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• Comcast’s Peacock makes its first profit, Universal boosted by box office hits

  24-07-2026 03:56 via screendaily.com
  
  Streaming service Peacock boosted its subscriber count to 48m.
  
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• Manchester Animation Festival launches BFI-backed animation development lab

  27-07-2026 13:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Seven-month lab will turn animation concepts into fully developed packages.
  
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• ‘The Odyssey’ scores impressive £11.9m second weekend at UK-Ireland box office

  27-07-2026 12:51 via screendaily.com
  
  Christopher Nolan’s epic passes £35m after just 10 days in cinemas.
  
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• Prime Video strikes major deal with CJ ENM to bring 100+ Korean titles to India

  27-07-2026 12:32 via screendaily.com
  
  Titles include ‘The Legend of Kitchen Soldier’, ‘Yumi’s Cells’ and ‘My Bias, My Boss’.
  
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• Ray Winstone, Danny Dyer team up for crime thriller ‘Going Under’

  27-07-2026 12:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Producers include ‘Obsession’s James Harris; Vertigo Releasing to release in UK-Ireland next year.
  
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• Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’ holds South Korea box office lead but down 50% on opening

  27-07-2026 11:56 via screendaily.com
  
  The action thriller made the top 10 worldwide from its performance in a single territory.
  
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• ‘The Odyssey’ hits $640m worldwide on second weekend at box office

  27-07-2026 10:38 via screendaily.com
  
  Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ dropped just 19% in its second weekend for Universal.
  
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• ‘Corpus’ review: Hedonistic horror debut plays out against the sweaty club scene of late ’90s New York

  27-07-2026 05:17 via screendaily.com
  
  The feature debut of former intimacy coordinator Corrin Evans makes its debut in Fantasia competition
  
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• Former Screen Star of Tomorrow David Jonsson to play Black Panther

  26-07-2026 19:05 via screendaily.com
  
  Ryan Gosling confirms at Comic-Con that he will star as Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze.
  
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• ‘The Odyssey’ breaks second-weekend record for Christopher Nolan at North American box office

  26-07-2026 18:21 via screendaily.com
  
  Homeric adaptation stands on estimated $286m.
  
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• Hanna Bergholm’s ‘Nightborn’ wins best film at 2026 Fantasia

  26-07-2026 01:39 via screendaily.com
  
  Blaise becomes first French film to win Montreal fest’s top animation award.
  
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• Paramount agrees to postpone WBD merger

  25-07-2026 01:37 via screendaily.com
  
  Transaction will not close until court rules on antitrust cases or June 1 2027, whichever occurs first.
  
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• Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera on 2026 lineup, lack of female and studio films

  24-07-2026 15:46 via screendaily.com
  
  Barbera talks Screen through the selection for his 19th edition at the helm of Venice.
  
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• UK-Ireland box office preview: Andy Serkis’s ‘Animal Farm’ launches for Vue Lumiere

  24-07-2026 13:25 via screendaily.com
  
  Animated titles dominate new releases as big studios steer clear of ‘The Odyssey’.
  
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• Screen Summit 2026 unveils further top-level speakers

  24-07-2026 12:32 via screendaily.com
  
  The third annual Screen Summit is taking place at the BFI Southbank on September 29.
  
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• Fred Tsui named executive director of Hong Kong International Film Festival Society

  24-07-2026 11:30 via screendaily.com
  
  The industry veteran will report to Wilfred Wong.
  
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• ‘Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters Of Steve Johnson’ review: Colourful portrait of the acclaimed SFX artist behind classics like 'Ghostbusters'

  24-07-2026 05:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Nick Taylor’s Fantasia doc features a host of talking heads including John Landis and Tom Holland
  
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• ‘Ferine’ review: Arresting Italian genre debut is lush modern giallo with feline themes

  24-07-2026 02:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Andrea Corsini’s first feature world premieres in Fantasia
  
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• Success of ‘The Odyssey’ will be “a transformational event,” says Imax

  24-07-2026 01:18 via screendaily.com
  
  The premium large format company is on track for a $1.4bn global box office take for 2026.
  
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• Sony to distribute Prime Focus Studios’ ‘Ramayana’ outside India

  23-07-2026 23:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi star in the feature version of the ancient epic.
  
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• Universal, Bleecker Street acquire ‘George Michael: The Faith Tour’ for cinema release

  23-07-2026 19:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Film features concert footage from Paris stop of Michael’s 1988 Faith tour.
  
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• Venice Competition thriller ‘Back To Buenos Aires’ acquired for international sales

  23-07-2026 18:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Inspired by the director’s own experience, film depicts trial of officers from Argentina’s military dictatorship.
  
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• First reactions to the Venice film festival lineup - The Screen Podcast

  23-07-2026 18:16 via screendaily.com
  
  From the lack of female filmmakers to the lengthy documentaries, what themes emerged?
  
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• Eight world premieres set for TIFF series section Primetime

  23-07-2026 16:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Line-up includes Carrie, Below and season six of Slow Horses.
  
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• Max Minghella, Prano Bailey-Bond among Edinburgh industry speakers

  23-07-2026 15:41 via screendaily.com
  
  Events include Bifa industry talk on working beyond first feature.
  
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• Venice Horizons title ‘Eklipse’ acquired for international sales

  23-07-2026 14:48 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Debut feature is set in Tyrolean Alps during the 1999 full solar eclipse.
  
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• Lucky Number to ignite sales on Venice Horizons title ‘The Burning Giants’

  23-07-2026 14:39 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The Thai film is about an ethnic Karen man with bizarre burn marks, who is captured and sent to a quarantine facility.
  
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• Venice film festival reveals 2026 lineup

  23-07-2026 12:55 via screendaily.com
  
  The competition titles include new films by Martin McDonagh, Florian Zeller, Lee Chang-dong, Hirokazu Koreeda, Werner Herzog and May el-Toukhy.
  
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• Venice Horizons title ‘What Belongs To Others’ boarded for sales

  23-07-2026 12:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Film is second feature from Polish filmmaker Grzegorz Debowski.
  
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• Biennale president launches extraordinary attack on EU for withdrawing €2m funding over Russian participation

  23-07-2026 12:03 via screendaily.com
  
  Pietrangelo Buttafuoco was speaking at launch of Venice Film Festival line-up.
  
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