Resident Evil director Zach Cregger says early test audiences loved the movie, but thought it was way too funny for a straight-up horror movie.

"I learned that people really liked the movie, but they thought it was too funny. So over the course of my testing, I stripped out as much of the jokes as possible," Cregger told The Hollywood Reporter. "I then found that not only did the audience enjoy the movie more, but I also liked the movie a lot more. A little bit of humor goes a long way in a horror movie, and there’s not a single joke I took out of this movie that I miss."

The trailers seem much more scary than funny, though it's worth noting that Cregger has a background in comedy and rose to fame with comedy collective Whitest Kids U'Know. The long-running TV show, which aired on both Fuse and IFC, got pretty dang dark with the humor... so it didn't surprise me as a fan when Cregger made the switch over to horror. His second movie, the Oscar-winning Weapons, even included a touching throwback to a WKUK sketch that featured the late, great Trevor Moore.

Resident Evil, based on the extremely popular horror video game series of the same name, stars Austin Abrams (Euphoria, Weapons) as a medical courier who is in the process of making a delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital when an outbreak forces him to fight for his life. Cregger directs from a screenplay he penned with frequent Zack Snyder collaborator Shay Hatten. Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser also star.

Resident Evil hits theaters on September 18. For more, check out our guide to upcoming horror movies, or, check out the ever-growing list of video game movies.

Avengers: Endgame Encore is almost upon us... but what is it? And do you really have to go see it before Avengers: Doomsday?

Below, you'll find a mini guide that explains what the re-release is, how it leads into Avengers: Doomsday, and if it's required viewing before the newest Avengers movie hits theaters on December 18.

For more, dive into the Marvel timeline and our guide on the best way to watch The Odyssey in theatres.

What is Avengers: Endgame Encore?

Avengers: Endgame Encore is the theatrical re-release of Avengers: Endgame, which acts as a refresher for audiences prior to the December release of Avengers: Doomsday. It comes with four minutes of bonus footage, a new post-credits scene, and an exclusive sneak peek at Avengers: Doomsday (in certain select showings). The re-release is also color-graded and has a confirmed runtime of 185 minutes.

It'll be shown in IMAX and Infinity Vision, the latter of which is the Disney and Marvel certification for screens of a certain size (45 feet wide or more) with Dolby 7.1 surround sound and requisite brightness.

Do I need to see Avengers: Endgame Encore if I've already seen Avengers: Endgame?

In short? Yes. The Russo brothers have said that Encore is "required viewing," as the re-release acts as a narrative bridge between Endgame and Doomsday.

"It's gonna connect the story of the two movies," Russo told Fandango. "There's a natural progression from Endgame into Doomsday, which is also inclusive of all the other stories that have been playing out. I think it's required viewing for following the story in Doomsday."

I, for one, haven't seen Endgame since it was in theaters in 2019, so I personally need the refresher. You might need it, too!

How will it set up Avengers: Doomsday?

We don't know exactly how it'll set up Avengers: Doomsday, other than what the Russos have said about the re-release bridging the narrative gap between the two films. We can assume that the brand-new post-credits scene will lead directly into Doomsday, and that the exclusive look at Doomsday will give us more info on what's to come (since we still don't know much about it... I mean, how the heck did Steve Rogers come back from the past?)

Avengers: Endgame Encore hits theaters on September 25. For more, head on over to our guide on how to watch the Marvel movies in order and all the new Disney movies on the way.

Henry Cavill has something of a history of playing spies. Despite not landing the James Bond role 20 years ago, the actor has gone on to appear as an agent in Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Argylle. Now it looks like he's suiting up once again for a new comedy movie.

Set pictures showing the former Superman star on a motorcycle have emerged from filming on the untitled project. Directed by Charlie's Angels helmer McG, the film reportedly stars Cavill and Hart as two rival spies who meet in a Lamaze class. After their wives (played by Justine Lupe and Aja Naomi King) become fast friends, their lives become intertwined in some unexpected ways.

The White Lotus star Jason Isaacs also appears in the movie, while Hart, Ryan Reynolds, and Shawn Levy are all down to produce.

Cavill previously ruled himself out of playing Bond after he was one of the finalists up against Daniel Craig the last time the auditions came around. Speaking to Heat Magazine earlier this year, he was asked if he ever wanted to play 007.

"I didn’t turn the role down – it just wasn’t the right time," he said. "What actor wouldn’t love to be Bond? But at 42, I’d probably be considered a bit old to start now. I would love to be a Bond villain, though. If it was the right character, I think that would be fascinating to explore."

Rumors around who is taking on the role next have started to heat up, with one man in particular gaining traction. Slow Horses actor Jack Lowden has been hinted at by his co-stars, and Gary Oldman even teased that he knows James Bond has been cast.

Next up for Cavill is Highlander, and he's still hard at work adapting Warhammer 40,000. For more upcoming movies, check out our breakdown of 2026 movie release dates.

It's been 10 years since the release of Captain America: Civil War, and it seems like Chris Evans might be having a change of heart. The closest The Avengers have ever come to splitting came in Captain America 3 when Tony Stark and Steve Rogers fell on two separate sides following the events of Age of Ultron.

It all stems around the big question of whether superheroes should be controlled and supervised by the United Nations. On one side, you had Stark, wrecked with guilt with over his role in the destruction of Sokovia, in support of them. Meanwhile, on the other, you had Cap, concerned with what agendas these government bodies will bring to the table, potentially hindering their ability to act when they need to.

Reflecting on the film in the new Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday podcast, host and Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani asked Cap star Chris Evans about whether his thoughts on the two sides had changed.

"You know, as the character I stand by Team Cap's position," he replied. "Me personally? You know, I might be Team Iron Man. I know that's probably controversial to say, but you know?" It's a pretty big swing from Evans, but the world has changed a lot in the 10 years since Civil War released, and so has Captain America.

The actor is returning soon to the MCU, appearing in Avengers: Doomsday as Steve once again. This version of the character follows the Nomad storyline, disillusioned with representing one country, he becomes a man without a country. It's not clear yet how this will work into the Doctor Doom storyline, but we don't have too long to wait before December 18.

For more Marvel, check out our guide to upcoming Marvel movies and shows as well as how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

Asa Germann has been cast as Angel in the MCU's upcoming X-Men movie, and this is the best casting choice thus far.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Germann initially auditioned for Scott Summers aka Cyclops, which ultimately went to Heartstopper star Kit Connor.

Germann is best known for his role as Sam Riordan in The Boys spin-off Gen V, which centered on a group of young Supes at a Supes-only university. Sam was not among the student population, but was kidnapped and experimented on by the people in charge of the university in order to help create a virus that would kill all Supes.

Germann's performance as Sam is captivating, and he brings so much vulnerability, raw intensity, and a dark psychological complexity to the role. That's exactly what it takes to play Angel, who was quite literally introduced on-screen in X-Men: The Last Stand as a child cutting off his own wings. Marvel really hit the nail on the head with this one, and I am so ridiculously stoked.

The rest of the cast includes Maya Boyd as Storm, Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier, Adam Driver as Mister Sinister, and Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, respectively. Sadie Sink made her debut as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

X-Men hits theaters on May 5, 2028. For more, check out our guide to everything announced at D23 2026. We've also rounded up all of the upcoming Marvel movies and shows on the way in 2026 and beyond.

Naruto is heading to New York Comic Con next month, with a panel dedicated to the Shonen anime. The Japanese voice cast will be in attendance, and if reports are to be believed, a new animated Naruto film is expected to be unveiled – the first new Naruto movie in a decade. Though we don't yet know if Spider-Man director Destin Daniel Cretton will be on hand to make any live-action movie announcements.

Per Variety, the Naruto panel has been set for October 10, and will "cover updates across the Naruto animation franchise and the Naruto Card Game." Naruto Uzumaki's Japanese voice actor, Takeuchi Junko, and actor Sasuke Uchiha actor Sugiyama Noriaki are set to appear, alongside Studio Pierrot producer Tominaga Yoshihiko.

Most excitingly, the report points to an expected "announcement" about a new animated Naruto movie, along with its "worldwide premiere," which suggests that not only will the new movie be unveiled, we'll learn when it's releasing. It's been 11 years since the last Naruto movie – Boruto: Naruto the Movie, about Naruto's eponymous offspring – and 12 years since the last Naruto Uzumaki-centered movie – The Last: Naruto the Movie – and it sure seems like the long wait could finally be over.

Adapted from the manga of the same name, the main Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden anime ran from 2003-2017, with over 700 episodes chronicling the bandana'd ninja's quest to become leader of the Hidden Leaf Village. Sequel series, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, ran for 293 episodes from 2017 to 2023. Wondering where to start? Our guide on how to watch Naruto in order has you covered. We've even got a Naruto and Naruto Shippuden filler list, so you know exactly which episodes are essential, and which can be skipped, whether this is your first time or your umpteenth rewatch.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton is helming a live-action adaptation of Naruto as his next movie, and it may have already found its Kakasi in a long-rumored X-Men star. A global casting search is currently underway for a young actor to play Naruto Uzumaki and the rest of Team 7. While the Naruto panel is expected to focus on the animated movie and card game, "additional surprise announcements regarding other media developments" have been teased.

Naruto's New York Comic Con panel takes place on October 10. For more, dive into our list of new anime heading your way across the year.

KPop Demon Hunters is one of the most popular movies of the past decade and even became Netflix's most-watched film ever. Currently, it's been streamed more than 325 million times, which is 100 million times more than the movie in second place, Red Notice.

However, in spite of all of this, Sony Pictures boss Ravi Ahuja doesn't think the movie would have been as successful if it was released in theaters. Speaking to Variety, he said: "It seems very obvious now, but at the time it was first being developed in 2021, Netflix felt like the right home, and I'd argue it really was the right home. I mean, if you look at the trajectory of K-Pop Demon Hunters, it didn't start that strong, but it built over time."

He continued: "So the Netflix platform really helped to build K-Pop Demon Hunters. Had it been theatrical, I mean, boy, this is such a hypothetical. Who knows if it would have had a big opening weekend? But it’s done incredibly well on Netflix."

It's true that as an original IP, the movie was really boosted by word of mouth success. During its first week on the streaming platform back in June 2025, it clocked in nine million views and landed in the second spot on the movies chart. The following week this climbed to 24 million, and it sat around there for several months, sticking in the top 10 for 63 consecutive weeks.

This all suggests that it's the film's longevity that has been a contributing factor in its groundbreaking success, which couldn't be replicated in the same way in theaters. However, KPop Demon Hunters did have a good theatrical run when a special singalong version was released, topping Netflix's box office history.

