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‘Can they reincarnate me?’: Meryl Streep discusses options for Mamma Mia! 3

The multi Oscar-winner and her co-stars in the hit 2008 Abba musical have revealed their enthusiasm for a second sequel – despite Streep’s character having died

Murder, She Wrote movie version on the way

Almost a year after the death of Angela Lansbury, who starred in the highly successful TV show, a big-screen adaptation is announced

Once Upon a Time in Uganda review – celebrating the simple joy of exploding heads on film

Cathryne Czubek’s documentary about an impoverished film-maker and an American superfan veers towards a white saviour narrative but the low-budget movie mogul’s charisma wins out

‘Nothing but good fortune’: Woody Allen has warm welcome at Venice film festival

Though there was consternation over his inclusion, the director has been chased by hordes of fans wanting selfies and given a standing ovation at a screening of his 50th film, Coup de Chance

Woody Allen in Venice: #MeToo has been good for women, but cancel culture can be ‘silly’

Director attacks ‘extremes’ of movement while promoting Coup de Chance, his 50th film, at Venice film festival, as well as addressing persistent interest in historic allegations against him

Lanthimos’s Poor Things fuels speculation of sex scene’s return to cinema

Director’s latest film has more explicit scenes than almost all modern studio-backed features

Adam Driver hits out at big film studios over Hollywood strike

Ferrari star tells Venice film festival that leading studios, such as Netflix and Amazon, should support actors and writers

Barbie v Oppenheimer lures Britons back to struggling cinemas

Films’ success pushes admissions to over 17.6m in July and combined takings have passed £130m mark

Summer box office 2023: what were the big hits and misses?

It was the season of Barbenheimer but also one that saw some of the costliest flops that the industry has ever seen

Hollywood studio Lionsgate brings back mask mandate amid Covid spike

The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19

Cinema this autumn looks sicker, and healthier, than ever

The actors’ and writers’ strikes are worrying – but #Barbenheimer showed there’s still a large, engaged audience hungry for good movies

Show business to no business: how are the strikes hitting Hollywood?

Weeks into the actors and writers strike and the impact is being felt with movies underperforming and shows getting cancelled

The ‘no jet’ set: actors back campaign to cut climate impact of ‘celebrity riders’

UK union initiative provides framework for negotiating greener practices in film and TV industry

‘Embrace it or risk obsolescence’: how will AI jobs affect Hollywood?

As dual Hollywood strikes rage on, studios and streamers such as Netflix and Disney are on a hiring spree within the world of artificial intelligence

Charlize Theron attacks Hollywood beauty standard: ‘I’m just ageing! It doesn’t mean I got bad plastic surgery’

The actor has called out double standards for ageing stars in the movie industry

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