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Everybody’s got a secret… theirs just comes with a badge. That’s how we’d sum up Chicago P.D., and today, it applies doubly to Toya Turner, who’s reportedly exited the crime procedural ahead of Season 13. While NBC has zipped its lips on the reason, Turner issued a graceful goodbye.

Her short but searing arc added depth to the show’s tough-as-nails tone, yet her abrupt exit, amid emotional subplots and onscreen chemistry, raises more questions than answers. Who pulled the plug? Why now? And what happens to that simmering tension with Torres (Benjamin Levy Aguilar)?

Toya Turner confirms departure from Chicago P.D. Kiana Cook (Toya Turner) appears in Chicago P.D. Season 12 Episode 1 | Credit: NBC

Toya Turner’s Kiana Cook wasn’t just another uniform. She was introduced early in Season 12 as a demoted tactical officer turned patrol cop after calling out her lazy supervisor. She...

What are we even doing here, One Chicago?

It was hard enough to swallow the news that NBC sacrificed several quality series for an NBA deal this fall. But now, after enduring an endless carousel of cast changes across the franchise, we’re losing Toya Turner. Frankly, I’m angry and tired.

According to Deadline, Turner has exited Chicago Pd ahead of its upcoming (and already unlucky) Season 13. We don’t know the reason — whether it was her decision, another opportunity, or more cost-cutting measures. Whatever the case, it’s a loss that stings more than most.

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Unfortunately, this isn’t a new phenomenon. Dick Wolf’s procedurals are infamous for treating cast members like revolving doors — come in, shake things up, leave just as we’re getting attached.

The cast turnover for many of these coveted procedurals is so common it’s enough to give a person whiplash.

Jeopardy! crew members are sharing shows secrets and taking fans backstage in a new YouTube video that gives a closer look at the contestants’ podiums, and more. YouTube creator Dallas Taylor toured the Sony Picture Studio Lot with Jeopardy! sound technicians to see the ins and outs of the game show. The first stop was a look at the audience and judges’ seats. Production Sound Mixer Carlos Torres said that the set can hold 100 to 150 people. There are microphones placed above them on the ceiling to capture their reactions. He then showed off the podiums. There is a mechanism on the floor that can be adjusted according to the contestant’s height. Torres showed that it doesn’t take a lot of effort to press the buzzer. The podiums have speakers so the contestants can hear sound effects for audio clues. Host Ken Jennings‘ podium is a veritable box of...

With artists like Charli Xcx, Beyoncé, and Billie Eilish setting the bar high early on in 2024, last year was one for the books. And 2025 is looking to keep up the pace, with FKA twigs’s sensuous—and, yes, sensual—Eusexua coming on strong just weeks into the new year, followed by a slew of albums that are, at turns, ambitious, introspective, and bold, from Jason Isbell’s deeply personal Foxes in the Snow to Japanese Breakfast’s pointedly titled For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women).

Elsewhere, New York rapper Billy Woods and British noise rockers Benefits have painted grim portraits of the techno nightmare that society seems intent on spiraling further into. But that’s not to say there wasn’t joy or escape to be found in this year’s music landscape so far: TikToker turned pop singer Addison Rae’s self-titled debut has turned out to be an unexpected guiltless pleasure,...

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The Summer I Turned Pretty is a coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama series created by Jenny Han. Based on Han’s novel trilogy of the same name, the Prime Video series follows Isabel “Belly” Conklin, a teen girl on her summer vacation with her mother’s friend, and she soon finds herself in a love triangle with her mother’s friend’s two sons. The Summer I Turned Pretty stars Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Alfredo Narciso, and Minnie Mills. So, if you loved the entertaining teen drama, lovable characters, and swoon-worthy romance in The Summer I Turned Pretty, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Motorheads is a coming-of-age comedy-drama series created by John A. Norris. The Prime Video series is set in a once-thriving rust belt town,...

There have been a lot of poor episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, but one in particular stands apart as one of the worst Trek episodes ever! Which one is it and why is it so bad?

Star Trek: Voyager has a tricky place in Trek canon. Many loved the tale of a Starfleet and Maquis crew thrust halfway across the universe and trying to get back to Earth. It gave us great characters: Janeway, Chakotay, Tom Paris, Torres, Seven of Nine, and the holographic Doctor. At its best, Voyager could have some great stuff for Trek fans.

Of course, there were low points for the series. Some story arcs didn’t click, characters got short shrift, and there were several bad episodes. However, one episode in particular has to stand out as one of the most amazingly awful tales ever created for any Star Trek series.

“Threshold.”

How bad is this episode?...

Stick the stars of six top comedies around a table for an hour, and it becomes increasingly impossible to keep composure. At least, that was the case for The Hollywood Reporter’s latest Comedy Actor Emmy roundtable, featuring Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This), Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside), John Mulaney (Everybody’s Live), Seth Rogen (The Studio), Jason Segel (Shrinking) and Julio Torres (Fantasmas).

