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In addition to the layers of Filipino folklore and mythology, Universal’s Forgotten Island is stacked with well known hits and upbeat needle drops. Star H.E.R. wrote a song with Ryan Tedder called “BRB,” which plays during the film’s credits and harkens back to a sticky note habit best friends Jo (H.E.R.) and Raissa (Liza Soberano) use to denote that they’ll return from certain situations. Forgotten Island also contains songs from Journey, INXS, Simple Minds and more. Related Stories Find all the songs in Forgotten Island below: “Salbahe Ako” Performed by Carl Angelo & Ruby Ibarra “Don’t Stop Believin’ (2024 Remastered)”…

Laika‘s live-action feature take of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestseller Atmosphere from Captain Marvel filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck has seen its global rights scooped up by Black Bear in a competitive situation. Black Bear is also co-financing the project with Laika and will serve as the pic’s international sales agent. News about the project, which Boden and Fleck adapted, broke in May 2025. Black Bear will also release the movie stateside and in its territories. Atmosphere is set against the high-stakes world of NASA’s Space Shuttle program in the 1980s. The pic follows Joan, a brilliant young astronaut, along…

EXCLUSIVE: Jude Law is in negotiations to co-star opposite Scarlett Johansson in the Ari Aster and A24 thriller Scapegoat. Aster is directing the pic from a script he penned. A24, who has released Aster’s past four films, is the distributor. Jacob Elordi also recently joined the cast. Aster and partner Lars Knudsen will produce through their Square Peg banner. While the plot is being kept under wraps, some have speculated that it’s about a doctor who operates on an internet-famous person. Others say it’s sci-fi romance, and some have said it’s more of a traditional drama for Aster. As of…

London hosted the world premiere of Digger, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, starring Tom Cruise in the titular role. The film follows Digger Rockwell (Cruise), the world’s most powerful man, as he embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he unleashed destroys everything. Cruise stars alongside Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons. Iñárritu directed from a screenplay by Iñárritu and Oscar winners Alexander Dinelaris & Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman, story by Berman & Iñárritu and Jez Butterworth. Joining them on the red carpet were Emma D’Arcy, Emmanuel…

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has revealed terms of a settlement with Paramount allowing it to acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, but stressed that the agreement is “not a blessing” of the mega-merger. Speaking at a news conference Monday, Bonta detailed a list of items to which Paramount is committed. The list ranges from stepped-up film production in the U.S., an editorial oversight board for CNN and CBS News, commitments to theatrical releases and more. Not on the list, surprisingly, were any structural remedies. Repeatedly, Bonta has emphasized that only structural, not behavioral, remedies would be deemed acceptable by the AGs.…

As Ben Affleck takes the lead in his next directorial outing, he’s recounting the casting game of musical chairs that almost resulted in his onscreen reunion with ex-wife Jennifer Garner. The co-writer, director and star of Animals, premiering Oct. 9 on Netflix, explained how he came to take over the lead role of Mark Kimball from his pal Matt Damon, after initially casting Garner to play Mark’s wife Abigail in the crime thriller. “I thought, God, Jen Garner would be amazing for this role,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “It also has the added benefit of, like, both of us will…

As Zach Cregger puts audiences in the player’s POV with Resident Evil, Austin Abrams had to begin with Level One. The actor admitted he wasn’t familiar with the Resident Evil video games or movies before taking the lead in Cregger’s adaptation, now playing in theaters, explaining the horror gaming genre “really goddamn rocks your nervous system.” “Not that I was like an anti-fan,” explained Abrams. “The movies, I haven’t seen, and the games were something that just felt too frightening to engage with. I mean that genuinely. I remember playing Dead Space, a very different game, but kind of a…

EXCLUSIVE: The long-awaited and highly-anticipated sequel to the hit zombie epic World War Z is gaining some serious momentum as Paramount has not only closed a deal with Brad Pitt to return but has also tapped Edward Berger to direct the pic. World War Z is based on Max Brooks bestselling 2006 novel, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner will produce on behalf of Plan B Entertainment. Berger will executive produce. Dennis Kelly will write the script. The film marks Pitt’s return to World War Z following the 2013 film,…

After directing Transformers One to a worldwide gross of more than $129M, Josh Cooley has inked a deal to pen 99 Nights in the Forest, an adaptation of the popular video game for 20th Century Studios, Deadline has confirmed. Sources said the studio landed rights in a highly competitive situation. There’s not yet a director attached. Sam Raimi (Send Help) and Rob Tapert (Don’t Breathe) are set to produce for Ghost House Pictures. Exec producers include game designer Alec Kieft (aka Cracky4), programmer Matthew Hufton (aka ForyxeV), and environment and asset creator Cameron Angland (aka Viridial), as well as Ghost…

EXCLUSIVE: Gregg Araki has found his next project in The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization, a dark comedy to star Ashton Kutcher and Alison Brie that has Jesse Williams in talks for a third major role, sources tell Deadline. Described as an ensemble piece — Election meets American Beauty — the film’s plot is being kept under wraps. Production kicked off in Los Angeles today. Producers are Why Not Productions and Goodfellas. Araki is working from a script by Kevin W. Koehler, on which he’s completed revisions. He comes to the project on the heels of I Want You Sex,…