How many Spider-Men does it take to beat Doctor Doom? Zero, apparently… Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, and Andrew Garfield's names remain conspicuously absent from the Avengers: Doomsday cast list – something that's all the more surprising considering Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be the last Marvel movie releasing before Doom arrives.

Surely, though, the webslinger's next outing will go some way to setting up Avengers: Doomsday? After all, other than a tease at the end of Fantastic Four, we've yet to see anything substantial of Victor Von Doom, who, lest we forget, was shoehorned in to replace Kang the Conqueror after a major(s) pivot.

Unfortunately, nothing publicly revealed about Brand New Day so far has suggested the movie will play any role in setting up the next Avengers. In fact, the marketing for Holland's fourth major Spider-Man flick has heavily leaned into this being a grounded, New York-set adventure with cameos from a couple of MCU heavy-hitters (Punisher and Hulk) and maybe (maybe not) introducing a new-look Jean Grey in Sadie Sink.

Doomsday, meanwhile, will feature basically every other character that’s ever featured in a Marvel movie. There will be classic Avengers (Steve Rogers, Thor), The New Avengers (Yelena, US Agent), Alternate Avengers (Captain America, Shang-Chi), Fox-era X-Men (Patrick Stewart's Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen's Magneto), Wakandans, and the recently introduced Fantastic Four.

That's a lot of superheroes – so perhaps it's unsurprising that returning directors the Russo brothers couldn’t fit Peter Parker into Doomsday. Yet there's also another potential reason: Brand New Day and Doomsday were originally going to be released the other way around, with Doomsday coming earlier than Brand New Day, which would instead have led into Avengers: Secret Wars.

Scheduling clashes

If Brand New Day and Doomsday were intrinsically related to one another, that scheduling change would have surely caused a substantial headache for Marvel, and there has been barely a whisper about the switcheroo having any effect on either film. The same could not have been said when Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and Spider-Man: No Way Home changed release order a few years ago due to the pandemic, with No Way Home’s writers saying it had a major impact on Doctor Strange's role in the film.

In other words, it would appear Brand New Day will be almost entirely self-contained as Peter Parker contends with The Hand and his own body morphing in potentially very weird ways. Even more telling is that the always-interesting, never-very-accurate online rumor mill has primarily avoided claiming Holland's character will play a major role in Doomsday. However, it has not ignored Spider-Man completely; various speculators have claimed Tobey Maguire’s Parker will be involved somehow.

This would mean very little for Brand New Day, of course. Maguire's Parker may have appeared in No Way Home, but there’s little room for him in Brand New Day. Plus, before his "secret" appearance in No Way Home, basically everyone and their uncle knew he would be turning up in the multiverse adventure. Again, Brand New Day is staying stubbornly grounded, minus the Man-Spider of it all.

There is still a chance Holland's Spider-Man could turn up in Doomsday. The character was recently pictured filming scenes in London – but whether these are for Brand New Day or Doomsday remains unclear. It would, you would think, be too late in the day to be doing additional photography for Brand New Day, coming to theaters so soon. The general consensus seems to be that this could be something akin to a Doomsday post-credits scene, which, while pure speculation, would actually tie neatly into another rumor making the rounds online: that Peter Parker will be central to Avengers: Secret Wars.

Best kept secrets

So, a few things to think about. Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel were both released in theaters between Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, and both leading heroes played key roles in Thanos' downfall. Brand New Day was originally meant to release between Doomsday and Secret Wars… see where I'm going here?

It makes perfect sense for Marvel to save its biggest hero for a starring role in the second Avengers film, presumably lining up Peter Parker to take on Victor Von Doom, should the Big Bad defeat the other Avengers in Doomsday (almost a certainty, unless Marvel’s saving another new villain for Secret Wars…). This would mean that, rather than setting up Doomsday, Brand New Day is instead paving the way for Spidey's Secret Wars role.

That is pure speculation, but there’s one more rumor to consider. If Secret Wars takes its cues from the comic books, namely the 2015 Secret Wars run, then the movie will take place on Battleworld, a planet that combines various versions of Earth from across the multiverse, with Doom acting as its emperor. Some unconfirmed concept art from a few years back seemingly confirmed the film will also go in this direction (and the movie wouldn’t really live up to the Secret Wars name without Battleworld, would it?).

Here's where the rumor comes in: there’s been talk of Doom wiping each Avenger's memory in order to make them serve him on Battleworld. Now, we've seen how crucial memory is to Spider-Man’s story in the MCU: the inciting incident of No Way Home was Doctor Strange making the world forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. We also know that Brand New Day continues this theme as Parker struggles being Spider-Man without his friends, MJ and Ned, by his side.

Could Brand New Day introduce something that allows Parker to retain his memories, should Doom wipe out everyone else's? Perhaps the remnant of symbiote left behind in the No Way Home post-credits from Venom will retain memories of Spider-Man and give them to Parker? Or perhaps Sink's maybe Jean Grey will go into his mind and protect him from a memory wipe? Or perhaps this is all a load of rubbish, and Spider-Man won’t appear in Doomsday or Secret Wars!

There's a whole web of conspiracies out there to speculate about, and when Brand New Day finally arrives in theaters, we may be a step closer to working out what’s in store for us when Doomsday and Secret Wars release. Until then, are we sure Mobius won't be in Brand New Day? What about Kraven? You never know…

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters in the UK on July 29 and the US on July 31. For more, check out our guides to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows on the way, as well as our breakdown of how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

Christopher Nolan says movies like Backrooms and Obsession are proof positive that younger audiences will sit through a three-hour Greek epic like The Odyssey – despite star Matt Damon's doubts.

"I think I know what he was driving at, because it does seem like a long time since somebody made a film like this in this type of way, where you travel the world, get together a cast of thousands, and so on," Nolan told the Telegraph when asked about Damon's thoughts. The actor previously stated that he "knew that this was the last chance I was going to have to do something like this."

"But there’s a defeatist aspect of viewing it that way that I don’t agree with. I think cinema is vital and essential and continues to transform itself," Nolan continues. "We’ve got all these great new young voices in movies, making the medium their own and moving it forward."

The filmmaker cited Curry Barker and Kane Parsons as examples of the landscape changing for the better, as mega-hits Backrooms and Obsession are concrete evidence of young people going to the theater to see weird stuff. As of now, Backrooms has pulled in $360 million worldwide against a budget of $10 million, with Obsession earning a whopping $406 million against a budget of under $1 million.

Nolan adds: "This is why I never bought into the arguments that young audiences' attention spans are too fried to enjoy a three-hour Greek epic. Those films are so mysterious and ruminative. I mean, parts of Backrooms are like David Lynch at his most obscure. And yet young people can’t get enough of them."

The Odyssey is based on Homer's epic of the same name and stars Damon as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, as he tries to find his way back home after the Trojan War. It's got a runtime of 2 hours and 52 minutes.

The Odyssey arrives this July 17. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming movies in 2026 and beyond, or, check out our list of movie release dates.

Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic The Odyssey might be one of the most highly anticipated new movies of 2026, but it has faced its fair share of backlash.

Everything from costumes to casting has been questioned – but, luckily, Nolan isn't bothered, thanks to his experience with Batman.

"Comes with the territory," Nolan told The Telegraph of the furor. "But look," he added, "these conversations that happen before people see the film – they're always irrelevant, because no one having them knows what the film actually is yet."

Nolan directed three Batman movies – his acclaimed Dark Knight trilogy – which helped make the storm easier to weather. "But remember," he said, "I spent 10 years of my life dealing with Batman.

"When I came on to Batman Begins, writers and artists had been working on this beloved character for almost 65 years, and a lot of freighted thoughts were out there about what he represents. And what I learnt over my time on that trilogy is you can't worry about any of that at all. What you have to do is honour the original text by interpreting it in the strongest way you personally can," he explained.

Considering the Dark Knight trilogy is widely beloved and judged some of the best superhero movies of all time, it worked out in the end.

"In the end, fans of the property – even when we were doing something that was not what they would have done – enjoyed the sincerity of the attempt to put as good a version of it on screen as we could," Nolan continued.

And, after all, this is Nolan's version of the story. "All I can do is make the best film I possibly can in the most sincere way. It's very different from how anyone else would do it, but that's what adaptation is," the director said.

The Odyssey is an adaptation of Homer's epic poem of the same name, and you can find out everything you need to know about the source material in our The Odyssey beginner's guide.

For even more, check out our current ranking of the best Christopher Nolan movies.

A new Japanese TV spot for Spider-Man has arrived, and it sees Peter Parker take on Savage Hulk... and it may or may not be with some help from a fan-favorite villain.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, Peter and Bruce face off. We know from previous trailers that Hulk is being controlled by whoever Sadie Sink's character is, which is more or less what turns him into the angriest and most mindless version of himself (and we know that it's Savage Hulk specifically thanks to a line of Brand New Day tie-in toys). Perhaps the most curious thing, however, is what Peter is using to fight Hulk: a weapon attached to his arm that appears to shoot electric currents. This looks like the gauntlet used by none other than Shocker, who has been rumored to reappear in Brand New Day for quite some time now.

In the comics, both Jackson Brice and Herman Schultz have taken on the Shocker mantle. Both characters appear as associates of Adrian Toomes in Spider-Man: Homecoming, with Toomes accidentally killing Brice and therefore making Herman the new Shocker. Does the (potential) appearance of Shocker also mean that Adrian Toomes could be returning...? The last we saw him was in the post-credits scene of Morbius, where he was transported to Earth-688B (the universe where all of the Sony Spider-Man characters live), so we do know he's out of prison. We'll just have to wait and see.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on July 31. While we wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies or our breakdown on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order.

JK Simmons might have been in two MCU movies as J Jonah Jameson, but he's actually never met Spider-Man himself, Tom Holland.

On an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Simmons admitted "I've not met Tom Holland," and added: "Delightful guy, I'm told."

Simmons first appeared in the MCU in Spider-Man: Far From Home, then returned again in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Of course, he also played the same character in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films, though this is a different version of him thanks to the multiverse. And, since Peter Parker doesn't work for this Jonah, they've never crossed paths.

"In the third iteration, when that came along, to do a little sort of cameo reprise, that was a complete shock and a very last minute decision," Simmons explained in the same interview. "Which I still think is why JJJ doesn't have hair in the Tom Holland Spider-Man universe, because they literally called my agent, we had a meeting the next day, and it was like a day or two later I was shooting in somebody's office, some executive's office on the lot because there was no set. They were well into editing the film when they went, 'What if we stuck a little JJJ in here?'"

Spider-Man: Brand New Day picks up in the aftermath of No Way Home, which saw the entire multiverse forget Peter Parker. This time, Peter is going up against an unknown foe, with the help of Jon Bernthal's Punisher and Mark Ruffalo's Hulk.

Brand New Day arrives this July 31. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

San Diego Comic-Con 2026 is fast approaching and that means that the panels for the biggest entertainment convention are being revealed. This year already looks set to be an all-timer with Marvel returning to Hall H ahead of the release of Avengers: Doomsday later this year. Not only that, but plenty of other big studios are attending this year's SDCC, including DC, Prime Video, and Paramount.

While information is only being released slowly for what's happening and when, we've compiled all of the details you need to know about SDCC 2026. This includes the schedule, how to watch panels, who is confirmed as attending, and what our biggest predictions are about what might be announced. Not only this, but we've also got a handy FAQ section below to keep you in the loop with the entire San Diego Comic-Con 2026 schedule.

