Film & Entertainment
Casting announcements, box office updates, studio moves, and everything happening in the world of film.
Midweek holds, premium-format share, and the failure of two franchise extensions point to an audience that treats the theater as an event and home viewing as the default.
Elias Thorne
Studios spent a decade dismissing the $25–60 million original as unprofitable. In the first quarter of 2026, that bet is starting to reverse — and the ripple through greenlight rooms is already visible.
Ava Rahimi
Two-part releases, patient first acts, and symphonic IMAX design turned Dune into a financial and critical benchmark. The attempts to replicate that structure are already reshaping which projects get made.
Omid Darvishi
Performers who spent a decade in supporting-role tracks are now carrying $30–60 million originals to awards-season dominance. Casting directors say the shift is permanent.
Omid Darvishi
Four hours of a viewer's attention is now harder to earn than a single theater trip. That asymmetry is reshaping how streamers invest and how voters evaluate.
Ava Rahimi
