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No type of film has seen more repeated success this millennium than the comic book movie. Big-screen adaptations of Batman, Spider-Man, The Avengers and more are met with success time and time again. But there are plenty of popular films with comic book origins most people aren’t even aware of.

With “The Old Guard 2” now streaming on Netflix, here are 16 films you may not know are comic book adaptations.

“2 Guns”

Boom! Studios’ comic “2 Guns” by Steven Grant and Mateus Santolouco provided the basis for a Denzel Washington/Mark Wahlberg buddy cop movie of the same name. The film, directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by Blake Masters, follows the two as a pair of undercover agents who are unknowingly attempting to take down the same drug lord. Though the five-issue series “2 Guns” came out in 2007, Grant and artist Emilio Laiso launched a six-issue follow-up book...

Jurassic World Rebirth takes inspiration from plenty of places – some more likely than others.

“The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going ‘Beep-Beep!'”

The way he told it, Chuck Jones created Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner in the glow of nine commandments. Thou shalt not stray from the road; thou shalt buy all materials from the Acme Corporation, etcetera etcetera.

Decades later, confronted by Universal and Steven Spielberg’s need of a new Jurassic movie, veteran screenwriter David Koepp was feeling inspired. “I actually wrote a list of our nine commandments… inspired by Chuck Jones” he told The Playlist last year.

“I made a list of things that we had to abide by – one was the events of the previous six movies that cannot be contradicted or denied because I don’t like a retcon. Those are no fun. Two, humour is oxygen. Science must be real.

In March, Marvel Studios announced the Avengers: Doomsday cast in a lengthy reveal video that confirmed the surprise return of several actors from the original X-Men cast.

Following his return in The Marvels, Kelsey Grammer will reprise his role as Beast, and there's so far been nothing to indicate that the actors from the X-Men prequel movies (which began with 2011's X-Men: First Class) will join them. That's not overly surprising, especially as Kevin Feige got his start in Hollywood working on Bryan Singer's X-Men.

Talking to Entertainment Weekly about Superman, Hoult said he also saw the cast reveal video and quickly noticed that his version of Hank McCoy wasn't on the list. 

"Kelsey was a great Beast," the actor said. "He was the Beast I saw when I was a kid, along with the other actors that they're bringing back, Patrick and Ian and James and all them.

Marisa Abela has said it is “a real honour to step into such a legacy” after being cast in the upcoming reboot of Highlander, which also stars Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe.The 28-year-old actress, who recently won a 2025 BAFTA TV Award for her role in the BBC series Industry, is joining the new iteration of the 1986 cult fantasy film, which will be directed by Chad Stahelski. The project is being developed by Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists, with a theatrical release planned.The reboot of Highlander, first announced in 2021, is being spearheaded by former Netflix film chief Scott Stuber, 55, who now oversees United Artists. Michael Finch is writing the screenplay, which is based on the original film by director Russell Mulcahy. That film starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery as immortal warriors locked in a centuries-long battle across time.Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt will produce the new film on behalf of UA,...

Marisa Abela, best known for starring in the BBC/HBO series Industry, will join Henry Cavill in the upcoming Highlander reboot, which will be directed by Chad Stahelski. Her character is described as an “immortal who is a teacher of swordplay” and is one of Cavill’s past loves.

The Highlander reboot has been in the works for quite some time, but it finally seems to be taking some significant steps forward. It was announced just last month that Russell Crowe had joined the cast. He’s believed to be taking on the role of Ramirez, the character played by Sean Connery in the original movie.

The report states that the new script by Michael Finch is building up a “more complex and deeper world,” with sources saying that we’ll see “more immortals who also happen to be from various parts of the world.” As this project has major franchise aspirations,...

“Industry” star Marisa Abela has joined the cast of “Highlander” from Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists’ (UA) and Scott Stuber, alongside previously announced stars Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe.

Chad Stahelski (“John Wick” franchise) will direct the film, which will be released in theaters. Michael Finch (“John Wick: Chapter 4”) wrote the script.

Cavill stars as Connor MacLeod. Abela is playing one of the immortals in the movie, while Crowe is playing the role of Ramirez, who was previously played by Sir Sean Connery in the original film.

The original “Highlander” (1986), starring Christopher Lambert and Connery, portrays the climax of an ancient battle between immortal warriors, unfolding through interwoven past and present-day storylines. After steadily gaining wider popularity upon its release, the film spawned multiple sequels, a beloved TV series and an enduring fanbase. From director Russell Mulcahy, the film was produced by Peter S. Davis and William N. Panzer.

Marisa Abela has joined the cast of “Highlander” alongside previously announced stars Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe.

Chad Stahelski will direct the film from Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists (UA), which is being run by former Netflix film chief Scott Stuber. The film will open theatrically. Michael Finch is penning the screenplay, based on the 1980s cult classic of the same name.

