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‘Oh, Mary!’ Broadway Box Office Dips During Meg Stalter Absence

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July 21, 2026

Broadway box office slumped a bit last week with a slightly thinner roster and some of the longer-running productions taking their hits and ever-popular Oh, Mary! showing the strain of new star Meg Stalter missing some performances and Every Brilliant Thing‘s recent arrival Tracee Ellis Ross settling in.

In all, the 31 Broadway productions grossed $30,989,768, a 6% drop from the previous week when there were 32 shows on the boards. The tally for the week ending July 19 was off 8% year to year. Attendance of 255,560 was down 6% from the previous week but about even with last year at this time.

A noticeable dip was taken by Oh, Mary! at the Lyceum, where Stalter missed most of the week’s performances due to illness (she returned Friday). The production’s gross of $911,738 was down $129,236 from the previous week, with attendance at the Lyceum at about 86% of capacity.

Every Brilliant Thing, now starring Ross after successful runs by Daniel Radcliffe and, most recently, Mariska Hargitay. Although the $124,823 drop from the previous week (to $361,158) can largely be attributed to one fewer performance (the Sunday matinee was canceled), attendance for the seven shows was about 77% of capacity, a significant drop from the production’s routine sell-out (or nearly so) status with Radcliffe and Hargitay. The show is scheduled to play through August 9.

Just In Time starring Jeremy Jordan was off a significant $231,589 from the previous week, settling in at $499,207, with 86% of Circle in the Square’s seats filled.

Much lower on the attendance-capacity spectrum were Chicago, at 66% of capacity; Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), at 64%; and Six at 60%.

Selling out was Proof, taking in a big $934,473 in its final week at the Booth. That’s a $91,950 jump over the previous week. The play, which starred Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle, was snubbed at the Tonys but proved to be one of the strongest new draws of the spring and summer.

Other sell-outs for the week were Death of a Salesman, Hamilton and Ragtime.

Also noteworthy was Cats: The Jellicle Ball, which surprised many with its recent closing announcement. Even with a canceled Monday evening performance, the musical jumped by $57,164 to $823,972 in its post-announcement week, filling 97% of seats at the Broadhurst. Closing date is August 8.

The top 5 earners for the week were Hamilton, $2,205,700; Death of a Salesman, $2,062,908; The Lion King, $1,905,248; MJ, $1,802,001; and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, $1,562,187. Ragtime was close behind with $1,521,347.

In the 8th week of the 2026-27 season, Broadway has grossed $282,970,861, down about 9% from last year at this time, with total attendance of 2,326,833 down 2%.

All figures courtesy of The Broadway League. For more box office information visit the League’s website.

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Netflix Steps Back Into ‘Parasyte’ Universe With ‘Tamiya’

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July 23, 2026

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Netflix has returned to the Parasyte manga universe that began in 2024 with Parasyte: The Grey.

A new live-action series, Parasyte: Tamiya will star Shioli Kutsuna (Sanctuary, Deadpool 2) and will stream in 2027. Parasyte: The Grey creator Yeon Sang-ho is returning, having developed Tamiya and co-written the scripts with Ryu Yong-jae. Wowpoint, the Grey producer, is also back, with Kensaku Kakimoto (Glass Heart) and Kazuhiro Nakagawa (Double, Bullet Train Explosion) directing.

Parasyte: The Grey spent four weeks at the top of Netflix’s Global Top 10 Non-English list in 2024, and reached number one in 34 countries. Tamiya will develop the story further.

In the original manga, Ryoko Tamiya is a parasite who takes over the body of a high school teacher. Initially brutal and indiscriminate, she gradually learns from her human surroundings — and upon witnessing a parasite and human sharing a body, begins to wonder whether coexistence might offer her species a better chance of survival than conflict.

Parasyte: Tamiya will tell Ryoko’s story from the inside: the original human, the parasite who inhabits her and the evolving creature caught between two worlds. Kutsuna plays the character, and said it was “the most challenging role I have ever played in my acting career.”

