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Eight years after The Rise of Skywalker closed Rey’s first arc, Lucasfilm is reportedly cracking open the Skywalker Saga again — and the director in the chair is a familiar name from Marvel’s web-slinging corner of the galaxy. Deadline confirmed that Jon Watts, the filmmaker behind the MCU Spider-Man trilogy and co-creator of Disney+’s Skeleton …
Marvel Television just reworked one of its biggest Disney+ launches of the fall. VisionQuest, the eight-episode series putting Paul Bettany’s Vision and James Spader’s Ultron front and center, will now open with a two-episode premiere on October 14 — the same double-drop playbook that worked for WandaVision and other flagship originals. The tweak lands only …
Kane Parsons’ liminal nightmare finally leaves the theater for the living room. The Backrooms, the A24 feature that turned endless fluorescent hallways into box-office dread, began streaming on HBO Max on September 25. Chiwetel Ejiofor maps an infinite yellow maze while Renate Reinsve stares into the kind of void that made the original internet creepypasta …
Tubi’s Terror on Tubi slate just got a hangover with a body count. Buzzkill, a Tubi Original premiering today, follows a tipsy sorority survivor who only unlocks killer clues the drunker she gets — a high-concept horror gag that could either soar or collapse into one long frat-party meme. Siena Agudong leads; Jem Garrard directs …
Netflix’s Friday drop is not disposable true-crime filler. Unabomber, directed by Janus Metz, is live as of September 25, 2026 — an R-rated thriller of roughly 100 minutes that crosscuts a teenage mathematical prodigy at Harvard against the FBI dragnet that decades later closes on Ted Kaczynski. Jacob Tremblay plays young Kaczynski; Russell Crowe anchors …
Ryan Murphy just turned nostalgia into a concrete page count. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, he said a Glee reboot script is finished — co-written with Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan — and that roughly ten original cast members are already enthusiastic about returning to McKinley High. Nobody in the ensemble has read it yet; Murphy …
Thursday night television just got denser. American Horror Story: 13 premieres on September 24, 2026, on FX at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, with the same three half-hour episodes landing on Hulu at the same time — including for viewers who reach Hulu through a Disney+ bundle. Ryan Murphy’s anthology is not easing …
Literary prestige television rarely arrives this loudly. Netflix’s seven-episode adaptation of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, written by Zoe Kazan and co-showrun with Jeb Stuart, begins streaming globally on October 1. Florence Pugh stars as Cathy Ames — the novel’s indelible antihero — and also executive produces. Over the past week the cast has closed …
London’s Leicester Square rarely feels quiet on a premiere night, but the royal film performance for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger made Tom Cruise look almost like the underdog — not for lack of wattage, but because the dark political comedy had been whispering for months before the carpet turned the whisper into a roar. Cruise …
Peter Berg’s war drama The Mosquito Bowl just filled Hollywood’s autumn calendar. The adaptation of Buzz Bissinger’s bestseller will world-premiere in a gala slot at the 40th AFI Fest on October 22 at the TCL Chinese Theatre, open in theaters on October 30, and land on Netflix on November 25. That three-step rollout is designed …
Netflix’s true-crime machine is humming again. Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, the fourth chapter in Ryan Murphy’s anthology franchise, premiered on September 17 and has spent much of the week at No. 1 on the U.S. TV chart. FlixPatrol data says it held the crown through the weekend even as critics lined up with mid-40s …
Hollywood’s favorite stuntman just clocked back in. Netflix has released the official trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, continuing Brad Pitt’s Oscar-winning turn from Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. The setup is simple and sharp: same Cliff, new decade. It is 1977, the town looks different, and David Fincher is …
Fall box office needed a jolt, and Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil reboot delivered one. Over the September 19–21 weekend the film took about $60 million in North America and roughly $48.3 million overseas, for a global opening near $108.3 million. That figure sets a franchise record for the live-action series and blows past the cautious …
Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl is rewriting its commercial story one living-room at a time. After a difficult theatrical run earlier in 2026, the DC space adventure has climbed to the top of the HBO Max film chart following its September 10 streaming debut. Box-office losses do not disappear overnight, but chart dominance changes how studios, fans …
