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Prime Video is stacking September with a big mix of classics, genre favorites, and brand-new titles rolling out across the month. Below you’ll find what’s arriving each date, plus quick, useful details on plots, casts, and how each project came together.

Release days are noted inside each entry so you can plan your queue week by week. Everything listed below is scheduled to land on Prime Video between Monday, September 1, 2025, and Friday, September 19, 2025.

‘The Boss Baby’ (2017) DreamWorks Animation

DreamWorks Animation’s family comedy follows a briefcase-toting infant who teams with his big brother to stop a scheme at Puppy Co.; Tom McGrath directs with voices from Alec Baldwin,...

September is stacked on Netflix. The month kicks off with a huge wave of licensed favorites on September 1 and then rolls out new and recent titles every few days after that. Below is a title-by-title rundown with quick, factual details on what each film is about, who’s in it, and exactly when it lands so you can plan your queue.

Dates below reflect the U.S. Netflix schedule provided; availability can vary by region. The list includes every movie on the calendar for September (live sports events aren’t included).

‘Billy Madison’ (1995) Universal Pictures

Adam Sandler stars as an immature heir who must repeat grades 1–12 to prove he deserves his father’s company,...

September on Netflix is stacked with a mix of brand-new originals and a hefty wave of licensed favorites landing all at once. Below, you’ll find every movie scheduled across the month—spanning horror, rom-coms, animation, prestige dramas, and more—so you can plan your watchlist day by day without missing a thing.

For each title, we’ve included what it’s about, who’s in it, useful production context like directors, studios, and franchise ties, and the exact day it hits the service. Arrival dates are written exactly as Netflix has scheduled them so you can circle the right day on your calendar.

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Jennifer Lopez is stepping back into the spotlight with a brand-new movie. She will lead the upcoming adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman, which is written and directed by Bill Condon, known for films like Dreamgirls and Chicago.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are also on board as executive producers. Netflix has already shared the trailer and the first poster, giving audiences a glimpse of Lopez’s return to musicals.

The official trailer for Kiss of the Spider Woman is here. From Academy Award winner Bill Condon, the film is in theaters October 10. pic.twitter.com/PBzh9HKv0R

— jlo (@JLo) August 20, 2025

The film is based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig, as well as the Broadway musical that won multiple Tony Awards. The stage version was written by Terrence McNally with music by John Kander and Fred Ebb.

This isn’t the first time the story has been...

Jennifer Lopez is back on the big screen with a brand-new role that is already getting a lot of attention. She will star in Kiss of the Spider Woman, a new film written and directed by Bill Condon, who is best known for Dreamgirls and Chicago.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are also on board as executive producers. Netflix has released both the trailer and the first poster, giving fans a first look at Lopez as the glamorous but haunting Spider Woman.

The official trailer for Kiss of the Spider Woman is here. From Academy Award winner Bill Condon, the film is in theaters October 10. pic.twitter.com/PBzh9HKv0R

— jlo (@JLo) August 20, 2025

This is not the first time the story has been adapted. The original 1985 version of Kiss of the Spider Woman, based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig, earned William Hurt an Academy Award and also featured Sonia Braga and Raúl Juliá.

Jennifer Lopez is posed to hustle her way back into the awards race in October. That's when her Sundance-premiering movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman, opens to the general public courtesy of Roadside Attractions. A new trailer for the film landed on the world wide web today, offering a longer look at the Bill Condon-directed feature than the teaser that was released earlier in the summer.

Based on the 1993 Broadway musical that was based on Manuel Puig's 1976 novel and its 1985 feature Oscar-winning film adaptation, the new Spider Woman earned strong reviews on the festival circuit and awards Lopez a showcase role tailor-made for Oscar season. Here's everything you need to know about the film ahead of its Oct. 10 release date.

What is Kiss of the Spider Woman about?

First things first: no, this isn't an Into the Spider-Verse spin-off. Set in Brazil during the South American country's...

Clint Eastwood almost ran his career, along with that of Charlie Sheen, into the ground with a film titled The Rookie that neither flaunted his macho, gunslinger arc as an actor nor touted his Oscar-winning potential as a director.

In the 1980s, Clint Eastwood found it difficult to park his talents in an industry that was, on one hand, filled with big franchise sequels (T2: Judgment Day and Indiana Jones 3) and, on the other, sci-fi blockbusters (E.T. and Blade Runner). Consequently, he stepped into the ’90s with a buddy-cop flick that was supposed to be easy enough to impress the audience.

Instead, The Rookie has been branded as one of the worst Eastwood movies and an insult to his long-standing career as an auteur and award-winning filmmaker /Film].

Clint Eastwood’s Buddy-Cop Parody Nearly Ended Charlie Sheen’s Hollywood Career The Rookie (1990) starring Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen [Credit: co0026840 autoWarner Bros.

