Ludwig Goransson attends the Governors Ball following the 98th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA, on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
“The music is definitely a very very unique world and I hope people are able to be part of it and fully immerse themselves in this world.”
3-time Academy Award winning composer Ludwig Göransson is composing the film score for Christopher Nolan’s next film, The Odyssey, a mythic action epic bringing Homer’s foundational saga to the big screen. The two previously teamed up on TENET and Best Picture winner OPPENHEIMER.
In this new featurette ‘IN STUDIO: LUDWIG GÖRANSSON’, listen as Nolan says that “even though it was going to be ancient Greece, we don’t want it to look and feel like previous movies that take on this kind of classical world.”
When we first interviewed the Swedish composer for director Ryan Coogler’s CREED more than 10 years ago, neither he nor the filmmaker had any thoughts of Oscars. Now between the two of them, they have 4 combined. Coogler and Göransson collaborated on FRUITVALE STATION, BLACK PANTHER, CREED and SINNERS.
I asked Göransson in 2015 about CREED and it’s lasting legacy, he said, “What I got to do for CREED is something that I love and something that means a lot to me in such a special way. I don’t think I’ve ever worked as hard on a movie as I have on this one. I will definitely look back on this and feel that this was one of those special times in my life.”
Zinzi Evans, Ludwig Göransson and Ryan Coogler attend as UNIVERSAL PICTURES presents OPPENHEIMER LIVE IN CONCERT with composer Ludwig Göransson featuring a 53 piece orchestra at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 (photo: Benjamin Shmikler/ABImages)
Göransson is also known for his western-infused theme and score for Disney’s The Mandalorian, taking home two Primetime Emmy Awards.
THE ODYSSEY opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.
Stars Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o, with Zendaya and Charlize Theron.
Soundtrack available to pre-order on Vinyl & CD by Made by Mutant and pre-save on digital streaming platforms:
The Odyssey is produced by Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan for their company, Syncopy. The executive producer is Thomas Hayslip.
Ludwig Göransson poses backstage with the Oscar® for Original Score during the live ABC telecast of the 96th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
A magnificent first trailer is here from the director of FURY, THE BEEKEEPER, A WORKING MAN, HARSH TIMES, BRIGHT and END OF WATCH, David Ayer.
Paramount Pictures has debuted the first intense trailer for HEART OF THE BEAST, starring Brad Pitt and J.K. Simmons. After a harrowing plane crash, Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against the elements. From acclaimed filmmaker David Ayer, Heart of the Beast is an intense adventure thriller that explores the unbreakable bond between a man and his best friend as they face their greatest battle yet.
The first trailer for director Aaron Sorkin’s THE SOCIAL RECKONING has dropped today. Starring Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen with Bill Burr and Jeremy Strong, the film opens in theatres October 9.
A companion piece to the hit film THE SOCIAL NETWORK, Sorkin’s original screenplay is based on the events that gave rise to the Wall Street Journal’s shocking exposé The Facebook Files. The film is inspired by the true story of how Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets.
Count on multiple nominations, including Best Picture, come awards season, especially for Bill Burr and Jeremy Strong. Sorkin could see nominations in both Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay categories.
THE SOCIAL NETWORK, directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning three (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing). It lost Best Picture to THE KING’S SPEECH.
The 2010 film took in $226 million worldwide at the box office.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to actor Glenn Close, animator Floyd Norman and director Ridley Scott, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler. The Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 17th Governors Awards event on Sunday, November 15, 2026, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood, in partnership with Rolex.
“The Academy’s Board of Governors is thrilled to present this year’s Governors Awards to five remarkable individuals whose groundbreaking work has forever shaped the art of filmmaking,” said Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor. “Throughout her extraordinary body of work, Glenn Close’s unparalleled emotional range has brought to life some of the most complex characters in cinema. Floyd Norman is the legendary animator who has broken barriers and inspired generations of artists over his remarkable career. Sir Ridley Scott is a true visionary whose decades-long legacy has left an immeasurable impact on global cinema and culture. Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler play a central role in American independent cinema, championing bold, ambitious and distinctive storytelling.”
Glenn Close at the 14th Governors Awards in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Close’s acting career spans over five decades, with more than 100 film credits. She has earned eight Oscar nominations, beginning with her feature film debut in “The World According to Garp” and has received further nominations for “The Big Chill,” “The Natural,” “Fatal Attraction,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Albert Nobbs,” “The Wife” and “Hillbilly Elegy.” Her other film credits include “Jagged Edge,” “Reversal of Fortune,” “Hamlet,” “101 Dalmatians,” “102 Dalmatians,” “Mars Attacks!,” “Air Force One,” “The Stepford Wives,” “The Girl with All the Gifts,” “Four Good Days” and “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.”
An animator and storyboard artist, Norman began his esteemed 65-year career at Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1956, becoming the studio’s first Black animator. His first Disney feature film was “Sleeping Beauty,” and he contributed to such classic feature films as “The Sword in the Stone,” “Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book” and “Robin Hood,” as well as the short films “Donald in Mathmagic Land,” “Goliath II” and “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.” Norman’s other notable film credits include “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Mulan,” “Toy Story 2” and “Monsters, Inc.”
