It’s kind of hard to believe that, to date,J.J. Abramshas directed only one original film – but of course he was telling original stories long before his feature directorial debutMission: Impossible III. TheStar Wars: The Force Awakensfilmmaker first burst onto the scene as the creator or co-creator of TV seriesFelicity,Alias, andLost– three disparate shows with rich characters and a distinctly cinematic flair. And after the success ofMission: Impossible III, Abrams got the chance to reinventStar Trekfor a whole new generation with 2009’s thrilling, tremendously rewatchable reboot/prequel....

Super Bowl LIIisn’t for almost a week. Amazon’s Prime Video seriesTom Clancy’s Jack Ryandoesn’t arrive until August 31st. What do they have in common? you may watch theJack RyanSuper Bowl LII ad right now! Who doesn’t love instant gratification? The 60-second ad will be featured during the Super Bowl LII telecast onSunday, February 4th, and is scheduled to air immediately following the Super Bowl halftime show. The ad, which you may enjoy below, is centered on the renowned title hero (John Krasinski), who’s accompanied by “audio from historic political figures, including John F....

One of the many films to world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was directorDestin Daniel Cretton’sadaptation ofBryan Stevenson’smemoirJust Mercy. The film is based on a true story and follows a civil rights defense attorney (Michael B. Jordan) trying to free a wrongfully incarcerated death row inmate (Jamie Foxx). Just Mercy also starsBrie Larson,O’Shea Jackson Jr.,Rafe Spall,Rob Morgan,Karan KendrickandTim Blake Nelson. Before the world premiere, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Tim Blake Nelson, Rob Morgan and Karan Kendrick came by the Collider studio to talk about the film....

Truth be told, I’m still trying to wrap my head around the incredibleAvatar 2set photo ofKate Winsletfilming underwater. This photo, which was recently shared via theAvatarfranchise’s Twitter, sees Winslet in one of the many water tanks used on the first of four sequels. She’s decked out in the requisite underwater gear but also sports what seems to be a magnificent cape or pair of wings to go with it. Very little context is given around the photo (lest any details about Winslet’s character be revealed), which only contributes to the curiosity one might feel looking at it....

And this point in her career,Lily Rabehas an epic list of on-screen accomplishments including being a key cast member onAmerica Horror Story,starring alongsideNicole Kidmanin HBO’sThe Undoingand having a recurring role inBarry Jenkins’ upcoming historical drama,The Underground Railroad. On top of all of that? Rabe is headlining a brand new series hitting Amazon on Friday, February 19th calledTell Me Your Secrets. But all of that good doesn’t mean there weren’t bumps in the road along the way....

We’ve got yet another talent over at Pixar hitting feature director status, the director behind the Academy Award nominated short film,La Luna,Enrico Casarosa. With elements from his own childhood in the mix, his upcoming feature directorial debutLucaputs the spotlight on the title character (voiced byJacob Tremblay) and his best friend Alberto (voiced byJack Dylan Grazer.) While they may appear to be two boys having a summer of a lifetime on the Italian Riviera, they’re actually sea creatures from a hidden realm....

After some initial hangups, TNT’s eagerly awaitedThe Alienistseries is getting ready to go before cameras, which will commence in Budapest early next year. In what will surely garner more eyes on the project, the network announced on Monday thatLuke Evans(who’ll be seen next as Gaston in Disney’s live-actionBeauty and the Beast) andDaniel Bruhl(last seen as Colonel Zemo inCaptain America: Civil War) will star. Evans will play John Moore, a reporter and society illustrator for The New York Times....

The 2013 indieShort Term 12reallyistaking over Hollywood. That beloved if little-seen film featured future Oscar-winnersBrie LarsonandRami Malek, as well as future breakout actorsLakeith Stanfield,Kaitlyn Dever, andBrooklyn Nine-Nine’sStephanie Beatriz, and now the film’s director—Destin Daniel Cretton—is heading to the Marvel universe. PerTHR, Cretton has signed on to direct Marvel’s highly anticipatedShang-Chimovie, which will mark the studio’s first superhero film with an Asian lead. Word of the project first surfaced in December, along with the news that Marvel was fast-tracking it and had tappedDave Callaham(Wonder Woman 1984) to write the screenplay....

HBO has released a brand new trailer for the highly secretiveSteven SoderberghprojectMosaic, along with the announcement that the wholly unique storytelling experience is availablenow. Indeed,Mosaicwas one of the first projects that surfaced as part of Soderbergh coming out of retirement from directing feature films, but we didn’t know much about it. As it turns out, it was kind of hard to explain, and Soderbergh had been working incredibly hard to get this new technology ready to unveil the story to the public....

There’s a lot of uncertainty related to Warner Bros. Discovery this week, especially regarding their DCmovies. Withthe shocking announcementthatBatgirl, which was once set to premiere on HBO Max, will not be released in any capacity, many superhero fans found themselves wondering what would happen to their promising slate of comic book properties. While there are a lot of unanswered questions regarding the company’s plans under new CEODavid Zaslav, he came forward to announce that this year’sBlack AdamandShazam!...

Last night’s episode ofRick and Mortybrought us back to more familiar territory, with the titular drunk maniac and his titular vacuous grandson trapped on an alien planet in which face-sucking parasites alter their minds into thinking Summer is a queen. Yeah, that’s a whole lot to absorb, but when compared to last week’s episode, which was literally about series co-creatorDan Harmon’s writing process, this was a breath of egg-farting fresh air....

Ridley Scottsure is chatty! In doing press rounds for his upcoming sci-fi rescue flickThe Martian, which opens Friday, October 2nd, the veteran director continues to field plenty of questions about old franchises of his that are getting new installments. He’s already confirmed that the sequel toPrometheus, now revealed to be titledAlien: Paradise Lost, will be his next directorial feature; he’s also been attached as a producer on theUntitled Blade Runner Sequelfor some time now....

At this point, we don’t know all the secretsSpider-Man: No Way Homehas in store, but we know a good amount of them, which includes a mashing together of multiverses to bring back characters from bothSam Raimi’s Spidey series (Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin,Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus,Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman) and theAmazing Spider-Mantwo-piece (Jamie Foxx’s Electro,Rhys Ifan’s Lizard). And while there’s no official word on whether former Peters ParkerTobey MaguireandAndrew Garfieldwill appear, the unofficial consensus is, basically,come onnnnnn....