UA’s Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt will produce alongside Neal H. Moritz, 87Eleven Entertainment, Stahelski’s production banner, Josh Davis of Davis Panzer Productions, and Louise Rosner. UA has secured full rights to the 1986 original, with the potential to also develop a new series. Lionsgate developed the film.

Abela recently won a 2025 BAFTA TV Award for her performance in the third season of the acclaimed banking drama “Industry.” This follows her turn alongside Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett in Steven Soderbergh’s espionage thriller, “Black Bag.

Marisa Abela, one of the stars of acclaimed British drama Industry, has joined Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe in Highlander, Amazon MGM’s remake of the 1980s cult classic.

Chad Stahelski is on board to direct the feature, which hails from Amazon MGM’s United Artists banner and is slated to get a theatrical release.

The original Highlander, released in 1986, starred Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod, a Medieval Scottish Highlander who discovers he is an immortal warrior. With the help of a swordsman named Ramirez, played by Sean Connery, the titular Highlander battles other immortals across the centuries, culminating in a modern battle in which, like the classic line of dialogue goes, “there can be only one.” The movie went back and forth from various time periods.

In the remake, Cavill is playing MacLeod while Crowe is Ramirez.

The new script, being written by Michael Finch, is taking some diversions...

Daniel Craig was most recently seen in Queer, the A24 thriller directed by Luca Guadagnino, but one much older film from the star has returned to streaming glory years later. Craig stars alongside Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a 2011 psychological thriller following a journalist (Craig) who searches for a woman who has been missing for 40 years. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is streaming on Pluto TV in the United States, and it’s also charting in the top 10 in other countries such as Belarus and Slovenia. The film earned a “certified fresh” 86% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and even an 86% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter. It also grossed $232 million at the box office against a $90 million budget, meaning it exceeded its break-even point.

During a 2011 interview with Collider, Craig likened The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to older, more mature films like The Godfather, saying that...

Spoilers ahead for all three seasons of "Squid Game."

"Squid Game" has come to a close — well, the first series, anyway — and anyone who's watched the show before the third and final season probably assumed that the ending would be a real bloodbath. True to form, it was. After pretty much all of our favorite season 2 players fell throughout season 3, including Cho Hyun-ju (Park Sung-hoon), Lee Myung-gi (Im Si-wan), Kim Jun-hee (Jo Yu-ri), Jang Geum-ja (Kang Ae-shim), and Park Yong-sik (Yang Dong-geun) — Players 120, 333, 222, 149, and 007, respectively — we're left to see what happens to Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), the series protagonist who's left protecting Jun-hee's newborn baby in the final game.

Gi-hun pretty unequivocally dies after fighting with Myung-gi, the baby's father, resulting in Myung-gi's death. Broken by the games, he simply wanders and falls off of a pedestal and, considering that we see his dead body, the guy is definitely gone.

Kneecap shocked exactly as expected at a raucous Glastonbury set on Saturday.

The Irish rap trio has drawn widespread criticism in recent months, with one of the members, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, charged with a terror offence last month. Glastonbury partner, the BBC, stood by their decision to air their set, despite U.K. culture secretary Lisa Nandy’s comments that the band “thrive on the oxygen of publicity.” Nandy said Thursday: “Personally, I don’t want to see that on TV screens.”

On Saturday afternoon at Glastonbury’s West Holts stage, which was fenced off as they came on due to overcrowding, Ó hAnnaidh told the 30,000-person crowd: “Glastonbury, I’m a free man!” Clips of newsreaders announcing his terror charge played before the band came on, as well as pro-Palestine messages and videos of various U.K. politicians criticizing the decision to have the band play at the festival.

Star Oscar Isaac didn't have a great time playing the titular villain in the 2016 superhero movie X-Men: Apocalypse, which served as the highly anticipated follow-up to the tremendously successful blockbuster X-Men: Days of Future Past. In an interview with GQ, he said that working on the movie was "excruciating," mainly because he was covered in prosthetics and barely got an opportunity to interact with his talented co-stars. The hard work wasn't exactly worth it, with the movie earning mediocre reviews and underperforming at the box office. It concluded its global run with $543 million, and has now been overtaken by Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

Starring Tom Cruise in what could be his final time playing the legendary Ethan Hunt, The Final Reckoning has been having a tough time at the box office. While it's set to overtake its predecessor, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, at the global box office this week,...

Since the Marvel Cinematic Universe wrapped up The Infinity Saga with "Avengers: Endgame" and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" (and Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox) in 2019, Marvel Studios has slowly started to introduce the X-Men into the MCU. Characters with mutant connections such as Patrick Stewart's Professor X, Kelsey Grammer's Beast, and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine have been popping up in the phases that followed. Plus, True Believers were able to return to the fan-favorite world of "X-Men: The Animated Series" thanks to "X-Men '97" on Disney+. Now, after the initial casting announcement for the highly anticipated "Avengers: Doomsday," the mutant presence is about to increase exponentially.