American Hostage brings a strange and frightening chapter of 1977 Indianapolis to television tonight, with Jon Hamm at the center of a story shaped by negotiation rather than spectacle. The MGM+ drama follows a hostage crisis that places pressure on police, journalists and the people trapped inside the standoff, while the clock turns every conversation …
Damien Chazelle’s Babylon is getting the kind of second act that theatrical release schedules rarely provide. The sprawling Hollywood story, led by Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, arrives back in the streaming conversation in September 2026, giving viewers another chance to decide whether its excesses are flaws or the whole point. The film has always …
College comedies work best when the campus feels like more than a backdrop. Netflix’s Best of the Best places performance, friendship and social pressure in the same lively space, then uses Bollywood-inspired dance energy to give familiar coming-of-age ingredients a distinct pulse. The result is a title worth indexing for viewers who want a bright …
The next Resident Evil conversation is being shaped by a familiar question: can a new adaptation preserve the unease of the games while becoming a confident film in its own right? With Zach Cregger attached to the project, attention has moved beyond simple franchise recognition. Horror audiences are watching for a distinct tone, a strong …
Netflix has shared a first look at Unaccustomed Earth, a screen adaptation drawn from Jhumpa Lahiri’s acclaimed short-story collection, with a premiere date set for December 17, 2026. The project brings together Freida Pinto and Siddharth, with writing by Madhuri Shekar—an ensemble that signals care for the book’s quiet emotional architecture rather than a glossy …
Netflix has expanded the Hawkins universe again, and this time the spotlight is on animation. Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 Season 2 is now streaming, picking up the stylized spin-off’s mix of 1980s nostalgia, supernatural menace, and character-driven side stories that sit beside the live-action saga without simply repeating it. Season 2 leans into the …
Netflix’s true-crime anthology Monster opens a new chapter today. On September 17, 2026, the streamer releases all eight episodes of Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story—the first season in the franchise centered on a woman accused of killing, rather than a male perpetrator at the heart of the frame. Ella Beatty plays Lizzie Borden, the Fall …
Netflix has another reason to make viewers distrust the perfect babysitter. Not a Stranger, a Turkish psychological thriller, arrives on the platform on September 17, 2026, and early trailer clips have already framed the series as quiet domestic dread rather than jump-scare horror. The story follows Funda (Elçin Sangu), a mother trying to balance childcare …
Netflix is timing intrigue for the holiday couch. On September 18, 2026—as South Korea settles into Chuseok—the streamer premieres The Scandal, an eight-episode Joseon-era drama that returns to the Dangerous Liaisons template once popularized on Korean screens by the 2003 hit Untold Scandal. Director Jung Ji-woo has framed the series as a fresh adaptation of …
Three days before wide release, Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil walked into Fantastic Fest and left with the kind of early buzz studios chase all year. Premiere-goers describe a film that starts hot and rarely cools down—gory, tense, unexpectedly funny, and, for more than a few voices in the room, the strongest theatrical swing the franchise …
Anime theatrical hits often take a winding path to U.S. streaming, and Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is the latest title with a firm Netflix window. According to current reporting, the film is set to land on Netflix in the United States on September 28 — a date that matters for fans who missed or skipped …
Streaming calendars fill up quickly in September, and thrillers often land just as autumn viewing habits return. The series Tuner is scheduled to arrive on Paramount+ on September 21, bringing together Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman in a project that already draws attention for its cast pairing alone. Woodall has built a strong following through …
Halfway through the 51st Toronto International Film Festival (September 10–20), the chatter is less about red-carpet photo ops than about which premieres actually stick. This year’s slate mixes awards-season features with an unusually muscular TV lane, and mid-fest audiences are already picking favorites that could harden into fall watchlists. On the television side, Mike Flanagan’s …
Anime fans who missed the theatrical run—or simply want a second round—now have a firm date. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc arrives exclusively on Prime Video on Saturday, September 19, 2026, one year after its cinema debut. Produced by MAPPA and directed by Yoshihara Tatsuya, the film adapts Fujimoto Tatsuki’s fan-favorite Reze Arc …
