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The grossest, goriest, and most gratuitous of the year are set to be feted at the 2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.

The horror magazine has unveiled the nominees for its signature awards, which includes the big categories you'd expect — like Best Wide Release and Best Lead Performance — and some you mind not—like Best Video Game and Best Public Domain Resurrection.

The Chainsaw Awards are also among the first opportunities for this year's potential awards frontrunner, Sinners, to flex its muscles. (Metaphorical muscles. Michael B. Jordan's are currently streaming on HBO Max.) Ryan Coogler's period vampire thriller is in contention for Best Wide Release — where it will compete with 28 Years Later — and boasts a total of ten nominations in all.

With an eligibility window that ran from July 2024 to June 2025, the Chainsaw Awards also include some of last year's awards contenders, including The Substance, which tied Sinners for nominations.

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Fangoria's 2025 Chainsaw Awards nominees have been revealed, and voting is now open! With voting taking place from July 9th - 20th, you'll have plenty of time to vote for your favorite nominees across categories you might expect from an entertainment awards show.... but where else are you going to be able to vote on your favorite creature FX, makeup FX, and public domain resurrection movie? You can vote now or learn more and check out the nominees list below:

[From the Press Release] Fangoria, the iconic horror magazine and genre authority, has announced the nominees for the 2025 Chainsaw Awards, recognizing standout achievements in horror across film, television, and gaming. Voting opens July 9 and runs through July 20 at fangoria.com/vote, putting the power in fans’ hands to crown the best in blood.

Ready to see who made the cut? The full list of the 2025 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nominees awaits below. Scroll to the bottom...

The Academy Awards may not celebrate the horror genre all that often, but that’s why horror has its own awards celebrations. The biggest and best are the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, and the nominees for this year’s ceremony have been announced this morning. As always, the legendary horror magazine is putting the power in Your hands, with voting Open Now!

The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2025 will recognize standout achievements in horror across film, television, and gaming, and voting is open now through July 20 at fangoria.com/vote!

Fangoria previews, “Highlights from this year’s nominee slate include genre-defying films like The Substance and Sinners, standout lead performances by Willa Fitzgerald (Strange Darling) and Hunter Schafer (Cuckoo), and some highly anticipated sequels in the video game category like Death Stranding 2 and Silent Hill 2 Remake.

“Nominees were selected by a nominating body of over 150 industry tastemakers, creators, and professionals, drawing from the...

“Sinners” and “The Substance” lead the nominations for Fangoria’s 2025 Chainsaw Awards, which recognizes standout achievements in horror across film, television and gaming.

“This year we continue the new tradition of pitting the second half of last year with the first half of this year in a cage match of cinematic carnage,” Phil Nobile Jr., Fangoria Eic, said in a statement. “Like the Grammys, but gorier. It’s made for a rather chaotic list of nominees, and we expect the voting to be vicious and voluminous.”

“Sinners” and “The Substance” each earned 10 nominations, competing in the same categories for best wide release, best cinematography, best score, best director, best screenplay, best costume design, and best lead and supporting performances. Nominations also include “Strange Darling,” Cuckoo,” “The Ugly Stepsister,” 28 Years Later” and “Longlegs.” Other categories include best streaming premiere, best kill and best creature FX.

Nominees were chosen by a...

After its theatrical success, Ryan Coogler's hit film Sinners is now streaming on Max. This also makes history by offering a new viewing option that's never been done for a streaming release.

Per Warner Bros. Discovery, Sinners has two viewing options available on Max: the theatrical cut and the Black American Sign Language (Basl) version. It's the first time that a streaming service has exclusively debuted a film interpreted in Basl. Wbd has described Basl as a "distinct dialect of American Sign Language (Asl) with its own dynamic history and unique grammar, signing space, rhythm, facial expressions, and cultural nuances."

“Accessibility within streaming is not a one-size-fits-all approach," Wbd's SVP of Global Product Management, Naomi Waibel, said in a statement. "Our goal at Max is to make these great stories accessible to all audiences in a way that is authentic to the content and the communities we serve. Sinners...

When the first trailer for Black Panther director Ryan Coogler's Sinners was released, many people pointed out that it had, in some ways, left Marvel Studios' long-delayed Blade movie surplus to requirement.

Coogler's horror epic was a surprise hit, grossing $364 million worldwide and receiving widespread critical acclaim. However, it being a vampire movie led by a Black actor (with a 1920s setting) wasn't the only thing it had in common with Blade.

During an interview with ScreenCrush, Sinners producer Sev Ohanian shared a "fun Marvel easter egg" when he revealed that many of the costumes used by background actors in the movie were originally planned for Blade when it was being developed as a period piece.

