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There's some exciting news to share for not only 3 Body Problem fans but also Game of Thrones fans! The Netflix original sci-fi fantasy series is poised to host a Game of Thrones reunion of sorts behind the camera, and it's sure to delight those who love both series.

According to What's on Netflix, Miguel Sapochnik will reunite with Game of Thrones creators and showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, who are also the co-creators and co-showrunners of 3 Body Problem along with Alexander Woo. Sapochnik joins 3 Body Problem season 2 as a director, and it's possible he will direct more than one of the upcoming new episodes.

Game of Thrones director joins 3 Body Problem season 2

Game of Thrones fans likely know Miguel Sapochnik best for his direction on the season 5 episodes "The Gift" and "Hardhome," the season 6 episodes "Battle of the Bastards" and "The Winds of Winter,...

The wheel rolls on, and news stories come and go. We're here to remind you of all the biggest ones to come out over the past seven days in the worlds of sci-fi, fantasy, movies, TV and books.

Let's start with a look at some of the great fantasy series that we could see on our screens if Hollywood can ever get its act together:

8 fantasy books to read Asap before they get adapted: https://t.co/ZOMRNkCQDU https://t.co/ZOMRNkCQDU

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Sticking with books, one of most popular genres making waves is cozy fiction. Where should you start with this genre?

Why cozy fantasy is taking over the genre (and 5 books to try): https://t.co/lqtI3vPc1o https://t.co/lqtI3vPc1o

— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2025

There are so many books out there, way more than can ever be adapted.

It sounds like fans are going to be waiting even longer than originally expected for The Gentlemen season 2. Netflix just shared a major update about the latest season of The Gentlemen from creator Guy Ritchie.

During Netflix's Q2 earnings call, it was revealed that The Gentlemen season 2 is coming to Netflix sometime in 2026. Ted Sarandos rattled off a list of shows coming back in 2026, including Avatar: The Last Airbender, 3 Body Problem, Outer Banks, One Piece, and many more.

We didn't hear exactly when the series will premiere, but it's probably not going to be one of the first shows released next year.

Theo James is returning for The Gentlemen season 2, which just started filming in the spring of 2025. Netflix officially confirmed production started on May 28, but it's likely that production started even earlier.

We're expecting production on The Gentlemen season 2 to last throughout the summer and potentially even into the fall.

Netflix has announced its latest high-profile drama project, Unaccustomed Earth, with acclaimed actress Freida Pinto set to lead the cast as Parul Chaudhury. The eight-episode series is based on the beloved short story collection by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri and will bring to life a sweeping narrative set within an elite Indian-American community in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Described as an “epic, soapy, and culturally vibrant” drama, Unaccustomed Earth explores themes of love, longing, and identity. At its heart is a scandalous romance: a devoted wife rekindles a relationship with a long-lost love, igniting secrets and shifting loyalties in a close-knit immigrant community.

The series comes from showrunner and writer Madhuri Shekar, with direction by Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox), who will helm the first two episodes and also serve as executive producer. Renowned producer John Wells joins the creative team, alongside a roster of executive producers that includes Lahiri herself, Nisha Ganatra,...

Ted Sarandos has always had an uncanny grasp of titles and stars, conjuring them in his pre-internet days as a video store clerk and dropping them frequently during his 25-year run at Netflix.

Even by those standards, however, the Co-CEO may have set a personal record on Thursday, machine-gunning out the names of no fewer than 37 series, films and events soon to stream Netflix. The spree during a 3-minute stretch of the company’s second-quarter earnings call coincided with the company disclosing viewership for thousands of series and movies in its semi-annual “data dump.”

Unlike other companies’ calls, Netflix’s are livestreamed on YouTube. (Watch a replay here.) Questions submitted by analysts are read by Spencer Wang, call moderator and VP of finance, investor relations and corporate development.

J.P. Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth wondered about the company recently having outsized hits like the third season of Squid Game. “How do...

Good news, 3 Body Problem fans! We've just learned that season 2 of the hit Netflix sci-fi series will return earlier than expected! During the recent Netflix Q2 2025 earnings call, Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos name-dropped the show when detailing the upcoming slate expected for the latter half of 2025 and 2026.

You can watch the full call embedded below. Sarandos begins by detailing the 2025-2026 slate around the 10:20 mark and then mentions 3 Body Problem specifically at around 12:20, in between discussig the return of Emmy-winning series Beef and other Netflix staples like Outer Banks and Love is Blind.

This comes as a surprise, because earlier reports suggested that 3 Body Problem would not return until 2027, and now it sounds like it will be back significantly sooner.