Following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Bill Condon’s upcoming movie musical version of Kiss of the Spider Woman is heading to theaters on Oct. 10. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, and Tonatiuh Elizarraraz, the film is anticipated to be a serious Oscar contender, spinning a tale of human connection between two unlikely prisoners — and the movie star that binds them together.

It’s the second feature film adaptation to spring from Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel of the same name. Released on July 26, 1985, Héctor Babenco’s Kiss of the Spider Woman also proved a huge hit with Oscar voters, scoring four nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, at the 58th Academy Awards. It made history as one of the first films with overt LGBTQ+ themes to be nominated in both of those major categories.

Kiss of the Spider Woman is, at heart, a long conversation...

IFC Center turns 20 this week, and we’re celebrating by turning the clock back to 2005. On our actual birthday, June 17, a special one-day-only anniversary event showcases the four movies that played our opening week – “I Was Born But…,” “Maniac,” “Don’t Look Back,” and “Me and You and Everyone We Know” — all at 2005 prices. Later in the summer, a “20 Films for 20 Years” series will spotlight some key films from IFC Center’s history, with a different movie representing each year we’ve been open.

To mark the anniversary, IndieWire asked me to reflect on some of my personal programming highlights from almost two decades at the theater. There are dozens and dozens, but here are some of the ones that really stick out for me, in roughly chronological order:

David Lynch Introducing “Vertigo”

A few days before we opened what would be his final feature, “Inland Empire,” in December, 2006, Lynch...

Exclusive: Tovah Feldshuh, Loretta Devine, Tyler Tomás Perez and Paul Ben-Victor have joined Peacock’s upcoming South Florida-set crime drama M.I.A. from Ozark co-creator Bill Dubuque. The quad will appear as recurring guest stars.

They join previously announced series regulars Shannon Gisela, Brittany Adebumola, Dylan Jackson, Maurice Compte, Danay Garcia, Cary Elwes, Gerardo Celasco, and Marta Milans, and guest stars Edward James Olmos, Billy Burke, and Sonia Braga.

Running drugs is a family affair for Etta Tiger Jonze (Gisela) in M.I.A. But when the family business is threatened, she is thrust into a life she never expected, forcing her to use her wits to survive as she navigates Miami’s criminal underground.

Mia is the airport code for Miami. The SoFla area includes Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe counties.

Jennifer Lopez shows off her impressive vocals in the first look at her role in Kiss of the Spider Woman. The trailer for the film, released on Thursday, introduces Lopez as Aurora and gives a sneak peek at the dance-filled spectacle, out Oct. 10, co-starring Diego Luna and Tonatiuh.

The trailer opens with a montage of Aurora living in luxury — taking a bath and looking at clothing designs, trying on an elegant dress, and dancing onstage — as Lopez’s vocals play in the background. The trailer then flashes to a jail cell scene,...

She’s something a little strange. That’s what you notice, that she’s not a woman like all the others…Ahead of the film’s October 10th release, the latest version of Kiss of the Spider Woman has arrived, with Diego Luna, Jennifer Lopez and Tonatiuh leading the Bill Condon-directed film.

Here is the official plot of Kiss of the Spider Woman, as per Artists Equity: “Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez).” The film is based on the Tony-winning stage musical, which itself was based on the novel of the same name by Manuel Puig.

Kiss of the Spider Woman had its first screen adaptation in 1985, with the film starring William Hurt as Molina,...

Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonca Filho is no stranger to Cannes, having debuted two previous films in Competition beginning with Aquarius in 2016 starring Sonia Braga, so effective as a woman determined not to lose her condo to a demolition, and then grabbing the Jury Prize in 2019 for the surreal western Bacurau (again with Braga), in which a whole village seemingly is disappeared from satellite maps and must fight for its existence. Both of those movies deal thematically with people threatened with losing their way of life, being displaced.

Now his third film in Competition and biggest production yet, The Secret Agent, also might fit into that theme as it centers on a man coming back to a small city in order to get closer to his young son after losing his wife to pneumonia. What he discovers in the film set in...

The black market for Cannes parties and screenings is alive and well, according to a list seen by Screendaily.

One of the most expensive offerings is a pair of tickets to Scarlett Johansson’s Eleanor The GreatUn Certain Regard premiere and after-party on May 20, which are being touted for $5,495 per person. A photo with Johansson is on offer for an extra $1,995.

The film’s distributor Sony Pictures Classics was unavailable for comment. However a festival spokesperson responded robustly.

“Tickets issued by the Festival de Cannes are free of charge and strictly prohibited from being sold. Any attempt to sell or...

The black market for Cannes parties and screenings is alive and well, according to a list seen by Screendaily.