Scott has received Oscar nominations for directing “Thelma & Louise,” “Gladiator” and “Black Hawk Down,” as well as a Best Picture nomination for “The Martian.” Across a career spanning nearly six decades, he has also directed such films as “Alien,” “Blade Runner,” “Legend,” “Black Rain,” “G.I. Jane,” “Kingdom of Heaven,” “American Gangster,” “Prometheus,” “All the Money in the World,” “House of Gucci,” “The Last Duel,” “Napoleon” and the upcoming feature “The Dog Stars.” In 2024, Scott was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the British film industry.
Oscar® nominees Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler arrive on the red carpet of the 96th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
Vachon and Koffler founded the New York-based independent production company Killer Films in 1995. Together, they have produced such films as “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” “One Hour Photo,” “Camp,” “The Company,” “The Notorious Bettie Page,” “May December” and “Materialists.” Vachon and Koffler earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture for “Past Lives” in 2024. Their productions at Killer Films also include “Safe,” “Velvet Goldmine,” “Happiness,” “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Far from Heaven,” “I’m Not There,” “Still Alice,” “Carol,” “First Reformed,” “Vox Lux,” “The World to Come,” “Zola” and “A Different Man.”
The Honorary Award is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences in any discipline, or for outstanding service to the Academy.”
The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is presented to a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production.
The 17th Governors Awards are presented in partnership with Rolex, the Exclusive Watch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Rolex is supporting the Governors Awards through its partnership with the Academy, reflecting its ongoing commitment to fostering excellence, achievement and the transfer of cinematic knowledge to the next generation.
Set those reminders. In ONE WEEK, you can finally secure your tickets for SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY opening in theatres July 31.
After the record-breaking global success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Brand New Day marks an entirely new chapter for Peter Parker and Spider-Man. Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves.
Crime-fighting in a New York that no longer knows his name, he’s devoted himself entirely to protecting his city — a full-time Spider-Man — but as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.
SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando and Mark Ruffalo.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, written by Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers and based on the MARVEL Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
(L-R) Conan O’Brien, Scarlett Spears, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Greta Lee and Taylor Swift attend the Toy Story 5 Los Angeles World Premiere at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 09, 2026. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for for TAS Rights Management)
The voice cast and filmmakers behind Disney and Pixar’s highly anticipated upcoming animated adventure “Toy Story 5,” including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Taylor Swift (original song by), Conan O’Brien, Greta Lee, Craig Robinson, Tony Hale, Andrew Stanton (director), Kenna Harris (co-director), Lindsey Collins (producer) and Randy Newman (composer), convened at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood earlier this evening to celebrate the film’s show-stopping world premiere.
Hanks spoke how these movies really show the lessons of helping each other out.
The early social media reactions are in – have a look.
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Toy Story 5 is a wonderfully heartfelt return to form for Pixar Animation Studios and a reminder of why the Toy Story franchise remains one of the greatest film series ever made.
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The toys are back in Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5,” and this time it’s Toy meets Tech. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Jessie (voice of Joan Cusack) and the rest of the gang’s jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with Lilypad (voice of Greta Lee), a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie. Will playtime ever be the same? “Toy Story 5” is directed by Academy Award® winner Andrew Stanton, co-directed by Kenna Harris, produced by Lindsey Collins, p.g.a., and written by Stanton and Harris from a story by Stanton.
The film features an original score by Oscar® winner Randy Newman, who returns to score his fifth “Toy Story” feature. “Toy Story 5” is rated PG and releases exclusively in theaters June 19, 2026.
The premiere concluded with an unforgettable surprise performance from 14-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Taylor Swift, who performed the brand-new original song “I Knew It, I Knew You,” written and produced by Swift and Jack Antonoff for the upcoming film.
Swift was then joined by 7-time GRAMMY Award and 2-time Academy Award®-winning composer Randy Newman for a special duet of the beloved classic “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.” Written and performed by Newman for the original “Toy Story,” the iconic song has been featured in all five of the “Toy Story” films.
Voice cast members Scarlett Spears, Shelby Rabara, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Lori Alan, Jay Hernandez, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Wallace Shawn, Krys Marshall, Jeff Bergman, Blake Clark, Anna Vocino, Matty Matheson, John Ratzenberger and Melissa Villaseñor, as well as Pete Docter (executive producer, Pixar chief creative officer) and Jonas Rivera (executive producer) were also in attendance.
During the red-carpet at Tuesday’s premiere, attendees – including the stars of the film – wrote heartfelt messages to kids in children’s hospitals. Disney, Pixar and Starlight Children’s Foundation are making “Toy Story 5” available to nearly 400 hospitals via the Disney Movie Moments program, which gives patients the opportunity to enjoy movies while they’re still in theaters. In Oakland, Orlando, and Washington, D.C., Disney is taking the experience even further by transforming hospital play areas into Bonnie’s room, along with hosting screenings of the film, character meet and greets, themed activities, and more. More “Toy Story 5” screenings and charitable initiatives will take place for kids and families in the coming weeks.
