Christopher McQuarrie, Arnold Schwarzenegger Team for ‘King Conan’

Somehow, "Conan the Barbarian" is back.

"King Conan," a sequel to the 1982 original, will star Arnold Schwarzenegger again.

 The film is in early development at 20th Century Studios, according to TheWrap. Oscar-winning writer and director Christopher McQuarrie, known for the "Mission: Impossible" series and for his work on "Top Gun: Maverick," is set to write and direct the movie.

Schwarzenegger first talked about the project at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio.

 He mentioned it during a stage appearance, saying he was approached by Dan Trachtenberg to do another "Predator."

Tinker Bell Live-Action Series in the Works at Disney+

Disney+ is working on a new version of "Tink," a story about Tinker Bell that has been in development for over ten years. This new project is now a top priority for Disney+. Liz Heldens and Bridget Carpenter, who worked together on "Friday Night Lights," are writing and executive producing the show.

Disney hasn't given out a detailed description of the story, but "Tink" has a long background at the studio.

 Back in 2010, there was talk of a live-action romantic comedy starring Elizabeth Banks. Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot, and McG were involved as producers. In 2015, Reese Witherspoon was set to star in another version of "Tink," which was described as a live-action film based on the "Peter Pan" character Tinker Bell. More recently, Yara Shahidi played Tinker Bell in the 2023 live action movie "Peter Pan and Wendy."

This new "Tink" is in development at Disney+ through 20th Television.

 Along with Heldens and Carpenter, Gary Marsh, who used to be a top executive at Disney Channels and Disney Branded Television, is also an executive producer. Even after he left his role in 2021, "Tink" was still one of his projects. Quinn Haberman from "Selfish Mermaid" is also an executive producer.

Heldens is currently co-showrunning ABC's "Will Trent."

 She has worked on shows like "Boston Public," the medical drama "Mercy," the crime drama "Deception," the sci-fi thriller "The Passage," and network dramedies "Camp" and "The Big Leap." She was also an executive producer on Fox's "The Orville" and Hulu's "The Dropout."

Carpenter has worked on shows like "Only Murders in the Building," "Parenthood," "Westworld," "The Red Road," and "11.22.63."

 She's also a playwright whose work has been produced at famous theaters like Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Public Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Deadline first reported the news.

Cinema Audio Society Awards: ‘F1,’ ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ and ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Among Film Winners

  F1: The Movie, KPop Demon Hunters, and Becoming Led Zeppelin were some of the movies that won awards at the Cinema Audio Society Awards on Saturday night.

Other TV shows that did well in their categories were The Studio, Adolescence, and The Pitt.

The event was hosted by Chris Hardwick at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

 During the night, Skip Lievsay from CAS was given the CAS Career Achievement Award, and Guillermo del Toro got the Filmmaker Award. This year, the Cinema Audio Society introduced the Jeffrey S. Wexler Award for Advancement in Sound Technology, and it was presented to Evan Brooks, Peter Gotcher, Glenn Sanders, and Howard Stark.

Mingxi Xu also won the CAS Student Recognition Award and received a $5,000 prize.

CAS president Peter Kurland said, "Tonight we celebrate the very best of our profession.

 Sound mixing needs both technical skill and artistic intent, and these people show the precision, creativity, and hard work that are part of our job. We are happy to recognize those who keep raising the standard for our industry."

F1 is also up for the 2026 Academy Award for sound, along with Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners, and Sirat.

 Last year, the CAS gave the live action motion picture award to A Complete Unknown, and in 2024, Oppenheimer won the top honor at the CAS Awards. In the three years before that, the CAS winning film also won the Academy Award.

See the full 2026 CAS Award winners list below.

Motion Pictures – Live Action

F1: The Movie  (WINNER)

Production Sound Mixer – Gareth John

Re-Recording Mixer – Gary A. Rizzo CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Juan Peralta

Scoring Mixer – Alan Meyerson CAS

ADR Mixer – Alan Freedman CAS

Foley Mixer – Dennis Leonard 

Frankenstein 

Production Sound Mixer – Greg Chapman

Re-Recording Mixer – Brad Zoern CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Christian Cooke CAS

Scoring Mixer – Peter Cobbin CAS

Scoring Mixer – Kirsty Whaley CAS

ADR Mixer – Sebastian Vaskio

Foley Mixer – Kevin Schultz CAS

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Production Sound Mixer – Lloyd Dudley

