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Marvel Studios has announced that Thunderbolts* will arrive on Disney+ on August 27, giving fans their chance to stream the film at home. This release date sets a new record for the longest wait between a Marvel movie hitting theaters and its streaming debut, with 117 days between the two.

That’s even longer than Captain America: Brave New World at 103 days, Deadpool & Wolverine at 110 days, and The Marvels at 92 days.

One last shot at redemption

Stream Marvel Studios’ #Thunderbolts*, on August 27 only on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/AMAxPklCSP

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) August 14, 2025

The film, directed by Jake Schreier, first premiered on the red carpet in London on April 22 before opening in theaters on May 2, 2025. It is the 36th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and serves as the final movie in Phase Five.

The story brings together a team of antiheroes who are trapped in a dangerous situation and must...

Marvel Studios has confirmed that Thunderbolts* will be available to stream on Disney+ starting August 27. This marks the longest wait yet for a Marvel film to go from theaters to the streaming service. The gap will be 117 days, beating Captain America: Brave New World at 103 days, Deadpool & Wolverine at 110 days, and The Marvels at 92 days.

One last shot at redemption

Stream Marvel Studios’ #Thunderbolts*, on August 27 only on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/AMAxPklCSP

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) August 14, 2025

Directed by Jake Schreier, Thunderbolts first hit theaters on May 2, 2025, following a red carpet premiere in London on April 22. It is the 36th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and closes out Phase Five.

The film follows a group of antiheroes who find themselves in a dangerous situation and have no choice but to work together on a deadly mission.

The movie features a big ensemble cast, including Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan,...

Marvel fans looking to get another glimpse of the newest Avengers can check out “Thunderbolts*” on Disney+ beginning Aug. 27.

Featuring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Lewis Pullman, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Thunderbolts*” follows a new band of anti-heroes from past movies and shows like “Black Widow” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” after they are assembled by Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Louis-Dreyfus) to defeat a new threat. However, the team soon realizes they’ve been set up by Valentina and are forced to work together to unravel a sinister plot.

In his Variety review, chief film critic Peter Debruge said that the film “balances self-deprecating comedy with mental health concerns, relying on deep knowledge of obscure characters to make sense of the MCU going forward.” Reviews for the film have mostly been positive, currently holding an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes — way up from the 48% that the underwhelming...

Searchlight Pictures’ “Rental Family” will serve as this year’s American Express Gala presentation at the 69th BFI London Film Festival.

Directed and co-written by Hikari, whose credits include “37 Seconds” and the Emmy-winning series “Beef,” the comedy-drama stars Fraser alongside Emmy nominee Hira Takehiro (“Shogun”), Yamamoto Mari (“Pachinko”), Shannon Mahina Gorman and Emoto Akira (“Maru”).

The Tokyo-set film centers on an American performer (Fraser) who takes a job with a Japanese company that provides temporary family members for hire. Through this unconventional work, he discovers unexpected human connections that challenge his understanding of authentic relationships versus professional performance.

The film, which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, is produced by Eddie Vaisman, Julie Lebedev, Hikari and Yamaguchi Shin.

Fraser and Hikari are expected to attend the U.K. premiere at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Oct. 16.

BFI London Film Festival Director...

The U.K. premiere of Searchlight Pictures’ Rental Family will take place at the 69th BFI London Film Festival, running Oct. 8-19, in partnership with American Express. The gala screening on Thursday, Oct. 16, is expected to bring director Hikari (37 Seconds, Beef) and star Brendan Fraser to the British capital.

Directed and co-written by Hikari, Rental Family also stars Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, and Akira Emoto. Set in modern-day Tokyo, the film follows an American actor (Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig, working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers.

“As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality,” reads a synopsis. “Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.”

Rental Family, set for a U.

The Brendan Fraser comedy, Rental Family, will be the American Express Gala screening at this year’s London Film Festival.

The film will screen at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 16 October, with director Hikari and star Brendan Fraser expected to attend.

Directed and co-written by Hikari (Beef), the film stars Fraser alongside Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, and Akira Emoto. Set in modern-day Tokyo, the film follows an American actor (Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, where he plays stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.

Rental Family is produced by Eddie Vaisman, Julie Lebedev (Sight Unseen), Hikari,...

This August Thunderbolts* might finally be coming to Disney+,and later than any Marvel movie before it.

A new commercial airing in Greece has started a wave of rumors, saying the movie will hit the streamer on Wednesday, August 27. If that’s true, it would mark the longest gap between a Marvel movie’s theater release and its Disney+ debut. The wait would be 117 days, which is even longer than Captain America: Brave New World (103 days), Deadpool & Wolverine (110 days), and The Marvels (92 days).