The rollicking conversation hit on topics as far ranging as the ways in which they’ve been typecast — the schlubby stoner type (Rogen), the confident nerd (Brody), the “soulless wooden boy who’s fast on his feet” (Mulaney) — to the “dream roles” they didn’t land. (Spoiler: Brody fought hard for Blues Clues.) They also talked in earnest about the most challenging period in their careers and swapped tales about the most baffling creative notes they’ve ever received.

At one point, the six...

Alvin Olinsky (Elias Koteas) was among the original set of officers that populated the Intelligence Unit in the Dick Wolf police procedural drama, Chicago P.D. Old-school, just like Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), the pair seemed to understand one another deeply, and together they knew just how much of the law to bend to obtain justice. Season 12 of the series saw Voight square up against the cunning Deputy Chief Reid (Shawn Hatosy), who sought with all his might to bring down Voight and his team. Just like with several others who came before, he loses and Voight wins, doing so by sanctioning the shooting that claims his life. While there were failed attempts to dissuade Voight from making his plans, series showrunner Gwen Sigan believes that Voight's old pal, Olinsky, would have gotten through to him, preventing the death of the deputy chief.

Killing a deputy chief of police,...

For director Dan Trachtenberg, “Prey” was only the beginning in time-jumping the “Predator” franchise back to the Comanche Nation 300 years ago. With “Predator: Killer of Killers,” Trachtenberg not only embraces animation for the first time but also expands the time-jumping motif in an anthology film that spans Scandinavia in 841, feudal Japan in 1609, and the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942.

This means Predators fighting Vikings, samurai, and ninja, and World War II fighter pilots. The surviving humans then compete gladiator-style on the Predator planet, eventually going up against the titular “Killer of Killers” Yautja.

“It was really a pleasure to experiment and find crazy notions and ideas, and then let them literally just be that way,” Trachtenberg told IndieWire. “ It was pure indulgence. And, of course, marrying that with stories that are really emotional and intense, and characters that are facing conflicts before the Predator even shows up.”

In “The Shield,...

Sit six uniquely hilarious men around a table for an hour and simply try not to laugh. That proved an impossible task in early May, as Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This), Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside), John Mulaney (Everybody’s Live), Seth Rogen (The Studio), Jason Segel (Shrinking) and Julio Torres (Fantasmas) assembled for THR‘s Comedy Actor Emmy Roundtable. In fact, the sextet was regularly in stitches as the conversation moved from shocking exec notes to industry expectations and the projects that got away.

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What is the wildest or most amusing thing you’ve all read or heard about yourself?

Ted Danson Two stick in my head. The headline was “Too Tepid Ted.”

All Oooh.

Seth Rogen They got you with alliteration!

Danson And then Mr. “Thinks He’s So Wonderful” Danson.

John Mulaney Oh man, that person didn’t like you at all.

As anticipation for Avengers: Doomsday builds, fans can already look forward to the film making one significant piece of history when it hits theaters next year. The historic moment surrounds star Danny Ramirez, whose Falcon is set to achieve a first in the Avengers sequel following his appearance in Captain America: Brave New World.

Speaking with Screen Rant, Ramirez recalled receiving the "sickest call of my life" from Marvel to become the new Falcon, with his character, Joaquin Torres, succeeding Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson as the airborne hero. According to Ramirez, the decision to make Torres Wilson's first Avenger meant everything to him. "I was told, 'Hey, we've been traveling all over the world, and they're always asking, "When's the first Latino Avenger coming? When's the first Latino Avenger coming?", and we're happy that we're making that call right now, and he's here'," Ramirez warmly recalled. "It was the sickest call I've ever received.

This year, 20th Century Studios gives us not one but two Predator movies, beginning with the animated anthology film Predator: Killer of Killers co-directed by Prey’s Dan Trachtenberg and Joshua Wassung. The latter marks his feature-length directorial debut after cutting his teeth making a short film and handling visualizations for movies like Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and It: Chapter Two.

The anthology film covers three stories in different timelines, tracing way back to the Viking era in 841 Ad subtitled The Shield as we are introduced to an angry, middle-aged Norse warrior queen Ursa (voiced by Lindsay Lavanchy). She’s on the quest for vengeance to take down her enemy but her mission is somehow interrupted after a Predator appears, forcing her to re-direct her attention to the otherworldly invader. This leads to a bloody fight against the more advanced Predator while trying her best to protect her son, Anders (Damien Haas...

Predator: Killer of Killers, the original animated anthology from co-directors Dan Trachtenberg (Prey) & Joshua Wassung, pits new characters across time against the mighty Yautja. It also features a few callbacks to the Predator franchise and beyond.

