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Netflix boasts a solid sci-fi film library, so it can be tough to decide where to start.

The streamer is currently home to modern hits like “Godzilla Minus One” and “Furiosa,” classics that deserve to be seen like “Starship Troopers” and fun-for-the-whole-family offerings like the Oscar-nominated animated hit “The Wild Robot.” With a library like that, there really is something for everyone.

Below, we laid out nine sci-fi film options to check out when you’re next at a loss for what to watch.

Toho Godzilla Minus One

Every modern attempt at a new Godzilla film has consistently been weak in the same category: the human element. That is, until “Godzilla Minus One” rolled through town. The film is set in Japan right after WWII and follows a former soldier who rallies a group to face off against the titan as a way to redeem himself from an earlier encounter during the war.

This year’s San Diego Comic-Con celebration will need to shampoo its red carpet in preparation for one of the event’s most illustrious guests ever, George Lucas! That’s right, nerds! Daddy’s coming home! According to reports, the Father of Star Wars is coming to Comic-Con for his first-ever Comic-Con panel, and some high-profile guests will join him. Taking the stage alongside George Lucas are Guillermo del Toro and Star Wars prequel production designer Doug Chiang for a panel exploring the influence of illustrated story and offering a sneak peek at the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Finally, entertainment powerhouse and hip-hop legend Queen Latifah will moderate the panel on Sunday in Hall H at the San Diego Convention Centre.

For the panel, Lucas, del Toro, and Chiang will discuss the impact of narrative art worldwide and how our desire to create brings about and gives meaning...

San Diego Comic‑Con 2025 is gearing up for one of its biggest confirmed moments so far. George Lucas, the man behind Star Wars, is making his first-ever appearance on the iconic Hall H stage. According to The Wrap, Lucas will join filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Lucas Museum of Narrative Art creative director Doug Chiang in a Sunday, July 27 panel moderated by Queen Latifah.

Titled “Sneak Peek of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art,” the event is less about new Star Wars projects and more about Lucas’s lifelong passion for visual storytelling. The panel description teases a journey from ancient cave paintings through modern comics, digital media, and sculpture, all with an eye toward how stories shape culture.

According to Comic‑Con’s senior communications officer David Glanzer, Lucas’s appearance feels like history coming home, “Nearly five decades ago, Star Wars made one of its earliest public appearances at our convention…...

George Lucas is set to visit San Diego Comic-Con for the first time this year to tease his new museum, slated to open in Los Angeles in 2026.

As Variety reports, the Star Wars creator will offer attendees a first look at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. He’ll be joined on the panel by director Guillermo del Toro, visual designer Doug Chiang, and moderator Queen Latifah.

Lucas and his wife, the businesswoman Mellody Hobson, co-founded the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which is set to celebrate visual storytelling in all its forms,...

Garrett Martin’s The Asylum has a roster of new residents.

Actors Cameron Cowperthwaite, Willa Holland, Henry Thomas, Julian Richings and Chaney Morrow have booked roles in the indie psychological thriller. Martin directed from his own script, which follows the events inside a sinister asylum where a dedicated counselor named Dr. Emmett Thompson (Cowperthwaite) is helping those with mental health issues.

He encounters a patient in need named Adam (Morrow) and sets out to help him. Meanwhile, Holland plays Angela, a woman with a complex relationship with Cowperthwaite’s counselor. Thomas stars as Axel, a detective who is investigating the asylum while Richings plays Dr. Raymond, the head psychiatrist at the asylum. Shooting has wrapped in Kentucky.

Martin produced the film through his Martin Motion Pictures alongside a team that includes Jeff Seemann, Davi Davis and Nicholas Bertelsen.

Cowperthwaite is best known for his work on Fallout, Dahmer — Monster:...

Star Warscreator George Lucas is making San Diego Comic Con (Sdcc)history by attending Sdcc 2025, marking the movie industry legend's very first Sdcc appearance. This year, San Diego Comic Con takes place from July 24th to July 27th, and while there will no doubt be a host of thrilling panels, George Lucas' history-making Sdcc panel is particularly exciting.

Per Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, the institution hosting the panel, Star Wars creator George Lucas will be joined by Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro and acclaimed Star Wars production designer Doug Chiang for a San Diego Comic Con panel hosted by Queen Latifah, yet another industry icon.

The panel, titled "Sneak Peek of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art," will focus on "the power of illustrated stories and the role of narrative art in society." With so many industry powerhouses all coming together for this one incredible panel, Sdcc 2025 is surely not one to miss.

George Lucas is set to make his first ever Comic-Con appearance in alongside director Guillermo del Toro and artist Doug Chiang in Hall H, on Sunday, July 27, in San Diego, California, Comic-Con International announced on Friday.

Queen Latifah will moderate the panel called “Sneak Peek of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.”