What's on Netflix previously reported that seasons 2 and 3 would be filmed back to back. Based on confirmation they received from Netflix, the filming for seasons...

Exclusive: Sean Kaufman (The Summer I Turned Pretty) and Adam Silver (The Diplomat) are new additions to Other Mommy, director Rob Savage’s supernatural horror film for Universal and Atomic Monster that yesterday announced eight-year-old Arabella Olivia Clark as its lead.

Character details are under wraps. As previously announced, Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass and Dichen Lachman will also star.

Based on the book Incidents Around the House by Bird Box‘s Josh Malerman, Other Mommy centers on eight-year-old Bela (Clark), who lives in a home strained by her parents’ troubled marriage, only to see her life further upended by a sinister entity she calls “Other Mommy.” When this malevolent presence emerges from her closet, persistently asking “Can I go inside your heart?”, Bela refuses. But soon, Other Mommy’s manifestations become increasingly aggressive, threatening the safety of Bela’s family.

The film is being produced for Universal by Atomic Monster...

Paramount+ and Taylor Sheridan's hit Western drama series Landman has cast two new actors for its upcoming second season. They join Sam Elliott in becoming a select few of the new characters being added to theLandman cast, led by Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris.

Per Deadline, Guy Burnet and Miriam Silverman have been cast as new characters in Landman season 2. They join Thornton, Elliott, and Landman season 1 regulars Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Jacob Lofland, Kayla Wallace, Paulina Chávez, James Jordan, Colm Feore, Mark Collie, and Demi Moore.

In recurring guest roles, Burnet will play Charlie Newsom, a charming oil and gas engineer, and Silverman will play Greta Stidham, an intimidating university admissions counselor.

What Guy Burnet & Miriam Silverman Are Best Known For Burnet Appeared In Oppenheimer & Silverman Is Fresh Off Your Friends & Neighbors

Guy Burnet is a British actor who has been acting for over two decades.

Superman finally lands the Dcu on movie screens, and James Gunn’s new shared universe wastes no time in building its world. The Justice Gang is already present and helping Superman whenever they feel he needs a hand. Nathan Fillion is slated to reprise his role as Green Lantern Guy Gardner in the upcoming Lanterns series and the cousin of Kal-El, Kara Zor-El, is flying not far behind the man of steel for her own spin-off into the Dcu. Early its development, Superman was originally said to be titled Superman: Legacy. Following suit, it was also recently confirmed by Gunn himself that Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow will be undergoing the Sean Parker-revision-treatment and simply go by Supergirl (“It’s cleaner.”)

Variety‘s social media page recently passed along a new teaser poster for Supergirl. In it, the Kryptonian is caught red-handed and sipping a slushie after spray-painting over the tagline for Gunn’s Superman,...

The 2025 Emmy nominations present a curious case for genre television.

While sci-fi, horror, and fantasy hits like Severance, The Last of Us, and Andor received multiple nominations on Tuesday, many fan-favorite outside-the-box programs — think Outlander, Interview With the Vampire, Squid Game, The Wheel of Time, and Dark Winds — were snubbed in major categories by the Television Academy, resulting in social media outrage. So, what gives?

First, a bit of a backstory. Prior to 2005, Emmy-winning dramas almost always took place in police stations, hospitals, or courtrooms — yawn. But Lost changed all of that. ABC's science-fiction hit won Best Drama Series 20 years ago and opened the door for the fantastic to be taken seriously by the Television Academy. Game of Thrones continued the voters' newfound love affair with genre fare when it won Best Drama Series four times between 2015 and 2019. GoT was ineligible in 2017, which is when the dystopian The Handmaid's Tale prevailed.

It seems like we don't get as many complex and interesting science fiction shows as we used to, like creators are apprehensive about taking bold swings with potentially complex concepts (just look at how watered down 3 Body Problem wound up being on Netflix). And who can blame them when many of this past decade's best and most promising sci-fi shows have resulted in early cancellations?

To be fair, Apple TV+ is still trying to provide ample sci-fi series between Severance, Foundation, and Silo, but it would be nice if there were more high-profile options between the various streamers. It made me start thinking about the sci-fi shows of the past and the ones I still think about all the time, wishing they hadn't been canceled so soon.

The Expanse season 6 | Shane Mahood/Amazon 1. The Expanse

A grounded sci-fi show set in a near future where humans have populated the...

Zach Cregger, the director of horror hit Barbarian, is back this summer with new movie Weapons, which has been compared to Magnolia and described as an epic tale that’s both unconventionally structured and “really fucked up” (Cregger’s own words).