But before we enter a new era for the X-Men and a thriving cinematic future for mutantkind, let's look back on the legacy that previous X-Men movies have left behind. Here is /Film's ranking of X-Men movies that have been theatrically released so far.

Alex Berger, producer of “The Bureau” and “La Maison,” Larry Kasanoff, behind the “Mortal Kombat” franchise, and Shuzo John Shiota, producer of “Transformers: Prime” will join a swathe of African and European voices set to debate the future of Africa’s film and TV at this week’s third Sica market at Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Packing the conference are government decision makers, regulators, top network execs, fund heads, bank executives and talent from Ivory Coast, West Africa and the continent at large. African talent includes Burkino Faso writer-director Dani Kouyaté, a first prize winner at this year’s Fespaco fest for “Katanga, la danse des scorpions,” Nollywood actor-director Zack Orji (“Légitime Defence”) and Landry Agbadou, director of “Gla,” Ivory Coast’s first genre film and winner of 2024’s Nisa d’Or.

Running June 26-28, the conference catches Africa and a contradictory time. “Overall, Africa’s entertainment market is growing...

Kate Winslet Revealed How Her Weight Shaped Her Career (Photo Credit – Prime Video)

The Titanic actress, Kate Winslet, is one of the hardest-working and dedicated actresses who has given back-to-back hits to Hollywood. Despite achieving so much success in her career, she has often been scrutinized for her weight. In the initial days of her career, she used to get very insecure about how she looked, and even her weight scale used to decide what kind of roles she would do.

However, Winslet never once thought of getting Ozempic in her diet to lose the extra pounds. Rather, she didn’t even know what that was until, during one of her interviews, a reporter gave in some details about it. The actress revealed how late Joan Rivers once joked about her weight and said that it was she who sank the Titanic. Scroll ahead to find out her take on weight transformation.

Brad Pitt’s new F1 movie will race into theaters everywhere this weekend, but ahead of its arrival, one of the older classics from the star is dominating streaming charts. Pitt stars alongside Christoph Waltz and Michael Fassbender in Inglourious Basterds, the 2009 WWII movie following a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers who plan to assassinate Nazi Leaders that lines up with a theater owner’s intriguing mission. Inglourious Basterds is currently streaming on both Paramount+ and Starz, and it’s one of the most popular movies in several countries, such as Namibia, Oman, and even Slovenia. The film earned a “certified fresh” 89% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and an 88% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter. It also grossed $321 million at the box office against a $70 million budget.

Inglourious Basterds comes from the mind of acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, and in addition to the film being a major financial success, it helped...

Magneto’s Evolution: Ian McKellen & Michael Fassbender’s Iconic Take On The X-Men Antihero (Photo Credit – Wikipedia)

Before the MCU and multiverse mayhem, X-Men kicked off a different kind of cinematic universe. And at the center of it stood a metal-bending mutant who blurred the line between villain and visionary. Magneto. Played first by Ian McKellen and then reimagined by Michael Fassbender, the Master of Magnetism became a rare pop culture force who thrived across timelines, reboots, and philosophical battles.

McKellen defined Magneto. His entrance in the 2000 X-Men film brought gravitas and cold precision to a man hardened by tragedy. That infamous prison break in X2? The Golden Gate Bridge lift in The Last Stand? They were cinematic declarations of power and purpose. His take on Magneto was battle-worn and bitter, yet strangely noble.

Meanwhile, Fassbender got the origin story. From that haunting opening in First Class to the brutal Nazi revenge arc,...

Will Smith made headlines this week when he revealed that he passed on the lead role in Christopher Nolan’s Inception, but one of his movies has returned to streaming glory only a few years after it was released. Smith stars alongside Ben Foster and Ronnie Gene Blevins in Emancipation, the R-rated period action thriller following a runaway slave trekking through the swamps of Louisiana on a journey to escape the plantation owners who nearly killed him. Emancipation began streaming on Apple TV+ on December 2, 2022, and it’s currently one of the most popular movies in the world on the streamer, charting in more than 25 countries globally. The film earned “rotten” scores of 45% from critics and 58% from audiences on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.

During a 2023 chat with Kevin Hart, Will Smith said he believes he went “too far”while filming Emancipation, which included putting chains around his neck. Bill Collage...

This Emmy season, four starry Best Drama contenders put a spin on the venerable spy genre. Three newbies, “The Agency” (Paramount+/Showtime), “The Day of the Jackal” (Peacock), and “Black Doves” (Netflix) are already prepping their second seasons, while one established series, “Slow Horses” (AppleTV+) will premiere Season 5 on September 24.