The official description for the panel is as follows: “The panel of iconic creators will discuss the power of illustrated stories and the role of narrative art in society. From ancient cave drawings and hieroglyphics to paintings, murals, illustrations, comics, digital media and sculptures, this panel will delve into the universal language of illustrated storytelling.”

“We are beyond thrilled to welcome George Lucas to Comic-Con for the very first time,” David Glanzer, Comic-Con chief communications and strategy officer, said in a statement. “Nearly five decades ago, ‘Star Wars’ made one of its earliest public appearances at our convention,...

San Diego Comic-Con is rolling out its schedule for the 2025 convention this week, which runs from July 24–27. It will likely be a quieter convention this year, since neither Marvel Studios nor DC Studios are planning a major panel. But for the first time in its history, “Star Wars” creator George Lucas will appear in person at the largest annual fan gathering in North America, to give a first look at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which is expected to open in Los Angeles in 2026. He’ll be joined in Hall H by director Guillermo del Toro, visual designer Doug Chiang and moderator Queen Latifah.

“We are beyond thrilled to welcome George Lucas to Comic-Con for the very first time,” said Comic-Con’s chief of communications and strategy David Glanzer in a statement. “Nearly five decades ago, ‘Star Wars’ made one of its earliest public appearances at our convention, along...

George Lucas has been to the Met Gala, but he’s never been to San Diego Comic-Con before. That’s about to change, as an appearance for the “Star Wars” creator at the annual gathering has been announced for the forthcoming edition.

Lucas’s appearance will take place on Sunday, July 27, in Hall H, and he’ll be joined by director Guillermo del Toro and legendary Oscar-winning Lucasfilm Senior Vice President and Executive Design Director Doug Chiang for a conversation moderated by Queen Latifah. The panel will discuss Lucas’s ultimate passion project, his forthcoming Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which will open in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park in 2026.

The museum will feature Lucas’s personal collection of work from story-focused artists such as N.C. Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, Frida Kahlo, and Beatrix Potter, as well as comic book artists Alison Bechdel and R. Crumb, and photographers Gordon Parks,...

The king of the nerds is finally coming to Comic-Con.

George Lucas, whose Star Wars movies helped create many of the ideas of modern fandoms, is coming to San Diego Comic-Con for his first-ever panel.

Lucas will be joined by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, and artist and Star Wars prequels production designer Doug Chiang for a panel that will explore the power of illustrated story and offer a sneak peek at the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

Queen Latifah, the Grammy- Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress and recording artist, will moderate the panel, which will take place Sunday in Hall H, the cavernous and storied arena in the San Diego Convention Centre.

The panel of creators will discuss the role of narrative art in society while tracing humanity’s innate desire to draw, animate and bring to life stories across the millennia.

“We are beyond thrilled to welcome George...

Veteran Hollywood director Michael Mann will be honored with the Lumière Award at the 2025 Lumière Festival, a French event focused on classic cinema.

Lumière Institute and festival director Thierry Frémaux called Mann — director of such features as Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali and Collateral — a major artist “straight out of Hollywood mythology…whose mark on cinema is everlasting.”

In a statement, the Institut Lumière said Mann’s filmmaking was “both rooted in a strong Hollywood tradition and embodies a personal and innovative cinema through his choice of subjects, his approach to directing, storytelling and aesthetics. With true independence — and at times, a certain solitude — he is one of the most important filmmakers in the history of cinema.”

Mann is the latest Hollywood icon to receive the Lumière honor, following such directors as Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino and Tim Burton, as well...

Michael Mann is set to receive the Lumiere Award at the 17th edition of the Lumière Festival in Lyon this fall. The festival, headed by Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux, celebrates classic films and honors iconic filmmakers and actors every year.

Previous Lumiere honorees include some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Jane Fonda, Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino, and Tim Burton, alongside European stars, such as Isabelle Huppert and Catherine Deneuve. The Lumière Award honors a figure for their entire body of work and their connection to the history of cinema.

Throughout his career, which spans forty years so far, Mann has delivered cult films such as “Heat,” “The Last of the Mohicans,” “The Insider” and “Collateral,” and has worked with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Cruise, James Caan, Natalie Portman or Gong Li.

“He is both rooted in a strong Hollywood...

Michael Mann will be honored with the Lumière Award at the 17th edition of the classic film-focused Lumière Festival in Lyon this fall.

The Institut Lumière, which oversees the festival, praised Mann’s 40-year career marked by enduring hits such as Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, and Collateral as well as his direction of “screen legends” including Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Cruise, James Caan, Natalie Portman and Gong Li.

“He is both rooted in a strong Hollywood tradition and embodies a personal and innovative cinema through his choice of subjects, his approach to directing, storytelling, and aesthetics. With true independence—and at times a certain solitude—he is one of the most important filmmakers in the history of cinema,” it continued in its release.