We'll be keeping this guide regularly updated as new panels are announced so add it to your bookmarks and keep checking back.

San Diego Comic-Con 2026 dates

When is San Diego Comic-Con?

San Diego Comic-Con kicks off on with a preview night on Wednesday July 22. The main action then gets underway between Thursday July 23 and Sunday July 26. All of the events take place in and around the San Diego Convention Center and the local hotels in the city. GamesRadar+ will be on the ground to keep you updated on all of the goings-on.

SDCC 2026 at a glance

SDCC 2026 panels schedule

While we've included the times and dates of the panels announced so far above, below we go into a bit more detail about what to expect every day. Usually Thursday starts off slowly with Friday and Saturday being the biggest days of the convention. Check out what we know so far.

Thursday, July 23

The first few panels have been announced for the main opening day of San Diego Comic-Con. Among the line-up so far is a panel dedicated to Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, ahead of a fan-screening of the movie on Friday. The usual Directors on Directors panel hosted in Hall H every year has also been confirmed Weapons and Resident Evil director Zach Creggor speaking with Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves helmers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. Batman: Caped Crusader season 2 and A24's new sci-fi movie Onslaught have panels as well. Finally, Studio Ghibli will also have a presence at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 as usual, but it's not yet clear what they'll be presenting this year.

Friday, July 24

Prime Video will be heading to Hall H on Friday with two very big shows. Blade Runner 2099 will be showcased alongside The Rings of Power season 3. Expect cast, crew, and probably a trailer for both. Elsewhere, My Adventures With Superman season 3 will have a panel attended by its cast and creatives. The full line-up for Friday isn't yet confirmed so expect this one to grow, and we're still waiting to see when Lanterns will have its panel scheduled for.

Saturday, July 25

The Marvel Studios panel is the main event on Saturday. The studio is heading back to Hall H this year, ahead of the release of Avengers: Doomsday later in 2026. Usually the Marvel panel is one of the last major events on the SDCC calendar and this year is no different with a time scheduled of 5.30pm PDT in Hall H. Elsewhere on the line-up so far is Prime Video movie Carrie and DC movie Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall.

San Diego Comic-Con schedule 2026 FAQs

For more on all things superheroes, check out our guides on how to watch the Marvel movies in order and how to watch the DC movies in order.

It seems like the live-action Naruto movie is one step closer as casting begins. Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton is at the helm, and he recently shared a statement, updating fans.

"Kishimoto-sensei's stories have inspired generations of fans around the world, and it's an honor to bring his world and characters to the big screen in live action for the very first time," he wrote on Instagram. "I'm thrilled to kick off this worldwide casting search for our Team 7 and to bring the incredible universe of Naruto to life!"

Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto is equally thrilled by the news, calling the updates a "miracle". In a new press release (via Gizmodo), he wrote: "Right now, miracles are happening to me, one after another. My work, Naruto, is truly, truly becoming a Hollywood movie! And an even greater miracle is that the film will be directed by the one and only Destin Daniel Cretton. I still cannot believe it!"

The renowned manga artist went on to add: "If so many miracles have already come together, then let us hope for even more. I am eagerly looking forward to the miraculous encounters that will bring us extraordinary and passionate actors! I cannot wait to meet my characters in the film!"

As one of the best-selling mangas of all time, Naruto has been the subject of adaptation before. Most notably, it was made into a long-running and much-loved anime series in the early 2000s. However, this will be the first live-action adaptation.

The story follows Naruto Uzumaki, an orphan who dreams of becoming his village's strongest ninja. His journey takes him from an ostracized and outcast young man into the saviour of the ninja world after joining the prestigious Team 7.

No release date has been confirmed yet for the Naruto movie. Check out our guides on how to watch Naruto in order and our Naruto and Naruto Shippuden filler list in the meantime.

Four years after Warner Bros. decided against releasing Batgirl, star J.K. Simmons still has no idea why.

"It's bizarre. Apparently, one test audience saw it, and, you know, it wasn’t like it was like a bad score from the test audience," Simmons said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "It was, yeah, it was a whatever business decision obviously, and and then yeah, Justice League, which was a very small part, had its own drama attached to it. But then Zack’s cut... the director’s cut came out, which the DC fans, you know, really love."

Simmons played Commissioner Gordon in Joss Whedon's ill-fated Justice League, which hit theaters in 2017 and was released to largely negative reviews. He appeared in the famous Snyder Cut of the film, which prompted more fans to revisit his performance and praise it as underrated. He would then play Commissioner Gordon again in Batgirl, which starred Leslie Grace as his daughter Barbara Gordon aka the titular vigilante. Filmmaker duo El Arbi and Bilall Fallah directed from a screenplay by Christina Hodson.

However, the movie, which was slated for an eventual HBO Max release, was suddenly shelved in 2022. At the time, Warner Bros. claimed it was for cost-cutting reasons and a re-focus on theatrical releases. Later that year, James Gunn and Peter Safran became co-CEOs of the newly formed DC Studios, which ended the DCEU and started the DCU. When asked about the film, Safran said that the film was "not releasable," but did not give a reason why.

"When Batgirl came along with Adil [El Arbi] and Bilall [Fallah] and, you know, it was an exciting prospect to be part of the origin story of Batgirl," Simmons continued. "For those who don’t know, Commissioner Gordon’s daughter. Maybe we’ll never know... We really had a good time making it and, you know, thought it was going to be a fun superhero movie. Oh well."

Zack Snyder's Justice League is streaming now on HBO Max. For more, check out our list of all the upcoming DC movies and shows.

A new trailer for the much-anticipated follow-up to Godzilla Minus One has arrived and it promises an epic return to the kaiju's world. Godzilla Minus Zero picks up in 1949, two years on from the events of the first movie as we reunite with the Shikishima family as they face a new disaster.

The first trailer was released earlier this year and saw the kaiju descend on New York City. The latest teaser builds on this, beginning with the confirmation of the time jump. "I speculate Godzilla can withstand even a thermonuclear strike," the voiceover says. "Another moral boundary mankind shouldn't cross."

The cast of the original movie are also back too in the sequel. Ryunosuke Kamiki returns as Koichi alongside Minami Hamabe as Noriko and Sae Nagatani as Akiko. Godzilla Minus Zero doesn't only follow in the footsteps of the acclaimed Godzilla Minus One either as it joins the legacy of a long Godzilla franchise behind it, becoming the 39th movie released (and 34th produced by Toho).

Teasing the new film earlier this year, writer and director Takashi Yamazaki said (per The Hollywood Reporter): "In this new film, an even deeper despair will descend upon Japan and the Shikishima family. When faced when overwhelming and inescapable force, how do people fight back? The journey from Minus to Zero will not be an easy one."

Godzilla Minus Zero will be released on November 6, 2026 in the US, UK, and Ireland, following on from its Japanese release date of November 3. For more upcoming movies, check out our guides to upcoming horror movies and upcoming superhero movies you need to know about.

Patrick Stewart isn't planning on retiring from acting any time soon.

A rumor hit the internet that Stewart would be retiring from acting after his role in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, but, luckily, in a recent interview, the actor spoke about where he saw his career going next.

"As any actor my age will tell you, there are fewer and fewer available roles as we get older," Stewart told TV Insider, when asked about retirement. "That being said, I still continue to receive interesting offers and I love being challenged by new work, like voicing a pig's head in Riz Ahmed's brilliant new series Bait. I can't imagine ever officially 'retiring.' I'll always and forever be an actor."

Stewart will once again play Professor Charles Xavier in Doomsday, returning opposite Ian McKellen's Magneto.

One of the first trailers for the film features Professor X and Magneto playing chess together, before Cyclops drops to his knees in anguish and unleashes his powers.

But, one person who won't be returning is Famke Janssen's Jean Grey. "I think they made a mistake, but hey, who am I? I'm just a little me who thinks that," Janssen has said of not making a comeback.

Robert Downey Jr., meanwhile, returns to the MCU, too – except he's playing Doctor Doom, not Iron Man.

"There's something going on in Doomsday and forward that is literally the only antidote to, 'How do you not have these films be let down after an Infinity War and an Endgame?' And boy, have we labored long and hard to bring that down," he has teased of the movie.

Doomsday arrives this December 18. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else the MCU has in store.

A new trailer has arrived for Dune 3 and alongside it Timothée Chalamet and Denis Villeneuve sat down for a fan Q&A. During the conversation, Paul Atreides star Chalamet reflected on his experience filming the trilogy and how it feels to be letting it go.

"This was the most emotive, on a personal level," Chalamet said of the upcoming third film, per Gold Derby. "Not necessarily the character, but I've been living with this for so long. I'm so proud to live with it. I'm so proud to work with Denis and this family. So I felt there was a finality in the exercise that I was kind of nostalgic about living the moment, even though I was 29 when we shot this. I still felt like I was losing a part of me by getting through it."

He went on to add: "It felt like there was finality in it. And it was just moving. I felt melancholic to be moving on from this incredible family, incredible crew. And I just couldn't believe how quickly the experience came and went."

At the same event Villeneuve also teased Chalamet's performance. "I'm really looking for you all to see what Timothée did in this film," he said. "It's really impressive. It's like in the first movie he's like, you have a boy discovering a planet, second one someone becoming an adult and now he creates something very special. I was very impressed with Timothée brought to the movie again."

The actor lost out on an Oscar last year for his role in Marty Supreme. Could Dune 3 finally turn the dial for the star? We'll have to wait and see.

Dune 3 arrives in theaters on December 18, 2026, the same day as Avengers: Doomsday. For more, check out our guides to all the upcoming movies you need to know about.

Mortal Kombat 2 director Simon McQuoid says the sequel's multiple deaths were vital to the film (and franchise as a whole), and names one as particularly moving.

Warning: major spoilers for Mortal Kombat 2 below!

"We felt with a title like Mortal Kombat and where death is such an important part of the makeup of it, that we wanted people to feel that and to feel the loss of the character, whatever character it was and however they died or exited," McQuoid tells GamesRadar+. "It needed to literally pack a punch, but emotionally pack a punch as well."

The sequel, which introduces Karl Urban's Johnny Cage as he finds his purpose after his acting career dries up, had a grand total of eight major deaths. This includes King Jerrod, Sindel, Revenant, Kung Lao, Cole Young, Saibot, Shao Kahn, Jax, and Liu Kang. At the end of the film, Jonny and Sonya are the only Earthrealm champions, Kitana is crowned Queen of Edenia, and Scorpion, Jade, and Kano are also alive.

Continues McQuoid: "Those various sort of pairings that were built and created by Ed [Boon] in the Mortal Kombat history, like Liu Kang and Kung Lao and Scorpion and Bi-Han and so on. They're all there, and every character in our second story needed to go on their own journey."

Of all the deaths in the film, McQuoid singles out the scene where Shao Kahn rips off Jax's bionic arms and effectively kills him as the most moving to film, as well as the one with the standout audience reaction.

"I actually thought Mehcad [Brooks] did an amazing job with Jax's death. He handled that so beautifully. I've sat in a couple of screenings where the audience really gasped at that moment. Mehcad really understood, 'Okay, I get why this is happening and I get why this matters, and it's important, and I get why Sonya needs to sort of see that happen and, and how that emotionally hits.' It was great. Amazing. It was quite sort of moving on set actually when that was happening. We were all kind of like, 'Oh, shit. What have we done?'"

