Cowboy Bebop Will Release a Tie-In Comic, Prequel Novel, and Making Of Book for Netflix TV Show

Titan Publishing has just announced a collaboration with Netflix to publish tie-in books and a new comics series for their upcoming seriesCowboy Bebop. The UK-based publisher will be releasing three new projects in the coming months:Cowboy Bebop: The Comic Series, which follows the crew of the Bebop on a never-before-seen adventure;Cowboy Bebop: A Syndicate Story: Red Planet Requiem, a brand new novel set in the world of the series; andCowboy Bebop: Making the Netflix Series, a nonfiction production diary....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Jerry Baldwin

Danny McBride Delivers a Devastating Update for His New Vampire Series

The Righteous Gemstoneshas ended, and HBO hitmakerDanny McBrideis looking for his next project. Many horror fans were hoping that he would next turn his attention toThe Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, a 2020 novel byGrady Hendrix; a Max adaptation of the novel was announced last year, with both McBride and fellow GemstoneEdi Pattersonon board. However, in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, McBride reveals that the project has stalled....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Craig Camacho

Ewan McGregor Is ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ in First Images from Paramount+ Series

The first look atEwan McGregor’s highly anticipated limited seriesA Gentleman in Moscowis out. The series based onAmor Towles’ book of the same name will see McGregor as Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, who is under house arrest for the rest of his life. The series has been the talk of the townever since it was announcedand now fans get to savor the actor in a completely new look finished with a moustache....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Jessica Riddle

Isle of Dogs: Meet the Cast in a New Stop-Motion Interview

ImagineTilda Swintonas a dog. Is your heart full yet? No, tryBill Murray. And if that doesn’t work, go ahead and imagineBryan Cranston,Scarlett JohanssonandJeff Goldblumas dogs while you’re at it. Fortunately, Wes Anderson is here with his first animated feature since 2009’sFantastic Mr. Foxto make this very good dream a reality. Anderson’s latest film,Isle of Dogs, heads to a fictional future Japan, where all the dogs of Megasaki City are sent to a trash heap island after fear of the fictional “dog flu” spreads....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Maria Austin

James Gunn on DC Studios Report: We Aren't Going to Make Everyone Happy

James Gunn, the newly-instated co-CEO of DC Studios, has responded to yesterday’s bombshell story byThe Hollywood Reporterabout major shakeups in the troubled DC Extended Universe film franchise. In a series of tweets on Thursday, the filmmaker admitted that some of what was reported is true, but also said that it will take some time before he and his co-chairman and CEOPeter Safranare able to provide a clearer look at the franchise’s future....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 668 words · Dylan Wallace

Jeff Daniels on Not Playing the Standard Bad Guy in Godless

With the upcoming Netflix limited seriesGodlessstarting to stream on November 22nd, I recently sat down withJeff Danielsfor an exclusive interview. He talked about how writer-directorScott Frankpitched him on the project, how they worked together to make sure he wasn’t playing the standard bad guy, the advantage to having just one director for the entire series and also having all the scripts before filming began, breaking his wrist on the second to last day of filming, the incredible production design, how he always wanted to be in a Western, and so much more....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 375 words · Jose Collier

Lupita Nyong’o Jokes About Her “Exclusive Contract" With Marvel and Disney

Opening this weekend – after playing the Toronto International Film Festival – is directorMira Nair’s(Monsoon Wedding) adaptation of theTim Crothers' book of the same name,Queen of Katwe. Scripted byWilliam Wheeler, the film is based on the inspirational true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda who, after being introduced to the game of chess, pursues a dream of becoming an international chess champion.Lupita Nyong’oplays the girl’s protective mother andDavid Oyelowoplays her chess teacher....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 534 words · Eric Ayers

Melissa McCarthy to Star in Netflix Comedy Series God's Favorite Idiot

Melissa McCarthyandBen Falconeare an adorable couple who seem like truly good people. That much is not in question. What is in question, however, is why McCarthy continues to work with her hubby, who has only had a negative impact on her career. On the heels of their woeful new HBO Max movieSuperintelligence, McCarthy and Falcone have signed on to star in Netflix’s new workplace comedy seriesGod’s Favorite Idiot, which I’m surprised isn’t about the Netflix executive who greenlit this project....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Jessica Wilson

Ming-Na Wen on The Mandalorian and Agents of SHIELD Season 7

In the final season of the ABC seriesMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. find themselves moving through different eras, as they work together to succeed at their latest mission. If they fail on that mission, at any point, not only could it affect their present, but it could also mean disaster for the past and future of the world. While the actors are saying goodbye to their characters, Collider got on the phone to chat 1-on-1 with actressMing-Na Wenabout how the show has evolved over seven seasons, what made the Season 7 version of Agent May a challenge, what she loves about MaYo (the May/Yo-Yo team-up), the May-Coulson relationship, saying goodbye to working with this cast, the mementos that she got to take home from the set, and whether she thinks fans will be satisfied with the series finale....

June 5, 2025 · 8 min · 1641 words · Douglas Smith

Movie Talk: The Lion King Live Action Movie in the Works

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (September 28th, 2016) John Campea, Kristian Harloff, Jon Schnepp, Jeremy Jahns and Ashley Mova discuss the following: Disney has officially announced that directorJon Favreauand the studioare putting together a new reimagining ofThe Lion Kingand are fast tracking it to production. The project follows the groundbreaking smash hitThe Jungle Book, directed by Favreau, which debuted in April and has earned $965.8 million worldwide. Like its upcomingBeauty and the Beastlive action reimagining,The Lion Kingwill include songs from the animated film....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 681 words · Peggy Price

Netflix Acquires Horror Movie Eli From Paramount

Netflix has acquired the global rights toCiarán Foy’s horror movieElifrom Paramount Pictures and will release the film in 2019, Collider has exclusively learned. Trevor Macyproduced the film via his Intrepid Pictures banner along withJohn Zaozirny, whileMatt Alvarezexecutive producedElialongsideMelinda Nishiokaand Jenny Hinkey. The script is credited toDavid Chirchirillo,Ian GoldbergandRichard Naing. Charlie Shotwell(Captain Fantastic) stars as the title character, a young boy who’s plagued by an unknown, debilitating illness that requires him to live completely sealed off from the outside world....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Brett Yu

New Onward Trailer Sends Chris Pratt and Tom Holland on an Adventure

Disney-Pixar has released a new trailer for their upcoming filmOnward, which will mark the studio’s first non-sequel release in nearly three years when it hits theaters next spring. Directed byMonsters UniversityfilmmakerDan Scanlon, the original story takes place in a suburban fantasy world and revolves around two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out in the world. For Scanlon, this story was inspired by his relationship with his own brother, and the film reunites him withMonsters UniversityproducerKori Rae....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Taylor Moreno

Olivia Colman to Star in Sam Mendes' Next Movie, Empire of Light

After earning a trio of Oscar nominations for1917,Sam Mendeshas found his follow-up, as he’s set to write and directEmpire of Light, a period love story that will star fellow Oscar winnerOlivia Colman. The project is set up at Searchlight Pictures, where Colman won her Oscar forThe Favourite. It will be her first time working with Mendes, who also wrote the script. Though plot details remain under wraps, the setting of the romantic drama involves a beautiful old movie theater on the South Coast of England in the 1980s....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Robert Ramsey