Luminate Film & TV continuously monitors entertainment industry news to track when projects move from development into official production. When a studio or production company greenlights a film, financing is locked, key talent is attached and the project receives official approval to move forward.
The following films have been greenlit for production and verified by the team:
Title: WHAT IF
Genre: Drama
Studio/Production Company: Penguin Pictures, Farpoint Films
Start Date: 09-29-2026
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Director: Lindsay MacKay
Cast: Leanne Melissa Bishop
Logline: Marley, a woman in her 40s, discovers she was part of a hospital birth mix-up. The revelation sends her on a journey to redefine family, accompanied by an old high school friend facing his own truths.
Title: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
Genre: Horror
Studio/Production Company: Lionsgate, Blumhouse Productions, Atomic Monster, Divide / Conquer
Distributor: Lionsgate
Start Date: 10-13-2026
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Director: Dylan Clark
Logline: Plot details are under wraps. A reimagining of the 1999 horror film that centers on three student filmmakers who disappear while making a film about the legend of Blair Witch.
Title: THE OFFICIAL MISTRESS
Genre: Comedy
Studio/Production Company: Harbinger Pictures, Esme Grace Media, Readymade Films
Approximate Start Date: September 2026
Location: Europe
Director: Matt Brown
Cast: McKenna Grace, Paul Walter Hauser, and Louis Partridge
Logline: King Louis XVI, the Last King of France, pursues Comtesse Madeleine de Vascone in order to quell suggestions of impotence by country and court. Meanwhile, Rene Rennault, a humble and lowly cook, risks treason to become the King’s Taster in an attempt to save Madeleine, his first love.
