The Asylum has confirmed a new entry in the Sharknado franchise titled Sharknado Origins, with production set to begin later this year and a summer 2026 release planned.
Director Anthony Ferrante will return, with casting to be announced.
The film is a prequel set before the 2013 original, following teenage versions of Fin and April as the first-ever shark-filled storm hits during a summer at the beach.
The franchise previously ran for six films between 2013 and 2018 and became a cult hit for its over-the-top disaster-comedy premise.
Atlas Entertainment and creator-owned label Ghost Machine are moving forward with a feature adaptation of Redcoat, the Image Comics series from Geoff Johns and Bryan Hitch.
The film will be written by Johns, based on a story by Johns and Hitch, with Charles Roven and Alex Gartner producing for Atlas. The project marks a continued expansion of Ghost Machine’s original universes beyond comics.
Launched in April 2024, Redcoat became an immediate top seller for Image Comics/Ghost Machine. The series follows British deserter Simon Pure, who accidentally gains immortality during the American Revolution and finds himself drawn into a conspiracy threatening America. The tone blends historical action and supernatural adventure in the vein of Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Roven, who has previously worked with Johns on multiple DC projects, called Redcoat “innovative comic material” with franchise potential. Ghost Machine, founded in 2023, has quickly built a slate of creator-owned titles, including Geiger, Rook: Exodus, and Hyde Street, and has sold millions of comics since its launch.
Collected editions of Redcoat Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are currently available, with a deluxe hardcover edition set for release in April 2026.
The acclaimed animated documentary Endless Cookie, created over eight years by brothers Seth and Peter Scriver, arrives in New York and Los Angeles theaters on December 5 from Obscured Releasing.
The film is a vivid, surreal portrait of the Scriver family, blending autobiography, memory, and playful imagination. Through colorful, shifting animation, the brothers revisit their upbringing in Toronto’s Kensington Market and Peter’s current life in a remote First Nations community in Northern Manitoba. Their stories overlap with family recollections, turning the film into both a family chronicle and a meditation on creativity.
Seth is a Toronto-based artist and animator known for the TIFF-winning feature Asphalt Watches. Peter is a First Nations carver, poet, mechanic, and storyteller whose real-life heroism in rescuing a neighbor from a house fire underscores the film’s themes of resilience and connection.
Endless Cookie has earned major honors worldwide, including the Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki, the Contrechamp Jury Award at Annecy, the Rogers Audience Award at Hot Docs 2025, and awards or mentions from Sitges, Dok Leipzig, Guadalajara, and Calgary Underground Film Festival.
A rare early Mariah Carey demo tape recorded before her rise to global fame is hitting the auction block next month through Wax Poetics. Bidding opens December 2 and runs until December 11.
The cassette comes from producer Arthur Baker, who received it at a late nineteen-eighties holiday party where Carey was performing as a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr. The tape is one of the few known surviving demos Carey used to shop for a record deal, and another copy from that same party famously reached Sony executive Tommy Mottola, who signed her shortly afterward.
Containing seven tracks, the demo includes early and unreleased versions of songs that later formed the core of Carey’s nineteen ninety debut album, which launched four number-one singles. The cassette case still features handwritten contact details for Carey, Starr, and collaborator Ben Margulies.
Wax Poetics calls the tape “one of the most sought-after items” in its archive, citing its significance as a snapshot of Carey’s pre-fame artistry. The auction package includes authentication documents and historical notes from Baker’s collection.
Baker, who has kept the tape for more than three decades, says Carey’s talent was unmistakable from the first listen. The auction will take place at WaxPoetics.com.
Meghan Trainor has announced her seventh studio album, Toy With Me, set for release on April 24, 2026 through Epic Records. Alongside the album reveal, Trainor has released the lead single “Still Don’t Care” and confirmed plans for The Get In Girl Tour, a North American arena run launching in June 2026.
Produced by Live Nation, the tour will include more than 30 dates and mark Trainor’s return to major venues such as Madison Square Garden in New York and the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Icona Pop will join as support.
A portion of ticket proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project, and Trainor is partnering with HeadCount to promote voter registration throughout the tour.
Toy With Me follows Trainor’s 2024 album Timeless, which was accompanied by her first headlining tour in eight years.
The new documentary American Sasquatch: Man, Myth, or Monster will be released digitally on December 1, with a special premiere screening set for November 28 in Seattle, followed by a Q and A with author and investigator Dave Paulides, known for the Missing 411 series.
