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The American Film Institute will present Tom Cruise with its Life Achievement Award on April 24, 2027. The 64-year-old actor will be the honor’s 52nd recipient.
Tom Cruise has been selected for the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award. The gala tribute will take place on April 24, 2027, at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
The American Film Institute announced that Tom Cruise will receive the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award. AFI’s Board of Trustees described the trophy as the highest honor for a career in film.
CD Projekt RED and Virtuos will release Cyberpunk 2077 version 2.5 on October 22. The update adds quests, gear, a radio station and cross-platform mod support, while the Switch 2 version will follow in the subsequent days.
The Doc Talk Podcast recorded a live episode at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival with filmmakers behind four documentaries gaining momentum in the Oscar race. The films are American Doctor, To Hold a Mountain, Closure and Once Upon a Time in Harlem.
The article examines why ‘You Can See Everything’ is being considered a potential Best Picture contender at the Oscars. The film is described as an unconventional work that reshaped the movie landscape in a single weekend.
The Hollywood Reporter awards executive editor Scott Feinberg released an updated assessment of the Oscar race. His mid-October forecast follows several film festivals, the theatrical premieres of “You Can See Everything” and “La Bola Negra,” and the Academy Museum Gala.
Jesse Eisenberg said he was shut out of studio films after winning a Razzie for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” He said the industry no longer wanted him to appear in a superhero movie.
Cohen Media Group will release ‘Everybody Digs Bill Evans’ at New York City’s The Quad on December 4 for an Oscar-qualifying run. The film, starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman and Laurie Metcalf, will expand to a wider release on January 9, 2027.
Composer Simon Franglen spoke against replacing human creativity with artificial intelligence at a WSA Film Music Days panel in Ghent. Discussing his work on “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” he pointed to the emotion created by hundreds of musicians performing together.
Majid Majidi’s Iranian drama ‘Midday Meal’ won the top prize at the Busan International Film Festival. The jury’s unanimous decision gives the film a route into Oscar consideration for best international feature.
Jessie Buckley said the film industry may place too much emphasis on Oscar marketing campaigns instead of nurturing emerging filmmakers. She spoke in London at the BFI and Chanel awards, where four recipients each received £20,000.
MUBI has released the trailer for “Nuisance Bear,” directed and filmed by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden. The documentary about encounters between polar bears and humans was awarded at Sundance and received five Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations.
Inde Navarrette discussed her rapid rise after the release of “Obsession” and growing Oscar attention for her performance. The Awards Chatter episode was recorded before 500 students at Chapman University.
‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ received five nominations for the Critics Choice Documentary Awards. The film also premiered at Sundance and screened at the Cannes, Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals.
Apple TV has released the official trailer for Siân Heder’s film ‘Being Heumann.’ The movie will premiere on the platform on November 13 after a limited theatrical release beginning November 6.
Tom Cruise’s satirical black comedy Digger is forecast to lose about $245m at the box office, according to Hollywood analysts. Ticket sales fell by roughly 60% in its second weekend, while worldwide takings reached about $35m.
Andrew Garfield has responded to Oscar buzz surrounding his performance as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in ‘Artificial’. Luca Guadagnino’s film received strong reviews after its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, but is not scheduled for theatrical release until December.
John Malkovich said the film industry has changed since he last took part in an Oscars campaign. He argued that awards campaigns are now the only way to persuade audiences to go to theaters.
John Malkovich said an Oscars campaign is now the only way to persuade people to go to movie theaters. He made the remark to a London Film Festival audience on Sunday, as “Wild Horse Nine” began its awards-season campaign.
The UK has selected Pegah Ahangarani’s documentary ‘Rehearsals For A Revolution’ as its entry for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. The film follows Ahangarani’s experience of exile and revisits more than 40 years of Iran’s history.
‘Musk,’ ‘Misty Green’ and ‘Fjord’ are debuting in limited theatrical release amid a crowded independent-film market. Their runs begin as awards season continues.
Laika has submitted the original song “The Better Part of Bravery” from “Wildwood” for Oscar consideration. The song is performed by The Decemberists.
Variety has published a prediction page for the upcoming Oscars in the best cinematography category. The page reflects the current standings in the race and is not an official list of nominees.
Netflix is planning an Oscar campaign for Lee Chang-dong’s Korean film “Possible Love,” including a push for Jeon Do-yeon in the Best Actress race. The effort comes seven award seasons after “Parasite” won Best Picture.