Re-Recording Mixer – Chris Burdon

Re-Recording Mixer – Mark Taylor

Scoring Mixer – Chris Fogel CAS

ADR Mixer – Nick Roberts

Foley Mixer – Adam Mendez 

One Battle After Another 

Production Sound Mixer – Jose Antonio Garcia

Re-Recording Mixer – Christopher Scarabosio CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Tony Villaflor

Scoring Mixer – Graeme Stewart

Foley Mixer – Kevin Schultz CAS

Foley Mixer Chelsea Body

Sinners

Production Sound Mixer – Chris Welcker CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Brandon Proctor

Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Boeddeker

Scoring Mixer – Chris Fogel CAS

ADR Mixer – Jason Oliver   

ADR Mixer – Tami Treadwell   

Foley Mixer – Darrin Mann 

Motion Pictures — Animated

Elio 

Production Sound Mixer – Vince Caro CAS

Production Sound Mixer – Paul McGrath CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Lora Hirschberg

Re-Recording Mixer – Bonnie Wild

Scoring Mixer – Scott Michael Smith

Foley Mixer – Richard Duarte

KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)

Original Dialogue Mixer – Howard London CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Michael Babcock CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Tony Lamberti

Scoring Mixer – Erich Talaba

Foley Mixer – Giorgi Lekishvili 

The Bad Guys 2

Original Dialogue Mixer – Ken Gombos

Re-Recording Mixer – Julian Slater CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Greg P. Russell CAS

Scoring Mixer – Sam Okell

Foley Mixer  – Paul Pirola 

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Re-Recording Mixer  – Will Files CAS

Re-Recording Mixer  – Mark Paterson

Re-Recording Mixer  – Steve Neal CAS

Scoring Mixer  – Shawn Murphy

Foley Mixer  – Jordan McClain 

Zootopia 2

Original Dialogue & Re-Recording Mixer – Gabriel Guy CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – David Fluhr CAS

Scoring Mixer  – Warren Brown

ADR Mixer  – Doc Kane CAS

Foley Mixer  – Richard Duarte 

Motion Pictures — Documentary

​​Becoming Led Zeppelin (WINNER)

Production Sound Mixer – Nigel Albermaniche

Re-Recording Mixer – Nick Bergh

I Was Born This Way

Production Sound Mixer – Travis Franklin

Re-Recording Mixer – Leslie Gaston-Bird CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Gabriel Guy CAS

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley 

Production Sound Mixer – David Hocs

Re-Recording Mixer – Lewis Goldstein CAS

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery

Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Foster

Re-Recording Mixer – Lana Marie Hattar

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Production Sound Mixer – Paul Stula

Re-Recording Mixer – Tony Solis CAS

Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures or Limited Series

Adolescence S01 E01 (WINNER)

Production Sound Mixer – Kiff McManus

Production Sound Mixer – Rob Entwistle

Re-Recording Mixer – Jules Woods CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – James Drake

ADR Mixer – Mike Tehrani

ADR Mixer – Simon Diggins

Foley Mixer – Adam Mendez

Black Mirror S07 E06 USS Callister: Into Infinity

Production Sound Mixer – Stuart Piggott

Re-Recording Mixer – James Ridgway

Scoring Mixer – Sam Okell

ADR Mixer – Mike Tehrani

Foley Mixer – Adam Mendez

Chief of War

Production Sound Mixer – Fred Enholmer

Production Sound Mixer – Thomas Visser

Re-Recording Mixer – Carlos Sanches CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Josh Eckberg

ADR Mixer – Chris Navarro CAS

ADR Mixer – Vedat Kiyici

Foley Mixer – Andrey Starikovskiy

Love, Death + Robots

Production Sound Mixer – Rob Cairns

Re-Recording Mixer – Joe DeAngelis CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Chris Carpenter

Star Trek: Section 31 

Production Sound Mixer – Bill McMillan CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Todd M. Grace CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Edward C. Carr III CAS

Scoring Mixer – Michael Perfitt

ADR Mixer – Tami Treadwell

Foley Mixer – Darrin Mann 

Television Series — One Hour

Andor S02 E08 Who Are You?

