Tom Holland’s “Spider-Man 4” Gets New Title Ahead of Production This Summer
Sony had a lot to reveal yesterday in Las Vegas at the annual CinemaCon gathering—the cast and release date for Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic, the release date for the trilogy-capping third film in the Spider-Verse franchise, and the new title for Tom Holland’s fourth spin as Spider-Man.
Peter Parker’s next live-action outing, to be directed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton,
“Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” Swinging Into Theaters in 2027
Sony’s presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas had it all—the Fab Four and Spider-Man. While Sony ended their presentation by bringing out director Sam Mendes and his cast for his upcoming four-part Beatles biopic, the earlier part of their presentation was centered upon one of the studio’s most beloved current franchises. Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the third installment of their animated trilogy featuring Brooklyn’s very own Spider-Man, was revealed to be swinging into theaters on June 4,
Sam Mendes’ Beatles Biopic Reveals Fab Four: Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan, & Harris Dickinson
The cast and release date for Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic have been revealed.
At CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Monday, Mendes and his cast took to the stage to unveil not only who his John, Paul, Ringo, and George were, but also that all four films will have a theatrical release in April 2028.
Your Fab Four are Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney,
From the Upside Down to the MCU: “Stranger Things” Star Sadie Sink Joining Tom Holland in “Spider-Man 4”
It’s official—Spider-Man 4 is in full swing.
In a big bit of casting news, Stranger Things star Sadie Sink is joining Tom Holland in the fourth installment of Holland’s run as Peter Parker. Deadline reports that while Sink’s role is not yet known to the public, they’ve gone ahead and posited an intriguing possibility—that she will play legendary X-Men mutant Jean Grey.
From Acclaimed Ads to the Andes: Director Dougal Wilson’s Charming Feature Film Debut “Paddington in Peru”
Arguably the world’s most beloved (fictional) British immigrant, Paddington the Talking Bear arrived in London from South America in 2014 by way of the eponymous animated hit movie. Three years later, he returned for a sequel opposite Hugh Grant. This month, PG-rated Paddington in Peru (in theaters) continues the adventure as the marmalade-loving creature, based on Michael Bond’s children’s books and voiced by Ben Whishaw, returns to his native land in search of his beloved Aunt Lucy.
Issa Rae on the Importance of Filming “One Of Them Days” on the Streets of Los Angeles
In its opening weekend, One of Them Days earned back nearly all of its $14 million dollar budget, cementing its status as a comedy hit, the number two spot at the box office, and led many on social media in a rallying cry for more Black, female-led comedies. One of Them Days is centered on friends and roommates Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA), who find out that Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money,
“Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” Snags Directors Justin K. Thompson & Bob Persichetti
The upcoming third film in the Spider-Verse franchise has snagged its directors.
Justin K. Thompson and Bob Persichetti will helm Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse for Sony. They’re longtime alums of the studio’s groundbreaking animated franchise, starting with the showstopping first film, 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which introduced Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), Brooklyn’s very own Spider-Man, into Sony’s larger Spider-Man Universe. Persichetti was part of the directing trio for Into the Spider-Verse and was an executive producer on Across the Spider-Verse;
“28 Years Later” Trailer Releases Hell in Director Danny Boyle’s Long-Awaited Zombie Thriller Sequel
The first trailer for director Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later has arrived, giving us a visceral glimpse at Boyle’s first time at the helm of the franchise since his nervy 2002 original 28 Days Later reanimated the zombie genre, introducing a version of the undead that was quicker, more decisive, and far more rageful.
The trailer opens with a group of small kids watching Teletubbies on the TV,
“Forrest Gump” DP Don Burgess Re-Teams with Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Director Bob Zemeckis on “Here”
Cinematographer Don Burgess earned an Oscar nomination and helped make an American classic when she shot Forrest Gump in 1994. He’s since re-teamed with star Tom Hanks and director Bob Zemeckis on The Polar Express, Cast Away, and Disney’s live-action remake of Pinocchio. Now, he’s the man behind the camera in Here (in theaters) which pairs Hanks and his Gump co-star Robin Wright in a story that mainly unfolds across ten decades within one New Jersey living room.
“Venom: The Last Dance” Stunt Coordinator James Churchman on Tom Hardy, Wild Horses and Flying Kids
When he was nine years old, James M. Churchman bought his first motorcycle and started riding the backroads of his native Florida. A few years later, he became a professional stuntman, and by the late nineties, he’d invented a computerized flying system that is still in use today. In the 2000s, Churchman emerged as a go-to stunt coordinator for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, winning the 2014 Taurus World Stunt Award for staging Iron Man 3‘s 14-man free-fall spectacle.