“Slow Horses” Season 4 has already scored a number of critic and guild nominations, following nine Emmy Primetime nominations and one win (showrunner/writer Will Smith) for Season 3. Inevitably, while critically lauded and popular, in a competitive field, the new shows are playing catch-up with the already established “Slow Horses.” But this year, anything can happen.

Three of these shows are British, while the American “The Agency” just looks British: It’s set at the CIA London office, is written by the British Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, and stars Irish Michael Fassbender playing American and British actress Jodie Turner-Smith playing Sudanese.

In the past 10 years or so, intimacy coordinators have become a go-to role in film sets where love scenes are being filmed. The urgency of having them on set greatly increased in the wake of the #MeToo movement that rocked Hollywood in late 2017. But some who’ve been working in the industry for quite some time have been skeptical of their utility. Sean Bean, for one, said that he thought intimacy coordinators ruined the “spontaneity” and “chemistry” between actors.

Now Richard Gere has joined their ranks. In an interview with The Wrap about the Paramount+ spy series “The Agency,” Gere spoke alongside his fellow actors on the show Michael Fassbender, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Jeffrey Wright. Fassbender and Turner-Smith play lovers, and both actors strongly endorsed the role of their intimacy coordinator on set.

Fassbender said, “A lot of the time, directors won’t say what they want you to do...

With new releases and a few all-time greats, these Peacock movies are perfect for your next movie night.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Peacock quietly has one of the best movie lineups around. No, it doesn’t have the biggest library — but what it does have is a tight, well-curated mix of new releases, old favorites, and hidden gems that actually make scrolling fun instead of overwhelming. And full disclosure: my movie lists tend to be horror-light (not a huge horror person), and this one’s no exception. But if you’re into big-hearted comedies, smart thrillers, throwback blockbusters, along with a few buzzy new originals, you’re in the right place. Here are my top seven favorite movies streaming on Peacock right now.

Top 7 movies streaming on Peacock right now:

No. 7: ‘Love Hurts’

No. 6: ‘Black Bag’

No. 5: ‘Ticket to Paradise’

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Gerard Butler kicked off 2025 by reprising his role as Big Nick in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, but one action thriller from the star that’s nearly 20 years old has returned to streaming charts. Butler stars alongside Game of Thrones veteran Lena Headey and Dominic West in 300, the historical action epic telling the story of the 300 Spartan soldiers who stood courageously against Xerxes and his Persian army. 300 is currently streaming on Amazon MGM+, and not only is it trending in the United States, but it’s also piquing curiosity in other countries such as Peru. 300 grossed a whopping $456 million at the box office in 2006 on a $65 million budget, and the film also earned a 61% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and an 89% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter.

In addition to Butler, Headey, and West, 300 also stars Michael Fassbender as Stelios, Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes, and Peter Mensah as the Messenger.

Having passed the $500 million mark at the global box office, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is staring at perhaps its most difficult mission yet. It needs to gross another $300 million in order to break even, considering how pricey it was. The film was marketed as the final installment of the long-running action franchise, and is coming on the back of a predecessor that noticeably underperformed at the box office despite positive reviews. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who has established himself as something of an action visionary over the last decade that he has spent working on these films, The Final Reckoning has now passed the lifetime domestic total of another visionary's blockbuster.

With $169 million at the domestic box office, The Final Reckoning has surpassed the $167 million haul of David Fincher's Gone Girl. Released in 2014, it remains Fincher's final theatrical title; he has since directed only streaming projects.

Since the #MeToo movement began in the late 2010s, a new person has been added to the crew of many films and television shows that include love scenes or nudity: the intimacy coordinator, who works with actors and filmmakers to plot out comfortable levels of contact and exposure in those scenes.

Some actors swear by intimacy coordinators, with Dakota Johnson and Michelle Williams praising their work on “Materialists” and “Dying for Sex” recently. Some prefer not to use them, a decision that Mikey Madison made for her Oscar-winning performance in “Anora.”

And some actors are puzzled by them. Richard Gere, who became a star in the late 1970s and early ’80s in a string of sexually-explicit films like “American Gigolo,” “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” “An Officer and a Gentleman” and “No Mercy,” falls into this camp, judging by a recent Wrap interview with the stars of the Paramount+/Showtime series “The Agency.

The Paramount+/Showtime series “The Agency,” produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov and based on the French series “Le Bureau des Légendes,” is a classic spy thriller set in the London office of the Central Intelligence Agency — a flip side of “Slow Horses” where everybody’s very good at what they do, but the intrigue mounts, the global machinations get more complex and the fate of international relations hangs in the balance.

Michael Fassbender plays Brandon Colby, a top CIA operative better known as “Martian” who’s been summoned back to the organization’s London office after years of living undercover in Africa; Jeffrey Wright is Henry Ogletree, the CIA London Deputy Station Chief; Richard Gere is James Bradley, the London Station Chief who reports to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia; and Jodie Turner-Smith is Dr. Samia Fatima “Sami” Zahir, who was in a relationship with Martian when he...

