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Is Forgotten Island based on the Philippines? What DreamWorks took from real Filipino folklore — and from the directors' own families
DreamWorks' 50th feature drops two best friends through a portal into an island stocked with Philippine mythology. Here is how much of it comes from genuine folklore, which regional traditions the creatures are pulled from, and what the two directors lifted from their own families.
September 19, 2026 5:42 pm
Shrek fans will get to step into the swamp: the 2001 film is being reworked for giant immersive domes ahead of Shrek 5
Cosm and Universal are reworking DreamWorks’ 2001 film for LED dome screens, the first animated title in their shared reality format. Tickets go on sale this autumn.
September 19, 2026 2:03 pm
How did Festus leave Gunsmoke? Ken Curtis played him for close to 300 episodes — and then never once appeared in the TV movies
Ken Curtis played Festus Haggen for 11 years and 304 episodes of Gunsmoke, then sat out every one of the five reunion films CBS made between 1987 and 1994. Here's how the series actually ended for him, and what kept him out of the movies.
September 18, 2026 6:11 pm
Meryl Streep will be the first woman to voice Aslan — Greta Gerwig wanted someone over 70 with a child's sense of wonder
Liam Neeson voiced the lion in the last three Narnia films. For Netflix’s The Magician’s Nephew, Gerwig told Empire she wanted gravitas without self-seriousness.
September 18, 2026 3:16 pm
Fifteen years on, Zack Snyder’s action fantasy cult classic gets a director’s cut
More than a decade on, one of Zack Snyder’s cult favourites is being re-released as a director’s cut — but which one’s getting the upgrade?
September 18, 2026 3:06 pm
The Big Bang Theory spin-off gave Amy a new husband instead of Sheldon — the Flash, his favourite superhero
TBBT just tore up the playbook in 'Stuart Fails to Save the Universe', introducing Sheldon's replacement and unveiling Amy’s new husband.
September 18, 2026 1:30 pm
Zack Snyder told Variety he wants to make the Rick and Morty movie — Warner Bros. has already given it to Jacob Hair
Zack Snyder hasn’t given up on making a Rick and Morty film — never mind that another take is already quietly bubbling away elsewhere.
September 18, 2026 2:14 am
Our review: Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen as the one doing the stalking in A24's Primetime — and the second act is where it sags
Think you know To Catch a Predator? A24’s Primetime reframes Chris Hansen’s world as a stylised, unsettling character study — with Robert Pattinson stepping into the hot seat.
September 17, 2026 10:07 pm
HBO put The White Lotus season 4 in the first half of 2027 - earlier than the gap that followed every previous season
The White Lotus Season 4 has a fresh release-date update — and it points to the HBO show returning sooner than you were expecting.
September 17, 2026 8:06 am
Twenty-five years after Session 9, Brad Anderson wants a prequel about Mary Hobbes - no cast, no date, just a pitch from a convention stage
A quarter-century on from Session 9, Brad Anderson is cooking up a prequel — and wait till you hear who it shadows and what he’s calling it.
September 17, 2026 1:48 am
Sawyer from Lost is flying a Top Gun-style war drama - Bandai Namco's four-part Ace Combat prequel is already streaming
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Leve is getting a prequel series fronted by a familiar face — fancy finding out who’s at the helm?
September 16, 2026 10:35 pm
Awful news: The Voice’s first-ever winner Ben Saunders has died unexpectedly, aged 43
Fans of The Voice will be stunned: the show's first-ever winner has died unexpectedly, aged 43.
September 16, 2026 8:44 pm
What shows are in The Boys universe? The complete list, in the order to watch them
The Boys ended in May 2026, but the Vought Cinematic Universe didn't. Here's every series set in that world, what each one actually contributes, and the order that makes the crossovers work.
September 15, 2026 3:48 pm
Marvel's dead Blade was a 1920s period piece, and its costumes turned up in Sinners instead
Marvel Studios’ Blade reboot could’ve been very different, with its director confirming a much‑rumoured plot shift before leaving in 2022, when pre‑production was already underway in Atlanta.
September 15, 2026 12:40 am
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
Noah Schnapp will lead Stealing From Pablo, about kids who partied in Escobar's mansion
Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp is set to star in a thriller based on real events, with a Gotham actor and a City of God star also aboard.
September 12, 2026 11:52 pm
What EastEnders actress was murdered? The two cases, three years apart, and the convictions that followed
Two EastEnders actresses were murdered three years apart — Gemma McCluskie in 2012 and Sian Blake in 2015. The full facts of both cases, the police investigations, and the sentences handed down at the Old Bailey.
September 12, 2026 2:41 pm
What is Ricky Gervais' Alley Cats about? Gervais calls his own character "quite a stretch"
What Ricky Gervais' Netflix animated series Alley Cats is about: the premise, the full voice cast and their characters, the episode count and format, how the show was made — and what critics from The Guardian to Variety made of it.
September 11, 2026 5:54 pm
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