Mann follows in the wake of past Lumière honorees such as Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Jane Fonda, Francis Ford Coppola,...

Most people hear "fantasy movies" and think about Harry Potter or The Chronicles of Narnia, or maybe they imagine galloping unicorns and dragons arcing through the sky. Tales brimming with whimsy and magical children populate the majority of the fantasy film genre at the moment. Those looking for something darker or weirder will likely struggle to find it on the big screen. There's plenty of dark fantasy shows available on television between Game of Thrones, The Sandman, The Witcher, Penny Dreadful, Interview with the Vampire, etc., but significantly less at the movie theater.

A majority of the big fantasy movies coming out these days tend to be geared toward younger audiences. They're family-friendly. What is the reason for that? Probably because of money. Fantasy movies tend to be a lot more expensive to make than other genres due to the sheer spectacle, meaning studios want to make them as accessible...

On any list of the most admired composers working in film today, Alexandre Desplat would be either at the top or very close to it. That’s not just for the quality of the work — although, as his list of 11 Oscar nominations and two wins would indicate, there is that — but the expanse of styles and sheer breadth of his filmography, whether he’s doing ear-ticklingly eccentric scores for smaller-scale pictures or satisfyingly symphonic ones for the blockbusters.

The French scorer is about to undergo a Hollywood composer’s rite of passage, which some would say is overdue, conducting his first full night of music at the Hollywood Bowl this coming Tuesday night. It will finally answer the longstanding question: Who would win in a fight —”Godzilla” or “The Queen”? But seriously, having the music of monster movies and royal dramas on the same bill will make for a full-service...

We Are What We Are will be released on Blu-ray on August 26 via IFC.

Known in Spanish as Somos lo que hay, the 2010 Mexican cannibal film is written and directed by Jorge Michel Grau (The ABCs of Death).

Francisco Barreiro, Alan Chávez, Paulina Gaitán, Carmen Beato, Humberto Yáñez, and Jorge Zárate star. Daniel Giménez Cacho reprises his role as Tito the Coroner from Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos.

Special features:

Audio commentary by The Spanish Fantastic author Shelagh Rowan-Legg and writer/lecturer Mo Moshaty Making-of featurette Theatrical trailer Booklet with new writing by film scholar Valeria Villegas Lindvall

When its patriarch drops dead in the street, a devastated Mexican clan turns to the eldest son to provide for it — by hunting human flesh. Bound together by a terrible secret and monstrous appetites, the family can only survive if he finds a way to continue their mysterious cannibalistic rituals.

We Are What We Are...

Guillermo del Toro is building a monster. Fresh off of his third Oscar win for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,the writer-director is fulfilling a lifelong dream: making his own adaptation of Mary Shelley’s beloved Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. You can watch the teaser trailer here.

Del Toro has been working on a Frankenstein film for more than a decade. “My favorite novel in the world is Frankenstein,” he told Collider in 2010. “I’m going to misquote it horribly, but the monster says, ‘I have such love in me, more than you can imagine. But, if I cannot provoke it, I will provoke fear.’ ” It’s an idea that inspired del Toro’s career-spanning love for the monsters inside and outside all of us. Now he’s finally returning to the source.

If making a movie is a bit like piecing together a body — bear with...

We’ve made no secret of our quibbles with David Zaslav’s oversight of Turner Classic Movies. In June 2023, I wrote a critical op-ed (“Dear David Zaslav: Gutting TCM Will Not Help You Win Filmmakers Back to Warner Bros.”) right after the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO presided over layoffs amounting to 80 percent of the staff.

So it might come as some surprise that I’m now feeling bullish about the news that Zaslav and Warner Bros. co-heads Mike DeLuca and Pam Abdy will retain creative control over TCM as Warner Bros. Discovery prepares to split into two companies. (This arrangement was first reported by Variety and confirmed by IndieWire.) One will be the Studios and Streaming group, a business that oversees film and TV production, with Zaslav retained as CEO. The other is the Global Networks group, home to the present company’s entire suite of linear TV channels, with new CEO Gunnar Wiedenfels,...

Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and Scott Stuber have acquired Fantasy Camp, a feature comedy pitch from Nicholas Thomas. Top comic Nate Bargatze is eyeing to star, with his Nateland Entertainment producing alongside 2.0 Entertainment and 59th & Prairie Entertainment.

Sources said the project landed at UA following a multi-studio bidding war, with the deal coming in at seven figures.

Fantasy Camp follows a group of friends at a make-or-break moment in their lives, as they head to Dwyane Wade’s fantasy camp in Miami to relive their basketball dreams. But what starts as fun becomes a battle for pride, purpose, and one last win.