The film, now streaming on Hulu, follows three of the fiercest warriors in human history: a Viking raider guiding her young son on a bloody quest for revenge, a ninja in feudal Japan who turns against his Samurai brother in a brutal battle for succession, and a WWII pilot who takes to the sky to investigate an otherworldly threat to the Allied cause.

It’s the third segment, the 1941-set “Bullet,” that brings the film closer to the familiar Predator timeline.

The segment introduces Torres (Rick Gonzalez), a young car mechanic drafted into the war as a fighter pilot. It makes him uniquely suited to notice something deeply amiss during an intense dogfight. Torres...

This article contains spoilers for "Predator: Killer of Killers."

"Predator" franchise luminary Dan Trachtenberg has graced Hulu with his first film in the series since the brilliant "Prey" (2019). Trachtenberg's previous Yautja outing redefined the wayward franchise and provided endless opportunities for its suddenly bright future, and his newest project, Hulu's animated "Predator: Killer of Killers," embraces those opportunities to the maximum. 

"Predator: Killer of Killers," from Trachtenberg, co-director Joshua Wassung, and co-writer Micho Robert Rutare ("Z Nation"), is an anthology film that explores the stories of three Yautja hunters who stalk particularly skilled humans in three time periods: the 9th century Viking Ursa (Lindsay Lavanchy), two 17th century ninja and samurai brothers (both voiced by Louis Ozawa), and the aspiring World War II pilot Torres (Rick Gonzales). The three timelines eventually converge into a finale that ties the entire story together, as well as makes a key revelation about the...

Predator: Killer of Killers brings in a whole new level of spine-ripping savagery that might’ve just outshone its predecessors. But just when you thought it couldn’t get more intense, the ending drops a grenade of a twist. Packed with callbacks, blood-soaked glory, and a sneaky setup, the finale doesn’t just close a chapter; it kicks open the doors for Prey 2.

If you blinked, you might’ve missed the clever tie-ins and subtle nods that link this craze-y ride back to Naru’s world. So what exactly went down, and how does it fuel the future? Let’s slice into the final act and break it all down.

Predator: Killer of Killers secretly sets the stage for Prey 2 A still from Predator: Killer of Killers| Credits: 20th Century Studios

Predator: Killer of Killers isn’t just another side quest in the Yautja universe.

2025 really is a great year for "Predator" fans. Not only are we set to see another live-action instalment from Dan Trachtenberg with "Predator: Badlands" but the "Prey" director has casually dropped an animated film that's unquestionably one for the history books (co-directed by Joshua Wassung).

Throwing less of a curveball and more of a killer frisbee at the franchise, "Predator: Killer of Killers" tees up a compelling anthology to begin with, only for it to surprise us in its final act and reveal we've been watching one story that spans centuries. Breaking through the language barrier and anything else that the Yautja throw at them, our hunted heroes unite in a final battle that is as awesome as everything we've seen in the time-shifting tale so far, and sets the bar not just for the franchise that started all the way back in 1987, but another breed of space beasts that...

Nathan Fillion’s former Firefly co-star, Alan Tudyk, has opened up about his potential return to The Rookie. First joining Fillion as Hoban "Wash" Washburne, the pilot of the spaceship Serenity, Tudyk would regularly reunite with his co-star for several projects following Firefly’s cancellation. In 2019, Tudyk appeared as the socially inept crime scene cleaner Ellroy Basso in The Rookie season 1, a role that he would later reprise for 2022’s climactic season 4 finale, which saw Basso pulled into a dramatic shootout at the hybrid rural police station and diner at the border town of Frontera.

Speaking with Screen Rant at the black carpet event for Resident Alien season 4, Tudyk revealed whether he might be likely to return as Ellroy for a future appearance alongside Fillion's Nolan in The Rookie. Enthusiastic about the prospect of returning as Ellroy, Tudyk suggested that he would happily return if the show’s writers can...

So, Predator: Killer of Killers is not the throwaway anthology film we all thought it was. Surprise! The trailers sold us three separate little tales. Vikings, Samurai, and a WWII pilot facing off against Yautja warriors in different eras, right? It looked like a fun side quest. But as it turns out, Killer of Killers is a massive pivot for the franchise, potentially the most important Predator film since the original. The first twist is that the three stories aren’t standalone at all. They’re chapters in one larger story. Ursa (the Viking), Kenji (the Samurai), and Torres (the WWII pilot) have something big in common: each of them managed to kill a Predator. And the Yautja are not pleased. Or maybe they are. It’s kind of hard to tell really. The fourth act is Predator: Killer of Killers’ secret weapon. Suddenly, we’re yanked into a galactic prison transport,...