According to a Greek ad, 'Thunderbolts*' is coming to Disney+ on August 27.

via: https://t.co/i01RtoGSj3 pic.twitter.com/S80JR27mdu

— *The New Avengers News (@tbolts_news) August 8, 2025

There’s no official word from Marvel yet, but fans have already picked up on the Greek ad and shared it online.

Directed by Jake Schreier, Thunderbolts* was released in theaters on May...

It looks like Thunderbolts* might be heading to Disney+ very soon. According to a new commercial that’s been airing in Greece, the Marvel movie is rumored to start streaming on Wednesday, August 27. If this is true, it would mark the longest gap between a Marvel movie’s theatrical release and its Disney+ debut, 117 days.

According to a Greek ad, 'Thunderbolts*' is coming to Disney+ on August 27.

via: https://t.co/i01RtoGSj3 pic.twitter.com/S80JR27mdu

— *The New Avengers News (@tbolts_news) August 8, 2025

That’s a bigger wait than we’ve seen before. For example, Captain America: Brave New World took 103 days to hit Disney+, Deadpool & Wolverine had a 110-day gap, and The Marvels came to the platform after just 92 days.

Thunderbolts* first hit theaters on May 2, 2025, after its world premiere in London on April 22. It’s the 36th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe...

Stars: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Written by Eric Pearson, Joanna Calo | Directed by Jake Schreier

Directed by Jake Schreier (who made Netflix’s Beef), Thunderbolts* (that asterisk is significant) is the 36th film in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) and the final film in Phase Five. Loosely based on the comics of the same name, it centres on a group of anti-heroes-slash-supervillains, all of whom have been introduced in previous Marvel projects, most notably the Black Widow movie and the Falcon and the Winter Soldier TV show.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, who had previously shown up in various post-credits stings, recruiting villains and anti-heroes. Initially intending to terminate her secret super-team project, she arranges for various characters to meet on a covert mission – including Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and US...

"You don't have to do all of this weird s*!t to hang with us." Mubi has revealed the first official trailer for a sneaky thriller titled Lurker, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year (it made my Best of the Fest list). Lurker is the feature directorial debut of writer / director Alex Russell, who already made a name for himself writing for the "Beef" series and episodes of "The Bear" & "Dave" previously. This fantastic parasocial, paranoid film arrives to watch in the US in theaters this month. Starring Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Zack Fox, Havana Rose Liu, Wale Onayemi, Daniel Zolghadri, and Sunny Suljic. When a wannabe-famous nobody working at a clothing store surprisingly befriends a famous celebrity musician, he'll do anything (anything!!) to stay in his orbit and leech off of his fame. "A screw-turning psychological thriller made for the moment." Online fixation meets reality...

Emily Blunt Jokes About Her “Beef” With Meryl Streep As Their Legendary Onscreen Rivalry Heats Up Again In Devil Wears Prada 2(Photo Credit –Facebook)

Meryl Streep never slips quietly into the background and when Emily Blunt is anywhere near her on a film set, sparks tend to follow. These two Hollywood A-listers are not strangers to playing characters locked in cold stares, veiled insults and sharp power plays. You would think that after three films together, maybe some warmth would show through, but no, it has been a running pattern, almost a cinematic ritual at this point.

Emily Blunt’s Surprising Reputation for Onscreen Feuds

Blunt, who often leans into the roles of quietly strong wives or whimsical heroines, does not strike most as someone eager for a feud. Yet, her name keeps circling the same orbit as Streep’s and not in the soft, fuzzy way fans usually hope for.

Descubre la alegría de las conexiones inesperadas. © Searchlight Pictures

Ya se ha desvelado el primer tráiler y póster de Rental Family, la nueva película dirigida y coescrita por Hikari, cineasta japonés detrás de la aclamada serie Beef.

En ella, un actor estadounidense solitario y sin recursos (Fraser), que vive en Tokio y lucha por encontrar un propósito en la vida, comienza a trabajar para una empresa japonesa de «familias de alquiler» para desempeñar diversos papeles sustitutos en la vida de otras personas. A medida que se sumerge en los mundos de sus clientes, comienza a formar vínculos genuinos que difuminan las líneas entre la actuación y la realidad y descubre alegrías inesperadas dentro de su familia adoptiva.

El reparto está encabezado por Brendan Fraser junto a Takehiro Hira (Shōgun), Mari Yamamoto (Monarch: El legado de los monstruos), la recién llegada Shannon Gorman y Akira Emoto (Zatoichi).

Te Puede Interesar Emma Mackey...

Searchlight Pictures debuted a new trailer for ‘Rental Family’ from writer/director Hikari and starring Oscar Winner Brendan Fraser.

Set against modern-day Tokyo, the movie follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.

