Mission: Impossible takes flight at box office … before Barbie and Oppenheimer join the party
Early release for the latest Tom Cruise action film proves a shrewd move, amid talk of an eventful summer season
Fran Drescher’s fiery speech against Hollywood studios goes viral as actors strike
The Nanny star turned Sag-Aftra union president wins praise for her passion as performers join writers in action expected to halt majority of US film and TV production
Hollywood actors announce strike in first joint action with writers in more than 60 years
Simultaneous strikes by WGA and Sag-Aftra are expected to halt the majority of Hollywood’s film and TV production
Hollywood actors are going on strike. Here’s what that means
Shooting for House of the Dragon, Andor and Gladiator 2 will be delayed and many award shows and premieres will be postponed
Disney chief Bob Iger says strike by writers and actors ‘very disturbing’
Iger, 72, says decision by Sag-Aftra to recommend strike action ‘will have a very, very damaging effect on the business’
Joan Is Awful: Black Mirror episode is every striking actor’s worst nightmare
The AI satire in the most recent season has been used as an example of why the Screen Actors Guild must strike to protect their careers
Actors’ union agrees to ‘last-minute request’ for federal mediator in contract negotiations
But Sag-Aftra says it will not extend Wednesday night deadline to reach deal before going on strike
Chats, carpentry and sunshine: Die Hard director John McTiernan on why prison was ‘great’
He directed the most famous action films of the 90s – then was jailed in a wiretapping case. He talks about what he learned about America while inside – and the famous friends who stuck by him
The Hot Wheels movie will be ‘emotional, grounded and gritty’. Why?
Keen to chuck its entire back catalogue at the big screen, Mattel has JJ Abrams working on a deadly earnest drama inspired by tiny cars. Can someone find the brakes?
Summer flopbusters: why were Indiana Jones and The Flash box office bombs?
A de-aged Harrison Ford battling Nazis and a double helping of Batmen in The Flash have not proved sufficient for either of these ‘tentpole’ releases
The real magic of cinema? Two hours of escape – guaranteed – from work emails
The big movie-house chains purport to sell a magical audience experience. Their real USP is far more down to earth, says writer and fitness expert Joel Snape
Why Dead Reckoning is the most uncannily topical Mission: Impossible film yet
With its malevolent AI and doomed submarine, the franchise’s latest instalment hits some very real-world buttons. Can it still pull a Top Gun: Maverick and save the summer’s box office?
Running, jumping, looking: is the new Mission Impossible the Tom Cruisiest film Tom Cruise has ever made?
Will the actor’s latest release deliver all of our favourite Tom Cruise moves and save the summer box office?
Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney the Dinosaur film to be ‘adult’ and ‘lean into millennial angst’
Mattel says the Barney movie will be inspired by Charlie Kaufman, while Barbie director Greta Gerwig is planning two Narnia movies for Netflix
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny struggles at global box office
Analysts decry ‘disastrous result’ as Harrison Ford’s Hollywood blockbuster takes $130m on opening weekend