A Zurich vault, a neon Miami waterfront and the creation of Narnia: today’s screen news has no shortage of places to escape to. Behind those worlds, the business is shifting too, from another subscription price rise to Disney’s proposed Character.AI deal. Here are the developments worth catching up on, plus two new trailers to watch.
The News That Matters
Druski is reportedly heading for Saturday Night Live
- Reported host: Druski
- Reported US broadcast: 7 November 2026
Druski could be taking his sketch comedy from the phone screen to Studio 8H. The comedian, whose real name is Drew Desbordes, is reportedly lined up to host Saturday Night Live on 7 November. The booking has not yet been formally announced.
His appeal rests on characters and situations that audiences already recognise from online life. A live, full-length sketch show offers a different test: can that sharply observed comedy carry an evening beyond the clips that travel afterwards?
Discovery+ raises its US subscription prices
- US with ads: $6.99 per month
- US ad-free: $11.99 per month
Discovery+ costs more for new US subscribers from today. The plan with advertising rises by $1 a month to $6.99, while the ad-free option increases by $2 to $11.99. Existing customers receive 30 days’ notice, with the new rates applying on or after 12 November.
The change arrives shortly after the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger. For viewers, the practical question is how much of the service they actually watch alongside their other subscriptions. These are US prices; they should not be read as a UK price announcement.
Disney makes a $20 million opening bid in Character.AI’s sale process
- Process: Chapter 11 in Delaware
- Proposed licence bid: $20 million plus transition services
Character.AI has entered a court-supervised sale process, with Disney positioned as the opening bidder for a non-exclusive, perpetual licence to selected intellectual property and company claims. The proposed consideration is $20 million plus transition services.
That is narrower than Disney buying the entire platform outright. Character.AI says its service will continue operating while the process runs, with completion targeted for late November or early December, subject to approval and competing offers. The eventual outcome remains unsettled.
12 12 12 opens the vault on Apple TV’s next heist drama
- Platform: Apple TV
- Premiere: 13 November 2026
- Format: Eight episodes
- Starring: Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan
A heist is rarely just the moment someone cracks the safe. Apple TV’s 12 12 12 builds its story around the year of preparation, the twelve-hour robbery and the twelve days that follow. Anthony Mackie plays a disgraced FBI agent opposite Jamie Dornan’s career criminal, with a Zurich bank vault at the centre of their contest.
The new trailer introduces that shifting timeline. Two episodes arrive globally on 13 November, followed by one each Friday through Christmas Day. The attraction is the chance to watch the plan and its consequences press against each other, rather than treating the getaway as the end of the story.
High Potential wins ABC’s post-Super Bowl showcase
- Special episode: 14 February 2027
- US broadcast: ABC and Disney+
- Season three: Early 2027
- Lead: Kaitlin Olson
ABC is giving High Potential one of television’s biggest opportunities to meet new viewers: the slot immediately after Super Bowl LXI. A special episode of Kaitlin Olson’s crime drama will follow the game on ABC and Disney+ on 14 February 2027.
Season three returns earlier in 2027, with Tuesday episodes on ABC and next-day streaming on Hulu in the US. Morgan’s unconventional approach to detective work makes a clear introduction for anyone joining after the football. The announcement does not establish a matching UK transmission date.
Miami Vice ’85 starts filming with Jordan and Butler
- Director: Joseph Kosinski
- Leads: Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler
- US cinemas: 19 May 2028
- Setting: Miami in the 1980s
Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler are stepping into the roles of Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett as production begins on Miami Vice ’85. The first official look marks the start of Joseph Kosinski’s take on the world of undercover detectives, expensive machinery and humid danger.
Universal has set the US cinema release for 19 May 2028. There is plenty of time before audiences can judge the finished film, but the pairing gives this version its immediate point of interest: two distinctive screen presences sharing a partnership that has to feel as compelling as its surroundings.