Rwanda has selected ‘Ben’Imana’ as its first submission for the Oscar international feature film category. The source does not provide the film’s director, cast or further details.
Rwanda has selected Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo’s debut feature ‘Ben’Imana’ as its first submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The film, about justice and reconciliation for genocide survivors, premiered at Cannes and won two awards.
The Saudi Film Commission has selected Anas Ba Tahaf’s A Matter of Life and Death as the country’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. Yaqoub Alfarhan and Sarah Taibah star as an unlikely couple in the Jeddah-set film.
Irish American actor Jack Reynor will be honored at the 21st Oscar Wilde Awards. Organized by the US-Ireland Alliance, the event is scheduled for March 11 at Los Angeles’ Ebell theater, three days before the Academy Awards.
Organizers and professional guilds are filling in the 2026–2027 film awards calendar. The schedule includes nomination announcements and ceremonies for the DGA, ACE, ASC, Spirit Awards and other groups.
France’s CNC has appointed Sébastien Cauchon as its liaison for the “Awards” area. The source provides no figures for the increased support or the reported decline in exports.
Pakistan has selected Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s documentary ‘Hanging by a Wire’ as its entry for the 2027 Oscars’ best international feature film category. The film focuses on a cable car emergency that took place in August 2023.
Alejandro G Iñárritu’s Digger has opened to just $20m worldwide. The film cost at least $125m to produce, with some reports putting the production budget near $150m before marketing.
Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s documentary thriller “Hanging by a Wire” will represent Pakistan in the international feature film category at the 99th Academy Awards. It is the first documentary selected to represent the country in the category.
Jesse Eisenberg’s musical comedy The Debut will open the Vancouver Film Festival on Thursday. After rave reactions in Telluride and Toronto, the film is already drawing Oscar speculation, including a possible acting nomination for Julianne Moore.
Warner Bros.’ big-budget awards contender ‘Digger,’ starring Tom Cruise, is expected to have a weak box-office opening. It may debut well below Amazon MGM’s adaptation of ‘Verity’.
Christopher Hampton will chair the competition jury at the 30th Tallinn Film Festival. Producers Myriam Sassine and Julie Billy, cinematographer David Stump and actress Tiina Tauraite will also decide the competition awards.
Lukas Dhont and Valentin Hadjadj will discuss the music for ‘Coward’ during the World Soundtrack Awards’ Film Music Days. A separate talk will focus on Edward Berger, Volker Bertelmann and ‘The Riders,’ starring Brad Pitt.
Apple TV recorded its highest weekly viewership ever for the week of Sept. 14. The company attributed the increase to 29 Emmy wins, recent releases and the service’s expansion through iCloud+.
Following its New York Film Festival premiere, some fans are urging consideration of ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ for a Best Picture Oscar nomination. The previous film, ‘Godzilla Minus One,’ became the first Godzilla movie to win an Academy Award.
French filmmaker Marine Atlan’s debut feature ‘La Gradiva’ won the Best Feature Film and Audience Awards at the 30th Queer Lisboa festival. The film had previously taken the top prize at Cannes Critics’ Week.
Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment plan to campaign Helen Mirren for Best Actress at the upcoming 99th Oscars. The campaign is for her performance as author Patricia Highsmith in “A Talent For Murder.”
Theja Rio’s debut feature Angh has won the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. The award gives the Konyak-language film a route to consideration for the 2027 Academy Awards’ International Feature Film category, but does not make it an Oscar nominee.
France’s Oscar committee has selected ‘Minotaur’ to represent the country at the 2027 Academy Awards. The film, directed by Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev and shot in Latvia, won the Cannes Grand Prix.
Jeremy Thomas, the British producer of The Last Emperor, died peacefully on Sept. 11, 2026, at 77, at his Oxfordshire country home. He founded Recorded Picture Company, produced over 80 features and won a European Film Award in 2006.
Anthony Chen’s We Are All Strangers was selected as Singapore’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. The pick was made by a Selection Committee from eligible members of the Singapore Film Commission Advisory Committee; the film previously competed in the main Berlin Film Festival lineup.
Moshe Rosenthal’s Tell Me Everything won Best Picture at the Ophir Awards and thereby became Israel’s official submission for the 2027 Oscars Best International Feature. The film collected 10 Ophir trophies after entering the night with a record 16 nominations.
Danny Boyle’s newsroom drama ‘Ink’ opened the competition at the 83rd Venice Film Festival. The Netflix film received a four-minute standing ovation and then screened at Telluride and Toronto, ahead of a theatrical release in December and streaming in January.