"[Costume designer] Ruth Carter was working on the Blade movie that ended up not shooting," he revealed. "At one point that movie was going to deal with, and she’s talked about this before, but...

Avatar director James Cameron finally decided to watch Christopher Nolan’s 2023 masterpiece Oppenheimer, and he wasn’t impressed by what he saw. Although Cameron stated that he doesn’t like to comment on other people’s film-making process and films, Oppenheimer didn’t feel complete with Cameron.

Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus, the film depicted Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer coming to terms with the Atomic bomb that he developed, which was used on the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. James Cameron revealed to Deadline that despite the billion-dollar box office collection and seven Oscars, Christopher Nolan dodged the main subject in Oppenheimer.

There’s only one brief moment where he sees some charred bodies in the audience and then the film goes on to show how it deeply moved him. But I felt that it dodged the subject.

He further continued,

I don...

Christopher Nolan is making a big return with his new film, The Odyssey. This epic action fantasy is based on the ancient Greek poem by Homer. The story follows Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, played by Matt Damon, as he faces many challenges on his long journey home after the Trojan War.

Along the way, Odysseus meets famous mythical creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the witch-goddess Circe, who is played by Charlize Theron. The movie also stars Tom Holland as Telemachus, Odysseus’s son, and features Jon Bernthal in a key role. The cast includes many other well-known actors such as Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, and Robert Pattinson.

This film is Nolan’s first project after his 2023 success, Oppenheimer. It was officially announced in December 2024 and has a huge budget of around $250 million, making it the most expensive movie Nolan has worked on so far. Another...

Christopher Nolan is back with a huge new movie called The Odyssey, an epic action fantasy based on the ancient Greek poem by Homer. The film tells the story of Odysseus, played by Matt Damon, the king of Ithaca who faces many dangers on his long journey home after the Trojan War.

Along the way, he encounters famous mythical creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the witch-goddess Circe, played by Charlize Theron. The movie also stars Tom Holland as Telemachus, Odysseus’s son, and Jon Bernthal among a large, star-studded cast.

This is Nolan’s first project after his 2023 hit Oppenheimer. The project was announced in December 2024 and has a massive budget of around $250 million, making it the most expensive movie Nolan has ever made.

It is also notable for being the first big movie filmed entirely with IMAX film cameras. Production started in February 2025 and took place across many countries,...

One year from now, Christopher Nolan is set to release his next masterpiece to much fervor and fanfare. Loosely adapted from Homer’s Greek epic, The Odyssey tells the fantastical tale and extraordinary adventures of the classical hero who helped win the Trojan War, only to be lost at sea, face impossible hurdles, battle monsters, and defy gods on his decade-long voyage back home.

Distributed by Universal Studios, the film is already being set up to generate as much heat as possible, with the trailer being played in theaters before the screening of Jurassic World Rebirth. However, an online leak has sparked a frenzy of trailer breakdown and reaction videos from amateurs and critics alike.

We think Bernthal is joining the epic to play Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Here’s what FandomWire knows so far about the teaser trailer of Nolan’s The Odyssey.

Jon Bernthal may be playing...

The first teaser for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey slipped onto social platforms early Tuesday, only a few hours after Universal Pictures rolled it out exclusively in cinemas ahead of Jurassic World Rebirth screenings, sending the studio scrambling with takedown requests while hashtags related to the leak trended worldwide.

The bootleg—filmed off-screen—features storm-lashed seas, a silhouetted Trojan horse and Matt Damon’s Odysseus adrift on wreckage, matching descriptions in official press notes that label the film a “mythic action epic” shot with next-generation IMAX cameras.

Universal and Nolan had intended to keep the 70-second clip confined to theaters for several weeks, mirroring the director’s marketing playbook on Oppenheimer and Tenet; executives now face a familiar dilemma of whether to accelerate an online launch or continue policing mirrors that reappear faster than they can be removed. Even so, analysts note that unauthorized circulation may boost awareness for a...

Christopher Nolan is taking on a whole new kind of story with The Odyssey, his latest movie that dives deep into ancient Greek mythology. It’s based on Homer’s famous poem, and it stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the king who’s trying to get back home after the Trojan War.

A leaked trailer description from Daniel Richtman on Patreon has given fans an early look at what to expect—and it sounds intense, dark, and emotional.

The trailer kicks off with a shot of the ocean. Matt Damon’s voice comes in with some narration, setting the tone. There’s a mention of Zeus, and we see close-up shots of waves hitting the beach. Then there’s a strange moment with men on horses riding fast toward a giant black object sitting on the shore, it looks like it might be a piece of a wrecked ship, maybe shaped like a horse.