While you wait, check out the new official poster for Weapons below. It’s as cryptic as the film’s trailers have been, teasing that even “the most harmless things can hurt you.”

In Weapons, “When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.” Dive deeper into the mystery on MaybrookMissing.com.

“This is a true story that happened right here in my town. A lot of people die in a lot of really weird ways in this story. And you’re not gonna find it in the newspaper.

Superman was recently released in theaters and received positive reviews, with a strong start to life at the box office. As a result, the new Dcu’s future looks secure, making fans eager about what’s next for the franchise. The answer came in the form of a cameo appearance from Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El / Supergirl, played by Milly Alcock, ahead of her solo movie.

Initially titled Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, the upcoming movie was directly teased during Alcock’s cameo appearance in Superman. As a result, fans must have several questions regarding the character’s background, the upcoming movie’s cast, plot, and other details. Here is everything you need to know about the Dcu’s new Supergirl movie!

What Is Supergirl’s Origin in the Comics?

Kara Zor-El / Supergirl was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino. She first appeared in Action Comics #252, published in May 1959. Although...

This Brad Pitt War Film Is Trending On Ott Amid F1’s Continued Success (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Brad Pitt is back into the streaming spotlight, not because of his latest Formula 1 blockbuster F1, but for his two-decade-old war epic that has quietly stormed onto streaming platforms. Long before he raced cars on screen, Pitt clashed swords in the dusty battlegrounds of ancient Greece alongside Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana. The 2004 film Troy, based loosely on Homer’s The Iliad, follows the violent unraveling of the Trojan War and doesn’t hold back on the blood, betrayal, and ego that fuel the conflict.

Troy Is Now One Of The Most Streamed Movies Worldwide

Troy, now streaming on AMC+ in the US and HBO Max in countries like Thailand, the Dominican Republic, and Ukraine, has suddenly found a new audience, per Collider. It might not have wowed critics back in the...

Brad Pitt is currently dominating the conversation thanks to his latest summer blockbuster, F1: The Movie, but over 20 years ago, they teamed up with a Lord of the Rings star for a glorious action epic that’s stumbled back into the streaming spotlight. Pitt stars alongside Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana in Troy, the 2004 adaptation of Homer’s The Iliad, which tells the brutal story of the Trojan War. Troy is currently streaming on AMC+ in America and on HBO Max globally, where it’s one of the most popular movies on the service in several countries such as Thailand, the Dominican Republic, and Ukraine. Despite poor scores of 53% from critics and 74% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, Troy grossed $497 million at the box office, turning a profit off its massive $175 million budget.

Troy came four years after Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe teamed up for Gladiator, the 2000 hit historical epic that won five Oscars,...

The third instalment of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune series for Warner Bros and Legendary Entertainmenthas begun production in Hungary, according to the Hungarian National Film Office.

Based on the novels by Frank Herbert, Dune: Part Three sees Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya reprising their roles as Paul Atreides and Chani respectively.

Jason Momoa returns as Duncan Idaho after his absence in Dune: Part Two.Further cast includesNakoa-Wolf Momoa, Momoa’s son, and Ida Brooke as Paul and Chani’s twin children, Leto II and Ghanima.

Budapest-based Pioneer Stillking is providing local services, with production said to be taking place at Origo...

It's happening! Arguably the best sci-fi action series on Netflix is finally coming back for a second season! The streamer is home to some phenomenal sci-fi shows, including the likes of Stranger Things, Lost in Space, and 3 Body Problem. But, the best one on the platform isn't a live-action series. In fact, it's an anime. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, based on the video game Cyberpunk 2077 by CD Projekt Red, is one of the most acclaimed anime of recent years, and fans have been desperate for a second season since the show dropped in 2022. This year's Anime Expo in Los Angeles brought with it many treats for anime fans. But one of the biggest and most exciting snippets of news was the Edgerunners update that fans have been waiting for.

At CD Projekt Red's Anime Expo panel, which has since been uploaded to Twitch, the company officially announced that its new...

Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss once again proved their extraordinary talent with the development of none other than the award-winning 3 Body Problem. This sci-fi banger debuted on Netflix on March 21, 2024, to massive success that surprisingly didn't earn it an immediate renewal. Nevertheless, it was renewed for two more seasons later in May, with production set to happen back-to-back this month. There’s even more! What’s on Netflix reports that Seasons 2 and 3 also have a new filming location, which the cast recently gave fans a glimpse of in new social media images.