Today, Hulu dropped Predator: Killer of Killers, its new animated Predator movie from the mind of Prey director Dan Trachtenberg. Killer of Killers is an anthology film that explores three different time periods where a Predator came to Earth to hunt down the most dangerous humans it could find: the Viking age, feudal Japan, and World War II.

As with Prey, Trachtenberg knocked it out of the park. Killer of Killers is a fresh take on the Predator formula that not only leans on established ideas but introduces some serious twists and turns that change things up. At the end of the film, we get a shocking series of events that have major ramifications not just for Trachtenberg's next movie Predator: Badlands, but also for the ending of Prey.

Full Spoilers for Predator: Killer of Killers and Prey beyond this point.

A scene still from 20th Century Studios' Predator: Killer Of Killers,...

It may sound redundant by now, but Chicago Pd Season 12 delivered its most balanced, emotionally resonant storytelling in years.

From bold cinematography and risks to complex character arcs, the show proved it still has grit and heart, and that the key to what makes this series so great is the bond amongst a strong, united team.

However, while it soared in many ways, the finale missed key emotional beats that fans had waited over a decade to see, and there were some misfires along the way.

(Elizabeth Sisson/NBC)

If you checked out our Chicago Pd Season 12 Midseason Report Card, you’ll know what some of our thoughts are regarding the first half of the season. But now, we’re addressing it all.

We don’t exist without our fellow passionate fans, like you, so if this resonates with you in any way, please don’t hesitate to join the conversation in the comments.

The latest and sixth film in the legendary Predator franchise is already a favorite among critics, right in time for its streaming release. Predator: Killer of Killers is set to debut nationwide on Hulu on Friday, June 6, 2025, and internationally on Disney+. And as of this writing, the sci-fi sequel has earned a near-perfect score of 98%on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews, making history for the franchise as the highest of all the installments, including crossover movies.

Co-directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who previously directed the fifth Predator movie, Prey, and is behind the upcoming Badlands, Predator: Killer of Killers is a riveting anthology that follows "three of the fiercest warriors in human history.” These warriors, according to the film’s synopsis, are a Viking raider guiding her young son on a bloody quest for revenge, a ninja in feudal Japan who turns against his Samurai brother in a brutal battle for succession,...

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In Predator: Killer of Killers, we're introduced to Ursa, Kenji, and Torres, three warriors who hail from three distinct time periods. Ursa is a Viking, Kenji is a ninja in feudal Japan, and Torres is a World War II pilot.

After each of them is shown to have survived encounters with the Yautja, we learn that they were taken from Earth and placed in suspended animation by the alien warriors. They're woken up by the "Grendel King," the apparent leader of the Predators, who forces them to do battle before he faces the victor.

They ultimately decide to work together and form an escape plan; Ursa ultimately stays behind, and Kenji and Torres escape in a spaceship with the Yautja army in hot pursuit.

With Predator: Killer of Killers, filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg has finally explained why the Yautja go on these hunts.

If it bleeds, we can post major spoilers about it. Read on only after watching "Predator: Killer of Killers."

This was supposed to be a year with just one highly-anticipated "Predator" movie on the docket but, in a welcome surprise, fate has delivered us two. The first, "Killer of Killers," seemed like a small (but appealing) appetizer to the main course: "Predator: Badlands." The upcoming live-action blockbuster certainly has the novelty factor going for it, marking the first instance in franchise history where a fearsome Yautja will actually be the protagonist of the film. But, not to be overlooked, the animated anthology film "Killer of Killers" has come out of the gate strong and instantly established itself as one of the best in the entire series. Now, it's fair to say that fans are looking forward to even more where that came from.

Luckily, "Killer of Killers" is well aware of that fact,...

The Predator franchise's Achilles' heel has long been storytelling. "Hunt, kill, repeat" sounds like a doable premise to redeliver, and yet entries like Predators and The Predator beg to differ. That's the beauty of Dan Trachtenberg's not-so-secret Predator: Killer of Killers, an animated anthology of rad-as-hell Predator deathmatches. Strip away exposition, pick some eras, and unleash Predators on warriors throughout time—it's that simple. Prey was just an appetizer for the sci-fi combat carnage that Killer of Killers successfully delivers.

Trachtenberg and co-writer Micho Robert Rutare unleash Yautja hunters on historical periods where warfare reigned supreme. Viking raiders led by Ursa (Lindsay Lavanchy) in 841 A.D., ninja brothers Kenji & Kiyoshi (Louis Ozawa) in 1600s feudal Japan, and an Allied WWII pilot tagged Torres (Rick Gonzalez) all face Predator foes. Each chapter is a fight for survival tied into a conspicuous wraparound that reminds of Predators—“The Shield,” “The Sword,...

