Senior citizens play wooden brain-training toys at an elderly care service center in Yunhe County of Lishui City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Nov. 10, 2023.

New Line Cinema ’s new iteration of The Nutcracker now has a director. Deadline reports that Adam Shankman (Hairspray) has signed on to the project. Scripted by Darren Lemke (Jack the Giant Killer), ...