The moment mutantkind has been dreading has come—and after the ashes of Genosha taught our heroes to expect the worst, not even the little preparation they have is going to be enough to stem the tide. But as X-Men ‘97 sets the stage for its grand finale, whether or not the X-Men will survive the experience isn’t the question: it’s once again time to see who will capture their hearts and minds in the aftermath. Much of “Tolerance Is Extinction”—the first part of three that will wrap up X-Men ‘97’s excellent debut season—this week is about setting the stage for what’s really to come as the X-M ..read more

Terrifier 3 will terrify you a little earlier than planned. Warner Bros Animation lifts the lid on Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 3. Barriss Offee returns in a new clip from Tales of the Empire. Plus, a new look at Furiosa. Spoilers get! M3GAN 2.0 Deadline reports Ivanna Sakhno (Star Wars: Ahsoka) has joined the cast of M3GAN 2.0 in a “major” but currently undisclosed role. Shelby Oaks Deadline additionally has word Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Pictures have boarded the Kickstarter-backed horror film, Shelby Oaks, as executive producers. The story concerns “Mia ..read more

Mad Max franchise auteur George Miller knew even before Fury Road, that by creating an extensive outline for the 2015 hit, he might have more stories to tell. But that wasn’t always the case for Miller, who co-created the concept with Byron Kennedy in Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). The filmmaker thought he was done after that trilogy, and went on to make more genre-hopping films like Babe and Happy Feet—which share a through line of heroic characters going on journeys away from home and back again. Now with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the f ..read more

It was inevitable, really: as soon as beloved childhood characters became fair game under public domain, they’d be seized upon by horror filmmakers… and eventually, the biggest headliners would square off. The world may not be ready for Mickey vs. Winnie, but it’s coming, and its creators promise gore galore. Before you ask, Mickey vs. Winnie is a project separate from Mickey Mouse Trap, which announced its existence during the first week of 2024 not long after Steamboat Willie-era Mickey Mouse emerged from Disney’s copyright clutches. It’s also not part of the Twisted Childhood Universe, aka ..read more

Challengers, a movie where Zendaya plays a tennis star who has a threesome, came out last week and, while I haven’t seen it yet, I sure do plan to. Director Luca Guadagnino’s new romantic tennis/thriller/drama is getting pretty good reviews, has a fun premise, and would seem to harken back to the days when fun, pulpy sex dramas were a mainstay of American popular culture (those days I’m talking about are the 1990s). On top of everything else, the movie has a score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Can you beat that? Reznor and Ross notably created some of the most memorable movie scores of th ..read more

While DC Comics fans wait longingly for next summer’s James Gunn Superman movie, there’s a tasty treat coming much sooner for the Man of Steel faithful. My Adventures With Superman kicks off its second season May 25 on Adult Swim, and from the looks of the trailer our young hero is gonna meet some familiar faces   My Adventures with Superman | SEASON 2 TRAILER | adult swim Nice full head of hair, Lex Luthor! And it’s not just a young Lex glimpsed here—at the very end, Clark learns that he’s not the only Kryptonian around, as we get our first glimpse of Kara Zor-El, a.k.a. Supergirl, fl ..read more

Absurd as it is as there’s anyone to particularly take “blame” for a popcorn superhero blockbuster that raked in $US761 million during its theatrical run—few studios would see that, critical drubbing or otherwise, as something to find blame in—Chris Hemsworth seemingly cannot help but take on a lot of the audience reaction to Marvel’s last Thor movie, Love and Thunder. “I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself,” Hemsworth recently told Vanity Fair of his performance in the film. “I didn’t stick the landing.” This is not the first time the actor has come ..read more

A lot of Star Trek opinion is based on the paradoxical idea that the series within the franchise simply “get good” at some point. TNG’s not TNG until Riker has a beard, we say, ignoring all the fantastic ideas the series got into before that. The idea of Trek shows usually having a dodgy first season has been thoroughly refuted at this point in the modern renaissance, and was arguably not entirely true even before that. And then there’s Deep Space 9—simply exquisite, remarkable television, perhaps the franchise’s darkest, finest hour… but only, we’re to believe, once the show begins tackling ..read more

In his vast career, Francis Ford Coppola has made masterpieces (Apocalypse Now, The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, The Conversation), cult classics (Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Outsiders), and curious whatsits (The Godfather Part III, Peggy Sue Got Married). Which will Megalopolis be? While the world waits to see the movie he’s had on his mind for decades, the writer-director is giving fans a few crumbs to go on. In a statement provided to Vanity Fair, along with a first-look image you can see in the magazine’s X post below, Coppola—who invested $US120 million of his own money in the pro ..read more

Even more Captain America: Brave New World marketing gives us a glimpse at its new super-suits. Bitsie Tulloch bids farewell to Superman & Lois. Jurassic World’s Camp Cretaceous follow-up teases a wild murder mystery. Plus, what’s coming on Chucky. To me, my spoilers! Bring Her Back Deadline reports Sally Hawkins is attached to star in Bring Her Back, a new horror film at A24 from Talk to Me directors, Danny and Michael Philippou. Details on the plot, however, are currently under wraps. Avengelyne Deadline also has word Margot Robbie “is eyeing to star as the title character” of the upcom ..read more