As for Liu Kang's death, which definitely came as a shock, screenwriter Jeremy Slater previously said that it's meant to be open-ended... and that we will see him again in Mortal Kombat 3. The third installment hasn't been officially greenlit, but the script has been in progress since it was announced back in October 2025 at New York Comic Con.

Mortal Kombat 2 is out on 4K and Blu-ray disc from July 28. For a deeper dive into the movie, check out our Mortal Kombat 2 ending explained, or look ahead with our list of upcoming video game movies.

Ahead of its release later this year, a new trailer has been released for Dune 3. The latest look sees Timothée Chalamet's Paul Atreides at war with Zendaya's Chani in the brutal return to a much-changed Arrakis.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, Chani confronts Paul for taking power after he promised her that he never would, and his shaved head and eerie new demeanor signify a major change to our once-hero. Now, the rest of the universe is ready to go to war with Paul in order to obtain peace – and yes, there's a sandworm.

Alongside Zendaya and Chalamet, the new movie brings back several major cast members including Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, and Javier Bardem. Jason Momoa is also returning to the fantasy world as a clone of the deceased character Duncan Idaho. Robert Pattinson joins the cast while Anya Taylor-Joy plays a larger role, following on from her cameo in Dune 2.

The third movie is based on the Dune sequel, Dune Messiah, which was released in 1969 from author Frank Herbert. It also marks the conclusion to Villeneuve's trilogy of movies.

Chalamet spoke earlier this year at CinemaCon about his work across the trilogy, comparing it to one of the greatest franchises of all time. "I've grown up on screen with Denis [on these] three films," he said. "It was just deeply moving to be part of a sci-fi trilogy on the scale of Lord of the Rings, but in a time when movie theaters and movies aren't as naturally successful as they used to be, you know. It's a deep honor."

Dune 3 is set to be released on December 18, 2026, which is the same day as Avengers: Doomsday. For what else is coming this year, read our guide to all of the 2026 movie release dates you need to know about.

Mortal Kombat 2 director Simon McQuoid says working closely with NetherRealm and franchise co-creator Ed Boon made for a much better production process this time around.

"Ed was part of this, the second film, from the get-go, and it actually made the creative process a lot easier and more satisfying," McQuoid tells GamesRadar+. "And the more I got to know Ed, it just became more fun. He's such a lovely guy, and he's just a good guy to hang with. And we had these really good creative conversations that... to be able to just go to the master and ask, 'So what, why is this... Why did you do it that way?'

"And then sometimes he'd give quite a sort of detailed explanation of like, 'Okay, well, it came from here, and it started there.' And then other times I'd say, 'So why did you do that?' And he's like, 'Oh, we just thought it'd be cool.' We were always on sort of strong footing. There was no guesswork. It was just kind of like, 'Oh, well, we'll ask Ed.' And his creative director and storywriter, [Dominic Cianciolo]. He was great, too. So the two of them together were just really, really helpful."

Mortal Kombat was created by Ed Boon and John Tobias as part of Midway Games, now NetherRealm, in 1992. Despite being owned by Warner Brothers Games, NetherRealm wasn't directly involved with the first Mortal Kombat movie, which was distributed by Warner Bros. in 2021. Some fans thought this was strange, given that Boon worked so closely with the original 1995 and 1997 film adaptations that he even provided the voice of Scorpion.

Mortal Kombat 2 screenwriter Jeremy Slater previously said that one of the first film's biggest mistakes was the lack of involvement from NetherRealm, and that they plan to have the studio's involvement in every film going forward. A third movie was announced at New York City Comic Con back in October 2025, though there hasn't been much news since then. McQuoid tells GR+ he wants the second film to have a life on digital and streaming before he starts work on a third movie. It's exciting to know that Boon will still be directly involved, given that he and McQuoid seem to be so in sync.

"As an example, Cappi Ireland, the costume designer... we were sort of chatting about what Johnny was gonna wear in Uncaged Fury," McQuoid continues. "And obviously there's a lot of, through the history of what Johnny's worn over things, there's a lot of different things he wears and different options you have in the game, and we've seen him in different things.

"Cappi was like, 'What do you think about this crazy-looking thing?' And I was like, 'I think that that's good. It sort of has a classic-ness to it, and it's certainly a favorite of those who play the game.' So there was this whole conversation, and I said, 'well, what I'm gonna do is, I'm gonna ask Ed to email me what he thinks Johnny should wear, and I'll, I'm gonna say to him, 'I'll email you at the same time, and then tomorrow when I come in, we'll see what we both said to each other.' It was like, 'Let's flip it over.' He emailed me the same costume, and I emailed him the same costume."

Mortal Kombat 2 is out on 4K and Blu-ray disc from July 28. For a deeper dive into the movie, check out our Mortal Kombat 2 ending explained, or look ahead with our list of upcoming video game movies.

4 years ago, the MCU dropped one of its wildest post-credit cameos ever – and, nearly half a decade later, we're still waiting for the payoff.

Thor: Love and Thunder arrived on July 8, 2022, and, in the post-credits, the son of Russell Crowe's Zeus, Hercules, was introduced. He was played by Ted Lasso star Brett Goldstein, and he was tasked with hunting down Thor.

That sounds like a great hook for a sequel, right? Well, apparently not, because Goldstein's Hercules hasn't been seen again since.

In fairness, neither has Chris Hemsworth's Thor, though he's set to show up again in Avengers: Doomsday (with his Infinity War haircut, too).

Even Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi didn't seem quite sure what was going to become of Hercules. "And I don't know if that's to do with Thor, or if it's to do with how that will develop," Waititi told Uproxx. "Because, obviously, Hercules, there's a character from the books as well. And so, yeah, this will be interesting to see because Kevin [Feige], he's obviously the mastermind of all of these threads and how they'll tie up and how they meet, mix and match. So I'm curious to find out myself."

Marvel fans have wondered before if we'll ever see Hercules again, too, so his absence has been noted.

It seems unlikely that Hercules will appear in Doomsday, however, considering Goldstein wasn't part of the supersized cast line-up. Still, never say never – he may well show up to battle Thor someday.

In the meantime, Goldstein can soon be seen in Ted Lasso season 4, which arrives this August 5.

Doomsday, meanwhile, arrives this December 18. You can get up to date with all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows with our guide through the link.

Need to brush up on Homer's Odyssey before the Christopher Nolan movie arrives? We've got a complete beginner's guide on the epic poem right here, so you can get up to speed on the essential Greek mythology to enjoy the new film.

Below, we've broken down what the epic poem is and what it's actually about, as well as its connection to the Iliad and the Trojan War. Plus, we've got a character guide on all the major players in the movie, to help you know who's who.

So, for all you need to know ahead of The Odyssey, head to the below. This is one of the most exciting upcoming movies of the year, so it's well worth knowing your stuff. For more, you can check out our ranking of the best Christopher Nolan movies.

What is The Odyssey poem?

The Odyssey is an epic poem dating back to ancient Greece. Its authorship is attributed to a poet named Homer. He is also credited with the Iliad, another epic poem which is set during the Trojan War and takes place before the events of The Odyssey. However, whether Homer was a real person, and whether this person composed both poems, is a matter of debate.

These poems were not actually 'written,' but were passed down in oral traditions, until they were eventually set to paper for us to enjoy thousands of years later.

What is The Odyssey poem about?

The tale picks up after the end of the Trojan War, which is probably one of the most famous stories ever told. The war was sparked by the Trojan prince Paris absconding with Helen of Troy (whether she went willingly or not varies) and led to an alliance of the Greeks, led by Agamemnon (brother of Menalaus, Helen's husband), laying siege to the walled city of Troy. The war lasted 10 years, though most of the action came at the very end.

The hero of the Odyssey, Odysseus, came up with the ingenious plan of building a wooden horse to hide the Greek army inside, disguised as an offering to the gods after the Greek forces supposedly retreated. The Trojans took the horse inside their gates, and then the city was brutally sacked by the Greek forces. It's not a happy or triumphant ending to the tale, but Helen is returned to her husband, and the Greek army leaves for home.

But, Odysseus has a terrible time trying to get back to his island of Ithaca, and this is the story that the Odyssey covers. His journey takes him another 10 years, while, at home, his wife Penelope awaits his return, endlessly weaving (and then secretly unpicking her work overnight) to distract scores of belligerent suitors who wish to marry her, assuming Odysseus is dead. Odysseus has fantastical adventures on his way home, like facing a cyclops, giants, and a powerful witch, and it's these the film will depict.

How is The Odyssey connected to the Iliad?

The Odyssey is something of a sequel to the Iliad. The Iliad is another epic poem attributed to Homer, and it tells the story of a decisive chapter of the Trojan War. It involves heroes you may well have heard of – Achilles, Hector, Ajax, and Odysseus himself, to name a few – as well as the gods and goddesses of Greek myth.

The Iliad poem does not actually tell the story of the entire war, however. Instead, it focuses on a short period of time towards the end of the fighting, specifically a climactic showdown between the Greek hero Achilles and the Trojan hero Hector, which ends with Hector's death.

In fact, there isn't strictly one text that tells the entire story of the Trojan War – instead, our understanding of it comes from multiple sources. The Trojan Horse and the fall of Troy is perhaps most famously depicted by the Roman poet Virgil's Aeneid. However, the Trojan Horse is mentioned in the Odyssey by Menelaus, husband of Helen, as well as Helen herself, and the Odyssey also contains flashbacks to the war.

The Iliad has its own modern, big budget film adaptation in 2004's Troy. This movie takes some hefty liberties with the source material, but captures the general story.

The Odyssey character guide

Below is a character by character breakdown of all the major players in The Odyssey movie. However, the information is based on the mythology, so they might be represented differently in the movie. We're also keeping things spoiler-free for events that might occur in the film and might ruin your experience if you know about them ahead of time.

Matt Damon as Odysseus

Odysseus is the main character of the story. It was his idea to build the infamous Trojan Horse and hide inside of it to be smuggled through Troy's walls. Then, he sets off for home with his men, but they are soon lost – and remain lost for 10 years.

Anne Hathaway as Penelope

Penelope is Odysseus's wife. She hasn't seen her husband in 20 years – the Trojan War took 10 years, and then Odysseus is lost for another 10. Her home is crowded with suitors who wish to marry her and claim the throne of Ithaca, but Penelope keeps them at bay by saying she won't wed until she has finished her weaving. But, each night, she secretly unpicks her work.

Tom Holland as Telemachus

Telemachus is the son of Odysseus and Penelope. He sets off on a quest of his own in the hopes of finding news of Odysseus to bring home.

Robert Pattinson as Antinous

Antinous is one of the many suitors in Penelope's hall. He is their de facto leader, and he's a brutal, unlikeable character who targets Telemachus.

Zendaya as Athena

Athena is the goddess of wisdom, and Odysseus is a particular favorite of hers. In the poem, she appears to Odysseus on his voyage in disguise.

Samantha Norton as Circe

Circe is a powerful witch, daughter of Helios the sun god, and sister to Aeëtes (King of Colchis and father of Medea, both prominent figures in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts), and Pasiphaë (Queen of Crete and mother of the Minotaur, the beast famously slain by the hero Theseus in the labyrinth). In the poem, Odysseus and his crew take refuge on her island of Aeaea, at their peril.