Directed, co-written and produced by Hikari. The film stars Academy Award® and Screen Actors Guild award winner Brendan Fraser with a supporting cast that includes Emmy® nominee Takehiro Hira (Shogun), Mari Yamamoto, Akira Emoto and newcomer Shannon Gorman.

Also in trailers – ‘The Choral’ trailer debuts: Alan Bennett and Nicholas Hytner reunite for stirring WWI drama about...

After seven years of being in development, the sophomore feature by filmmaker Hikari is finally set to be released in theaters this year. Rental Family is a comedy drama that has been in the works for some time, with the Japanese filmmaker recruiting Brendan Fraser for the project shortly after his Oscar win for Darren Aronofsky's The Whale in 2023. Fraser was reportedly very careful when choosing his next role following the success of The Whale, eventually settling on Rental Family. Now, the first trailer for the upcoming movie has been released, teasing a heartwarming story featuring Fraser in what looks to be one of his most charming roles yet.

In his first major theatrical role since his Oscar win, Fraser plays a down-on-his-luck American actor living in Tokyo. Desperate for work, Fraser's character is employed by a Japanese "rental family" company to play various parts in real people's lives,...

"What I'm offering here is a chance to play roles with a real meaning." Searchlight Pictures has unveiled the official trailer for a sentimental and heartfelt new film titled Rental Family, the latest feature from the filmmaker known as "Hikari" who also directed episodes of the hit series "Beef" & also the film 37 Seconds. Rental Family is premiering at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival and will open in US theaters in November this fall. Discover the joy of unexpected connections. A lonely American actor living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese "rental family" company to play stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his built-in family. This stars Oscar winner Brendan Fraser, along with Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman, and Akira Emoto. This is seemingly inspired by the Werner Herzog's film Family Romance, LLC (from 2020) which is also...

Brendan Fraser takes on the role of a struggling American actor who gets hired by an unusual agency, the Rental Family, which provides stand-in companions and relatives for its clients. Set to be his first lead gig since his return to the limelight with The Whale, we might be looking at another Awards-season darling, if the trailer is anything to go by.

Scheduled to premiere at September’s Toronto Film Festival, with a release date set for November, Fraser’s introspective journey could land him in some serious Award buzz later this year.

Brendan Fraser Is the Token White Guy for Tokyo’s Rental Family Agency

Set against the backdrop of Tokyo, Brendan Fraser’s Rental Family seems to have all the right ingredients required to tug at the heartstrings. The story will see Fraser immersing himself in strangers’ lives as the token white guy for the Tokyo agency, blurring...

The Brenaissance continues apace! Having made his big-screen comeback to Oscar winning acclaim with Darren Aronofsky's The Whale in 2022, Brendan Fraser has shone in Martin Scorsese's Killers Of The Flower Moon, rounded out a winning run as Doom Patrol's Cliff Steele, and booked gigs starring as Dwight D. Eisenhower in upcoming D-Day thriller Pressure and appearing opposite Al Pacino in Barry Levinson's Assassination. And Fraser's next movie, Hikari directed comedy drama Rental Family, looks set to be another winner for The Mummy man. Check out the trailer below;

Now there's a hook if ever we saw one. We've seen Fraser act in family dramas, and we've seen Fraser act in comedies, but here we're getting Fraser, in a comedy, playing an actor in family dramas — but, well, actual other families' dramas. Yes, it looks like Beef director Hikari is about to pull off a sort-of...

Years ago, talk show host Conan O’Brien traveled to Japan for one of his special international remote episodes that helped inspire his new series, Conan O’Brien Must Go. While in Japan, O’Brien checked out some of the unique local sights. One of the things he explored was a family rental service that the country provides to combat the national crisis of loneliness. His exploration into the topic was, of course, done in a very humorous way. However, filmmaker Hikari, who helmed drama 37 Seconds as well as a few seasons in the first season of Netflix’s Beef, explores the concept with a bit more drama. Searchlight Pictures has released the trailer for Rental Family, which will make its debut at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Keep a lookout for our upcoming review when it screens!

The official synopsis reads,

“Set against modern-day Tokyo, Rental Family...

Brendan Fraser is back in the spotlight — and this time, he’s stepping into other people’s lives for hire. Searchlight Pictures has released the first trailer for Rental Family, the dramatic comedy that marks Fraser’s first leading role since his Oscar-winning turn in 2022’s The Whale. The film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September before arriving in theaters on November 21.

In Rental Family, Fraser plays an American actor living in Tokyo who begins taking jobs with the Japanese Rental Family Agency, a real-world-inspired service where clients can hire stand-ins for absent relatives or companions. From playing a doting father at a wedding to joining in a casual movie night or filling out a golf foursome, Fraser’s character finds himself unexpectedly drawn into the personal lives of strangers — and, of course, discovering his own need for connection in the process. Fraser...