Christopher Nolan is diving into Greek mythology for his next big movie, The Odyssey. This upcoming film is based on Homer’s classic poem and stars Matt Damon as the legendary Odysseus. According to a trailer description leaked by Daniel Richtman on Patreon, fans got their first look at what’s coming, and it sounds like a wild, emotional ride.

The trailer opens quietly with a shot of the ocean. You can hear Matt Damon narrating over the waves. There’s a mention of Zeus, and the camera shows some peaceful but eerie shots of the beach.

Then it shifts to something a bit more intense, men on horses charging toward a large black object on the shore. It kind of looks like a piece of a broken ship. The ocean is a big focus throughout the trailer, always in the background, mysterious and cold.

Later, we see Tom Holland,...

Christopher Nolan is back with a new big movie called The Odyssey, inspired by the famous ancient Greek poem by Homer. This film is being made by Nolan’s own company, Syncopy, and Universal Pictures will release it.

Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, who is trying to get back home after the Trojan War to be reunited with his wife, Penelope. The movie has a huge cast including Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal.

The project was first announced in October 2024 when it became clear Nolan was working on his next film with Universal, following his 2023 hit, Oppenheimer. After that, the cast was slowly revealed, and in December, Universal officially confirmed the movie would be an adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey.

Related: First Look: Elliot Page Spotted in Iceland on Set of Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

Filming started...

Christopher Nolan is back with a new epic film called The Odyssey, which is based on the famous ancient Greek poem by Homer. The movie is being made by Nolan’s own company, Syncopy, and will be released by Universal Pictures.

Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, who tries to find his way back home after the Trojan War to reunite with his wife, Penelope. The film also features a star-studded cast including Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal.

The project was announced in October 2024, when it became clear Nolan was working on his next film with Universal, following his 2023 movie Oppenheimer. Casting happened in the months after, and in December, Universal officially confirmed the film would adapt Homer’s Odyssey.

Filming began in late February 2025 and is taking place across many locations such as Morocco, Greece, Italy, Los Angeles,...

One of the best movies of 2025, Sinners, begins streaming exclusively on HBO Max on July 4.

Max has announced that Warner Bros. Pictures’ movies will stream in Black American Sign Language (Basl) alongside the original version of the film in the U.S. on Friday. This groundbreaking release marks the first time a streaming platform will exclusively debut a film interpreted in Basl.

The release of Sinners with Basl is a major step forward in accessibility, representation, and visibility in streaming. Basl is a distinct dialect of American Sign Language (Asl) with its own dynamic history and unique grammar, signing space, rhythm, facial expressions, and cultural nuances. For the first time, the Black Deaf community will have streaming access to a more immersive experience in their language. Max subscribers, who sign in Asl but are unfamiliar with this dialect, will also be able to follow along with this interpretation.

Sinners with...

Somehow, 2025 is halfway over, and as alarming as that might be, it does bring us all that much closer to another Oscar season. The first six months of the year featured not only some stellar films, but a handful of potential nominees that could linger in the minds of Academy voters.

While movies released in the first half of the year may generally have a harder time on ballots thanks to recency bias, we're only a few years removed from a Best Picture winner that opened in March.

With that in mind, here are a few early predictions for movies released from January to June that could go the distance and possibly ride it out to year-end awards.

Sinners — Best Picture

Let's get this one out of the way now. As the sun sets on the first half of 2025, it's not a question of whether Ryan Coogler's vampire thriller...

Max has announced that Warner Bros. Pictures’ Sinners will stream in Black American Sign Language (Basl) alongside the original version of the film in the U.S. on Friday, July 4. This groundbreaking release marks the first time a streaming platform will exclusively debut a film interpreted in Basl.

The release of Sinners with Basl marks a significant step forward in accessibility, representation, and visibility on streaming platforms. Basl is a distinct dialect of American Sign Language (Asl) with its own dynamic history and unique grammar, signing space, rhythm, facial expressions, and cultural nuances.

For the first time, the Black Deaf community will have access to a more immersive experience in their language through streaming. Max subscribers, who sign in Asl but are unfamiliar with this dialect, will also be able to follow along with this interpretation.

Sinners with Basl is interpreted by Nakia Smith, an influential voice in the Black Deaf community,...

From Athlete to Auteur Ryan Coogler pursued his ambitions to be a football player well into college. However, while attending Saint Mary’s College of California, an English professor, Rosemary Graham, recognized his talent for storytelling and encouraged him to explore screenwriting. Coogler later transferred to Sacramento State and ultimately enrolled in the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he directed three short films: 'Locks' (2009), 'Fig' (2011), and 'The Sculptor' (2011), earning him critical recognition early on. Though Coogler transitioned from athlete to artist, the team-oriented mindset he developed as a football player has remained a defining element of his approach to the art form. From the start of his career, he has cultivated a creative circle that has grown with him, film after film. Actor Michael B. Jordan has starred in all five of Coogler’s feature films, prompting comparisons to legendary filmmaker-actor duos like Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro,...