A sequel to the hugely popular movie is in development, but it's not expected to be released until at least 2029. For more upcoming movies, here's our list of 2026 movie release dates.

In the aftermath of Spider-Man: Brand New Day and as Avengers: Doomsday approaches, Marvel has recorded its biggest month ever on Disney Plus.

That's according to The Hollywood Reporter journalist Borys Kit, who writes on Twitter: "News: Disney says domestic pre-sales for AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY have crossed $50 million… with still over 3 months to go." He added: "Disney also saying it's seeing a major lift thanks to Doomsday and SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY. Case in point: Marvel recorded its highest hours in Disney Plus history with over 420M hours for the month of August."

Brand New Day has taken the box office by storm, too, currently standing at $2.4 billion globally. The film introduces Sadie Sink's Jean Grey and seems to set up the X-Men movie – more cast members, including Adam Driver's Mr Sinister and Inde Navarette's Rogue, were announced at this year's D23.

Doomsday, meanwhile, is set to be Marvel's biggest movie yet. Its supersized cast list includes the likes of Anthony Mackie's Captain America, Chris Hemsworth's Thor, Chris Evans's Steve Rogers, and Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom.

"I feel very at home with the role," Evans has said. "I feel very not just comfortable, but precious. I care about the arc of all these characters, and we wouldn’t be doing it unless there was going to be a really interesting situation to put him in."

Doomsday arrives this December 18, and Brand New Day is in theaters now. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows for everything else that's on the way.

The Odyssey, famously, was a hands-on affair for all involved in the making of the epic Christopher Nolan movie, but no one was put through the wringer more than Odysseus star Matt Damon. Now, director Guillermo del Toro has revealed that Damon was willing to go above and beyond for his director to capture the perfect shot in-camera.

Answering a question about the use of AI in moviemaking from a fan during a Reddit AMA to promote the re-release of Pan's Labyrinth, del Toro pointed to a conversation he had with Christopher Nolan about The Odyssey to illustrate what's lost when films aren't 'handmade'.

"When [Nolan] showed me The Odyssey, there's a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean, and I asked him – because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model – and I asked him, 'How did you do it?' He said, 'We put him in a storm in the ocean.'"

On the one hand, it's not surprising that it's really Matt Damon bobbing about in the middle of a stormy ocean; Nolan isn't typically one to use elements like digital doubles in his filmmaking. Even the massive fall of Troy was shot without a single green screen. But on the other hand, putting your lead actor in the middle of a stormy ocean seems quite dangerous! And certainly not how it's usually done, so del Toro's question is understandable.

In the same breath, del Toro also identifies something key about the use of AI and even CGI in movies that is lost versus practical: "And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally," del Toro notes. "You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim Cameron and I… were looking at Terminator 2. And he was showing me the scene where Robert Patrick is in the back of the car, and he breaks the window with his arm. And he said, 'You see those flares?' I said, 'Yeah.' He said, 'We put them there because the audience thinks an image is real if you put an accident in it.' That's true. And I agree. The accident is vital. And the best accidents are things you don't court. They just occur from the interaction with reality."

Nolan's handcrafted approach in making The Odyssey is a key factor in its extraordinary critical and box office success. The R-rated adaptation of Homer's epic poem has just sailed past $1.6 billion at the box office, and is on track to become Universal's highest-grossing movie ever, surpassing Jurassic World. Damon's co-star Himesh Patel hopes that Nolan's limited use of CGI will change how Hollywood movies are made going forward.

The Odyssey is (still) in theaters. For more, check out our 5* The Odyssey review, and our detailed guide to all The Odyssey changes from the book.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has conquered the box office this summer, and looks set to finish its theatrical run as the highest-grossing movie ever in the US. But despite the movie's extraordinary success, Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO and Chairman Ravi Ahuja claims he doesn't yet know when Spider-Man 5 will swing into cinemas.

Speaking at a conference in New York, as reported by Variety, Ahuja discussed Brand New Day's record-breaking success at the box office – the extent of which was a surprise even to those at Sony. "We obviously hadn’t forecast that," Ahuja said. "We thought it would do incredibly well, but we didn’t know that would do that well."

It's fair to say most pundits expected Brand New Day to perform admirably at the box office, but the results have topped even the most optimistic forecasts, particularly given the recent superhero downswing and the fact that No Way Home featured three times as many Spider-Men; Brand New Day, comparatively, was far less of an event. Perhaps people were really curious about the identity of Sadie Sink's mystery character after all.

Ahuja has a theory about how and why Brand New Day massively overachieved. "The movie itself is very emotional… So a little bit different to what some of the more recent superhero movies have been. Still very much a superhero movie – there are a lot of big action scenes. It’s a lot of fun. But it’s emotional. Some people come away crying, so that is something clearly that resonated with the audience."

As for when we'll see Spider-Man 5, Ahuja, unsurprisingly, didn't have a straight answer, confirming only what we already know: that the movie is currently undated. "We don’t have a date for it yet. A couple years usually, but there’s a Spider-Verse movie [Beyond the Spider-Verse] coming next year.” Ahuja's not wrong that it's "usually" been a couple of years between mainline Tom Holland Spider-Man movies; the home trilogy released on that schedule between 2017 and 2021. There was a five-year gap between No Way Home and Brand New Day, but hopefully the wait won't be quite as protracted this time round.

Absence clearly made the hearts of audiences grow fonder, however, as Brand New Day looks set to end its theatrical run as the third-highest-grossing movie ever, having recently swung past Avatar: The Way of Water on the all-time totals. It's also on track to pass Star Wars: The Force Awakens' domestic record, which has held firm for over a decade; unbeaten even by Avengers: Endgame.

Whether the next Marvel movie, Avengers: Doomsday, can come close to Brand New Day's record-smashing success remains to be seen. Though given Doomsday has already made over $40m on pre-sales alone with around 100 days till release, it's on track to do very well indeed.

For more, check out our Spider-Man: Brand New Day review, our Spider-Man: Brand New Day ending explained, and our guide on how to watch Marvel movies in order.

Robert Pattinson is continuing his year of impressive performances with the upcoming crime thriller Primetime. The film stars the actor as a fictionalized version of presenter Chris Hansen, the host of the reality television series To Catch a Predator.

The series aired on Dateline NBC and saw Hansen and a TV crew approach men who believed they had been speaking to minors online. The film is loosely based on the production of the show as well as a long-form feature written on it by Esquire, called 'Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die,' which told the story of one of the subjects of the show who committed suicide.

It's a heavy subject matter dealing with a controversial series, but the early reviews have suggested director Lance Oppenheim pulls it off well, landing 93% on Rotten Tomatoes so far. In particular, praise has been strong for Pattinson, who is generating Oscar buzz for his performance as Hansen.

"This has been Pattinson's year, with performances to relish in The Drama and The Odyssey (and Dune: Part Three still to come)," reads the BBC review. "But no film has suited his mischievously oddball style more than Primetime, a darkly surreal media satire which premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. The first narrative feature from Lance Oppenheim, previously a documentary director, Primetime is sure to be an Oscar contender – although it may be a controversial one."

Meanwhile, The Telegraph gave it five stars, which calls it "the best and nastiest film of its type since 2014’s Nightcrawler: it leaves its audience simultaneously appalled and thrilled, and thereby grubbily complicit."

"I've admired Pattinson for years, but nothing quite prepared me for his turn as Hansen," Vulture's Bilge Ebiri adds. "It’s a stunning demonstration of the actor’s range, and watching the film you can't imagine any other performer of his generation pulling it off."

Others on social media have been more overt with their predictions for Pattinson come awards season. "Robert Pattinson is so good in #Primetime," wrote one film fan. "An electric, thought-provoking ride about a pedo-hunter that flew too close to the network sun. Enhanced by a vibrant visual identity and a killer supporting cast, this could be the package that carries him to his first Oscar nomination."

Not all reviews have been positive, though, with The Guardian giving it just two stars, calling it a "disappointment". Peter Bradshaw writes: "Lance Oppenheim’s drama about controversial US reality show To Catch a Predator is unsure what it wants to say about media or morality."

Primetime is out in theaters on September 25, 2026. Next up for Pattinson is Dune 3 and he's busy filming The Batman 2.

Thor was one of the first movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and really set the tone for Chris Hemsworth's God of Thunder. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the visual style of the movie was extremely distinctive, relying heavily on canted angles (or Dutch angles) throughout.

These are shots where the camera is slanted to create diagonal lines on screen, rather than more traditional vertical and horizontal lines. If you revisit the movie, you'll realize that Thor is absolutely full of these moments.

However, it seems like not everyone at Marvel Studios was on board with this filmmaking choice. Speaking to the On Film…With Kevin McCarthy podcast, Branagh revealed: "I know there was a conversation at some point in some part of the Marvel universe where they had a conversation about, 'What would it cost to horizontalize this movie?' And I am glad to say that the cash price for that process was so prohibitive."

Branagh went on to justify the filming choice, saying it was inspired by the classic comic book runs of Thor. "It was just more about visual impact," he explained. "It was just what would hit you in a world, in a story about gods." The actor and director added: "I felt as though there was a reason for everything, and it was also the way you could put yourself behind it."

Thor will return soon in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, where he'll reunite with the classic Avengers as well as the Fantastic Four and the New Avengers to face Doctor Doom. As teased in the trailers, we'll see the God of Thunder face off against the new foe on the battlefield, with some catastrophic consequences.

Meanwhile, Branagh is starring opposite Ryan Reynolds in action comedy Mayday for Apple TV. The directors recently told us how their Top Gun homage in the film even got the thumbs-up from Tom Cruise himself.

If you're planning to rewatch Thor, here's our guide to watching the Marvel movies in order.

We still have over three months to wait until Avengers: Doomsday hits the big screen, but the MCU movie has already broken a major record in ticket resales.

While Global Box Office previously indicated that Doomsday had already crossed $40 million in domestic pre-sales in the US, Disney has since confirmed that Avengers: Doomsday has actually surpassed $50 million. This figure was shared by Disney SEVP and CFO Hugh Johnston during the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference. And it makes the Marvel movie the first film in history to achieve that number of presales a whole 100 days before its release.

This is quite the feat for the first Avengers movie in seven years. Historically, all Avengers movies have fared well on the big screen, with Avengers: Endgame still holding the title of highest-grossing Marvel movie of all time worldwide, and the second overall, with a whopping $2.79 billion. But with how Doomsday is performing right now, the new movie could beat that record.

However, Doomsday has some competition from inside, as Spider-Man: Brand New Day is still in theaters and is fast approaching Endgame's record. Plus, the movie is set to release on the same day in the US as Dune: Part 3, and has already lost out to the Denis Villeneuve movie on exclusive US IMAX rights for the first three weeks. Disney is attempting to bypass this by introducing its own premium format, Infinity Vision.

Directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, Doomsday follows "beloved heroes from three distinct universes as they’re set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered," as per the official synopsis. The movie welcomes back The Fantastic Four, The Thunderbolts, Thor, Steve Rogers, the original Fox-era X-Men, and more, as they unite to face Robert Downey Jr.'s green-cloaked villain Doctor Doom.

However, just before Doomsday hits theaters, Endgame is heading back to cinemas on September 25. Officially titled Avengers: Endgame Encore, the re-release is set to bridge the gap between the 2019 movie and Avengers: Doomsday, with added footage and a new post-credits tease.

Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters on December 18, 2026. For more, check out our guide on how to watch the Marvel movies in order, and keep up with new Marvel movies and shows heading your way.

Marvel boss Kevin Feige has shared some new teases for Avengers: Secret Wars. Marvel Comics recently rereleased Jonathan Hickman's acclaimed Secret Wars comic storyline from 2015 with a new foreword from Feige containing some intriguing tidbits about the MCU adaptation.

Per The Direct, in his introduction, he meditated on how the comic reinvented the Marvel universe, creating "something new, seamlessly picking up where the old universe left off, but branching out in all-new, all-different directions". Feige says that this is also the aim of the MCU.

"We pick and choose from Marvel's rich, nearly 90-year comics history and make movies that honor the source but become something entirely different," he continued. "That cycle continues as we head toward the Marvel Cinematic Universe's own version of Secret Wars. Like Loki gathering up branches of the timeline at the end of all things, we'll pick up the threads of Hickman and Ribic's run and all those who came before and weave a new story inspired by the vast tapestry of our comics and films."

Currently, it's not clear which version of Secret Wars the MCU will be adapting, as there have been a few variations. However, it seems Feige is implying they'll be picking and choosing different aspects as they bring it to the screen, which is standard practice for the MCU.

"We will bring together the characters we know and love in pinch-me moments that we as fans have always dreamed of but have never seen realized," Feige continued. "And we will call on Doctor Doom, the greatest villain in the history of the Marvel universe, to become a centerpiece of that story."

This is our best tease yet for the upcoming Avengers movie, with relatively few details revealed so far. We're expecting to get a much better idea of what it sets up when Avengers: Doomsday releases on December 18.

However, there has been some news trickling through, including the casting of Hamnet star Noah Jupe in an unnamed role. Speculation is he could be either the Beyonder or a grown-up Franklin Richards in the upcoming sequel.

For more on Marvel, here's our breakdown of the Marvel timeline as well as our guide to watching the Marvel movies in order.

Avengers: Doomsday could be arriving sooner than you think in some locations. The hugely anticipated new Marvel movie is officially hitting theaters on December 18, but there has been an advance screening added, which could let you see it two days earlier.

As shared on Reddit, one fan booked on to what's being billed as a "special advance screening" in California. This is available for the 7.30pm showing on December 16 at the Grenada Hills 9 theater branch of Regency Theaters.

This seems to be the earliest screening for the film at their Los Angeles locations, with the next ones available on December 17. Interestingly, on the official Avengers: Doomsday website, the earliest listings are for this date too, making the Regency Theaters screening the first we can find.

Preview tickets for the movie have been available for the past month and the movie has already been breaking records. According to the latest box office data from Global Box Office, Doomsday has already hit $40 million in pre-sale tickets.

The upcoming Marvel Phase 6 movie brings back Robert Downey Jr. to the MCU in a new role as Victor Von Doom. According to the official synopsis, "beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they've ever encountered."

We'll get a new look at the movie very soon with the release of Avengers: Endgame Encore, which will feature footage and a special tease for the film. That hits theaters on September 25.

For more on upcoming superhero movies, check out our guide to new Marvel movies and shows and our breakdown of how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

The first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie, Remain, is now online, and it takes M. Night back to the very beginning of his career for a ghost story where Jake Gyllenhaal sees dead people.

Starring Gyllenhaal as Tate and Bridgerton's Phoebe Dynevor as Wren, the first footage from the Valentine's Day 2027 movie starts like many a rom-com trailer – a loving couple arrives at their summer home, lounge around in paradise, and lovingly stare into each other's eyes. But as the eerie shift in the trailer's music indicates, this is no ordinary rom-com; it appears Dynevor's Wren is a ghostly apparition haunting their home. How Sixth Sense of you, M Night.

Remain is the product of an unusual collaboration between Shyamalan and The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks. The two developed the idea for the story together, then both went off and worked on their own tellings separately. Sparks published his novel, Remain, in 2025, while Shyamalan's movie has taken a little longer to reach the screen, but finally releases early next year.

The eagle-eyed among you may have also spotted a frame-expanding aspect ratio shift during the trailer as well. This is because Shyamalan shot Remain in part on 35mm VistaVision cameras, the higher-resolution film format used for the likes of The Brutalist, One Battle After Another and Bugonia, in recent years. Tom Cruise vehicle Digger and Greta Gerwig's upcoming adaptation of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew also used VistaVision cameras for select sequences.

Shyamalan's return to supernatural storytelling is something to be excited about. The wunderkind director made his name with The Sixth Sense, which was nominated for six Oscars and grossed a mind-boggling $672.8 million in 1999, second only that year to The Phantom Menace. He's never shied away from spooky stuff, but this appears to be his first ghost story in 27 years.

Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, has already filmed a sequel to streaming hit Road House, and is attached to a live-action adaptation of Ubisoft game The Division. Dodgeball's Rawson Marshall Thurber was attached to direct the upcoming video game movie, though development seems to have stalled.

Remain releases in theaters on February 14, 2027. For more, here are all the most exciting upcoming movies heading your way.

The live-action adaptation of Look Back has debuted to a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score.

The film follows teenage girls Fujino and Kyomoto, who both wish to become manga artists. It tracks their lives over 13 years as they work towards achieving their dreams. The anime film was released in 2024, directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, and was based on Tatsuki Fujimoto's 2021 web manga.

The live-action Look Back, adapted from the manga and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 91% based on 11 reviews after it premiered at Venice Film Festival.

"Hirokazu Kore-eda's live-action adaptation of Look Back is just as powerful and moving as the one-shot manga while still carving its own path in the cinematic realm," reads Discussing Film's review.

"Look Back [is] something close to a sensory ode to youth: tender without being precious, wistful without quite surrendering to nostalgia," says AwardsWatch.

"With Look Back, Kore-eda reminds us why he's one of modern cinema’s great humanists," reads Vulture's review.

"Look Back is more than just a tragedy – it's also a call to action. It's an invitation to create and savor those beautiful yesterdays while you still have the chance, because tomorrow will be here before you know it, if it even comes at all," says IndieWire.

However, it's not all positive, with Screen International's review saying: "In his finest films, Kore-eda effortlessly communicates the inherent pain and beauty of being alive, but in Look Back he forces the audience to be devastated instead of letting that reaction slowly and inexorably wash over us."

Look Back will be released in Japan this September 11, with a US and UK release to follow this year. In the meantime, fill out your watchlist with our guide to all the upcoming movies worth getting excited about.

New details for the upcoming The Legend of Zelda movie have been revealed, and they're pretty intriguing. While we didn't get a trailer for the new film during The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto did reveal some interesting teases.

"The title is The Legend of Zelda," he explained. "Once you see the film, you'll understand why there isn't a subtitle. This is an original film based on the many stories, ideas, and concepts of the series, built up through the games over 40 years." He also teased that the Triforce will play a part in the new movie.

Directed by Wes Ball, the adaptation stars House of the Dragon's Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link and Renegade Nell's Bo Bragason as Zelda. It also stars Uli Latukefu as Ganondorf, Dichen Lachman as Impa, and Yvonne Strahovski as "a Queen character".

Speaking earlier this year to GamesRadar+, Ainsworth revealed he was a bit too young to play Breath of the Wild, possibly the best Zelda game of all time, when it was released in 2011, but he did watch a lot of playthroughs.

"Then, upon being fortunate enough to play this role, such an iconic character, going back and realizing the 40 years of legacy and history, and the varied tones, the varied stories, the varied renditions and vocal performances of this character as well," he explained of his preparation. "Yeah, I'm a big fan, and just really excited, because it was an awesome thing to shoot."

The Legend of Zelda movie is set to hit theaters worldwide on April 30, 2027. For more game-to-film adaptations, here's our guide to all the video game movies you need to know about.

The next trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero is here, and it's seriously epic.

In the clip, which you can watch above, mankind gears up for a second battle with the fearsome kaiju. This time, though, the trailer teases that "everything ends here" and that there will not be a third fight, meaning this is likely the last film we can expect in the series.

The trailer is filled with all the kaiju action you could want, too, including a mysterious, gravity-defying scene with Godzilla's blue atomic powers seeming to lift up some houses.

Most mysteriously of all, though, is the sound of a roar that very much sounds like King Ghidorah, before we see Godzilla falling. Looks like Godzilla might have met his match...

Godzilla Minus Zero sees the return of Ryunosuke Kamiki as Koichi and Minami Hamabe as Noriko. The first film was widely praised for its human story, so we can expect another emotional tale for this young couple and their adopted daughter in the sequel, as suggested by Noriko saying she doesn't have much time left.

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

Godzilla Minus Zero arrives on November 6 in the US, UK, and Ireland, and November 3 in Japan.

In the meantime, check out our guide to all the most exciting upcoming movies.

Star Wars fans are worried that another project is being left behind at Lucasfilm. It's been three years since a new solo movie starring Daisy Ridley as Rey was announced at Star Wars Celebration.

A director and writer were initially attached, as we heard some details on what the film would follow. Due to be set some 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker, it was going to see Rey rebuilding the Jedi Order.

However, since 2024, there has been very little news on the development of the project. The latest update from Ridley came in 2025 when she promised that "the wait will be worth it" as she spoke about the hurdles that films have to overcome to get made.

Despite that positive update, the Star Wars community is growing more certain that this movie won't ever make it off the page. Posting on Reddit, one wrote: "It's been over three years since Daisy Ridley was brought out at Celebration to announce the Rey movie and there isn't even a script written yet. Will this eventually come out? When can we expect to see Rey onscreen again?"

The response from other fans was pretty unanimous: this isn't a movie that's going to get made. "My rule for Star Wars content is that it doesn’t exist until there is a trailer AND release date," wrote one, while another added: "Probably never. Changing leadership can sideline projects."

They weren't alone either, with a third commenting: "Agree 100%. Daisy Ridley has been absolutely done dirty." Another simply put it: "This right here is probably the biggest issue with Star Wars. Announcements. Don't tell us you're making it, just make it."