Brendan Fraser goes abroad for his latest film, “Rental Family,” to play an expat in Tokyo. The Best Actor Oscar winner leads the drama from “Beef” director Hikari, who co-wrote the script with Stephen Blahut.

Fraser stars as a struggling actor hired to play a token American man for a Japanese “rental family” company in Tokyo. The role? Acting as a stand-in for other people’s lives for their milestone events.

The synopsis reads: “Set against modern-day Tokyo, ‘Rental Family’ follows an American actor (Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese ‘rental family’ agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.”

Takehiro Hira,...

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Thunderbolts*, despite a slow box office run, was a hit with fans and reviewers alike. And it was clearly a hit with Marvel Studios’ head Kevin Feige, who tapped director Jake Schreier to helm the next X-Men movie. Schreier, whose previous credits include the indie dramedy Robot & Frank, the YA adaptation Paper Towns, and the Emmy-winning series Beef, infused Thunderbolts* with darkly comic elements and the kind...

Exclusive: M88 has signed rising British-Korean actor Seoyeon Jang, one of the stars of Beef Season 2, for representation.

Jang is a series regular in the new season of the buzzy Netflix series— part of an ensemble that includes Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, and Charles Melton. The show, created by Lee Sung Jin, won eight Emmys and three Golden Globes for its critically acclaimed first season, chronicling a road rage feud that escalates to crazy heights.

Jang will next appear opposite Daniel Dae Kim and Piper Perabo in Butterfly, the upcoming Amazon/3Ad thriller series centered on a former U.S. intelligence operative whose past resurfaces with deadly consequences. The show, based on Arash Amel’s Boom! Studios graphic novel series, premieres on Prime Video on August 13.

Jang trained at ArtsEd in London, as both an actress and classical dancer, before relocating to Korea. She made her screen debut on Disney+’s Doctor Lawyer,...

Jake Schreier, the director behind Marvel’s recent film “Thunderbolts*,” is gearing up for a big job: bringing the “X-Men” back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Schreier has quietly built a strong reputation over the years, starting with smaller films like “Robot & Frank” and “Paper Towns.”

But it was his work on the Netflix show “Beef” that really put him on the map. There, he showed he can handle complex emotions and tension, earning a Primetime Emmy nomination for directing. His focus has always been on characters who are struggling and on the edge, and that theme carries over into his work with Marvel.

“Thunderbolts*,” which recently became available to stream, is different from typical superhero team-ups. Instead of just big action scenes, it dives into the emotional struggles of its characters.

The team includes flawed heroes like Florence Pugh’s Yelena, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes, and Wyatt Russell’s U.

Jake Schreier is stepping into a big role with Marvel’s upcoming X-Men reboot. After directing Thunderbolts*, which recently came out on digital, Schreier is already thinking ahead about how to bring a new version of the mutant team to life. He spoke with The Playlist and shared a few thoughts, without giving away too much, of course.

Schreier isn’t new to storytelling with strong emotion. His earlier work includes indie films like Robot & Frank and Paper Towns, and more recently, he directed episodes of Beef on Netflix.

That show earned him an Emmy nomination and showed he knows how to handle characters with complex emotions. That same skill showed up in Thunderbolts*, a Marvel movie that didn’t just go for big action, but instead focused on its team of broken heroes struggling with their pasts.

Talking about Thunderbolts*, Schreier said that emotional depth is something he really connects with,...

Phase In

And just like that, we’re nearly two weeks into Phase 2. After the initial head-swirling buzz of Emmy nominations, the industry has been in that quiet in-between space where studios are working behind-the-scenes to wrangle their stars out of summer vacation plans to get them back on the campaign trail. Expect the plates to start spinning madly again next week with interviews, roundtables and FYC events quickly filling up the calendar.

The TV Academy itself is getting into the Phase 2 FYC space for the first time with the launch of Televerse, a three-day shindig scheduled for Aug. 14-16 and featuring officially sanctioned contender panels. The guidelines detail strict rules for these panels, though, including length of time (a hard out at 60 minutes), number of talent involved (eight plus a moderator), and location. Go anywhere else and you can’t bill yourself as such to Academy members, or invite them directly.

It’s official: Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier is directing X-Men for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During a recent roundtable attended by Collider’s Steve Weintraub for Fantastic Four, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige confirmed Schreier’s appointment, finally putting to rest months of speculation about who would take the reins of the MCU’s first mutant-led film.

“Yeah, it’s official. Jake Schreier is doing X-Men for us,” Feige said. “Very lucky, and we’re very, very lucky to have him, and very excited to have him. And so we're beginning. It’s all starting now. Script’s underway.” The script in question is being written by Michael Lesslie, whose recent credits include The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. No cast or plot details have been announced, but Feige did drop a major hint about the tone and focus of the reboot — one that longtime fans will no doubt appreciate.

