Tim Robbins and Giancarlo Esposito Join Apple’s Monsterverse Series

Morning News · Friday 6 November 2026

Tim Robbins and Giancarlo Esposito are joining Apple TV’s young Lee Shaw Monsterverse series alongside Wyatt Russell. Also this morning: Rosamund Pike heads for body horror in Leslye Headland’s Feed, Lionsgate launches the Render Road horror banner, Finn Wittrock wraps Robert Schwartzman’s Portrait, Other Mommy hits digital from 10 November, Peter Capaldi’s The Devil’s Hour series 3 locks a 4 December date, and Tilman Singer’s AFM thriller Home Shopper lines up Kate Mara and Ashton Kutcher.

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Tim Robbins and Giancarlo Esposito join Apple’s Monsterverse series

• What happened: Tim Robbins (Silo, Mystic River) and Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian) will guest-star in Apple TV’s upcoming Legendary Monsterverse series centred on young Lee Shaw, Deadline and Variety reported
• The series: Showrunner Joby Harold’s untitled spin-off follows Colonel Lee Shaw — reprised by series lead and executive producer Wyatt Russell from Monarch: Legacy of Monsters — on a 1984 secret mission behind enemy lines to stop the Soviets unleashing a new Titan that could destroy the United States and tip the Cold War
• Who else is in it: The previously announced cast includes Millie Brady, Pilou Asbæk, Corey Stoll, Ralph Ineson, Nyasha Hatendi, Connie Nielsen and Stana Katic. Character details for Robbins and Esposito are under wraps
• UK availability: Apple TV series; UK premiere date not yet confirmed. Apple TV+ is available in the UK

Legendary’s next theatrical Monsterverse film is Godzilla x Kong: Supernova, due in 2027. For the Toho side of the family, Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus Zero is in UK cinemas now — read our Godzilla Minus Zero Super Review.

Rosamund Pike to star in Leslye Headland’s body horror Feed

• What happened: Rosamund Pike will star in and produce Feed, a new body horror film from The Acolyte director Leslye Headland and screenwriter Daniella Isaacs, Variety reported. Deadline also covered the AFM sales launch
• The story: Inspired by the 2022 Finnish horror film Hatching, it follows a desperate mother who finds an obscure collagen supplement she hopes will turn her tween gymnast daughter into an influencer star; as the girl goes viral, a monstrous transformation begins
• Who’s making it: Pike produces through Primitive Streak. ZQ Entertainment financed development; The Veterans handle international sales and CAA Media Finance the US, with sales starting at the American Film Market
• UK availability: In development; UK date not yet confirmed

Pike called it a film about “the monstrosity of modern motherhood” and our appetite for fame. After Clayface, body horror is having a moment — see why that one worked in our Clayface Super Review.

Lionsgate and 3 Arts launch Render Road horror banner

• What happened: Lionsgate and subsidiary 3 Arts Entertainment are launching Render Road, a new horror production banner led by manager-producers Luke Maxwell and Will Rowbotham, Deadline reported
• What it will do: The banner will develop, produce and finance projects for digital as well as traditional films and television, working with both emerging and established artists. Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer had flagged a coming 3 Arts horror initiative on the studio’s Q2 earnings call
• The pipeline: 3 Arts’ recent horror slate includes Kane Parsons’s Backrooms, which passed 400 million dollars this summer, plus digital-native filmmaker projects tied to titles such as the new Blair Witch
• UK availability: Studio banner news; individual project UK dates not yet confirmed

Lionsgate wants a clearer lane into the digital-native horror boom, and Maxwell and Rowbotham stay as managers while curating the new label.

Finn Wittrock and Supriya Ganesh wrap Schwartzman’s horror Portrait

• What happened: Robert Schwartzman’s supernatural horror thriller Portrait has wrapped production and is heading to the American Film Market, Deadline reported
• The story: Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) and Supriya Ganesh (The Pitt) star as Mark and pregnant wife Leah, who leave the city for a small-town farmhouse and find an unsettling antique portrait of a pioneer woman that unleashes supernatural visions and buried secrets. Whitmer Thomas, Este Haim and Andrew Divoff also star
• Who’s making it: Zac Stanford wrote the screenplay from a story by Schwartzman and Stanford. Upgrade Productions is handling the international proposition
• UK availability: Post-production; UK date not yet confirmed

A haunted portrait in a farmhouse is as old as gothic horror itself, but Wittrock and Ganesh give AFM buyers a recognisable double bill.

Update: Other Mommy hits digital from 10 November

• What happened: Rob Savage’s supernatural horror Other Mommy, starring Jessica Chastain as both a career-focused mother and a demonic Other Mommy, arrives exclusively on digital platforms from 10 November 2026, with 4K and Blu-ray following on 29 December from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, Bloody Disgusting reported
• What’s new: Bloody Disgusting has shared an exclusive clip from the Effecting Fear featurette on the practical effects. Jay Duplass, Arabella Olivia Clark, Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed and Karen Allen co-star
• The source: The film adapts Josh Malerman’s novel Incidents Around the House, with a screenplay by Nathan Elston
• UK availability: Digital platforms from 10 November 2026; 4K and Blu-ray from 29 December 2026 (Universal). Check UK digital storefronts for availability

Watch the trailer

We reviewed the film on release in our Other Mommy review; the home release is the next chance for anyone who missed it in cinemas.

Peter Capaldi’s The Devil’s Hour series 3 lands on 4 December

• What happened: Prime Video has shared a first look at series 3 of the UK supernatural thriller The Devil’s Hour and confirmed it will launch exclusively on the streamer on 4 December, Amazon MGM Studios and Radio Times reported
• Who’s back: Jessica Raine returns as Lucy Chambers alongside Peter Capaldi as Gideon Shepherd, with Nikesh Patel, Phil Dunster, Meera Syal and Saffron Hocking also starring. The five-part third season is produced by Hartswood Films
• The setup: Lucy remembers previous lives as a detective and as a mother, and teams up with serial killer Gideon to hunt a child-killer who has evaded them across multiple lifetimes
• UK availability: All five episodes launch on Prime Video in the UK on 4 December 2026; series 1 and 2 are available now

Capaldi remains one of British television’s sharpest draws — as he explained when he turned down Doctor Who tender bids in our 1 November Morning News.

Tilman Singer’s AFM thriller Home Shopper lines up Kate Mara and Ashton Kutcher

• What happened: Tilman Singer (Cuckoo) is directing Home Shopper, a dark comedy-thriller launching sales at the American Film Market, The Industry reported. Kate Mara, Leslie Mann, Ashton Kutcher and Billy Eichner star
• The story: In a loveless marriage, Penny Turner (Mara) becomes fascinated by a home-shopping host (Kutcher) and the network he works for. As the body count rises, she learns that the hardest thing to sell is a perfect alibi
• Who’s selling it: CAA is handling North American sales. Filming is expected in the first quarter or spring of 2027
• UK availability: In development ahead of AFM; UK date not yet confirmed

Singer’s Cuckoo proved he can make the ordinary feel wrong; a murderous shopping channel is a neat next step.

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