Alien: Earth star Sydney Chandler has landed a leading role in a science fiction road movie alongside Shōgun star Takehiro Hira. Anima is being written and directed by documentary filmmaker Brian Tetsuro Ivie.

Per Deadline, Tetsuro Ivie will be making his feature directorial debut with an alternate future story that sounds like it could be a Black Mirror episode. Chandler stars in Anima as a young woman who impulsively goes on a very unusual road trip with an older man (played by Hira). When the man discovers his consciousness is fading, it's up to Chandler's character to get him to a cutting-edge facility where he can undergo a memory-upload surgery.

"I’ve always loved road movies and I’m very thankful to have two brilliant actors on the journey with me," Tetsuro Ivie said in a statement. "I really think people will be surprised by where the story goes."

Tetsuro...

If you’re trying to find the perfect movie to watch for Father’s Day, look no further. Plenty of dads will find the best gift their offspring can give them is some quality time together, and watching a great movie – especially one the dads are inclined to love – hits that sweet spot. Below, we’ve put together a curated list of some of the best dad movies currently streaming. These range from movies about being a father to films that dads tend to like. You know the type.

So take your pick and rest assured you’ll be in for a high five once the credits roll.

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Streaming on Paramount+ and Fubo

One of the “Daddest” movies to ever “Dad,” 1990’s “The Hunt for Red October” kicked off the Jack Ryan franchise with possibly the best submarine movie ever made.

Weeks after Henry Cavill's Highlander received a release update, the upcoming remake gets more good news as development ramps up. A new report confirms that principal photography on the long-gestating Lionsgate reboot isn't too far away.

Per Collider, the Highlander remake begins filming in Scotland in late September to early October, a significant step for a film that has been in the works since Cavill was originally attached to it in 2021. This news comes after director Chad Stahelski, known for helming several installments of the John Wick franchise, recently confirmed that the Highlander remake is set to be released in either 2027 or 2028.

The Highlander Reboot Gets Rolling Nearly Four Decades After the Original

Cavill and Stahelski are set to bring their take on the Highlander franchise in front of the cameras 39 years after the original version of the fantasy action-adventure blockbuster premiered. Starring Christopher Lambert as Scottish warrior and 16th-century immortal Connor MacLeod,...

Stars: Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Gustaf Skarsgård, Tom Burke, Marisa Abela, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris, Kae Alexander, Pierce Brosnan | Written by David Koepp | Directed by Steven Soderbergh

There’s something deeply satisfying about watching Steven Soderbergh work in a minimalist mode – pared down, sharply composed, and operating with clinical precision. Black Bag is exactly that: a lean, cerebral spy thriller that trades explosions for glances, and car chases for loaded silences. It’s also one of the most deliciously grown-up films of the year.

From the moment the film begins, Soderbergh signals that we’re not in the world of shaken martinis or gadgetry. This is espionage as emotional warfare, and it plays out mostly in apartments, dinner tables, and discreet backrooms. The plot is deceptively simple: Michael Fassbender plays George, a British intelligence officer assigned to uncover a mole, who may be his own wife, played with icy finesse by Cate Blanchett.

Nothing in “The Agency” is personal until everything in “The Agency” is personal. Created by brothers Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, the American spy thriller from Showtime and Paramount+ remakes Éric Rochant’s acclaimed French espionage drama, “The Bureau” — or “Le Bureau des Légendes.” Its profoundly intimidating core cast come together as the white-hot heart of an espionage love story. Season 1’s success as a suspenseful ten-episode arc hinges on your commitment to its characters.

“The sacrifice these people make is immense,” said Richard Gere in a recent IndieWire interview with co-stars Jeffrey Wright, Michael Fassbender, and Jodie Turner-Smith, seen above. “How do you maintain relationships when you operate in this world? When you lie indiscriminately?”

It’s contradictory but still common sense that great acting comes from great honesty. That’s tough to do when the people you’re playing are professional liars — and tortured ones at that. Gere anchors...

Michael Fassbender's new thriller series, The Agency: Central Intelligence, is currently filming Season 2 in London, and now, we're getting a casting update from production. Season 2 has recruited the services of some genre alums as the series looks to up the stakes in the new installment. According to Deadline, the upcoming season has enlisted the services of Christian OchoaLavernia, who was recently seen in Netflix's The Diplomat, in a new series regular role. Also cast in recurring capacities are Clayne Crawford (Chad Powers),Keanush Tafreshi (V/H/S/99), Medalion Rahimi (NCIS: LA), Raza Jaffrey (Homeland), and Tessa Ferrer (Swagger). The show recently underwent a rebrand from The Agency to The Agency: Central Intelligence, signaling the direction of things in the next chapter.

