Elizabeth Banks is putting on her best lab coat and protective eyewear for Science Fair. The multihyphenate and Universal are teaming up to bring a narrative adaptation of the 2018 doc to the big screen.

Eva Longoria Bastón is set to make her feature directorial debut with 24-7, a workplace comedy for Universal Pictures in which she also will star with Kerry Washington.

Steven McRae, Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet, has joined the cast of Universal Pictures and Working Title’s Cats in the role of Skimbleshanks. In the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical, Skimbleshanks is an older ginger tabby cat who considers himself very important within the tribe. His main role is to work on the mail trains traveling at nighttime, which he considers a vital contribution to the Jellicles and sings about in the song “Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat”.

Universal Pictures has optioned 'All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson' by Mark Griffin. Rock Hudson, the Hollywood screen icon whose death in the 1980s put a mainstream face on the growing AIDS crisis, is getting the big-screen biopic treatment.

On Friday, November 2, 2018, Illumination and Universal Pictures, in collaboration with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, will announce the launch of the nationwide Grinch For Good campaign on NBC's Today, in advance of the release of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch from Illumination.