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Less than a year after Amazon cancelled its costly live-action adaptation, The Wheel of Time is back with plans for an animated series, films, and video games in a bold shift toward multi-platform storytelling.
Nina Papadopoulos 
Kelvin Templeton, a Brownlow Medallist who played for Footscray and Melbourne, has released his debut novel Collision, drawing on the violent and stoic world of 1970s VFL football.
Jimmy O'Brien 
A lost episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 has been uploaded to YouTube, ending nearly four decades of fan speculation about the final missing instalment from the show's earliest season.
Aisha Khoury 
Amazon's second season of Jury Duty moves from the courtroom to a corporate offsite, trading legal absurdity for workplace chaos while keeping the show's core insight: ordinary people are surprisingly good.
Darren Ong 
Nicholas Brendon, who defined a generation's image of the lovable nerd as Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died at 54. His death comes amid complex feelings about his creative legacy and personal struggles.
Riley Fitzgerald 
A Reddit user's garage sale find ends decades of searching for the only missing episode from Mystery Science Theater 3000's pioneering KTMA season.
Megan Torres 
HBO's casting of Kyriana Kratter, a cisgender actress, to play Lev, a transgender boy, in The Last of Us Season 3 marks a departure from the video game's deliberate choice to cast a trans actor.
Kate Morrison 
A signed script from the film's development hell era shows the FNAF movie almost featured a group of teen investigators rather than a lone security guard
Jimmy O'Brien 
Claudia Karvan has built a reputation for portraying complex mothers, but a new role as an estranged parent in upcoming SBS series Homebodies hit harder than expected.
Jake Nguyen 
As blockbusters grow darker and more cynical, a new wave of 'hopecore' films argues that belief in human connection is still worth celebrating.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Netflix's upcoming Assassin's Creed series will be set in Ancient Rome in the year 64 AD, with production now underway in Italy. The ambitious adaptation features a strong ensemble cast and represents a major investment in adapting gaming IP.
Sophia Vargas 
Jason Segel and Samara Weaving lead a dark action comedy about a married couple planning to murder each other. The film's tonal inconsistency and reliance on violence as punchline test its clever premise.
Yuki Tamura 
Sydney Festival is managing the aftermath of an opening night DJ controversy that has prompted allegations and a police investigation, with corporate sponsors now facing public pressure.
Tanya Birch 
Actor Steve Martin and collector John Wilkerson have amassed major collections of Indigenous Australian art and spent years sharing their passion with the world.
Nina Papadopoulos 
AC/DC's rhythm guitarist Stevie Young was hospitalised in Buenos Aires after feeling unwell, just days before the band's sold-out stadium dates in Argentina.
Mitchell Tan 
After 24 years, the cult sci-fi series Firefly is being revived as an animated show set between the original series and Serenity movie.
Sophia Vargas 
The Wheel of Time isn't done turning. After Prime Video cancelled the live-action series, iwot Studios has partnered with Arcane producer Thomas Vu to develop an animated series, feature films, and PC/mobile games.
Ella Sullivan 
John Perceval's ceramic angels and rare paintings open at Heide this week in the first major survey since 1992, revealing a self-taught modernist whose work was long sidelined in art history.
Daniel Kovac 
Emmy-nominated director Karyn Kusama has joined Prime Video's Life Is Strange adaptation, directing the first two episodes and serving as executive producer.
Yuki Tamura 
Jim Carrey has confirmed his return as Dr. Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog 4, despite previous statements about retiring from acting. The teaser trailer reveals the full cast and hints at an alternate-universe storyline.
Oliver Pemberton