My belief about “Predator” as a franchise—and there is nothing original about this belief, just a result-oriented outlook at what is working—is that the ideal “Predator” movie starts as an entirely different genre film before the Predator interrupts the proceedings or operates in the fringes of the setting before it reveals itself and hijacks the setting, transmuting the genre. The Yautja (finally canonized to be the true name of the Predator species) codex, which opens this film, highlights how the Predator’s enjoyment of the hunt across the galaxy depends upon its choosing the strongest of its prey.

That statement invariably postulates questions that can be asked either in playgrounds or in nerding-out sessions: Who is stronger? Is it a Predator or a Samurai? Is it a Predator or a Viking? Even if those questions become boilerplate, the ethos should be how cool a battle sequence would look...

The cosmos casts its indifferent gaze upon human history and finds its reflection not in our monuments or poetry, but in our agents of destruction. A Viking warrior, a feudal Japanese swordsman, and a pilot from the last great war—each a pinnacle of lethality in their own age—are summoned from the timeline.

They are not heroes chosen to save, but killers selected to be killed. This animated anthology, born from the same creative mind that gave us Prey, continues that film’s stripping away of modern artifice. It seeks the raw substance of the hunt in different epochs of human conflict.

The film presents a triptych of slaughter, three distinct chronicles of violence that eventually bleed into a single, harrowing finale on a hostile world. The structure itself feels ritualistic, an offering of our most proficient fighters to a force that sees their skill only as a challenge.

Plot: The anthology story follows three of the fiercest warriors in human history: a Viking raider guiding her young son on a bloody quest for revenge, a ninja in feudal Japan who turns against his Samurai brother in a brutal battle for succession, and a WWII pilot who takes to the sky to investigate an otherworldly threat to the Allied cause. But while all these warriors are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent – the ultimate killer of killers.

Review: In 2022, 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg reinvigorated the Predator franchise with the 18th-century-set Prey. By shifting the setting and protagonists away from a contemporary or future setting focused on the military, Prey focused on the alien race of predators and boosted the franchise in a new direction. With Trachtenberg’s next film, Predator: Badlands, hitting the big screen in November, his secret animated project,...

The new animated Predator movie Predator: Killer of Killers is not what you're expecting. The second movie in the franchise from Prey director Dan Trachtenberg contains a number of notable firsts for the series, pushing it into new and exciting waters. It's the first animated Predator movie. It's also the first to break successfully from the tried-and-true formula that almost every single previous film has followed, where a human is hunted by a Predator seeking the most dangerous prey it can find on the planet Earth. Yes, it has that...but it also has so much more. And of course, it's the first time we see a Predator on the hunt in settings such as the Viking age, feudal Japan, and World War II Europe.

I've seen Predator: Killer of Killers and have been dying to discuss it. I'm going to be keeping this review spoiler-free, so that you can...

Fans just got a sneak peek at all the horror to come in Predator: Killer of Killers.

Fans can catch a glimpse at what might be the most high-flying entry in Predator: Killer of Killers thanks to a recent video shared by Bloody Disgusting. The clip features World War II fighter pilot Torres, voiced by Rick Gonzalez, in order to investigate what he initially believes could be a threat to the Allied forces, only to discover an even greater threat to the entirety of humankind.

Co-directed by Dan Trachetenberg and Joshua Wassung from a screenplay by Micho Robert Rutare, Predator: Killer of Killers is produced through 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Animation, The Third Floor, Inc., and Davis Entertainment. Per the official synopsis for Predator: Killer of Killers, "The anthology story follows three of the fiercest warriors in human history: a Viking raider guiding her young son on a bloody quest for revenge,...

Prey director Dan Trachtenberg finds an inventive way to expand the Predator universe further in Predator: Killer of Killers with co-director Josh Wassung from animation company The Third Floor. The three-part animated anthology boasts stunning Arcane-inspired animation and a commitment to gory action in its bid to explore lethal brawls with the Yautja throughout time, revealing a deep well of potential for the franchise in the process. Killer of Killers functions as a standalone feature, but Trachtenberg continues to push the universe forward in exciting ways.

Killer of Killers begins in 841 Ad, in a story titled “Shield,” where shield-maiden Ursa’s (Lindsay Lavanchy) quest for vengeance is well underway amidst harsh winter terrain. A primal battle between two Viking tribes turns into an all-out bloodbath when the feud is interrupted by the arrival of a Predator eager to join the hunt. That pattern, in which a Predator interrupts human combat,...

Dan Trachtenberg and Joshua Wassung’s Predator: Killer of Killers is just as quick and efficient as the Predators themselves, giving you just enough context around its human characters and how they end up in the monsters’ infrared sights. Specifically, the film tells three stories spanning centuries of hostile extraterrestrial sojourns by Predators—the Yautja, if you’re nasty—to our fragile blue world, thrillingly expanding the series universe.