The James Gunn that Mikaela Hoover met 17 years ago is still the same James Gunn she knows today.

In 2008, long before he became the writer-director of Superman and co-ceo of DC Studios, Gunn first auditioned Hoover for his web short Humanzee!. He was quickly won over by her performance, but her insistence on outdoing herself ingratiated herself to the filmmaker even more. Months later, he created another web short specifically for Hoover called Sparky & Mikaela, which chronicled the crime-fighting exploits of her low-rent superhero character and raccoon sidekick. (If the Guardians of the Galaxy roots weren’t already evident, Guardians actors Sean Gunn and Gregg Henry also show up.)

Hoover would go on to appear in Gunn’s second feature film, Super (2010), before working on five more Gunn-associated films. Her friendship with Gunn didn’t preclude her from auditioning, particularly when she landed an opportunity to read for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3...

Are we in store for more “Emmy sweepers?”

With more than 25,000 voting members, the Television Academy is made up of 31 peer groups, each representing a specific field of expertise — actors, writers, editors, and so on. Of the many categories, only 15 are voted on by the entire membership. These include outstanding comedy, drama, limited or anthology series, television movie, talk series, variety special (live and pre-recorded), short form, hosted nonfiction series, structured and unstructured reality, reality competition, scripted variety and game show.

Unlike the Oscars, which allow all eligible members to vote in the final round, the Emmys restrict both nomination and winner selection to designated peer groups. That exclusivity shapes the voting landscape — and it explains the rise of a modern phenomenon: the Emmy sweep.

Only once before 2020 had a series ever won all seven major categories: HBO’s “Angels in America” in 2004. Then came the Covid-era stunner: Pop TV’s “Schitt’s Creek,...

Ted Sarandos has always had an uncanny grasp of titles and stars, conjuring them in his pre-internet days as a video store clerk and dropping them frequently during his 25-year run at Netflix.

Even by those standards, however, the Co-CEO may have set a personal record on Thursday, machine-gunning out the names of no fewer than 37 series, films and events soon to stream Netflix. The spree during a 3-minute stretch of the company’s second-quarter earnings call coincided with the company disclosing viewership for thousands of series and movies in its semi-annual “data dump.”

Unlike other companies’ calls, Netflix’s are livestreamed on YouTube. (Watch a replay here.) Questions submitted by analysts are read by Spencer Wang, call moderator and VP of finance, investor relations and corporate development.

J.P. Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth wondered about the company recently having outsized hits like the third season of Squid Game. “How do...

Good news, 3 Body Problem fans! We've just learned that season 2 of the hit Netflix sci-fi series will return earlier than expected! During the recent Netflix Q2 2025 earnings call, Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos name-dropped the show when detailing the upcoming slate expected for the latter half of 2025 and 2026.

You can watch the full call embedded below. Sarandos begins by detailing the 2025-2026 slate around the 10:20 mark and then mentions 3 Body Problem specifically at around 12:20, in between discussig the return of Emmy-winning series Beef and other Netflix staples like Outer Banks and Love is Blind.

This comes as a surprise, because earlier reports suggested that 3 Body Problem would not return until 2027, and now it sounds like it will be back significantly sooner.

What's on Netflix previously reported that seasons 2 and 3 would be filmed back to back. Based on confirmation they received from Netflix, the filming for seasons...

The sleepy 2026 Oscar race is about to get a wakeup call, courtesy of Benoit Blanc and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the anticipated third installment in Rian Johnson's wickedly delicious mystery series starring Daniel Craig, will have its world premiere at the film festival — a traditional launchpad for Academy Awards contenders. The sequel, whose starry cast also includes Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, and Kerry Washington, was one of 11 official selections unveiled Wednesday, all of which have Oscar aspirations.

The potential contenders include:

The Choral: Set against the backdrop of WWI, Ralph Fiennes stars as a tough choir director mentoring a group of enlisted British teens in the Nicholas Hytner film.

Franz: Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland directs this episodic biopic of writer Franz Kafka (German actor Idan Weiss), from his birth to death.

Hamnet: Nomadland Best...

The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival added several world premieres by prolific filmmakers including Netflix’s Rian Johnson threequel Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Sony Pictures Classics’ Nicholas Hytner title The Choral, Miramax/Paramount’s Derek Cianfrance caper The Roofman, Paul Greengrass’ AppleTV+ movie The Lost Bus, Searchlight’s The Rental Family from Beef episodic director Hikari as well as the Canadian premiere of Hament from Oscar winning Nomadland filmmaker Chloe Zhao.