Production Sound Mixer – Danny Hambrook

Re-Recording Mixer –  David Acord

Scoring Mixer – Geoff Foster

ADR Mixer – Nick Roberts

Foley Mixer – Richard Duarte

Pluribus S01 E01 We Is Us 

Production Sound Mixer – Phillip W. Palmer CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Larry Benjamin CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Tim Hoogenakker CAS

ADR Mixer – Judah Getz CAS

ADR Mixer – Jason Wolf

ADR Mixer – Jamieson Rabbe

Foley Mixer – Ron Mellegers

Severance S02 E10 Cold Harbor

Production Sound Mixer – David Schwartz CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Bob Chefalas CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Jacob Ribicoff

Scoring Mixer – Chris Fogel CAS

ADR Mixer – Kris Chevannes

Foley Mixer – George Lara CAS

Stranger Things S05 E08 Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up

Production Sound Mixer – Michael P. Clark CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Mark Paterson

Re-Recording Mixer – Will Files CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Neal CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Craig Henighan CAS

Scoring Mixer – Carlos Remirez

Foley Mixer – Judah Getz CAS

The Pitt S01 E13 7:00 PM (WINNER)

Production Sound Mixer – Von Varga

Re-Recording Mixer – Todd M. Grace CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Edward C. Carr III CAS

ADR Mixer – Tami Treadwell

Foley Mixer – Alex Jongbloed CAS

Television Series — Half Hour

Hacks S04 E04 I Love LA

Production Sound Mixer – Jim Lakin CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – John W. Cook II CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – James Parnell CAS

Scoring Mixer – Carlos Rafael Rivera

ADR Mixer – Fernanda Domene

Foley Mixer – Jacob McNaughton

Murderbot S01 E01 Free Commerce 

Production Sound Mixer – Michael Lacroix

Re-Recording Mixer – Alexandra Fehrman CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Emilie Corpuz

Only Murders in the Building S05 E09 LESTR

Production Sound Mixer – Joseph White Jr. CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Mathew Waters CAS CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Kyle O’Neal CAS CAS

Scoring Mixer –  Alan DeMoss    Foley Mixer – Mitch Kluge 

The Bear S04 E03 Scallop

Production Sound Mixer – Scott D. Smith CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Steve “Major” Giammaria CAS

ADR Mixer – Patrick Christensen CAS

Foley Mixer – Ryan Collison CAS

Foley Mixer – Connor Nagy CAS

The Studio S01 E08 Golden Globes (WINNER)

Production Sound Mixer – Buck Robinson CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Lindsey Alvarez CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Fred Howard CAS

Scoring Mixer – Adrià Serrano

ADR Mixer – Brian Magrum CAS

Foley Mixer – Ron Mellegers 

Television Non-Fiction, Variety or Music — Series or Specials

100 Foot Wave S03 E04 The Eddie

Re-Recording Mixer – Keith Hodne CAS

Billy Joel: And So It Goes S1 E01 Part One (WINNER)

Production Sound Mixer – Mark Mandler CAS

Production Sound Mixer – David Mitlyng

Production Sound Mixer – Michael Stewart

Re-Recording Mixer – Bob Chefalas CAS

Score & Music Mixer – Bradshaw Leigh

Music Mixer – Brian Ruggles

Music Mixer – Jay Vicari

Formula 1: Drive to Survive S07 E09 Under New Management

Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Speed CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Lydia Brown

Re-Recording Mixer – Nick Fry CAS

John Candy: I Like Me

Production Sound Mixer – Brad Dawe

Production Sound Mixer – Michael Kool

Re-Recording Mixer – Gary A. Rizzo CAS

Scoring Mixer – Tyler Strickland

Pee-Wee as Himself S01 E01

Production Sound Mixer – John Mathie

Re-Recording Mixer – Daniel Timmonds CAS

Corey Parker, ‘Will & Grace’ and ‘Friday the 13th: A New Beginning’ Actor, Dies at 60

  Corey Parker, a talented actor who worked in movies, TV shows and helped train new actors, has passed away, according to TMZ. He was 60 years old.

His family shared that he passed away on Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee, after a struggle with cancer.

Parker started his acting career in the mid-1980s.

 He played Pete in the horror movie "Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning" (1985). That role helped him gain attention in the horror genre. He also appeared in the romantic drama "9 1/2 Weeks" (1986) with Kim Basinger.

In 1992, he became more famous for playing Neil Barash on the sitcom "Flying Blind."

 He acted alongside Téa Leoni, who played an awkward college graduate falling in love with her free-spirited character. The show only lasted one season, but it had some big names as guest stars, like Lisa Kudrow, Peter Boyle, Andy Dick and Noah Emmerich.

Parker was also known for playing Josh, one of Grace's boyfriends on the popular NBC show "Will & Grace."