Charlize Theron as Calypso

Calypso is a nymph who lives on the island of Ogygia and is a daughter of the Titan Atlas (he's the one who holds the world on his shoulders). Odysseus ends up on her island, and Calypso isn't keen on the idea of letting him go.

Jon Bernthal as Menelaus

Menelaus is the husband of Helen of Troy (at first known as Helen of Sparta) and the brother of Agamemnon, who is leader of the Greek army. Helen is stolen away (or goes willingly, depending on the interpretation) by Paris, a prince of Troy, and the Greeks go to war to get her back.

Benny Safdie as Agamemnon

Agamemnon is leader of the Greek army and brother of Menelaus, husband of Helen of Troy. Agamemnon gathers forces from across Greece to go to Troy and lay siege to the city. The war lasts for 10 years, and Agamemnon survives and returns home, though his story doesn't end there. He's married to Clytemnestra, twin sister of Helen of Troy.

Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy (or Sparta, originally) is the most beautiful woman in the world, and she's married to Menelaus. When Helen and Menelaus married, all the other suitors vying for Helen's hand swore an oath to defend her, should she ever be stolen away. She was later either taken by Paris, a prince of Troy, or went with him willingly – it all depends on the source and the interpretation (the Iliad has her going of her own accord). Either way, her disappearance sparks the 10 year Trojan War. During the war, Helen is safe behind Troy's walls. When the Greeks win, she is returned to Menelaus.

Elliot Page as Sinon

Sinon is a Greek soldier who helps deceive the Trojans into accepting the Trojan Horse. Interestingly, he doesn't actually show up in either of the Homeric poems, but can be found in other sources (including Virgil's Aeneid).

Himesh Patel as Eurylochus

Eurylochus is Odysseus's second-in-command on the voyage home, and he's also married to Odysseus's sister. He isn't portrayed in a very flattering light in the epic poem, however, and is seen as a coward.

Mia Goth as Melantho

Melantho is a slave in Penelope and Odysseus's household. However, despite being Penelope's favorite, she betrays the family by siding with the suitors.

John Leguizamo as Eumaeus

Eumaeus is a swineherd and a dear friend of Odysseus's, and he was also raised alongside Odysseus, too.

Ryan Hurst as Mentor

Mentor is a friend of Odysseus's, and he was tasked with taking care of Telemachus after Odysseus left for the Trojan War.

The Odyssey arrives on July 17. While you wait, check out our guide to all the biggest movie release dates of the year to get planning your theater trips.

Reactions are in for Moana, Disney's latest live-action remake, and they are not kind.

The film stars Dwayne Johnson as Maui, reprising his role from the original animated film, with Catherine Laga'aia stepping up as Moana herself.

"A shot-for-shot, line-by-line remake without a single original idea. A creatively bankrupt cash grab with ZERO interesting direction. They don't innovate; they imitate," says entertainment journalist Jonathan Sim. "Why watch this when Moana (2016) is on Disney+?! A soulless, miserable financial decision. SKIP!"

"MOANA (2026) shows just how far Disney will go for a quick and easy buck, producing another unnecessary, nearly shot-for-shot, beat-for-beat live-action remake that doesn't offer anything new that wasn't already done better just ten years ago," says Next Best Picture's Matt Neglia. "The visuals are so flat, with a heavy reliance on green-screen use and CGI for so many of its locations, water effects, creatures, and even the musical numbers, that it all comes across as soulless and inauthentic. Dwayne Johnson's inherent charm is weakened by his distracting fake body suit, and Catherine Laga'aia holds her own despite Johnson's outsized presence, but isn't able to leave much of an impression beyond showcasing her lovely singing voice, as the film is too derivative of the original to allow her to distinguish herself. The songs are still catchy and enjoyable to listen to, but I already have an excellent 2016 animated film that I can watch for that instead of this hollow retread."

"MOANA (2026) takes one Disney's most vibrant films of the revival era and turns it into one of the ugliest movies of the year," says Discussing Film's Tyler Llewyn Taing. "The photorealistic style takes more than it gives. Worse, it just doesn't even pretend to have any new ideas."

"The live-action Moana remake is very much just that, a remake, that adds very little to the story aside from a change in medium," says Bleeding Cool's Kaitlyn Booth. "How they managed to make one of the most beautiful locations on Earth ugly, I will never know, but here we are. Catherine is great."

"If you're curious what Moana would be like slower, darker & less whimsical, boy, have I got a movie for you," says Gizmodo's Germain Lussier. "The live-action remake captures some of what made the original so magical with its song scenes, but the rest of it never finds the right tone. Laga'aia innocent."

"Disney's Moana remake is, at best, a cheap imitation and, at worst, weaker in every conceivable way," says FandomWire's Cole Groth. "Two decent performances from Catherine Laga'aia and Dwayne Johnson allow the film to ride on the success of its original, but as with every Disney remake, I ask: what's the point?"

However, it's not all doom and gloom, with some mixed to positive reactions, too. "The LA #Moana is unnecessary, but they do enough great things visually in the first and third act to justify its existence (the second act, not so much)," says The Nerds of Color. "As such, it's definitely one of the better Disney LA remakes (not saying much but it's true)."

"Moana is ok at best. It isn't a disaster like other Disney adaptations but it isn't a great adaptation either," says journalist Fabrício Girão. "It is the most copy and paste Disney remake yet, repeating exact lines and shots from the original, but never reaches the brilliance and excellence of the animated movie."

"Honestly a little surprised to admit how much I enjoyed the live-action Moana," says Mama's Geeky's Tessa Smith. "Catherine Laga'aia does a great job continuing the legacy (& has incredible comedic chemistry with Dwayne Johnson). There are some truly stunning shots. Gosh I love this story."

Moana is in theaters this July 10. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Disney movies or the most exciting upcoming movies of the year to fill out your watchlist.

Avatar: The Last Airbender co-creator Bryan Konietzko has revealed that more top-secret projects from the animated franchise are on the way – if the appetite is there from fans.

"The [Avatar] Aang movie was just one of a whole slate," Konietzko told Entertainment Weekly. "I'm working on another thing, which we'll announce when the time's right."

Right now, Avatar is in a precarious position. Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender suffered an unprecedented leak earlier this year, with the entirety of the movie being available to watch on social media for almost 24 hours. That followed the feature being pushed from a theatrical release to a Paramount Plus drop.

From there, Avatar Aang – which follows the adult Gaang as they encounter a surviving airbender – was shifted to a July 25 release, in line with an Avatar Hall H panel at this year's San Diego Comic-Con.

Konietzko added of his current feeling after a tumultuous period for the series, "I think if we had just been kicked to the curb and felt like no one cared about us anymore, it would be harder to deal with. But they are really excited not only for this but for [upcoming show] Seven Havens – and for the other projects that we’re working on."

Seven Havens, a sequel to The Legend of Korra, is an upcoming series that has – unfortunately – also been the target of leakers in recent months.

A live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender is currently airing, though its second season has seen a significant dip in viewership on Netflix compared to its first season.

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender hits Paramount Plus on July 25.

For more, check out all the big movie release dates still to come this year.

Christopher Nolan has said that one actor in his upcoming The Odyssey has been getting a similar reception to Heath Ledger's Oscar-winning performance in The Dark Knight. Samantha Morton, who plays goddess Circe in the new movie, received a round of applause on set, something that has only happened once before in Nolan's career.

"This was a massive film and she is someone who comes in and changes the dynamic," Nolan said to The L.A. Times. "In some weird way, the film lived or died over that character. She was the fulcrum. I’ve always admired Samantha's work, she brings so much depth of thinking about her role, there are no limitations on her performance.

"After one of her takes, the crew gave her a great round of applause. I was talking with Emma [Thomas, Nolan's producing partner and wife] afterwards and she remembered that the last time that had happened was with Heath Ledger on The Dark Knight."

Ledger's legendary performance led to him receiving a posthumous Academy Award following his death in 2008.

Morton's screentime is relatively brief in The Odyssey but early reactions have been praising her performance. "You are not ready for Samantha Morton in The Odyssey," wrote Empire editor Nick de Semlyen. Meanwhile journalist Andrew J. Salazar tweeted that "Samantha Morton’s sequence in The Odyssey is perhaps the best of the entire film and we're going to be talking about it for years to come."

The Odyssey is based on Homer's epic of the same name and stars Matt Damon in the lead role as Odysseus. It follows the Greek king of Ithaca as he tries to find his way back home after the Trojan War.

The Odyssey arrives in theaters on July 17. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming movies you need to know about.

A new trailer for Witch on the Holy Night, based on the visual novel of the same name has arrived... and it's delightfully dark.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, Aoko (voiced by Haruka Tomatsu) uses her powers to cast an explosive beam of light that takes me all the way back to the starry magic of Sailor Moon. The movie is set to premiere in Japan on November 20, but is rumored to make its streaming debut on Crunchyroll at a later date.

Per Crunchyroll, the official synopsis is as follows: "In the mansion on the hill, there lived two witches... It is the late 1980... the twilight of an era of beauty and vigor. A boy moves to the city, barely missing two witches living in modern times. The boy leads a completely ordinary life. She carries herself with gallant pride. The girl lives a sleepy, hidden life. Each walks a starlit path. One would never expect their paths to cross. The story of how these three disparate people came together is soon to be told."

The visual novel was first released for Windows back in 2012, and follows the story of three people: a young sorceress, a natural-born witch, and a regular man who all come to live at the same mansion. An anime film based on the game was announced back in 2021, with the original voice cast set to return.

For more, check out our list of all the new anime you should have on your radar for 2026 and beyond.

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is now set for a summer streaming premiere following the film's leak back in April.

The new animated movie, which serves as a sequel to the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, is now set to stream on Paramount Plus beginning on July 25, rather than premiere in theaters on October 9. There will be a panel in Hall H at San Diego Comic Con on July 23, followed by an exclusive fan screening on July 24.

In April, a Twitter user named StillDissin claimed they were accidentally emailed the entirety of the film and allegedly uploaded a non-watermarked version of the entire movie. An arrest was made later that month, with police claiming that the individual had 'unauthorized remote access to the server' (via The Straits Times).

Directed by Lauren Montgomery, the movie sees Avatar Aang, the world's last Airbender, learn of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. Per the official synopsis, Aang, with the help of his friends, "embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens to upend the peace they sacrificed everything to achieve."

Montgomery previously expressed on her personal Instagram that the movie still deserves to be seen in theaters, writing, "The recent decision to move us from theatrical to streaming might give the impression that the quality wasn’t sufficient, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. This movie deserves to be seen on a big screen!!!"

For more, check out our list of all the upcoming movies in 2026 and beyond, or, head over to our list of movie release dates.

One of the stars of Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic The Odyssey thinks the director's mindbender sci-fi Tenet is underrated.

Himesh Patel plays Eurylochus in The Odyssey, but he also played Mahir in Tenet. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Patel shared his assessment of the time-twister.

"Dare I say, I think Tenet is one of his underrated movies," Patel shared. "What I get with Chris is, he doesn't stop with the ambition. He just wants to keep pushing it and keep pushing it, and what's the next thing? What's the next thing we can do to to elevate the cinematic experience to put a marker down in cinematic history, you know?