Thomas will write the script. Producers include UA’s Stuber and Nick Nesbitt, 2.0’s Sophie Cassidy and Matt Crespy, 59th & Prairie’s Wade and Jon Marcus, and Bargatze for Nateland.

A Grammy nominee based in Nashville who came in as the top-grossing touring...

We are launching our Gold Derby predictions center event for Oscars 2026 nominations today! Even though Academy Awards nominees will not be announced for another six months, on Jan. 22, 2026, see how well you see into the future. Click here to jump in right away, helping us set the extremely early odds and rankings for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.

As we begin this new event, there are almost 50 contenders for Best Picture. Please keep in mind that we will update the predictions center weekly by adding, deleting, and changing movies, performers, and more. These updates will be made based on new information from the studios/campaigners provided to us. A movie and its contenders can only be added once it has a U.S. distributor and an approximate or firm release date in 2025. In a few months,...

[Editor’s note: This guide was published in fall 2021 and has been updated multiple times since.]

As Netflix’s library of films ebbs and flows, finding the right movie to watch can feel like bailing out an ocean with a spoon. And if you’re looking for a quality horror movie in particular, the search only gets harder. With the reality that Horror is one of the cheapest genres to produce, streamers like Netflix are cluttered with a veritable tsunami of bloody titles that sometimes seem indistinguishable from one another. Curating the 25 scariest movies on Netflix is then quite a process of selection and reduction.

If you’re looking for a good horror movie to watch on Netflix that will truly scare you, picking a final selection can prove a more daunting task than sitting through yet another “Haunting of Hill House” rewatch; with or without its beloved “Bly Manor” chaser. But while the streamer’s priorities seem to shift as quickly as its content selection grows,...

The gang on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" love riffing on popular culture, both onscreen as their characters and in the episodes themselves. From the bonkers Bruce Willis-inspired antics of the season 3 episode "The Gang Gets Held Hostage" to a way less classy take on the classic noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice" that involves a whole lot of diarrhea poisoning, elements of pop culture have been riffed on throughout the long-running series. There's one episode, however, that almost feels like a pop culture Easter egg hunt, and that's the glorious "The Gang Goes to a Water Park" from season 12.

"The Gang Goes to a Water Park" has it all — a great nod to Steven Spielberg's seminal feature film "Jaws," references to one of the most infamous horror novels of the 21st century, an extended riff on an oft-forgotten Nicolas Cage movie, cameos from some very famous TV showrunners,...

These streaming sci-fi movies pack in the action, style, and serious world-building.

I caught “M3GAN 2.0” in theaters, and I have a take that goes against the grain of popular opinion: I loved it. Now, it’s not a horror movie like the first “M3GAN.” It’s really a sci-fi action-comedy movie, and I think that’s why it’s struggling at the box office. That said, those audience members who have seen “M3GAN 2.0” love it even more than the first! The sequel has a higher audience score on Rotten Tomatoes than the original, while the critics, I guess, didn’t appreciate the change in genre. Fair enough — but for a sci-fi action movie, it’s a lot of fun. And it got me thinking of other great sci-fi action movies on streaming, so here’s a list of the top 7 you can stream right now.

Top 7 sci-fi action...

Five decades ago, Steven Spielberg changed cinema forever with a malfunctioning mechanical shark and a two-note musical motif that still makes beachgoers nervous. Laurent Bouzereau’s “Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story” arrives as both celebration and archaeological dig, examining how a troubled production became the template for modern moviemaking. Bouzereau, whose documentary expertise spans from “Music by John Williams” to countless Spielberg retrospectives, brings the perfect sensibility to this project—part film historian, part cultural anthropologist.

The National Geographic production benefits from extraordinary access, featuring candid conversations with Spielberg himself alongside a murderer’s row of contemporary filmmakers who grew up in Jaws’ shadow. What emerges in these lean 90 minutes isn’t just another making-of documentary, but a fascinating study of how artistic accidents can reshape entire industries.

The film traces Peter Benchley’s novel from conception through its transformation into cinema’s first true summer blockbuster, revealing...

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2025 is halfway over, and while there were unexpectedly great movies that were released this year, there were also many disappointments, but don’t lose hope, as they are nothing compared to what lies ahead. From the first DC Studios film, Superman, to the much-awaited Guillermo del Toro‘s Frankenstein. So, let’s find out which of the movies that are coming in 2025 are the most anticipated.

Upcoming Superman (July 11) Credit – Warner Bros.

Superman is an upcoming superhero action-adventure film written and directed by James Gunn. Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, the first DC Studios film follows Clark Kent, aka Superman, as he comes to terms with his alien heritage while finding his place amongst humans. Superman stars David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced, Skyler Gisondo,...

