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Based on Suzanne Collins’ highly popular book series of the same name, “The Hunger Games” is a fine introduction to the cruel world of Panem. An Olympic-like competition where adolescent children fight to the death to become a lone victor, the “Hunger Games” is brutal and full of twists. Alliances are formed, betrayals come hand in hand, and love blossoms. Directed by Gary Ross, the first film adapts the first novel of Collins’ series brilliantly and introduces us to Jennifer Lawrence’s beloved Katniss Everdeen.

Let us delve into the details of the film that started it all.

The Hunger Games (2012) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis

The nation of Panem is ruled by the Capitol, which is a ruthless monument of autocracy. The usual troubles of an autocracy plague the good people of Capitol too. It leads to the rebellion of the working class. But fortunately for the Capitol, the rebellion was not successful.

There are few things that leave a more jarring imprint on the public consciousness than a celebrity’s private life being thrust into the open. The phrase “it’s not your fault” might seem to soothe, but the reality is harsher: there’s no real balm for a violation like the one Jennifer Lawrence experienced in 2014. For the actress, the world knew more about her body than her Oscar-winning performances in Silver Linings Playbook or her career-defining role in The Hunger Games. Her privacy was shattered by the 4chan hacking scandal, and in the aftermath, she faced the ugly consequences.

It’s easy for some to say, “Oh, she’s just a celebrity. What’s the big deal?” Yet, the truth is, there’s an overwhelming weight in being reduced to something so vulnerable, so personal. No amount of time can take back the invasion. In her candid interviews, Lawrence...

Rumors have been swirling around for a while about Ava Kris Tyson, a former frequent collaborator of MrBeast regarding her transition. There are claims been made all over social media, stating that Kris has detransitioned from Kris to Chris.

While there have been no evidence of such claims, these speculations have brought back the controversy Tyson was involved in back in 2024. Now that people are once again at her heel, let’s take a look at these rumors and debunk these claims behind Tyson’s evolving story.

Are the detransitioning rumors about Ava Kris Tyson true? Ava Kris and MrBeast | Credit: Instagram/@mrBeast

Recently, the internet has been ablaze with rumors claiming that Chris Tyson, who had transitioned to Ava Kris Tyson, is back as her former self. This unverified claim has been gaining traction but the lack any substantiation.

Tyson, who came out as a transgender woman in 2023, has...

Una brutal carrera con un solo ganador y sin línea de meta. © Diamond Films

Lionsgate ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de la película La larga marcha, adaptación de la célebre novela distópica escrita por Stephen King bajo el seudónimo de Richard Bachman en 1979 y dirigida por Francis Lawrence (Los juegos del hambre: En llamas).

La larga marcha se ambienta en un futuro distópico, en el que cien adolescentes participan en una brutal competición donde deben caminar sin descanso: si se detienen o reducen la velocidad de la marcha, mueren. Solo uno sobrevivirá.

La película está protagonizada por David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Charlie Plummer (Lean on Pete), Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), Mark Hamill (La guerra de las galaxias) y Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends), entre otros.

En una entrevista para Vanity Fair, Lawrence explicó lo que le atrajo del proyecto: «Todo lo que tenga que ver con una competición...

If you’ve ever watched or read Blue Lock and thought, “Man, everyone here is such an ego freak,” you’re right. But here’s the thing: that’s all intentional. Where other sports shows are all about those feel-good team moments, best friends, and heroes playing ‘for the team,’ Blue Lock just takes that entire idea and flips it on its head and throws it out of the stadium.

At the heart of all this chaos is the author of Blue Lock, Muneyuki Kaneshiro. And here’s the crazy part: he’s not a fan of heroes. Like, not even a little bit. In an interview, he basically admitted that writing characters who ‘live for someone else’ is really difficult for him. So instead of pretending otherwise, he was like: screw it! Let’s just create a manga where everyone’s totally selfish on purpose.

Blue Lock: A cast without heroes,...

Okay, settle down and listen up, because this premise is a doozy. In the near future, religious extremism leads to so many terrorist attacks that all the world’s faiths finally agree to stop killing each other. Instead, they’ll each train one martial artist and hold a big fighting tournament. The faith that wins will take over the world, and all the others will be outlawed.

That’s Lexi Alexander’s “Absolute Dominion,” and if it sounds more like a Patton Oswalt routine than a real movie, Alexander seems to agree. The movie literally begins with Patton Oswalt, playing a very Patton Oswalt-ish influencer, suggesting the religious rumble off the top of his head. He seems just as surprised as anybody that it went viral, let alone got taken seriously. It says a lot about contemporary culture that whereas once our minds boggled trying to imagine how the dystopian...

