Paddington 2 is selling a warmhearted, patient brand of entertainment that families aren’t getting anywhere else, and that will likely make it another smashing success.
One of two live-action Winnie The Pooh films coming soon is Goodbye Christopher Robin, which tells the story of how A.A. Milne got to write his famous stories.
Don’t let the inauspicious title fool you; In This Corner of the World has been anything but meek. A box office hit in Japan and a winner at their Academy Awards, its subsequent run on the festival circuit was met with further acclaim.
CBS Films is gunning for a lucrative action series with American Assassin, hoping the best-selling novels from Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills will provide a backbone for the company for years to come.
Ana Lily Amirpour continues to play with genre material in The Bad Batch, setting her sophomore film in a Mad Max-style wasteland soaked in violence and sex.