July is here, and in between all the fireworks and swimming and running from the heat, there’s ample time to sit back, relax and watch a great movie. While it can be daunting to figure out what to watch on your favorite streaming service, we’ve created a curated selection of some of the best new movies streaming this month on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Max, Disney+ and beyond. There’s plenty of new releases hitting streaming this month, like the Michael B. Jordan hit “Sinners” and Jenna Ortega’s “Death of a Unicorn,” alongside streaming originals starring Adam Sandler, John Cena and more.

Check out our picks for the top new movies streaming right now below.

“Licorice Pizza” Cooper Hoffman in “Licorice Pizza” (MGM)

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As we barrel towards the release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest provocation “One Battle After Another,” why not take a moment to revisit his last movie,...

Fans of kaiju movies are always on the lookout for new giant monster movies to make their day, and fortunately, this is a great time to follow this genre. Apart from Japan's steady output of amazing films like Takashi Yamazaki's sublime "Godzilla Minus One," other countries have been upping their game considerably in the last decades. Hollywood has long since recovered from Roland Emmerich's 1998 "Godzilla," which was so awful that Toho's "Godzilla: Final Wars" gave its hated monster a humiliating second death in a fight against the real Godzilla. Between Matt Reeves' "Cloverfield," Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim," and Legendary Pictures' ongoing MonsterVerse franchise, Tinseltown has been establishing itself as a reliable hotspot of kaiju entertainment, and in 2006, Korean director luminary Bong Joon Ho of "Parasite" and "Snowpiercer" fame put his own spin on the theme with one of the greatest monster movies ever made, "The Host.

Manifest actress Luna Blaise has landed herself a great role in the upcoming Jurassic World sequel, Jurassic World Rebirth. In the film, she appears as Teresa Delgado, the daughter of Reuben Delgado, played by Manuel Garcia-Rulfo. The film will be her first major on-screen project, as she has appeared mainly in TV shows, short films, and minor roles in small films.

She started acting professionally at the age of five. She did many commercials for brands including McDonald’s, KFC, Dunkin Hines, Target, and Gap. She appeared in the independent film, Memoria, executive produced by James Franco. Her network television debut came in ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat, where she played the recurring role of Nicole Ellis.

In 2018, she was cast as Olive Stone in the NBC supernatural thriller, Manifest. She is also a trained dancer, with ten years of experience in Russian ballet. She also had a musical career.

This July, Netflix is starting the fireworks early. Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro's 2013 monsters vs. robots blockbuster, is coming to the streaming service. Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, and Rinko Kikuchi star in the science fiction extravaganza, which grossed over $400 million Usd from the global box office. Pacific Rim will be available to stream on Netflix starting on July 1. It joins Pacific Rim: The Black, a Netflix-original animated series that is also available to watch on the streamer.

Pacific Rim came about in the wake of another project collapsing: del Toro's long-dreamed-of adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness. The film was penned by del Toro and Travis Beacham, and was conceptualized as a loving homage to mecha anime and kaiju movies. The film, which bore a $190 million budget, was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; it was del Toro's first film produced there, and it has subsequently become his home base.

Scream Factory will release Ouija on SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on September 9 and Mama on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on September 30.

Featuring new artwork by Orlando Arocena, 2014’s Ouija is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision.

Produced by Blumhouse, Platinum Dunes, and Hasbro, Stiles White makes his directorial debut from a script he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Juliet Snowden.

Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Douglas Smith, and Bianca A. Santos star.

Disc 1 – 4K Uhd:

Presented In Dolby Vision (Hdr-10 Compatible) Audio: DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1, DTS-hd Master Audio 2.0 Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Director Stiles White Audio Commentary With Producer Brad Fuller

Disc 2 – Blu-ray:

Audio: DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1, DTS-hd Master Audio 2.0 Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Director Stiles White Audio Commentary With Producer Brad Fuller The Spirit Board: An Evolution Icon Of The Unknown Adapting The Fear Ouija Theatrical Trailer Ouija: Origin of Evil Theatrical Trailer

A group of friends must confront their...

There's no movie I'm more excited for in 2025 than Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein." The sumptuous-looking trailer hints that del Toro's "Frankenstein" could be the truest adaptation yet of Mary Shelley's "The Modern Prometheus," but it's also unmistakably his movie; he considers this to be part of a thematic trilogy with "Nightmare Alley" and "Pinocchio."

Del Toro is one of the foremost fantasy and horror directors we have working today. "Frankenstein" will bring him back to directing outright science-fiction for the first time since 2013's "Pacific Rim."

Besides "Frankenstein," there's another classic sci-fi story that del Toro has long wanted to adapt: H.P. Lovecraft's "At The Mountains of Madness." Published in 1936 (shortly before Lovecraft's death), the story follows a university research team in Antarctica. When some of the explorers are found brutally murdered, geologist William Dyer and his student Danforth investigate and come across a prehistoric city, home...