One of the most expensive offerings is a pair of tickets to Scarlett Johansson’s Eleanor The GreatUn Certain Regard premiere and after-party on May 20, which are being touted for $5,495 per person. A photo with Johansson is on offer for an extra $1,995.

The film’s distributor Sony Pictures Classics was unavailable for comment. However a festival spokesperson responded robustly.

“Tickets issued by the Festival de Cannes are free of charge and strictly prohibited from being sold. Any attempt to sell or...

Alberto Guerra has been cast as a series regular in Peacock’s upcoming crime series M.I.A., with Edward James Olmos, Billy Burke, and Sônia Braga joining the project in guest-starring roles. Set in South Florida, the drama follows a woman pulled deeper into her family’s criminal operation after a major disruption threatens its survival.

Guerra, whose recent work includes Griselda and The Accident, joins a main cast that includes Shannon Gisela, Brittany Adebumola, Dylan Jackson, Maurice Compte, Danay Garcia, Cary Elwes, Gerardo Celasco, and Marta Milans. Gisela plays Etta Tiger Jonze, whose family runs a drug operation that spans the Miami area. After a shift in the organization’s stability, Etta must rely on instinct and intelligence to navigate a landscape shaped by violence, loyalty, and power.

Adebumola plays a character named Lovely, and Jackson appears as Stanley. These roles were confirmed after the show received a straight-to-series order...

Exclusive: Alberto Guerra has joined Peacock’s upcoming South Florida-set crime drama M.I.A. as a series regular along with Edward James Olmos, Billy Burke and Sônia Braga in guest star roles.

They join previously announced series regulars Shannon Gisela, Brittany Adebumola, Dylan Jackson, Maurice Compte, Danay Garcia, Cary Elwes, Gerardo Celasco, and Marta Milans.

From Ozark creator Bill Dubuque, Running drugs is a family affair for Etta Tiger Jonze (Gisela) in M.I.A. But when the family business is threatened, she is thrust into a life she never expected, forcing her to use her wits to survive as she navigates Miami’s criminal underground.

Mia is the airport code for Miami. The SoFla area consists of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties.

The series comes from studio MRC (Poker Face), with Karen Campbell serving as executive producer and showrunner. Alethea Jones will direct and executive produce. Dubuque will write Episode 101 and executive produce alongside Campbell and Jones, who will also direct.

M.I.A. is the latest series to explore SoFla’s seedy underbelly including Chris Brancato’s Hotel Cocaine—based on Compte’s father’s life— for MGM+ and two Netflix series: the Sofia Vergara-led Griselda and the early seasons of Narcos focused on Pablo Escobar, both with executive producers including Eric Newman, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard. Narcos was co-created by Brancato. Showtime’s original Dexter series was also famously set in Miami, and its Paramount+ with Showtime prequel spinoff series, Dexter: Original Sin.

Guerra is repped by UTA, Artists First, and Coloürs.

Olmos is repped by Untitled Entertainment and CAA.

Burke is repped by Ellen Meyer Management and Gersh Agency.

Braga is repped by Bond Artist Management, Untitled Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello.

Has there ever been a more iconic big-screen presence than Clint Eastwood? I’d be hard-pressed to name one, as while others like Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, and maybe Humphrey Bogart and John Wayne – if you go old school – can compare, there’s a lot more to Eastwood than anyone else. How so? Well, while most of his contemporaries were happy just to act in their films, Eastwood became the auteur of his work, directing many of his post-The Outlaw Josey Wales vehicles. When he opted to semi-retire from screen acting, he was able to carry on as a director, and in fact, despite being well into his nineties, he’s still directing movies, with his recent Juror No 2 being a little gem.

However, when In the Line of Fire was made in 1993, Eastwood was at something of a crossroads in his career. For the thirty years prior, starting...

Kiss of the Spider Woman has crawled it's way on to the 2025 release calendar. Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna star in the big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, which will be released in time for awards season. Deadline reports that the Bill Condon-directed film will hit theaters on October 10. The film premiered to critical acclaim at Sundance earlier this year, and was acquired for North American distribution by Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate, and Ld Entertainment.

The October 10 date will see it open against a trio of big-name films: Tron: Ares, the latest entry in Disney's cyberpunk franchise; Animal Friends, a Ryan Reynolds-starring live-action/animation hybrid from Warner Bros.; and After the Hunt, a new thriller from Luca Guadagnino that stars Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, and Andrew Garfield. It will have to deal with leftovers from the previous week, as well, including Osgood Perkins' latest horror film Keeper, the...

Exclusive: The feature musical Kiss of the Spider Woman starring Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and Tonatiuh will be getting wide theatrical release October 10. Deadline first told you that the biggest movie at this year’s Sundance Film Festival had its North American rights acquired by Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate and Ld Entertainment.

