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Lionsgate and Blumhouse are mounting a Blair Witch reboot for 2027; Dylan Clark directs from Chris Devlin's script, with Jason Blum and Roy Lee producing. The original franchise team, including Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick, Gregg Hale, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams, is on as executive producers.

Independent Film Company and Shudder have locked U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand rights to horror feature Breeder ahead of its Tribeca premiere. The Alex Goyette debut is set for a theatrical rollout this fall, with Rabbits Black and Four J Films backing the financing.

Hallstone Ventures closes a $10 million Fund I and begins deploying into AI infrastructure plays for entertainment, including rights-cleared video datasets, identity verification, fan-creation tools and space-capture robotics.

IFC and Shudder have acquired Breeder ahead of Tribeca, locking down Alex Goyette's debut feature for a theatrical rollout this fall. The poodle-breeding horror pic stars Daniel Doheny, Dot Marie Jones, Maddie Phillips, and Tanaya Beatty.

Kino Lorber has taken U.S. rights to Black Zombie and will roll the zombie-history doc out theatrically this fall before digital and home-video windows. The film traces the undead from Haitian spiritual tradition through Hollywood horror, with Slash and Tom Savini among the interview subjects.

August is rolling in New York with Lauren Graham, Patti LuPone, and Dan Bucatinsky aboard; Nick Borenstein’s suspense-tinged debut feature has also been selected for the 2026 Inside Out Toronto International Finance Forum.

Paramount Skydance launches Paramount Games Studio as a unified gaming arm, folding Skydance Interactive and Skydance New Media into a single division tied to Paramount IP and original worlds. Tony Driscoll takes the top job; Amy Hennig shifts to studio creative director while Julian Beak exits, with the first AAA reveal due at Summer Game Fest.

Dan Lin is steering Netflix toward faster, cheaper, filmmaker-friendly movies while keeping theatrical as an exception, not a rule; the slate push still leans on genre, R-rated event movies and a growing animated pipeline.

SAG-AFTRA members have ratified a four-year contract with studios and streamers, locking in 3 percent annual wage increases, AI guardrails, and a path to merge the union’s two pension plans. The deal also opens the door for bargaining over microdramas once they move beyond an experimental phase.

SAG-AFTRA ratifies its new AMPTP agreement through June 2030; the contract tightens AI and digital-replica rules, raises pay/residuals, and advances a pension/retirement fund merger.

Paramount Skydance launches a dedicated Games Studio led by Tony Driscoll, folding IP-based game development into the company’s core content strategy; Amy Hennig shifts into creative director and first titles include Marvel 1943 and an untitled Star Wars game.

Netflix canceled Boots after the series logged 30.7 million views and outperformed several of its top comedies, turning a strong engagement metric into a cost-cutting and politics-driven shutdown. Sony shopped the memoir adaptation unsuccessfully; the Emmy submission is now the last awards lever.

Paramount is launching Paramount Games Studio and folding Skydance Interactive plus Skydance New Media into a single games division, signaling games as a core pillar alongside film, TV, and streaming. Tony Driscoll will run the unit as Paramount leans on library IP and tees up more title reveals at Summer Game Fest.

Nick Antosca’s 10-episode Cape Fear reimagining updates the Max Cady story for Apple TV+ with Javier Bardem, Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson; the series expands the villain’s backstory and leans harder into psychological manipulation in the digital age.

Hulu has a pilot in motion for an untitled comedy inspired by The Cable Guy, reuniting Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. Rob Rosell, Joe Piarulli and Luan Thomas co-write and co-showrun for Sony Pictures Television and Original Film.

Henry Cavill boards Netflix’s untitled spy comedy opposite Kevin Hart, a high-profile casting package from McG, 21 Laps and Maximum Effort. The film is based on Sean Lewis’ short story and keeps Cavill in Netflix orbit after The Witcher and Enola Holmes.

Prince Edward Island is putting $5M into Netflix’s Carley Fortune adaptation, adding a Canadian financing layer to the streamer’s book pipeline. The spend underlines how provincial money is still being used to pull streamer productions into Canada.

Crave, Bell Media, Lionsgate Canada, and Point Grey Pictures have lined up a Littlest Hobo revival, the first project to emerge from their deal. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are producing; casting, production, and launch timing remain open.

Charades has lined up a wide international sale for Clio Barnard’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight audience winner, with multiple territories already closed and the U.S. still in play. Enda Walsh adapted Keiran Goddard’s novel for the BBC Film/BFI-backed drama, with Curzon set for U.K. distribution.

Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim are staying at 60 Minutes after the newsroom revolt, even as CBS News leadership keeps reshuffling the broadcast's ranks. The memo lands with Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery deal still hanging over the network's corporate future.

CAA signs Reece Feldman, the 3M-follower creator behind @guywithamoviecamera; the agency adds a digital tastemaker who already works studio, awards-show, and carpet campaigns.

Sister Distribution has snapped up Swiss rights to The Indies as Alina Film and Lastor Media push the €2.6 million period road movie through the ECAM Forum co-production market. The Swiss-French project is supported by RTS, Eurimages and ICEC, with a WIP sneak peek set in Madrid.

Amazon folds unscripted, doc series, and MGM Alternative production under Justin Dudek; Jenn Levy is centralizing the nonfiction machine around a single production lead as the slate scales.

Paradigm agent Jeff Kolodny jumps to Cognition's management roster after 15 years on the agency side. Brian DePersia's boutique adds a veteran rep with deep film, TV, theatre and brand-endorsement contacts.

Cercamon has taken worldwide sales on Black Money for White Nights ahead of its Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe premiere, giving the Bulgaria-Greece co-production a launchpad for international buyers. The film is backed by Eurimages and local public broadcasters, with Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov returning to the festival seven years after The Father.

Banijay Rights lands the first international sale of Let's Play Ball to Bell Media, with Crave set to launch the Canadian adaptation; Sidemen also widens its food-format rollout across YouTube and Prime Video.

Dave Annable and Jennifer Holland board Brine, a Civil War-era supernatural thriller from B.J. Golnick. The indie follows Confederate deserters in the Georgia marshlands as an ancient force closes in.

Criterion Channel has picked up The Aggressives and Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later, putting both docs into streaming now. Daniel Peddle is next on Rose Moon, a psychological drama about a probation officer whose affair turns obsessive.

On-set photos confirm Larry Fessenden’s TRAUMA, OR, MONSTERS ALL is in production; the monster mashup is shooting now and getting a first-look rollout from Fangoria.