Christopher Nolan is making headlines again with his next big movie, The Odyssey. This time, he’s bringing the ancient Greek legend to life in a way only he can. The film is based on Homer’s classic poem and is being made through Nolan’s company, Syncopy, with Universal Pictures handling the release. It’s expected to hit theaters on July 17, 2026.

At the heart of the story is Matt Damon, who plays Odysseus, the king of Ithaca. The movie follows him as he tries to get home after the Trojan War to be with his wife, Penelope. Damon isn’t the only big name in the cast.

He’s joined by Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Jon Bernthal, and Charlize Theron.

Nolan first started working on the project in October 2024, according to The Hollywood Reporter. By December, Universal confirmed that the film would be an adaptation of The Odyssey.

Christopher Nolan is back with a new epic film called The Odyssey, which is based on the famous ancient Greek poem by Homer. The movie is being made by Nolan’s own company, Syncopy, and will be released by Universal Pictures.

Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, who tries to find his way back home after the Trojan War to reunite with his wife, Penelope. The film also features a star-studded cast including Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and Jon Bernthal.

The project was announced in October 2024, when it became clear Nolan was working on his next film with Universal, following his 2023 movie Oppenheimer. Casting happened in the months after, and in December, Universal officially confirmed the film would adapt Homer’s Odyssey.

Filming began in late February 2025 and is taking place across many locations such as Morocco, Greece, Italy, Los Angeles,...

It’s time to look at the work of one of the greatest directors of our generation: Christopher Nolan. How big is Nolan these days? Interstellar, a movie which was never among the director’s top grossers, hit IMAX screens last week for its tenth anniversary, and screenings have been selling out constantly. The fact is – Nolan makes movies that belong on the big-screen, and he’s one of the few directors who’s arguably become his own franchise. For proof of that, one need only look at the fact that he’s planning a new movie, and the cast is jampacked with A-listers, because Everyone wants to work with Nolan.

A caveat – our Christopher Nolan movies ranked list is just one person’s opinion, and his work is divisive. Everyone has their favourites (and least favourites), so I’m hoping this ranking will open up some discussion in the comments below.

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the Max (soon to be called HBO Max) streaming service in July. The Max July 2025 lineup includes the feature films Sinners, A24’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Opus, and Death of a Unicorn, and Utopia’s I Love You Forever.

The schedule includes the HBO Original documentaries Billy Joel: And So It Goes and Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, as well as the HBO Original series Rage. You can also catch Shark Week beginning on July 20.

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Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. The cast includes Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku,...

Christopher Nolan’s next big film is already creating buzz, and now fans have their first glimpse of Elliot Page on set.

The photo was taken in Iceland, where part of the massive production is underway. The film, titled The Odyssey, is Nolan’s take on Homer’s epic poem and is expected to be one of his most ambitious projects yet.

First photo of Elliot Page on the set of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in Iceland pic.twitter.com/OeUhmPtqRV

— Christopher Nolan Art & Updates (@NolanAnalyst) June 22, 2025

The movie stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the legendary Greek hero trying to return home after the Trojan War. The journey is filled with mythological creatures and dangers, including the Cyclops and the Sirens. Nolan is writing, directing, and producing the film through his company Syncopy, with Universal Pictures handling distribution.

Related: Will Smith Reveals Why He Passed on Starring in Christopher...

Christopher Nolan is back with a massive new film, and fans just got their first look at Elliot Page on set in Iceland. The project is The Odyssey, a big-budget adaptation of Homer’s famous poem, and it’s shaping up to be one of the most ambitious movies of Nolan’s career.

First photo of Elliot Page on the set of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey in Iceland pic.twitter.com/OeUhmPtqRV

— Christopher Nolan Art & Updates (@NolanAnalyst) June 22, 2025

Nolan is writing, directing, and producing the film through his company Syncopy, with Universal Pictures handling distribution.

The movie stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the legendary Greek king trying to get home after the Trojan War. His journey includes wild encounters with mythological creatures like the Cyclops and the Sirens, plus a long-awaited reunion with his wife, Penelope.

Related: Will Smith Rejected One of the Best Christopher Nolan’s Films & We...

Speculation around a potential sequel to Sinners gained traction in late-May after anonymous X (formerly Twitter) scooper @MyTimeToShineH claimed a follow-up was already in the works. But a recent interview with director Ryan Coogler has firmly debunked that rumor.