Also opening on October 10 is Disney’s Tron: Ares, Warner Bros/Legendary’s Animal Friends with Jason Momoa and Ryan Reynolds, and the exclusive launch of Amazon MGM Studios’ Luca Guadagnino thriller After the Hunt with Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri.

The Bill Condon-directed Spider Woman, an Artists Equity production, is based on the book by Terrence McNally and John Kander and Fred Ebb’s songs from the Broadway show. Argentinian author Manuel Puig wrote the original 1976 novel upon which the 1985 Oscar-winning movie starring William Hurt, Raul Julia and Sonia Braga is based. Luna and Tonatiuh...

There may be no other working American actor as underrated as Sasha Lane in her generation. The 29-year-old Houston, TX native has been acting in movies and TV shows for nearly a decade now, and in that time, she's had relatively few starring roles. But her eye for projects has been consistently refined, and even her smaller performances have left an indelible mark on anyone who's been following her filmography.

It all began with the premiere of Lane's screen acting debut, "American Honey," in the main competition of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where she managed to steal the spotlight even next to such towering, acclaimed performances as Isabelle Huppert in "Elle," Kim Min-hee in "The Handmaiden," Sônia Braga in "Aquarius," Sandra Hüller in "Toni Erdmann," Kristen Stewart in "Personal Shopper," and Ruth Negga in "Loving." Since then, Lane has accrued just under 20 acting credits, with nearly all of those being in deeply interesting projects,...

What we first told you on Sunday is now official: Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate and Ld Entertainment have officially picked up North American on the Bill Condon directed, Jennifer Lopez starring feature musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, which was one of the most buzzed about titles at this year’s Sundance. A fall wide theatrical release has been set just in time for awards season.

Look for Jennifer Lopez to be out there on the awards season trail, along with the new discovery in this pic, Tonatiuh, who wows as gay prisoner Molina during a 1980s Argentian dictatorship, an inmate who keeps his cellmate Valentín (Diego Luna) alive with stories about his favorite movie, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and its actress Ingrid Luna (Lopez). Molina’s stories are portrayed in colorful song and dance. An eight-figure P&a spend is in store to get the word out. Condon is...

The new adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman that stars Jennifer Lopez is close to a sale after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate and Ld Entertainment are in final negotiations to acquire domestic distribution rights for the musical feature. Diego Luna, Tonatiuh and Tony Dovolani round out the cast for director Bill Condon’s film that hails from Artists Equity and Mohari Media.

Kiss of the Spider Woman is based on playwright Terrence McNally’s stage musical that debuted on Broadway in 1993 and adapted Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel of the same name. Condon penned the script, and the film features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.

The project centers on a political prisoner (Luna), whose cellmate (Tonatiuh) creates a fantasy Hollywood narrative involving his favorite star, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).

Producers include Barry Josephson, Tom Kirdahy and Greg Yolen. Among...

Jennifer Lopez has never gotten a lot of love from fans or critics when it comes to her acting career, but all that seems to be changing thanks to her most recent performance in Kiss of the Spider Woman, which is getting rave reviews coming out of Sundance this past weekend. Lopez has been nominated for more Golden Raspberry Awards than she has Golden Globes in her 30-year career in Hollywood, but next year's Oscar buzz has already started thanks to director Bill Condon's musical thriller, in which Lopez stars as Ingrid Luna.

Fans and critics have been singing the praises of Lopez since Kiss of the Spider Woman's debut on Jan. 26, with Pete Hammond from Deadline calling it "the role she was born to play," while at the same time mentioning that the movie itself is "a master class in how to find the cinematic soul of...

Dreams do still come true, it seems. On Sunday night in Park City, Utah, the big “hot ticket” screening was the world premiere of Bill Condon’s much-anticipated “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” a dazzling big screen adaptation of Terrence McNally, John Kander, and Fred Ebb’s 1992 Broadway musical of the same name (itself a take on Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel of the same name). While the story, about a pair of Argentinian prisoners who are brought together during the “Dirty War,” was previously made into a feature film in 1985 with stars William Hurt, Raul Julia, and Sônia Braga, Condon’s film marks the first big screen musical spin on the original material.

And, for star Jennifer Lopez, starring in a musical — her very first, if you can believe it — was the culmination of decades of dreaming. The film, which stars breakout star Tonatiuh as Luis Molina and Diego Luna...

If Sundance was looking for a way to raise the temperature of this year’s festival they found it Sunday night with Jennifer Lopez and the feature take of the Broadway musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, which played a packed Eccles house with plenty of turnaways. Buyers in attendance included Searchlight and Mubi. The movie is up for sale from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity.

