Companies compete to create consumer-grade time travel in new film at Universal. Buddy gets a tie-in video game for the Game Boy Color. Sentient quicksand comes for Casper Van Dien’s daughter in the latest project from the directors of Starry Eyes. I am a skin of evil, left here by a race of Titans, who believed if they rid themselves of me, they would free the bonds of destructiveness! I am Morning Spoilers!
Paradox, Inc.
Deadline reports Daniel Roher (Tuner, Navalny) is attached to direct Paradox, Inc. at Universal and Lord Miller, a film adaptation of the yet-to-be-released novel by Forrest Brazeal. The story concerns a plucky startup company racing against a Big Tech corporation to develop the first consumer time machine.
The Swallow
Bloody-Disgusting reports The Swallow, a horror film about “a sentient, quicksand-like sludge” that “terrorizes a group of young people” in a “brutally efficient, effects-forward creature feature” will premiere at Fantastic Fest later this year. Directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer (Starry Eyes, Pet Sematary) the film stars Grace Van Dien, Jack Wright, Tayler Buck, Kalama Epstein, and Kayla DiVenere.
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
Deadline also has word that Nina Sosanya, Paul Whitehouse, Roman Kemp, and Dani Dyer have joined the voice cast of Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom. Sosanya will voice “Mossinghamâs trusted vet,” while Whitehouse plays a “local shopkeeper.” Kemp is said to voice a “Pizza Boy,” opposite Dyer as “the townâs social media-savvy influencer.”
Treasure Island
During a recent interview with Collider, Ridley Scott revealed he hopes to get Owen “the kid from Adolescence” Cooper to play Jim Hawkins in his upcoming film adaptation of Treasure Island.
Yes, with Hugh Jackman. I hope Hugh Grant, and I hope the kid from
Adolescence. Yeah. I shoot November 1. Yeah.
Seasons
Deadline additionally has word Ron Perlman has joined the cast of Seasons, the upcoming film adaptation of My Wife and I Bought a Ranch.
Onslaught
Fandango has a new IMAX poster for Adam Wingard’s Onslaught, coming to theaters this September 4.
Buddy
Casper Kelly’s upcoming horror film, Buddy, will release a tie-in video game fully compatible with the Game Boy Color sometime later this year. Check out the trailer below.
Orion
Elsewhere, an amnesiac astronaut teams with a “space agency interrogator” to piece together what killed the rest of his crew in the trailer for Orion, starring Andrew McCarthy, Drew Van Acker, and Debby Ryan.
Widow’s Bay
According to Bloody-Disgusting, Jeff Hiller will be promoted to series’ regular when Widow’s Bay returns for its second season.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Former Spider-Man voice actor Josh Keaton revealed he’s now playing Eddie “Venom” Brock in the second second season of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man on Twitter.
You probably caught a glimpse of me in the preview for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. I mean, how could you miss that jaw and those brows? See you in season 2.
-Eddie Brock pic.twitter.com/fUgPyeRB45
— Josh Keatonðµðªð´âð¼ (@joshkeaton) August 19, 2026
Yellowjackets
A new teaser reveals Yellowjackets will return for its fourth and final season this November 20 on Paramount+.
Golden Axe
Finally, Paramount+ has also released a trailer for its new animated series based on Sega’s Golden Axe starring the voices of Matthew Rhys, Liam McIntyre, Lisa Gilroy, and Danny Pudi.
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