“Here” Production Designer Ashley Lamont on Building an Entire Life in a Single Room for Tom Hanks & Robin Wright
Robert Zemeckis’ new film Here is based on an unusual concept: the entire movie takes place in one location, and the camera never moves. The living room at the center of the film is set in an early 20th-century house in New England, although as the story revisits different eras, the set also transforms into a forest and a colonial-era drive, both of which represent the same site before the house’s construction in 1907.
“Spider-Man 4” in Full Swing: Tom Holland Returns as Peter Parker With Official July 24, 2026 Release Date
It was only a few days ago that Tom Holland appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and revealed that Spider-Man 4 was officially happening and would begin shooting next summer. Now, it’s been revealed that Spider-Man 4 has an official release date.
Holland will swing back into action as Peter Parker on July 24, 2026. The film will be directed by Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Creton,
Ralph Fiennes Says That Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” Was Shot Partly On an iPhone
Director Danny Boyle’s nervy 2002 thriller 28 Days Later reinvigorated the zombie genre, introducing a version of the undead that was just as pitiless as previous iterations but quicker, more decisive, and more terrifying. Working off a script written by Alex Garland (who would go on to become an incredible director in his own right in films like Ex Machina, Annihilation, and Civil War) and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle (who would later win an Oscar for his work on Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire),
Swing Time: Tom Holland Says “Spider-Man 4” to Start Filming Next Summer
Tom Holland came on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ready to unleash a major web of movie news.
“Next summer, we start shooting,” Holland told Fallon. “Everything’s good to go. We’re nearly there. Super exciting. I can’t wait!”
Holland was talking about Spider-Man 4, of course, which will be the first Spidey film since the trilogy capping instant classic Spider-Man: No Way Home bowed in 2021 and revealed Holland’s Peter Parker teaming up with Parkers past—Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Men—to vanquish a trio of classic villains.
Lights, Camera, Recreation: “Saturday Night” Production Designer Jess Gonchor on Bringing “SNL”‘s Studio to Life
Production designer Jess Gonchor felt right at home on director Jason Reitman’s film Saturday Night, a pulsing recreation of the moments leading up to the first-ever broadcast of Saturday Night Live, which aired on October 11, 1975. Similar to Reitman, who fulfilled a dream of being a guest writer on SNL for a week on Season 35, Gonchor also worked in sketch comedy, so he knew “the inner workings of what this is and what it needed to be.” What that meant for the two-time Oscar-nominated production designer was that everything had to be interconnected.
“Venom: The Last Dance” First-Reactions Devour the Internet at Trilogy Capper Premieres
Director Kelly Marcel and star Tom Hardy finally unleashed Venom: The Last Dance on Monday night, with Sony Pictures premiering the film in New York. This means that now that Hardy’s Eddie Brock and best alien symbiote buddy Venom have finally waltzed in front of a crowd, the first reactions have flooded social media.
The Last Dance is, as its title suggests, Hardy’s final turn as the investigative reporter turned body-snatched antihero,
Tom Holland Reveals He’s Read a “Spider-Man 4” Script With Zendaya
Tom Holland revealed some major Spidey news when he said that he and his Spider-Man co-star Zendaya (also his real-life girlfriend) have read the Spider-Man 4 script a few weeks ago.
Speaking on the Rich Roll Podcast, Holland admitted that the script “needs work, but the writers are doing a great job.”
Spider-Man 4 will have big webs to fill—the last installment,
Will Spider-Man Swing Through “Venom: The Last Dance”?
Will Spider-Man appear in Venom: The Last Dance? This is the question on the mind of Spidey fans as we approach the October 25 premiere date of Tom Hardy’s last turn as Eddie Brock, the investigative reporter turned alien symbiote antihero. For two bloody, funny films, Eddie and Venom have been biting the heads off bad guys (mostly) and battling some of the universe’s most vicious beings, including Carnage (Woody Harrelson), an alien symbiote even bigger and better than Venom.
“Saturday Night” Star Lamorne Morris on Lighting Up the Screen as “SNL” Legend Garrett Morris
The camera follows Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) as he walks backstage through a line of camera crews, flickering lights, shouting cast members, costume racks, and one very random llama.
Ninety minutes until air time. Ninety minutes until the first-ever Saturday Night Live.
This is the opening sequence for Jason Reitman’s latest film, Saturday Night, about the creation of a legendary form of comedic television, but more specifically,
“Wolfs” Stunt Coordinator George Cottle on Designing Superlative Stunts For George Clooney & Brad Pitt
For stunt coordinator George Cottle, it started on a warm summer’s day in Los Angeles. He and director Jon Watts were shooting an episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew when Watts mentioned a film idea he was developing to star Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Watts asked Cottle if he’d like to be involved.
“I’ve done three Spider-Man’s with him. I love the way he works,” says Cottle says.
