Alex Garland’s FX Series Devs Gets a Pilot Order and Synopsis

FilmmakerAlex Garlandis currently blowing minds with his second (official) directorial featureAnnihilation, but the writer/director is already hard at work on his next project. TheEx Machinadirectorrecently revealed to usthat he’s working on an FX series calledDevs, set in the world of tech, and today FX officially announced a pilot order for the show while unveiling some tantalizing plot details via an official synopsis. Garland wrote the pilot and will direct as well as executive produce alongside DNA TV and Scott Rudin Productions, and the official synopsis is as follows:...

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Patrick Jones

Alexander Skarsgård Was Surprised By the Casting Process for The Pack

The2023 Sundance Film Festivalis underway and among the attendees of this year’s iteration of the legendary event is Emmy winnerAlexander Skarsgård. He made his way to Park City, Utah for the premiere ofBrandon Cronenberg’sInfinity Poolwhich he stars in oppositeXandPearlstarMia Goth. While he was there, however, Collider’s ownPerri Nemiroffhad to ask about his exploits behind the camera with his projectThe Packwhich wasannounced late last year. In a first for his career, Skarsgård is both starring in and directing the feature, which put him on the opposite side of the casting process for the very first time....

August 13, 2025 · 4 min · 692 words · Ryan Taylor

AMC Theatres Refuses to Screen Universal Pictures Movies in the Future

AMC Theatres, the biggest movie theater chain in the U.S., just fired quite the retaliation shot at Universal Pictures. After NBCUniversal CEOJeff Shellcommented on the success ofTrolls World Touron the straight-to-digital market to theWall Street Journal, AMC Theatres CEO and PresidentAdam Aronhas released an open letter saying that AMC will no longer screen Universal Pictures films in any of this theaters. This is… startling. Universal Pictures' franchises and properties includeFast and the Furious,Jurassic World,Despicable Me/Minions,Halloween, successful Blumhouse works likeUsandThe Invisible Man, and many, many more – all of which would likely be huge films to see on a big screen once the pandemic-induced quarantine orders are lifted....

August 13, 2025 · 6 min · 1249 words · Elizabeth Chan

Apple Working on a Cheaper ‘Non-Pro’ Version of the Apple Vision (RUMOR)

Everyone knows Apple produces high-quality devices with premium pricing – and there’s nothing they hate more than discounting. But speaking plainly, the Apple Vision Pro at $3500 is just too expensive to go mainstream. This is why (according to rumors) Apple is working on a cheaper version of its Vision Pro headset. The new edition aims to make the technology more accessible to a wider audience andcould be launched before the end of 2025....

August 13, 2025 · 5 min · 892 words · Daniel West

Bill Murray Leaves Naomi Watts a Giant Parting Gift in First 'The Friend' Images

There’s a new heartstring-tugging flick making the rounds on the festival circuit andEntertainment Weeklyhas shared the first look ahead of its upcomingToronto International Film Festivalappearance.Shot back in February,The FriendreunitesSt. Vincentco-starsNaomi WattsandBill Murrayfor the first time in ten years in a story all about grief, friendship, and healing based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same name bySigrid Nunez. Watts plays New York novelist and writing instructor Iris who, upon the loss of her best friend and mentor Walter, played by Murray, is saddled with caring for his oversized and equally heartbroken Harlequin Great Dane....

August 13, 2025 · 4 min · 656 words · Elizabeth Walton

BoJack Horseman Season 5 Trailer Reveals Netflix's Returning Series

BoJack is back! And in more ways than one. Season 5 ofBoJack Horsemanwill return on Netflix this month, and as the newly revealed trailer shows, the title hero (?) has a new role to play. (Be sure toadd it to your wishlistif it isn’t there already.) Season 5 will see BoJack trying (and likely failing) to get help with his many, many personal, social, and career problems, and it will also see him back in front of the cameras in a new drama series....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Jenny Patel

Camping Review: Despite Jennifer Garner, You Can Skip This Trip

HBO’s new half-hour seriesCampingis the latest in a string of television comedies focusing on terrible people, something that has found varying degrees of success in recent years. Some, likeYou’re the WorstorIt’s Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaorCurb Your Enthusiasm, manage to pull off the amazing feat of getting us to like and laugh along with some truly awful people. Others, likeTogethernessorGirls, miss the mark (I recognize that a lot of people lovedGirls; I was not one of them....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Dr. Christopher Little

Captain Marvel Director Poll: Who Should Helm?