“The New Avengers” director Jake Schreier is in early talks to direct “X-Men,” Marvel Studios introduction of the mutant superhero team in the MCU.

“Hunger Games” writer Michael Lesslie wrote the screenplay.

The “X-Men” film franchise began in 2000 with “X-Men,” directed by Bryan Singer. This first film introduced audiences to the concept of mutants – humans born with genetic superpowers – and focused on the leader of the X-Men, Professor Charles Xavier, and the metal-clawed Logan/Wolverine, as they attempt to make peace with their rival Magneto. It was praised for its serious, character-driven take on the superhero genre.

Its sequel, “X2” (2003), built on the foundation of the first film, allowing for more mutant heroes and villains to appear while exploring Wolverine’s mysterious past. “X2” was an even bigger critical and commercial success, further establishing the “X-Men” as a powerful superhero franchise able to stand alongside the likes of Superman and Batman.

2025 is already shaping up to be yet another big year for Stephen King fans. With Osgood Perkins' "The Monkey" having come out back in February, the remaining months are paved with big screen adaptations of "The Life of Chuck" and "The Running Man," in addition to a television series based on "The Institute." In case that wasn't enough, it seems especially fitting that "The Long Walk, one of King's bleakest stories, is finally set to hit theaters in September from director Francis Lawrence and "Strange Darling" screenwriter Jt Mollner. Marathons will never be seen the same way again.

The harrowing premise of "The Long Walk" envisions a dystopian future in which a group of young boys volunteer for the titular event in which the winner gets to make a wish of their choosing from an ominous figure known as the Major (Mark Hamill). All they have to do is walk,...

Francis Lawrence’s take on Stephen King’s The Long Walk arrives this autumn. Here’s the trailer for the film.

Stephen King fans have been patiently waiting for an adaptation of his novella The Long Walk ever since The Shawshank Redemption director and frequent King collaborator Frank Darabont snapped up the rights years and years ago, with the intention of making it himself.

For various reasons, Darabont’s take on the tale of a dystopian future where teenagers walk to their deaths in a grotesque ‘sports contest’ never came to fruition, but with Francis Lawrence, director of several The Hunger Games movies behind the camera, The Long Walk is now finally on the horizon, coming to us courtesy of Lionsgate.

The film is slated to release in September of this year, with Cooper Hoffman, star of Licorice Pizza taking one of the film’s major parts, while David Jonsson...

As 2025 kicks off, several book to movie adaptations can be expected to move forward to completion, some with release dates already slated for the quarter century marker.

Mickey17, directed by Bong Joon Ho, arrived in theaters in early March. Netflix released it’s big-budget sci-fi film The Electric State, which is based on a graphic novel, March 14. The Life List arrived on the streamer at the end of March, and On Swift Horses starring Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter and Daisy Edgar-Jones hit theaters in April.

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man and Josh Boone’s Regretting You, which will likely follow in the footsteps of the Blake Lively-starring It Ends With Us and further pave a path for future Collen Hoover film adaptations like Verity and Reminders of Him.

Several other big screen adaptations of books are arriving on streamers and in theaters this year. Check out the full...

Lionsgate has released the official trailer and poster for The Long Walk, which is based on the 1979 novel by Stephen King. The film has not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

Opening in theaters on September 12, 2025, The Long Walk is an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?

From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films.

The cast includes Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, and Josh Hamilton, with Judy Greer and Mark Hamill.

The thriller, which features a screenplay by Jt Mollner, was produced by Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Francis Lawrence, and Cameron MacConomy.

Lionsgate is presenting, in association with Media Capital Technologies, a Vertigo Entertainment / about:blank production.

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Director Ethan Coen's Honey Don't! will rocket to the top of your most anticipated movies list after you watch its new trailer. The noir comedy stars Margaret Qualley as Honey O’Donahue, a private investigator looking into a string of mysterious deaths tied to a cultish church led by Priest Dean (Chris Evans). The trailer has that classic Coen crime caper energy, with a little more sex appeal than usual. The film is written by Coen and Tricia Cooke, who previously worked with Qualley on Drive Away Dolls, and also stars Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, and Billy Eichner. It will be in theaters from Focus Features on Aug. 22, following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

Sam Mendes' Beatles quartet taps Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan, and Jack Thorne as writers

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While Kaley Cuoco is well known for playing the lovable Penny in The Big Bang Theory, she has been mesmerizing fans with a variety of roles, since. Next, she’ll be seen in a thriller series, Vanished, where she is looking for her missing boyfriend. The series has been pre-bought by Amazon for several territories to air on Prime Video.