Taylor Swift attends the Toy Story 5 Los Angeles World Premiere at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 09, 2026. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for for TAS Rights Management)A view of Toy Story characters are seen during the Toy Story 5 Los Angeles World Premiere at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 09, 2026. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for Disney)
Have we learned NOTHING from going deep in the ocean?!
Today, 20th Century Studios and Imagine Entertainment released a thrilling first look at WHALEFALL. The epic and emotional survival thriller about one young man’s encounter with a massive sperm whale opens exclusively in theaters October 16.
Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.
Abrams recently starred in WEAPONS and the upcoming RESIDENT EVIL.
If you think you were traumatized by this first look, just read at some of the comments from this trailer…
The film, which is directed by Brian Duffield and features a screenplay by Brian Duffield & Daniel Kraus based on the book by Daniel Kraus by the same name, stars Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz, Jane Levy, Emily Rudd. The producers are Brian Grazer, Brian Duffield, Jeb Brody, Allan Mandelbaum, with Doug Merrifield, Richard Abate, Will Rowbotham serving as executive producers.
Last night, star Austin Abrams and director/co-writer/producer Brian Duffield were at the Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria for a special 4DX preview of the trailer, offering journalists and guests a one-of-a-kind immersive experience.
Brad Pitt plays James Belmont in Heart of the Beast from Paramount Pictures.
Paramount Pictures has released a first look at director David Ayer’s HEART OF THE BEAST, starring Brad Pitt. The two previously worked on the excellent FURY.
After a harrowing plane crash, Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against the elements. From acclaimed filmmaker David Ayer, Heart of the Beast is an intense adventure thriller that explores the unbreakable bond between a man and his best friend as they face their greatest battle yet.
The also includes J.K. Simmons and Anna Lambe.
The executive producers are Damien Chazelle, Scott Lumpkin, Cameron Alexander, Chris Long, Pete Chiappetta, Anthony Tittanegro, Andrew Lary, Sophie Cassidy, Zack Conroy.
Come back on Thursday to see the first trailer. See HEART OF THE BEAST on September 25.
Brad Pitt and Director David Ayer on the set of Heart of the Beast from Paramount Pictures.James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and Odin in Heart of the Beast from Paramount Pictures.James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and Odin in Heart of the Beast from Paramount Pictures.James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and Odin in Heart of the Beast from Paramount Pictures.Director David Ayer and Brad Pitt on the set of Heart of the Beast from Paramount Pictures.
Meet the Cat in the Hat you don’t know! In the wonderfully whimsical tradition of Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat comes to the big screen in his animated theatrical feature film debut, an all-new, epic adventure with an edge, where mischief, magic and mayhem reign supreme.
Doing what he does best, the Cat—voiced by Bill Hader—spreads joy to kids in his hilarious, signature and singularly irreverent way, transporting them and audiences on a fantastical journey through a world they’ve never seen before.
In the film, our hero takes on his toughest assignment yet for the I.I.I.I. (Institute for the Institution of Imagination and Inspiration, LLC): to cheer Gabby and Sebastian, a pair of siblings struggling with their move to a new town. Known for taking things too far, this could be this agent of chaos’s last chance to prove himself…or lose his magical hat!
Get ready for an adorable, family friendly film this Thanksgiving!
Remember when Hader played the cat in the SNL skit?
Starring alongside Hader are Xochitl Gomez, Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson, and Paula Pell, and featuring Tiago Martinez, Giancarlo Esposito, America Ferrera, Bowen Yang, and Tituss Burgess.
The Cat in the Hat is directed by Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni from their own screenplay, story by Caroline Williams, and produced by Daniela Mazzucato.
Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s first full-length feature film, THE CAT IN THE HAT, comes to theaters and IMAX® across North America on November 6, 2026, and internationally beginning 4 November 2026. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Here’s a first look at the new trailer and poster for director Ridley Scott’s THE DOG STARS. The film, a riveting, epic thriller set in a world where survival is instinct, but humanity is a choice, opens exclusively in theaters August 28.
The film tells the story of Hig (Jacob Elordi), a young pilot who, together with a military survivalist, Bangley (Josh Brolin), has carved out an efficient but isolated homestead in a brutal post-apocalyptic world. But when Hig receives a mysterious radio transmission, he ventures into the unknown in search of the hope and humanity he still believes exist.
Based on Peter Heller’s captivating bestseller, THE DOG STARS features Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Allison Janney, Benedict Wong, and Guy Pearce.
The screenplay is by Mark L. Smith, based upon the novel by Peter Heller, and the producers are Ridley Scott, p.g.a., Michael Pruss, p.g.a., Mark L. Smith, and Cliff Roberts, p.g.a., with Lily Brooks-Dalton, Brandon Scott Smith, Peter Heller, Aidan Elliott serving as executive producers.