The first story centers around Ursa (Lindsay Lavanchy), a Viking chieftain trekking halfway across the planet on a bloody revenge tour that catches the attention of a different type of warrior. The second focuses on Kenji (Louis Ozawa), a samurai whose fateful duel with his ninja brother, Kiyoshi (also voiced by Ozawa), gets some extraterrestrial interference. And the third concerns Torres (Rick Gonzalez), a Latino plane mechanic during World War II who takes to the skies when an Allied squadron meets...

NCIS returns for an impressive 23rd season this Fall, and it will feature a slight shift. Instead of diving into cases, the season will largely focus on what makes the team what it is — the characters. Showrunner Steven D. Binder told TV Line that characters will be explored in a way they haven't been in a long time, which is great news for fans of various team members. "We really want to get to everybody in a big way." he said. This decision is partially inspired by a recurring complaint where characters have been sidelined in favor of cases. Binder has heard these criticisms and the show will change to accommodate them in Season 23. He explained:

"I know people always say, ‘I watch the show for the characters’ — that was always our thing — and I really want to make this a character-forward show in a way we haven’t seen before.

The classic action-horror franchise is getting its first animated installment this Friday with the anthology movie Predator: Killer of Killers, and we’ve got an exclusive clip that drops a Yautja hunt in the middle of a WW2 dogfight.

Predator: Killer of Killers begins the hunt on Hulu on June 6.

Check out the clip below, titled “Stay In Your Lane,” in which dogfighter Torres (Rick Gonzalez) takes the lead once a strange new enemy enters the fight. If you listen closely, you can hear Aliens actor Michael Biehn‘s voice as his character doles out orders.

Co-Director Dan Trachtenberg previously said of his original animated feature, “Thematically, all segments are driven by a simple question: ‘Who would be a unique challenge for the Predator?'” That certainly appears to be the case; this anthology is unleashing a Predator aerial battle.

The original animated action-adventure film follows three of the fiercest...

Predator: Killer of Killers co-director Joshua Wassung commented on all those fan theories about that Alien Easter egg that everyone thinks they spotted in the first trailer for the film. In the footage, fans were confident that they saw a Predator at the end of the teaser wearing a cape made of Xenomorph tails.

Predator: Killer of Killers, the first animated installment in the Predator franchise, follows an anthology format that tells the tale of three characters from three eras: a Viking, a Ninja, and a World War ll fighter pilot. Throughout history, each of them encounters a different Predator that they must defeat in order to live and fight another day. Starring in the film, which releases on Hulu on Friday, June 6, 2025, are Lauren Holt (Freya), Louis Ozawa (Kenji/Kiyoshi), Rick Gonzalez (Torres), and Michael Biehn (Vandy).

The Direct spoke with Predator: Killer of Killers co-director Joshua Wassung (who...

A staggering $100 million defamation lawsuit that was filed against Sean Combs’ accuser Thalia Graves by her alleged rapist was dismissed Monday, with a U.S. District Judge ruling the suit contained several “patently frivolous claims.”

Thalia Graves brought her suit against Combs and ex-bodyguard Joseph Sherman in September 2024, days after the hip-hop mogul was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering. She claimed that Combs and Sherman drugged her, bound her wrists, and raped her at Combs’ recording studio Daddy’s House in 2001. She also said they recorded the alleged rape,...

Strong friendships have been born in Chicago P.D. throughout the years, as some duos feature great chemistry. However, some characters barely interact outside of work. While Kim (Marina Squerciati) is a great asset to the team, she hasn't been lucky with friendships, especially with other female characters. Squerciati hopes that the show will address this issue in the coming seasons, especially with the addition of a new female character to the team. "I didn’t get a relationship with Tracy [Spiridakos]. I have talked about that in the press. That made me sad," she told Deadline at the Atx TV Festival. "I would love to see a female relationship blossom on this show. I really love Toya [Turner], and she’s a fresh voice on the show. I also feel like [Kim is] a bit of a mentor to Cook (Turner), and I’d love to see that grow as well," Squerciati added.

Sometimes, a single video can completely shatter your perception of a beloved game world. That’s exactly what happened when 3D artist L. Torres decided to show everyone what The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion would look like if the Imperial City actually matched its lore-described grandeur.

The timing couldn’t be more perfect. With Bethesda’s surprise Oblivion remaster dropping last month, nostalgia for Cyrodiil runs higher than a skooma addict’s tolerance levels.

But this Unreal Engine 5 recreation makes even the polished remaster look quaint by comparison.

When lore meets reality and breaks your brain

Torres’ cinematic recreation doesn’t just upgrade textures—it completely reimagines what an imperial capital should actually look like. The 16-second clip (full video here) showcases a city that could realistically house a million citizens instead of the dozen NPCs who apparently ran the entire Septim Empire between mudcrab conversations.