Speaking with Ebony Magazine, Coogler explained that Sinners was designed as a self-contained story, not the start of a franchise. "I’ve been in a space of making franchise films for a bit, so I wanted to get away from that," he said, referencing his time helming Black Panther and Creed.

Following Coogler’s comments, the original tweet from @MyTimeToShineH was quietly deleted, with no acknowledgment of the retraction—an approach the scooper has used before when previous rumors didn’t pan out, including inaccurate claims about the Fantastic Four cast and Ms. Marvel's origin.

This situation serves as a reminder to take unverified scoop culture with caution and to rely...

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is heading to streaming, and you’ll be able to watch it in just two weeks. Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that the horror flick will make its global streaming debut exclusively on Max on July 4. It will debut on HBO linear on July 5 at 8:00 p.m. Et.

In a dual role, Michael B. Jordan plays Smoke and Stake, twin brothers who seek to leave their troubled lives behind by returning to their hometown to start again. However, they soon discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. The film also stars Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

If you’d prefer to own Sinners on physical media, the film will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on July 8. Here are the special features and technical specs for the 4K...

Ryan Coogler’s critically acclaimed vampire flick Sinners has absolutely been killing it at the box office, especially for an original, R-rated movie. Thankfully for fans impatiently waiting to watch the film at home, it has received an exclusive Max streaming release on July 4th, with physical copies arriving on July 8th.

Digital versions of Sinners can be rented from Apple TV or Prime Video. Physical copies are available for pre-order now on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD. Additionally, there is a limited edition Steelbook version, which includes the 4K copy, up for pre-order.

Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, and Jack O’Connell, among others, and follows two twin brothers in 1932 as they attempt to open up a juke joint in their Mississippi hometown. The only problem — beyond their gangster connections, Jim Crow, the KKK, etc. — is that a pack of vampires happens upon the place on opening night.

Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s hit vampire film, will begin streaming Friday, July 4 on Max. It will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, July 5.

Michael B Jordan leads the ensemble cast, portraying twin brothers Smoke and Stack. Hailee Steinfeld stars as Mary. Jayme Lawson, Delroy Lindo, Miles Caton, Wunmi Mosaku, Omar Miller, Li Jun Li, Jack O’Connell, Christian Robinson and more also star.

The horror film centers on Jordan‘s twins who return to their hometown to escape their troubled lives, only to realize that an even bigger threat awaits them there.

“Each time I’ve made a film it’s become more and more personal,” said Coogler . With this one I was digging into two relationships, one with my maternal grandfather who I never met. He died about a year before I was born,” said Coogler shortly ahead of the film’s April release. “He was from Merrill, Mississippi and eventually moved to Oakland,...

Warner Bros. Pictures’ Sinners, the highest-grossing and best-indexing horror film ever released in IMAX, will make its global streaming debut exclusively on Max on Friday, July 4. The film will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, July 5, at 8:00 p.m. Et.

The supernatural horror film reteams Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler with actor Michael B. Jordan.

“You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.” Jordan plays twin brothers who try to leave their troubled lives behind and return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ryan Coogler (Ironheart), Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

The film is produced by Zinzi Coogler,...

Get ready for some fireworks: one of this year’s massive Hollywood success stories, Ryan Coogler’s vampire epic Sinners, heads to streaming next month.

Sinners will make its global streaming debut exclusively on HBO Max on Friday, July 4, 2025. The film will debut on HBO linear on July 5 at 8:00pm Et.

The vampire epic is currently available on Digital and receives a physical media release on July 8.

Written and directed by Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed), the critically acclaimed vampire horror film stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role as twin brothers Smoke and Stack. Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, they return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Hailee Steinfeld (Bumblebee), Jack O’Connell (Eden Lake), Wunmi Mosaku (“Loki”), Jayme Lawson (The Batman), Omar Benson Miller (“CSI: Miami”), and Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods...

“Sinners” is sinking its teeth into the small screen this summer.

The Ryan Coogler-written and -directed vampire feature starring Michael B. Jordan set its streaming premiere Friday, announcing that it will be available exclusively to stream on Max beginning July 4.

Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, “Sinners” stars Jordan in a dual role. He is joined by “True Grit” Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller and Delroy Lindo.

Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Coogler produced the film with Ludwig Göransson, Will Greenfield and Rebecca Cho executive producing.

Marking Coogler’s fifth feature film, “Sinners” features Jordan playing twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who return to their hometown in the 1930s in an effort to start a new life where they can use the money they have made as Chicago gangsters to open a juke joint. However, though they attempt...

