Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remake in the works
James Bond producers are teaming to re-imagine Ian Fleming’s children’s story, previously adapted in 1968
Austin Butler to play Patrick Bateman in Luca Guadagnino’s American Psycho
Oscar-nominated star of Elvis will take on lead role in Challengers director’s take on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel
A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation
James Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure
Exceedingly good needle drops: why a 1915 reading of a Kipling poem is the cherry on top of the 28 Years Later trailer
Zombie movie action soundtracked by the unhinged vinyl screeches of Boots, Rudyard Kipling’s evocation of soldiers in battle? It’s a match made in horror movie heaven
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland review – Santa’s down the rabbit hole in charming animation
Voiced by Gerard Butler and Emilia Clarke, this is cosy-as-crumpets family fare, although padding out the book into an 80-minute film is a stretch
The Shining, burritos and $5 gifts: readers’ unusual holiday traditions
Their answers are a reminder that the holidays can be whatever you want them to be
A vulnerable assassin and a tech bro target: how I put a modern spin on cult 1970s thriller to make The Jackal
Screenwriter Ronan Bennett on his mission to adapt Frederick Forsyth’s novel for the hit TV show starring Eddie Redmayne
Merchant Ivory review – handsome tribute to the masters of refined costume drama
An insightful appreciation of the director/producer team who gave us The Remains of the Day and launched the careers of Hugh Grant and Helena Bonham Carter
Nightbitch review – Amy Adams doggy fantasy-satire stays fatally muzzled
While Adams delivers what could be the performance of her career, Marielle Heller’s film shrinks away from a properly funny or scary exploration of motherhood and midlife crisis
Cillian Murphy as Voldemort? Everything we know about HBO’s Harry Potter TV show
Details are beginning to emerge about the ‘decade-long’ adaptation of JK Rowling’s books – with some starry actors reportedly in negotiations
‘A dancer dances, even with replaced hips and scoliosis’: only one actor can play Liza Minnelli
Despite Minnelli’s memoir not being finished and a queue of ‘Academy award, Emmy, Tony and Grammy winners excited to talk’, the star of the upcoming biopic is already obvious
‘I had this animal, physical desire to be with my child’: author Rachel Yoder on writing Nightbitch
The novelist’s cult book about a stay-at-home mother who turns into a dog is now a film starring Amy Adams. She talks about modern parenting, breaking taboos, and how Trump’s win spurred her to write
On my radar: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett’s cultural highlights
The Culprits actor on his favourite film for Christmas, the humour and rebellion in the work of artist Mike Kelley, and an inspiring book about failure
Rochelle Stevens obituary
Other lives: Literary agent who showed as much care and dedication for smaller passion projects as she did for commercial big hitters
Conclave review – Ralph Fiennes shines as papal election results in high-camp gripper
Fiennes is broodingly compelling as a potential English pope caught up in murky Vatican intrigue around choosing the next pontiff