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What Castle in the Sky is based on, in Miyazaki's own account of the film's origins
Studio Ghibli's first release began with a comic Hayao Miyazaki read as a schoolboy, a satirical novel from 1726, and a research trip to South Wales. Where each piece of Castle in the Sky came from, in the director's own account — plus the four titles it nearly had.
September 20, 2026 5:03 pm
The People v. Gorilla Grodd is filming, and Skyler Gisondo says scenes are shot almost entirely on courthouse CCTV
Skyler Gisondo told Collider the DCU mockumentary from the American Vandal team feels like a play. HBO’s Casey Bloys confirmed filming but no air date yet.
September 20, 2026 4:49 pm
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
Resident Evil could hit digital in mid-October and Netflix in December, if Sony repeats what it did with Goat
Sony hasn’t announced dates, but its horror Goat reached digital six weeks after cinemas and Netflix three months later.
September 20, 2026 11:10 am
120 Beats per Minute meaning: what the title of the ACT UP Paris drama refers to
The title of Robin Campillo's ACT UP Paris drama is a measurement, and it's measuring two things at once. What 120 beats per minute actually refers to, how the film's score and editing keep proving it, and why the English-language release quietly dropped the number.
September 19, 2026 10:13 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
What happens at the end of Inside Out 2? Riley's last hockey scene, and the secret hidden after the credits
Riley's three days at hockey camp finish with a sequence Pixar's crew built using a thriller as their reference, and the film then keeps going twice more after the credits start. Here is how the last act resolves, what the final stinger reveals, and where the numbers ended up.
September 19, 2026 8:07 pm
The famously stubborn George Lucas gave in to Star Wars fans five times, from shrinking Jar Jar to deleting Luke's scream
The Holiday Special, the Special Edition scream, Han and Greedo, midi-chlorians and Jar Jar Binks: when the creator of Star Wars listened.
September 19, 2026 5:21 pm
Money Heist's Berlin is the villain in Prime Video's new legal thriller — already one of the biggest shows on streaming
Eugenio Derbez and Pedro Alonso lead El Juicio, a Mexican legal drama about an assault case against a rich family’s son, released on 11 September.
September 19, 2026 1:12 pm
Zack Snyder has sold his Fountainhead series twice — both buyers backed out within a week
Zack Snyder has written 10 of the 12 episodes of his Ayn Rand adaptation and told Happy Sad Confused why studios keep getting cold feet.
September 19, 2026 12:47 pm
Will Resident Evil get a sequel? Zach Cregger: 'I have no idea' — The Flood and the Weapons prequel come first
Asked by Variety about a direct sequel, Zach Cregger had no plans to share: he is in soft prep on The Flood and has Gladys lined up after it.
September 19, 2026 10:41 am
Superman's Jimmy Olsen says the DCU's Gorilla Grodd murder trial happens before Man of Tomorrow
Skyler Gisondo, back as Jimmy Olsen, says HBO Max’s true-crime mockumentary sits between Superman and its sequel, out on 9 July 2027.
September 19, 2026 9:52 am
At 38, Akira is out-grossing Andrew Garfield's new epic in US cinemas — on a third of the screens
Crunchyroll and Sony’s 4K and IMAX run of Otomo’s 1988 classic has become Akira’s best North American release ever — on fewer than 800 screens.
September 19, 2026 9:31 am
Is Midsommar scary? Ari Aster calls it a breakup movie; the BBFC gave it an 18
Ari Aster's folk horror unfolds almost entirely in daylight and barely uses a jump scare, which is why viewers can't agree on whether it's frightening. What the BBFC actually flagged, how opening-weekend crowds graded it, and which of the two cuts to watch.
September 18, 2026 10:52 pm
Who was on NCIS from the beginning? Only one of the original cast is still in the credits more than two decades on
NCIS premiered on CBS in September 2003 with five names in the main titles. Twenty-three seasons later, only one of them still turns up for work — and the man usually called an original cast member technically wasn't one.
September 18, 2026 9:01 pm
Sam Raimi makes movie from horror survival video game, yep, with Toy Story 4 director
Sam Raimi is plotting a big-screen take on a smash horror survival game, with the Toy Story 4 director aboard, as 20th Century Studios snaps up the rights.
September 18, 2026 4:37 pm
Zack Snyder is going back to 300: the prequel series is moving forward, and he'll likely direct some of it
Zack Snyder has finally lifted the lid on the long-awaited 300 prequel TV show — and hinted at a hands-on role that’ll raise a few eyebrows.
September 18, 2026 4:01 pm
Barbie 2 gets a big nudge after a major Warner Bros. business move
Warner Bros. pulled a canny bit of business that makes Barbie 2 all but nailed on — involving a big-name filmmaker ditching Netflix for a first-look deal.
September 18, 2026 3:12 pm
Bill Skarsgård, Pennywise himself, will lead Kojima's new spy game — the one PlayStation walked away from this month
You’ll want to know who Kojima’s tapped: the actor behind Pennywise is leading action-espionage game Physint, announced during the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 broadcast.
September 18, 2026 2:36 pm
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