Season 2 is set to broaden the international espionage scene that was introduced in the first season. With that expansion comes a new lineup of characters ready to complicate Agent Martian’s mission.

Michael Fassbender's hit streaming series, The Agency, is getting a second season on Paramount+. Despite mixed reviews, the spy thriller was a hit for the streaming platform in 2024, making the quick Season 2 renewal a no-brainer, especially considering the star-studded cast. However, The Agency will return with a bevy of new faces, and a new title to more accurately reflect the future of the series.

Paramount+ announced that five actors have been cast in The Agency Season 2, which is currently filming in London, England. Those joining the series include Christian Ochoa Lavernia (Silo), Clayne Crawford (Chad Powers), Keanush Tafreshi (V/H/S/99), Medalion Rahimi (Hacks), Raza Jaffrey (Homeland) and Tessa Ferrer (Swagger). The new cast members will be seen alongside Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, and Jodie Turner-Smith, among other familiar faces. Interestingly enough, the series has been officially retitled to The Agency: Central Intelligence, which could point toward the direction the...

After the wild and intriguing ride of The Agency: Central Intelligence season 1, there’s no doubt that we’re ready for the second season. While filming is still ongoing, there’s some news that has us even more excited for the stories that are coming our way. After all, the cast list is growing in the best way possible.

Michael Fassbender is, of course, set to return to The Agency season 2. Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, and so many others involves in the first season, including Richard Gere, are also set to come back. Now we get more stars joining the fray, and with this calibre, we’re expecting greatness.

Michael Fassbender as Martian in The Agency, episode 1, season 1, streaming on Paramount+, 2024. Photo Credit: Luke Varley/Paramount+ with Showtime 6 stars will join The Agency season 2

Christian Ochoa Lavernia from Silo will join the series as a series regular, according to Deadline.

Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Clayne Crawford, Keanush Tafreshi, Medalion Rahimi, Raza Jaffrey, and Tessa Ferrer join ‘The Agency’ (Photo Credits: Dave Buttler; Phillip Faraone/Getty Images; Jackson Davis; Gregg Deguire/Getty Images; YellowBellyPhoto; Brett Lemke; Paramount+)

Paramount+’s critically acclaimed The Agency: Central Intelligence has signed on new cast members for the series’ upcoming second season. Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Clayne Crawford, Keanush Tafreshi, and Medalion Rahimi have boarded the spy thriller. Raza Jaffrey and Tessa Ferrer are also committed to season two roles.

The just-announced cast will join returning series stars Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Richard Gere. Season two is now in production, but Paramount+ has not announced a target premiere date.

Tony winner Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth are the writers and serve as executive producers. Additional executive producers include Michael Fassbender, Joe Wright, Keith Cox, Nina L. Diaz, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari.

Exclusive: Christian Ochoa Lavernia (Silo) is set as a series regular and Clayne Crawford (Chad Powers), Keanush Tafreshi (V/H/S/99), Medalion Rahimi (Hacks), Raza Jaffrey (Homeland) and Tessa Ferrer (Swagger) will recur in Season 2 of The Agency: Central Intelligence (fka The Agency) for Paramount+ with Showtime. The title, The Agency: Central Intelligence reflects the focus of the second season.

They join series lead Michael Fassbender, along with Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston, Harriet Sansom Harris, John Magaro, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Andrew Brooke, India Fowler, Reza Brojerdi, Alex Reznik and Richard Gere.

Production on Season 2 is currently underway in London.

Based on the French series Le Bureau des Legendes, The Agency follows Martian (Fassbender). a covert CIA agent ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his...

The crossover between the samurai and the western genres is one of the biggest and most important intersections in cinema history. Every movie buff knows that westerns influenced samurai movies, which inspired westerns, which influenced the samurai genre to evolve, with the back-and-forth repeating for several more cycles. Tornado, a new action thriller directed by John Maclean, is a love letter to both genres as it blends the tropes, conventions, and iconography of samurai and western movies to create a truly unique amalgamation. As you'd then expect, Maclean was inspired by some true classics, as well as some lesser-known gems of both genres.

John Maclean sat down with MovieWeb's George Edelman to discuss his new feature, Tornado. The film held its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival in February of this year, and is set for a wider theatrical release on June 13. Tornado is far from Maclean's first western — 2015's Slow West,...

There are some gnarly things happening in the "Alien: Earth" trailer that was released this week, and we don't just mean the space beasties that don't resemble our favorite signature phallic-shaped horrors. Besides a blonde-haired Timothy Olyphant talking about the critical cargo on board the unfortunate shipwreck that we'll be investigating in Noah Hawley's new television series, there's an important additional feature that's being given to androids that could send the synthetics in directions we never could've imagined.