The announcement was made with a new set picture as cameras are rolling in Paris and Marseille with Barnaby Thompson set to direct. The image sees Cuoco, in character, behind the scenes as she holds a clapperboard, grinning ear to ear. In Vanished, Cuoco plays Alice. Per the logline, a romantic getaway to Paris takes a dark turn with the sudden disappearance of Alice’s boyfriend, Tom, aboard a train to France. She is then plunged into a web of intrigue and danger, uncovering secrets about the man she thought she knew.

"There's one winner... and no finish line."

Lionsgate has released the first trailer and poster for The Long Walk, a new Stephen King adaptation which is set to hit theaters this September.

This take on King's (penned under the pseudonym Richard Bachman) 1979 dystopian horror tale is helmed by The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence, and focuses on a group of young men who sign up for a gruelling annual walking contest - with some lethal rules.

Each contestant must keep his pace above 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h). If a player drops below this speed for 30 seconds for any reason, he gets a warning. If they get three warnings and fails to resume pace after 30 seconds, they are "eliminated."

Star Wars legend Mark Hamill plays the sadistic Major who supervises the contest, and the movie also stars Alien: Romulus’ David Jonsson and Licorice Pizza’s Cooper Hoffman, with Garrett Wareing...

There’s a brand new Stephen King book-turned-movie hitting theaters soon: The Long Road!

The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence is at the helm of this new thrilled. It’s described as n intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?

The trailer opens with a group of men signing up for a walking contest. What we learn in the trailer is that they’re shot to death if they slow below a certain walking speed.

The film stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, Josh Hamilton, Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill.

The movie will hit theaters on September 12, 2025.

Watch the trailer above, and see the stills in the gallery of this post as well.

Prolific horror author Stephen King has written about some pretty nightmarish things over the course of his long career, but one of his earliest works is also among his most brutal. First published under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman, in 1979, "The Long Walk" is a deeply disturbing novel about a dystopian alternate U.S. that holds an annual walking contest with only one winner — the last person walking. "The Long Walk" was later collected in "The Bachman Books" and has since become appreciated as among the author's most impactful works, though it's been notoriously difficult to adapt into a movie or television series. There's been plenty of apt comparisons to Suzanne Collins's "The Hunger Games" novels and their film adaptations, but "The Long Walk" is its own unique and truly nasty beast with its origins in King's personal history.

Director Francis Lawrence, who's helmed every "Hunger Games" movie to date save for the 2012 original,...

Mephisto'S Long-seeded Plan Comes To Fruition In Final Bring On The Bad Guys Issues!: "A long-standing scheme involving Marvel’s greatest supervillains is uncovered this June in Bring On The Bad Guys, a new seven-part saga celebrating the nearly 50 year legacy of the groundbreaking Bring On The Bad Guys trade paperback. The event begins this June in Bring On The Bad Guys: Doom #1 by Emmy Award-winning writer Marc Guggenheim and acclaimed artist Stefano Raffaele and continues in July with Bring On The Bad Guys: Green Goblin #1, Bring On The Bad Guys: Abomination #1, and Bring On The Bad Guys: Loki #1, each delivered by all-star creative teams. Today, fans can learn about the event’s final three chapters, on sale in August: Bring On The Bad Guys: Red Skull #1, Bring On The Bad Guys: Dormammu #1, and Bring On The Bad Guys: Mephisto #1, which sees Guggenheim return to deliver the event...

Filmmaker Francis Lawrence knows a thing or two about gruelling dystopian dramas with kids forced into do-or-die situations – since he’s directed every Hunger Games sequel, plus The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes. And before he gets started on Sunrise On The Reaping, he’s breaking out of the Hunger Games saga with… well, a film that seems to have more than a bit of The Hunger Games about it. Stretch your legs for The Long Walk, an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel (originally published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman), in which a group of teens venture off on – you guessed it – a long walk. If they can just keep going, riches await. But as soon as they stop, they die, and there can only be one victor. Watch the trailer:

It’s an intense premise, and Lawrence seems to have captured that, going by this first trailer. And...

"Walk... until there's only one of you left. Who's ready to win?!" Holy crap this looks intense! Lionsgate has revealed the first official trailer for The Long Walk, a riveting thriller from filmmakers Francis Lawrence & Jt Mollner. From master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games franchise films comes this grueling story of boys out on a never-ending walk. In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. The game is simple - maintain a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings, and you're out - permanently. Featuring a poster inspired by the original 1979 book cover. Starring Cooper Hoffman (from Saturday Night), David Jonsson (from Alien: Romulus), Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot,...

