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'The Boogeyman' Trailer Turns Stephen King's Nightmares Into Reality
The first trailer for The Boogeyman is here, revealing director Rob Savage’s (Dashcam) take on one of Stephen King's scariest stories. Initially ordered by 20th Century Studios for Hulu, the movie recently got a theatrical release. The original short story The Boogeyman was first published in 1973 in an...
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How James Gunn’s DCU Is Different From Marvel’s MCU
When it was announced that James Gunn and Peter Safran would be the new co-heads of DC Studios, the excitement for the new DCU was palpable. Gunn and Safran's introduction as the co-heads of DC Studios stirred up a lot of drama in the past few months as it meant the fate of current in-production films was in flux. During a press conference, Gunn and Safran laid out their extended plan for the DCU, but also clarified just how similar and dissimilar this new universe would be to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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DC Universe Characters Will Be Played by Same Actor in Animation, Live-Action, and Video Games
At the super-secret press event on Monday, DC Studios' co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran provided an exciting update on the extensive slate of content coming to the rebooted universe. When discussing the interconnecting aspects of the new universe across different mediums like film, TV, animation, etc., Safran told those in attendance that the plan is to make sure that the actors who portray a character—whether in animation or in live-action—remain that character across every appearance that the character makes.
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‘Kim’s Video’ Review: Loses Its Subject in Favor of a Personal Story | Sundance 2023
When I first read about Kim's Video, the iconic video store in New York City that housed an eclectic and unique collection of films from all over the world, I was immediately sucked into the idea of a documentary on this beloved relic. After all, I grew up in the time of video rental shops and watched as they disappeared into the ether with the introduction of streamers like Netflix. Kim's Video felt like a documentary that was tailor made for film lovers and people who grew up in that generation.
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'The Batman — Part II' Sets October 2025 Release Date
Earlier this month, we reported that Matt Reeves was scheduled to meet with DC Studios' new co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran about the future of the BatVerse—and it looks like that meeting was successful. The sequel to The Batman is officially on the calendar, alongside the impressive slate of DCU films and series that were announced at a super-secret meeting with the press this week. Robert Pattinson's caped crusader will return on October 3, 2025.
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New 'Green Lantern' Series Will Feel Like 'True Detective'
DCU's Press Event was held by Warner Bros. on Monday and gave fans a much-needed information debrief about the future of the superhero franchise. Collider's own Steven Weintraub attended the press event which saw the co-chairmen and CEOs of DC Studios James Gunn and Peter Safran provided an update on the extensive slate of content coming to the rebooted universe. One of the projects that received an update was the long-in-development Green Lantern series. Gunn & Safran confirmed the members of the Lantern Corps the series will follow and compared the series to another HBO classic show.
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Beyond 'The Last Of Us': Nick Offerman's 10 Best Movies & Shows, Ranked According To Rotten Tomatoes
Nick Offerman broke everyone's hearts with his powerful and quiet performance in episode 3 of HBO's apocalyptic drama The Last of Us. Critics and fans raved about his performance, declaring it one of the best and most memorable guest stints in recent memory and placing him as an instant frontrunner for the Emmy Award for Guest Actor in a Drama.
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Jane Levy and the 'A Little Prayer' Filmmakers Discuss the On and Off-Camera Magic of David Strathairn
A Little Prayer marks yet another winner for Angus MacLachlan at the Sundance Film Festival. His first feature as screenwriter, Junebug, scored a Grand Jury Prize nomination at the festival and also went on to earn Amy Adam her very first Oscar nomination. Now he’s back in Park City with a film he wrote, directed and produced, and it’s being showered in critical praise and also scored distribution via Sony Pictures Classics.
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'Swamp Thing' Movie Will Explore the Superhero's "Dark Origins"
The DCU will see the return of perhaps its messiest superhero, the humanoid plant monster Swamp Thing, under the reign of James Gunn and Peter Safran. While unveiling their plans for the future of the DC cinematic universe, Safran revealed that Swamp Thing will be getting its own solo film in the near future that will explore the origins of the popular anthropomorphic sludge monster.
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Amanda Waller Spin-Off Series Taps 'Doom Patrol' Creator Jeremy Carver
Less than a week after the news broke that Doom Patrol would be coming to an end with Season 4, the series' creator Jeremy Carver has already found his next project within the DC Universe. At a super-secret meeting to reveal the upcoming slate of DC projects, newly minted DC Studios co-heads Peter Safran and James Gunn revealed that Carver would be teaming up with Watchmen writer Christal Henry to pen the upcoming Peacemaker spin-off Waller. As the title suggests, Waller will see Viola Davis return as the titular Amanda Waller—a role that she has played across several projects.
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James Gunn Explains Why the DCU Is Going to Have a Shared Universe of Movies
After James Gunn and Peter Safran’s big announcement today, there’s one thing we know for sure: the DCU is coming. After several years of a shared universe that was confusing and all over the place, now the plan is to make it right and have our favorite—and some less-known—DC characters band together in a slate of movies that will re-introduce superhero icons like Superman and Batman. During the press conference, Collider’s own Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub asked Gunn and Safran about the decision-making process behind the upcoming DC Universe.