One big surprise teased in the new series is that Sydney Chandler, who looks to be playing the show's lead character, Wendy, is going through a wild transformation. At the Neverland test facility, Wendy, a seemingly severely ill young girl, is having her consciousness transferred into an adult android body for reasons unknown, which reaches a successful outcome. What's interesting about this is that this very procedure is the same one...

Ridley Scott’s Alien is widely considered one of the most influential science fiction and horror films of all time. Alien received mixed reviews at the time of release but managed to find success at the box office. Scott was meticulous with the film and did everything in his capacity to bring his vision to the screen.

However, after the film, Scott largely stayed away from the franchise for the sequels. He wasn’t too appreciative of the sequel films, although he may have had a few kind words to say about James Cameron’s Aliens. Scott, who recently served as a producer on Alien: Romulus, confirmed that he will not be directing any more Alien films.

Ridley Scott wasn’t exactly a fan of the sequels to his first Alien movie Ridley Scott with Sigourney Weaver in a set still from Alien | Credits: 20th Century Studios

During his most recent interview with ScreenRant,...

The newly branded DC Studios technically began last year with the Max original animated series, Creature Commandos. However, James Gunn's Superman will have a significant impact on future film and television projects moving forward. Gunn's take on the Man of Steel has plenty of people excited, not just about this new iteration of the character, but also because of the large number of DC heroes and villains who will be featured in the film as well. One such character is Mister Terrific, played by Edi Gathegi. The actor has played a Marvel character in the past, although he doesn't like discussing it too much.

While talking on the DC Studios Showcase Official Podcast to promote Superman, Gathegi was asked about whether he feels that Mister Terrific is his first real chance to play a superhero. The question was clearly intended to lead to a discussion about the actor's...

No two horror movie villains ever seemed more ideally suited for one another than the Predator and the Alien, the cinema’s greatest hunter and cinema’s deadliest beast.

Created by very different filmmakers in totally different decades, the idea that these two creatures co-existed stems from a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Easter egg in “Predator 2,” which briefly showed the head of the iconic Alien inside of a Predator’s trophy case. In the years to come they would share top billing in comic books, video games and eventually a couple of movies, to the extent that the two franchises now feel indelibly linked, even when new installments of each monster’s movie makes no mention of the other.

Let’s take a look at both series, together, to see how the films stack up individually and as a unit.

15. “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem” (2007) 20th Century Fox

Lots of poorly made movies are hard to watch,...

Brad Pitt’s new F1 movie will race into theaters in just a few weeks, but one of the most iconic films of his career has become a global streaming hit more than 25 years after it was released. Pitt stars alongside Edward Norton in Fight Club, the 1999 psychological thriller following an office worker and a soap maker who team up to form an underground fight club that evolves into something much more. Fight Club debuted on Max at the start of the month, and the film has surged into the streamer’s top 10, sitting at #7 at the time of writing. Pitt famously turned to his co-star Edward Norton at the 1999 Venice Film Festival — as Fight Club was being rigorously booed — and said, “This is the best movie I’m ever going to be in.”

Fight Club is based on the novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk, and Jim Uhls...

Patrick Schwarzenegger seems to believe that he completes a legendary trio with his father, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Danny DeVito. The White Lotus star recently filmed for an Actors on Actors conversation with his father, and was joined by DeVito on the set. While posing, the younger Schwarzenegger claimed, ‘This could be Triplets. ’

It was a reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito’s ‘80s classic Twins, which paired the two diametrically opposing actors as a pair of fraternal twins. It is one of the Terminator star’s more appreciated comedies and the beginning of an incredible friendship with DeVito. Patrick Schwarzenegger may not be the perfect third man to complete this trio.

Patrick Schwarzenegger referenced Twins while meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito Arnold and Patrick Schwarzenegger on Actors on Actors | Credits: YouTube/Variety

Patrick Schwarzenegger has been on a success high this year after he got the chance to...

Carrie Coon had a moment of tough-love with Patrick Schwarzenegger that only a seasoned actor could deliver with a smile. After one too many smug and brooding roles, she pointed out something that had started to become clear: he was so good at playing the jerk that people were beginning to think it wasn’t an act.

It’s a turning point that feels familiar, especially to anyone who’s followed his dad’s early film career. Arnold Schwarzenegger once found himself boxed into the action-hero role, with studios unwilling to see him as anything but the guy with muscles and a mission.

Now, Patrick finds himself at a similar crossroads. With Carrie’s advice, he’s got all the tools to break the mold and show there’s more to him than just being a good douche.

Patrick Schwarzenegger on The White Lotus, and Carrie Coon’s career wake-up...

The wickedness is calling you–for free. When you sleep tonight, your thirst for sinister, sadistic, and supernatural will be quenched. Fawesome offers binge-worthy horror movies that hold no boundaries, from brutal slashers to chilling supernatural scares. These five most searched scary picks will knot your heart and soul together, whether you are a horror purist or a thrill-seeker, this list of darkness has something for everyone.

