A mixed live-action and animated Czech film adaptation of Karel Čapek’s War with the Newts is nearing completion ahead of a fall 2026 release.
The 1948 Czech science fiction film based on Karel Čapek’s novel arrives in a restored U.S. edition, expanding access to a key work of postwar European cinema.
The main character in The Wild Robot is named Rozzum, a reference to Čapek’s play Rossum’s Universal Robots, which was the origin of the word robot.
A new adaptation of the classic Czech play R.U.R. is in the works from acclaimed filmmaker Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow, Knowing). Casting is