Over many years have passed, and one name still stands as a towering figure of anime’s international prestige: Hayao Miyazaki. The creator is a multiple-time recipient of the prestigious Academy Awards and is also known for the Oscar-winning Spirited Away, setting up a benchmark of anime around the world. But since 2020, there has been a new contender that has slowly gained attention for its jaw-dropping animation. You guessed right, it is Ufotable’s anime adaptation of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

With the series already claiming the position of the highest-grossing film of all time, it’s not a far-fetched idea to see Demon Slayer bask in the glory of the Oscars. And with Ufotable’s continued ambitions, Miyazaki may finally face a worthy competition that the industry hasn’t offered him in years

Why Demon Slayer Deserves a Seat at the Oscars

Demon Slayer‘s first big-screen project,...

Fxx's "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" will be premiering its 17th season in July, and along with the record-breaking new season and a surprise crossover beyond their collaboration with "Abbott Elementary" comes the celebration of 20 years on the air. Who would have thought that of all the major shows, both network and/or on basic cable, the raunchy "Seinfeld" of the 21st century would make television history as the longest-running live-action scripted American sitcom?

Naturally, with at least two decades worth of some of the best dark comedy ever produced on television, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" has had its fair share of notable guest stars. Some of the most memorable guests include Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who has appeared on the series as Pappy McPoyle, the patriarch of the comically disgusting McPoyle family. Emmy-winner Jason Sudeikis has also appeared on the series as an ex-member of the Paddy's Pub Gang,...

Hollywood insiders, including celebrated directors and actors, have named Jordan Peele's directorial debut Get Out the best horror movie of the 21st century. The 2017 film has garnered critical acclaim ever since its release, achieving a 98% "fresh" score on the movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. It was already widely considered one of the best horror movies of the past 10 years, but this recognition is on a whole different plane.

This week, in a poll published by The New York Times compiling the votes of over 500 major names in the film industry, Get Out ranked the highest out of any horror moviereleased this century. The list resulting from the poll, entitled "100 Best Movies of the 21st Century," ranks Get Out eighth overall, making it the only horror movie in the top 50. The next highest-ranked film which could be categorized as horror is Pan's Labyrinth at number 54, although Guillermo Del Toro...

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin claimed that one of his earliest inspirations was a sci-fi show from the ‘50s, which he called the precursor to Star Trek. The show, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, was aired in 1951 and followed the adventures of a group of intergalactic police patrol led by Rocky Jones, who enforced the law on different planets.

In a panel discussion at TIFF, Martin named several shows of the past as his inspiration, including Space Cadet and Captain Video. However, he named Rocky Jones, Space Ranger as one of his other favorites. He said,

I was very young when Captain Video was on, and a little later, Rocky Jones Space Ranger, which had a huge impact on me, a very cool show, [and a] sort of precursor to Star Trek, if you actually kind of look at it.

Martin has often cited prominent sci-fi shows and stories as his foundations,...

And just like that, the entire James Bond fandom can be considered both shaken and stirred. Ever since hearing the bombshell news that Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson had officially handed the creative reins of the 007 franchise over to Amazon, the future of Bond instantly became one of the most high-profile questions hanging over all our heads. The long-simmering drama taking place behind the scenes soon gave way to frenzied speculation over where things might go next. As far as directors go, we only just found out that visionary "Dune" filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has been hired to lead the next reboot in the years ahead. Now, we've received word on the young leads currently being eyed for the actual title role ... and it's safe to say that reactions are all over the map.

According to Variety, Amazon's wish list for the next James Bond has been revealed and,...

Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and Scott Stuber have taken rights to Freida McFadden’s No. 1 New York Times bestselling psychological thriller, The Tenant.

The Tenant follows Blake Porter, a marketing executive whose life spirals after losing his job and struggling to make mortgage payments on his brownstone. When he takes in the seemingly perfect tenant Whitney, he discovers that danger lives closer to home than he ever imagined, as neighbors turn hostile, mysterious odors plague his house, and someone appears to know his darkest secrets. The novel, published by Sourcebooks’ Poisoned Pen Press, explores themes of revenge, privilege, and the deadly consequences when secrets turn sour.

The novel has held the spot on the Nyt bestseller list for seven consecutive weeks.

UA’s Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt will produce the film adaptation along with Molly Sims of Something Happy Productions.

McFadden will executive produce.

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Exclusive: Sasha Frolova (The Empty Man), Xander Berkeley (The Walking Dead), Kimball Farley (The Righteous Gemstones) and Toby Poser (The Fall of the House of Usher) have joined Mia Vallet in Recluse, a horror-thriller marking the feature debut of writer-director Henry Chaisson (Antlers).