3 Body Problem’s sophomore season has a tentative filming start set for July 8, and is expected to continue through August 2, 2027, with a break planned in between. The show is currently in pre-production and gearing up for production in the coming weeks, as the cast and crew reunite for the first time since filming on Season 1 concluded.

It's been over a year since we closed the book on Season 1 of the hit Netflix series 3 Body Problem, and since then, we haven't heard much news about what the future holds for the sci-fi drama. Now, a new update has revealed what fans have been waiting for: 3 Body Problem Seasons 2 and 3 are finally heading into production soon.

Various photos have been making the rounds on social media, including one of a table read that featured Benedict Wong and Jess Hong, who play Clarence "Da" Shi and Dr. Jin Cheng, respectively. Also spotted among the photos was Icelandic actress Hera Hilmar (Apple TV's See), who seems to be a new addition to the cast despite no official announcement. The hit series also has some new filming locations for the upcoming seasons, moving from England to Hungary. Per What's on Netflix, the combined total episodes for 3 Body Problem...

After what seemed like an eternity, the script for the highly anticipated sequel to The Batman is finally complete. As the internet celebrated, fans have noticed something rather intriguing.

Actress Eiza González, known for her roles in 3 Body Problem and Alita: Battle Angel, recently liked an Instagram post shared by Matt Reeves featuring the completed script.

Interestingly, Reeves appears to be following González on Instagram as well. A closer look at his account reveals that while he follows numerous design-related profiles, the only actors he follows are those who starred in The Batman.

González was once a strong contender for the role of Selina Kyle in The Batman, a part that eventually went to Zoë Kravitz. She has openly shared that she screen tested for the role and was quite disappointed when she didn’t get the part.

Could Reeves have been impressed by her talent and is now...

Warner Bros. has released a nearly two-minute trailer for Zach Cregger's latest horror film Weapons, teasing the newest nightmare from the Barbarian director. The footage debuted at the end of a "one-time-only" livestream on MaybrookMissing.com (the movie's in-universe website), offering a closer look at the chilling mystery at the center of the story, involving the disappearance of a group of children who voluntarily left their homes one night at precisely 2:17 a.m. — as evidenced in surveillance footage recorded on the date they went missing.

While the first trailer for Weaponsprovided a broad overview of the puzzling premise, the latest video (shared below) dials up the creepiness to 11 and unleashes a bunch of new footage to give prospective audiences a better idea of what to expect from Cregger's second live-action feature film. "This is a true story that happened right here in my town," a young girl explains...

Are you watching? Warner Bros. is getting set to release Zach Cregger’s (Barbarian) new horror movie Weapons later this summer, and the brand new official trailer has arrived.

The new Weapons trailer was premiered at the tail end of a creepy live stream this afternoon, with a child’s voice introducing a whole bunch of brand new footage from the movie.

“This is a true story that happened right here in my town. A lot of people die in a lot of really weird ways in this story. And you’re not gonna find it in the newspaper.”

Watch the brand new official trailer for Zach Cregger’s Weapons below.

“[It’s] a fun movie,” Cregger recently told Empire Online. “It’s funny, it’s scary, it’s inviting. It’s not a grim, morose slog. And yet the story it tells is really fucked up.”

The filmmaker also teases that...

Warner Bros. is getting set to release Zach Cregger’s (Barbarian) new horror movie Weapons in just over a month, and they’re cryptically teasing that something is coming next week.

“You’ve been among the first to follow the signs—and now something is about to shift,” reads an email we received this morning. “On June 23, we invite you to visit MaybrookMissing.com for a one-time-only livestream that won’t be explained, only experienced.”

The email continues, “What begins as a cryptic broadcast may become something more. There are rumors of an early glimpse. Of footage. Of something that wasn’t meant to be seen yet. We won’t say much. In fact, we’ll say less. But if you’ve been paying attention, you already know that we will have something special. Be ready. Be curious. And maybe keep the lights on.”

The “Maybrook Missing” livestream is set...

Imagine if you will, we're back in the year 2014. We are deep into the Obama presidency, where the idea of Donald Trump running for President of the United States is little more than a late-night talk show punchline. And now Netflix, the DVD distribution service, is experimenting with the crazy idea of putting movies and TV ... on the internet?

Using the existing libraries from Hollywood studios, Netflix created a "new media" that quickly branched out from streaming existing content to reviving fan favorite shows like "Arrested Development," proving that the streaming service wasn't limited to just distributing existing content, but could also finance and premiere new series as well.

