Aaron Sorkin’s followup to The Social Network is a box office dud, but Other Mommy is apparently a hit.

As much as haters not might not be willing to admit it, the more we see of Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew movie, the more the looks like it might be a generational banger when it premieres on February 12th, 2027. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Image-from-iOS-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

Vurt is betting that the next big thing in vertical entertainment is living on wide-screen TVs.

During Marvel Television’s presentation at this year’s New York Comic Con, the studio announced that it is developing a live-action series titled Zodiac that will debut in 2028. The new show’s still a ways out, but we can expect to see the second season of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man on January 13th, 2027. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/image.png?quality=90&strip=all]

The Social Reckoning — in theaters October 9th — is a bleak reminder that we haven’t really reckoned with Facebook at all.

Though AI studio Fable has not yet announced which distributor will put its animated Gods Don’t Give Gifts feature into theaters, Variety reports that the project is now slated to premiere on December 4th — which would make it eligible for submission for the upcoming Oscars. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G5LArU7tmE]

As the streamer’s exclusive partnerships with big name directors end, it’s putting more focus on cheap, episodic series.

The latest trailer for Disney Plus’ upcoming VisionQuest series gives use our best look yet at Ruaridh Mollica’s Tommy Shepherd — the reincarnated son of Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany’s Vision. It seems like he (and that curious accent) are going to be a big part of the show when it premiered on October 14th. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXKnmgmbkoE&feature=youtu.be]

Does a vertical recut of the soap opera that made Margot Robbie famous count as a microcrama?

Aftermarket card resellers are ruining the Pokémon fandom’s chances at getting their hands on valuable the 30th Celebration set.

As distressing as it is to see the mutants in Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil up on the big screen, it’s very cool to see the experimental stunt work that went into the monsters’ creation. [Media: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdrDieVFzRd/?img_index=1]

The folks over at This American Life couldn’t figure out why their comments section seemed to be filled with what appeared to be bots. It wasn’t until someone younger on the team took a look that they realized the bots were actually young people just …hanging out. [Media: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdpLM0qk1eY/?stkn=NDViZHkzYWl0d3Jl]

Paramount’s promise to release more films annually after merging with Warner Bros. Discovery may be very difficult to keep.

In their fight to win the war for our attention, streamers are re-creating cable from first principles.

The House of Mouse has poached Karandeep Anand from the chatbot company.

Some of the entertainment industry’s biggest labor unions aren’t buying the AI doomer narrative.

Zach Cregger’s new Resident Evil film — in theaters September — highlights how video game movies have evolved.

First there was Squid Game: The Challenge, then there was Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket, and now Netflix is turning Stanford professor Philip Zimbardo’s highly unethical prison experiment into yet another deranged game show. [Link: Netflix Sets ‘New Stanford Prison Experiment’ Unscripted Series for October Release (EXCLUSIVE) | https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/netflix-stanford-prison-experiment-series-release-date-1236863011/ | Variety]

From April 2nd-4th, Oprah Winfrey’s AHA — an immersive experience that blends music, visual art, and storytelling — will be showing at the Sphere in Las Vegas. [Link: Oprah Winfrey Heads To Las Vegas Sphere With New Immersive Experience | https://deadline.com/2026/09/oprah-winfrey-sphere-immersive-music-experience-1237101555/ | Deadline]

Director Valerie Veatch’s excellent Ghost in the Machine documentary digging into the origins of generative artificial intelligence is set to make its debut on the PBS Documentaries YouTube channel this evening. [Link: The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics | https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/897923/ghost-in-the-machine-valerie-veatch-interview | The Verge]