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Spore News: juicy film news, scored
Juicy film news (casting, comebacks, box office, feuds and rumours) with a Spore Score for how solid each story is, and a report card for every news source.
The Spore Score is one number per film, out of 100: The Pros and The Punters combined, with each review site's habits ironed out. How the Spore Score works.
Latest film news
- Jason is back: Steve Miner returns to direct the 13th Friday the 13th film, the first since 2009 (2026-11-14)
Horror, Inc. has announced a new Friday the 13th film for cinemas in 2027, the 13th in the series and the first since the 2009 reboot. Steve Miner, who gave Jason his machete in Friday the 13th Part 2 and his hockey mask - Heat lawsuit: New Regency sues Michael Mann to stop him reclaiming the rights to his 1995 classic (2026-11-14)
New Regency has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court asking a judge to declare void three notices Michael Mann served this year to take back the copyright in his Heat screenplay. The company says Mann wrote Heat - Chris Pratt wants James Gunn back for Guardians of the Galaxy 4 after his DC exit (2026-11-14)
Days after James Gunn was replaced as co-boss of DC Studios, Chris Pratt told Sweden's MovieZine that a fourth Guardians of the Galaxy with Gunn 'would be awesome'. Gunn directed all three films, ending with Guardians of - Adam Driver says Disney killing The Hunt for Ben Solo felt 'criminal' (2026-11-14)
Promoting Paper Tiger, Adam Driver told the Associated Press he still can't see why Disney turned down the Star Wars film he spent years developing with Steven Soderbergh: 'Steven Soderbergh wants to make a Star Wars fil - Danny Boyle says Ink's US cut will show the Sun's Hillsborough 'The Truth' headline that UK viewers won't see (2026-11-14)
Danny Boyle says the American version of Ink, his film about the birth of Rupert Murdoch's Sun, will show in full the newspaper headlines that are blacked out in the UK version, including the 1989 'The Truth' front page - James Gunn: 'No one from Skydance has even seen' Man of Tomorrow, so those recut rumours are false (2026-11-14)
Days after leaving DC Studios, James Gunn has gone on Threads to shoot down claims that Skydance has watched his Superman sequel and ordered sweeping changes. He says the only people who have seen Man of Tomorrow are Pet - Margot Robbie signs up for The Week of Pain, the next film from The Drama's Kristoffer Borgli (2026-11-14)
Margot Robbie will star in The Week of Pain, written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli, whose dark wedding-week comedy The Drama took $134M worldwide for A24 this year. A24 finances with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen's Squa - Box office: Ebenezer leads Friday with $6.7M as How to Rob a Bank stumbles to about $2M (2026-11-14)
Johnny Depp's Ebenezer took $6.7M on Friday including Thursday previews from 3,535 North American cinemas, putting it on course for an opening weekend of just under $20M and the No. 1 spot. It has an A- CinemaScore, and - Billy Evans says he never agreed to his full-frontal shower scene in You Can See Everything (2026-11-14)
Elizabeth Holmes's husband Billy Evans told CBS Sunday Morning he knew he was being filmed in the shower but 'did not give consent' to being shown fully nude, and that he asked Nathan Fielder and A24, himself and through - Darth Vader's 'I am your father' lightsaber sells for a record $4.875M (2026-11-13)
The lightsaber Darth Vader swung in the Cloud City duel in The Empire Strikes Back, and again in Return of the Jedi, has sold for $4.875M at Heritage Auctions, nearly five times the $1M+ estimate. That's a world auction - Bruce Springsteen blames Spielberg's Jaws for ruining skinny-dipping, and says Spielberg won't even go in his own pool (2026-11-13)
Toasting Steven Spielberg at MoMA's film benefit in New York on Thursday, Bruce Springsteen said naked night swims on the Jersey Shore were one of the great pleasures of 1975, until Jaws came out and Spielberg ruined the - Christian Cousins, one of the twins who played Dominic in Kindergarten Cop, dies at 43 (2026-11-13)
Christian Cousins, who shared the role of Dominic in Kindergarten Cop with his twin brother Joey, has died at 43 after a battle with liver disease. His half-brother Jonas Roeser shared the news on Instagram, remembering - Sony boss on Spider-Man: Brand New Day: 'Are you telling me there are 10 films better than this?' (2026-11-13)
Sony film chief Tom Rothman is putting the studio's full weight behind a Best Picture Oscar campaign for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the year's biggest hit in North America. He has hired awards consultants and plans Q&As, - Box office: Johnny Depp's Ebenezer takes $1.5M from Thursday previews (2026-11-13)