Several Star Wars projects have been announced but not made it out of the development phase. Star Wars Rebels co-creator Simon Kinberg was due to make a Star Wars trilogy, Indiana Jones 5 director James Mangold was announced to be making a film set thousands of years before the Jedi, and Taika Waititi has long been linked to making his own movie set in a galaxy far, far away. Who knows if any of them will one day happen.

Currently, there are only two projects on the horizon for Star Wars that are definitely happening: Ahsoka season 2 has been filmed and arrives in January 20, 2027, and Ryan Gosling's Starfighter is set for a May 28, 2027 release date.

For all the announced Star Wars movies and shows on the horizon, here's our guide to new Star Wars.

Due to the rise of streaming and the effects of the pandemic, for a while it seemed that cinemas were in danger. But don't wave goodbye to the big screen just yet, as the past few months have marked the most successful season at the box office ever.

From May 1 to September 7, ticket sales in the US made $4.76 billion, according to Variety via Rentrak. This means that Summer 2026 was the highest-grossing summer season ever, breaking the record of $4.755 billion set in 2013 thanks to titles such as Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel.

It is true that inflation plays a part in this, and the fact that the summer season ran a little longer this year due to Labor Day landing on September 7. However, it cannot be denied that cinema really came alive this year. It's all thanks to titles such as Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which hit screens on July 31 and has earned $923 million in the US and $2.4 billion globally so far. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey also saw film fans flock to theaters in droves, pulling in $589 million in the US and $1.62 billion worldwide.

The season saw a few surprises too, such as Curry Barker's indie horror Obsession and Kane Parson's directorial debut Backrooms. Plus, big franchise sequels like Toy Story 5 and The Devil Wears Prada 2 saw great results. This summer also marked the first time ever that each month (May, June, July, August) generated over $1 billion, with August being the most successful, seeing $1.27 billion in ticket sales.

Rentrak’s head of marketplace trends, Paul Dergarabedian, says the attitude towards seeing movies is also shifting. "What makes this summer uniquely important and potentially pivotal is that, for many people, it may have been the season that reminded them just how much fun it is to go to the movies. That can inspire future moviegoing, create a new generation of theatergoers and, with so many great films still ahead, keep that momentum going."

Let's hope film fans keep showing up. The 'ber months have a few treats in store, starting with Zach Cregger's Resident Evil on September 18, followed by DCU's first all-out horror movie, Clayface, on October 23. Upcoming epics Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday will then see the year out in style, both arriving on December 18.

For more, keep up with movie release dates and upcoming movies on the way.

As Denis Villeneuve's 007 movie gets closer, it's certainly looking like the next James Bond has been cast.

One of the names floating around the rumor mill is Slow Horses star Jack Lowden, and his castmates have posted some cryptic teases that seem to position him as the frontrunner.

"It's been rumored that [Lowden] is on the shortlist," Jackson Lamb actor Gary Oldman told Canada's The Morning Show, per Variety. "We're going to find out pretty soon, aren't we? Because they have picked him. They have made their choice, but they have not announced it yet. So my fingers are crossed for Jack."

If that wasn't enough, James Callis, who plays Claude Whelan in the Apple TV show, posted a picture of Lowden on Instagram captioned: "He doesn't need my blessing – but he's got it in spades. (Saved my life! – in the park.)" He ended with: "My word is my bond."

Daniel Craig stepped down from the role after 2021's No Time to Die, and, since then, speculation has been rampant about who would pick up the license to kill next. However, a new Bond movie is finally in the works from Amazon MGM, so the rumors are picking up again as casting seeks the next 007.

Along with Lowden, other names said to be in contention include Callum Turner, Jack O'Connell, and Jacob Elordi.

Nothing is known about the new Bond movie just yet, though, since it's coming from Dune director Villeneuve, we can expect something very special.

While you wait for James Bond's return – and to find out if Lowden really has the role – check out our guide to all the most exciting upcoming movies.

After hitting the big screen this summer, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has become the second most successful superhero movie of all time, with many calling it the best Spider-Man movie since Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man 2. But what makes it so special? Well, Sony executive Tom Rothman thinks he has the answer.

"The reason that movie has resonated all around the world is because it’s about a lonely guy," said the CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Motion Picture Group to Variety. "It’s about friendship. It’s very human. It’s very emotional. It’s got plenty of whiz-bang, but that’s not what the secret is. The secret is it’s a relatable story that almost everybody has related to." Rothman added that it's "not so much a superhero film, but a ‘super-person’ film."

Welcoming back Tom Holland as the web-slinging hero, Brand New Day picks up five years after Spider-Man: No Way Home, when Doctor Strange erased the whole world's memory of Spider-Man, and, in turn, Peter Parker. Without his girlfriend MJ and best friend Ned, Parker lives a lonely life where he has no choice but to throw himself into full-time crime-fighting while his loved ones live their best lives at university. Parker doesn't even have Aunt May or Tony Stark to turn to.

Of course, the MCU has explored human struggle before, but Brand New Day really hits the nail on the head when it comes to the transition from high school to adult life. Although we cannot relate to the weight of responsibility that comes with Spider-Man's great power, we can all see ourselves in Parker. We are flung from comfort into adulthood, and not knowing your place in the world can be very isolating and scary. This is explored with Sadie Sink's Jean Grey too, whose yearning for family causes her to turn New York City on its head.

Brand New Day is approaching its sixth week in theaters, after premiering on July 29 in the UK and July 31 in the US. So far, the movie has earned a whopping $2.4 billion worldwide, as per Box Office Mojo, making it the second most successful superhero movie of all time. Avengers: Endgame still holds that title with $2.8 billion. However, Brand New Day remains in cinemas, so Spidey still has time to take the crown.

For more, check out our Spider-Man: Brand New Day review, our Spider-Man: Brand New Day ending explained, and our guide on how to watch Marvel movies in order.

Sebastian Stan may be one of the MCU's most beloved mainstays, having played Bucky Barnes since Captain America: The First Avenger back in 2011. However, the actor recently acknowledged he's never led a movie for Marvel, and apparently he has the perfect idea.

Stan said he pitched a "Sicario-esque" Winter Soldier film to Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige. "We keep a real small budget," he recalled in an interview with New York Magazine. "It's about a guy who thinks he recog­nizes someone from his past that had something to do with when, you know, he was brain­washed, and he gets obsessed with this per­son. He goes on a whole jour­ney to try to fig­ure out who this per­son is. It’s a thriller."

While the movie has yet to materialize, Stan added that Feige humored him, telling him, "'Yeah, that sounds cool!'" I've got to admit, I think it's an incredible pitch. Bucky has long been one of the best characters in the MCU, straddling the line between hero and villain. Thunderbolts* looked set to be a new opportunity for him to take the limelight, but instead he was underused.

Stan will be reprising the role as part of the New Avengers in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, but it's pretty unclear at the moment how much he'll be part of the story. Speaking earlier this year, he revealed that he'd never received the full script.

"We were just shooting scattered scenes," he explained. "It's a different way of working, continuous, constantly evolving. The producers didn't want us to read it in its entirety, to avoid journalists asking us questions."

Stan is busy filming The Batman 2 as well, where he'll be starring opposite Robert Pattinson's Caped Crusader. There's been no confirmation yet about who he's playing – and he refused to confirm it in the New York Magazine article too, but it's widely speculated that he'll be Harvey Dent.

For more on all the upcoming superhero movies on the way, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and upcoming DC movies.

The MCU's post-Avengers: Secret Wars slate is dominated by big hitters like X-Men, Ghost Rider and Black Panther 3, but one under-the-radar movie in development is Nova, about Nova Centurion Richard Rider. The Nova movie is still currently undated, but despite being years out, screenwriter Michael Waldron has dropped the first hint of what the movie might be about.

In the comics, Nova inherits the mantle of Nova Centurion when the last surviving member of the planet Xandar's elite Nova Corps, Rhomann Dey, dies. The Nova Corps, if you'll recall, are wiped out off-screen in the MCU before the events of Avengers: Infinity War by Thanos in pursuit of the Power Stone. According to Waldron, the destruction of the Nova Corps will need to be addressed in the Nova movie. "They would have to reckon with that. Yeah," Waldron told The Wrap.

Noting that "however we expand the cosmic side of the MCU will be really cool," suggesting that the Nova movie will do exactly that, Waldron touched on some of his favorite Nova comic runs. "Annihilation is, I mean, I guess that’s the go-to, right?" Waldron said, referring to the 2006 comic series. "But the character spans a lot of generations, and I think maybe that’s why it’s taken some time to get him to the screen, figuring out 'Where do you start that story?' Do you start him on Earth? Do you start in space, as part of the Nova Corps? Whoever does it, I hope they do a good job."

Waldron is couching his quotes with a few qualifiers here, as his upcoming Marvel movie isn't officially on the release schedule just yet. The best we have for the time being is Kevin Feige himself confirming that Nova would be a movie, and not a TV show, at San Diego Comic-Con 2026. And you can't blame Waldron for playing it safe given Marvel's zipped-lips policy.

"I don’t know if I can say anything about anything I’m doing with Marvel. But I will say, I love Nova. I love Rich Rider," Waldron said. Spoken like a person who's well aware of the consequences for breaking an NDA.

Since co-creating Loki, Waldron has become a go-to screenwriter for Marvel Studios. In the years since, he has penned Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and is a credited co-writer on Avengers: Doomsday, alongside Spider-Man regulars Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. Stephen McFeely is Doomsday's main writer. Despite having four credited writers, however, co-director Joe Russo recently said that Doomsday went into production without a finished script, as this allows "magic" to happen. Whatever you say, Joe.

Nova does not currently have a release date. Avengers: Doomsday releases on December 18. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else the MCU has in store.

Christopher Nolan's Greek myth epic The Odyssey is on its way to becoming Universal's highest-grossing movie ever.

The film has crossed the $1.6 billion mark at the box office, which puts it within touching distance of Universal's current highest-grossing movie, Jurassic World. The dino flick stands at $1.67 billion at the box office, while The Odyssey is closing in with $1.63 billion.

It's no surprise that The Odyssey is doing so well, considering IMAX 70mm screenings were extended to accommodate the huge demand.

The film follows Matt Damon's Odysseus on his mammoth journey home from the Trojan War, which puts him up against a cyclops, a sea monster, a massive whirlpool, man-eating giants, and a witch who likes to turn men into pigs. Meanwhile, his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) must fend off the suitors who want to marry her, led by Robert Pattinson's Antinous – while Odysseus and Penelope's son Telemachus (Tom Holland) sets off to seek news of his father.

The Odyssey beat The Dark Knight Rises to have the biggest opening weekend of Nolan's career, and it also beat Deadpool and Wolverine to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.