But it's one thing to revive a canceled show, in which all the primary creative work has already been completed. It's another to create an entirely original series. With the one-two punch of David Fincher's political drama "House of Cards...

The upcoming Supergirl movie was originally announced as Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, but fans have noticed that James Gunn has recently been referring to the project simply as Supergirl on social media. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gunn confirmed the title change, saying, “I think it’s just called Supergirl now.“

Interestingly, this isn’t the first title shift under Gunn’s watch—his Superman film also dropped its subtitle, going from Superman: Legacy to just Superman.

When asked if he was on set during the production of Supergirl, Gunn said, “I mean at the very beginning, but I’ve been pretty busy, as you might imagine. I was really involved at the script stage, but then [director] Craig [Gillespie] has just been such a great partner. He’s just been doing his thing. You never know how something cuts together, but right now it looks amazing. It’s really cool stuff.

Conor McGregor is easily one of the most recognizable fighters the UFC has produced in the past two decades. However, since gaining fame with his professional martial arts career, McGregor has continued stirring controversy on and off the Octagon with his comments.

The UFC star made one such controversial comment recently on social media regarding Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham. However, Cunningham shared a fiery response that reminded McGregor of his worst nightmare and forced him to eat his words. Here’s how the Game of Thrones star made Conor McGregor delete his comment.

Game of Thrones star Liam Cunningham made Conor McGregor delete a controversial post

Irish actor Liam Cunningham is best known for his performance as Ser Davos Seaworth in the globally popular fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones. Aside from his acting roles, Cunningham is also known for his political views and activism.

Liam Cunningham in Game of Thrones...

Earlier this month, Game of Thrones veteran Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth) set sail with activists like Greta Thunberg aboard the Madleen. The ship was bound for the Gaza Strip, intending to distribute aid to people living through the ongoing crisis there.

The activists also wanted to use their celebrity to bring attention to the crisis. They got what they wanted when agents from Israel, which is at war with Hamas in Gaza, intercepted the ship. Thunberg has since been sent out of the country.

By the time the Madleen was intercepted, Cunningham was no longer on it. He sounded off on X, though, writing, "The Freedom flotilla was attacked during the night. The ship was rammed, boarded and the 12 volunteers kidnapped. This is more reprehensible behaviour from the genocidal regime in Tel Aviv."

That inspired Mma fighter and Irish presidential hopeful Conor McGregor to weigh in. "I thought you were on this boat Liamo,...

We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2025 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 12 to June 23, with the official Emmy nominations announced Tuesday, July 15. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 18 and ends the night of August 27. The 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 14, and air live on CBS at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.

The State of the Race

One of the most fascinating things about the Outstanding Drama Series race this year? There are a ton of shows that have been nominated in the category already that are eligible again, and now looking for their first win (“The Handmaid’s Tale” being the one exception).

The biggest example is “Severance” on Apple TV+, which had a sizable hiatus,...

Rachel Sennott’s upcoming, and still untitled, HBO comedy series has added four new cast members.

Variety has learned that Moses Ingram and Lauren Holt are both set to appear in recurring roles, while Elijah Wood and Josh Brener will make guest star appearances. Exact character details are being kept under wraps.

As previously announced, Sennott will star in the series along with Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman, True Whitaker, and Josh Hutcherson. Leighton Meester and Quenlin Blackwell will also guest star.

Ingram received an Emmy nomination for her supporting role in the hit Netflix limited “The Queen’s Gambit.” She has since gone on to star in the shows “Obi-Wan Kenobi” at Disney+ and both “The Big Cigar” and “Lady in the Lake” at Apple TV+. She is also set to appear in Kathryn Bigelow’s upcoming thriller film at Netflix.

She is repped by Innovative Artists, Linden Entertainment, The Lede Company,...

The subject matter of Zach Cregger’s (Barbarian) new horror movie Weapons may be dark, centered on a group of young children who vanish into the darkness at 2:17am one night, but Cregger promises in a new with Empire Online that his goal wasn’t to bum us out with a bleak horror experience. Rather, he wants to make sure audiences are having fun too.

“[It’s] a fun movie,” Cregger tells the outlet. “It’s funny, it’s scary, it’s inviting. It’s not a grim, morose slog. And yet the story it tells is really fucked up.”

The filmmaker also teases that Weapons is “a lot bigger and weirder than Barbarian,” with the film’s secrets under lock and key until it’s released in theaters on August 8, 2025.

Check out the previously released official trailer below.

Here’s the synopsis: “When all but one child from the same...