The Slow Horses are leaving the barn again. Apple TV’s Emmy- and BAFTA-winning spy comedy-drama returns for season six on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 — one episode that night, then weekly through October 21. Adapted from Mick Herron’s Joe Country and Slough House, the six-episode run keeps Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb in the filthy driver’s …
BookTok’s favorite lab romance is leaving the page for a living-room premiere. Ali Hazelwood’s bestseller The Love Hypothesis arrives exclusively on Prime Video on September 23, 2026, as a global day-and-date rom-com built around fake dating, awkward hallway chemistry, and soft-launch tension. Lili Reinhart stars as Olive Smith, a Ph.D. candidate who kisses intimidating professor …
Unlucky number thirteen just got louder. FX dropped the official trailer for American Horror Story: 13, and the anthology’s biggest reunion tease is finally on screen: Jessica Lange is back — not as one fan favorite, but as all four of her defining characters. The clip opens with carnival swagger and nightmare logic. Elsa Mars …
Box office bruises healed fast on digital. Mutiny, Jason Statham’s lean 95-minute revenge thriller, hit digital platforms on September 8 and within a day climbed to No. 1 on the U.S. Apple TV Store chart — proof that Statham’s audience followed him from theaters to premium VOD even after a rocky theatrical run. Directed by …
Six weekends. One No. 1. And a domestic haul that has Hollywood staring at a number once thought untouchable. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has cleared roughly $923–925 million in North America after another Labor Day weekend, leaving it only about $12–13 million behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.6 million), the long-standing domestic champion. Trackers …
Steven Spielberg’s summer sci-fi hit Disclosure Day is headed to the living room. Peacock confirmed an exclusive streaming debut on October 9, giving the Amblin/Universal thriller a high-profile fall anchor while the theatrical run is still fresh in cultural memory. The film opened in theaters on June 12 and has banked roughly $241 million worldwide. …
Venice answered Florian Zeller’s Bunker with a roar: a sixteen-minute standing ovation, the longest of the festival so far. Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem lead the film, and the reaction put the title squarely on the awards-season map before most audiences have even seen a trailer cut. Zeller’s name still carries the afterglow of The …
Apple TV has a new weekly thriller to watch: Last Seen, a six-part Australian kidnapping drama that opens with its first two episodes and then lands a new chapter each Wednesday through October 7. That cadence matters. Instead of dumping the season for a weekend binge, Apple is forcing a cliffhanger rhythm—conversation between episodes, speculation …
Telluride still knows how to weaponize secrecy. This year’s mystery Sunday slot opened on You Can See Everything, a nearly three-hour documentary co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes — made largely in secret over years, then dropped into a phone-free festival room that loves a locked door. Early descriptions …
Franchise nostalgia only works when the new chapter has its own hunger. The Drop: A Snowfall Saga opens that bet tonight on FX and Hulu, shifting Wanda Bell and Leon Simmons from crack-era survival into the volatile rise of West Coast rap in 1990s Los Angeles. Same city pressure, different currency: studios, crews, and the …
Speed still sells. Gal Gadot’s Prime Video thriller The Runner climbed to No. 1 on the streamer’s global movie chart within days of release, proving that an 84-minute clock can beat a three-hour lore dump. Directed by Kevin Macdonald, the film casts Gadot as a mother racing to save her kidnapped son — high-concept urgency …
Horror comedy just got another living-room victory lap. The latest Scary Movie chapter — widely tagged as Scary Movie 6 — is now streaming on Paramount+, complete with the Core Four reunion fans waited more than a decade to see again. Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, and Regina Hall return to slash through tropes …
Saturday night on the Lido did not stay polite. Lance Oppenheim’s A24 drama Primetime premiered in Venice’s Sala Grande and walked out with a nearly eight-minute standing ovation — the kind of festival noise that turns a screening into industry lore before the credits fade. Robert Pattinson leads as Chris Hansen, the television host whose …
Apple TV is betting on star chemistry and a high-concept one-liner with Mayday, a Cold War road-trip action-comedy that drops Ryan Reynolds opposite Kenneth Branagh. The setup is gleefully unserious: an American pilot shot down over Russian territory, nursed back toward fighting shape by an ex-KGB operative who loves America a little too hard. Survival, …
New Monster season date announced — see the piece on Xaldris.
The Secret of Secrets is filming — read the update on Xaldris.
Quick note on the Spider-Noir cancellation — full story on Xaldris.