Directed by Gabe Torres, whose credits include Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries, the film explores Bigfoot through a mix of forensic investigation, scientific analysis, and interviews with researchers and longtime field investigators. Paulides, a former police detective and founder of the North American Big Foot Search, leads the examination, expanding on themes present in his bestselling Missing 411 books and documentaries.
The film features appearances from Scott Carpenter, Stan Gordon, Harvey Pratt, Ron Morehead, Representative Tim Burchett, Dr. Colm Kelleher, Dr. Robert Alley, and others from the Bigfoot and unexplained phenomena research community.
Produced by Jim Martin and Phillip Latham, with executive producers Dave Paulides and Henry Marx, American Sasquatch positions itself as a deep dive into new theories, advanced DNA work, and scientific perspectives that attempt to bridge folklore with empirical inquiry.
A new 4K restoration of Stanley Donen’s 1963 classic Charade will screen at Film Forum in New York from December 5 to 11. Starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, and Walter Matthau, the film blends romance, suspense, and comedy, often described as “the most Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made.”
Set in Paris, Charade follows a widow pursued by several men trying to recover stolen money linked to her late husband. Known for its sharp dialogue, stylish direction, and the chemistry between Grant and Hepburn, the film remains one of Donen’s most celebrated works.
The restoration brings renewed clarity to the film’s cinematography and design, offering audiences a chance to revisit the title on the big screen more than six decades after its release.
Image Comics will launch Inferno Girl Red Book Two next month, expanding the Massive-Verse with a new chapter from co-creators Erica D’urso (Immortal Legend Batman) and Mat Groom (Spider-Verse vs. Venomverse). The three-issue miniseries arrives as the larger Radiant Black universe continues to grow across multiple titles.
The series follows Cássia Costa, now established as Apex City’s key hero, as she confronts the emotional fallout of earlier events and faces a new threat posed by the enigmatic Twins. The story promises a mix of action and coming-of-age drama as Cássia uncovers revelations about her powers and her city.
Inferno Girl Red Book Two #1 will be available in comic shops on Wednesday, December 3, with multiple variant covers by D’urso, Luana Vecchio, Tom Whalen, and Daniel Bayliss.
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards, with Kendrick Lamar leading the field at nine nominations. His album GNX and the single Luther position him as a top contender across major categories.
Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff, and Cirkut follow with seven nominations each. Rising artist Leon Thomas earned a breakout six nods, matching Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, and mixer Serban Ghenea.
Bad Bunny scored nominations in album, record, and song of the year, marking a strong showing for Latin music in the general categories. Carpenter also returned to the top fields with Man’s Best Friend, while Billie Eilish and Chappell Roan secured placements with their standout singles.
Hip hop performed better than expected in a commercially slow year for the genre, with Doechii, Clipse, and Tyler, the Creator each picking up five nominations. Country artists were again largely absent from the top categories.
The 2026 Grammy Awards will air live on CBS and Paramount Plus on February 1 at 8 p.m. ET.
Emmy-winning filmmaker Nick Davis brings together an extraordinary cast to tell a story of courage and compassion in his new documentary This Ordinary Thing, opening December 5 at Cinema Village in New York City, with a wider theatrical and VOD release to follow.
The film revisits the real stories of non-Jewish individuals who risked their lives to save Jewish people across Europe during the Holocaust. Blending archival footage with readings performed by some of the world’s most celebrated actors, the documentary illuminates acts of quiet heroism from those who never considered themselves heroes at all.
The ensemble cast includes Helen Mirren, F. Murray Abraham, Jeremy Irons, Ellen Burstyn, Carrie Coon, Stephen Fry, and more than thirty others, collectively representing dozens of Oscars, Emmys, and Tonys. Each voice performs excerpts from original testimonies that reveal moments of moral clarity amid overwhelming fear.
This Ordinary Thing poses a question that still resonates today: What would you have done? With music composed by Tony Award winner Adam Guettel, the film underscores the power of empathy and the capacity for good in the darkest of times.
Directed by Nick Davis (You Had to Be There) and executive produced by Albert M. Tapper, the film joins a growing body of contemporary Holocaust documentaries focused on individual moral choices and human connection.
The Asylum has confirmed a new entry in the Sharknado franchise titled Sharknado Origins, with production set to begin later this year and a summer 2026 release planned. 