Exclusive: Emmy and Golden Globe Award-nominated actor, Andrew Scott has joined Michelle Williams and Daisy Edgar Jones in Chloe Domont’s upcoming legal thriller, A Place in Hell. MRC is financing the film and T-Street producing.

Written and directed by Domont, the film centers on a top criminal defense attorney who often represents unlikeable clients in high profile cases. A dedicated workhorse of the law firm, she anticipates being made partner and her name going up on the wall. When another attorney joins the firm, her job is put to the test and makes her question just how far she’ll go to protect it.

Scott can be seen next in Wake Up Dead Man, the third installment of the Knives Out mystery and was recently in the critically acclaimed Netflix series, Ripley.

MRC most recently produced G20 and the upcoming Wuthering Heights, The Gallerist, and The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.

Before she became known for her roles in 3 Body Problem and Alita: Battle Angel, Eiza González had a surprising brush with one of the biggest movie franchises of all time, Star Wars. But back then, she had no idea what she was walking into.

Eiza recently shared the story on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s podcast Dinner’s On Me. She explained that years ago, before she had a team in the U.S., no agent, no manager, no publicist, she went to an audition for a film she knew nothing about.

She read for the role several times, maybe three or four, and then got asked to sign something called a non-disclosure agreement, which she had never even heard of at the time.

Related: Ryan Reynolds Pitched R-Rated Star Wars Movie to Disney

After that, she went to a meeting and found herself face-to-face with J.J. Abrams. That’s...

She's been to outer space in 3 Body Problem and the future in Alita: Battle Angel, but Eiza Gonzálezalmost ended up in a galaxy far, far away. However, she didn't realize what she was auditioning for until she met J.J. Abramsin person. The actor talked about her experience auditioning for a mystery movie that turned out to be Star Wars: The Force Awakens with Jesse Tyler Ferguson on his Dinner's On Me podcast.

At the time unknown outside of Mexico and not having an agent, publicist, or manager, González went into the audition not knowing what the film was. She read for the part three or four times before signing a non-disclosure agreement (which she had never heard of) and meeting with the director. She walked in and met Abrams, and suddenly realized that she was auditioning for the then-unreleased Star Wars sequel trilogy. She had never actually watched Star Wars,...

On the original casting call for "Star Trek: the Next Generation," authored in the late months of 1986, the Enterprise's security chief was to be a Latina character named Macha Hernandez, said to be modeled after the character Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein) from James Cameron's then-recent film "Aliens." Indeed, there was a brief attempt to hire Goldstein for the role, until writer D.C. Fontana pointed out that she wasn't actually Latina. The character was renamed Tanya as a result, then eventually Tasha. The new Tasha Yar was given an intriguing backstory. She was a survivor of an ambitious Earth colony that had, through greed and mismanagement, completely collapsed. She lived among lawlessness, rampant sexual abuse, and poverty before escaping and joining Starfleet.

Denise Crosby was ultimately cast as Tasha Yar, and the show's producers gave the character a position on the bridge, ensuring that Yar would always be on camera. Crosby,...

A new TV adaptation based in the world of “The Secret of Secrets,” the upcoming sixth installment of author Dan Brown’s “Robert Langdon” book series, has landed at Netflix.

The untitled show, which will be executive produced by Brown, writer and showrunner Carlton Cuse and Genre-Arts’ Emma Forman, blends futuristic science with mystical lore. It follows Langdon as he races against ancient forces and time to rescue a missing scientist and her groundbreaking manuscript whose discoveries have the power to forever change humanity’s understanding of the mind.

Robert Langdon has been featured in five previous books: “Angels & Demons” (2000), “The Da Vinci Code” (2003), “The Lost Symbol” (2009), “Inferno” (2013) and “Origin” (2017). The new mystery thriller novel will be published by Doubleday on Sept. 9.

Brown’s novels have sold over 250 million copies in 56 languages following the massive worldwide success of “The Da Vinci Code. “In addition, the “Langdon” film series has...

HBO is taking us down to the sewers this fall.

The premium cabler announced Tuesday that It: Welcome to Derry, its forthcoming It prequel series, will premiere this fall (exact release date Tba). The horror-drama’s first season spans nine episodes; you can watch a newly released trailer above.

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Based on Stephen King’s It novel,...

Toxic Town Has A 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score ( Photo Credit – Netflix )

There are just a few shows on Ott that boast a perfect Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score of 100%. Today, we will tell you about one such miniseries that quietly started streaming on Netflix a few months back and hit the bullseye with the critics.