 He appeared in five episodes of the series. He also acted in other movies and TV shows like "Biloxi Blues," "White Palace," "Love Boat: The Next Wave," "Nashville," and "Blue Skies."

Later in his career, Parker moved into coaching.

 He helped actors improve their skills on shows like "Sun Records" and "Ms. Marvel." His work behind the scenes had a lasting effect on the acting world.

Parker grew up in a family full of creativity.

 His mom, Rocky Parker, was married to Patrick Dempsey in the late 1980s. His sister, Noelle, was also an actor.

Known for his friendly personality and support for younger actors, Parker is remembered by his colleagues and fans for his kindness, humor and the positive influence he had on the entertainment industry.

Heated Rivalry,’ ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Traitors’ Win Big at GLAAD Media Awards

"Heated Rivalry," "Stranger Things," and "Traitors" were some of the top winners at the GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday night in Los Angeles.

"Heated Rivalry," the popular HBO Max/Crave series created by Jacob Tierney, follows the love story of two professional hockey players, Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams.

 It was given the award for outstanding new TV series. "Stranger Things" won the outstanding drama series award for its fifth and final season. "Traitors" took home the outstanding reality competition program award, while Bravo's "Southern Hospitality" was honored with the outstanding reality program award.

On the film side, "Kiss of the Spider Woman," Bill Condon's version of the Broadway musical starring Jennifer Lopez, Tonatiuh, and Diego Luna, won the outstanding wide theatrical release award.

 The indie rom-com "Nice Indian Boy," starring Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff, and the drama "Plainclothes," featuring Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey, both received the limited theatrical release award.

The 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards, hosted by Jonathan Bennett at the Beverly Hilton, also gave out special honors.

 Quinta Brunson was honored with the Vanguard Award, and "Las Culturistas" co-hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers were recognized with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award.

Liza Minnelli made a surprise appearance at the end of the ceremony to celebrate her 80th birthday on March 12 and the upcoming release of her memoir, "Kids, Wait Till Hear This!"

 The event also featured performances by Demi Lovato and Sony Music Group artist Eli.

‘Hoppers’ Earns $3.2 Million in Previews, ‘The Bride’ Opens to Dreary $1 Million Box Office

Pixar's "Hoppers" made $3.2 million in early showings, while Warner Bros.' "The Bride" only brought in $1 million. Family movies have been doing well at the box office lately, and "Hoppers," which has gotten good reviews, is expected to keep that trend going. The movie, which is about animals, is set to make between $35 million and $40 million from 4,000 theaters this weekend. That should put it in first place. "Hoppers" cost $150 million to make, which is a lot, but it was made more cheaply than other Disney animated films, which usually cost $200 million. The $3.2 million from previews includes the $1 million it made on Saturday from early showings, plus the results from Thursday. Compared to other movies, "Hoppers" does well. It made more than "Kung Fu Panda 4" in previews, which was $3.8 million before it made $58 million on opening day. It also beat "Onward" from 2020, which made $2.7 million in previews and then earned $39.1 million.

"The Bride," a new version of "The Bride of Frankenstein" written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who was nominated for an Oscar, is not expected to do well.

 The movie has a big $90 million budget, but it's only predicted to make around $10 million in its first week. If those numbers are right, it will be a big disappointment for Warner Bros. They've been having a good run with movies like "Sinners," "Weapons," and "Wuthering Heights."

However, "The Bride" might do better in other countries.

 It's expected to make another $22 million from international markets when it opens in 69 countries. Christian Bale plays Frankenstein, and Jessie Buckley, who's up for an Oscar for "Hamnet," plays the undead woman he loves. Gyllenhaal moved the story to a steampunk version of 1930s Chicago and New York. The movie has mixed reviews. Some critics praised Gyllenhaal's bold ideas, while others thought it had a lot of noise but no real substance.

Protector Movie

Protector

2025 | R | 1h 32m

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Action

Directed by Adrian Grünberg

Screenplay by Bong-Seob Mun

Produced by

Kenneth Kim

Bang-Ok Joo

Bong-Seob Mun

Cast

Milla Jovovich

Matthew Modine

D. B. Sweeney

Don Harvey

Arica Himmel

Michael Stahl-David

Cinematography Vern Nobles Jr.

Edited by Christian Wagner

Music by Don Cherel

Production

company

Aanaxion Studio

Distributed by Magenta Light Studios

Release dates

September 19, 2025 (BIFF)

March 6, 2026 (United States)

Running time 92 minutes

Countries

United States

South Korea

Language English