The Christmas Chronicles Trailer Has Kurt Russell on a Holiday Adventure

Netflix has released the fullThe Christmas Chroniclestrailer.Clay Kaytis(The Angry Birds Moviedirects the story of a brother and sister who plan to catch Santa Claus (Kurt Russell) on Christmas Eve, only to accidentally crash his sleigh. Now they must work with Santa to save Christmas before it’s too late. IfThe Christmas Chronicleswas being released into theaters, it would probably be a huge flop because unless it’s a Christmas “brand” likeThe Grinchor something, families are wary of anotherJingle All the WayorDeck the Halls....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Joseph Schroeder DVM

The Cloverfield Paradox: J.J. Abrams on That Surprise Netflix Debut

Netflix and Bad Robot pulled off quite the marketing coup withThe Cloverfield Paradox, which blew past conventional release schedules by debuting the title, poster, and first trailer during the Super Bowl, just hours before the movie dropped on Netflix across the globe. That also means there hasn’t been a lot of interviews about the film, but producerJ.J. Abrams, directorJulius Onah, and cast membersRoger DaviesandDavid Oyelowojust took the stage for a 20-minute Q&A, and offered some insight into how the sci-fi space opera became aCloverfieldmovie and how that surprise Netflix debut happened....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 760 words · Logan Farrell

The Conjuring 3's Final Trailer Teases a Darker and Scarier Chapter

Warner Bros. has released the final trailer forThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do Itahead of its premiere this Friday. The trailer shows us a house filled with signs of a struggle, as furniture is broken, glass is shattered and there are scratching marks on the wall. A voiceover by Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) says that “The court accepts the existence of God every time a witness swears to tell the truth....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 448 words · Joseph Franco

The Courier First Images Reveal Benedict Cumberbatch in Thriller

Benedict CumberbatchandRachel Brosnahanare two very talented actors whom we happen to largely know in two iconic roles with two iconic lewks — Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange and Brosnahan as the marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Wanna see these two thespians, alongside a game cast, don some new duds in a new environment? Check out the first images fromThe Courier(which first debuted at Sundance 2020 asIronbark) below. The Courier, which will likely become your dad’s new favorite movie, is a Cold War thriller starring Cumberbatch as a businessman turned spy Greville Wynne andMerab Ninidze(Without Remorse) as Russian asset Oleg Penkovsky (codename: Ironbark) who attempts to mitigate the looming Cuban Missile Crisis....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Patrick Shields

The Rise of Skywalker Has a Death Problem

Spoilers forStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerfollow below. There’s a moment in the first act ofStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerwhere it feels like the film is finally clicking into place. Rey (Daisy Ridley) and her crew have gone to Pasaana to seek the Wayfinder that will point them towards Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), but they’re tracked down by Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and his Knights of Ren. Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) is captured, and a Force battle ensues between Rey and Kylo over the transport in mid-air....

July 4, 2025 · 7 min · 1488 words · Richard Perry

These 10 Amazing Shows Deserve Emmy Nominations for Best Drama Series

The 2025Emmy Awardsnominations will be announced on July 15, and there are a number of fantasticTV showsand performers that deserve recognition. This has been an outstanding year fortelevision. The comedy series have been more over-the-top and clever with their humor, with fantastic new seasons ofWhat We Do in the ShadowsandOnly Murders in the Building, as well as the debut of excellent new series, likeA Man on the InsideandOvercompensating. This has also been a phenomenal season fordrama series, both new and returning....

July 4, 2025 · 9 min · 1763 words · Samantha Ortiz

This ‘Jack Ryan’ Character Wasn’t Created by Tom Clancy

The fourth season ofTom Clancy’s Jack Ryanis right around the corner and all of our favorite characters are slated to return. That includes the titular CIA analyst turned special ops field agent Dr. Jack Ryan (John Krasinski), his former handler who is now the Acting Director of the CIA Elizabeth Wright (Betty Gabriel), Ryan’s field boss James Greer (Wendell Pierce), and finally his partner in special ops, Mike November (Michael Kelly) who will be returning for a third time after making his debut in Season 2....