Recluse tells the story of Joan, a solitary audio engineer who returns to her family’s decaying country estate after receiving a call from her ailing father, an acclaimed but reclusive artist rumored to have dabbled in the occult. Unearthing a malevolent secret decades in the making, Joan must determine whether the horrors she faces are the product of her father’s misdeeds or her own troubled mind.

Check out a first-look still above.

Frankie Seratch, Gillian Cooper, and Christine Nyland will round out the cast. The film is the second production under Josh Lobo, Rowan Russell, and Alex Dandino’s Restricted Pictures banner following their upcoming sci-fi thriller Night After Night.

The MCU is one of the most popular movie franchises of all time, but that doesn't mean it is as revered as other, more critically-acclaimed cinema. The Avengers franchise has made billions for Marvel Studios, but it's not often they make the cut of the "Best Of" all-time lists. However, the New York Times just released their Best Movies of the 21st Century list, voted on by select actors and filmmakers, and the highest-rated MCU movie on Rotten Tomatoes has made the cut.

The New York Times has unveiled The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century, and while superheroes were mostly absent, one beloved MCU title made the list. The three-time Oscar-winning film Black Pantherlanded at the #96 spot on the list, sandwiched between Gravity (#97)and The Worst Person in the World (#95). Ryan Coogler's Black Panther is one of two superhero movies to be voted in the top 100, while Christopher Nolan...

Andrew Garfield’s initial turn as the web slinger in The Amazing Spider-Man movies received a highly divisive response. However, he got his much-needed redemption arc in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Following his appearance in the film, fans eagerly hoped to see him return to the role again. With the announcement of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, fan expectations on the matter are on an all-time high.

However, besides Spider-Man, Garfield has starred in some good movies in his filmography in recent years. He appeared in the critically acclaimed films, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Tick, Tick… Boom!, and We Live in Time, and also in the series, Under the Banner of Heaven. He has a set of interesting movies and shows lined up for this year and the next.

1. After the Hunt Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss in a still from Hacksaw Ridge | Credits: Lionsgate

Andrew Garfield is set to...

Stephen King’s landmark It will receive a new illustrated, limited edition with an introduction by Guillermo Del Toro. Rightfully regarded as a horror classic, It has scared audiences senseless for close to 40 years. Now, this masterpiece will soon be published in a gorgeous hardcover edition, complete with new illustrations, and all approved by King himself.

The Folio Society announced their new edition of It today. Limited to 500 copies, this edition comes with illustrations by Jim Burns as well as a new and insightful introduction by acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro. The Folio Society provided a preview of Del Toro’s opening:

It speaks of the struggle that never ends, the eternal vigil against evil that is, by necessity, cyclical. The many shapes the cosmic dread takes keep changing: sometimes smiling, sometimes frowning at us,” said Guillermo Del Toro in his deeply personal introduction. “It was a presage of what...

George R.R. Martin reminisced about the time he was writing his unpublished historical horror novel and the challenges he faced back in the day when the Internet was pretty much nonexistent. Despite the limited resources, he remembers it fondly.

While speaking with David Anthony Durham via Random House Events, the famed fantasy author reflected on how people think they know history, but the truth is that we only rely on documents that people before us have passed down, which often leads to contradictions. Martin recalled one incident, eventually revealing what he was working on at that time:

That was really brought home to me many decades ago when I was writing a novel—never published—about the yellow journalism in New York City in the 1890s, and it was a great era. There were 14 daily newspapers in New York. I was writing a story, sort of a historical horror novel,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited hundreds of artists and executives to join the organization!

Wicked star Ariana Grande, Dune‘s Jason Momoa and girlfriend, Hit Man star Adria Arjona, Superman‘s Rachel Brosnahan and Anora breakout Mikey Madison are among the actors who have “distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures.”

“We are thrilled to invite this esteemed class of artists, technologists, and professionals to join the Academy,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang shared in a statement. “Through their commitment to filmmaking and to the greater movie industry, these exceptionally talented individuals have made indelible contributions to our global filmmaking community.”

Keep reading to see the full list of invitees…

According to the Academy website, “Membership selection is based on professional qualifications, with an ongoing commitment to representation, inclusion and equity remaining a priority. Of the 2025 invited class, 41% are women,...

How many exceptional films has Guillermo del Toro turned you on to? The Oscar-winning director is forever championing beloved classics and under-seen efforts via social media. We’ve featured many of his recommendations right here, and today we are back with another!

This time, we’ve got a fascinating recommendation in store for you. Today’s pick is a film based on a Stephen King story, featuring the great David Cronenberg at the helm. If you haven’t guessed, we’re talking about the stone-cold classic The Dead Zone.

The Mimic director once praised The Dead Zone via Twitter (it’s still not X to me). His tweet reads:

In the eve of elections I re-watched Cronenberg's The Dead Zone… As haunting and tragic as always… pic.twitter.com/hiWiqIPKum

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) October 23, 2018

That’s a short and sweet endorsement, but haunting and tragic are both fitting adjectives to describe The Dead Zone.