So if you wish to be awakened by the lurking darkness, stream these nightmares free on Fawesome. You don’t even need to sign up; explore the haunting corners of horror cinema without hitting a pause on your wallet. Scream, squirm, and sleep with the lights on. These are more than movies, they’re passages for the horror-obsessed.

Here are five ways to feed your fear, awaken your soul, and dive into the horror world– now streaming free on Fawesome.

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Guy Ritchie is known for his stylistic storytelling, and the way he mixes up gritty action with slick dialogue and suave antiheroes is truly commendable. But even professionals of his caliber can misfire at times because back in 2015, Ritchie attempted to bring back a beloved ‘60s spy franchise.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. had a Cold War setting, sleek suits, and international espionage, which made it seem like a box office hit on paper. But despite looking polished and having charismatic leads, the movie failed to impress, and it wasn’t just the public, but a string of actors who dodged the project even before it began production.

The A-listers who could have been the lead of Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E A still from The Man from U.N.C.L.E | Credits: Warner Bros.

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When Gone Girl hit theaters in 2014, most of the attention centered on Rosamund Pike’s spine-chilling performance and the film’s toe-curling plot twist. Buried deep amidst the film’s chaos was a blink-and-you-miss-it moment from Ben Affleck that quietly broke a long-standing Hollywood taboo/rule. Do you remember?.

In case you can’t, let us jog your memory, in a quick shower scene for Gone Girl, Affleck went full frontal, in short, challenging the industry that normalized female nudity but kept its leading men all cozy and covered. What’s more surprising is that no one talked about it, leaving the actor’s efforts to break tradition swept under the carpet.

When Ben Affleck went all bare, but Hollywood looked away Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne in stills from Gone Girl | Credits: 20th Century Fox

Ben Affleck going bare in Gone Girl was not just a quick steamy shower scene,...

Are you looking for a crazy action-adventure that combines all of your favorite franchises? Well, look no further because filmmaker David Sandberg has got your back! The famed director, who worked on the 2015 martial arts comedy Kung Fury, returns with a new project that will scratch every itch.

As the sequel to his beloved featurette film remains delayed, he is not wallowing in tears but working on a new project billed as a fantasy punk that incorporates action, comedy, and sci-fi. Titled Dragonlord, the movie is now in development.

David Sandberg teases new project Dragonlord David Sandberg in Kung Fury / Credits: Laser Unicorns

David Sandberg is game and ready to step into his director/writer/actor shoes again for his upcoming new movie, Dragonlord, which he described as an interesting hodgepodge of every popular franchise you can think of.

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Feel bad horror is a strain of cinema that swaps campy fun for corrosive dread, satisfying endings for bleak final beats, and thrilling tension for unsettling situations. They’re films that leave you, not just simply scared, but emotionally run through the ringer. Shocking no one who has seen 2022’s Talk to Me, Danny and Michael Philippou’s brand-new follow-up film, Bring Her Back, doesn’t just dabble in dread and grief, it full-on bathes in it.

In the film, a newly orphaned brother and sister discover a wealth of terrifying secrets hiding within the walls of their new foster mother’s and brother’s home. It’s a narrative so unrelenting in its portrayal of loss and anguish that Meagan Navarro called it “the feel bad horror movie of the year” in her review. This is a world where hope is but a fleeting spark, and every moment feels...

During Marvel Studios' Avengers: Doomsday cast reveal, it was confirmed that Sir Ian McKellen will reprise his role as Magneto in the long-awaited Multiverse Saga finale.

The actor first played the Master of Magnetism in 2000, and continued to do so until 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past. When the latter was released, he shared the role with Michael Fassbender, but it's hardly surprising that Kevin Feige is bringing back the Og Magneto.

While the villain has been front and centre in just about every X-Men movie, whether those did him justice is another matter altogether. X-Men: The Last Stand succeeded in showing what Magneto could do when he let loose with his powers, and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants...well, the group often left fans wanting more.

We'd bet on that changing in Avengers: Doomsday, and a new rumour suggests Magneto resides in a castle in the movie. The...

When X-Men arrived on the big screen in 2000, the comic book world was very different. DC Comics had been successful in movies until 1997's infamous Batman & Robin ended that trend. Marvel was much worse, though, with rough projects until 1998's Blade became a hit and changed things forever.

So when Bryan Singer brought X-Men to the big screen, hopes were high he could reverse this trend. He more than succeeded as the movie was a smash hit that pleased not just comic book fans but general audiences as well. It would begin an epic franchise that would see various ups and downs over the next two decades.

The movies are unique, with a "prequel" series coming after the original trilogy that links back to the older films, along with some good spinoffs. Sadly, not every entry is top-notch. When the films are good, they're great, but when they're bad,...