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Brian Cox says actors’ strike could last until the end of the year

Succession star says Hollywood actors strike could get ‘very unpleasant’ in Sky News interview

The Hollywood actors’ strike: everything you need to know

Exactly why are they striking, who are the big names aboard, is it all streaming and AI’s fault and when will we see actors on screen again?

Hollywood on the Tiber: stars return to Rome studios once home to Heston and Fellini

Sprawling Cinecittà complex is in demand again thanks to tax breaks and boom in film and TV production

‘He is taking it to the next level’: the expert verdict on Tom Cruise’s epic Mission: Impossible stunts

Amy Johnston, a stunt veteran of Suicide Squad, Deadpool and more, analyses the new blockbuster’s hair-raising action sequences – and praises the star’s commitment to realism

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

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