Steps away from set pieces featured in the Gladiator franchise inside Malta’s historic Fort Ricasoli, veteran filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke delivered an epic two-hour-plus masterclass fitting of its backdrop during the Mediterrane Film Festival on Wednesday morning.

Hardwicke, who is also currently serving on the island fest’s jury, covered nearly all aspects of the craft for the “Fix It in Prep” session which was moderated by The Hollywood Reporter. She recalled how she made so many of the films on her resume like the gritty drama Thirteen, the skateboarding pic Lords of Dogtown, the beloved teen vampire classic Twilight, the friendship tearjerker Miss You Already, the genre series Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities and more.

Twilight lore figured prominently in the discussion, much of which has been documented in anniversary interviews and earlier versions of Hardwicke’s presentation, including how star Robert Pattinson hand picked her line “Hold on tight,...

A master in the fantasy genre, George R.R. Martin knows a good story when he sees one—and he believes Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 movie Pan’s Labyrinth is one of the greatest movies ever. A long-time fan and dream collaborator of the Mexican filmmaker, Martin is in awe of the vivid and disturbing visuals presented in the dark fantasy film.

Revealing his top ten favorite movies of all time, the renowned author shared via The Daily Beast his must-watch movies, ranking Pan’s Labyrinth in the eighth spot. Praising the director and the cast members, Martin also emphasized how the creatures were like no one he has ever seen before:

Del Toro’s visual style is as vivid and disturbing as it is unique. His fairies are about as far from Tinkerbell as one can get, his faun is a creature like none we have ever seen before, and his eyeless...

Netflix’s movies – to me, anyway – always fall neatly into two categories. There are the big audience blockbusters, such as The Electric State, Carry-On, and the upcoming The Old Guard 2 and Happy Gilmore 2, and then there’s the prestige fare. Sometimes the two categories meet, such as with the Knives Out movies, but for the most part, they are distinct. As much as some of their blockbusters seem to vanish into the ether of streaming, they’ve also bankrolled some intriguing prestige fare that rank among the most acclaimed films of our era, such as Roma, Marriage Story, The Irishman, and many others. After a quiet 2024 that saw them throw all their eggs into the Emilia Perez basket, the streamer is back with a bumper crop of awards fare this year, including Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, and more.

Among them is a low-key English drama called Steve,...

When it comes to epic fantasy and horror pieces, very few can surpass the extensive talent that is Guillermo del Toro, the king of complicated monsters. If anything, the mastermind has rarely had any project over the years that wasn’t tremendously praised by both fans and critics worldwide, never ceasing to leave his audiences baffled with his works.

But, as it turns out, the filmmaker-author hasn’t only lured in critics and general fans and viewers with his charms, but even the widely celebrated writer George R.R. Martin! This is true considering how his 95% rated critically acclaimed flick from 2006 is actually on the Game of Thrones writer’s top 10 movies of all time: Pan’s Labyrinth.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth is on George R.R. Martin’s ‘Top 10’ list A still from Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth | Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

Looking at how epic his fantasy works are,...

Several DC projects have been scrapped over the years. However, DC Studios co-ceo James Gunn recently revealed that the list is longer than fans realize.

Responding to a list of scrapped projects that span decades, shared by X user Bradley Osborn, Gunn said, "Great list. So many more too!" The list includes titles like a third Batman film from legendary director Tim Burton, Batman: Year One from filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, a Superman movie starring Nicolas Cage as the titular hero, a JJ Abrams-directed Superman project and a sequel to Superman Returns.

Great list. So many more too!— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) June 19, 2025

While Gunn didn't name names, Warner Bros. has quietly buried dozens of DC projects over the years. Among the most famous is George Miller's Justice League: Mortal, a nearly greenlit epic that would have starred Armie Hammer as Batman and D.J. Cotrona as Superman. Joss Whedon...

Jacob Elordi is spending some time off from work with his family!

The 27-year-old Euphoria actor spent the afternoon sightseeing with his sister Isabella and their parents John and Melissa Elordi on Sunday (June 22) in Rome, Italy.

For his outing, Jacob wore a graffiti-decorated T-shirt with long, denim shorts paired with sunglasses and a crossbody bag.

Jacob has been in Italy for the past several weeks filming his upcoming movie The Dog Stars.

Directed by Ridley Scott, The movie is “set in a near future where society has changed profoundly. Elordi plays Hig, a civilian pilot living on an abandoned Colorado airbase with his dog. Through an unlikely circumstance he meets a tough ex-marine called Bangley, to be played by Josh Brolin, and they are forced to work together to navigate this dangerous and uncompromising new world. One day, when a random transmission beams through the radio of Hig’s beloved Cessna plane,...