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La La Land ending explained: what that final sequence means, in Damien Chazelle's own words
La La Land ends with an eight-minute sequence that rewrites everything the audience has just watched, then snaps back. Damien Chazelle has explained repeatedly what that epilogue is for, which film he was copying, and why the ending was locked before the rest of the script existed.
September 20, 2026 2:41 pm
Mutiny on the Bounty true story: what the 1789 record says that three Hollywood versions didn't
Three Hollywood studios have filmed the 1789 mutiny on HMS Bounty, and all three agreed on who the villain was. The ship's log, the court-martial minutes and the Pitcairn records tell a different story about William Bligh, Fletcher Christian and what actually happened after the launch was cut loose.
September 19, 2026 9:01 pm
The White Lotus’ Meghann Fahy trades resorts for spycraft in a new thriller series
After Sirens, The White Lotus’ Meghann Fahy has been cast in a new thriller — but it’s what her character gets up to that’ll raise your eyebrows.
September 18, 2026 2:09 pm
Ron Howard's Medal of Honor drama with Adam Driver and Anne Hathaway takes Christmas Day 2027, the corridor that carried 1917
You’ll see Adam Driver and Anne Hathaway team up in Ron Howard’s next for Amazon MGM Studios, reportedly slotted into a competitive holiday corridor.
September 17, 2026 7:17 am
Dwayne Johnson hit 282lb for Benny Safdie's last film - for the next one he cut to 235lb to play a 70-year-old
Dwayne Johnson says he’s shed serious weight for Benny Safdie’s Lizard Music, and the figure he gives in a recent Instagram video is properly eye-watering.
September 16, 2026 10:59 pm
Marvel spent five years not making Blade with Mahershala Ali, then helped pay for the film he made instead
Mahershala Ali told Deadline at TIFF 2026 the Blade update you were dreading — and why he’s still grateful to Marvel for helping another film.
September 15, 2026 12:10 am
Pierce Brosnan refuses to name a next Bond in public, and Tom Ellis says he already named one in private
Pierce Brosnan won’t anoint Daniel Craig’s successor, suggesting the franchise may look beyond the usual suspects as Thursday Murder Club costar Tom Ellis claims Brosnan already backed him.
September 15, 2026 12:05 am
The assassin film at 100% out of Toronto runs on the sword training Marvel paid for and never used
An original action thriller landing this month fancies a tilt at the assassin-movie crown — and, against the odds, might just earn it.
September 15, 2026 12:00 am
Cliffhanger without Stallone finally has a date — 24 February 2027, with Pierce Brosnan on the rope
Cliffhanger’s Pierce Brosnan–Lily James remake has finally locked a US cinema window, with Vertical taking domestic rights—now all eyes on the precise date.
September 14, 2026 11:35 pm
Pages exist — Steven Knight says he’s finished first draft of the new James Bond script
As we wait for Amazon MGM to name the next 007, the new James Bond film has quietly hit a key milestone behind the scenes.
September 13, 2026 8:41 pm
Four years after cameras stopped, Jessica Lange’s film comeback finally has a date
You can finally mark your diary for Jessica Lange’s first film in years — with a special Lincoln Center screening to boot.
September 13, 2026 7:05 pm
Jon Hamm vs Giovanni Ribisi in American Hostage — our review
Jon Hamm and Giovanni Ribisi lock horns in American Hostage, a darkly comic take on Tony Kiritsis’s story through Fred Heckman — but does it pay off?
September 13, 2026 5:40 pm
We were robbed: Spider-Noir got canceled — season 2 could’ve gone World War II
Spider-Noir was poised to take its 1930s New York noir someplace much darker for Season 2 — plans scuppered when Prime Video cancelled the Marvel show.
September 10, 2026 9:58 pm
Heat 2 adds a Venom favourite — yes, that Mann and DiCaprio crime sequel
You can add a Venom favourite to Michael Mann and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Heat 2 cast, with Variety confirming the Amazon MGM crime sequel’s latest recruit.
September 8, 2026 8:40 pm
Spider-Noir won five Creative Arts Emmys a week after Prime Video cancelled it
Spider-Noir cleaned up at the Creative Arts Emmys — awkward, given Prime Video and MGM+ binned the Nicolas Cage-led series only days ago.
September 7, 2026 10:30 pm
Gary Oldman says the producers have already picked the next Bond, and it's his Slow Horses co-star Jack Lowden
Gary Oldman has dropped a tantalising hint that MI6 may have made its pick — suggesting the hunt for the next James Bond could be over.
September 7, 2026 9:05 pm
Amazon MGM is sending out test deals for the next Bond, and Puck says every leaked shortlist is bogus
Bond-watchers, assemble: a new report reckons we have a window for when the next 007 will be named — specific enough to set pulses racing.
September 6, 2026 6:15 pm
A Reddit horror thread became a novel, and now Lily James is buying the haunted ranch
Seasons has just bolstered its ranks, with Lily James now joined in Companion director Drew Hancock’s supernatural horror thriller by names you’ll recognise.
September 6, 2026 2:14 pm
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