"I remember the first time I watched Tenet and I didn't know how they were going to achieve all of the inversion and all that sort of stuff. It still does something to me when I watch clips from it, or if it comes up, and I just go, it does something weird to my brain when I'm watching it, more than any sort of CGI will ever do... He seems to understand some sort of alchemy," he added.

It sounds like The Odyssey will be another massively ambitious film, with early reactions saying it's some of Nolan's best work ever.

"It was a really weird movie for me personally in the sense that I had almost a nostalgic feeling the entire time I was making it, because it felt like the movies when I started working. And I know that that’s going away," Matt Damon, who plays Odysseus, has said of the film. "I knew that this was the last chance I was going to have to do something like this."

The Odyssey arrives this July 17. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the most exciting upcoming movies of the year to plan your theater trips.

We've been waiting a long time for Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, but the latest update is a very promising sign that the movie is inching closer.

The film was originally set to be released in 2024, but is now set for a 2027 release instead.

"We are deep, deep in it," producer Christopher Miller told Empire magazine during an appearance on The Empire Podcast with co-producer Phil Lord.

The film is also being released in IMAX, and Miller added that they would soon be previewing the footage in that expanded aspect ratio. "We're actually going today to the IMAX headquarters to see what the footage looks like at scale, and make sure that it has the resolution that it needs to look gorgeous," he explained.

"We're chugging away in the edit room with the team, and it's coming together really well. It's a lot of movie, and a lot to do," he added.

Naturally, it sounds like quite the undertaking. "You got to keep doing something that hasn't been done before. That's all you got to do," he joked. "Easy!"

Across the Spider-Verse released back in 2023, and it ended with quite the brutal cliffhanger: Miles Morales is in the wrong universe, facing off against a Prowler version of himself.

"We put the most pressure on ourselves," Miller said earlier this year. "There's no one that puts more pressure on us than ourselves, wanting to outdo ourselves each time and see things that you haven't seen before and make it feel like something you've never experienced before. And so, trying to get something that is as worthy as the previous two has been the driver."

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse arrives on June 18, 2027. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming movies worth getting excited about this year.

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is an epic in all senses of the word – and now it has first reactions from critics to match its towering ambition.

Our own entertainment editor Jordan Farley wrote, "#TheOdyssey is monumental filmmaking, its interpretation of Greek mythology electrifyingly uncanny. Staggering scale, thrillingly staged action, rich emotional throughlines." Better still, "the cyclops and Circe sequences are among the best of Nolan’s career." It's time to get very excited.

Elsewhere, the praise is as effusive as you might come to expect from a director of Nolan's caliber. Writer Douglas Greenwood was among several critics and audience members to pile on the praise, stating The Odyssey is "gutsy, and absolutely the work of a visionary."

He added, "There are a handful of set pieces so viscerally realised that watching them feels like flirting with death. Aims for the heart and plunges its dagger a few inches lower than it would like to, but otherwise excellent."

Others point towards Nolan's use of IMAX – already at a world-class, pioneering level – as another string to the movie's bow.

Erik Davis tweeted, "Christopher Nolan's #TheOdyssey is an absolute triumph and a crowning cinematic achievement from one of the great filmmakers of our time. It feels like everything Nolan has been working toward with IMAX has culminated here. The production design is incredible, the action is breathtaking, and the scale is unlike anything he's done before."

Even those who haven't warmed to Nolan's work can count themselves as a convert in The Odyssey. Critic Clarisse Loughrey said, "As someone who has always been obsessed with the ancient world but has never had particularly strong feelings about Christopher Nolan… i am genuinely gobsmacked at how good THE ODYSSEY is."

Collider's Perri Nemiroff took time to sing the praises of Tom Holland, who plays Odysseus' son Telemachus in the sweeping epic.

Nemiroff wrote, "I’m often wowed by his work, but there’s something about seeing him jump from scene partner to scene partner in The Odyssey that had me in awe of his screen presence, his chemistry with his co-stars, and how clearly he’s able to elevate scenes in a unique way with each and every one of them."

Journalist Erin Mussett felt "Anne Hathaway and Samantha Morton are the absolute stand-outs", with others predicting Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson, and Zendaya could all be netting Oscar nominations early next year.

The Odyssey hits cinemas on July 17. For more, check out the rest of 2026's biggest movie release dates and our current ranking of the best Christopher Nolan movies.

Following the film's surprise box office takeover, Obsession star Inde Navarrette has been meeting with some pretty interesting directors... and we could be seeing her in the MCU.

In an interview with Nylon, Navarrette said she met with Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier, who is set to helm the MCU's first standalone X-Men movie, and even Michael Mann – who is currently busy with Heat 2. When asked if she would star in a Marvel movie, Navarrette simply said, "I would."

The actor is in high demand after Obsession, an absolutely stellar horror movie about a dude who sucks and decides to use a magical knick-knack to get a woman to love him instead of just asking her out, earned over $400 million at the global box office against a budget of just $750,000. Navarrette has been praised for her acting chops, with many scenes going viral online, and this is definitely just the beginning of what's about to be a very long career.

"I really want to prove that Obsession wasn’t just lightning in a bottle," Navarrette added in the same interview. "This is something that I really love and want to continue doing, but of course that’s going to take time. I want people to take that time to trust that I have that capability."

Navarrette can be next seen in the thriller Invertigo, which just wrapped filming. Marvel's untitled X-Men movie is set to arrive sometime in 2028. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows on the way, as well as everything you need to know about Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Despite rumors that he'd join the cast as Two-Face, Sebastian Stan has seemingly been spotted with a brand-new look while filming The Batman 2... and now DC fans think he might be playing Victor Zsasz in the upcoming sequel.

Here's the thing: The Batman 2 is indeed currently filming, but it hasn't been verified yet that this is a photo from July 2026 (and you can see it for yourself below). Stan shaved his head bald for Fjord, a legal thriller drama that was shot in 2025 and premiered at Cannes in May 2026. If this is a recent photo, that means Stan isn't playing Harvey Dent aka Two-Face after all... and there's some truth to the June 2026 report from The Insneider that claims Stan is playing sadomasochistic creepazoid Victor Zsasz, and that Brian Tyree Henry is playing Harvey Dent.

Though you may not be familiar with Zsasz, we've already seen him three times in live-action form: Tim Booth plays a version that works as an enforcer for Carmine in Batman Begins; Anthony Carrigan played him in the TV show Gotham, and Chris Messina portrayed him as a killer-for-hire who works for Black Mask in Birds of Prey. Zsasz first appeared in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 back in 1992, and is known for carving a tally mark into his skin to represent each of his victims.

One fan shared an alleged screenshot from Stan's stylist Michael Fisher, in which he seems to have posted a fan-made photo of Stan as Harvey Dent in response to the clean-shaven photo... so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

The Batman 2 is set to hit theaters on October 1, 2027. For more, check out our list of all the upcoming DC movies and shows.

Anne Hathaway's audition story about The Dark Knight Rises is going viral again... and it'll always be iconic.

"Here's the thing that worked in my favor: she's a chameleon," Hathaway said in a new interview with Josh Horowitz during press for The Odyssey, which can be viewed below. "So, I knew I was auditioning for... I was meeting with Chris [Nolan] for the female role in the Batman trilogy, the next installment. I thought that I'd gamed it out, because I was just like, 'It can't be Catwoman because Michelle Pfeiffer was so iconic... [gasp] It's going to be Harley Quinn!'"

There are a few villains in The Dark Knight Rises, but none of them are The Joker (as Heath Ledger's untimely passing led to the introduction of Bane and Ra's al Ghul in the third and final installment). Though times have changed and it wouldn't be weird to introduce Harley Quinn as a solo character in 2026, it wouldn't have made much sense back in 2012. Still, Hathaway's reasoning that there's no way they could introduce Catwoman does make some sense...

"So, I spent a week developing demonic Harley Quinn energy. I was wearing weird jester flats and a striped top. And then, about two hours into our conversation, Chris is like, 'So, the part's Catwoman,' and I was like, 'Transform!' So, I just then decided that I was like, 'Well, this top is very sensual.' And I was going to be very... like a psychopath. I changed personalities like a psychopath."

Zoe Kravitz is the newest live-action Catwoman, having starred as Selina Kyle in Matt Reeves's The Batman. Margot Robbie famously played Harley Quinn in the last few DCEU projects. The newly rebooted DCU, however, has yet to cast its new Batman, Catwoman, or Harley Quinn (as the Reeves projects live in what's called Elseworlds, a separate universe that runs in tandem with the new DCU).

Hathaway can be seen next as Penelope in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which hits theaters on July 17. For more, check out our list of all the upcoming DC movies and shows.

The newly-announced Solo Leveling: Beyond the System movie will be a "continuation" of Jinwoo's story, not a standalone, non-canon adventure.

As confirmed at Anime Expo 2026, we're not getting Solo Leveling season 3. Not yet, anyway.

Instead, Beyond the System is going to be a fully-fledged feature that acts as a follow-up to the second season of the hit anime.

A concept video has been released, showcasing real-world locations and Jinwoo aura farming as he gets ready for his next battle. You can watch that for yourself above.

As for what Beyond the System might cover, we anticipate it's going all-in on the Double Dungeon arc from the manhwa. While we won't get into spoiler territory here, it revolves around Jinwoo's return to his System-breaking origins, where he learns hidden truths about the secrets that lie within.

Solo Leveling: Beyond the System marks the latest foray into cinema for some of anime's most prominent names. Chainsaw Man and Demon Slayer have already broken box office records and expectations with its big-screen outings, while we wouldn't be surprised if more follow suit in the coming months and years.

While Beyond the System remains undated, Aniplex producer Sota Furuhashi previously said at a FYC Emmys Q&A that he would wait until the 2028 Olympics for the next instalment of Solo Leveling to be released.

We can wait a few years. Besides, if the stream of Crunchyroll records it's broken already is any indication, there will be plenty of anticipation for Solo Leveling: Beyond the System. In that case, we might have another major anime cinema hit on our hands.

For more, check out our picks for the best anime movies to watch right now.

Our Spidey-senses are tingling: Tom Holland has revealed how Spider-Man's suit redesign in Brand New Day hits a little closer to home for the wallcrawler. No Way Home, that is.

"When we decided we were going to make Spider-Man: Brand New Day, we said: 'What if we made a suit that was an homage to Tobey [Maguire] and Andrew [Garfield's] designs?' Because my Peter Parker had met those guys," Holland explained in a new vignette, which you can see below.

"We created a 'Spider-Child' of all three costumes. Everything had to fit in the world of Peter Parker and we went back to that dumpster-diver kid [from Spider-Man: Homecoming]."

As you can see, there is more raised webbing – fans of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man designs will surely approve – and more pronounced side folds and chest logo, which closely resembles that of Andrew Garfield's Amazing Spider-Man suit.

Brand New Day's Spidey get-up isn't just a blast from the past, however. It's also designed to be practical and feel like someone is actually behind the mask.

"We are embracing the folds and wrinkles when it moves," director Destin Daniel Cretton added. "You can see the human beneath the material."

As the name might suggest, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a do-over on more than just Spidey's sartorial side.