The first trailer for The Long Walk reveals the first look at a new Stephen King adaptation. The movie is based on King's first book ever, which was eventually published in 1979 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Set in a dystopian world, it follows a group of teenage boys who are competing in an annual contest called "The Long Walk," where they must maintain a certain walking speed or be shot and killed. The Long Walk adaptation is directed by Francis Lawrence and features David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman, Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, and Ben Wang.

Now, Lionsgatehas revealed the trailer for The Long Walk. The trailer introduces some of the main teenage boys, including Raymond Garraty (Hoffman), Peter McVries (Jonsson), and Hank Olson (Wang). As the boys walk next to a parade of tanks, led by the Major (Hamill), they seem in pretty good spirits at first. The mood changes when one boy cannot keep up,...

Those of us lucky enough to be in attendance at CinemaCon this year were in the first group to catch a glimpse of Francis Lawrence’s long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King's The Long Walk. A teaser was put on display during Lionsgate’s presentation that showcased the true terror of the film, which is slated for a theatrical arrival on September 12. Now, it’s the rest of the world’s turn to feast their eyes on the incredibly harrowing dystopian story that features Mark Hamill in a role that will wipe the goodness and virtue of Luke Skywalker from your mind. Today, the studio has at long last dropped the debut trailer for the long-time-coming movie that features an incredible list of young talent, including Alien: Romulus’ David Jonsson and Licorice Pizza’s Cooper Hoffman.

Written under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman, the King-penned book follows a group of young...

After spending years (and years) in development hell, one of Stephen King's earliest and most brutal novels is finally coming to the big screen — and we have proof! Lionsgate has released the first trailer for "The Long Walk," which hits theaters this fall. While King isn't one to pull punches, this is one of his most unflinchingly brutal works, with young men walking to their deaths while the last one standing wins a prize in a post-apocalyptic, grim vision of the future. Check it out for yourself above.

"The Long Walk" is very much akin to King's "Hunger Games," albeit without any YA flair. This is nitty, gritty, and very much R-rated. It perhaps makes sense that Francis Lawrence, known best for his work on "The Hunger Games" movies, is in the director's chair for this one. Lionsgate isn't giving us much by way of the plot, with the...

Cooper Hoffman is getting his thriller film debut thanks to two Hollywood staples, Stephen King and Francis Lawrence. “Licorice Pizza” breakout star Hoffman leads the long-awaited film adaptation of King’s first-written novel “The Long Walk,” which he published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Lawrence of “The Hunger Games” fame directs the feature.

The film centers on a contest in a dystopian America where 100 young men have to walk without stopping; if they pause for too long to rest, they’re killed on the spot. David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, and Josh Hamilton play Hoffman’s fellow contestants. Judy Greer and Mark Hamill co-star.

Jt Mollner adapted King’s book, which was originally written in 1979. The film adaptation for “The Long Walk” has been in the works for more than 40 years: George Romero first tried to bring the...

The entertainment market is so full of great and not-so-great Stephen King movies that live-action versions of the massively prolific horror maestro's work will no doubt soon count as a subgenre of their own. There are numerous guilty pleasures or otherwise underrated King movies among them, and everyone has their own favorites -- including the writer himself, who has very clear opinions about which King adaptations are the best ones. 

Now, another live action version is about to join the ever-expanding Stephen King section in the annals of cinema. "The Long Walk" is one of his older works, which he wrapped up way back in 1967. Published under King's Richard Bachman pseudonym in 1979, the story imagines a dystopian country where an annual, borderline impossible walking contest among representatives of the nation's youth grants its winner a boon from an ominous militant figure, The Major (played in the adaptation by Mark Hamill...

Prime Video has released the first teaser trailer for its television adaptation of E. Lockhart’s best-selling young adult novel We Were Liars, set to Holly Humberstone’s “Falling Asleep At The Wheel.” All eight episodes will be available on Prime Video starting June 18, 2025.

“Once upon a time, there was a mythical land where it was always summer,” Emily Alyn Lind’s voiceover opens the clip. “We were happy. We wanted for nothing.”

Lind will play one of the four titular “Liars,” Cadence Sinclair. It is from her point of view that the story is told. What seems like an idyllic summer vacation show a la The Summer I Turned Pretty quickly turns into a darker thriller.

The show’s logline reads “We Were Liars follows Cadence Sinclair Eastman and her tight-knit inner circle, nicknamed the Liars, during their summer escapades on her grandfather’s New England private island. The...

Francis Lawrence has helmed several cult classic films, including 2005's Constantine, 2007's I Am Legend, and all the sequels in The Hunger Games franchise. Now, he's further delving into the dystopian horror genre with a Stephen King adaptation.