On June 20, 1975, Universal rolled the dice on a young director named Steven Spielberg, a malfunctioning mechanical shark, and a modest beach thriller. The result, Jaws, changed the way studios make, market, and even think about movies. Half a century later, every summer tent-pole still carries its DNA. From Jurassic Park to A Quiet Place to this year’s Wolf Man, the fingerprints are easy to spot once you know where to look.

Below we share five lessons modern blockbusters keep borrowing from the great white grand-daddy of them all.

1. Show Less, Scare More

The Lesson: When in doubt, hide the monster and let imagination do the heavy lifting.

Spielberg didn’t plan to keep Bruce (the famously stubborn mechanical shark) off-camera; the prop simply wouldn’t cooperate. Forced improvisation turned into masterclass suspense. The audience only sees brief flashes – a dorsal fin slicing the surf, a floating half-sunken dock, a...

As players from the media and marketing worlds gathered in the south of France for the 2025 Cannes Lions conference, brands jockeying for visibility can be found up and down the Croissette where hosted “beaches” draw both networkers and revelers. Offshore, however, are the ultra-exclusive events — among them, The Hollywood Reporter’s Wednesday afternoon Marketing Power Players event.

Held on the gargantuan Kismet yacht, owned by the Khan family, whose sports assets include the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, English Premier league club Fulham F.C. and All Elite Wrestling, the guest list included Activist Artists Management co-founder Bernie Cahill and Activate founder and CEO Michael J. Wolf, who co-hosted the event; Marcie Allen, president of Anzie Blue; Rare Beauty CMO Katie Welch; YouTube co-head creators and gaming Kim Larson; Dhar Mann Studios CEO Sean Atkins; The Macallan head of brand Sergio Cabello; and THR top marketers 2025 list members Bianca Franklin, global business developer,...

There have been plenty of iconic WWII movies released over the years, but the highest-grossing of them all has remained a streaming success for quite a while now. 2023 brought on the release of Oppenheimer, the most recent film from Christopher Nolan that not only won seven Oscars but also grossed $976 million at the global box office. Oppenheimer is currently streaming on Peacock in the U.S. and on Netflix globally, where it’s one of the most popular movies on the streamer, charting in countries such as Estonia, Greece, Latvia, and Lithuania. Oppenheimer’s $976 million box office haul is enough to make it the highest-grossing WWII movie of all time, ahead of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ($720 million) and Dunkirk ($509 million).

Oppenheimer is widely regarded as Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus. After earning nominations for Memento, Inception, and Dunkirk, Nolan finally received his first two Oscar wins for Oppenheimer.

After nearly two months of release in theaters worldwide (and having debuted on PVOD platforms), director Ryan Coogler's Sinnershas notched what will likely be its last box office victory. Sinners is now the second-biggest horror movie in domestic box office history, having overtaken the half-century-old hit that literally invented the concept of summer blockbusters. Director Steven Spielberg's Jaws is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year; the movie featured Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw in the lead roles.

Director Quentin Tarantino is among its legions of fans, having described it on numerous occasions as "the greatest movie ever made." He said on the ReelBlend podcast a few years ago, "I think Jaws is the greatest movie ever made. Maybe not the greatest film. But it's the greatest movie ever made. And then there are other movies that can get in its rarefied air. But as far as a movie,...

Ryan Coogler's Sinners arrived on Digital earlier this week, but is still playing in a lot of theaters, and the movie has now become the second highest-grossing original live-action film at the domestic box office since 2010.

Christopher Nolan's Inception, released in 2010, still holds the top spot.

Inception (2010) — $292 million

Sinners (2025) — $275 million

Gravity (2013) — $274 million

Dunkirk (2017) — $189 million

A Quiet Place (2018) — $188 million

Interstellar (2014) — $188 million

Get Out (2017) — $176 million

Us (2019) — $175 million

Bridesmaids (2011) — $169 million

The Heat (2013) — $159 million

La La Land (2016) — $151 million

A recent rumor claimed that Warner Bros. was in the process of developing a Sinner sequel, but Coogler had previously suggested that he would have no interest in taking the helm of a follow-up.

“I’ve been in a space of making franchise films for a bit, so I wanted to get away from that,” the filmmaker told Ebony Magazine. “I was looking forward to working on a film that felt original and personal...

Having recently debuted on digital following an unusually long theatrical window, Sinners retained a spot on the top 10 list at the domestic box office this weekend. The vampire movie has proven what an extended theatrical run can do for movies designed for the big screen, especially at a time when more and more studios are pushing titles onto PVOD mere days after their theatrical debuts. In recent times, Universal has earned flak for releasing underperformers such as The Fall Guyand Black Bag on digital earlier than expected. Largely speaking, however, movies that display box office potential are spared this fate.