With the world forgetting Spider-Man's secret identity, Peter Parker is pushed into battle with an unseen villain – with Tom Holland teasing that the true Big Bad hasn't yet been revealed. In the wings, former BFF Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon) has launched his Spidey-Tracker and former flame MJ (Zendaya) once again enters Peter's orbit…

Spider-Man also has to contend with Jon Bernthal's The Punisher, Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner, and an unknown character played by Sadie Sink, who may or may not be Jean Grey. Let's hope Pete has made backups of his suit.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into cinemas on July 31. For more, check out the upcoming Marvel movies heading your way soon. Still playing catch up? Here are our guides to the Marvel timeline and how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

As we get closer to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it looks like Marvel fans are opening a debate on the villain of the second MCU Spidey movie: Mysterio.

In Far From Home, Mysterio, AKA Quentin Beck, poses as a friendly figure for Peter Parker, but it's all a ruse to steal Tony Stark's glasses and fake being a hero to get revenge on the late Iron Man. He uses sophisticated illusion techniques to fool the world and sets up pretend battles, and he even exposes Peter's identity to the world.

But, one fan is wondering what Mysterio would have done if he had to face a serious villain. "Did Mysterio not anticipate the fact that if he succeeded with his plan, what would he do if he faced off against a real threat??" they post on Reddit. "Like bro had a mocap suit and drone illusions, I don't think bro would've used that in public, lol."

They add: "Let's be fair. In the eyes of the public, he defeated an enormous threat which were The Elementals. Ofc he managed to do that because they were fake, but what if an actual threat happened and the world would've wanted him to fight against. Is he an idiot or what?"

Some fans, though, think there's a simple explanation. "Pretty sure he’d just use his drones to support him in the fight, kinda like he did to Peter with all the illusions," says one person, while another says: "People forget the drones weren't just projectors, they were armed Stark drones. If Quentin had leaned into the tech side instead of pretending to be Doctor Strange, he'd actually be a pretty serious threat."

"In the end he would've had the whole technology of Tony Stark at his disposal, basically. And with just what he already had he was fairly dangerous. The drones he had been using already had a respectable amount of destructive power on their own," says another fan.

Someone else argues Mysterio, who was pretending to be from another universe, would have simply disappeared. "Wasn't part of his whole fake backstory was that was from another universe? He would have just 'went back' when he finished what he set out to accomplish. No actual long term plan," they say.

"He wouldn't get involved," says someone else. "My guess is that he would have found a way to fake his death or something," is another person's thoughts.

"I think he would have just conveniently been busy whenever a threat he couldn’t deal with showed up. Probably not a great plan long term," guesses another person.

Mysterio died in the Far From Home ending, so it's a moot point anyway. Next up, Peter will face off against a so far unseen foe in Brand New Day.

Brand New Day arrives this July 31. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else the MCU has in store.

A third animated Moana movie is in the works, according to Maui star Dwayne Johnson.

Johnson voices Maui in Moana and Moana 2, and he's about to play the demi god in live-action when the remake arrives very soon.

"Yes, we have talked about Moana 3, yes," Johnson revealed at a press conference in Brazil (via Variety). "But first, live-action Moana, we'll let that come out first. We have [the] amazing Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller, who have been our writers… they will pen Moana 3."

While Moana 2 made a billion at the box office, it looks like the live-action remake might not fare as well. In June, Deadline predicted the movie would debut to an $85 million domestic total – in comparison, Toy Story 5's domestic total on opening weekend was $159.7 million.

Still, that's better than Supergirl, which debuted to $37 million domestically, and in line with The Mandalorian and Grogu, which took $98 million across the four day Memorial Day weekend and $82 million across the traditional three day period. But, with Moana 2's massive gross, it's undoubtedly a disappointing prediction for the remake. Disney's last live-action remake, Lilo and Stitch, also grossed over a billion in 2025.

Along with Johnson, the live-action Moana stars Catherine Laga'aia as Moana, Rena Owen as Gramma Tala, and Jemaine Clement as the voice of Tamatoa.

The live-action Moana arrives this July 10. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming movies or new Disney movies to fill out your watchlist.

The first trailer for the Apothecary Diaries movie has arrived, and it's a whimsical tease of a journey Mao Mao must take – as well as a mysterious hidden secret.

In the trailer, which you can watch above, Mao Mao learns she must travel with the remains of a consort who died five years ago, taking the coffin back to the consort's home.

But, Jinshi then asks Mao Mao to investigate something involving hidden treasure, and that's where the young boy Mu Qing comes into things. It all seems very mysterious, and the trailer has those trademark beautiful visuals.

The movie is an original story from Hyūganatsu, and it has a Japanese release date of December 11. So far, no US or UK release date has been revealed.

The Apothecary Diaries season 3 airs its first cour in October 2026, however, so there's not long to wait for more. The second cour will arrive in April 2027. It's expected to adapt the fifth and sixth light novels in the series, though how – or if – it connects to the movie remains to be seen.

Both Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle and Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Rez Arc debuted to huge success in theaters, so here's hoping the Apothecary Diaries movie can pull off the same result. Infinity Castle even grossed more than Superman, in a sure fire sign that anime is becoming increasingly more mainstream.

While you wait for the Apothecary Diaries movie, check out our guide to the best anime to watch right now, or all the new anime worth keeping an eye on.

Comedy star Danny McBride has given a promising update on his G.I. Joe movie over at Paramount, and says it could start filming next year.

"I've written one. I'm stoked about it. I'm really fired up about the script," Said McBride to Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "Paramount seems fired up about it. So hopefully we're shooting it next year."

Created by Hasbro in the '60s, the G.I. Joe franchise revolves around a special mission force battling against a terrorist organization known as Cobra. The Pineapple Express star revealed that he has been a G.I. Joe fan since childhood. "It was definitely the cartoons and the comics. G.I. Joe was my thing when I was a kid. I liked that more than Star Wars, more than anything," added McBride. "I still have all the characters."

However, the star didn't initially plan to make a movie about Joe right off the bat. "I had an idea for a Dreadnoks movie," said McBride. "So I went to Paramount and pitched it, and they were like, 'Well, the franchise kind of needs to be like it needs to be launched, so we can't come out with a Dreadnoks movie. Would you have an angle for a G.I. Joe project?' And I was like, 'Hell yeah, I'll have an angle for that.'"

In the G.I. Joe world, Dreadnoks are a group of mercenaries and thieves who work for various villainous groups, including Cobra. However, it sounds as though the Dreadnoks may still show up in McBride's G.I. Joe movie. The star revealed, "You're following Duke and a group of other Joes. There's that town in the comic, Springfield, which is a town that's secretly all Cobra, and so that is where our film takes place."

McBride penned the script with his Righteous Gemstones collaborators Jeff Bradley and John Couture. "We sat down, and we cracked something that we really love a lot," added the Tropic Thunder star. But just because McBride is known for his funny bone, he says the new film "weirdly grounds G.I. Joe. It's not a comedy; it's like kind of suspense and action. I think it's going to be a lot of fun."

McBride didn't give any casting details away, but he did tease, "We have some pretty interesting people lining up to be in it… it looks like it's going to be pretty fun." Well, if G.I. Joe can replicate the success of Barbie, McBride is onto a winner.

For more, keep up with movie release dates and new movies heading your way.

The Batman 2 screenwriter Mattson Tomlin has one of the most anticipated upcoming comic book movies in production, but despite this fact, Tomlin says he's fielding more offers for video game adaptations than superhero fare this year.

Speaking on Twitter, Tomlin – the co-writer of The Batman Part 2 alongside director Matt Reeves – responded to a question about his Mega Man adaptation falling by the wayside by noting that the project could come back around because video game adaptations are now all the rage in Tinseltown.

"Hollywood is sort of making a shift from being comic book obsessed to video game obsessed," Tomlin says. "So I wouldn’t be surprised if [Mega Man] sees the light of day in some form, but after so much time gone by, it’s unlikely I’ll have anything to do with it."

Tomlin further clarified his reasoning in another response: "My point of view is also born out of the fact that I am getting at least 5x more offers for video game adaptations than comic book adaptations this year." While Tomlin is speaking from anecdotal experience rather than offering empirical evidence of a sweeping change in Hollywood, the fact that video game adaptations are of increasing importance to moviedom is plain to see.

Already this year, Return to Silent Hill, Iron Lung, Exit 8 and Mortal Kombat 2 have all released in theaters, to varying degrees of success. Still to come are Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie, Street Fighter, and anime shows Sekiro: No Defeat and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 2. Truly, the video game adaptation boom is upon us. Even the likes of A24 are getting in on the trend: the indie studio has a big-budget Elden Ring movie currently filming from Alex Garland, and A Quiet Place: Day One's Michael Sarnoski is adapting Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding, though it'll be a different story from the games.

In comparison, comic book cinema is at perhaps its lowest ebb in almost two decades. Supergirl just bombed, making less than Morbius and Joker 2 in its opening weekend, and this month's Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the first Marvel movie in a year, though don't be surprised if it kills at the box office.

As for The Batman 2, the highly anticipated sequel sits outside James Gunn's DCU Chapter One as an Elseworlds entry. The movie is currently in pre-production, with filming set to begin imminently ahead of a 2027 release. Matt Reeves recently lifted the lid on the movie's cast, including Marvel stars Sebastian Stan and Scarlett Johansson, but we still don't know for sure who they're playing.

The Batman 2 releases in theaters on October 1, 2027. For more, check out our list of best video game movies and upcoming DC movies.

You can take the director out of YouTube, but you can't take YouTube out of the director, as content creator turned filmmaker Kane Parsons says he edited his upcoming Backrooms extended cut like one of his YouTube projects.

"I had a lot of fun making Everything Must Go. The whale thing was made in just under two weeks. All Blender on my laptop. Only finished it like three days ago," said Parsons over on Discord, since posted on Twitter. "Super cool being able to follow the YouTube pipeline but have it delivered at such a ludicrously huge scale."

Not many big-screen movies have additional footage edited on a laptop, but Parsons is quite capable of whipping up something off the cuff, as he has shown over on his YouTube channel, KanePixels, which boasts 3.45 million subscribers. In fact, it was Parsons who made the legendary Backrooms web series based on the creepypasta story about scary liminal spaces, which in turn inspired the young director's first feature film.

The extended cut includes 15 minutes of extra content after the credits roll, pushing the movie over the 2 hours and 6 minutes mark, compared to the original 1 hour and 51 minute runtime. Parsons added that he started working on Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition after Backrooms had already hit screens.

We can guess that Backrooms' extremely impressive theatrical run is what prompted Parsons to make the extended cut. After hitting screens on May 29, Backrooms surpassed all expectations, opening to $81.4 million at the US box office against a $10 million budget. The film has so far earned over $330 million worldwide and holds an impressive 87% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition is out in US theaters now, available at Emagine Entertainment, Regal Cinemas, and more. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming horror movies heading our way.

Matt Smith says he can't believe Keanu Reeves watched the Sony-Marvel flop Morbius... but I absolutely can.

"Not f**king Morbius. My God, he must really have gone through the library to be getting to that. He must have been having a moment," Smith said on an episode of Brittany Broski's Royal Court, after Broski told him Reeves was reportedly seen watching the movie on a flight.

Before expressing his disbelief, Smith sang the actor's praises: "I love Keanu Reeves... what a movie star. And [he] just looks like an angel, you know what I mean? Like if you were to get a guardian angel in life, please God, let it be Keanu Reeves."

The 2022 movie follows Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) and his surrogate brother Milo (Smith) as they search for a cure for their rare blood disease. Morbius develops and takes the cure and immediately becomes a living vampire. He refuses to give it to Milo, who takes it anyway and becomes super evil (and does a fun little evil dance in one scene). The film earned $167.5 million worldwide against a budget of 83 million, and currently sits at 15% on Rotten Tomatoes (though the audience score is a much higher 71%).