The Long Walk is a project that has been long in the works, with several directors attached to adapt King's 1979 novel, including Lawrence himself. The director wanted the rights to the novel in the mid-2000s, but failed to get them and moved on to The Hunger Games franchise. Speaking to Vanity Fair, which revealed the official first look of The Long Walk, Lawrence highlighted the differences between the upcoming King adaptation and The Hunger Games franchise.

The Hunger Games franchise features a post-apocalyptic dystopian world where two teenagers from the same district, a boy and a girl, participate yearly in The Hunger Games, a deadly game that could bring glory to their district.

Kaley Cuoco's new thriller television series, Vanished, has received a new release update. A new photo of Cuoco from the set was also revealed.

Per Deadline, Vanished will air on Prime Video next year in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Filming is currently underway on the series in Paris and Marseille, with Barnaby Thompson directing. Cuoco plays Alice, a character who finds herself plunged into a world of mystery and danger after a romantic getaway to Paris results in the sudden disappearance of her boyfriend Tom on a train to France. Deadline's description of Vanished teases that Cuoco's character will uncover "secrets about the man she thought she knew."

Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games franchise) stars as Cuoco's boyfriend. The two will be joined by three-time Cesar winner Karin Viard, German actor Matthias Schweighöfer, Simon Abkarian and Dar Zuzovsky for the series. Vanished is created by...

Of the many Stephen King adaptations that are releasing this year on both the big and small screens, perhaps none is grittier than The Long Walk. Based on the 1979 novel of the same name, The Hunger Games' Francis Lawrence takes point on the new film, directing an ensemble cast through a grueling journey of self-discovery that promises to be a metaphor for both life and death. Set to hit theaters on September 12, we now have our first look at the new King film, which stars Cooper Hoffman as the book's protagonist, Ray Garraty.

The images from The Long Walk (seen below) come by way of Vanity Fair, and showcase a little of what we can expect when the film hits theaters later this year. There are a few images of the ensemble cast walking (natch), but there are also shots of stars Mark Hamill and Judy Greer, who play The Major and Mrs. Garraty,...

2025 will be filled with Stephen King adaptations. One of them is set to hit theaters early this fall and has already started treating fans to new goodies.

After the release of The Monkey in February, the follow-up adaptation is Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck. Later this year, two more adaptations will follow, one for The Long Walk and a new take on The Running Man. Ahead of The Long Walk's release on Sept. 12, Vanity Fair has officially released the first look at the dystopian horror.

The upcoming The Long Walk is based on Stephen King's 1979 novel of the same name, which he wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The upcoming dystopian horror adaptation comes from Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games), with Jt Mollner penning the script.

The Long Walk stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Mark Hamill, Garett Wareing, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Judy Greer,...

The first images for The Long Walk reveal Stephen King's latest movie adaptation. The dystopian movie is set in a future world that holds a competition called "The Long Walk," where a group of teenage boys must maintain a certain continuous walking speed or else they will be shot and killed. The film adaptation of The Long Walk is directed by Francis Lawrence and features Charlie Plummer, David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman, Ben Wang, Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Garrett Wareing, and Roman Griffin Davis.

Now, Vanity Fair has released first-look images of The Long Walk. The images mostly feature shots of the main ensemble walking, showing a look at the characters played by Jonsson, Hoffman, Wang, and more. Some shots also cut away from the main action to show the adult characters, including Hamill as the Major, looking stern. In another image, Greer stands against a gray building, holding her hands together.

At this point, can anything slow down Sinners? Even with Thunderbolts* out, Coogler's hit film raked in another $43M+ worldwide!

The film is a clear example that even the experts sometimes get it wrong, as there were questions about the film's profitability during its first weekend of release.

Dropping to 2nd place was #Sinners with strong $33M in 3rd wknd. Off just 28% despite losing all IMAX scrns, #SinnersMovie boosted domestic #boxoffice to $179.7M. $300M domestic final still in play! Intl up to $57M for $236.7M global total. $400M worldwide is possible folks! pic.twitter.com/WJ4F0bveON

— Gitesh Pandya (TikTok @gitesh.pandya) (@GiteshPandya) May 4, 2025

Warner Bros.'s Sinners has passed the $200M global mark.

The film grossed an estimated $10.4M internationally this weekend. Estimated international total stands at $57.M, estimated global total stands at $236.7M.#SinnersMovie #BoxOffice pic.twitter.com/zIIouOHhyb

— BoxOfficeReport.com (@BORReport) May 4, 2025

In only 17 days, #Sinners...