News appears to be heating up on theCaptain Marvelfront, and it’s about damn time. When the Marvel Studios film hits theaters on July 19, 2025, the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be a whopping 20 films deep without a single female-led superhero film. But it’s better late than never I suppose, and it was confirmed yesterday that Oscar-winnerBrie Larsonwill be playing the title character, making a tremendous addition to the MCU....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 300 words · Jeffrey Bailey

Cat's Cradle TV Series In the Works from FX and Noah Hawley

Now here’s a ballsy move: FX and IM Global are developing a TV adaptation ofKurt Vonnegut’s revered novelCat’s CradlewithFargocreatorNoah Hawleyat the helm. Hawley will write and executive produce theCat’s Cradlelimited series, which might either be the worst idea ever or something very special in the making. Historically, Vonnegut adaptations have failed to achieve the greatness of the source material (though admittedly that’s a pretty high bar) with the 1972Slaughter House Fivefilm adaptation still standing as the reigning champ....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · Toni Castro

Collider Nightmares: Stranger Things Season 2 Announced

On this week’s episode of Collider Nightmares (July 02, 2025) Clarke Wolfe, Perri Nemiroff, Jon Schnepp and Mark Reilly will discuss the following: FRESH MEAT As Collider Nightmares told you a few weeks back,The CraziesandSaharadirectorBrock Eisnercurrently sits in the director’s chair for the all new installment ofFriday the 13th, which will allegedly hit theaters next year from Paramount Pictures. However, as Eisner was announced as the studio’s pick, another name was reportedly in the running as well:The Hills Have EyesandPiranhadirectorAlexandre Aja....

August 13, 2025 · 5 min · 923 words · Joshua Mcdonald

Dark Tower Trailer Images Reveal the Stephen King Adaptation

Now that the highly anticipated first trailer forThe Dark Towerhas dropped, we’ve taken a closer look at theStephen Kingadaptation by painstakingly pulling four dozen still-frame images for your enjoyment. These shots reveal not onlyIdris Elba’s Gunslinger,Matthew McConaughey’s Man in Black, andTom Taylor’s Jake Chambers, but a variety of locations that we’ll get to visit throughout the film, including New York City, Mid-World, and the titular tower itself. Some of these shots are for the casual fans who will undoubtedly enjoy the conflict between the smoldering Gunslinger and the wild-eyed Man in Black, but others are purely for superfans of King’s work....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 263 words · Daniel Moore

Deck the Halls & Set the Traps With 'Home Alone' Funko Pop! Figure Collection

Christmas is still a few months away, butFunkohas something fun for anyone looking to get their holiday shopping done early.Home Alone, thefamily comedy classicfrom directorChris Columbuswritten byJohn Hughes, is getting a new line of Pop! figures bringing Kevin, Marv, and Harry back to celebrate the season. Additionally, Funko has a new Pop! Town set on the way featuring the McCallister house packed with Easter Eggs for astute fans and decked out for the most wonderful time of the year....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 548 words · Brian Hudson

Emilio Rivera on Reprising Marcus for Mayans MC

From co-creatorsKurt SutterandElgin James, the FX seriesMayans M.C.is the next chapter in theSons of Anarchysaga, now set in a post-Jax Teller world. Fresh out of prison and trying to carve out a new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with big dreams, Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes (JD Pardo) is trying to navigate what it means to be a Prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the California/Mexico border....

August 13, 2025 · 7 min · 1392 words · Brian Wright