Narnia’s first poster looks towards the creation of a world
- Director: Greta Gerwig
- Global cinemas: 12 February 2027
- IMAX previews: From 10 February 2027
- Netflix: 2 April 2027
The first poster for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew sends Digory and Polly soaring on Fledge beneath a cosmic silhouette of Aslan. Its promise is an origin story on a vast scale, rather than another trip through the wardrobe.
The first trailer is expected at 7pm UK time today. The film reaches cinemas globally on 12 February, following IMAX previews from 10 February, before streaming on Netflix from 2 April. David McKenna and Beatrice Campbell lead the adventure alongside a cast including Emma Mackey, Daniel Craig and Meryl Streep.
Focker-In-Law’s new posters bring Ariana Grande into the family
- US cinemas: 25 November 2026
- Director: John Hamburg
- Starring: Ariana Grande, Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro
- New generation: Skyler Gisondo as Henry Focker
The circle of trust is making room for another uncomfortable introduction. New Focker-In-Law posters place Ariana Grande’s Olivia Jones alongside Robert De Niro’s Jack Byrnes and the wider family, as Henry Focker prepares to introduce his partner.
John Hamburg directs the fourth Meet the Parents comedy, with Ben Stiller returning as Greg and Skyler Gisondo playing Henry. The US release is 25 November. Shifting Greg towards the parent’s side of the table gives the series a useful comic reversal: he now gets to experience the anxiety of welcoming someone new.
Ava DuVernay calls for a new relationship between filmmakers and audiences
- Director: Ava DuVernay
- Select UK and US cinemas: 27 November 2026
- Netflix globally: 4 December 2026
- Film: 14th
Ava DuVernay used her London Film Festival Screen Talk to argue that filmmakers need new ways to finance work and reach audiences. Describing an industry reshaped by consolidation and disappearing opportunities, she said, “Hollywood is over,” and pointed towards crowdfunding and more direct connections with viewers.
Her documentary 14th examines the long struggle over the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment and the question of who belongs. It opens in selected UK and US cinemas on 27 November before arriving globally on Netflix on 4 December. Her comments are a challenge to the industry’s existing model, rather than a claim that people have stopped wanting films.
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas brings a family and its hound together
- Netflix: 4 November 2026
- Director: Cathryn Michon
- Starring: Dennis Quaid and Brooke Lena Johnson
- Based on: W. Bruce Cameron’s novel
Netflix’s A Dog’s Perfect Christmas has released its first full trailer, introducing a family trying to hold together through a difficult Christmas. Dennis Quaid plays the grandfather, Brooke Lena Johnson his granddaughter, and Thomas Haden Church supplies the voice of basset hound Winstead.
Cathryn Michon directs the adaptation of W. Bruce Cameron’s novel, with Milo Ventimiglia and Jennifer Tilly also appearing. It arrives on Netflix on 4 November. The premise puts loss and family strain beside the comfort of familiar rituals, with the dog providing a different way into the household’s troubles.
Ramayana reveals Anupam Kher as the voice of Jatayu
- Director: Nitesh Tiwari
- Voice of Jatayu: Anupam Kher
- Part one: 5 November 2026 worldwide
- Part two: Diwali 2027
Ramayana’s latest character poster turns the spotlight on Jatayu, with Anupam Kher confirmed as the voice of the bird. The reveal, titled The Wings of Dharma, adds another figure to Nitesh Tiwari’s two-part adaptation.
Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi, Yash and Sunny Deol lead the cast. The first film is scheduled for worldwide cinemas on 5 November, with the second planned for Diwali 2027. A voice performance carries a particular burden in a creature character: it has to make courage and personality register beyond the scale of the visual effects.
Movieversalfilm Takeaway
For an immediate watch, the two trailers offer sharply different moods: the mechanics of a European heist and the warmth of a family Christmas story. Further ahead, Narnia and Miami Vice have the clearest sense of cinematic scale. The less glamorous news matters too: rising subscription costs and changing routes to finance will shape which stories get made, and how audiences find them.
Which of today’s stories makes your watchlist — the 12 12 12 heist, Narnia’s new world or a return to Miami Vice?