The Acolyte may have been cancelled after only one season on Disney+, but the story will continue through various novels and short stories. One of which comes in the form of The Acolyte: Wayseeker, which is set decades before the events of the Star Wars Disney+ series and follows Vernestra Rwoh as she rediscovers her place in the Jedi Order. Collider is elated to partner with Lucasfilm Publishing to unveil a new excerpt from The Acolyte: Wayseeker, which sees Jedi Master Indara dispatched by the Jedi Council to find Jedi Master Vernestra Rwoh. However, during her mission, she encounters the legendary Wayseeker. The Acolyte: Wayseeker was written by Justina Ireland, and the book will go up for sale on May 6.

The live-action counterpart of Jedi Master Indara is portrayed by The Matrix veteran Carrie-Anne Moss, with Rebecca Henderson playing Vernestra Rwoh. The Acolyte features a star-studded ensemble to bring the...

Stars Who Almost Made It To Game Of Thrones ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Game of Thrones has become so iconic that it’s nearly impossible to picture it with any other actors than the ones we know and love. Emilia Clarke’s fiery Daenerys and Lena Headey’s cold-as-ice Cersei are ingrained in our minds, but the casting process was far from straightforward. Before the show became the global sensation we know, several Hollywood A-listers nearly joined the cast, some even auditioning for key roles that would eventually make history.

Imagine a world where Mahershala Ali almost played a Qarthian merchant or Sam Heughan wasn’t swinging a sword in Outlander but instead vying for a role in Westeros! While many could have fit in seamlessly, others missed their shot, leaving us to wonder, what could have been? Let’s look at these 10 actors who almost made it into the world of Game of Thrones.

Ryan Reynolds may not be itching to make "Deadpool 4," but he's got plans to bring back the Merc with a Mouth. While nothing has been confirmed by Disney or Marvel Studios at this juncture, it has been confirmed that Reynolds is indeed working on a new project that will include Wade Wilson. The important twist? The proposed project movie would also include other members of the X-Men.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Reynolds is working on "various treatments" for a movie that would include Deadpool and three or four other X-Men characters. As for who exactly might join up with Wade this time around? That remains a mystery, but Reynolds previously shared his belief that Deadpool works better as a supporting character, so this news lines up with what the actor/writer/producer has said in the past. It also further builds on something Reynolds teased himself recently.

"I'm writing a little something right now,...

In the aftermath of Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds remained firm that he did not see another solo Deadpool movie in his future. That was despite the film grossing $1.338 billion, a number that validated the extraordinary amount of creative control he wields over the franchise, and which proved he was the most valuable new player in the Marvel Studios arsenal.

Now, nine months after Deadpool & Wolverine became the top-grossing R-rated movie of all time, Reynolds is quietly plotting his return to the character, but true to his word, it won’t be as the lead of a solo movie.

Reynolds is exploring ideas for a Deadpool movie that would feature X-Men characters, as well as continuing to script the Paramount comedy Boy Band after making writing a priority for much of this year before tackling other obligations, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.

The multi-hyphenate is working on various treatments for an...

The early aughts launched a wave of horror remakes, but they’re especially known as an era full of American remakes of Japanese horror classics. One such adaptation is Takashi Shimizu‘s 2004 film, The Grudge, based on the Japanese film Ju-On: The Grudge, which Shimizu directed in 2002. It’s not often the original director is brought on for the American adaptation, so this is a fascinating film even for just that reason.

In the film, “An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.“

The Grudge stars horror icon Sarah Michelle Gellar, as well as Jason Behr (Roswell) and Clea DuVall (The Faculty). It was a massive hit upon release, raking in a reported $187.3 million on a $10 million budget. It was released when I was a kid,...

Josh Hutcherson is looking for laughs again: The actor — who previously starred in the Hulu comedy Future Man — has joined Bottoms star/co-writer Rachel Sennott’s untitled HBO comedy series, our sister site Deadline reports.

Hunger Games vet Hutcherson replaces Miles Robbins in the show, in which “a codependent friend group reunites, navigating how the time apart, ambition, and new relationships have changed them,” per the official synopsis.

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Josh Hutcherson has joined Rachel Sennott’s upcoming HBO comedy series in a recasting, Variety has learned.

Hutcherson will take over one of the lead roles, which was played by Miles Robbins in the series’ pilot, as the role underwent changes after the pilot was shot and the show was greenlit. Sennott also stars in the untitled series along with Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman, and True Whitaker. Leighton Meester and Quenlin Blackwell guest star.

