We’ve reached the point where we’ve adapted certain stories so many times that we now need a myth for the myth. We made too manyPeter Panadaptations, so we gotFinding Neverland. We made too manyWinnie the Poohstories, so we gotGoodbye Christopher Robin. And because we’ve adaptedA Christmas Caroltoo many times, we’ve now gotBharat Nalluri’sThe Man Who Invented Christmas, a story that could have provided an interesting look atCharles Dickensbut instead couches a bunch of familiar touchstones in coincidence and random observations....

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more delightful pair of comedic goofballs than Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis, so it was only a matter of time before someone had the bright idea to team up theSaturday Night LiveandBad Momstars in their own comedy vehicle. That film isThe Spy Who Dumped Me(a play on the classic James Bond titleThe Spy Who Loved Me), which stars Kunish and McKinnon as a pair of LA gals who wind up in a spy caper, and Lionsgate has debuted the first trailer for the action comedy....

Established in Canada in 1976, wheelchair rugby is a full-contact sport that has been a paralympic staple for decades. Played by mixed-gendered teams of twelve, eight players with limited function in their limbs speed up and down a basketball court in armored wheelchairs with the intent of carrying a ball across a goal line. It has the same amount of speed and force as any full-contact sport, especially those similarly on wheels like roller derby....

Video game adaptations are notorious for their poor quality, with only the ones in the past six years or so, like theSonic the Hedgehogseries, achieving any real critical success. Even fans of the original video games themselves oftencringe at the attempts to bring a beloved franchise to lifeon the big screen – which may explain the handful of movies, likeGamer, that instead try to capture the feeling of playing video games in general rather than adapting a specific title....

TheFBIuniverse is about to get one step closer to expanding. Although the upcoming spin-off,CIA, waspushed back to midseasonnext year, its lead,Tom Ellis, was able to share some much more positive news about the status of filming. In an interview with Collider’sChristina Radishfor his role in Netflix’s new mystery film,The Thursday Murder Club, he revealed exactly when things will get underway with bringing the latest branch ofDick Wolf’s universe to life. Beyond that, he also broke down what makes both the process and the show itself different from other titles in Wolf’s extensive television production catalog....

While Disney is poised to make the new Walt Disney Animation Studios filmRaya and the Last Dragonavailable on Disney+ with “Premier Access” (for $29.99) on March 5th, the film is also being released in theaters that are open, and those who decide to seeRayaon the big screen will be given an added treat: the first new Disney Animation short film in five years. Disney announced today thatUs Again, a brand new short film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, will be released exclusively in theaters attached toRaya and the Last Dragon....

Earlier this year The CW leveled a devastating blow by cancellingLegaciesand effectively bringing an end to the thirteen-year chokehold thatJulie Plec’sVampire Diariesfranchise had on audiences. But from its ashes, a new vampire series has been born from the combined talents of Plec andVampire DiariesactressMarguerite MacIntyre, who came together to adapt another beloved young adult book series for the screen. At San Diego Comic-Con, Collider’sPerri Nemiroffchatted with Plec, MacIntyre, and the cast of Peacock’s upcoming adaptation ofRichelle Mead’sVampire Academyseries....

In the last couple of decades,Tom Cruisehas cemented himself as one of the most prolific and prestigious action movie leads, with major success in theMission: Impossiblefranchise, aTop Gunsequel that became a global sensation, and a few beloved one-offs likeMinority ReportandEdge of Tomorrow.But he does have one franchise which seems to have been left behind:Jack Reacher. The movie was followed by a sequel, this time reuniting Cruise withThe Last SamuraidirectorEdward Zwick.Jack Reacher: Never Go Backwas a step-down critically and commercially, a disappointing result after a four-year wait....

FX has released the first teaser forY: The Last Man, the upcoming adaptation of the acclaimed comics series byBrian K. VaughanandPia Guerra. The teaser presents the series premise — in which (almost) every male mammal on the planet suddenly dies — in a clever way that exposes the current gender inequality in our society. The teaser paints an apocalyptic scenario in which “95% of all airline pilots,” “92% of Fortune CEOs,” and “85% of government officials” suddenly die....

The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbenderhas been delayed. Paramount Pictures has announced that their theatrical release connected toAvatar: The Last Airbenderwill now premiere in theaters onOctober 9, 2026, after previously being scheduled to debut on August 18, 2025. It’s been quite some time since the studio provided audiences with any updates regarding the release date of the highly anticipated project. The October 2026 release date was previously held by the sequel toTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again Season 1, Episode 6.Despite the plethora of fantastic characters seen throughout Netflix’sDaredevilandDaredevil: Born Again, thetwo best will always beMatt Murdock (Charlie Cox)andWilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio). Their conflict is the throughline of both shows, and their scenes together are some of the best-written. However, what makes them so great is how they contrast each other in crucial ways. This means that, even if you enjoy watching both, you know that Matt is the character you should be rooting for....

Now that the dust is settling on Pixar’s box office bombElio, reports suggest that the movie hada tumultuous productionthat saw it being retooled essentially from the ground up, with original directorAdrian Molinaopting to drop out. The finished versionreceived positive reviews, but nobody showed up to watch it. Or, at least, not as many folks as Disney would’ve liked. The studio possibly preempted this, as it restricted publicity costs on the movie ahead of its release a couple of weeks ago....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Dexter: Resurrection, Episode 3 (“Backseat Driver”) Following a two-episode premiere last week onShowtime,Dexter: Resurrectionisn’t showing any signs of slowing down. In fact, its third episode premiering Friday on Showtime with Paramount+ pulls the pin on more chaos. With Angel Batista (DavidZayas)quietly reopening old woundsand Blessing (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) welcoming Dexter into a family dinner straight out of a life the antihero rarely sees, the lines between past and present — or, rather, predator and protector are getting blurrier by the second....