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Preschoolers will get to imagine beyond the ordinary as Apple TV+ announces the all-new animated preschool series “Not a Box,” premiering globally on Friday, June 13. The series is inspired by the beloved, award-winning children’s picture book of the same name by the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Antoinette Portis...

“If anyone understands the power of epic stories and expansive franchises, it’s George R.R. Martin,” said David Steward II. “With A Dozen Tough Jobs, we’re reimagining a timeless legend through fresh, culturally rich lenses. This isn’t just a retelling — it’s a groundbreaking take, unlike anything audiences have seen before, grounded in history but pushing myth into uncharted territory.”...

Disney is unboxing more of its Toy Story 5 cast. The studio announced Monday that Conan O’Brien has been added to the film’s voice cast as Smarty Pants, a character that is new to the animation franchise. Andrew Stanton is directing Toy Story 5 alongside co-director McKenna Harris, while Jessica Choi produces the film. Toy Story 5 is set to hit theaters June 19, 2026. Plot details have not yet been shared, but the movie will involve the toys dealing with modern-day kids’ fascination with electronics. The Toy Story franchise launched with the original Pixar film in 1995 and features Tom Hanks as cowboy Woody and Tim Allen as space explorer Buzz Lightyear. The new film’s voice cast also includes Ernie Hudson taking over the role of Combat Carl, with the character previously voiced by the late Carl Weathers. Toy Story 4 hit theaters in 2019 and surpassed $1 billion at the global box office, in addition to winning the Oscar for best animated feature...

“If you do it long enough, I always thought you can make one film about making films. This is mine,” said Richard Linklater at the Cannes press conference for his latest film Nouvelle Vague, a love letter to French New Wave. Nouvelle Vague tells the story of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless. Shot on film in the 4:3 aspect ratio and told entirely in French, it stars Guillaume Marbeck as Godard, Zoey Deutch as Godard’s star Jean Seberg, and Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo. Breathless, considered on of seminal film of the Frenc New Wave, follows Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a small-time criminal on the run after killing a policeman, and his romantic entanglement with Patricia Franchini (Jean Seberg), an American journalism student in Paris. “Ten years ago, when we were thinking about this movie, I was thinking they’ll hate that an American director did it,” said Linklater of making a movie about the cornerstone of French cinema as a filmmaker from Austin, Texas. “We will never show this film in France. We will show it all over the world but never in France.” On Saturday night, the film received a 10-minute standing ovation at its premiere, one of the most electric of the fest thus far...

Following Curzon’s confirmation earlier this month it is withdrawing from the site of London cinema Curzon Mayfair, Fantasio, the London-headquartered property company headed  by Dan Zaum, has unveiled the timeline for its re-development and re-opening of the cinema. Curzon announced earlier this month after an on-going series of battles with Fantasio (previously known as 38 Curzon Lease), the cinema operator is withdrawing from the site after around 90 years of operation and following a legal challenge to the landlord’s redevelopment plans. Curzon is expected to vacate the premises in January 2026, and Fantasio’s development will start shortly thereafter, subject to planning conditions. It is anticipated that the redevelopment will take around 18 months and the cinema will reopen in 2027. Zaum and his company previously refurbished The Ned London and Koko Camden. It confirmed in 2023 it wanted to break away from UK exhibitor-distributor Curzon, and run its own refurbished cinema, investing £15m of its own money in the venue, as well as offering an entertainment and media hub and dining destination. Zaum has been landlord of the site since 2016. In 2024, Zaum took on the role of director of UK producer-financier Gold Rush Pictures. The company has backed projects including Brian Cox’s directorial debut Glenrothan and Jessica Hausner’s Club Zero. In a statement released earlier this month about its decision to withdraw from the site, Curzon said: “The iconic Curzon Mayfair, from which the company took its name in 1934, has been its flagship cinema for 90 years, hosting numerous world premieres as well as the best of arthouse and independent cinema, and this quarter posting industry-leading growth of +25%. ”Any suggestion by the landlord that it is a venue in decline is demonstrably false.”...