"What you're looking for is to bring something new to show something to the audience that maybe they haven't had the chance to experience before," Nolan previously told GamesRadar+ of the movie. "The Odyssey, ironically for a 3000-year-old foundational text, is a story really at the bottom of so many other stories that have followed it since. It underpins so much of movies, but it has never been done in modern cinema."

The Odyssey is in theaters now. For more, check out our The Odyssey review, or our The Odyssey beginner's guide for a background on Homer's epic.

Danny Boyle's latest movie, Ink, has just premiered at the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals, and the movie has caused something of a stir, as the credits disclose that the Trainspotting director used generative AI in the making of the movie. Now Boyle is explaining the movie's limited use cases, which included animating photographs and mice effects.

Ink, which stars 28 Years Later's Jack O'Connell as Sun newspaper editor Larry Lamb, and Guy Pearce as media magnate Rupert Murdoch, is a late-60s/early-70s-set biographical drama, so not the first place you might expect generative AI to be deployed. But speaking to Vanity Fair, Boyle explained both his thoughts on the use of AI, and precisely how it's been used in Ink.

"My opinion of it is it's a very useful tool, in many ways, provided you use it respectfully, and provided you pay actors if you're going to replace them with some kind of AI embodiments or something like that. So just like with any animation project or just as part of the VFX toolbox."

Boyle goes on to confirm "there's about 30 seconds" of generative AI use in Ink, seemingly blissfully unaware of the hornet's nest he's about to stir up. The controversial tech was used in two specific cases, according to Boyle.

"We animate a couple of old photographs, which you'll have seen online. The way that it does that, you can bring old photographs to life. And that's the kind of way we use it. Oh, and there's some mice, it's very good for animals. Because I got in trouble with PETA. We had some chimps at the beginning of 28 Days Later, and they wrote to me and said: 'You must never do that again.' And I haven't. And ever since, I've tried to use CG animals. But AI is very, very good at creating animals, and we got some mice in this one that run around the Sun newsroom."

So there you have it: photographs and mice. Precisely why Boyle couldn't hire a VFX studio and human visual effects artists to animate those old photographs or build those CG mice is currently unclear, as Boyle doesn't appear to have been pushed on the subject by Vanity Fair. Were the VFX artists that generative AI replaced in the making of Ink paid in the same way that Boyle claims actors need to be compensated? I'm betting not.

It's a disappointing position for a trailblazing British filmmaker to take. Prior to Ink, Boyle brought the rage virus back to the big screen in 28 Years Later. A third film in the trilogy, 28 Years Later 3, has yet to be confirmed after the second film, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, flopped at the box office. If a Gen AI-filled third 28 Years Later film is what we have to look forward to, maybe it's better left unmade.

Ink releases in US theaters on December 11, and on Netlix in the US and in UK cinemas from January 8. For more, check out our list of the most exciting upcoming movies heading your way.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton has revealed that he had to ask Kevin Feige to use the Hulk in the Marvel Phase 6 movie.

Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner has a brief but impactful role in the movie, giving Peter Parker some advice – and later Hulking out thanks to Sadie Sink's Jean Grey and her mind-control powers.

"Kevin's not necessarily ever pushing things on us," Cretton commented on NPR's Fresh Air podcast, while discussing bringing Jean Grey into the movie. "Once we know what we want, we have to go to him and ask, like, 'Is that going to work? Can we use this character in our movie?' The same with Hulk, too. We had to ask Kevin. It made sense to our movie to have the Hulk, it wasn't a mandate to put him in. We had to request, and Kevin let us do it."

Brand New Day picks up with Peter Parker in the aftermath of the No Way Home ending, which erased him from the memories of everyone he knows. That means the new film is more of a grounded, emotional tale dealing with Peter's loneliness.

"When we made Brand New Day, we set out saying, 'Well, we'll never make more than No Way Home, never make it bigger than No Way Home. So, let's just go deeper and make it special," Feige previously said during a panel at this year's D23 celebrating 65 years of Spider-Man, attended by GamesRadar+.

"And I have a memory, we were on set of No Way Home, which of course was about Tobey [Maguire] and Andrew [Garfield] and Tom, three Spider-Men together," he continued. "How do you get bigger than three Spider-Men together? Well, sitting on a golf cart outside the set were Zendaya and Jacob [Batalon] and Tom. And it occurred to me, looking at those three, that that trio is as iconic as the three Spider-Men. And now Brand New Day has proved that."

Brand New Day is in theaters now. For more, check out our Spider-Man: Brand New Day review, or see our guide on how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

Adria Arjona is almost certainly playing Wonder Woman in Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, but the Andor star continues to be grilled about the likely identity of her mystery character while on the promo tour for A24 horror-thriller Onslaught.

Speaking to Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Arjona dropped a couple more tidbits about her entry into the DCU Chapter One, without outright blowing the worst-kept-secret in superhero casting since Sadie Sink was forced to keep schtum about playing Jean Grey for months on end.

First, Arjona knew which character she was auditioning for from the beginning, which isn't always the case with secrecy-shrouded superhero projects (for example, VisionQuest's Tommy Shepherd star previously auditioned for an MCU role, but still doesn't know which one). Arjona responded to a direct question about whether she knew the character she was auditioning for with a simple, "Yeah."

The grilling continued, with some light-teasing about the idea she could be playing Maxima. Many have taken the suggestion that Arjona – a major up-and-coming star – could be playing a character as obscure as Maxima, and going to significant lengths in the gym to bulk up, as a clear smoke-screen for the truth: she's the DCU's Diana Prince. So what did Arjona make of her mystery character's costume?

"I love my costume," Arjona said, barely keeping things together at this stage. "Really like my costume. Both great costumes. Both characters [Wonder Woman and Maxima], if you are a fan of the comics. They have great costumes."

To be fair to Arjona, it's an impossible position to be put in, and as she freely admits: "I'm sworn to secrecy and I don't like secrets. I hate secrets. I'm so bad at them!" In all likelihood, Arjona is set to appear fleetingly in Man of Tomorrow, so it might be better to announce what we all know, now the cat is well and truly out of the bag.

That said, everyone involved swore blind that Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire's Peter Parkers weren't in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and that worked out pretty well for all involved, as did keeping Sadie Sink's Jean Grey under wraps, given Spider-Man: Brand New Day looks set to finish its theatrical run as the highest-grossing movie ever at the US box office. Maybe there's something to be said for secrets after all.

Man of Tomorrow recently wrapped filming ahead of its planned Summer 2027 release. The movie sees David Corenswet's Kal-El and Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor team up to face an even greater threat in Brainiac (Lars Eidinger). The movie is set to be something of a crossover event for the DCU, with Milly Alcock's Supergirl, Aaron Pierre's Green Lantern John Stewart, and Adria Arjona's, ahem, unconfirmed character all set to appear.

Man of Tomorrow releases in theaters on July 9. For more upcoming superhero movies, here's our complete guide to new DC movies and shows on the way in 2026 and beyond.

It sounds like the almost six-year wait will be well worth it, as Bruce Wayne star Robert Pattinson says that The Batman 2 is very different from the first movie.

"It’s just amazing. It’s quite a radical change to the script," said Pattinson at the Venice Film Festival (via MYmovies), noting that the sequel goes into "another tonally different direction… even when I'm just looking at the playback on certain things, it looks different to the first one."

Pattinson added, "It's difficult to reinvent Batman as this new thing... I think Matt is the only person who anybody would allow to do it because it’s like a really radical retelling of Batman and I think people are gonna be excited by it. According to the star, both DC Studios and Warner Bros are totally "behind" Reeves' vision.

Reeves and co are keeping a tight lid on the upcoming sequel, which is currently filming in Glasgow, Scotland. However, although leaked set images and videos have revealed that not much has changed in terms of the design of the Batmobile and Bat's suit, a flurry of new faces have joined in on the fun. This includes Sebastian Stan, who fans think is either playing Harvey Dent or serial killer Victor Zsasz, and Scarlett Johansson, who may or may not be Poison Ivy.

Pattinson's comments have convinced fans that the "radical change" could be a hint at Batman joining the DCU. "Yup, he’s the DCU Batman, thank God," said one fan on Twitter, and another added, "So basically they’re trying to make Batman fit into the DCU?" As it stands, Reeves' Batman movies are not part of James Gunn's DCU: Chapter One. However, Gunn's Batman movie The Brave and the Bold has yet to find its star.

But other fans think that Pattinson is simply talking about how Reeves might be taking risks with the sequel. "First one was fire," added another fan. "If different means differently cool, I‘m down." It is no secret that The Batman: Part II hasn't had the easiest road to release. The movie has been delayed multiple times until it finally landed on an early 2028 release. With such a long wait between the two films, fans are certainly expecting something big.

The Batman 2 is set to hit theaters on February 18, 2028. For more, check out our guide on how to watch the DC movies in order, and keep up with other upcoming DC movies and shows.

Don't miss out on The Mandalorian Lego special. The delightful animated short has arrived on Disney Plus (alongside its live-action big sibling, The Mandalorian and Grogu), and, while it might not be canon, it is a laugh-out-loud, joyful 45 minutes every Star Wars fan needs to tune in for.

The special has an adorable premise: Din Djarin's pals have thrown him a party – and it's not even his birthday! – which he begrudgingly attends with baby Grogu. While the duo are there in their party hats, a gang of their closest friends retell their story so far, all the way up to the events of the new movie.

The result is an irreverent, self-referential blast – exactly what you'd expect from a Lego special – that's also pretty much a perfect way to recap the Disney Plus show. What more could you ask for?

Getting the band back together

Probably the biggest selling point of any Lego special is just how damn hilarious they are, and The Mandalorian's is no different. The 45-minute runtime is packed with jokes that poke gentle fun at The Mandalorian and Star Wars as a whole, including Mando and Grogu's reunion taking place in a different series, IG-11's tendency to go straight for self-destruct mode, and Luke Skywalker having no luck with his Jedi students. I got to watch the special at this year's D23 in a crowd of Star Wars fans that laughed at every gag, and it only enhanced the experience.

The wacky premise doesn't just allow for laughs, too: it also gets the whole Mando gang back together again. There are cameos aplenty in the special, which means original actors return to their roles. Listen out for Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett, Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon, Amy Sedaris as Peli Motto, Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze, Timothy Olyphant as Cobb Vanth, and even Bill Burr as Migs Mayfeld (he's on hand to recount the events of season 2, which, he points out, he witnessed a whole 20% of).