Hutcherson is best known for his starring role in the original “Hunger Games” films, and will reprise his role from “Five Nights at Freddy’s” in the sequel due out this fall. His other films roles include “The Disaster Artist,” “The Kids Are All Right,” and “Zathura.” Hutcherson also previously starred in the Hulu series “Future Man,” which ran for three seasons.

He is repped by Gersh, Tfc Management, and Hansen Jacobson.

Sennott’s series was picked...

Josh Hutcherson has been tapped as a lead in Rachel Sennott’s upcoming HBO comedy series.

Hutcherson joins the untitled show in a recasting, replacing Miles Robbins, who appeared in the pilot, after the character was altered during the writing process after the show was picked up to series by HBO, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.

Hutcherson, who is best known for starring as Peeta Mellark in “The Hunger Games” series, joins previously announced stars Sennott, who also writes and executive produces the show, as well as Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman (“Rotting in the Sun,” “Dave”) and True Whitaker (“Godfather of Harlem”). Leighton Meester and Quenlin Blackwell will also appear as guest stars.

The official logline for the series is as follows: “A codependent friend group reunites, navigating how the time apart, ambition, and new relationships have changed them.”

Sennott executive produces the series alongsider Emma Barrie, Aida Rodgers and Lorene Scafaria,...

Exclusive: Josh Hutcherson has been tapped as a lead in HBO’s upcoming comedy series created, executive produced and headlined by Rachel Sennott.

He replaces Miles Robbins who played the role in the pilot as the character underwent changes during the writing process after the pilot had been picked up to series.

The yet-untitled comedy revolves around a codependent friend group that reunites, navigating how the time apart, ambition, and new relationships have changed them.

In addition to Sennott, Hutcherson joins in the lead cast Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman and True Whitaker. Leighton Meester and Quenlin Blackwell guest star.

Sennott executive produces the series alongside Emma Barrie, Aida Rodgers and Lorene Scafaria, who directed the pilot.

Probably best known for his role as Peeta Mallark in the Hunger Games movies, Hutcherson will next be seen reprising his role as Mike Schmidt in...

Exclusive: Lionsgate is teaming with Pitch Perfect franchise and Last Breath producer Paul Brooks on worldwide rights to the survival horror film Rats!, which Lionsgate is launching for sales at the upcoming Cannes market.

The film will see New York City in a race against time to stop a killer rat infestation unlike anything the world has ever seen.

Todd Strauss-Schulson (Isn’t It Romantic) has been set to direct with Argyll producer and It: Welcome to Derry co-creator and co-showrunner Jason Fuchs also aboard to produce through his FiveTen Productions banner. Script comes from Paul Sado (Leo) and Strauss-Schulson. Smile and Argyll exec producer Adam Fishbach will also produce via his Fishbach Productions banner.

The deal follows Lionsgate’s collaboration with Brooks on the horror film Prey For The Devil, which took $45M worldwide.

As we reported earlier this week, Lionsgate will also be on the Croisette with the...

Everything To Know About The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

The Hunger Games franchise isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Less than a year after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes premiered, fans are getting a fresh prequel with The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. This new chapter promises to take us deeper into Panem’s past, exploring the events leading up to the infamous Reaping.

The world of the Hunger Games, introduced by Suzanne Collins in 2008, continues to captivate audiences with its dystopian thrill and dark political intrigue. As we dive into this fresh prequel, expect more deadly games, sinister alliances, and the rise of characters who will shape Panem’s future, before Katniss picks up her bow.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping: Release Date

Mark your calendars, Hunger Games fans! The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is officially slated...

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is shaping up to have a massive budget, and it could end up being almost double its predecessor, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The project goes on sale at next month's Cannes market.

Per Deadline, market sources hint that Sunrise on the Reaping will have a budget north of $150 million, with some sources saying as much as $170-200 million gross. For comparison, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' film adaptation had an estimated $100 million budget. Still, these Sunrise on the Reaping totals aren't as massive as they may appear; Mockingjay - Part 2 had a similar budget when it was released back in 2015, coming in at $160 million.

The Hunger Games remains a very successful media franchise, which will likely end up making the high budget warranted. To date, the film series has grossed $3.3 billion worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing film franchises of all time.

Exclusive: Sony’s 3000 Pictures has pre-emptively acquired film rights to Miss Archer, the highly anticipated debut novel by Pulitzer Prize finalist and acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Jordan Harrison. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force will produce through their producing deal at Sony.

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, won North American publishing rights after a heated 13-way auction from Julie Barer at The Book Group and will publish Miss Archer in early 2027. Harrison will adapt his novel for the screen. Elizabeth Gabler and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures alongside Color Force’s Head of Film, Khaliah Neal.