Here’s Why You Should Watch This 100%-Rated Netflix Series

We are talking about the British drama miniseries Toxic Town, which was released on the streaming giant Netflix on February 27, 2025. The show is set in a four-episode format, and it’s based on the true story of the Corby toxic waste case. The case is also often described as the British version of Erin Brockovich (which was made into a film starring Julia Roberts). If you like disaster aftermath-centric shows like the widely acclaimed series Chernobyl, then Toxic Town is definitely worth checking out.

Toxic Town – Plot...

AMC Networks’ Shudder has announced the titles that will be available on the streaming service next month. The Shudder June 2025 slate includes horror, thriller, and supernatural titles.

The June schedule includes the films Ash and Best Wishes to All, the series Hell Motel and The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, and more.

Shudder’s expanding library of films, TV series, and original content is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Hell Motel Shudder June 2025 Highlights

Films

Dead Silence – Streaming on Shudder June 1 (Available in US)

After his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his haunted hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers. His investigation leads him to the ghost of a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw, who seems to have ties to his entire family tree. Directed by James Wan.

Insidious – Streaming on Shudder June 1 (Available in...

Ramin Djawadi was a successful composer before he crafted the opening theme song for Game of Thrones, but that thing really put him on the map. Since then his career has exploded. In addition to composing many iconic songs played on Game of Thrones, he also worked on shows like Westworld, Eternals, 3 Body Problem, and the Game of Thrones prequel show House of the Dragon. And why not? The person who composed this banger should be rewarded:

That opening theme song is so memorable that HBO used it again for House of the Dragon; the third season of that show will air sometime next year. Soon, HBO will premiere a new Game of Thrones prequel series: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas. And it sounds like this will be the first Game of Thrones show not to benefit from Djawadi's talents.

Another week has past, and another pile of stories from the worlds of sci-fi, fantasy, movies, TV and books has been assembled. Let's sort through that pile and pull out only the best, interesting stuff in a new edition of WiC Weekly!

First up, we're finding ways to entertain ourselves while we wait for Amazon and Sony to renew The Wheel of Time for 10 more seasons. How do all the channelers on this epic fantasy show stack up against each other?

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The Expanse is a terrific book series and TV show. But it's been over for a while, on both counts. What's a sci-fi lover to do?

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Game of Thrones, despite its worldwide popularity, is highly infamous for how it ended. While a section of fans outright cancels the show’s existence after Season 6, another section can list a series of problems that plagued its conclusion.

When the creators, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, sat for an interview during the release of 3 Body Problem, they were asked if they would like to change anything about the show. Although we can list a myriad of plot points that took GoT downhill in its last season, the creator duo responded with a change that nobody expected to hear: Mord the Jailer’s story. Yes, you heard it right!

The Game of Thrones creators wanted to emphasize Mord the Jailer’s arc Ciaran Bermingham as Mord the Jailer in Game of Thrones | Credits: HBO

Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire,...

David Benioff and D. B. Weiss created a show so good that it changed lives (figuratively). Game of Thrones is by far one of the greatest series ever created, and yes, we are ignoring the ending; we will not be talking about that today. But let’s dive into the shows Benioff and Weiss created after the GoT craze.

Book adaptations can go wrong very easily. Either writers change too much or find it difficult to deal with many characters. But George R. R. Martin’s incredible book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, was done justice by Benioff and Weiss. Regardless of the critics and opinions of fans, we all can agree that there is no other noir-fantasy show like Game of Thrones, and there never will be.

The iconic duo has continued working together because, no joke, they create awesome content. Without further ado, let’s take...

Last year, Netflix debuted the first season of 3 Body Problem, based on the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy by Liu Cixin. This heady sci-fi story is about what happens when humanity makes first contact with an extraterrestrial species...and finds they don't have our best interests at heart. Plus their technology is light years beyond ours. Now they're heading for Earth, and humanity has a few generations to prepare. Can we avoid extinction?

The first season took a minute to rev up, but got on a good sci-fi roll by the end. Netflix renewed the show for a second and third season, which will end the series. The upcoming second season will adapt The Dark Forest, the second book in Liu's trilogy and the one that the cast and crew seem most excited about. "The story gets really wild in the best possible way," co-showrunner Dan Weiss told...

Last night, at 2:17am, every child from Mrs. Gandy’s class woke up, got out of bed, went downstairs, opened the front door, walked into the dark, and never came back. Watch the official trailer for Barbarian director Zach Cregger’s Weapons, in theaters on August 8, 2025.

Here’s the brand new official synopsis from New Line Cinema: “When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.”