Taking the stage, Lopez, filmmaker Bill Condon and big screen discovery Tonatiuh (who plays Molina) received a standing ovation. When Sundance Director Eugene Hernandez said Tonatiuh’s name again on stage, the entire Eccles roared. “What a way to get to know you!” beamed Hernandez.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life,” an emotional Lopez told the crowd as she remembered watching West Side Story as a kid. She said it was always her goal to star in...

The Kiss of the Spider Woman is not an unfamiliar title but, according to director Bill Condon, the 2025 adaptation, is "something different from anything you’ve seen." Now, Vanity Fair is unveiling a first look at the upcoming movie-musical adaptation. The images give us our first full look at Jennifer Lopez as Ingrid Luna. The movie is based on a stage adaptation of the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig. If the title sounds familiar and doesn't ring any bells with that, Héctor Babenco, a Brazilian director, adapted the work in 1985. William Hurt, Raul Julia, and Sônia Braga starred. Hurt won Best Actor Oscar in 1986 for his role as Luis Molina. The movie premieres at the Sundance Film Festival this Sunday.

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As winter approaches we are all in need of something spicy to watch to make our temperature rise and if you are a fan of romantic comedies, then we have the perfect recommendations for you. From critically acclaimed movies like The Big Sick to new and popular romantic comedy movies like The Idea of You, Prime Video has everything you need. So, here are the 7 best R-rated romantic comedy movies available on Prime Video right now.

If you want to watch more R-rated romantic comedy movies here are some more recommendations for you available on Netflix, Hulu, and Max (formerly known as HBO Max).

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The Idea of You is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Showalter from a screenplay co-written by Showalter and Jennifer Westfeldt. Based on the 2017 novel of...

Film at Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical are honoring the legacy of Brazil’s iconic L.C. Barreto Film Productions with retrospective “Isso é Brasil: Cinema According to L.C. Barreto Productions.”

The 13-film festival commemorates 60 years of Barreto-produced features. The series will take place from September 6 through 15 at Lincoln Center.

Director Bruno Barreto and producer Lucy Barreto will both be in attendance to introduce select screenings and take part in Q&As for the new 4K restorations of beloved films like “The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga” and “Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands,” which catapulted actress Sônia Braga to international fame. The feature was also Brazil’s highest-grossing film for more than 30 years.

L.C. Barreto Productions was founded in 1963 by Luiz Carlos and Lucy Barreto and is based in Rio de Janeiro. According to a press release, the Barreto family company is Brazil’s most important film...

Stars: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Sônia Braga, Tawfeek Barhom, Maria Caballero, Charles Dance, Billy Nighy, Nicole Sorace | Written by Tim Smith, Arkasha Stevenson, Keith Thomas | Directed by Arkasha Stevenson

Typical. You wait years for a movie about a teenage American nun who becomes mysteriously pregnant when she travels to an Italian nunnery and then two come along at once. Consequently, The First Omen – a prequel to the 1976 horror classic – has had its thunder stolen somewhat by Michael Mohan’s excellent Sydney Sweeney-starring nunsploitation picture Immaculate, but still delivers its fair share of tense atmospherics, jump scares and impressive body horror.

The film begins in 1971, with virginal young American novice Margaret (Nell Tiger Free) travelling to Rome, where she’s met by kindly Cardinal Lawrence (Bill Nighy), before beginning her apprenticeship at the Vizzardeli Orphanage, where she will eventually take her vows. Soon, Margaret’s attention is drawn by Carlita...

The International Jury for this year’s Venice International Film Festival has been finalized after the previous confirmation of French actress Isabelle Huppert as its chair.

Now, American director and screenwriter James Gray, British director and screenwriter Andrew Haigh, Polish director, screenwriter, and producer Agnieszka Holland, and Brazilian director-screenwriter Kleber Mendonça Filho are the latest additions to the jury. They will join Mauritanian director, screenwriter and producer Abderrahmane Sissako, Italian director-screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore, German director-screenwriter Julia von Heinz and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.

The prestigious Golden Lion for best film and other awards will be revealed during the festival’s closing ceremony on Sept. 7.

Gray made his directorial debut in 1994 with Little Odessa, which received the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. His other projects include The Yards (2000), starring Joaquin Phoenix, Two Lovers (2008) and The Immigrant (2013). The Lost City of Z had its world premiere at the New York...

The release of First Omen has encouraged many fans to revisit The Omen franchise ( Photo Credit – Facebook )

First Omen has rekindled the viewers’ interest in the classic horror franchise The Omen, prompting many fans to revisit the iconic series. Here, we have explored The Omen franchise in a chronological order. This series has left an indelible mark on the horror genre, and understanding its sequence will enhance your viewing experience, allowing you to appreciate the evolution of its dark and haunting story.

