James Mangold on the Problem with End-Credits Scenes

DirectorJames Mangoldisn’t too happy with movies tacking scenes (sometimes known as “stingers”) onto the end credits. Speaking at the 2018 Writers Guild Association Beyond Words Panel in Los Angeles on Thursday, Mangold said [viaDigital Spy]: “Now we’ve actually gotten audiences addicted to a fucking bonus in the credits. It’s fking embarrassing. It means you couldn’t land your fking movie, is what it means. Even if you got 100,000 Twitter addicts who are gambling on what fking scene is going to happen after the fking credits, it’s still cheating....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 768 words · Mr. Anthony Church

Kathy Bates' Reboot Legal Series Just Got Renewed for Season 2

Here’s one case that’s already been cracked:Matlockhas already scored a second season renewal on CBS after just two episodes have aired on the Eye Network. The third episode is due to air on Thursday evening.Kathy Batesis in the title role, in the series that is serving as a reimagined version of the series of the same name starringAndy Griffith.Bates is also joined bySkye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, David Del Rio, and Leah Lewis....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Benjamin Melendez

Kevin Bacon Talks They/Them, John Logan, and Balancing Charm With Menace

[Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for They/Them.] From writer/directorJohn Logan(Penny Dreadful) and produced by Blumhouse, the slasher thrillerThey/Themis set at a conversion camp hosted by Owen Whistler (Kevin Bacon), a man who makes it clear to the latest group of LGBTQ+ campers that the aim is to psychologically break them down, to set them free. But with a mysterious killer on the loose, they must find their inner strength in a fight for survival....

June 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1206 words · Tara Salinas

Knuckleball Review: A Lean, Mean Survival Thriller

Imagine ifHome Alonewas rated R, the folks breaking in were psychopathic killers, and Kevin McCallister was maybe a bit of a psychopath himself, and you’re on the right track of what to expect from the lean, mean Canadian thrillerKnuckleball. It’s a little reductive as a description, sure, but its an effective shorthand for the survival thriller from directorMichael Peterson, which follows a young boy through a brutal fight for survival against the psycho killer next door....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 653 words · Nicholas Cruz

Leonardo DiCaprio Taps Edward Berger to Direct Volkswagen Scandal Movie

Oscar-nominated producerLeonardo DiCapriohas tappedPatrick MelrosehelmerEdward Bergerto direct a film about Volkswagen’s Clean Diesel scandal for Paramount and Appian Way, Collider has exclusively learned. Emmy-nominated director Berger closed his deal last year, so his attachment is old news in industry circles, but hey, it’s new to the internet! PerForbes, Oscar winnerCharles Randolph(The Big Short) is writing the script, so this is shaping up to quite the prestige project for Paramount, though cameras are still a long ways from rolling....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · Sandy Mitchell PhD

Margot Robbie Shares Barbie Movie Details, Promises Surprises

In her decisions made both as a performerand a producer,Margot Robbieis one intriguing figure in the entertainment industry. She always seems to walk the line between popcorn accessibility and provocative button-pushing with her decisions. It’s with this bifurcated focus that made me look atthe initial announcement of her making aBarbiemovienot with skepticism or discouragement that “Hollywood’s out of ideas,” but with promise and intrigue, with a lens of “What is super-cool actor/producer Margot Robbie gonna do with such an icon?...

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Teresa Cain

Melissa Gorga Details 'RHONJ' Reboot Conversations With Andy Cohen

Melissa Gorgahas seeminglybeen talking withAndy Cohenabout the future ofThe Real Housewives of New Jersey.After Season 14 of the show, fans were afraid that it would get the same treatment asThe Real Housewives of New York Cityand get completelyrevived with a new cast,leaving the original cast behind. While Cohen hasn’t said one way or the other, the cast has continually said they don’t have answers. Now,Gorga shared that she has spoken with Cohen about the situation....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Michael Dillon

Moon and Me Creator Andrew Davenport on His Follow-up to Teletubbies

Twenty years since the premiere ofTeletubbies, creatorAndrew Davenportis back withMoon and Me, a new family-friendly show about a magical toy, Pepi Nana, who lives in a toy house with a family of comical toy friends.Moon and Meexplores what happens when toys come to life at night and breaks new ground in its technical and visual ambition, using sophisticated puppetry and stop motion animation.Moon and Mealso features an original song byMichael Bubléand is narrated byNina Sosanya(Killing Eve)....

June 5, 2025 · 5 min · 923 words · Hunter Davis

Mortal Kombat Movie to Start Filming in Australia Later This Year

More than 20 years after the last big-screen adventure forMortal Kombat, the iconic fighting game franchise looks to make a theatrical return with a new feature film. New Line Cinema’s highly anticipated epic action film will shoot in and around Adelaide, South Australia and will be shot on Adelaide Studios’ Sound Stages, utilizing the state’s world-class crews and acting talent, with post-production in South Australia’s internationally acclaimed visual effects and post-production facilities....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Brian Brown

Movie Talk: Fantastic Beasts to Have Five Movies

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (October 14th, 2016) Dennis Tzeng, Clarke Wolfe, Perri Nemiroff, John Rocha, Sinead DeVries and Wendy Lee discuss the following: It looks at though Warner Bros. has a lot of faith inJ.K. Rowling‘sFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themfranchise. During a live event yesterday that premiered three minutes of footage from the film,Warner Bros and J.K. Rowling announced that the movie is the first in a total of five feature films....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 577 words · Tracy Marquez

Movie Talk: Power Rangers Trailer Discussion

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (October 10th, 2016) John Campea, Kristian Harloff, Mark Ellis and Ashley Mova discuss the following: The first trailer for Saban’sPower Ranger’shas debuted online, giving fans a first and good look at the gritty and serious-looking movie based on the colorful 90’s series.Power Rangersfollows five ordinary high school kids who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove – and the world – is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat....

June 5, 2025 · 5 min · 860 words · Natalie Williams

Picard Season 2 Premiere Review: Time Is the Final Frontier

Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for the Season 2 premiere of Picard.Star Trek: Picard’s Season 2 premiere is off to a killer start. Quite literally, considering everyone dies in the end. Except, maybe not considering Q is involved with tormenting Jean-Luc, once again. But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. “The Star Gazer” opens sometime after the events of the first season. Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) has become the new captain ofLa Sirenawhile Cristóbal Rios (Santiago Cabrera) has accepted a command position aboard theU....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 652 words · Bradley Daniels

PS5 Launch Day Games and Free Next-Gen Upgrades

Got your hands on aPS5? Great! You’re one of the lucky ones; the rest of us cantry to get one by following our handy guide here. But a shiny new console isn’t worth the plastic it’s wrapped in if you don’t have any games to play on it. So with that in mind, we put together a list of launch-day titles and upgrades to existing games that are now available....

June 5, 2025 · 9 min · 1730 words · Cassandra Drake