World Movie News: The Last 24 Hours
There’s a starry new pickup for Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega, could Michael 2 avoid the elephant in the room, more new releases to report and (yawn) Spider-Man just kept absolutely obliterating box office records.
Here’s what happened in the world of movies during the last 24 hours.
On the deal-making side: Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega’s satire The Gallerist, a Sundance favourite, has been acquired by Roadside Attractions and Vertical ahead of a December 4th debut in the US (other WW dates still tbc).
Meanwhile in other intriguing news, Lionsgate is teasing a release date for Michael 2, the follow-up to this year’s billion-dollar Michael Jackson biopic Michael, with filming eyed for late this year or early 2027. Surely this sequel can’t dodge the elephant in the room, can it? If the Jackson family are still involved, this could be an interesting film!
Back on the release calendar, aside from the new releases flagged yesterday, A24’s Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony has started previews on both sides of the pond ahead of a wider rollout on August 21, Willem Dafoe stars in the well-reviewed Late Fame in the US (the UK needs to wait a month for this), and Jane Schoenbrun’s Cannes-winning and intriguing-looking Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma has been released by Mubi in select US theatres and will come to the UK on August 21st..
And though I hate to bore you with yet more Spidey numbers, they are still just insane: Spider-Man: Brand New Day became the fastest film ever to cross $500 million in the US, doing it in a week — beating Avengers: Endgame‘s eight days — while also posting the biggest Tuesday in box office history with a $42 million single-day haul. Its worldwide total now sits above $1.1 billion, ahead of Toy Story 5‘s $1.07 billion, making it the highest-grossing release of 2026 so far. And it’s forecast to pull another $135–140 million this coming weekend in its second outing. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey isn’t doing badly for itself either, having just crossed $1 billion worldwide and set to overtake The Dark Knight Rises as his second-highest-grossing film domestically — genuinely one of the best summers cinema-owners have had in years.
That’s all for today.
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