Sinners bought time for itself thanks to a record-breaking opening weekend haul. Produced on a reported budget of $90 million, the movie has made an astonishing $270 million-plus from domestic theaters, and another $84 million from overseas markets. Despite the lower performance internationally, the film’s cumulative global haul stands at $357 million. Sinners...

As communications professionals from around the world prepare to head to France for the Cannes Lions 2025 festival, Spotify has unveiled its star-studded programming lineup, sharing it exclusively with The Hollywood Reporter.

Spotify Beach at Cannes Lions will feature daytime programming with three days of conversations with musicians, podcasters, authors and more. Paris Hilton, Charlie Puth, Jake Shane, Louis Theroux, Ludwig Göransson, Miles Caton, Morgan Absher, Rachel Lindsay, Rob Mayhew and Seal are all participating. These panels will be moderated by Spotify executives, range in topics from using music with your marketing strategy to artificial intelligence and the music of Sinners. The daytime lineup also includes sets from Baby J, Dre Tala and Temry.

Spotify Beach’s full lineup. Courtesy of Spotify

The streaming platform will also host two nights of musical performances. In line with last year’s event —where breakout acts Benson Boone, Tyla and Shaboozey performed — night one...

Marvel Franchise’s Oscar Win (Photo Credit – Hotstar)

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the most financially dominant and culturally influential franchises of the 21st century. Over the course of more than 15 years and dozens of interconnected films, it has built a legacy of global box office records, a massive fanbase, and endless spin-offs across TV, streaming, and merchandising. Yet, for all its popularity and reach, critical acclaim at the industry’s most prestigious award ceremony, the Academy Awards, has remained surprisingly elusive for Marvel.

Unlike other blockbuster franchises that have picked up Oscars for technical brilliance or even acting performances, the MCU’s relationship with the Academy has been relatively muted. Big budget visual effects films, especially those rooted in comic books, have traditionally struggled to earn respect from Oscar voters beyond categories like sound and effects.

And still, among the entire lineup of Marvel’s interconnected universe,...

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler's Sinners is now available on Digital devices, including Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, and more. The film arrives on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD in high definition and standard definition on July 8.

Fandango has debuted an extended scene from the movie, which includes some additional footage of Smoke, Stack (Michael B. Jordan) and their crew getting the juke joint ready for its grand opening.

It's a nice sequence with great music (a staple of the movie), but it's easy enough to understand why it was trimmed down for the final cut.

The Smokestack twins have come home.

Check out this exclusive deleted scene featuring the building of the Juke Joint, and watch #SinnersMovie today on Fandango at Home. https://t.co/RjAOsBROpj pic.twitter.com/Bsnt2DodRN

— Fandango (@Fandango) June 3, 2025

​ Digital, 4K Uhd and Blu-ray contain the following special features:

Dancing with...

If you found yourself compelled by the journey of the Moore twins in Ryan Coogler's astounding 2025 horror film, then you might want to sit down for this. Despite it's monumental success, Sinners, as stated by Coogler, won't be getting a sequel anytime soon. The Warner Bros. horror behemoth has grossed more than $350 million at the box office, and the studio will no doubt be hoping to capitalize on this success. Nevertheless, the writer/director did not think of it as an opportunity to start a franchise. In fact, he made it because he wanted to stay away from franchise filmmaking. Despite several sequel rumors, it appears that Coogler is not planning to make Sinners 2.

In a recent conversation with Ebony magazine, Coogler opened up about his original plans for Sinners, and how he never thought of expanding the story into more than one film. "I never think about that,...

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners became the breakout hit of the year so far as the vampire horror original took the world by storm with its innovative storytelling and messaging. The Michael B. Jordan starrer saw him play two characters, twins, on screen. It was set in the 1930s in Mississippi and blended social themes of the time with the vampire genre.

Coogler created history with the film by securing an unorthodox deal, where the rights for the movie would revert back to him after a set number of years, giving him complete ownership over his material. While this might make plans for a sequel complicated, the Creed director reportedly had no plans for one while working on Sinners.

Ryan Coogler did not think of creating a sequel to Sinners while making it Michael B. Jordan in Sinners | Credits: Warner Bros.

The Michael B. Jordan starrer Sinners raged the box office...

On the heels of a critically acclaimed second season, it was announced that Andor had been submitted to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 23 different categories for the Emmy Awards. Two of those categories were for music, with composer Brandon Roberts for Music Composition for a Series and composer Nicholas Britell and showrunner Tony Gilroy for Original Music and Lyrics for the chilling song, "We are the Ghor."

The Star Wars franchise and its television series have a long history of being recognized by the Academy in the musical areas of production. Let's take a look back at it.