Ebenezer took $1.5M from Thursday night previews in North America, as Paramount opens Ti West's Christmas Carol in more than 3,500 cinemas. The studio is still projecting around $20M domestically this weekend plus anothe - Robert Pattinson is now the reported Bond frontrunner, with a sweeter test deal than his 007 rivals (2026-11-13)
Puck's Matthew Belloni reports that Robert Pattinson's Bond test deal covers three films, where Josh O'Connor and Jack Lowden had to commit to four, and comes with a lot more money. Belloni reads that as Amazon MGM being
Latest stories
- Heat lawsuit: New Regency sues Michael Mann to stop him reclaiming the rights to his 1995 classic · 14 November 2026
- James Gunn: 'No one from Skydance has even seen' Man of Tomorrow, so those recut rumours are false · 14 November 2026
- Margot Robbie signs up for The Week of Pain, the next film from The Drama's Kristoffer Borgli · 14 November 2026
- Billy Evans says he never agreed to his full-frontal shower scene in You Can See Everything · 14 November 2026
- Jason is back: Steve Miner returns to direct the 13th Friday the 13th film, the first since 2009 · 14 November 2026
- Adam Driver says Disney killing The Hunt for Ben Solo felt 'criminal' · 14 November 2026
- Box office: Ebenezer leads Friday with $6.7M as How to Rob a Bank stumbles to about $2M · 14 November 2026
- Chris Pratt wants James Gunn back for Guardians of the Galaxy 4 after his DC exit · 14 November 2026
- Danny Boyle says Ink's US cut will show the Sun's Hillsborough 'The Truth' headline that UK viewers won't see · 14 November 2026
- Darth Vader's 'I am your father' lightsaber sells for a record $4.875M · 13 November 2026
- Christian Cousins, one of the twins who played Dominic in Kindergarten Cop, dies at 43 · 13 November 2026
- Box office: Johnny Depp's Ebenezer takes $1.5M from Thursday previews · 13 November 2026
- Robert Pattinson is now the reported Bond frontrunner, with a sweeter test deal than his 007 rivals · 13 November 2026
- Bruce Springsteen blames Spielberg's Jaws for ruining skinny-dipping, and says Spielberg won't even go in his own pool · 13 November 2026
- Sony boss on Spider-Man: Brand New Day: 'Are you telling me there are 10 films better than this?' · 13 November 2026
- Ray Gunn trailer: Brad Bird's retro-future noir finally shows its case, with Sam Rockwell on the trail of Scarlett Johansson · 12 November 2026
- Brad Pitt reunites with Apple for Connector, a 1970s New York ironworker drama from the Sound of Metal director · 12 November 2026
- Mike Myers 'might' turn up in the Donkey spin-off, and says he's writing Austin Powers 4 right now · 12 November 2026
- Ebenezer reviews are in and they're split down the middle on Johnny Depp's Scrooge · 12 November 2026
- Stacy Keach, star of Fat City and Mike Hammer, dies at 85 · 11 November 2026
- Florence Pugh is done putting up with bad behaviour on set: 'Don't be rude, don't be a misogynist' · 11 November 2026
- You've Got Mail is getting a reboot at Warner Bros., with Jason Orley directing · 11 November 2026
- Amanda Seyfried on Elizabeth Holmes's partner Billy Evans: 'I do not like him' and 'the gloves are off' · 11 November 2026
- NAZA box office: Gaza documentary passes 1.5 million admissions and $14 million worldwide · 11 November 2026
- How to Rob a Bank first reactions: 'Point Break on steroids' for some, a muddle for others · 11 November 2026
- Irma P Hall, star of Soul Food and The Ladykillers, dies at 91 · 11 November 2026
- Constantine 2 gets 'renewed hope' as director Francis Lawrence says the old DC bosses were in the way · 11 November 2026
- Tarantino says he fired Mélanie Laurent from Inglourious Basterds after a 'terrible' table read, then gave her the part back · 11 November 2026
- Scarlett Johansson says some studio offers are so bad she tells execs: 'I don't think you should make this' · 11 November 2026
- Box office forecast: Johnny Depp's Ebenezer tracks for a $20M opening weekend in his big studio comeback · 11 November 2026
- First Ebenezer reactions are in: Johnny Depp's Scrooge comeback mostly lands · 10 November 2026
- Ink trailer: Guy Pearce's Rupert Murdoch and Jack O'Connell launch The Sun in Danny Boyle's tabloid drama · 10 November 2026
- Tilly Norwood's creator shows off Storm Dogs, an AI talking-dog film led by Lion King co-director Rob Minkoff · 10 November 2026
- Keira Knightley says fans quoting Love Actually at her 'means nothing' to her · 10 November 2026
- Donnie Dunagan, the original voice of Bambi, dies at 92 · 9 November 2026
- Emily Watson to lead John Daniel, Dominic Cooke's true story of a baby gorilla in a Cotswolds village · 9 November 2026
- James Gunn and Peter Safran are out as DC Studios bosses, Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham takes over · 9 November 2026
- Ramayana makes UK box office history as the first Indian film to open at No. 1 · 9 November 2026
- Drummer Boy marches past forecasts with a $9.3M opening weekend · 8 November 2026
- Denis Villeneuve 'reveals' the next James Bond at LACMA — then stops mid-sentence · 8 November 2026