Best Sci-Fi TV Shows That Should Be Rebooted

Reboots of classic underrated and forgotten shows aren’t going anywhere. There are already so many in the works that we’ve lost count, butreboots aren’t necessarily a bad thing. The advantage of reboots is that they introduce newer generations to fan-favorite properties while updating the aesthetics and themes to coincide with the times. Science fiction and fantasy in particular make for ripe reboot fodder, because the genre doesn’t have a great reputation when it comes to inclusivity, and there are several shows that have great concepts which now feel dated because of production values and old-fashioned messages....

August 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1237 words · Cheryl Smith

Better Call Saul Season 6: Bob Odenkirk Breaks Down the Premiere

Editor’s note: The below interview contains spoilers for the first two episodes of Better Call Saul Season 6.The long-running AMC seriesBetter Call Saulmight technically serve as a prequel toBreaking Bad, but has carved out a storytelling niche all its own in the realm of drama television thanks to unexpected twists and phenomenal performances. The show chronicles the journey of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), a former conman who aspires to become a decent lawyer, through his seemingly-inevitable descent into the role of crooked criminal defense attorney Saul Goodman....

August 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1113 words · Lauren Stephenson

Bright: First Images Released; Will Smith Talks Social Relevance

Netflix is really going all-in on its original films slate in 2017. Not only did they pick up a serious awards contender at Sundance inMudbound, but they’ve got a genuine blockbuster on the docket in the form ofBright. Written byMax Landis(Chronicle), the film blends the worlds of a gritty cop drama and a high fantasy likeLord of the Rings, withTraining Dayscribe andSuicide SquaddirectorDavid Ayerat the helm.Will SmithandJoel Edgertonboth signed on to star as the project was looking for a studio, but Netflix snatched it up for a pretty penny and production began last fall....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 611 words · Robert Edwards

Carrie Coon Says The Gilded Age Will Be Edgier Than Downton Abbey

Julian Felloweshas an immense body of work to his name, but there’s no denying thatDownton Abbeystruck a very special cord, amassing quite the fanbase in the process. With that in mind, there are some mighty high expectations for Fellowes’ upcoming series for HBO,The Gilded Age. As the title suggests, the show is set in the United States in the late 19th Century when the country was in the midst of a period of major economic growth, but also severe loss....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · Matthew Taylor

Cinnamoroll Is Headed to SDCC With New Sanrio Loungefly Collection [Exclusive]

Delicacies await attendees of the upcomingSan Diego Comic-Con(SDCC) asLoungeflyand Sanrio team with Collider to exclusively unveil the latest merchandise rollout to come from their Cinnamoroll collection. A world of colorful wonder will wow buyers in the forms of a mini backpack, a zip around wallet, a three-inch collector’s box pin, and a 3D keychain all from the pastel world created by Sanrio andMiyuki Okumura. But the only way to get your hands on these sweet treats is by tracking them down in the sprawling halls and rooms of this summer’s SDCC....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Alexis Rodgers

Cleopatra Director Patty Jenkins Discusses Her Version of the Classic Story

DirectorPatty Jenkins’ blockbuster sequelWonder Woman 1984hits theaters and HBO Max on Christmas Day, and Collider’s Steve Weintraub recently got to talk with her about the highly anticipated film and her career as a filmmaker. During the discussion, Jenkins revealed some details about her upcoming filmCleopatra, which is set to starWonder Woman’sGal Gadotas the legendary Egyptian ruler. Cleopatra has famously been the subject of several films, most notably the 1963 film starringElizabeth TaylorandRichard Burton....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Samantha Cruz

Common on Barbershop 3, Suicide Squad, and John Wick 2

More than 10 years since we last saw Calvin’s Barbershop,Barbershop: The Next Cutshows that Calvin (Ice Cube) and his longtime crew are still there, but the shop has undergone some major changes, most noticeably that it is now co-ed and with its own new flavor of drama and gossip. But despite the love and laughs they get from their clients, the surrounding community has taken such a turn for the worse than Calvin and his friends decide to come together to try to save the shop and their neighborhood, before it’s too late....

