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Universal Pictures has announced on X that acclaimed director Christopher Nolan’s next film will be an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. The British director’s next project is tipped to be a “mythic action epic” and will be shot with cutting-edge IMAX films. It will be released in theaters worldwide on July 17, 2026. The film’s cast is star-studded, as Nolan has assembled an all-star roster to do justice to one of the most influential writings in human history. Cast members for this project include Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, and Charlize Theron. This will...

Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers are Romeo and Juliet in the West End production of Shakespeare's classic play. Holland, who was announced to be a part of the production in February, will play Romeo Montague, and Amewudah-Rivers will play Juliet Capulet in the Jamie Lloyd-directed version of the beloved play about the forbidden romance between two young adults from feuding families. A description for Lloyd's play calls his take a "pulsating new vision of Shakespeare's immortal tale of wordsmiths, rhymers, lovers and fighters." Amewudah-Rivers took to Instagram on Thursday to share the news about being in the play. "Crazy things...

It seems treating Spider-Man fans mean is the way to keep them keen. After withholding the first teaser trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home for months, the trailer — launched Tuesday — has smashed viewing figures records. Sony Pictures says the teaser trailer broke the 24-hour all-time record for most global views with 355.5 million trailer views, eclipsing the previous record holder, Avengers: Endgame, which drove 289 million views. Responding to the news, Spider-Man actor Tom Holland promised on Instagram: "It only gets crazier".

If you don't have time to read my review of Tom Holland's Dominion, here it is in three words: Read this book. A few more words: Buy this book, give this book to friends, and encourage them to read it. "Dominion" is not only rich, seductive, eye-opening, conversation-sparking, and occasionally surprisingly witty, it is urgently necessary. Read this book – before it's too late. Why do I endorse "Dominion" so zealously? Let me tell you a few stories. I was a schoolgirl in New Jersey. I sat next to "Aisha." She moved like a butterfly and, quiet and shy, she...