Canadian play becomes HBO Max series
Canadian playwright Kat Sandler adapted her play Yaga into a series, which is being broadcast by HBO Max. The play, which revisited the myth of Baba Yaga, premiered in 2019 at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto. Series details and cast
The series, produced for the platform Crave, is broadcast in France on HBO Max starting from October 23, 2026. The cast includes Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid, Clark Backo, Hudson Williams, and Sheila McCarthy. Adaptation process and directors
Kat Sandler supervised the adaptation of her play, which was not translated into French, while the 8 episodes were co-directed by David Frazee and Rachel Talalay. Baba Yaga's mythological background
Baba Yaga is a character from Slavic mythology, sometimes benevolent and helpful to the protagonists, sometimes malevolent and with an insatiable appetite, devouring young children. She is also presented as a witch, a particularity that the series Yaga exploits extensively. Amazon Prime Video releases film adaptation
On October 28, 2026, Amazon Prime Video will broadcast a film adapted from the novel Drive, the first volume of the saga The Pretenders by Tamara Lush, set in the world of automobile racing. The film is produced by David Lynch. Todd Haynes film debuts in theaters
On October 21, 2026, the distribution company Les Acacias will release in theaters Poison, the first feature film by American director Todd Haynes. The film adapts three texts by Jean Genet: Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs, Journal du voleur, and Miracle de la rose. Verdi's Macbeth live from New York
On October 17, 2026, Pathé Live will screen Verdi's opera Macbeth, staged by Louisa Proske, live from the Metropolitan Opera of New York. The baritone Quinn Kelsey plays General Macbeth, while the soprano Lise Davidsen is Lady Macbeth. Greta Gerwig adapts Narnia
On October 14, 2026, the first trailer for Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, adapted by Greta Gerwig from the novel by Clive Staples Lewis, will be released. The film will be shown in some cinemas and on Netflix. Animated series gets cinema release
On October 14, 2026, the animated series Petite Casbah, originally broadcast by France Télévisions in 2024, will be released in cinemas. The story is based on a script co-written by Alice Zeniter, Alice Carré, and Marie de Banville. Louis Clichy film debuts in theaters
On October 14, 2026, the film The Corset, directed by Louis Clichy, will be released in theaters. The artistic direction was handled by Cécile Guillard, who won the Public Prize, the Jury Prize, and the Gan Foundation Cinema Prize at the Annecy Festival. Doraemon film marks 50 years
On October 7, 2026, the film Doraemon and the Submarine Castle will be released in theaters, marking more than half a century since the first appearance of the robot cat Doraemon in the magazines of the publishing house Shōgakukan. Mario Ramos album gets film adaptation
On October 6, 2026, the film adaptation of The World Upside Down, based on the album by Mario Ramos first published in 1995, will be released. It brings together 6 stories intended for the youngest audience. Amazon Prime Video series from C. S. Quill
On November 6, 2026, Amazon Prime Video will broadcast the series adaptation of Campus Drivers by C. S. Quill, based on five volumes already available at Hugo Romans. Apple TV series from Lars Kepler
On October 30, 2026, Apple TV will broadcast the series Nocturne, which adapts two novels by Lars Kepler, the pseudonym of Swedish authors Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril: Lazare and Le Somnambule. Annie Ernaux film released in theaters
On September 30, 2026, the film Memory of a Girl, adapted by Judith Godrèche from the text by Annie Ernaux published in April 2016 by Gallimard, will be released in theaters. HBO Max series led by Catherine Zeta-Jones
On October 8, 2026, HBO Max will broadcast the mini-series Kill Jackie, led by Catherine Zeta-Jones, inspired by a novel by Aidan Truhen, the pseudonym of the British writer Nick Harkaway. Documentary on Annie Ernaux released
On September 23, 2026, the documentary Writing Life, now subtitled Annie Ernaux told by high school students and high school students, will be released in theaters, following its television broadcast on France 5. Children's book gets cinematic adaptation
On September 10, 2026, the album A Love of Scarecrows, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, published in French by Gallimard, will be adapted for the cinema. Animated film based on Japanese novel
On September 16, 2026, the animated film My Samurai Family, based on the novel Nihonjin by Oscar Nakasato, will be released in theaters. The story starts in São Paulo in the 1980s and goes back to Japan and the exile of a young man in the 1920s. Jean Cocteau film anniversary program
On September 16, 2026, the distributor SND (M6 group) will announce an anniversary program for the first feature film by Jean Cocteau, Beauty and the Beast, released in 1946, including an HDR restoration of the film, a new edition Blu-Ray 4K UHD, and a re-release in theaters. Takashi Miike film based on investigation
On September 16, 2026, Takashi Miike will release the film Sham, adapted from an investigation by Japanese author Masumi Fukuda, with Kô Shibasaki, Kôji Ohkura, and Fumino Kimura in the cast. M. Night Shyamalan film release
On February 3, 2027, the film Stay with Me, adapted by M. Night Shyamalan from the novel he co-wrote with Nicholas Sparks, will be released, with a first trailer already available. Jean-Pierre Jeunet film adaptation
On December 9, 2026, the film Changing the Water of Flowers, adapted by Jean-Pierre Jeunet from the novel by Valérie Perrin, will be released in theaters, with Leïla Bekhti highlighted by the filmmaker's camera. Shakespeare's Hamlet broadcast
On September 15, 2026, the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, directed by Ivo Van Hove, will be broadcast in theaters, having been filmed at the Odéon Theatre of Europe and previously shown in a special session in June. 4K version of Akira released
On September 9, 2026, the animated feature film Akira will be released in several French theaters in a 4K version designed for IMAX screens. Sequel to The Witches released
On September 9, 2026, the sequel to the cult film The Witches, based on a book by Alice Hoffman, will be released in theaters, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman returning as the main actresses. Ducobu sixth adventure released
On October 7, 2026, the sixth adventure of the yellow and black-haired troublemaker Ducobu will be released in theaters, with Ducobu and the ghost of Saint-Potache risking to scare a little. HBO Max releases Harry Potter series
On October 25, 2026, HBO Max will broadcast the series Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, with a new trailer now available in French, showing much more broadly the first year of the young wizard at Hogwarts. The series will begin on December 25, 2026, on HBO Max. New Reason and Sensibility adaptation
On September 23, 2026, the film Reason and Sensibility, a new adaptation of a classic by Jane Austen, will be released in theaters, with Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, and Caitriona Balfe in the cast. Marsupilami sequel released
On October 7, 2026, the animated film Marsupilami 2 - Salsa Palombia will be released, with the creature imagined by André Franquin in 1952 needing to save the Palombe. Ducobu film returns to theaters
On October 3, 2026, the film Ducobu doubles in cinema will be released, continuing the adventures of the yellow and black-haired troublemaker every two years since 2020. Return of The Witches film
On September 9, 2026, the film The Return of the Witches, based on a book by Alice Hoffman, will be released in theaters, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman returning as the main actresses. Marsupilami sequel released again
On September 9, 2026, the animated film Marsupilami 2 - Salsa Palombia will be released, with the creature imagined by André Franquin in 1952 needing to save the Palombe.
