Kirsten Dunst to join Sydney Sweeney in ‘The Housemaid’ sequel
Original 2025 psychological thriller earned $395m at global box office.
Jude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment hires former House exec
Georgia Ince was previously a development executive at House.
UK's Secret Cinema to launch permanent London venue in 2026
Venue aiming to open at Greenwich Peninsula later this year.
UK’s New Black Film Collective’s 2026 XPO unveils revised date and venue
EXCLUSIVE: The March event was postponed owing to a proposed London Underground strike.
‘Project Hail Mary’ tops UK-Ireland box office with £4.6m; ‘Dhurandhar 2’ excels in second
‘Project Hail Mary’, ‘Dhurandhar 2’ record best-ever openings for Amazon MGM and Indian film, respectively.
2026 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates
Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates.
UK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2026
Bookmark this page and keep track of the latest film release dates in the UK & Ireland.
Dongnan Chen’s coming-of-age story ‘Whispers In May’ wins big at CPH:DOX 2026
‘Whispers In May’ follows three teenage girls on a journey in China’s remote Sichuan province.
‘Project Hail Mary’ blasts off with $141m at worldwide box office
The sci-fi epic was only the third non-sequel/non-franchise film to open above $50m in international markets since Covid.
French co-productions rise to highest level in a decade
Local production in 2025 dipped overall as US streaming investments shifted.
2026 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK and Ireland: latest updates
Screen reveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers.
Row K reviewing strategy amid reports of unpaid bills, schedule confusion
Uncertainty hangs over ‘Poetic License’, ‘Cliffhanger’.
‘Project Hail Mary’ scores top North American box office debut of 2026 in Amazon MGM Studios record
Sci-fi adventure delivers second-highest debut by non-franchise film in a decade.
‘Project Hail Mary’ earns $12m from Thursday screenings, early previews
Sci-fi adventure forecast to arrive on more than $60m in North America, $100m-plus worldwide.
Harry Lighton, Saulė Bliuvaitė among six filmmakers selected for Cannes’ La Residence programme
Development programme of Cannes Film Festival unveils participants for 51st edition.
Action star and martial artist Chuck Norris dies aged 86
He was hospitalised in Hawaii yesterday, and his family announced his death today in an Instagram post.
UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Project Hail Mary’ takes off at 701 sites
Also new this weekend: Disney’s ’Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come’ and Kaleidoscope’s ’The Land Of Sometimes’.
Asmae El Moudir’s ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Up On Me’ wins at CPH:Industry 2026
Further winners included Kathryn Ferguson’s ’Matrescence’, an exploration of maternal transformation.
Germany’s DCM acquires leading Swiss distributor Ascot Elite
Takeover of family-run Swiss company marks latest acquisition by DCM.
Final day to enter Screen International’s Global Production Awards
Entry deadline ends tonight at midnight.