Kevin Kiner scored Star Wars: The Clone Wars during its run and received three nominations for his work in the music composition and directing categories. The last one was for work in the same category, but for a children's or animation program in 2021. Kiner also received a nomination for his...

After the movie exceeded all expectations at the box office, we're hearing that Warner Bros. is moving forward with a sequel to Ryan Coogler's Sinners.

The rumor comes our way via reliable scooper Mttsh, who simply says: "Sinners 2 is happening."

If you haven't watched Sinners yet, spoilers follow.

Though the movie tied up most of its plot threads and didn't necessarily leave itself open for a follow-up, the mid-credits scene did bring two key characters into modern times.

The sequence jumps forward to 1992, as we learn that Sammie went against his father's wishes and left Mississippi to start a successful career as a bluesman in Chicago. After a gig, Sammy is told that two old friends are waiting to see him, and in walks Stack and Mary, the only surviving vampires.

Stack tells his cousin that Smoke spared his life on the condition that he left Sammie alone and never pursued him.

In late June 2024, Denis Villeneuve sustained the momentum of his majestic sequel Dune: Part Two and announced that the never-attempted-nor-adapted Dune: Messiah will be released on December 18, 2026. While that seemed an eternity away, the red Sharpies came out and Dec. 18, 2026 was circled on calendars everywhere.

Thanks to Marvel Studios, the date is getting a little crowded. Evidently, the Russo brothers are having too much fun with the Marvel Cinematic Universe family reunion cast and pushed back both Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars six months each to make time for post-production. That meant Secret Wars is moving from May 7 to Dec. 17, 2027, and Doomsday is moving from May 1, 2026 to... Dec. 18, 2026.

Wait, what?!

It's either a complete dunderheaded move or total hubris. Either way, this is going to make next year's winter blockbuster season so interesting!

Why Dunesday could be a good move Oppenheimer, © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Barbie, © 2022 Warner Bros.

Ryan Coogler’s hit film Sinners has been making waves in IMAX theaters and it’s been announced that the horror flick will be coming to digital next week. Additionally, the big vampire blues party will be coming to your home with a 4K physical media release courtesy of Warner Bros. As for technical specs, you can expect a stellar presentation that offers native 4K 2160p resolution and Dolby Vision, HDR10 on the visual front, and Dolby Atmos and Dolby TrueHD 7.1 on the audio side.

One further compelling element to this 4K Blu-ray release of Sinners is that it will have the shifting aspect ratio – which went from 2.76:1 to 1.43:1 in some scenes during the IMAX release – something cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw teased on social media a few weeks ago, thus presenting the film in a way that will duplicate the theatrical experience as best as possible for your home.

Ryan Coogler’s excellent box office juggernaut Sinners is coming to 4K Ultra HD in July. We’ve got some details below.

It’s not exactly a secret that we here at Film Stories were big fans of Ryan Coogler period vampire flick Sinners. It’s one of the year’s biggest success stories and rightfully so, it’s a great film.

Naturally, we’re already thinking of when we can watch the film again. Warner Bros. has now announced that Sinners will be available to watch at home digitally from 3rd June so you can enjoy your vampire action from the comfort of your own home.

If you’re keen on owning Sinners on DVD, Blu-ray or 4K, not to worry. Coogler’s film will be available from 21st July.

Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan as twins Smoke and Stack who return to their home town for a fresh start,...

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is gearing up for a double home media release after enjoying a successful box-office run. The American supernatural-horror film, starring Michael B. Jordan, became one of the highest-grossing movies of 2025 after opening in the US on April 18.

It has recently been revealed that the home version of the film will be released digitally on June 3 and on physical media on July 8.

Upon its release, the film not only created a storm at the box office but also wooed the critics with its nearly perfect score. The home media release is your chance to catch the movie if you haven’t already seen it. And if you have already watched the Sinners in theaters, it has something for you too.

Why should you watch Sinners even if you have already watched it in theaters?

The home media version of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners will also include over 90 minutes of special features,...

“You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.”

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners continues to be a box office draw over five weeks since it arrived in theaters, but if you missed the movie on the big screen, you'll be able to watch from the comfort of home very soon.

Warner Bros. has announced that the acclaimed vampire drama is set to debut on Digital devices, including Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, and more, on June 3, before arriving on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD in high definition and standard definition from participating digital retailers on July 8.

​ Digital, 4K Uhd and Blu-ray contain the following special features:

Dancing with the Devil: The Making of “Sinners” – featurette (32:35)

Journey with director Ryan Coogler as he makes his most personal and powerful film yet. Featuring Michael B. Jordan and an all-star cast, filmed on location in IMAX,...