Uncut GemsfilmmakersJosh and Benny Safdiehave signed a two-year first-look deal with HBO that will see A24 executive produce all projects that fall under the deal, the network announced Tuesday. While HBO didn’t announce any new projects from the Safdies' Elara Pictures label, the mere fact that the siblings are taking their talents to television is cause for celebration ‘round these parts. I fully acknowledge that movies likeUncut GemsandGood Timearen’t for everyone, but they both feature the same scuzzy aesthetic that may prove to be a great fit for HBO, which has never shied away from telling gritty stories....

You won’t have to get too far into this new installment ofCollider Ladies Nightto learn thatSarah Paulsonis one of my absolute favorite individuals in the industry.I’m a diehardAmerican Horror Storyfan and marvel at her on-screen work across the board, but over the years, I’ve also come to deeply appreciate how her passion, honesty and attention to detail shines through in all of our interviews. At this point, Paulson has six Emmy nominations to her name and one win for her performance asMarcia ClarkinAmerican Crime Story, she’s directed an episode ofAmerican Horror Story, is an executive producer onRatched, just got a long overdue lead role in a studio feature withRun, and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down whatsoever....

Disney+ is about to introduce its very first Dutch drama series.Nemesiswill be an 8-episode psychological police thriller series based on the best-selling novel bySimon de Waal. The expected worldwide release date is currently set for fall 2023. Pupkin, a Netherlands production company, will be in charge of the project’s main production. It was also announced thatAfterlifewriter,Willem Bosch, andVan God Loswriter,Pieter Kuijpers, will serve as the series’ showrunners. Director of Local Original Productions at Disney+ Benelux,Mascha van Erven, released a statement announcing the series and praising the showrunners, stating that Bosch and Kuijpers were the “best storytellers within the Netherlands....

The villains from the CW hit seriesArroware known to be some of the best in the “Arrowverse.” With the writing team developing and fleshing out their characters as the series progressed, their deep connections to Team Arrow and the lengths they were willing to go to harm Oliver made the villains ofArrowmenacing and memorable.Arrowconsistently delivered villains that were engaging to watch, so that even when things weren’t looking good on the writing side of things in later seasons, audiences had incredible villains to look forward to....

Ever since his first appearance inBatman#1 in 1940,the Jokerhas been at the forefront of Batman’s Rogues Gallery, the yin to Batman’s yang. He’s been a criminal mastermind, a goofy prankster, and a sadistic psychopath responsible for the death of Jason Todd, who was the second Robin, and the paralyzation of Barbara Gordon inAlan Moore’s iconicThe Killing Joke.The Joker as a film characterhas garnered Academy Award wins for the lateHeath LedgerinThe Dark KnightandJoaquin PhoenixinJoker....

We live in a world over-saturated by superhero movies with obsessive fans clamoring for the next predictable energy battle finale and loudly campaigning for studios to release some director’s cut of the last big team-up movie. And then there’s Prime Video’s critically acclaimed bloodbath of a series,The Boysthat not-so-subtly pokes fun at all of that in the most delightfully grotesque ways. Season 3 doesn’t shy away from pointing fingers at its more family-friendly competitors—rolling out Vought-endorsed brand deals to sugarcoat racism, launching Seven-led documentaries on streaming platforms, and showcasing a Voughtland theme park that fully embraces rainbow capitalism despite documented homophobia....

Tell ya what, folks, over the six weeks I’ve been asking questions ofThe Mandalorian, the one I did not expect to receive a somewhat definitive answer waswhether or not this dude Mando keeps his helmet onwhile clapping intergalactic cheeks. (Hello, welcome to a review of a Disney show.) But such is the joy of Chapter 6, “The Prisoner”—slickly directed byRick Famuyiwa, who also co-wrote the script withChristopher L. Yost—which felt kind of likeSuicide Squadin space, or maybe a version ofRogue Onewithout that absurdly dull middle part that nobody talks about....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Loki Season 2. Not a lot of people were expecting to be touched by an MCU work after we learned aboutall the noise and confusion going on behind the scenes in their televisionbranches, butLokimanaged to stick the landing and get us thinking not only about its timey-wimey shenanigans but also about some deeper issues. In “Glorious Purpose,” the series finale presents us with some beautifully acted and written scenes, including one where Loki (Tom Hiddleston) confronts He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) about the inevitability of fate and how he could break the cycle of destruction brought upon the multiverse by the Kang (also Majors) variants....

The Young Popelives! Last May,we learnedthat HBO-Sky was looking to extend the life ofPaolo Sorrentino’s limited series with a follow-up season titledThe New Pope. The first season—which was written and directed by Sorrentino—followedJude Lawas the first American Pope, and now Law is returning forThe New PopealongsideJohn Malkovich, although details on their roles are being kept under wraps at the moment. Indeed, the final moments ofThe Young Popeleft the fate of Law’s character up in the air, and Deadline suggests that whileThe New Popeis a new series, it’s expected to retain some elements ofThe Young Pope....

[Editor’s Note: The following contains minor spoilers for She Rides Shotgun] She Rides Shotgunis preparing to release in theaters on August 1 and is already set to be one of the most emotionally charged crime thrillers of the year. Based onJordan Harper’s novel of the same name and directed byNick Rowlandto bring his signature grit to the adaptation, the film follows 11-year-old Polly and her ex-con father, Nate, as they go on the run from a dangerous gang of criminals....

There have been so many iconic slasher franchises over the years thathorrorfans have fallen in love with.Halloween,Friday the 13thandTexas Chainsaw Massacreare just a few key ones. However, no series took over a decade quite likeA Nightmare on Elm Streetdid in the ’80s.Freddy Kruegerhas been haunting our dreams since 1984. Now,he’s getting a killer new 4K box set. An Amazon exclusive, the upcomingA Nightmare Elm Streetrelease will be a limited-editionlibrary case seven-film steelbook collection....

When it comes to classic sitcoms, there are few sitcoms that have created as many memorable moments and stories asFriends. After all, every episode of the series is unique for its story of the week, and, despitesome poorly-agedmoments, the show continues to entice new generations, even as the live studio audience format has been phased out of many modern sitcoms. In the case of “The One with the Embryos,” the show was only made stronger because of the laughter from its spectators....

For some reason that is beyond me, my history teachers have never mentioned the existence of gigantic, sentient, robotic beings that have been at the center of mankind’s greatest military conflicts. Luckily, I no longer have to believe their alternative facts and massive, conspiratorial cover-up, becauseMichael Bayhas unveiled a new video that explores the “Secret History” ofTransformers. Apparently Transformers have been fighting alongside humans since the time of King Arthur’s reign, which is another legend that I thought was more fiction than fact until this day; thanks, teachers....