The novel follows Dre, a young woman hired to be a governess, and Albie, the strange boy she is entrusted to raise in an isolated, gothic mansion where all are forced to maintain the illusion that the year is 1884. At first, Dre works hard to embody the role of ‘Miss Archer,...

Todd Wiseman Jr.’s “The School Duel” is a near-future dystopian thriller that, at first, you may think you’ve seen before. The indie film, by its very concept, evokes “The Hunger Games” and “Battle Royale.” But it has a rawness to it, plugged deeply into America’s own current epidemic of school shootings and the gun culture that makes them possible, that also makes it absolutely unlike those movies.

IndieWire exclusively debuts the first teaser for “The School Duel” below. The thriller stars then 13-year-old Kue Lawrence as a troubled seventh grader, Samuel Miller, recruited into the Florida governor’s shocking solution for mass school shootings: The School Duel of the title, which pits teenage boys against one another in arena combat, wielding Ar-15s, shotguns, and other deadly weapons until only one is left standing. Some of the boys have been training for years for the duel. Others...

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reapingwill take audiences back to the world of Panem for a very special occasion, and the latest installment in the blockbuster franchise will start filming in July, according to Deadline. This means that the movie will be right on track for its scheduled November 20, 2026 release date. The film will introduce Joseph Zada as a younger version of Haymitch Abernathy, the character that was portrayed by Woody Harrelsonin the original film adaptation of the books. A couple of years after Panem returned to the big screen with The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Sunrise on the Reaping will depict a time period in the history of the fictional dystopia that has never been seen before.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will be based on the latest book by Suzanne Collins. After bringing Katniss Everdeen's (Jennifer Lawrence) story to an end, the...

Exclusive: Lionsgate’s franchise returner The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is set to be the biggest-budget project on sale at next month’s Cannes market.

Market sources tell us the film’s budget is being pegged north of $150M. Two sources tell us between $170-200M gross. While market budgets can be inflated to get a better sale price, this number isn’t shocking given the penultimate film in the popular franchise, made almost a decade ago, had a reported budget of $160M. But it would still be the biggest budget movie to hit a film market in some time, a market that has become accustomed to smaller genre fare and where tentpole franchises aren’t as common as they used to be. It’s hard to recall the last movie with a budget in this range hitting the indie market. The Irishman did, but then was flipped to Netflix.

2025 was supposed to be an exciting year for Rachel Zegler, who officially became a Disney Princess in the new Snow White remake. However, the project was one of the most controversial recent releases, and the actress is now moving on.

Following the disappointing run of Snow White, which has been review-bombed and critically panned, with poor box office results, Rachel Zegler has found her new film. Per Variety, Zegler will star alongside Spider-Man's Marisa Tomei in the comedy drama She Gets It From Me. The two will play a mother-daughter duo.

The upcoming film has Julia von Heinz at the helm, who previously directed 2024's Treasure and Germany's 2021 Oscar submission And Tomorrow the Entire World. Jay Reiss wrote the script. Embankment will launch global pre-sales in Cannes. She Gets It From Me will have 3311 Productions producing alongside Seven Elephants' Anna Werner, and Reiss.

Rachel always brings a brilliant depth and humanity to her roles.

The "Star Wars" franchise has one of the biggest and most detailed fictional universes out there, with the first movie introducing a world that was both recognizable and entirely alien. Sure, we had a princess, a cowboy, a wizard, an empire, and a rebellion, but it was firmly an alien world that felt unlike ours in most ways. And yet, in time, the franchise started looking more and more familiar. The way the Ewoks fought the Empire in "Return of the Jedi" was unequivocally inspired by the Viet Cong, and the prequels took this to a new level, featuring an American diner in space, an opera house, a NASCAR race, and more.

This is not a bad thing, necessarily. The prequels were more specific in their commentary and used familiar imagery to tell a story of a very fictional world that nevertheless can suffer the same political issues ours does.

When Miley Faced Depression In Silence! ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Miley Cyrus may have been the face of a generation as Hannah Montana, but behind all the glitter, wigs, and pop anthems, she was quietly trying to figure out who she was when the spotlight faded. Cyrus emphasised how she was incapable of making calls for herself as she reflected on her depressive phase of life.

In a raw and revealing interview with Elle, Cyrus opened up about the anxiety she once felt during her Disney days and her relationship with Hunger Games actor Liam Hemsworth. For years, she admits, she didn’t really know how to just be without someone or something to hold on to. “When I was with [Liam] or when I was on Disney, the thing that gave me the most anxiety was not knowing what to do with myself when Disney wasn’t there to carry me...