Much like Barbarian, Cregger’s new movie is cloaked in a web of darkness, with even this trailer refusing to spoil pretty much anything about the movie. All we know is the basic gist of the storyline, with the trailer teasing that it’s only the beginning of this nightmarish mystery.

“That mystery is going to propel you through...

In early 2024, a brand-new science fiction series crashed onto Netflix and quickly dominated the platform’s charts for several weeks. We’re talking, of course, about 3 Body Problem. Despite its impressive success, a rare feat for the sci-fi genre, the show's renewal faced a surprising delay. Eventually, Netflix confirmed that 3 Body Problem would return to complete its adaptation of Cixin Liu's acclaimed novel trilogy Remembrance of Earth's Past across two final seasons. Since then, fans have eagerly awaited news about when they can dive back into the epic story of Earth's existential threat, but updates have been scarce. However, a new report has now revealed when production on the next season is set to begin.

According to a new report filed with the Hungarian National Film Office, filming for Seasons 2 and 3 will happen back-to-back. It's news that will excite fans as it should slim the possibility of...

Zach Cregger’s (Barbarian) next movie Weapons has been described as a “horror epic” for a while now, and it’s an ambitious branding that the filmmaker is fully embracing in a new chat with Entertainment Weekly this week. Inspired by Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia, of all things, Weapons is said to be “more ambitious in every way” than Cregger’s feature debut.

The plot of the mysterious Weapons, which will be released in theaters on August 8, 2025? Entertainment Weekly details, “The moment the clocks turned 2:17 a.m. on a seemingly random Wednesday morning, 17 children in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Maybrook woke from their beds, exited their homes, and ran into the night. They never came back.”

“That mystery is going to propel you through at least half of the movie, but that is not the movie,” Cregger teases. “The movie will fork and change and reinvent and go in new places.

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A lot of people die on "Game of Thrones." No, really; the Washington Post actually tracked all of the show's deaths and figured out that 6,887 characters, both named and unnamed, perish throughout the HBO series (which is based on George R.R. Martin's equally bloody novel series "A Song of Ice and Fire"). Apparently, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss played favorites just a bit when it came to their 8-season series that massacred heroes and villains in equal measure. In a March 2024 interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote their Netflix series "3 Body Problem," Benioff and Weiss said there were two characters they just loved killing: Jack Gleeson's King Joffrey Baratheon and Iwan Rheon's dastardly bastard-turned-heir Ramsay Bolton.

"With Thrones, there was so much killing of good guys," Weiss said when asked about his favorite on-screen kills, "and...

Exclusive:Maisie Williams-produced Nora’s Ark andJeanie Finlay-directed All Rivers Spill – Spill All Riversare among thefive development-stage projects that have been selected to receive £20,000 each from the Ffilm Cymru Wales-backed Climate Stories Fund.

The £100,000 fund is a collaboration between Welsh film agency Ffilm Cymru Wales and strategic investment programmeMedia Cymru,and launched in December 2024. It is designed to support the development of climate stories for feature films, documentaries and immersive experiences.

Nora’s Arkis a feature film set in a near-future world, amid a last-minute plan to save the Earth from environmental collapse, from actor and producer...

Netflix’s series 3 Body Problem is gearing up to start shooting seasons two and three back-to-back in Hungary, relocating fromthe UK where it predominantly filmed season one on location and at Shepperton Studios.

Season one also filmed in locations includingNew York, Massachusetts, and Florida, as well as in Spain and Panama.

Filming on the Hungarian shoot is set to start on June 7 in Budapest, with principal photography picking up on July 8 and wrapping on August 2, 2027, according to filings on the Hungarian National Film Office website.The Hungarian production partner is Pioneer, which has credits including Walden Media’s The Billion Dollar Spy starring Russell Crowe,...

Attention history buffs and people who long for the time of movie stars uncovering centuries-old secrets: the next big, blockbuster history-focused adventure is just around the corner. Fountain of Youth, starring A Quiet Place's John Krasinski, Academy Award winner Natalie Portman, Eiza González from 3 Body Problem, and Domhnall Gleeson of Ex Machina fame, is Apple TV+'s upcoming action-adventure film. With director Guy Ritchie still riding out the streaming success of MobLand, it seems like Fountain of Youth might just be the next big National Treasure or Indiana Jones-style film. The latest trailer sure does prove its ability to bring back the gone, but not forgotten, genre.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and The Gentlemen director is teaming up with Apple TV+ to usher viewers into the summer of 2025 with the at-home treasure hunt film premiering May 23 only on Apple TV+. The second trailer hits every treasure adventure film beat,...