Author: Jacob Dressler

It looks like 2022’s Prey rejuvenated the Predator film franchise in more ways than one. In addition to Prey director Dan Trachtenberg’s upcoming film Predator: Badlands, it’s been revealed that another secret Predator movie is on the way. What’s surprising about this newly-revealed project, however, is that it’s actually on the fast-track. The movie is actually scheduled to be released prior to Predator: Badlands. This is surprising, especially because fans were completely unaware that this movie was on the way. It was recently revealed that Predator: Badlands has received a theatrical release date in November 2025. As shared via THR,…

The Predator film franchise made a critical comeback with director Dan Trachtenberg’s 2022 effort Prey. The stand-alone prequel to Predator successfully rejuvenated the franchise, and set the stage for Trachtenberg’s next upcoming effort Predator: Badlands. Now, unlike Prey which was released on Hulu, we know Predator: Badlands will have a 2025 theatrical release. This exciting announcement was shared on Disney, via THR, which revealed that the movie actually replaced the spot for a differently high-anticipated project from the studio. As fans know, Marvel Studios has been hard at work with trying to get a new Blade film off the ground,…

This year’s Alien: Romulus has been widely considered a return to form for the Alien film franchise. It brought viewers back to the time period of Alien and Aliens. Furthermore, it was a critical and box office success as a result. Now it looks like a sequel to Alien: Romulus is in the works. The film certainly had an open-ended conclusion, in which characters Rain and Andy could be given any destination or storyline to pursue next. Now, according to 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell, this is indeed the premise they’re looking at for the next Alien film. As…

The 1974 novel Carrie launched the career of celebrated author Stephen King. Now, several adaptations and a few decades later, a new interpretation of Carrie is being crafted as a series on Amazon Prime Video. Perhaps most excitingly, however, is that Mike Flanagan will produce the new Carrie series. As shared by Deadline, Flanagan will act as showrunner on the new series, which is said to tell the story of Carrie as “an eight-episode series for Amazon.” This will be the longest adaptation of the novel yet, with previous adaptations ranging from theatrical features to a 2002 telefilm. Mike Flanagan…

The animated classic Lilo & Stitch is getting a live-action makeover from Disney. The studio has been actively adapting their library of animated feature films as live-action interpretations, though Lilo & Stitch is certainly going to be different given its sci-fi elements. Now fans know when to expect Lilo & Stitch as Disney has confirmed its 2025 release date. The new release date, as confirmed at Variety, follows after the first look at the remake was released at this year’s D23 expo. It revealed that Stitch would be created via CGI, though with his likeness and iconic features intact. Now,…

Disney Plus is home to a number of different Marvel films and shows, with many of their different series produced exclusively for the streaming service. Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean all of their shows are consistently renewed, and it’s now been revealed that Disney has canceled a Marvel series after producing two seasons for Disney Plus. It’s become quite common for streaming services to cancel shows for any number of reasons, which can be disappointing for fans. For this particular series, however, the second season is still ongoing until 2025. Thus viewers will still have some episodes to look forward to…

The next installment in the Call of Duty video game franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, is set to debut a first for the major property: the franchise’s first non-binary operator. The new character, named Volta Rossi, is revealed to use “they/them” pronouns. This announcement regarding the addition of this operator in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was shared by Activision just a week ahead of the game’s release. Naturally, some fans are having mixed-to-negative reactions to the announcement, but others are quite happy to see an operator added to the roster that uses proper pronouns. Previously, the…

Many movies inspired by the library owned by Marvel Comics have been widely successful, especially in recent years, with the support of fans having turned the Marvel Cinematic Universe into one of the most successful franchises in history. Nonetheless, some films have received mixed or otherwise negative reactions from fans, and now it’s one of the former Marvel examples that’s currently making a comeback on Netflix. This particular film has received mixed reactions from fans ever since it was released in 2021. While the mixed reactions still lean towards positive, it’s always great to see the film perform well even…

This year’s The Strangers: Chapter 1 received mixed reviews from fans and critics, but nonetheless managed to have a profitable run at the box office. This is a positive first step for Lionsgate’s plans to reboot the franchise, which include releasing an entire new trilogy of Strangers films. Now the next film in this trilogy, The Strangers: Chapter 2, has received its first trailer. The new footage includes the return of Madelaine Petsch as her story from The Strangers: Chapter 1 is continued. The teaser is quite vague about story details, but after surviving her encounter with the titular Strangers,…

The animated classic Snow White is one of Disney’s next titles receiving the live-action treatment. Their new adaptation has been in production for quite some time, with Rachel Zegler set to portray the titular princess. However, there has been some backlash given that Zegler is a Latina actress, and now she has commented on the change to the iconic “skin as white as snow” line. Zegler explained this change while also discussing the backlash she’s faced, all while speaking with Variety. Interestingly, Zegler reveals that the change can actually be traced back to a separate version of the original story,…