In total TIFF unveils today 11 more Official Selections in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes. The fest, presented by Rogers, runs from Sept. 4-14.

“Since its inception, TIFF has championed global cinema that opens our eyes and brings us together,” said Anita Lee, Chief Programming Officer, TIFF. “We are delighted to share 11 more titles from our Gala and Special Presentations programmes that showcase the remarkable originality and excellence of today’s most exciting and acclaimed directors.

The Toronto Film Festival has added to its 50th edition world premieres the latest films by Paul Greengrass, Rian Johnson, Hikari, Agnieszka Holland and Canadian auteur Clement Virgo.

Toronto programmers unveiled six news Gala titles on Wednesday, including world premieres for Nicholas Hytner’s The Choral, with the U.K. director reteaming with writer Alan Bennett for a First World War drama that stars Ralph Fiennes, Jim Broadbent and has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics.

Also getting a first look in Toronto is Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman, an upcoming Paramount release that stars Channing Tatum as a real-life former Army Ranger who turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs. And there’s a Canadian premiere for Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet, an adaptation centering on William Shakespeare’s wife that stars Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson and Joe Alwyn. Earlier picked up by Focus Features,...

After last year’s Primetime Emmy broadcast that sported fresh blood in terms of marquee category winners with Hacks for Comedy Series, Shōgun for Drama Series and Baby Reindeer for Limited Series/Anthology, even down to the usually tired and predictable Reality Series lineup with newcomer Peacock’s hit The Traitors , this morning’s announcement of nominees for the 77th annual Primetime Emmys gives us hope for a repeat of no repeats in the major categories. That is something increasingly rare but perhaps is a new trend where voters actually aren’t doing the same old/same old that Emmys past, fairly or unfairly, were accused of.

‘Severance’ Apple TV+

With Severance dominating the Drama Series field with an impressive 27 nominations (wow) in its second season, doubling the haul of its first which debuted way back in 2022 (and only two crafts wins then), it looks like a front-runner for a triumph come September.

The 2025 Emmy nominations delivered meaningful gains in representation across race, gender and identity, with a few concerning declines.

A total of 94 actors were recognized in the main acting categories — lead, supporting and guest. Of those 24 are Poc, a decline from the past five years. In 2024, 30 were performers of color, making up 31% of the nominees, which was an increase from 2023 and 2021, though it fell short of the 2022 peak, when 42 of 108 nominees (39%) were people of color, the most in Emmys history. Look at the last decade of numbers to see how this year compares:

“Abbott Elementary” creator, executive producer and star Quinta Brunson continues her historic Emmy run for hit ABC mockumentary. After becoming the first solo Black woman to win for comedy writing in 2022, and the second Black woman to win lead comedy actress in 2023, she now ties Stefani Robinson (“Atlanta” and “What We Do in the Shadows”) for the most...

Lauryn Hill was one of six artists Drake tapped to share the stage with him on the first of his three nights headlining London’s Wireless Festival this weekend.

The Ovo rapper set an R&b theme for night one of the concert series, which saw him pass the mic to singers such as Mario, Bobby Valentino, Bryson Tiller, and Giveon to churn out their crowd-pleasing singles. Label signee Partynextdoor also got in on the action, with the duo performing a range of tracks from “Come and See Me” to “Moth Balls,” “Somebody Love You” and “Spider-Man Superman” together.

The surprise highlight of the night was Drake bringing out Lauryn Hill, whose performance of “Ex-Factor” transitioned into Drake rapping his 2018 hit single “Nice For What,” which samples the single from Hill’s 1998 Grammy Award-winning album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, for his finale.

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It’s been over two years since Brendan Fraser won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Whale. And while he has had supporting roles in films like Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Max Barbakow’s Brothers, he’s once again taking the marquee, as dramedy Family Rental has been announced for a November release via Searchlight Pictures.

In Family Rental – which was announced in November 2023 – Brendan Fraser plays a man hired by a rental family company, an actual service where people are given jobs as stand-ins for friends, family members, etc. – in Japan. It’s through this and his experiences along the way in which he learns far more about himself than he was expecting. With a November 21st release, Searchlight looks to be jockeying for another awards contender; with the themes at play, it also could make for a solid pre-Thanksgiving outing at the theater.

When the One Piece live-action series returns in 2026, fans will have plenty of new characters to meet. However, one of the most highly anticipated arrivals in the series is Tony Tony Chopper, who is set to integrate the group of the Straw Hats. Due to Chopper's non-human form, he will be a CGI character voiced by Mikaela Hoover. During an interview with Perri Nemiroff for an upcoming episode of Collider Ladies Night while promoting her new blockbuster Superman, the actor revealed that the match made in heaven almost didn't happen because she had a Beef to attend to.