Morbius went viral for being bad – so bad, in fact, that they decided to capitalize on the memes and re-release it in theaters for a short time. I'm not surprised that Reeves decided to check it out on a long flight, especially given his penchant for action-horror comic books (of which he's penned a few).

Morbius is streaming now on Disney Plus. For more, check out the full list of upcoming Marvel movies in the works.

Millie Bobby Brown has revealed that she auditioned to play X-23 in the 2017 movie Logan.

"I screentested with Hugh Jackman when I was like, 11 or 12," Brown said during an interview with Entertainment Weekly, as she played Two Truths and a Lie with Enola Holmes 3 co-star Louis Partridge. "I felt like I probably didn't get it, because I think there was someone else that was better."

Added Brown: "It's true, and it was for Logan."

Given that Logan came out in 2017 and Stranger Things came out in 2016, it's likely that both projects shot around the same time... and that the role of Eleven could've gone to another actor had Brown gotten the role in Logan. The role of X-23 ultimately went to Dafne Keen.

Logan, directed by James Mangold, saw Hugh Jackman's Wolverine living in a distant future where mutants were next-to-extinct. He runs into a young girl known only as X-23, and the two develop a father-daughter sort of bond as he attempts to protect her from the dark forces that are out to get her. Keen would reprise the role in Deadpool and Wolverine, thanks to a wild multiverse plotline that allowed Mangold's Logan to stay dead and another Logan to step up to the plate.

Brown can be seen in Enola Holmes 3, which is streaming now on Netflix. Next up for Marvel is Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which is out on July 31, and Avengers: Doomsday which hits theaters on December 18... though we don't know if Jackman is set to appear in the latter.

For more on the MCU, check out our guides to upcoming superhero movies and all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows you need on your radar.

Resident Evil movie director Zach Cregger says it would be "inorganic" to place the likes of Leon Kennedy and Jill Valentine into his "self-contained story."

"To try and shoehorn in any of those characters would feel inorganic to this self-contained story," Cregger told Empire magazine. "I have to put the story first and foremost."

"The concept here is that we're following an idiot," Cregger said, referring to movie protagonist Bryan (Austin Abrams) and, apparently, not my attempts to skulk around the Care Center unseen in Resident Evil: Requiem. "Not that he's stupid, but he's not your typical game character." The director says Bryan has "no combat skills whatsoever" and is "completely inept at survival."

If you've been paying attention recently, you'll know Cregger – who has already stamped his authority on the horror genre with Barbarian and Weapons – is keen to move away from plots and characters already covered in established Resident Evil canon.

"It's an entirely original story," Cregger explained to Entertainment Weekly last year. "When you watch it, you'll be like, 'This is very Zach.' It's just [that] it takes place in the Resident Evil world. I don't think fans of the games are gonna be bummed."

For his part, Cregger has already got plenty of Resident Evil credit to his name. He beat Requiem twice not long after release, and has even snuck in a Resident Evil 4 Easter egg that only diehards would have recognized.

Cregger also revealed to GamesRadar+ that, sadly, the Nemesis wouldn't feature – despite the events of the movie running "parallel" to Resident Evil 2. So, no, we're unlikely to be seeing S.T.A.R.S during the horror movie's runtime.

Resident Evil opens in cinemas on September 18. For more, check out the upcoming horror movies coming your way very soon.

It seems as though Kane Parsons has started a trend with his hit A24 movie Backrooms, as Weapons director Zach Cregger is working on a horror movie based on another online urban legend.

Cregger is in the process of writing a movie based on the creepypasta Siren Head alongside Brian Duffield, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, and it's a pretty hot commodity. After five studios entered a multi-million-dollar bidding war over the project, Warner Bros. Pictures has come out on top, winning the underlying rights.

Despite Cregger both writing and directing his breakout horror movies Barbrairan and Weapons, and directing and co-writing his upcoming Resident Evil movie, THR states that the plan is for Duffield to direct Siren Head. Duffield's upcoming whale feature, Whalefall, is already generating buzz, but the filmmaker is also known for No One Will Save You and for penning Netflix's horror comedy The Babysitter.

Siren Head is not technically a creepypasta, but it most definitely falls into the online urban legend space. The viral horror sensation kicked off when artist Trevor Henderson started sharing images of a tall figure with two siren speakers as a head. The monster is an aggressive, skilled predator, using its sirens to mimic voices and lure its prey.

Before long, theories about the cryptic creature spread across the web, just like with the original Backrooms image. Then came the YouTube short films. YouTuber Shutter Authority has created many Siren Head videos through the years and has compiled his best work into a 30-minute compilation so you can get a taste of what Cregger might have up his sleeve.

Siren Head is just the latest internet legend to be adapted. After Backrooms hit the big screens to rave reviews this May, already earning over $330 million at the box office worldwide on a $10 million budget, it looks like more horror directors have been delving into the world of creepypasta. The Pools is up next this December, based on the water-filled levels of the Backrooms.

For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming horror movies heading our way.

James Gunn, perhaps more than most directors, has his favorites. From his brother Sean Gunn, to long-time collaborators Michael Rooker, Steve Agee, and Nathan Fillion, the DC Studios boss has long populated his casts with both friends and family.

Now, Jennifer Holland, wife of Gunn and an actor in her own right, most notably as Emilia Harcourt in Peacemaker, has revealed why the Superman and Guardians of the Galaxy director surrounds himself with so many familiar faces.

"It really just comes about because James loves to have his friends and family around him all the time," Holland explained to CinemaBlend. "It's hard to make movies; it's lonely. You're stuck in a place that's not your home for a very long period of time."

Holland added, "You don't have all of your friends and family with you, so as much as he can include friends and family in his movies, he tries. That gives them an excuse to be around and he really thrives on that. As much as he is a loner when it comes to sitting in an office, typing on his computer… he really is inspired by and revived by true relationships."

To that end, Gunn has even based the look and mannerisms of Krypto on his own rescue dog, Ozu.

Next up for Gunn is Man of Tomorrow, the follow-up to Superman, which is currently filming.

Speaking to GamesRadar+ in a separate interview, Holland teased the movie as perhaps Gunn's finest work yet.

"I can tell you that I have seen an enormous, enormous portion of the movie, and I am so excited for Man of Tomorrow," Holland said at a screening of upergirl. "It is different...I don't wanna say this. Ugh. It might be James's best… my favorite movie of James, and I haven't even seen the whole thing yet. I love the movie. I'm really excited about it. It feels like a step up to me in a lot of ways. I'm excited for people to see it, and he's not done filming it yet."

Man of Tomorrow, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Milly Alcock, and more, flies into cinemas on July 9, 2027.

For more, we have a complete guide to DCU Chapter One and all the latest on Clayface.

The leaked The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender movie might be getting a surprise release this month.

That's according to Paramount Plus Brazil, which, per a user on Resetera, shared a July line-up that included the movie releasing on July 25, then deleted the post (we haven't seen the supposed post on official channels with our own eyes, so take it with a pinch of salt). The movie was originally set for release on October 9.

As other users have pointed out, that date coincides with SDCC, so it looks like there might have been a plan to shadow drop the movie during a potential panel for the film. If that's the case, the surprise has unfortunately been spoiled.

The Avatar movie seems to be plagued with bad luck, after footage was leaked earlier this year by a user known as ImStillDissin. Full, non-watermarked versions of the movie then appeared online via a separate person. The movie was so widely viewed that it even showed up in Letterboxd's "popular this week" list.

In other Avatar news, the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 recently released on Netflix, though it suffered a 59% drop in viewers from season 1. Our Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 review awarded the show three stars, with our verdict reading: "Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 struggles under the weight of adapting the events of its animated counterpart while still allowing for major character beats that work from the likes of Zuko, Sokka, and especially Toph. The sophomore effort is better in basically every way to its first season, but fumbles in ways that make its future concerning."

"It was a huge bummer, because I was really excited to watch it," live-action Zuko actor Dallas Liu told GamesRadar+ of the animated movie leaks.

While you wait for The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming movies, or the best Netflix shows to fill out your watchlist.

There's no studio more secretive than Marvel. Case in point – Spider-Man: Brand New Day star Sadie Sink reportedly wasn't given a script until she landed in London to shoot the Spidey sequel.

In a new conversation with Nylon, the culture brand claims that despite being offered the (still mysterious) role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day without an audition, the Stranger Things alum "didn't receive a script until she landed in London."

It's not clear if Sink read a script prior to receiving her own copy, as Sink isn't quoted directly on the matter in the piece, but either way, it's further evidence that Marvel is taking no chances in letting the secrets of Brand New Day slip before it releases at the end of the month.

Despite the second Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer leaking a week before it eventually dropped online, Marvel Studios and Sony have done a good job keeping the movie's finer details in the shadows. We still don't actually know who Sink is playing in the movie. All the signs point to future member of the X-Men, Jean Grey, but we have our own theories as well.

Sink, not realizing how much speculation there would be, has spent the bulk of the Spider-Man: Brand New Day press tour so far on deflection duty, fending off questions about the identity of her mystery character. Over eight years on Stranger Things at least prepped her for the responsibility of staying schtum, with Sink telling Nylon that the key to keeping a secret is: “You just don’t share the secret. It’s not that hard.” Tom Holland, take note.

With less than a month to go till Brand New Day releases, Holland recently revealed that the movie's ultimate villain is still a secret. "The villain that we have in this new movie, which is still very much a secret, is, I think, unlike anything we've seen in one of these movies before."

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives in cinemas in the UK on July 29 and in US theaters on July 31. For more upcoming superhero movies, check out our guides to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows that have been confirmed.

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the first film shot from start to finish in full-frame IMAX – a landmark moment for the premium large format of choice. And it turns out Nolan had been dreaming about making a movie this way since he was just 16 years old.

Speaking to Pay or Wait over on YouTube, Nolan explained how the process of shooting The Odyssey on IMAX film has evolved even since his experience making Oppenheimer just a few years ago. But he also revealed a fascinating tidbit about his first encounter with IMAX 40 years ago.

"It's something I've really wanted to do since I was 16 and I first saw an IMAX film at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago," Nolan recalls. "I was like, 'Well, why can't you make a dramatic feature, an action film, an adventure film this way, because the format is so incredible.'"

Now, you might be thinking: "Isn't IMAX a recent thing?" Not exactly. The company was founded in 1967, and first developed IMAX theatre projection standards in the late 60s and early 70s. So IMAX has been around for almost 60 years at this stage. For decades, however, it was the reserve of documentaries and experiential shorts; releasing Hollywood movies in the IMAX format is a more recent development. The first theatrical movie released in IMAX was Fantasia 2000 in, well, 2000, while the 2003 Matrix sequels were among the first live-action movies to go through the IMAX process.

Nolan saw the future at a very young age, then, and finally realized his dream with The Dark Knight in 2008 – the first of his movies to feature sequences shot for IMAX screens. Now, he's practically synonymous with IMAX, with Oppenheimer and The Odyssey selling out on IMAX screens across the UK and US, particularly in the very few theaters globally equipped to project the film in IMAX 70mm.

