The Folio · No. 26Wednesday 30 September 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
Peter Bradshaw finds Iñárritu’s story of one man’s drilling causing a global crisis laborious and self-congratulatory, with Cruise going full volume as the tycoon. The reviews landed together yesterday and none of them agree on whether this is the comeback.
Film
Lawrence takes the lead in the sci-fi thriller Cregger will write, produce and direct for Warner Bros and New Line. It is his follow-up to the horror run that made him one of the studio’s most bankable directors.
Film
The two leads posed together at a photo call in Wendy’s Secret Garden for Georgia Oakley’s Austen adaptation, which is in UK cinemas now.
Film
Focus Features and Blumhouse have dated the horror comedy about wannabe ghost hunters for 7 May 2027. Focus holds worldwide rights.
Film
A feature documentary on the making of Coppola’s 2006 film premiered at the New York Film Festival, shot by her mother. Coppola’s verdict on the shoot: I enjoyed it, but I’m never doing this again.
TV
New set images give Netflix’s first confirmed casting for the eighth run, along with nods to the show’s shared universe. No date yet.
TV
The film arrives almost two years after the Friends star’s death. Netflix has put out a first trailer ahead of the release.
TV
Amazon is closing in on an order for a series set in Sony’s universe of Marvel characters, built on the Clone Saga comics and the Ben Reilly story.
TV
The pair play father and son for the first time in over a decade in a half-hour comedy for AMC and AMC+.
TV
Sheen, a longstanding fan of the BBC show, reckons the acting will count against him now he is playing it for real.
Music
Elly Jackson returns to the road next year with dates across the UK, Europe and North America. Her first run in some time, and tickets go on general sale shortly.
Music
Waters and his son Harry are staging the Pink Floyd catalogue as a new production touring North America next year. No UK dates announced.
Music
The 1976 album that gave us New York State of Mind gets a half-century reissue carrying 54 tracks never released before.
Music
The BBC music show is back in October, with Skye Newman and Mary In The Junkyard making their debuts on the floor.
Music
The documentary on the Gallaghers’ reunion arrives on Disney+ and Hulu on 9 October, with full performances filmed on the tour.
Theatre
The Apollo Victoria marked two decades of Wicked in London with a weekend of events and fresh character portraits of Emma Kingston and Zizi Strallen.
Theatre
Skylar Astin plays the Emcee and Sarah Hyland is Sally Bowles, both making their West End debuts. The first production photographs are out today.
Theatre
James Graham’s new play, directed by Nicholas Hytner, opened at the Theatre Royal Haymarket to a warm review: high-wire writing, ravishing staging, and Natalia Osipova dancing through the economics. It runs until 12 December.
Theatre
Beverley Knight and Naomi Katiyo lead the suffragette musical, which opens at Leicester Curve and ends with five performances at the Royal Albert Hall in November.
Theatre
Zegler plays London between 5 and 17 January 2027, a strictly limited run at @sohoplace after her West End Evita. Tickets are on sale now.
Theatre
Ball has released a first-listen video ahead of playing Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the London Coliseum.
Books
Ali Hazelwood is writing a sequel to her bestseller, and it is being adapted too, weeks after the first film landed on Prime Video. Read it before the cameras roll.
Books
Kennedy’s second novel moves from the Troubles of 1980s Northern Ireland to a London of squats and payphones. The Guardian rates it above her much-praised debut.
Books
Three long-awaited literary novels arrive in the same week, alongside nineteen others. A good week to start something.
Books
The Edinburgh-based writer takes the £15,000 prize for a story about a child facing domestic abuse in a small Australian town. An extract runs with the piece.