Of course, any Mandalorian project – Lego or not – needs to include its fair share of heartwarming Clan of Two moments. The special doesn't just recreate the tearjerking scenes you know and love from the show (the special's version of Mando and Grogu's goodbye in the season 2 finale did indeed remind me of how many tears I shed back in December 2020), but it also includes a few new moments of its own. Highlights include Mando urging Grogu to make his signature cooing sound more intimidating if he's going to be a bounty hunter, Grogu using the Force to levitate a party hat onto Mando's beskar helmeted head, and Grogu having his own miniature steering wheel in the Razor Crest. If you've been missing Din Djarin and Din Grogu since their big-screen outing earlier this year, then you can't go wrong with the Lego special.

Assembled with love

The special is also set after The Mandalorian and Grogu on the Star Wars timeline, as revealed by the Razor Crest's distinctive yellow paint – and an appearance from Zeb Orrelios to tell this part of the story, before he's interrupted. Of course, Lego releases aren't Star Wars canon, so nothing that happens in this special is actually part of the saga's ongoing story. But, it does give a nice window into the kind of life you'd like to imagine Mando and Grogu living in between missions for the New Republic. What better way to spend their downtime than a party with friends?

And, while it might not be canon, and the premise is indeed silly fun, every second of the special makes it obvious that it was made with clear, reverent love for The Mandalorian and Star Wars as a whole. The story goes beyond just a party, encompassing Mando's growth across his tale so far as he comes to accept he's no longer a loner. Yes, this Lego special gets pretty deep, in between all the fun.

At the moment, it's unclear when we'll see Din Djarin and Din Grogu again, as nothing has been confirmed about their future (either in The Mandalorian season 4 or another movie). So, while we wait to be reunited with the Clan of Two, there's no better way to pass the time than with Lego Star Wars: The Mandalorian.

Lego Star Wars: The Mandalorian is streaming on Disney Plus now. See what else the galaxy far, far away has in store with our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows.

A sequel to Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is still in the works... but it needs a new home.

"I think Hasbro is a big believer in it, and if they can figure out a studio partner to make it work, they’ll want to proceed," co-director John Francis Daley said on The Discourse Podcast.

The 2023 movie, written and directed by Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, follows a bard named Edgin Darvis (Chris Pine) and barbarian Holga Kilgore (Rodriguez), who enlist a team of unlikely heroes – including a half-elf wild magic sorcerer (Justice Smith), a tiefling druid (Sophia Lillis), a rogue (Hugh Grant), and a paladin (Rege-Jean Page) – in order to steal an ancient and powerful relic.

It currently sits at a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, but only grossed $205 million against its $150 million budget. It's highly likely that Paramount didn't see this as a win, and therefore decided to drop the sequel they had initially ordered.

Daley continued: "Yes, there are practical realities with the finance contingent, and who knows if it ever gets made, but we were proud of the sequel script and hope that at some point it does find a path."

It's worth noting that Shawn Levy's Forgotten Realms series was ordered, and then cancelled at Netflix due to cost concerns. Dungeons and Dragons adaptations are expensive, y'all.

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is streaming now on Paramount Plus. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming video game adaptations you need to know about.

Adria Arjona is determined to still keep Man of Tomorrow's worst kept secret, unveiling her intense training for the Superman sequel. While there has been no official announcement about who she's playing, it's heavily speculated that the Andor actor is actually joining the DCU as Wonder Woman.

The rumor mill will show no signs of abating either after she's shared her new training regimen for the film. In a video for Women's Health, Arjona revealed she is "training now for a specific project," referencing her part in Man of Tomorrow. It's a pretty insane schedule that involves her doing cardio for 45 minutes, followed by two hours of weight training, before doing six rounds of boxing.

"It's a job," she explains. "I'm really enjoying it. I'm enjoying the transformation but it's hard work. I've never felt stronger but it's hard. Well I think the excitement of playing the woman I'm playing gives me everything I need to wake up. It's exhausting but it's all for the better good."

Arjona joined Man of Tomorrow earlier this year with reports she was either starring as Maxima or Wonder Woman. James Gunn has been on the defensive, denying that she's starring as Maxima, but there has been no official reveal about who she will be playing.

It seems pretty obvious that she's been training for a big role in the film, and given we've had no Wonder Woman announced yet, our money is on that part. We think DC is trying to follow Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day plan and not reveal its major character until it hits theaters.

In the meantime, former Wonder Woman Gal Gadot has shared her well wishes to whoever is taking on the part next.

DC is currently airing Lanterns on HBO Max and next up in theaters is Clayface. Man of Tomorrow follows on July 9, 2027. For more upcoming superhero movies, here's our complete guide to new DC movies and shows on the way in 2026 and beyond.

In a bizarre turn of events, it looks like the new trailer for upcoming anime Sekiro: No Defeat actually contains a huge spoiler, and the show's director Kenichi Kutsuna has told fans not to watch it.

Ahead of its Japanese theatrical release, Sekiro: No Defeat shared a new one-minute teaser on September 3, titled 'The Battle in the Silvergrass Fields.' However, it seems as though the new clip contains footage that hadn't previously been approved by the filmmaker. So, Kutsuna took matters into his own hands and warned fans against the teaser, telling viewers to wait and see the new anime movie in cinemas instead.

"I know it’s probably too late, but a scene which – while not a plot spoiler per se, contains a cinematic reveal that really shouldn’t be spoiled – has been uploaded online," said Kutsuna on Twitter. "[My] wish is for audiences to go to the theater without having seen that video."

Kutsuna later followed up, adding that the trailer, which he describes as an "unfortunate incident," was "caused by the negligence of the production company Arch." The director states that Kadokawa Corporation is not to blame, even though the video was also posted on KADOKAWAanime's YouTube. Kutsuna has asked fans to direct any complaints to Arch, leaving the complaint form in his Twitter replies.

As Kutsuna states, the teaser doesn't actually spoil the plot, but it seems pretty clear that "cinematic reveal" is Wolf losing his arm to Genichiro (explaining why he later uses the Shinobi Prosthetic). The clip gives us a closer look at a fight scene between Wolf and Genichiro, skip the last few seconds if you want to save the limb-lopping moment for your first watch.

If not, the official Sekiro: No Defeat trailer was actually released in March, which seems perfectly safe to watch.

Adapted from FromSoftware’s hit video game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Sekiro: No Defeat follows a loyal shinobi named Wolf who sets out to rescue a young lord named Kuro and, in turn, save the land of Ashina. No Defeat is actually an anime series, but the condensed theatrical version is out in Japanese cinemas for a three -week limited release starting from September 4.

The Sekiro: No Defeat show does not yet have a release date, but is planned to stream on Crunchyroll. For more, check out our picks for the best anime movies you should be watching right now, and keep up with other new anime on the way.

Stephen King has shouted out an upcoming horror movie... and it isn't based on one of his novels.

"There's a movie coming on Shudder in October called The Cycle," King wrote on Twitter. "I don't usually pump up horror movies (unless they are mine, haha), but this is special. Put it on your calendar."

The Cycle stars Deborah Ann Woll as Meg, a woman who begins to unravel her father's dark past after his body, missing for 36 years, is suddenly discovered at a horrific crime scene. The cast includes Jeffrey Donovan, Gretchen Corbett, Will Hochman, Dana Millican, Phillip Andrew Botello, Jack Doolan, Trevor Newlin, Don Keith Opper, and Carl W. Crudup. You can watch the trailer above, which is crackly, fleshy, and crunchy... all appropriate sounds for what appears to be a reanimated corpse. We're not sure if something supernaturally sinister is afoot, or if it's all in Meg's mind.

The film was directed by Jordan Downey (V/H/S Beyond), who expressed gratitude at King's post: "There’s not a time in my life where Stephen King wasn’t present, influencing every single facet of my movie upbringing. So to see the Master of Horror commenting on a movie I directed, one that’s a love letter to his work, is almost impossible to comprehend. I am so lucky."

The Cycle hits Shudder on October 23. For more, check out our list of all the upcoming movies you need to know about in 2026 and beyond, or, check out our list of movie release dates.

A movie based on the point-and-click adventure game The Drifter is on the way from Story Kitchen, the studio behind the billion-dollar Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise.

The Drifter, created by Australian indie game studio Powerhoof, follows an unhoused man named Mick Carter who, after abandoning his wife some years earlier, returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral and becomes trapped in a deadly time loop after witnessing a brutal murder. The player controls Mick and solves puzzles all while using a minimal inventory system.

Per Deadline, the project already has "top writers and directors" reaching out to sell their pitch. The report also suggests that Sony is coming in hot off the hype and anticipation for Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie, which hits theaters on September 18.

The Drifter was released in 2025 for Nintendo Switch and Steam, and won several Australian Game Developer Awards, including one for Game of the Year.

Story Kitchen is currently working on Prime Video's Tomb Raider series, as well as the live-action Life is Strange TV series, and a movie based on the point-and-click game Broken Sword. Movies based on A Just Cause and Streets of Rage are also in the works. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 began filming back in May.

The Drifter does not yet have a release date. For more, check out our list of the most exciting upcoming movies in 2026 and beyond, or check out our list of movie release dates. For even more, head over to our guide for all the upcoming video game movies.

The Flash went through several iterations before it made it to the screen, including one version written by Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. However, it seems like their version would have featured a pretty different take on Batman.

Goldstein was recently asked if anything from their script ended up in the final cut. "An element of him and his slightly younger self embarking on the journey together", he told The Playlist. "Everything else was kind of different. We had a version where Bruce Wayne never became Batman."

He went on to explain: "So he was just this sort of billionaire party boy who's aimless and doesn't know what to do with his life. And we love the idea of sort of thrusting him into a hero position. That is not in the film. They made it Michael Keaton's Batman. So not a lot survived."

In the final movie, Keaton's Caped Crusader appeared when The Flash accidentally travelled to an alternate universe when trying to go back in time to save his mother. This version of the character, from the Tim Burton Batman movies, is actually retired and reluctant to get back involved with superhero shenanigans.

Although, I feel like Goldstein's version would have made a lot more sense as in the alternate reality that Barry Allen returns to, superheroes like Superman and Aquaman don't exist (Supergirl, you'll recall, is locked away). The film explains Batman's continued existence by the fact that he's not an enhanced being like the others, but it is still a bit confusing.

While not currently part of the DCU, a new version of Batman is on its way. James Gunn and Peter Safran are still planning a Batman movie called The Brave and the Bold, but it's not yet clear who will play the iconic character. In the DC Elseworlds, Matt Reeves is bringing back Robert Pattinson in The Batman 2, which is currently filming.

For more upcoming superhero movies, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies on the way.

The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau has talked about his working relationship with Dave Filoni, and how the film and Disney Plus show reflect it.