First Omen (2024) Director: Arkasha Stevenson Cast: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Sonia Braga, Tawfeek Barhom, Maria Caballero Available on: Hulu (US) & Disney Plus hotstar (India) IMDb rating: 6.5/10

Begin your journey into the omen franchise with the movie First Omen that sets the plot in motion for the birth of the Antichrist. Nell Tiger Free stars as a nun sent to a secretive church in Rome, where she unravels...

Wonder features a talented cast, including Jacob Tremblay, in a heartwarming story of a boy with a facial deformity navigating school life. Tremblay's performance as Auggie is the heart and soul of Wonder, supported by highly-regarded actors like Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. The film adaptation explores the challenges of being a child with a physical disability, sparking discussions on representation in Hollywood.

The film Wonder features a talented cast that combines child actors with more veteran talent. Based on the New York Times bestselling R.L. Palacio YA novel of the same name, Wonder, which was well-reviewed, tells the story of Auggie Pullman, a young boy born with a rare craniofacial disorder called Treacher-Collins syndrome. When Auggie enters a mainstream school for the first time, he is faced with the challenge of making new friends and experiencing bullying as he navigates the complex world of fifth grade.

Both...

“The First Omen” is a 2024 movie written and directed by Arkasha Stevenson starring Nell Tiger Free. With Ralph Ineson, Sônia Braga and Bill Nighy.

Hulu has done it again: the streaming network has taken a classic horror film, “The Omen” (1976), and created an intriguing prequel that pays homage to and respects the original. The prequel vividly depicts the birth of Damien with stunning effects and a sense of spectacle. It also expresses a profound respect and reverence for one of the greatest horror films of all time.

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A novice arrives to take her vows as a nun but soon finds herself entangled in a demonic plot where priests are attempting to bring the Anti-Christ to life.

The First Omen “The First Omen”: A Grand Tribute and a Novel Movie

Comparing a prequel with its iconic 70s horror movie original may seem inevitable. The original was...

What To Watch This Weekend: Aranmanai 4, Panchayat Season 3 ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

May 2024 ends, and so does the working week for most of you. If you are wondering what to watch this weekend online and in theatres, you’ve come to the right place. This week, there’s Panchayat Season 3 to engage you in an amazing story. In movies, Mr & Mrs Mahi has hit the theatres too.

From movies to web shows, we have mentioned everything that will help you decide what you want to watch this weekend.

What to Watch This Weekend on Ott Amazon Prime Video Panchayat Season 3

Let’s go back to Phulera and see the drama unfold again. Panchayat Season 3 was released earlier this week and received amazing reviews. The Hindi web show stars Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Raghubir Yadav, Faisal Malik, and others.

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Those look for a libido-juicing kick at this year’s Cannes Film Festival surely found it in “Motel Destino,” the sexually explicit erotic thriller from Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz.

Competing in the main competition once again after “Invisible Life” and “Firebrand,” Aïnouz returned to his native Brazil to shoot this perverse psychosexual triangle about the owners of a sex motel along the country’s northeastern Atlantic coast, and the criminal drifter who disrupts their lives. The wild-haired Dayana (Nataly Rocha) operates the Motel Destino with her abusive husband Elias (Fábio Assunção), where she takes up an unhinged affair with Heraldo (Iago Xavier), and amid nonstop sucking and fucking, plot to kill Elias in the grand tradition of the great noirs. Except it’s a noir with a post-Hays Code, liberated twist that has rocked Cannes with its strong, pervasive sexual content, to use the language of the American Motion Picture Association’s ratings board.

"The First Omen" was one of the biggest movie surprises of the year. What could've easily been a cheap, lazy cash-in on IP awareness turned out to be an inventive, smart, and surprisingly disturbing horror movie that just happens to be a prequel. As Witney Seibold wrote in his /Film review: "In an age when long-in-the-tooth horror franchises like 'Halloween' and 'The Exorcist' are being tiresomely revived without a trace of creativity, it's refreshing and splendid to see a picture that is thoughtfully menacing, uniquely stylish, deathfully intense, and utterly terrifying. 'The First Omen' is a film of dank, bloody, spittle-flecked dread, made no less powerful by the foregone conclusion."

In "The First Omen," we follow a young novitiate (Nell Tiger Free) who is sent to help at an orphanage in Rome. Once there, she begins to experience terrifying visions that hint at a grand conspiracy involving unspeakable evil.

Amid the film's continued run in theaters, it's been announced when horror fans will be able to watch The First Omen at home. Release dates have been unveiled for the movie's release on VOD, as well as when it will arrive on streaming and on physical media formats.