July 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1066 words · Jacob Clark

TV Talk: Superman Comes to Supergirl Season 2

On this episode of Collider TV Talk (June, 6 2016) Josh Macuga, David Griffin, Sinéad de Vries and John Rocha discuss the following: Last week Showtime announced they’d beordering 20 episodes of the limited seriesPurity, starring Bond himself,Daniel Craig, in what executives are calling a prestige package. This news could be the final nail in the coffin for Craig as James Bond.Purity, an adaptation of theJonathan Franzennovel of the same name, will haveIn the BedroomandLittle ChildrenfilmmakerTodd Fieldwriting and executive producing, and directing every episode whileScott Rudin,Eli Bush,David Hare, and Franzen himself will be executive producers on the series....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 608 words · Carrie Gonzalez

Venom 2 Cinematographer Robert Richardson on Why He Joined the Film

Oscar-winning cinematographerRobert Richardsonmade headlines in the comic book movie world twice in the past month, but only once for a project he’s actually shooting. It was erroneously reported that Richardson would be serving as the cinematographer onMatt Reeves’ upcoming rebootThe Batman, which the DP attributed to old information when he planned on shootingBen Affleck’s version of that film. But in denying the story’s validity, Richardson voiced his desire to work on a superhero movie at some point, and he got his wish shortly thereafter when he signed on to handle DP duties onVenom 2....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 631 words · Cindy Hopkins

Venom Movie May Include Tom Holland's Spider-Man After All

Production is currently underway on Sony’sVenommovie starringTom Hardy. Fans wondered how you could have Venom without Spider-Man, who is kind of the progenitor of the character in the comics. The whole reason Venom has Spider-Man-like powers is because the alien symbiote went to Peter Parker first and when Peter rejected the symbiote, it found Eddie Brock, thus creating a darker, more muscular, and drool-ier version of Spider-Man. But we heard repeatedly,especially out of theSpider-Man: Homecomingjunket, that the new Spider-Man playedby Tom Hollandexists in a separate universethan Venom and all the other Spidey spinoffs Sony has in the works....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Robert Garner

Watch Neill Blomkamp's Oats Studios Short Rakka Online Now

The first effort from filmmakerNeil Blomkamp’sOats Studioshas been released online. This short film venture finds Blomkamp directing a series of experimental short films that may serve as the foundation for feature film adaptations. The first, titledRakka, is now available and it imagines a post-apocalyptic world dominated by an alien species that has nearly wiped out humanity. They terraform with methane factories, experiment on human bodies, and have essentially destroyed all vestiges of civilization....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 257 words · Sarah Lee

Weekly TV Guide: The Knick, Homeland, and Fargo Finales

The Collider Weekly TV Guide is a rundown of notable episodes, premieres, returns, finales, and opportunities to catch up on great shows (or cast an eye to the occasional train wreck). Check out our picks for the week beginning with Monday, December 14th: Monday, 12/14 Childhood’s EndSeries Premiere, “Night One – The Overlords” (Syfy, 8 p.m.) – In this long-awaited, not-half-bad adaptation of this sci-fi classic, the arrival of aliens on Earth comes with the promise of everlasting peace on our planet, as well as technological advances beyond our wildest dreams....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 800 words · John Moreno

Why '9-1-1's Buddie Karaoke Scene Was Cut

9-1-1is officially back from the mid-season break. In Episode 6, “There Goes the Groom,” Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Howard (Kenneth Choi) got married, but before that, some Buddie shenanigans unfolded. Chimney’s bachelor party turned wild as they overindulged on liquor, dancing, and Uber rides.The episode’s promoteased a karaoke scene with Buck (Oliver Stark) and Eddie (Ryan Guzman), but it did not appear in the final cut that aired on Thursday....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · Ian Abbott