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Tuesday 30 June 2026
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A Netflix con artist heads to prison, Cregger turns Resident Evil into a Frodo run, and Trainspotting hits 30.
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JoBlo
Netflix gave him $11M. The judge gave him 30 months.
Carl Rinsch, the 47 Ronin director, took Netflix for $11 million on an unfinished sci-fi series. Now he's got 30 months in federal prison and a restitution bill the judge admits Netflix will likely never see in full. "I made a mistake," he told the court. Understatement of the decade.
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Bloody Disgusting
Resident Evil, But the Hero Can't Fight
Barbarian director Zach Cregger drops Austin Abrams, a courier with no combat training, into one nightmarish night, an everyman he likens to 'Frodo going into Mordor.' A fresh image traps him beside an infected passenger. Out September 18 from Sony.
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Weekend of Jun 26-28 · US domestic
| 1 | Toy Story 5 | $70.8M | | 2 | Supergirl | $37.1M | | 3 | Obsession | $9.7M | | 4 | Jackass: Best and Last | $8.5M | | 5 | Disclosure Day | $8.3M |
Source: Box Office Mojo
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Variety
Choose Reunion: Trainspotting Turns 30
Edinburgh's film festival is throwing the gang a homecoming on August 14, with live cast commentary and a club night featuring DJ sets from Irvine Welsh himself. Producer Andrew Macdonald reckons it'll be a special night. Park Circus follows with a UK and Ireland re-release.
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/Film
Aronofsky's Lost Atwood Apocalypse
Back in 2014, Darren Aronofsky was lining up Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy for HBO: gene-splicing corporations, hybrid animals, a pandemic that wipes out humanity. Darker than The Handmaid's Tale, and it fell apart before a frame was shot. /Film makes a strong case for what we missed.
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JoBlo
The Action Star Bond Got Instead
Before he was Bond, New Line tried to remake Pierce Brosnan, an Irishman, into an all-American action star in the Bruce Willis mould. The vehicle, Live Wire, was shot for cinemas then quietly dumped straight to cable.
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Dread Central
Slasher Icons Get the Fortnite Treatment
NECA's Fortnitemares wave brings Michael Myers, Leatherface and Billy the Puppet to shelves as 7-inch figures, modelled on their Fortnite crossover looks. Out in October in collector window boxes, each packs a code to unlock a matching in-game Wrap. A toy and a skin in one.
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