"I think the show and the film is a reflection of our partnership," Favreau told Filoni, on the official The Mandalorian and Grogu podcast. "Like two musicians who play together. It changes the way we play, I think. And it makes me feel very comfortable when I get to tell stories with you."

Filoni was in agreement. "We come together and we do some things a little separately, then I bring you things to watch, which is always super helpful," he said. "Because that's the other thing, too, especially if we're shooting separately at times, we see what the other shot, you get those fresh eyes to look at something. And you are, in a lot of ways, the ultimate audience member. Because if you don't understand it, you'll tell me."

Filoni, who is the co-president of Lucasfilm, directed the puppet unit on The Mandalorian and Grogu, and he also directed multiple episodes of The Mandalorian TV show.

Next up for Star Wars is Filoni's Ahsoka season 2, which dropped its first trailer at this year's D23. It teased the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn to the galaxy, Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker back as a Force ghost to guide Ahsoka Tano, and Ezra Bridger back in action.

Ahsoka season 2 arrives on January 20, while The Mandalorian and Grogu and the official podcast are streaming on Disney Plus now.

Check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows for everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store.

The Runner is not winning over critics as it sprints onto Prime Video. The new action thriller starring Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot debuted to just 9% on Rotten Tomatoes, becoming the actor's lowest-ranked movie.

Directed by Kevin Macdonald, the movie stars Gadot as an attorney who must race through London on the orders of a mysterious caller to save her abducted son. Damien Lewis also stars in the movie, which is now available to stream on Prime Video.

The Guardian gives it just two stars, adding: "Intelligence might not be what one would expect here, which is somewhat acceptable in B-movie territory such as this, but the lack of excitement is hard to forgive."

"The Runner's slick design and technical contributions do not transcend the outward packaging for a potboiler with scant substance beneath," writes Variety's Dennis Harvey as IGN's Scott Collura calls it "a mid-tier movie drop" that is ultimately "unsatisfying".

Meanwhile, Daniel Hart of Ready Steady Cut calls the film a "career low" for Gadot, writing that "The Runner is a flat, amateurish thriller that wastes a promising premise on cheap direction and zero suspense."

Not all the reviews are bad. Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter argues: "Movies such as these are all about suspension of disbelief, and The Runner keeps a fast enough pace that we don’t wind up asking too many questions."

On the press tour for the new film, Gadot has been making headlines about her Wonder Woman exit. The star, who played the superhero in the DCEU, says she wasn't told the full picture by James Gunn and Peter Safran when they took over as DC Studios CEOs.

However, as a new Wonder Woman is rumored to debut in Man of Tomorrow, she's sending her best wishes to her replacement.

The Runner is available to stream on Prime Video now. For more, check out our guides to the best Amazon movies of all time.

Industrial Light & Magic animation supervisor Hal Hickel says that impossibly sweet scene in The Mandalorian and Grogu where Rotta and Grogu play together on the beach meant a lot to director Jon Favreau (and me, personally).

"That was maybe the most important scene to Jon. It's the heart of the whole movie for him," Hickel told StarWars.com.

The scene is a moment of stillness in the movie, and it comes shortly after Rotta the Hutt (voiced by Jeremy Allen White) is rescued by Mando from almost being killed in a rotten deal that kept him trapped as a fighter in order to entertain the people of Shakari. Grogu and Rotta simply pass a ball back and forth, and it seems like the worst is over.

Not only that, but also, the scene represents how Rotta never really got the chance to be a playful, carefree kiddo, thanks to being related to the absolutely terrifying and terrible Hutt family. So we love a multi-layered moment that makes us cry a little.

As there likely won't be another season of The Mandalorian, it's unclear when we'll see Rotta the Hutt again. Next up for Star Wars is Ahsoka season 2, which hits Disney Plus in the new year.

The Mandalorian and Grogu is streaming on Disney Plus now, and you can read our guide to all the other The Mandalorian and Grogu Easter eggs through the link.

For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows, or our The Mandalorian and Grogu review.

The themed popcorn trend continues, but this time around it's a bit more practical. Regal and has unveiled a special popcorn bucket to celebrate the release of Resident Evil... and you can put your organs, or, uh, water bottle, in it.

The upcoming movie follows a medical courier named Bryan who is in the process of making a delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital when an outbreak forces him to fight for his life. The bucket, which you can see below, is indeed a medical courier bag that also looks like the "Insert First Aid Kit" box from the Resident Evil Remake video game. Best part? It's insulated! So you can use it for popcorn, sure, but you can also take it to the park or the beach. It also might keep a spleen on ice for a while. We love having options.

Zach Cregger directs from a screenplay he wrote with Army of the Dead scribe Shay Hatten. The cast includes Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser.

We can expect to see a lot more game imagery and Easter eggs in the film, especially given the fact that Cregger is a big fan of the franchise (so much so that he made the brave mistake of playing Resident Evil: Village in VR) and we've already seen certain shots from the film stylized in first-person POV.

Resident Evil hits theaters on September 18. For more, check out our guide to upcoming horror movies, or, check out the ever-growing list of video game movies.

While Han Solo doesn't appear in The Mandalorian and Grogu, a sneaky, unintentional Easter egg referencing him does – and it involves Rotta the Hutt.

In the original trilogy, Han was in a lot of trouble with Rotta's dad, Jabba the Hutt. In one scene in the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars: A New Hope, Jabba even comes to speak with Han by the Millennium Falcon while it's docked in Mos Eisely. During this chat, Han walks over Jabba's tail, which Jabba doesn't seem too pleased about.

In The Mandalorian and Grogu, Rotta fights Din Djarin in a gladatorial ring, and everything comes full circle...

"It goes by super fast, but there is actually a moment during their fight when Mando circles behind Rotta, steps on his tail to get a little height, and then knocks his arm out of the way," Industrial Light & Magic animation supervisor Hal Hickel told StarWars.com.

"We didn't put that in there as a wink to the original gag, but still – it's like poetry, it rhymes," he added.

Even though the call back wasn't on purpose, it certainly is a nice parallel between father and son – though, of course, Rotta is pretty adamant that he's nothing like his dad.

Next up for Star Wars is Ahsoka season 2, which lands on Disney Plus on January 20. The first trailer was finally unveiled to the public at this year's D23, and it features Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Grand Admiral Thrawn going up against the New Republic, and Ezra Bridger back in action.

The Mandalorian and Grogu is streaming on Disney Plus now, and you can read our guide to all the other The Mandalorian and Grogu Easter eggs through the link.

For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows, or our The Mandalorian and Grogu review.

Co-director of Avengers: Doomsday, Joe Russo, has addressed going into production on the Marvel Phase 6 film without a finished script.

The movie was originally set to be Avengers: The Kang Dynasty; however Marvel pivoted away after Jonathan Majors was convicted of assault. The Russos took over, and shooting began without a finished script.

However, according to Joe Russo, that's not necessarily a drawback. "We always view the script as a living organism," Joe told AP News. "We're improvisation-based, rehearsal-based directors. We like to see what the actors bring to the characters, and sometimes you don't get the actors until a few days or few weeks before you shoot them. And a lot of the time, that's when the magic happens."

The supersized Doomsday cast list includes Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, the Thunderbolts, the Fantastic Four, Letitia Wright's Shuri, Tom Hiddleston's Loki, and, of course, Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom.

"Honestly, I have absolutely no idea because we didn't even have a script," Bucky Barnes actor Sebastian Stan revealed, when asked by Le Journal du Dimanche what to expect from Doomsday. "We were just shooting scattered scenes. It's a different way of working, continuous, constantly evolving. The producers didn't want us to read it in its entirety, to avoid journalists asking us questions."

But, Nightcrawler actor Alan Cumming did lay eyes on a script. "We eventually saw a script. It took a while, but we had a script," he told ET.

"Yeah, I did read a full script, but those scripts change quite a bit. You know what? Probably not, it probably didn't have a full, like, third act. I don't think it had an ending. I don't think anyone gets to see that stuff," The Thing star Ebon Moss-Bachrach told the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

Avengers: Doomsday arrives this December 18. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else the MCU has in store.

Resident Evil director Zach Cregger says the giant fetus in Resident Evil: Village gave him a panic attack, and I totally understand.

"So I played [Resident Evil: Village] in VR, and as an adult I've never really noped out of anything," Cregger explained at a special Q&A event where the first 30 minutes of the new film were aired. "But playing Resident Evil 8 in VR... you go into that doll's house in the basement, and you've got that mannequin person on the operating table, and then you're going down these dark passages in that thing, and then there's this gigantic baby that is chasing you through the dark."

The baby in question is a deformed fetus that says "mama" and "dada" and a plethora of other creepy sounds. In virtual reality, the baby is quite literally behind you... and it's the worst.

"And the sounds that it makes are so fucking scary, and I'm in VR, I'm in the garage, and I'm having a full-blown panic attack," Cregger continued. "And for the first time in my adult life, I had to take it off and just be like, 'I'm gonna take a break. I'm gonna go eat some candy or something. And then I'm gonna come back and try this again. I mean, that is legitimately terrifying."

From what we've seen in the trailers, there aren't any giant baby monsters in Cregger's Resident Evil... though there are some pretty cool first-person POV shots that truly emulate the games. The upcoming movie stars Austin Abrams (Euphoria, Weapons) as a medical courier who is in the process of making a delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital when an outbreak forces him to fight for his life.

Cregger directs from a screenplay he penned with Shay Hatten. Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser also star.

Resident Evil hits theaters on September 18. For more, check out our guide to upcoming horror movies, or, check out the ever-growing list of video game movies.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is widely considered to be one of the best outings of the entire franchise, and a lot of that is down to the vision that Alfonso Cuarón brought to the franchise. The auteur, who is also behind films like Y tu mamá también, Gravity, and Children of Men, brought a unique take on one of the darkest Potter books, and it really paid off.

Fans of the franchise have long wondered why he didn't return to direct any more of the movies. Now, producer David Heyman has elaborated on this, explaining the answer is pretty simple.

"We asked Alfonso if he wanted to do the fourth, and he said, 'Cabrón,'" Heyman said on Harry Potter: The Official Film Podcast, referencing a Spanish slang term. "I think he was exhausted. I look at pictures of Alfonso from then – Alfonso is one of my best friends, and he's my son’s godfather, and I love him. But I look at him from then, and I just look [at him]… Because he was exhausted."

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire went on to be directed by Four Weddings and a Funeral helmer Mike Newell. He only signed on for one movie, also, before passing the baton to David Yates, who directed the final four films.

Heyman was speaking as part of the Harry Potter: Official Film Podcast, which is set to turn into the official series podcast when the HBO Max series begins airing this Christmas. The new show will adapt Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in its first season, before tackling a new book with each subsequent season.