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'Superman Legacy' Movie Will Be Rated PG-13, Say DC Studios Heads
The DCU Press Event was held by Warner Bros. on Monday and gave fans a much-needed information debrief about the future of the superhero franchise. Collider's own Steven Weintraub attended the press event which saw the co-chairman of DC Studios James Gunn and Peter Safran provided an update on the extensive slate of content coming to the rebooted universe. While there are many new faces, heroes, projects, and approaches to the new DC, the duo did confirm that one thing will stay the same when it comes to the Man of Steel: the new Superman film will remain rated at PG-13.
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'The Brave and the Bold' Movie Will Finally Give Us a Robin Story
DC fans will finally get their wish for a Robin story under James Gunn and Peter Safran's revamped DCU. While unveiling their sprawling plans for the cinematic universe under their guidance, the creatives spoke about The Brave and the Bold, the film that will kick off their iteration of Batman. Matt Reeves will still get his corner of the DCU with his The Batman films, but Gunn and Safran have their own plans for how the Caped Crusader will fit into the larger extended universe. Namely, their plans involve a Robin, specifically Damian Wayne who will be the focal point of their introductory Batman film.
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'Creature Commandos': Meet the Cast of the New DC Animated Series
After today’s massive announcement from James Gunn and Peter Safran about the future of the DC Universe both in cinemas and on TV, we’ve been given plenty of material to speculate about how this new project will play out. Even though the duo made it clear that this will only become a reality in mid-2025 at the earliest (with the new Superman: Legacy movie), we can be certain that the cogs are turning and the next couple of years will give us some exciting DC reveals. One of the many things Gunn and Safran revealed is the animated series Creature Commandos.
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'Doom Patrol' and 9 Other Great Shows about Unlikely Superheroes
Superheroes are everywhere nowadays. Even if you are a super fan of the superhero genre, it's difficult not to get super exhausted with all the heroes out there. Plus, many of them are beginning to feel like carbon copies of each other, but some are totally different. Some superheroes are...
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New 'The Magic Flute' Trailer Puts a New Spin on a Classic Opera [Exclusive]
One of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's best-known and best-loved operas is perhaps The Magic Flute, a story of romance, adventure, some light family drama, and the triumph of light over dark. While adaptations of the classic have been few over the last decade and a half, the Roland Emerich-produced film The Magic Flute promises to bring the story to a new audience in a thrilling way, and Collider is excited to exclusively share the North American trailer.
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'Superman: Legacy' Is The Title Of the Next Superman Movie
During a press conference, which Collider attended, to discuss their plan for the DC Extended Universe, new co-heads of DC Studios, James Gunn and Peter Safran revealed that the next Man of Steel movie is called Superman Legacy. As promised by Gunn last month, the upcoming film will not be another origin story, even if it focuses on the Son of Krypton/’s legacy and identity.
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Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ Trilogy Still Happening at DC With James Gunn
The fate of one of the most beloved aspects of the recent DC Studios slate was unveiled during a press event held by Warner Bros. on Monday, which gave fans a much-needed information debrief about the future of the superhero franchise. Collider's own Steven Weintraub attended the press event, which saw the co-heads of DC Studios, James Gunn and Peter Safran provide an update on the extensive slate of content coming to the rebooted universe. With the success of The Batman last year, many fans have wondered how this change in leadership would affect director Matt Reeves' planned trilogy. Gunn confirmed that, while they are planning to move ahead with their own Batman in the DCU, it will not change any of the plans that Reeves has for his films, and they will move forward in tandem with the other projects.
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'Star Trek: Picard' Actress Annie Wersching Dead at 45
Annie Wersching, the actress who brought to life a number of fan-favorite TV characters has sadly passed away today. Wersching most recently appeared as the villainous Borg Queen in Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard, a role that saw her return to the Star Trek franchise in a much bigger capacity a decade after initially making her Star Trek debut in a guest role in Star Trek: Enterprise. Wersching also had roles in popular TV shows such as 24, Bosch, and The Vampire Diaries. Away from TV, Wersching was a big part of the fast-rising The Last of Us franchise. She lent her voice and performed motion capture for the beloved role of non-player character Tess who was recently brought to live action on the HBO series by Anna Torv. Wersching was 45 years old at the time of her death.
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Robert Englund Documentary Gets Theatrical Release Ahead of Streaming
A Nightmare on Elm Street has remained a horror classic for decades, and has continued to be one of the most popular horror franchises of all time since 1984. That, of course, would not be possible without its heinous antagonist, Freddy Krueger, who has been terrorizing his victims in their dreams. The character Wes Craven created has been brought to life by Robert Englund throughout the film's various sequels and spin-offs, solidifying the actor's place in entertainment history. Now, the legacy of the veteran actor will be chronicled on the big screen, with a documentary titled Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story set to premiere around the actor's 75th birthday.
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