Oscar-winner Kate Winslet has already proven that she’s a generational talent in front of the camera, and now, she’s going to step behind it as well. According to reporting in Deadline, Winslet is set to direct Goodbye June for Netflix. Winslet is also set to star in the project alongside Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, Johnny Flynn, Timothy Spall, and Helen Mirren.
According to the movie’s official logline, “Goodbye June is a present-day, fictional drama, set in England. A touching, yet humorous story which sees a fractured group of siblings pull together under sudden and trying circumstances.”
Netflix says that the movie is slated to go into production “soon,” but we don’t know when it might hit the streamer just yet. We also don’t know whether Netflix will do any sort of theatrical release either simultaneous to its run on Netflix or beforehand.
Winslet is best known for starring in everything from Titanic to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and she most recently starred in Lee, which told the story of a fashion model turned photographer in World War II.
Over the course of her venerable career, Winslet has been able to learn under some of the best directors of the modern age, including James Cameron (more than once), Ang Lee, Sam Mendes, and Jane Campion.
Starring in and simultaneously directing a movie is quite a challenge, but it’s one that many male stars before her have attempted. While it’s less common among women (mostly because women are so rarely given the opportunity to direct), Winslet’s level of experience and talent should make Goodbye June a movie worth looking out for.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.