Entertainment
New Films in the Works
Two new films are set for production. 'iHunt: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy' is being adapted into a feature film, with Lilly Wachowski among executive producers. Meanwhile, 'Derek Vs Derek,' a documentary about warring neighbors in Britain, is gaining attention as part of Global Breakouts.
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Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Next week, Nigerian filmmaker Damilola Orimogunje (For Maria Ebun Pataki) debuts his second feature film, Dear Ajayi, in Venice as part of the parallel Giornate degli Autori section. The title is the first from Nigeria to play in the competition. Check out the first trailer for the film a
2026-08-28 14:25 UTC
Rolling Stone
“Shane MacGowan was full of contradictions — and that’s where the truth of him lived," says the Edge. "He could be precise about what mattered and gloriously careless about everything else"
2026-08-28 14:27 UTC
Variety
Kirill Sokolov, the Russian filmmaker known for violent dark comedies such as “Why Don’t You Just Die!” and his recent Hollywood debut “They Will Kill You,” is set to direct his first animated feature. Backed by Lazy Sunday and The Media Company, “Alone in the Oce
2026-08-28 14:28 UTC
Variety
A wholly modern horror story is set to get the feature treatment. “iHunt: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy,” the independently distributed novel series and tabletop RPG by Hill and Young, is getting a film adaptation. Olivia Hill wrote the script. Hill and Young are a Chicago-based queer married
2026-10-27 13:00 UTC
Deadline
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to k
2026-10-27 13:00 UTC
Rolling Stone
From dance-floor glam to gritty punk, from psychedelic jams to acoustic storytellers, and more
2026-10-27 13:01 UTC