"So when I got the audition for One Piece, I was filming [Netflix's] 'Beef,' and I really just wanted to focus on 'Beef.' I got an audition from my voice-over agent, Stephanie, who was so nice through all of this, and I said, 'I'm passing on this,...

Disney’s specialty arm Searchlight Pictures has staked out the pre-Thanksgiving corridor for “Rental Family,” setting the Tokyo-set dramedy to open in North American theaters on November 21, 2025. The date positions the Brendan Fraser vehicle—a story about a once-famous American actor who earns a living posing as relatives for lonely clients—as counter-programming to big-budget holiday releases and an early awards-season play.

Fraser headlines alongside Takehiro Hira and Japanese screen legend Akira Emoto under director Hikari, whose recent television work includes “Beef”. Production began in Tokyo last spring after Searchlight acquired the screenplay in late 2023.

The real-life practice of hiring stand-ins for familial roles gives the film a culturally specific hook that test-screen audiences reportedly found both poignant and humorous. Searchlight plans a limited rollout before Thanksgiving to cultivate word-of-mouth momentum similar to its recent awards pushes.

In the same calendar update, corporate sibling 20th Century Studios reserved February 2026 for “Psycho Killer,...

The Bearhas now become known for its cameos. It started with brief appearances from Jon Bernthalthroughout Season 1 as Michael Berzatto. Then the list grew and included stars like Jamie Lee Curtis,who plays Donna Berzatto on the series, and the role got Curtis an Emmy Award for her work. But while Donna and the Berzatto clan, which does include actors like Sarah Paulson, John Mulaney, Bob Odenkirk, and more, are great, we have Curtis to thankfor a completely different cameo in the series as well. Albert (Rob Reiner) joined the show in Season 4 and gave fans of The Beef of Chicagoland a little bit of hope.

Reiner, who recently did an interview People to talk about the anniversary of his mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, revealed that Curtis is why he ended up taking on the role in the first place. "She had told me she was on the seasons before,...

At the 2025 Nantucket Film Festival, Joanna Calo was one of the three writers honored during the event’s signature celebration, Screenwriters Tribute, hosted by Michael Ian Black.

Calo, a writer on “The Bear” and “Thunderbolts*,” received the Excellence in Television Writing award, presented by “The Bear” star Lionel Boyce; “Andor” creator Tony Gilroy was honored by the Visionary Storyteller Award, presented by writer/director Scott Frank; and award-winning documentary director Alex Gibney was given the Special Achievement in Documentary Stroytelling honor. Calo, whose award was presented by Variety, gave two-time Oscar nominee Frank, a shoutout during her speech.

“This is incredibly surreal,” she said after accepting her award from Boyce. “I was telling Scott that I saw him when I was in college, that he inspired me to come and take a job, and that’s when I became a Pa. Now to be in the same room as him…...

This week’s streaming premieres are a wide, diverse mix of new movies and TV shows, both big and small. Max boasts the long-awaited streaming service debut of one of the year’s biggest and most acclaimed films, while Netflix has both the second season of a major TV show and the sequel to one of its past film originals coming this week.

Elsewhere, Marvel’s best film effort in years has finally become available on demand, and the same happens to be true of one of 2025’s most underrated independent movies. Here are the eight best new movies and shows that you can stream this weekend.

Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners” (Credit: Warner Bros. “Sinners” (Max)

The biggest original movie of 2025 is finally making its way to streaming this week. Writer-director Ryan Coogler’s acclaimed vampire thriller “Sinners” makes its long-awaited premiere on Max on Friday. Coogler’s first...

Star Wars fans might be headed back to a galaxy far, far away alongside their favorite bearded Jedi. Ever since Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 1 was released in 2022 on Disney+, there has been little to no movement on the Star Wars series. Well, until now. A new rumor points to a long-awaited return for the miniseries, which featured Ewan McGregor reprising his beloved role.

According to Daniel Richtman, Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2 is in the works. No other details were included in the report, and, until further confirmation, it should be taken with a grain of salt. However, after McGregor has consistently expressed his desire to tell more stories featuring Obi-Wan, there may be some validity to the latest rumor. The first season of Obi-Wan Kenobi has an 82% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, while audience reviews garnered a lower 61% rating. It should be noted that the latter score was likely affected by review bombing,...

Season 4 of The Bear just dropped, and whew, Carmy might finally be learning that running a restaurant isn’t a solo sport (or a daily anxiety spiral). Sydney’s cooking up more than just potential, Ebra’s turning the takeout window into a one-man empire, and the guest stars are less “look who we booked!” and more “oh hey, that really works.”

Sure, the show’s still yelling, stressing, and moodily slicing herbs in silence, but at least it’s making progress. There’s still trauma, tension, and timers ticking, but The Bear might be inching toward a kitchen that runs on collaboration instead of Carmy’s emotional damage.

