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Quite the slate of films is arriving in 2026, with stars like Anne Hathaway appearing in at least five films and Robert Pattinson and Zendaya in three each. Jeremy Allen White, meanwhile, will appear in two of the most anticipated movies of the year.
Yes, the first movie on this list is a streaming release, but it really should be in theaters: the film adaptation of Emily Henry’s romantic comedy novel People We Meet on Vacation. Netflix will give a limited theatrical release to Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man in March, and the summer will heat up with superhero fare like Masters of the Universe, Supergirl and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott and Sam Raimi also return with new films in 2026, namely The Odyssey, The Dog Stars and Send Help. >>>Seeking Stability
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'28 Years' Hits Tracking - Sony’s sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple hit tracking last week in what looks to be a $20M-plus 4-day opening over the MLK holiday weekend. Bone Temple remains a first choice on tracking among men over 25, followed by women under 25. >>>Comps New Heights - Angel Studios, the distributor of Sound of Freedom and animated hit David, says its guild membership program has surpassed two million paying subscribers. Members pay a monthly fee to join The Angel Guild, and serve as virtual co-producers on every project from the studio. They are also given a say on which projects the studio pursues. The company had last reported surpassing one million members in March 2025. >>> "Values-Driven Stories"
Asia-Pacific Outlook - Asia-Pacific entertainment reached far and wide in 2025 and the impact could be even greater in 2026. Microdramas, anime and K-content were buzzwords on everyone’s lips this year, as Squid Game once again set records for Netflix and KPop Demon Hunter got the world singing. Theatrical remains challenged globally, but there were also notable successes in the region, some of which will continue into 2026. China’s box office bounced back and Indonesia made hay with animation Jumbo . Meanwhile, Japan saw record numbers for a live action film. >>>Six Trends To Watch BBC Sets 'Winkleman' Show - The Claudia Winkleman Show has been officially commissioned and will launch next spring. The news comes three days before the fourth season of the Winkleman-hosted The Traitors launches. >>>7-Episode Talk Show
‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’: Read The Screenplay - Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series highlighting the buzziest scripts of the awards season continues with the tense dramatic comedy If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, writer-director Mary Bronstein's sophomore feature film that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. >>>The Script |
Joseph Kosinski is holding a very hot hand in the movie business. His sequel Top Gun: Maverick, 32 years in the making, not only became the highest-grossing movie of Tom Cruise’s career but also was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and earned Kosinski a DGA nomination. His latest film, F1, has become top-grossing movie of Brad Pitt’s career, as well as setting records during a 100-plus-day theatrical run for an Apple Original Film (Warner Bros. distributed), defying the norms for a movie produced by a streamer. He joins Deadline's video series Behind the Lens to talk about all this and much more. >>> Watch |
Peyton List, whose TV credits include the Paramount+ series School Spirits and Netflix’s Cobra Kai, will take to the stage later this month when she joins the hit Off Broadway revival of Heathers The Musical. Danny Ramirez will not return for The Last of Us Season 3 and his role is being recast. The actor starred alongside Kaitlyn Dever as Manny Alvarez, appearing in four episodes of Season 2. He has dropped out ahead of the video game adaptation’s third season due to scheduling conflicts, Deadline has learned. |
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🎭 Christmas week was reliably bountiful for Broadway, and early reports of record-breaking grosses for the holiday period are coming in hours before the official numbers are released by the Broadway League this afternoon. Preliminary numbers are more than impressive for Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Ragtime, Just In Time and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. 🎶 More musicians have cancelled planned concerts at the Kennedy Center following the decision by its Donald Trump-controlled board to add the president’s name to the arts institution. The Cookers, a jazz ensemble, said in a statement that they “are unable to perform as planned on New Year’s Eve.”
🏆 With the unveiling of this year's UK Honours List, Idris Elba has been made a Knight of the Realm by King Charles III and Keir Starmer‘s government, with the championship Women’s England soccer team seeing awards from the Crown. Golden Globe and almost certain Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo is also now a medaled Member of the Order of the British Empire.
🏛️ Chad Ollinger, who has appeared in five seasons of Discovery Channel‘s reality series Mystery At Blind Frog Ranch, is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of his cellmate at a Las Vegas jail.
🎟️ The theatrical footprint of the Stranger Things series finale continues to grow. “Over 1.1 million of you have already RSVPed to the finale screenings on NYE and New Year’s Day, and more than 3,500 showtimes across 620+ theaters are already completely full,” creator/director/EP Ross Duffer wrote on Instagram. |
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Wed - New Year's Eve; Stranger Things Season 5, Part 3 drops
Thur - New Year's Day; Rose Parade & Rose Bowl
Fri - Palm Springs International Film Fest begins
Sat - Palm Springs International Film Awards
Sun - Critics Choice Awards; NFL regular season ends |
Ready For Rockin' - Co-hosts Rita Ora and Ryan Seacrest rehearsing for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in Times Square. |
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