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Firebird Pictures optioned Fay Weldon’s supernatural novel Puffball for television; Morgan Lloyd Malcolm boards as writer and BBC Studios is backing production, with no network attached and casting yet to begin.

Midnight Cannes premiere drew massive Croisette turnout; Yeon Sang-ho’s quarantined-skyscraper zombie thriller reframes the infected as an evolving, collective-intelligence threat and reunites Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan and Ji Chang-wook; budget ~₩17 billion; Showbox and ARP Sélection handling international distribution with Korea opening May 21.

HBO series Lanterns adds Laura Linney to an eight-episode order alongside Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler; series follows Green Lanterns John Stewart and Hal Jordan investigating a dark, earth-based murder and shifts from Max to HBO under new content delineation.

A script for a Hope sequel already exists and the film's Cannes buzz has positioned NEON to back North American release plans; sequel scripting accelerates franchise potential for Na Hong-jin's cosmic-horror property.

A new Netflix detective series has secured a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score and become an immediate global streaming hit, signaling strong critical reception driving rapid international viewership and platform prominence.

Na Hong-jin’s Hope is a sprawling sci-fi action-horror epic at Cannes with jaw-dropping setpieces and genre-bending carnage that has critics referencing Fury Road-level spectacle.

Screen International’s jury grid shows seven Cannes Competition titles already scoring 2.0 or below, signaling a muted critical edition so far and spotlighting weak early receptions for films by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Asghar Farhadi, László Nemes, and others while a few titles like Na Hong-jin’s Hope stand out positively.

Prime Video and MGM+ premiere Spider-Noir on May 27; final trailer drops May 19 and Sony Pictures Television-produced series reimagines Ben Reilly as a 1930s noir PI with Nicolas Cage starring and Harry Bradbeer directing the first two episodes.

HBO/DC's Lanterns reframes Green Lantern mythology as a grounded murder-investigation on Earth with Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre leading; the tonal pivot aims to make the Corps playable as a character-driven procedural.