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Apple TV has set a new thriller series, Beat the Reaper, which will star The Bear's Will Poulter. The streamer produced three out of six of this year's Golden Globes nominees for Best TV Series, Drama (Severance, Pluribus, and Slow Horses), and one for Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy (The Studio)...

James Cameron offers a promising update on one of his forthcoming projects, a remake of the 59-year-old sci-fi classic Fantastic Voyage. The 71-year-old filmmaker just theatrically released his latest movie, Avatar: Fire and Ash, the sequel to 2009's Avatar and 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water. But Cameron still has more planned, oscillating between directing and producing. Released in 1966 and directed by Richard Fleischer (Soylent Green, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), Fantastic Voyage follows an intrepid crew who are shrunk, inside a submarine, so they can journey into a scientist's bloodstream to attempt to save him from a blood clot. Fantastic Voyage stars Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, and Arthur Kennedy. Cameron's remake of Fantastic Voyage has been gestating since the early 2000s, at least, but he says he is actively working on it right now. In a new interview with Deadline's Behind the Lens with Pete Hammond, while talking about movies made by 20th Century Fox, Cameron said: "Fantastic Voyage, which I've been nurturing now for a while […] I hope to get that going this coming year, absolutely."...

The winners of the inaugural Screen Awards have been revealed, an event which highlights accomplishments in movies and TV from 2025. ScreenRant, Collider, CBR, and MovieWeb all collaborated to select both the nominees and winners of the event, with critics and editors from across Valnet coming together to highlight cinematic achievements, dramatic storytelling, captivating performances, and more. BEST PICTURE One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures) [WINNER], Hamnet (Focus Features), Marty Supreme (A24), Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures),. Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema)..

One of the grittiest, bloodiest, and most realistic martial arts movies ever made is about to stream for free. Martial arts movies range from those attempting to be realistic, like Never Back Down, to films that hold the middle ground, like Ip Man and Ong Bak, all the way through to the wirework of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But even the most grounded of martial arts/combat sports films, like Creed, don't quite nail the action. However, in 2017, the most realistic martial arts film ever made was released. For those looking to get in on the blood-soaked action, it's about to stream for free. The film in question is A Prayer Before Dawn. If you've never seen the movie, it was quietly released in 2017 by A24, before the studio went mainstream with the likes of Hereditary and Everything Everywhere All at Once. A Prayer Before Dawn will stream for free on Tubi on January 1, 2026...

It looks like Netflix has once again had its path cleared to take over Warner Bros. Discovery after the company's board of directors has rejected the hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance's David Ellison. It was reported last week that Ellison had attempted to push Netflix out of the equation with a huge deal worth a reported $108.4 billion, but it seems that the WDB board has decided that Paramount's offer doesn't amount to what they claimed. Paramount came in hard with their offer, promising not only $30 a share but also a smoother and quicker overall transaction that Netflix can provide, along with a commitment to theatrical releases that has been a big bone of contention with the Netflix bid. The company's board of directors has now officially rejected Paramount's bid, citing "numerous significant risks and costs on WBD." A letter sent to shareholders (per the LA Times) states that Paramount has "consistently misled WBD shareholders that its proposed transaction has a 'full backstop' from the Ellison family."..

As revealed through the A24 newsletter and promotional posts and e-mails from Regal Cinemas, A24 will be partnering with the theater chain to provide free Marty Supreme popcorn buckets during the opening weekend of the film. The only catch is that the buckets are exclusive to Regal Crown Club members who purchase advance tickets to the movie. Much like the rest of the promotional material surrounding Marty Supreme, the popcorn bucket is a bright orange, resembling a ping pong ball with it's spherical shape, and the film's title and the tagline "Dream Big" written below it. This is the first big popcorn bucket released by A24 to promote a movie, and it makes sense since the project is reportedly the company's biggest film yet. It had already been reported by Deadline in November 2024 that Marty Supreme was the most expensive new package sale at that year's American Film Market (AFM) in Las Vegas. The 70 million-dollar budget movie became A24's joint most-expensive production to date. With how much has been invested into Josh Safdie's solo directorial effort, it only makes sense that the marketing team would pull out all the stops, including releasing a popcorn bucket...