As for the decision to shoot one of his movies entirely on IMAX film for the first time, Nolan says The Odyssey was a story that justified the challenge. "It's like, we're going to make a film of The Odyssey. That's the movie… if ever you were going to film a story completely on IMAX, you know, this is the story to do it with."

With The Odyssey now a little over two weeks away, interviews have started to trickle out from Nolan and his cast. Speaking to the New York Times last month, Nolan made an interesting comparison between Matt Damon's Odysseus and a key Star Wars character. "Odysseus is a very complex character – a trickster, somebody who's smart and wily. In Star Wars terms, it's Han Solo – but Han Solo is not the hero of Star Wars, it's Luke Skywalker."

The Odyssey arrives in theaters on July 17, 2026. Check out our ranking of the best Christopher Nolan movies and keep up with all of the new movies heading your way.

It doesn't look like things re going to get much better for Supergirl, as after a disappointing opening weekend, the new DCU movie is expected to drop even further at the box office during its second weekend on the big screen.

As reported by Variety, Supergirl is expected to make just $15 million over its second weekend in theaters. That's a 60% decline in ticket sales from its first weekend.

Supergirl had a rough start after hitting screens on June 26. The DC movie debuted to just $37.1 million, even lower than recent superhero flops Morbius and Joker 2. In fact, Supergirl marks the lowest opening for a DC movie since Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which opened to a measly $27.6 million in December 2023. After its theatrical run, the sequel failed to make back its budget once marketing and theatrical revenue splits are accounted for.

2023 was a rather bleak year for DC Studios, as in addition to the Aquaman sequel blunder, the studio saw a number of flops, including The Flash, which opened to $55 million, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which opened to $30 million, and Blue Beetle, which debuted to an even lower $25 million. Soon after, James Gunn and Peter Safran were brought on board as co-heads to shake up the studio.

Let's hope Gunn's DCU Chapter One doesn't face the same fate, as Supergirl is only the second movie released under the new banner after 2025's Superman, which went down a lot better with fans. The studio has yet to release Clayface this September, before Man of Tomorrow hits screens next year.

As for Supergirl, if box office predictions are right, it doesn't look like the film will be able to make back its $170 million budget, which doesn't account for the tens of millions more spent on marketing. The film has earned $67.7 million worldwide so far.

Supergirl is out in theaters now. For more, check out our Supergirl review and our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows.

Obsession star Cooper Tomlinson has revealed what to expect from Curry Barker's next movie.

Anything but Ghosts, which has been filmed and stars Tomlinson and Barker as two fake paranormal hunters, may be set in the same universe as Obsession – but it's tonally very different from Barker's debut breakout hit.

“The movie’s like if Key and Peele walked into Hereditary. It’s a buddy comedy about these two guys, and it turns really scary," Tomlinson told Raiders of the Lost Podcast of the project, which also stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Aaron Paul.

He added, "It's about these con artist ghost hunters who encounter real ghosts. Then they have to step up and be the thing that they promised this family.”

Anything But Ghosts isn't the only project with Curry Barker's name attached. Fresh off Obsession's whirlwind – and historical – success at the box office, the director has inked a multi-million dollar deal with Universal for his third movie. Barker has also set his sights on a new take on horror mainstay The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

"I want to do something that's different, but not stray too far from what we know," Barker told GamesRadar+ at an exclusive Q&A with the director in April. "There's some really messed-up stuff happening at that farm. It's untapped."

Obsession, meanwhile, continues its box office success – despite now being available to watch digitally. As of writing, it's tallied up over $370 million at the worldwide box office. It's a figure that sees the horror pass Sinners to become the highest-grossing original live-action movie of the decade to date.

For more, check out the upcoming horror movies set to scare you silly very soon.

Obsession has officially surpassed Sinners to be the highest-grossing original film of the decade so far, and it's a good time to be a horror fan.

Obsession, written and directed by Curry Barker, follows a dude who sucks named Bear (Michael Johnston) who buys a novelty wishing branch and wishes for his crush, Nikki (Indie Navarette), to love him more than anything in the world. The wish works, but something takes over Nikki... and she spends the rest of the movie fighting whatever it is in the most violent way.

The movie was made for roughly $750,00, and has earned around $371 million (via Forbes) at the global box office. The cast includes Cooper Tomlinson, Andy Richter, Megan Lawless, Haley Fitzgerald, and Darin Toonder.

Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, earned $370.3 million worldwide against a budget of $90 million. The film also took home four out of a whopping 16 Oscar nominations, which also made it the most Oscar-nominated movie in history.

"I don’t want to go straight into Obsession 2," Barker said to The Hollywood Reporter, when asked if the movie will turn into a franchise. "I have such a cool idea for it that I won’t say. I’m not saying it has to be five, six years from now. But I think people would be just as excited for it if it came a little down the road. It’s a whirlwind, and I’m trying to figure it out."

Obsession is still in theaters. Sinners is streaming now on HBO Max. For more, check out our guide to the best horror movies, and keep up with other exciting upcoming horror movies on the way.

There's no denying that Supergirl is currently flopping at the box office, but following yesterday's initial results, the DCU movie's opening weekend take has been confirmed, and it's actually doing worse than we first thought.

On Monday, June 29, many outlets reported that Supergirl had earned $38 million in the US over opening weekend. However, now it looks like the superhero film only scraped $37.1 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

That means that Milly Alcock's first outing as Kara Zor-El is not only doing worse than Sony's Spider-Man spin-off Morbius, which is widely known as one of the worst superhero movies ever, but also DC's Joker 2. Officially titled Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel opened to $37.6 million and scored a measly 31% on Rotten Tomatoes.

This is a pretty hard knock for James Gunn's new DC, as Supergirl is just the second movie in DCU Chapter One. But, the team still seems confident in their overall plan. On June 28, DC Studios co-head Peter Safran made a statement, telling The New York Times, "While Supergirl didn’t meet our box office expectations, it's just one component of a broader, long-term strategy at DC Studios that we remain confident in."

It is not clear why Supergirl is flopping so hard. Yes, it is true that the movie has opened to mixed reviews, and is not as widely loved as last year's Superman, which opened to $125 million domestically and went on to gross over $618 million worldwide. But the film's mediocre 56% score on RT is not the worst in the world. However, many fans are complaining about the lacklustre storyline and one questionable needle drop.

If Supergirl continues to underperform in this way, it will prove to be a loss for the studio. The movie cost around $170 million to make and perhaps tens of millions more to market, which means that the film will have to see a pretty steep incline in ticket sales over the coming weeks. But at this point, that seems unlikely.

Supergirl is out in theaters now. For more, check out our Supergirl review and our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows.

It sounds as though Zach Cregger's upcoming Resident Evil movie will be a thrill ride from start to finish, just like the video game series it is based on.

"It feels like one gigantic sequence. Things pop off about five minutes in and it basically stays like that until the end," said Cregger to Empire. "What I love about the games is that you move from set-piece to set-piece. Every location has a unique challenge... I’m borrowing from the games directly in that rhythm, where you’re just running through a gauntlet."

However, even though the upcoming movie is set in the second game, 1998's Resident Evil 2, the feature will focus on a brand new character. Rather than following highly capable rookie cop Leon through the zombie-ridden Raccoon City, the movie will focus on a medical courier named Bryan out on delivery who suddenly gets caught up in the outbreak. Bryan is played by Austin Abrams, who previously collaborated with Cregger on the 2025 horror hit Weapons.

But, unlike Leon, Bryan is not your run-of-the-mill hero. "The concept here is that we’re following an idiot. Not that he’s stupid, but he’s not your typical game character, with no combat skills whatsoever and completely inept at survival," added Cregger. "Bryan is very much an everyman who happens to be burdened with this kind of sacred mission that’s going to take him into the heart of everything. It’s kind of like Frodo going into Mordor."

When we caught up with Cregger on the set of Resident Evil, the director told GamesRadar+, "I don't think that me telling a story that's not about Leon is a violation of the Resident Evil world, because the games do that all the time... I'm just going to tell another story that feels like playing in the world of the game, but I'm not stepping on the toes of any of Leon's storyline."

But Cregger's adaptation will stray away from the game in more ways than one. In the Resident Evil trailer, we saw Raccoon City covered in snow. The winter setting contradicts the game, which takes place in a heatwave during September.

Resident Evil arrives in theaters on September 18. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming video game movies and upcoming horror movies heading our way.

Supergirl screenwriter Ana Nogueira appears to have misinterpreted the ending of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, resulting in a very different fate for a major villain.

Warning: Major spoilers for Supergirl below!

"The ending between Kara and Krem was always in it, from the pitch, truly from the very beginning," Nogueira told Variety. "Because the comic ends with Ruthye killing him, but in the far, far future. We knew we weren’t gonna be able to do that kind of time jump, and I find it’s quite a dark ending of the comic. He essentially has changed, and she kills him anyway, because she still just has this anger, and you understand there’s this element of deserve, right?

"So, we wanted to craft a villain who would deserve this, but we also wanted Kara to really care about preserving Ruthye’s innocence, and to feel like she could take on [killing him], that she could be the one to bring justice to this man, and do it without burdening this child. It’s different for Supergirl, and I think it will feel different for audiences."

The new DC movie is based on the eight-issue limited comic series Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. At the end of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8, Ruthye appears to hit Krem over the head with her cane and leave him there alive.

Woman of Tomorrow writer Tom King confirmed this in a 2024 podcast, stating, "This is not supposed to be ambiguous. He’s supposed to be alive at the end. That’s why he grabs his head. Ruthye does not forgive him, still f***ing hates him, bops him on the head, and walks away" (via ComicBookMovie). You can check out the panel below.

The new movie, which marks the second feature-length entry in the rebooted DCU, currently sits at a 54% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, though the audience score is at a much higher 76%. Milly Alcock will appear again as Kara Zor-El in the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, which is set to hit theaters in 2027.

Supergirl is in theaters now. For more, check out our spoiler-filled breakdown of the Supergirl ending, plus a rundown of all the major differences between the DCU movie and the Woman of Tomorrow comic. You can also read our Supergirl review or see our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order.

The first trailer for Nosferatu director Robert Eggers's new horror movie Werwulf is here, and it looks like his creepiest movie ever (no small feat).

The footage, which you can see below, is dark – both literally and figuratively – with a pulsing, terrifying score. Aaron Taylor-Johnson foams at the mouth, blood splatters, and Willem Dafoe speaks ominously of a "raving beast." But, we don't actually see the titular werewolf.

Along with Taylor-Johnson and Dafoe, the film stars Lily-Rose Depp, Ralph Ineson, and Bodhi Rae Breathnach.

Eggers has made a name for himself as a master of the haunting and atmospheric, so it's no surprise Werwulf already looks so striking.

"For me, going back to the old folklore is a way in, because you're going to find different stuff – the tropes aren't the same tropes that are so tired that they've become clichés," Eggers told Empire magazine of making a grounded werewolf movie. "So that in and of itself gives it some freshness.

"I've also struggled with the creature, because it's difficult in monster movies to make the monster convincing," he continued. "I think that's another pitfall of werewolf movies – they either look like guys in suits, or they look like CG. Are you willing to go along with that, knowing that they look seriously fake, or not? One of the best horror movies – and monster movies – of all time, is the first Alien, where it's about the monster being a mystery and in the shadows."

Werwulf hits theaters this Christmas Day in the US and January 1 in the UK. In the meantime, check out our guide to the best horror movies to scare yourself silly, or the most exciting upcoming movies.