The Folio · No. 27Thursday 1 October 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
The adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestseller opens this weekend and is tracking for about $35 million, which would give Hathaway her third chart-topping film of 2026. Tom Cruise’s Digger is projected at around $12 million.
Film
Sony has dated the comedy sequel and Ridley Scott’s Treasure Island, starring Jackman, for the 2027 holiday season. Two of next year’s bigger bets now have places in the diary.
Film
A federal judge signed off on the settlement with state attorneys general, clearing the last hurdle before the deal closes, expected on 6 October. Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz has been named co-CEO of the combined company.
Film
Boyle says there is a very good script for the third film and that it will get made, with Murphy’s role expanded. No date yet.
Film
Alex Gibney’s documentary on the 2022 attack on Rushdie is called profoundly affecting, a clear-eyed account that stays with the writer rather than the attacker.
TV
Rantzen presented the BBC consumer show That’s Life for two decades, founded Childline and spent her last years campaigning for assisted dying. She had been living with lung cancer since 2023.
TV
The cast of Zoe Kazan’s Netflix adaptation of Steinbeck gathered at the Plaza Hotel. Pugh led the red carpet before the series arrives.
TV
The BBC anthology returns soon with a third run, with Finneran back and Tennant joining. Jimmy McGovern’s prison series has won two Baftas across its first two seasons.
TV
Lucy Punch is back as Amanda for a festive episode, with Breeders star Daisy Haggard joining the cast. Cameras are rolling now and the BBC has released a first look behind the scenes.
TV
Netflix confirmed on social media that production on the third season has finished, earlier than the schedule suggested. No release date has been given yet.
Music
The ceremony’s line-up is set, with Pulp performing for War Child’s HELP(2) and short films marking the nominated albums by Dave and Paul McCartney.
Music
The band’s 2026 UK and European tour includes two nights at London’s O2, and they have now named who opens. Tickets for the European leg are already out.
Music
The trio played the Grammy-winning 2006 album in full on opening night before a hits set. Billboard has the full running order, which is a good guide to what any UK dates would look like.
Music
The new single follows her World Cup collaboration DNA (More Than A Game) with Andrea Bocelli, David Guetta and KPop Demon Hunters star Ejae.
Music
Seven years after it was first announced, the reunion tour has reached Birmingham with three of the original line-up. The Guardian found a decent spectacle carried almost entirely by Scherzinger.
Theatre
The Classic Story on Stage comes back for a strictly limited 15-week run at the Prince Edward Theatre. The West End cast has also been announced.
Theatre
Morrison takes over the Bobby Darin biomusical, and Jeremy Jordan has set his final performance. Jordan’s run has been the reason to book the show.
Theatre
Albee’s play is running in the round at @sohoplace, and the first look at Anderson and Crudup in it has arrived.
Theatre
The Hairspray Tony winner makes her directing debut on a new musical about the factory workers poisoned by radium in the 1920s.
Theatre
Idina Menzel, composer Stephen Schwartz and a run of Elphabas and Glindas name the numbers they still love to sing, as the musical passes its 20th anniversary in the West End.
Books
Fifth Season and the producers behind Netflix’s His & Hers have taken Feeney’s Twist for television, so the book is worth reading before the adaptation arrives.
Books
Keefe, who won the non-fiction prize in 2021, is shortlisted alongside Andrea Wulf and Matthew Sweet. The winner is announced later this autumn.
Books
Judged this year by R. O. Kwon, Kiese Laymon, Jordy Rosenberg and Danzy Senna, the list is a reliable shortcut to the debut fiction people will be talking about.
Books
The Haitian-American author’s first novel in over a decade opens strongly, though the Guardian’s reviewer finds it short of the power of her earlier work.