You can watch the Harry Potter movies on HBO Max. For more, check out our guides to the best shows on HBO Max to stream now.

The Mandalorian and Grogu are coming home. Four months after the Star Wars film brought the saga back to the big screen for the first time in seven years, the Razor Crest is touching down on Disney Plus this September 2.

The film arrived a lengthy three years after its (less well-received) third season and didn't quite set the box office on fire. It scored a reasonably low 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, and many have questioned the wisdom of turning a streaming show into a theatrical movie – or criticized the film for focusing on a standalone adventure story rather than weaving in the wider galaxy.

Still, despite it all, I firmly believe there was no better film to kickstart Star Wars's theatrical comeback than The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Welcome back

That might seem like a nuclear take, but I have my reasons. Personally, I simply loved the movie: an all-grown-up Rotta the Hutt became my surprise MVP; Grogu, continuing to grow into his Mandalorian and Jedi potential, was a delight; and I thought the whole thing was a good old-fashioned, fun adventure tale with cool and creepy critters, spectacular action set-pieces, and all the heartwarming Clan of Two moments you could ask for.

I'm not alone in this, either: the film was well-liked by the audiences who showed up for Din Djarin and Din Grogu, with a healthy 86% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and an A- CinemaScore on opening night. The box office may have been a somewhat underwhelming $345.8 million (though, on a budget of $165 million, that's not a total disaster), but the film succeeded elsewhere. It returned us to the Mando-verse era of the Star Wars timeline just in time for Ahsoka season 2, and it also seemed to give the three seasons of the flagship show a boost: The Mandalorian was Disney Plus's third most-watched original series in the first half of 2026 with 2.4 billion minutes viewed, according to Luminate. That's particularly noteworthy considering the show hasn't released a new episode in three years.

Aside from the film deserving a much warmer reception and boosting the show's streaming fortunes, though, it was also the right choice for getting audiences used to Star Wars as a theatrical experience again. Seven long years have passed since The Rise of Skywalker, and, in that time, the franchise has released a whole host of Disney Plus shows. Like Marvel, this seems to have contributed to a certain dilution of the franchise, with every new Star Wars project no longer feeling like an unmissable event – unthinkable even 10 years ago – regardless of each show's quality. But, despite the more lukewarm reception to season 3, Mando and Grogu have remained instantly recognizable Star Wars icons, even though they originated on streaming themselves. Choosing this duo to launch Star Wars's return to theaters made total sense.

While the film drew criticism for its self-contained story, going in such a standalone direction was also a wise move. There's nothing more off-putting than feeling like you need to do your homework before you head to the theater, after all. And, since the film is so self-contained, it's also primed to be a new generation's introduction to Star Wars.

Maybe most importantly for the saga at large, though, The Mandalorian and Grogu set the stage for Star Wars: Starfighter. Any film tasked with bringing Star Wars back to the big screen was going to face a great deal of scrutiny – and the pressure of high expectations – but, now that Mando has broken that barrier already, Starfighter has something of a clearer runway.

Next moves

Judging by The Mandalorian's streaming boost, it's likely that the movie will do very well on Disney Plus. In the wake of The Mandalorian and Grogu's theatrical performance, it's hard to imagine Disney and Lucasfilm won't pivot when it comes to its theatrical slate. I would bet that Dave Filoni's movie, announced at Star Wars Celebration 2023 and set to tie together the Disney Plus shows, will be reconfigured into a streaming event (most likely an Heir to the Empire-style showdown against Grand Admiral Thrawn, considering the Ahsoka season 2 trailer).

The future of Star Wars on the small screen seems less certain, with nothing live-action confirmed past Ahsoka. It's doubtful that Lucasfilm will abandon TV entirely, but I expect the days of multiple Star Wars shows a year are long behind us.

But for the saga's return to the big screen, I'm glad Lucasfilm chose The Mandalorian and Grogu. If nothing else, the film was a fun few hours at the theater this summer, and it reunited me with two of my favorite Star Wars guys. This is the way.

The Mandalorian and Grogu is streaming on Disney Plus now. See what else the galaxy far, far away has in store with our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows, or check out our The Mandalorian and Grogu review.

A new Street Fighter trailer has arrived, and while it's a bit less action-comedy in tone than the first, it sure as heck brings the drama and some of the coolest fighting moves from the video games to life.

The brief clip, which can be viewed above, leans heavily into Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken's (Noah Centineo) tumultuous relationship and begins with an all-out fight. It's Chun-Li (Callina Liang) who encourages Ryu to enter the World Warrior Tournament, and it's all with the intent of taking down the impossibly evil M. Bison (David Dastmalchian). There's also a pretty cool part where E. Honda (Hirooki Goto) does basically every single one of his video game moves in a 10-second span after we saw Ryu do his signature fireball move in the first trailer.

Per the official logline, behind the World Warrior Tournament lies a conspiracy forcing Ryu and Ken to take on both each other and the demons of their past. Kitao Sakurai directs from a screenplay penned by T. J. Fixman and Sakurai himself, with a story by Gary Dauberman and Dalan Musson.

The cast includes Cody Rhodes as Guile, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Balrog, Jason Momoa as Blanka, Orville Peck as Vega, Andrew Schulz as Dan, and Mel Jarnson as Cammy. Danny and Michael Philippou, who were initially signed on to direct, also have a pretty cool cameo.

Street Fighter releases in theaters on October 16. For more, check out our list of upcoming video game movies and our ranking of the best video game movies.

Robert Pattinson says filming fight choreography for The Batman 2 has him "feeling his age," though I'd argue that 40 is still pretty young.

"I’m definitely feeling my age when fighting a lot," Pattinson told GQ. "I'm literally like, 'Goddamn, this is significantly harder than it used to be.' But it’s really fun. And I think the movie’s going to be pretty great. It’s got a really, really fun cast, but it’s a marathon."

The Batman hit theaters back in 2022, with The Batman 2 slated for an October 2025 release date. Well, that came and went, but luckily filming is currently underway in Glasgow, Scotland. There have also been numerous set leaks that look pretty dang cool, the most recent being an all-out car chase with the Batmobile vs. Gotham PD.

We still don't know what the movie is about, though we do know that it picks up a few weeks after The Penguin season 1 (and Colin Farrell will indeed be returning as Oz Cobblepot). Sebastian Stan has been rumored to play Harvey Dent aka Two-Face, but his shaved head on set seems to indicate he may be playing villain Victor Zsasz instead... Either way, Pattinson can't start feeling old yet as we need him for at least three more Batman movies. Though the DCU will have to cast its own Batman soon, as Pattinson's Bruce Wayne exists as part of the Elseworlds universe...

The Batman 2 is set to (finally) hit theaters on October 1, 2027. For more, check out our ranking of the best Batman movies, and keep up with upcoming DC movies coming your way.

Calling all Pokemon fans, the franchise's newest movie has released its first cryptic teaser, introducing us to the feature's mysterious frontrunner.

The new teaser for Pokemon: Wild Card opens with a glistening and seemingly rare Pokemon card. But when it flips, it reveals the shadow of a shapeshifting monster that happens to be none other than Mimikyu, who we later see masquerading as Pikachu. The next frame introduces us to the movie's trading card game player with glowing yellow eyes. Watch the full clip below.

Pokemon is keeping its cards pretty close to its chest in terms of plot details. The rather thin logline reads, "Get ready for Pokémon: Wild Card, an all-new animated film featuring a Pokémon TCG player and Mimikyu!" However, the Pokemon website spills a few more beans, reading, "When the time comes to put their cards on the table, will they have what it takes to achieve their goals?"

However, the way the trailer shows Mimikyu shapeshifting right before we meet the player, whose eyes perfectly match up to the Pokemon logo right at the end seems to be hinting at something. In the logo, the second O has a lightning bolt through it, just like Mimikyu's jagged smile. Could the player really be Mimikyu in disguise?

For those new to the franchise, Mimikyu is a small ghost-type Pokemon who wears a creepy, homemade costume designed to look like Pikachu. However, underneath, Mimikyu is a long-limbed dark figure with claws and beady eyes. Mimikyu uses its disguise to appear less scary or threatening, but it often has the opposite effect.

Fans are certainly looking forward to Wild Card, as not only is the movie set to explore the world of Pokemon trading cards, but it is also the first feature-length animated Pokemon movie in years. The last Pokemon movie to hit screens was Pokemon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle in 2020. However, in addition to Wild Card, a stop-motion feature titled Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d and Pichu is on the way from Wallace and Gromit studio Aardman, coming in 2027.

Pokemon: Wild Card is due to hit screens sometime in 2027. For more, check out our ranking of the best Pokemon movies, and our guide on how to watch all of Pokemon in order.

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie has been (unfairly) divisive for its creative deviations from Resident Evil canon, and for telling a Resident Evil story without fan-favorite characters like Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. Nevertheless, it's set to open huge later this month, and could potentially double the opening weekend box office takings of the biggest Resident Evil movie to date.

Early tracking (h/t IGN) has put Resident Evil's opening weekend figure at some $40-50 million in the US. Even at the lower end of predictions, that's far higher than any movie in the Milla Jovovich-starring series, the biggest of which, Resident Evil: Afterlife, opened to $26.6 million in 2010. The most recent Resident Evil movie, Welcome to Raccoon City, opened to just over $5 million in November 2021. Even factoring in that more faithful adaptation's pandemic-era handicap, this is a big improvement.

Cregger's Resident Evil movie seems to be resonating for a few reasons. The fact that it's telling an original story that anyone can jump into is certainly one. Cregger himself is becoming something of an event filmmaker after his original horror-thriller Weapons opened to a massive $43 million last summer. And the self-proclaimed Resident Evil superfan seems to have learnt all the right lessons about video game adaptations, in that he's staying true to the "spirit and tone" of the games (and even the power progression) rather than simply re-telling one of the games' stories on screen.

Even a bumper box office is unlikely to result in more Resident Evil movies from Cregger, however, as the writer-director is set to helm original sci-fi The Flood next. He's also penning Weapons prequel, Gladys, centred on that movie's twiggy witch, and he's reportedly scripting a Siren Head movie for director Brian Duffield. So Cregger is booked for years to come. But given how lucrative adaptations of the Resident Evil series have proven to be over the years (some seven live-action movies and an ill-fated Netflix TV show have been made to date), it's unlikely to be the last.

Resident Evil stars Austin Abrams as a medical courier tasked with transporting biological materials across a zombie-infected Raccoon City. Late last year, we visited the Resident Evil set in Prague, where Cregger, Abrams and the team took us through their full-throttle vision for the movie.

Resident Evil opens on September 18. For more scares, check out our guide to upcoming horror movies and our list of all the new video game adaptations on the way in 2026 and beyond.