“Ryoko Tamiya is a truly captivating villain in the original manga,” said Yeon. “Her struggles over the nature of her own existence are what elevate the original ‘Parasyte’ from a simple hero-based manga aimed at kids to something deeper. She’s a fascinating character, which drove me to want to tell the story of Parasyte through her perspective.

“I wanted to convey her perpetual struggle over the need for parasites to coexist with humans and the issue of their survival, and how she suffers setbacks and learns over time. I think the anguish she experiences is the essence of Parasyte.”

Parasyte is a major IP in Japan, having previously been adapted as a film series, an anime and a Korean drama.

“This series, which is currently being edited, brings new things to the table compared to past entries in terms of story, cinematography, action, production, you name it,” said Yeon. “It firmly reflects the vision of both directors and is made with great respect for the original manga.”

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Venice Film Festival 2026 Lineup

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July 23, 2026

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Venice Film Festival head Alberto Barbera will shortly begin a press conference where he will announce the titles set to screen as part of the festival’s 2026 edition.

The presser begins at 10 am local time. Watch a live stream of the event below. We will also update this post with all confirmed titles. Scroll down to see that list.

The festival has already announced that this year’s opening title will be Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch biopic Ink. The film, starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy, will screen on September 2 in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido.

Boyle directs the feature from a screenplay written by James Graham (Dear England), based on his Tony-nominated play Ink. O’Connell stars as The Sun newspaper editor Larry Lamb with Pearce as Rupert Murdoch. Claire Foy is Jules Davies.

Announcing the title earlier this summer, Barbera described the title as an “account of publisher Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of the daily newspaper The Sun, which he entrusted to the unscrupulous Larry Lamb, turning it into Britain’s best-selling tabloid at the expense of its rival, The Mirror.”

The festival’s closing title will be Dio ride, written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi (The King’s Musketeers). The film will screen out of competition. Pierfrancesco Favino, Silvio Orlando, Alma Noce, Francesco Gheghi, Maurizio Lombardi, Paolo Rossi and Carlo Cecchi star in the film.

George Clooney and Ellen Burstyn will be the recipients of the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement this year. Maggie Gyllenhaal will serve as the competition jury president. She will be joined by Kaouther Ben Hania, Daniel Blumberg, Francesco Casetti, Xavier Giannoli, Shahrbanoo Sadat, and Johnnie To.

The festival will run from September 2 – 12.

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Scottish Ballet & Forest Of Black To Release ‘These Violent Delights’

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July 23, 2026

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EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Ballet company and production house Forest of Black have partnered with the indie distribution company Tull Stories to release their dance film These Violent Delights in UK and Irish cinemas.

Tull Stories will release These Violent Delights in cinemas from October 21, following the film’s world premiere at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The film, based on Shakespeare’sRomeo & Juliet, was shot across various locations in Scotland and marks the Scottish Ballet company’s first major feature-length film project. The full synopsis reads: “In this vivid, contemporary re-telling without words, Juliet awakens from a fever dream. The lines between hallucination and memory blur as cinema and dance collide in a kaleidoscopic journey of belonging, defiance and self-discovery as fate is rewritten on the dance floor.”

Oscar Sansom (Biffy Clyro: A Celebration of Endings) and Christopher Hampson (Director and CEO/Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet) co-directed the feature. Starring are Kayla-Maree Tarantolo and Ishan Mahabir-Stokes alongside Scottish Ballet artists. The choreography was directed by Julia Cheng, Morgann Runacre-Temple, Myles Thatcher, Sophie Laplane, Nicholas Shoesmith, and Andrea Azzari. Beth Allan and Tony Currie produced the film.

Discussing their retelling, Hampson said: “The film is a Romeo and Juliet story told very much from the viewpoint of Juliet and their reminiscences, their remembering and misremembering in real time.”

He added: “It’s probably only two or three minutes of Juliet’s awakeness, but the film delves much deeper into their unconsciousness. Scottish Ballet has made a name for itself in dance film over the last ten years, winning awards for short films and digital innovation, but this is on a whole other level, and I’m thrilled we’ll be in cinemas across the UK, reaching new and established audiences.”

The film will screen on August 14 at Edinburgh.

Check out a trailer for the film above.