Atomic Monster & Blumhouse Expand ‘M3GAN’ Universe With ‘SOULM8TE’, Set New Year’s 2026 Release

A huge twist is on the way to the Love Island villa, with the show's famous Casa Amor segment soon taking place.The boys and girls will be sent to live in separate villas and introduced to new singletons in a bid to truly test their connections with their partners. One of the new boys taking part in the Casa Amor twist has now reportedly been revealed. Podcaster and fitness model Joel Kirby, 22, will be entering the villa in a bid to find long-lasting love.

Saint Clare starring Bella Thorne will open this year’s Taormina Film Festival.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Barefoot Contessa” star Ina Garten has signed a new exclusive multiyear deal at her longtime home Food Network that includes a Season 5 renewal for her latest show, “Be My Guest With Ina Garten.” The next season of Garten’s Emmy-award-winning cooking talk show set at the East Hampton home she shares with her husband Jeffrey will launch in the fall and boast a guest list that includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert and fellow Food Network star Bobby Flay, among others. Previous seasons of “Be My Guest” have featured Emily Blunt, Jennifer Garner, Nathan Lane, Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci, astronaut Nicole Mann, ballerina Misty Copeland, restaurateur and author Danny Meyer and journalist Frank Bruni.

Katcy Stephan “Street Fighter” has landed a March 20, 2026 domestic release date from Sony. The film, from Legendary, is co-developed and produced with Japanese game distributor Capcom. Legendary nabbed the film and television rights to the highly popular gaming series in 2023.

Ethan Shanfeld Alfonso Cuarón is returning to the small screen with “Disclaimer,” a psychological thriller starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline. Apple TV+ released a first look image of the seven-episode series and announced an Oct. 11 premiere date.

The brand new show Drag! The Musical is heading to New York this fall!

Pom Klementieff is teasing plans to shift her focus over to the DC film universe alongside former director James Gunn.

After knocking it out of the park with Poor Things last year, director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone are back at the box office in Kinds Of Kindness, which looks set to shake up a sluggish arthouse market with the best limited opening this year.

James Wan has another horror universe in the making, and while it’s unfortunately not for 2021’s “Malignant,” this offshoot of “M3GAN” may be the next best thing. Deadline reports that Wan’s Atomic Monster banner and Blumhouse will team up again for “SOULM8TE,” a new spinoff to the early 2023 horror hit.  It’ll be the third film in the “M3GAN” franchise, after “M3GAN 2.0,” which hits theaters next year on June 27, 2025.

James Wan has another horror universe in the making, and while it’s unfortunately not for 2021’s “Malignant,” this offshoot of “M3GAN” may be the next best thing. Deadline reports that Wan’s Atomic Monster banner and Blumhouse will team up again for “SOULM8TE,” a new spinoff to the early 2023 horror hit.  It’ll be the third film in the “M3GAN” franchise, after “M3GAN 2.0,” which hits theaters next year on June 27, 2025.

Taylor Swift has teamed up with her Eras Tour opening act Gracie Abrams for a new song!

Devastating footage from the aftermath of Nathaniel Shani's murder has been released with his family's blessing - as they share the agony they have lived through since tragedy struck. The 14-year-old was stabbed in the neck in an alleyway off Tavistock Square, in Harpurhey, last September 15.

Jordan Peele has made plans for a new project coming in Halloween 2026.Peele, best-known for the Oscar-winning horror Get Out, is set to return to theatres after a short break from directing, his last directorial project being Nope in 2022.His production company Monkeypaw Productions has, however, produced a handful of projects since then, the most recent being 2024 action thriller, Monkey Man, starring and directed by Dev Patel.Now, Peele has announced an updated release date for his latest directorial project, which was originally scheduled for Christmas Day this year.Following last year’s strikes in Hollywood, the film was removed from Universal’s release schedule. However, Peele has announced that the new release date for the project will be October 23, 2026.Peele shared a post on his official X account, simply depicting the release date.

Selome Hailu Right after the Tony Awards, “The Gilded Age” has added four previous winners and nominees to its Season 3 cast: Phylicia Rashad, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jordan Donica and Victoria Clark. Rashad will recur as Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkland.

What do we know about Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele’s next movie? Well, next to nothing, really. But we do know it’s new release date.

The Gilded Age will expand its fortunes in season 3 by adding four new characters.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Jordan Peele fans will have to wait to a bit longer for his next movie. The Oscar-winner’s fourth film as a director will now debut on Oct.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer After she recently held private listening sessions for her upcoming sixth album, Katy Perry has officially announced that the first single for the project, “Woman’s World,” will arrive next month. The pop star plans to drop “Woman’s World” on July 11 at 7 p.m.

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has landed the rights to Stacey Abrams’ Rules of Engagement with Meredith Dawson set to adapt the screenplay. Abrams will produce through Sage Works Productions with Kerry Washington and Pilar Savone producing through Simpson Street.

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of the season two finale of Apple’s critically acclaimed comedy series Loot, starring Maya Rudolph (who also exec produces), Apple TV+ has signed a multi-year, first-look deal with Banana Split Projects, the newly formed production company run by Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens.  Under the deal, Apple TV+ will have a first-look on series and digital features developed and produced by Banana Split.