The Folio · No. 39Tuesday 13 October 2026Jess Entwistle
Film
Netflix has released the first poster and artwork for Greta Gerwig’s adaptation, with the opening trailer landing on 13 October. It is the first look at how she is treating C.S. Lewis’s origin story.
Film
The video game adaptation held its Los Angeles premiere, with Centineo and the ensemble cast on the carpet. Pictures from the night are here.
Film
Collette will direct her adaptation of Graeme Simsion’s bestselling novel, one of 75 projects sharing more than AUD16.9 million. Her first feature as a director after three decades in front of the camera.
Film
The BBC sitcom makes the jump to the big screen in time for Halloween. Radio Times has the release date and what is known about the plot.
Film
Danny Boyle’s film about Rupert Murdoch’s Fleet Street takeover premieres at the London Film Festival. The designers used functional Linotype machines, working rotary phones and period typewriters.
TV
Mitte played Walter White Jr across all five seasons of Breaking Bad and became a disability rights advocate. Bryan Cranston, who played his father, said he was in deep despair.
TV
Eoin Colfer’s teenage criminal mastermind gets a second screen life, this time as a series rather than a film. Disney has ordered it for both Disney Channel and Disney+.
TV
Hasson is a series regular opposite Garner in the thriller drama from director Craig Gillespie. One to note if you liked Garner in Inventing Anna.
TV
The series previously known as The Undertow stars Dornan and Mackenzie Davis. Netflix has set a New Year date, later than first expected.
TV
Sheen explains why he swapped Hollywood for the BBC quiz, and says King Lear is still on the list. He also talks about his turn in The Celebrity Traitors.
Music
The band will play their debut album A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation in full across the UK and Europe in 2027, when it turns 20. Ticket details are in the piece.
Music
The Nigerian singer takes this year’s acclaimed album Starrgirl on a full world tour. Dates and cities are listed.
Music
The run grew from eight dates to 13 and drew around 700,000 people to Macondo Park, by her own count. Maluma and Bizarrap joined her for the final night.
Music
Her first show in months brought out two unreleased songs. A sign the long-promised next record is close.
Music
The Guardian calls the band’s fifth album beguiling and endlessly inventive, from a group now at ease being the best of their generation. Out now on XL.
Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical reaches four decades in the West End, marked by illuminated landmarks across several cities. WhatsOnStage has a companion interview with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman.
Theatre
Tickets for the world premiere of the stage adaptation go on sale from midday on Wednesday 14 October. Thompson, who wrote the films, is behind the musical.
Theatre
Production images are out ahead of the first performance at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre. The stage version brings the Wildcats to London for a limited run.
Theatre
Jodie Comer took the Outstanding Achievement in British Theatre prize at the central London ceremony. Best Musical Production and Best New Play were also announced.
Theatre
Knightley and Luke Thompson talk about staging the Oscar-winning surveillance film, the paranoia at its heart and the price of theatre tickets now.
Books
Boyne imagines a second act for Wilde, who died at 46. The Guardian finds the premise irresistible and the execution sentimental.