August 2, 2025 · 9 min · 1893 words · Kevin Ferguson

Daft Punk to Score Dario Argento's Crime Movie Black Glasses

Daft Punkhasn’t released an album since 2013, but the electronic music duo are set to compose an original score forDario Argento’s next movie, the crime filmBlack Glasses. Not only have Daft Punk membersThomas BangalterandGuy-Manuel de Homem-Christoagreed to create new music for the Italian filmmaker, but they came to Argento with the idea, as they’re both fans of the director’s genre work. “They are my admirers, they know all my cinema,” Argento told Italian outletRepubblica(via Exclaim!...

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Kenneth Mcdonald

David Fincher Explains Why He’s Optimistic About the Future of Movies

The film industry has been going through some significant changes over the past nine months or so, but in truth it’s been going through a transformation of sorts for a long, long time. As blockbusters and franchises started cracking $1 billion at the box office, studios started putting most of their eggs in those baskets, leaving less money on the table for mid-range dramas or comedies. The arrival of Netflix and other streaming services further disrupted the paradigm, and as studios began making less non-franchise fare, those kinds of films (and filmmakers) flocked to Netflix, Amazon, and Apple to make the kinds of human dramas that big studios used to tout — sans a major theatrical release....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 649 words · Anita Chen

Escape Plan 2 Trailer: Sylvester Stallone Stages a New Prison Breakout

Last time we sawSylvester Stallone’s security expert Ray Breslin, he was breaking out of an impenetrable prison facility in the 2013 action thrillerEscape Plan. This time, he’s breaking in. Sylvester returns (sansArnold Schwarzenegger) for the long-awaited sequelEscape Plan 2: Hades, which sees Breslin finding some new muscle and teaming up withDave Bautista’s Trent DeRasa to find a way into an ultra-secure hidden prison known as Hades. There, the duo have to rescue their kidnapped team members and make their way back to the outside world again before they get locked up forever… or worse....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Timothy Ramos

First ‘Three Women’ Images: Shailene Woodley Is Ready to Tell Their Stories

It’s official! After beingdropped by Showtimeduring a major network purge back in February, the unreleased seriesThree Womenhas beenpicked up by Starz. After shopping the project around to other potential homes including HBO and Amazon, Starz has officially crossed the t’s and dotted the i’s to bring theShailene Woodley,Betty Gilpin,DeWanda Wise, andGabrielle Creevy-leddrama to the platform. Adapted fromLisa Taddeo’s #1 New York Times bestselling book of the same name,Three Womenwill center around a trio of women whose lives change in major ways throughout the 10-episode series....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Tabitha Wilson

For All Mankind’s Cast on What It's Really Like Filming Those Space Scenes

Shortly before taking the stage at San Diego Comic-Con,where they announced a Season 4 pickup on Apple TV+, I got to speak withFor All Mankindcreators and showrunnersBen NediviandMatt Wolpertalong with cast membersJoel Kinnaman,Krys Marshall,Cynthy Wu,Casey Johnson, andCoral Peña. During the fun interview, they talked about what’s coming up in the final episodes of Season 3, what it’s really like making the series, what fans would be surprised to learn about the show, when the cast thinks the series will introduce a starship like theEnterpriseonStar Trek, and Season 4....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · William Chang

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko: Tickets on Sale for Theatrical Fan Event

The New York-based animation distributor GKIDS has announced that tickets are now being sold forAyumu Watanabe’s (Children of the Sea) most recentanimefilm,Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, which will be having a special premiere event and a limited theatrical release next month. Tickets went on sale this weekend on Saturday, April 29. From acclaimed Studio 4°C, the anime film is based onKanako Nishi’s 2014 novelNikuko of the Fishing Harbor(“Gyokō no Nikuko-chan” in the original Japanese) which has sold over 350,000 print copies....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Matthew Ferguson