Per 20th Century Studios, The First Omen will be available to rent or buy from digital retailers on May 28. The horror prequel will be made available for streaming two days later with its debut on Hulu on May 30, joining all of the previous Omen films. For the collectors waiting to pick up a physical copy of the movie, The First Omen will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 30. Meanwhile, the film is playing in theaters, and there's still time to catch The First Omen on the big screen.

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Horror fans, get ready as 20th Century Studios The First Omen is set to hit digital platforms on May 28, Hulu on May 30, and Blu-ray and DVD on July 30. Set in 1971, The First Omen stars Nell Tiger Free (Game of Thrones) as Margaret, an American nun-in-training traveling to Rome to take the veil. The psychological horror film explores the sinister events that lead to Damien/the antichrists inception, unraveling a terrifying conspiracy that challenges Margarets faith and reveals the birth of evil incarnate. The film also features Tawfeek Barhom (Mary Magdalene), Sonia Braga (Kiss of the Spider Woman), Ralph Ineson (The Northman), and Bill Nighy (Living).

On April 5th, 20th Century Studios gave a theatrical release to The First Omen, which serves as a prequel to the 1976 horror classic The Omen (watch it Here) – and the movie was surprisingly well-received, with JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray giving it an 8/10 review and Tyler Nichols writing an article about why it works so well. The movie hasn’t been burning up the box office charts; made on a budget of $30 million, it has only pulled in $36 million so far. But if a sequel were to get the greenlight, director Arkasha Stevenson knows one subject she would want to cover in the follow-up: the mystery of the jackal.

In the original The Omen, we were told that the Antichrist was born of a jackal. The First Omen digs deeper into his parentage, letting us know that it wasn’t quite as simple (although very strange) as it appeared to be in the original movie,...

Mike Flanagan praises The First Omen as "wicked, vicious, elegant, beautifully directed, and downright Scary." The film earned an 80% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the highest for the franchise since the original in 1976. Despite underperforming at the box office, positive reviews, like Flanagan's, may boost the film's success on VOD and streaming.

Mike Flanagan gives a glowing review to The First Omen after it underperformed at the box office. A direct prequel to The Omen from 1976 and the sixth overall film in the franchise, the horror film follows an American woman who is sent to work at a church in Rome and discovers a sinister conspiracy aimed at ushering in the birth of the Antichrist that causes her to question her faith. Directed by Arkasha Stevenson in her feature debut, The First Omen cast includes Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sônia Braga, Ralph Ineson, and Bill Nighy.

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The First Omen is the sixth installment in The Omen franchise, but despite its positive critical reviews, it failed to attract a wide theatrical audience. The disappointing box office performance may be attributed to prequel fatigue, long-gestating lore alterations, and competition from rival horror films. Originally intended for streaming, the prequel's theatrical release raised its profile but has yet to become a true box-office success.

The First Omen, a prequel to the classic 1976 supernatural horror film The Omen, tells the story of a young American woman, a devout nun in training, who uncovers a horrifying conspiracy to facilitate the birth of the Antichrist in Rome, where American diplomat Robert Thorn takes custody of the Antichrist, renamed Damien Thorn, in The Omen.

The First Omen marks the sixth installment in the now nearly 50-year-old The Omen film series, which had been previously dormant since the release of the 2006 The Omen remake.

The First Omen surprises audiences with its critical acclaim and unique approach to horror prequels. Stevenson's film stands out by appealing to modern audiences while paying homage to the original Omen. Nell Tiger Free's standout performance as Margaret elevates the film, making it a must-watch for horror fans.

In recent days, a new horror film arrived in theaters that has surprised everyone who has seen it. The First Omen, by director Arkasha Stevenson, was released by 20th Century Studios, the production studio that resulted from Disney's infamous takeover of Fox. The studio isn't often associated with horror films, and in recent times, they've actually stood far from big horror releases that don't go straight to offshoot streaming platforms like Hulu. Well, The First Omen is teaching them a thing or two.

The film has been critically acclaimed. After its initial release in theaters, audiences are raving about it...

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire were the monsters with the mostest at the box office this weekend, as Dev Patel‘s much buzzed-about feature directorial debut Monkey Man and supernatural franchise installment The First Omen both opened behind expectations.

Neither genre film ever had a chance of taking away the No. 1 spot from Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Godzilla x Kong, but had hoped for a bigger slice of the proverbial box office pie. Godzilla, from filmmaker Adam Wingard, is proving to be a significant victory for Josh Grode’s Legendary Pictures on the heels of Dune: Part Two, which is the top-grossing film of the year to date with $660.7 million in global ticket sales through Sunday. And Godzilla is also a big win for Warner Bros. and Legendary’s MonsterVerse series, at a time when many franchises are struggling to remain fresh.