And if you’ve devoured this season like a perfectly toasted beef sandwich and still want more, more chaos, more found family, more characters barely holding it together, then congratulations, chef. These 15 TV shows are your next course. They’ve got the flavor,...

The Marvel Studios film Thunderbolts* features multiple actors from various previous Marvel films and TV shows reprising their roles. It’s got Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Wyatt Russell as US Agent, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, and Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster – and you can get a glimpse of how much fun the cast had working together in the gag reel that has dropped online. Check it out in the embed above!

Thunderbolts* reached theatres on May 2nd and is now set to receive a digital release on July 1st. That will be followed by a physical media release on July 29.

Thunderbolts* involves “the rag-tag team forming an unlikely alliance of skilled individuals, each with something to prove. They refuse to let their pasts define them, so they take the opportunity to save the...

No one saw the popularity of Squid Game coming, but here we are. Thanks to the combination of betrayal, drama, and comedy, the high-stakes survival drama became a perfect binge for Netflix subscribers. It led to the reality show Squid Game: The Challenge, and now an English-speaking spinoff is being developed by director David Fincher (Fight Club and Se7en).

To be fair, we're still not sure if the spinoff will actually happen of it if will die before it sees the light of day. Also worth noting it that it's not a remake, but they're not looking to case English-speaking version of the characters we already met in the original. Instead, it will be a new story set elsewhere in the world, with a whole new crop of cash-strapped contestants drafted to participate in the deadly Squid Games in the hopes of walking away with the grand prize, even...

A24 is celebrating Midsommar with a new vinyl edition of the film’s soundtrack by Bobby Krlic.

The album is pressed on “Sunshine Yellow” colored vinyl and housed in a jacket featuring artwork by Robert Beatty.

It comes with a bonus Fire Temple cassette featuring never-before-released Hårga songs.

Priced at $45, the set is expected to ship in August. 30 randomly inserted copies will be signed by Krlic.

In the 2019 folk horror film, a young couple travel with friends to experience a rare midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. But what begins as a carefree holiday takes a sinister turn when the villagers force their guests to partake in their deadly rituals.

Written and directed by Ari Aster (Hereditary), Midsommar stars Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, and Vilhelm Blomgren.

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Jake Schreier knows it's exactly what fans are hoping for — but he’s not confirming anything just yet. At the Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta, the Thunderbolts* director took part in a panel — attended by Collider's Steve Weintraub — and he was asked whether he’d do anything differently with Marvel’s long-awaited X-Men reboot. Schreier kept it brief, if cryptic, adding that he was not confirmed to take on the job at this moment in time, despite fervent media speculation to the contrary. However, Schreier did concede that he would start the project from the ground up and focus on what made the X-Men so compelling from the very beginning — their characters.

“Even if I were confirmed on that movie, I don't think I would be allowed to answer that question. I guess what I would say is that it always starts from character and working with great writers and collaborators,...

Not only did a Wheel of Fortune contestant not win $62,000 on the Bonus Puzzle, but he also had a sausage nightmare when he failed to guess the Triple Toss-Ups. Fans cracked up over the meat-related puzzles. Derek Stutz, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, played against Rosemary Underwood, from Charlestown, Arizona, and Vicki Byrd, from Hanover, Maryland, on September 13, 2024. The game show shared the clip on its Instagram on June 23, 2025. Before the Triple Toss-Ups, Stutz was in the lead with $14,250 and a trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Underwood, a grandmother of seven, had $1,000, and Byrd had $4,550. Underwood quickly caught up to the leader when she guessed all three toss-ups correctly, giving her an additional $10,000. With the first one looking like “_ _ _E _ _ _F,” Stutz guessed “Meat Loaf.” He was wrong, and Underwood correctly solved “Kobe Beef” when the puzzle looked like “Kobe BE_F.” She also solved the second one, “Beluga Caviar,” with only one letter left.

Jake Schreier started the year strong by directing Thunderbolts*, which is one of the highest-rated Marvel movies of the Multiverse Saga. Schreier has also been one of the names rumored to be directing Marvel’s X-Men reboot, but this had not been confirmed by anyone involved with the company until now. Sinners and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler recently sat down for an interview with Metro Entertainment to talk about Ironheart, the MCU Disney+ series he executive produced, and he was asked about the other side of online rumors that he's attached to direct the MCU’s X-Men movie. Coogler quickly debunked this and didn’t hesitate to say, “No, Jake is directing that.” When asked for confirmation that he was indeed talking about Jake Schreier, Coogler said, “Yeah.”

Schreier proved himself to be the perfect choice to handle the MCU’s X-Men reboot earlier this year with his work...