Related: Skyrim Still Tops Oblivion Remastered on Steam,...

Gold Derby's top news stories for May 29, 2025.

The Thursday Murder Club debuts first trailer

Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan, and Celia Imrie are ready to start sleuthing in the first trailer for The Thursday Murder Club, director Chris Columbus' adaptation of the hit novel by Richard Osman. The film, like the bestselling book series, follows four retirees who take an interest in investigating cold cases, only to find themselves with a much warmer mystery on their hands.

Original Broadway cast of Hamilton to reunite

Lin-Manuel Miranda and company are not throwing away their shot to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their blockbuster musical. The cast will take the stage at the 70th Tony Awards on June 8 to mark the occasion. Joining Miranda will be Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, among others. Hamilton is still the...

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – Brazil’s Fernanda Torres, a Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee for “I’m Still Here,” will star in and has written the screenplay of “Os Corretores,” a feature from Brazilian production powerhouse Conspiraçao that is scheduled to go into production by the end of this year.

Andrucha Waddington (“House of Sand”), a partner at Conspiracao and Torres’ husband, will helm the pic. Globo Filmes, the theatrical arm of Globo Group, will co-produce.

Manuel Belmar, Globo’s director of digital products, will announce “Os Corretores” during the company’s panel today at Rio2C, Latin America’s largest creativity event that unspools in Rio de Janeiro from May 27 to June 1.

“Os Corretores” is described as a real estate tragic comedy. The plot is centers on a couple of real estate agents. Torres play the female lead, and male leading role has yet to be cast.

For her...

Motorheads Season 1 provided a major hint on what really happened to street racer, Christian Maddox (Deacon Phillippe). The new street racing drama from Amazon Prime Video revolves around the story of twins Zac (Michael Cimino) and Caitlyn Torres (Melissa Collazo) as they try to navigate a major shift in their lives after moving to Ironwood, Pennsylvania. 

While meeting newfound friends and enemies, there is a deeper reason why the Torres family decided to move to the small town: to find the truth about the disappearance of their missing father, Christian Maddox. 

The quest for the truth for Zac and Caitlyn, alongside their mother, Samantha Torres (Nathalie Kelley), places them in a high-stakes unpacking of their father's past. This allows them to discover more of Christian's time in Ironwood, heal wounds by reconnecting with old friends, and create new relationships that will define their future in the local town. 

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Chicago P.D. recently wrapped up a historic twelve-season run, and since the show will return for Season 13, showrunner Gwen Sigan has a few ideas about what it will tackle. Some stories from the previous season will carry over, while others will be brand new. Season 12 kept Intelligence busy as they took bad guys off the streets and confronted their personal problems. Torres (Benjamin Levy Aguilar) had a significant arc this season, which Sigan doesn't think is over yet. "We had a few storylines we couldn’t get to this season that I still think are out there and could be interesting next year. I think Torres is in this really interesting spot where nothing has been buttoned up for him," the showrunner told TV Insider what they plan to tackle for the character. She continued:

"He’s in this very emotional, vulnerable spot, which would be really interesting to keep writing.

Amazon Prime’s latest coming-of-age car action drama, Motorheads, will remind viewers of the initial days of the Fast and Furious franchise, you know, back when those movies still used to be good. The similarities become noticeable from the get-go, as the narrative highlights a community of car nuts struggling to accept change in an overlooked small town, while the focus remains on interpersonal dynamics, aspirations, and the legacy of young leads. Through motifs related to the car and racing, the narrative symbolizes aspects of personal freedom, struggle, and redemption—in a better way than the aforementioned franchise ever could. However, the major drawback the series suffers from is extremely slow pacing—caused by unnecessarily dragging the narrative through ten-in-one-hour-long episodes.

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What Happened During the Bank Heist?

The beginning scene of Motorheads takes place seventeen years earlier than the present timeline of the series, which shows Ironwood’s ace driver,...

For the final time this season, let’s recap Chicago Pd.

If you want my thoughts on the finale, then you can check out my Chicago Pd Season 12 Episode 22 Review.

In the meantime, here is a play-by-play.

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Voight shows up at, and Ia has completely destroyed it and removed all of their stuff. They trashed the place, including his pictures of Olinsky and everything. They shooed him away.

Torres is sitting in a crowded prison and seemingly dissociating.

Reid gives a press conference announcing the news. He says that Intelligence is disbanded and under investigation, and people are either stripped of their powers or temporarily shifted to patrol.

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And Chicago Pd‘s greatest villain ever has officially fallen.

But was it satisfying? Well, that’s an entirely different question, as Chicago Pd Season 12 Episode 22 rushes to a conclusion on this arc.

The hour also falls short on delivering that epic Burzek wedding we were waiting for.