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It’s a primate face-off at the box office this weekend, plus some old-fashioned Antichrist horror on the side. Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” looks to stick on top of domestic charts, holding off the opening weekend bows of Universal’s beat-em-up “Monkey Man” and 20th Century Studios’ horror revival “The First Omen.”

That kaiju victory lap probably has less to do with the staying power of “The New Empire” than the strength of its competition though. The blockbuster monster mash earned $8.5 million on Friday, down a steep 77% from its opening day a week ago. “The New Empire” could be eyeing a drop north of 60% across the three-day frame — not a superlatively large decline from a blockbuster’s opening weekend, but still a pretty sizable one. It puts in perspective the impressively slim 44% drop that fellow Legendary production “Dune: Part Two” faced in its sophomore outing.

Since its release in 1976, The Omen has become a horror staple. It spearheaded a new form of horror, specifically the subgenre of "religious horror," into the mainstream, alongside the likes of The Exorcist, Alice, Sweet Alice and Rosemary's Baby. These films dealt with societal decay, loss of faith, paranoia and a general feeling of apocalypse. They may have even served as the precursor to the Satanic Panic that swept the United States and much of the world up until the mid-90s.

The Omen spawned many recognizable tropes, such as the mark of the beast, creepy children, the use and subversion of religious iconography (especially Catholic motifs) and some memorable quotes. "It's all for you!" among them, and another, "Its mother was a jackal!" The latter quote was central to the unnatural origin and birth of the Anti-Christ, Damien.

The First Omen, directed by Arkasha Stevenson in her feature directorial debut,...

Grab a pen, film franchise contributors. The new prequel to The Omen (1976) doesn't just go through the motions. Instead, The First Omen makes a grand statement about the times we live in, to thrilling and horrifying effect. It's all thanks to co-writer/director Arkasha Stevenson, who weaves pertinent themes of women's autonomy and reproductive freedom into her darkly subversive tale about the eerie events that transpired and led to the evil yet fictitious Damien's reign. The demonic boy's adoptive parents failed to put an end to his literal evil ways, and a film franchise ultimately spawned from Richard Donner's classic.

Starring Nell Tiger Free, Bill Nighy, and other terrific performers, The First Omen is the latest canonical addition that sets the stage for a sort of parallel storyline that should be further explored and could even run alongside Damien's upbringing. In the meantime, we recently caught up with director...

Plot: A young novitiate in Rome (Nell Tiger Free) is warned by an ex-communicated priest (Ralph Ineson) that she’s at the center of a sinister conspiracy at her church dedicated to spawning the anti-Christ.

Review: I’ve always really enjoyed The Omen as a franchise. Even as a kid, I found something about the original trilogy centring around Damien Thorn especially gripping. However, I never had much use for the cheap TV movie sequel (Omen IV: The Awakening) or the scene-for-scene remake, which, despite a game cast, didn’t come close to recapturing the grisly spirit of Richard Donner’s original.

As such, I figured The First Omen would be just another would-be franchise starter, but I have to give 20th Century Studios and Disney credit – they made one hell of a cool horror flick (pun intended). In some ways, it’s a bit like Wonka (bear with...

The First Omen registers 77% on the Tomatometer, at the time of this writing, and is within eight percentage points of the original film's Rotten Tomatoes score. The Omen (1976) currently boasts 85% on the Tomatometer against 52 reviews. Most critics praise The First Omen in their reviews, but the film only made $725,000 during its Thursday previews.

Warning! Contains minor Spoilers for The First Omen.

77% is arguably not bad at all for a modern-day movie that’s trying to live up to an iconic horror flick like The Omen (1976). At the time of this writing, that’s the number The First Omen is registering on the Tomatometer. Meanwhile, the Gregory Peck-led classic boasts an 85% on Rotten Tomatoes against 52 reviews. In fact, Peck himself appears in the film courtesy of an old photograph featuring his character, Robert Thorn, near the movie's conclusion.

The First Omen R Horror 3/5 Release DateApril 5, 2024DirectorArkasha StevensonCastBill Nighy, Ralph Ineson,...

Dev Patel’s extreme action film Monkey Man swings into the top spot during Thursday previews at the box office, exorcising Arkasha Stevenson’s The First Omen with $1.4M to the origin story’s $725K. Monkey Man’s preview screening started at 5 Pm at 2,750 theaters on Thursday, while The First Omen screened at 7 Pm.

Meanwhile, Adam Wingard’s Monsterverse rumble, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, punched its way past $100M on Thursday, with estimates calling for $32M during its second weekend in cinemas. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire continues to dominate IMAX screens, while Monkey Man and The First Omen play on Plf screens.

Here’s the official synopsis for Monkey Man courtesy of NBCUniversal:

“Monkey Man is an action thriller about one man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to victimize the poor and powerless systemically.

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman,...