Cinema

Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning star of Top Gun, Alien and Picket Fences, has died aged 93. His family said he died of natural causes.

Heated Rivalry will screen all six Season 1 episodes in a nearly five-hour Australian cinema marathon on 5 December, with an intermission and cast extras.

Watch the Above the Below trailer and see the Australian poster. Idris Elba co-directs and stars in the survival thriller, opening in cinemas 3 December.

Wildwood is a funny, thrilling and unexpectedly confronting stop-motion fantasy about courage, community, grief and belonging.

Focus on Ability’s 2026 winners include Australian documentaries Focus and Road Trip. See the full awards list and what is known about the SBS presentation.

Steven Soderbergh will help finish filming The Batman Part II while Matt Reeves attends to a family matter. The sequel is due in cinemas in February 2028.

Trop Jr has named Miah Madden and Chloé Hayden its first 2026 ambassadors and judges. Free short-film entries for Australians aged 15 and under close 23 October.

Watch The Beekeeper 2 teaser trailer as Jason Statham returns as Adam Clay, with the sequel only in Australian cinemas in January 2027.

Halloween movies to buy or rent at home include Practical Magic 2, Insidious: Out of the Further, Scary Movie and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.

Watch the Club Kid trailer as A24 confirms Jordan Firstman’s Cannes hit, co-starring Reggie Absolom and Diego Calva, opens in Australian and New Zealand cinemas on 14 January 2027.