News Bites! World Cup Sniper, Eating Ash and Tight Swimsuits
Fox is gearing up to revive Baywatch, but fans will have to wait a little longer before heading back to the beach. The highly anticipated reboot has officially been pushed to Fox’s midseason schedule and is now expected to premiere in late January 2027 rather than this fall. Fox president Michael Thorn called it “an honour” to bring back one of television’s most iconic franchises, noting the immense legacy of the original series, which ran from 1991 to 2001 and became a worldwide phenomenon with over a billion weekly viewers across more than 200 countries. This new take follows Hobie Buchannon, played by Stephen Amell, now serving as a Baywatch captain in the footsteps of his father Mitch, until the sudden arrival of his daughter Charlie Vale turns his life upside down.
Fox executives remain confident that the midseason launch will give the reboot the best chance to succeed, comparing it to past Fox hits that debuted outside the traditional fall lineup. Thorn described the new series as “pure escapism,” combining established TV talent with a younger cast that includes “social media influencers”, a move likely to divide anyone remotely interested! Alongside Amell, the cast features Shay Mitchell, Livvy Dunne, Brooks Nader and Noah Beck, while original stars Erika Eleniak and David Chokachi return to reprise their roles. The reboot is co-produced by Fox Entertainment and Fremantle, with Matt Nix serving as showrunner.
Horror cinema continues to find new ways to crawl under the skin, and Saccharine sounds poised to deliver one of the year’s most disturbing premises. The upcoming psychological horror film follows Hana, an unloved medical student whose desperation for change leads her into an obscure and deeply unsettling weight loss craze: consuming human ashes. What begins as a bizarre attempt at self-improvement quickly spirals into a waking nightmare as Hana becomes terrorised by a sinister force that may have followed her back from the dead. Blending body horror, supernatural dread, and social commentary, Saccharine already feels like the kind of midnight movie destined to spark conversation among horror fans.
With its risky concept and emotionally vulnerable lead character, Saccharine taps into modern anxieties surrounding beauty standards, obsession, and grief while wrapping them in a deeply macabre package. The film’s mix of psychological terror and occult horror has drawn early comparisons to elevated genre hits that balance shocking imagery with unsettling themes. If executed well, Saccharine could become one of the most talked about indie horror movies of the year, especially among audiences craving bold, provocative storytelling that lingers long after the credits roll.
Gerard Butler is gearing up for another high-stakes action thriller, The Nest, teaming with Thunder Road Pictures, the powerhouse producer behind the John Wick franchise. The upcoming film, currently heading to the Cannes market, will see Butler play a sniper caught in a terrifying race against time after receiving an anonymous radio threat during the World Cup. With 70,000 fans in attendance and his own family in danger, the story promises a tense blend of large scale spectacle and old school action thriller suspense. The project is reportedly being packaged in the $70–80 million range, with production expected to begin in early 2027.
The film is based on real-life operatives and comes from writer Aaron Benjamin, who has also written the upcoming shark action sequel The Black Demon: Atlantis. Producing duties are being handled by Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee alongside Butler and Alan Siegel. No director has been announced yet, but the project already has the feel of a classic Butler vehicle in the vein of Den of Thieves, Greenland, and the Has Fallen movies, all of which have helped cement Butler as one of the most reliable modern action stars.