(Lori Allen/NBC) The Finale Loses So Much Momentum

We can all agree that Chicago Pd’s penultimate episode was one of, if not the absolute best, of the season thus far.

We were all reeling by the end of Chicago Pd Season 12 Episode 21. Reid decimated the Intelligence unit we know and love; Burgess faced one of her biggest challenges: losing her badge, and Dante went to prison.

The opening moments of the finale were a great follow-up, especially as we watched Iab rip through the bullpen, boxing everyone’s belongings up, tossing things on the floor, and destroying their home.

Duster Season 1 Episode 2 Review: Secrets,...

Chicago Pd season 12 has officially come to an end, and the finale most certainly did not disappoint!

The penultimate episode of the season set the stage for a very Voight-centric episode, and the finale found a perfect balance between spotlighting Voight’s battle with Reid and giving fans a fulfilling celebration of Burgess and Ruzek. It was a true full-circle episode, bringing a fitting culmination to the season’s main arc, while planting some major seeds for the next season.

To unpack how the finale came together and the implications its developments will have on season 13, One Chicago Center caught up with Chicago Pd showrunner Gwen Sigan to discuss "the challenge of integrating a romantic milestone into the series’ signature grit, while maintaining the emotional stakes that shaped every character arc in the episode —especially for Voight, whose journey this season has been defined by introspection and the inevitable return of his darker instincts.

There are certain performances audiences need to see to believe, especially when it comes to the ones on the HBO series “Fantasmas,” from creator, director, and star Julio Torres. For instance, how can one properly describe Steve Buscemi playing the letter “Q,” or Oscar winner Tilda Swinton being the voice of water?

IndieWire has exclusively learned that the current Gotham TV Awards nominee will be submitting for several Emmys categories, including the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series. The actors on “Fantasmas,” however, will still be among the Comedy Series contenders, similar to “Saturday Night Live,” which Torres used to write for. They include Torres for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, breakout star Martine for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and “Fire Island” star Tomás Matos for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

All three performers are part of the connective tissue of the series, which is...

Destiny, legacy, potential, and regret—a number of themes intermingle as the first season of Amazon Prime’s car action drama, Motorheads, concludes on a shocking note, towing a truckload of revelations in the process. As members of the Torres family start getting used to the Ironwood lifestyle in their own way, the truth about Christian Maddox’s disappearance gradually comes to the surface, tying all the narrative threads together. On the other hand, past and present regrets alter the course of the lives of many, leaving room for major plot points that could develop into vital character arcs in the course of the second season.

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Did Harris die?

Motorheads began with the friendly rivalry between the influential Darren Bowers, who was defeated in a drag race by the best driver in all of Ironwood, the talented Christian Maddox. Their rivalry became generational as Darren’s son, Harris,...

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Anthony Mackie steps into the title role for the fourth movie in the MCU’s Captain America series, following the events of TV’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. However, somewhat unexpectedly, the film also turns out to be a direct sequel to The Incredible Hulk, albeit one without Bruce Banner in it. The result, unfortunately, is something of a mixed bag.

Captain America: Brave New World opens with Sam Wilson (Mackie), the new Captain America, on a mission for the US government, led by newly elected President (and former Hulk hunter) Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford). When he finds himself slap bang in the middle of an international incident in which his friend Isiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly) was apparently brainwashed,...

The Chicago P.D. Season 12 finale finds the Intelligence Unit in a precarious position, akin to lying on their backs after the rug has been pulled from under them. Reid (Shawn Hatosy) did a number on the members by stripping them of their powers and opening them up to legal consequences. "Forced to cease operations while under investigation by Internal Affairs, Intelligence goes off-book to bring down Reid. Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) and Burgess (Marina Squerciati) consider delaying their nuptials amid the uncertainty," the logline for Chicago P.D. Season 12, Episode 22, "Vows," teases. However, Intelligence is not like other units; it's more about the people than the powers they have as police officers. And one thing they won't do is go down without a fight. Images from the finale tease their desire to fight back as they regroup amid an uncertain future.

Reid has done shady things in his past, and the...

In March, Spain’s government became one of the first countries in Europe to approve a draft law concerning AI, almost a year to the date after formal approval of the landmark European Artificial Intelligence Act provided a common legal framework for the development, commercialization and use of AI systems across Europe.

AI is one of the most divisive issues in the entertainment industry today. A week after Spain’s draft law was unveiled, 400 Hollywood creatives signed a letter of concern about copyright protections for the arts and entertainment sector, pushing back against OpenAI and Google’s appeals to the U.S. government to allow their AI models to train on copyrighted works.

Meanwhile, James Cameron recently suggested filmmakers could save 50 percent on big-budget films by using AI, to which Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos replied he hoped AI could also make them “10 percent better.”

In a smaller industry like Spain’s,...