Despi...
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