As the pandemic winds down, Marvel is opening the floodgates with endless movies they’ve been building up alongside their string of Disney+ shows. One of the big series on the horizon is Hawkeye, starring Jeremy Renner reprising his role as badass archer Clint Barton. The retired Avenger gives it one more go in a story inspired by one of his most popular comic book runs. Hawkeye Release Date Back at SDCC 2019 Marvel announced that Hawkeye would arrive in Fall of 2021, but it’s not yet clear if the COVID pandemic impacted that....

With 2021 grinding to a halt, Marvel Studios had one final gift to offer fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the form of its Hawkeye finale on Disney+. The episode, entitled “So This Is Christmas”, leans into the lyrics of the John Lennon song it appears to be referencing and hopes that the fighting will stop, and that the war will be over. “What have you done?” seems to have been a little out of the show’s reach, but we’ll get to that....

The Suicide Squad is set to premiere Aug. 5 on HBO Max. This film featuring some of DC Comics’ most curious villains borrows its name, format, and many of its characters from the David Ayers-directed 2016 film Suicide Squad. This time around, the rogues gallery is directing by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) and his colorful disposition. In addition to The Suicide Squad, August sees the arrival of the Hugh Jackman-starring Reminiscence on Aug....

The Targaryens are a complicated dynasty, and not just because they marry their siblings. When the peroxide clan came to Westeros, they dragged the weight of history with them. (And by ‘came’ read ‘invaded and brutally subjugated with dragons’.) By the time Aegon the Conqueror and his two sister-wives flew in and violently imposed unified rule on the Seven Kingdoms, the family had already lost an empire and their homeland....

Yes, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Simon Kinberg has signed on to write and produce the long-gestating Battlestar Galactica film. Kinberg is best known for his work writing and/or producing all of the X-Men movies after Bryan Singer left the franchise in X2. He will join Dylan Clark as a producer “Battlestar Galactica is one of the holy grails in science fiction, and I couldn’t be more excited about bringing something new to the franchise, while honoring what’s made it so iconic and enduring,” said Kinberg in a statement....

And that’s because The Peripheral, based on a book 2014 book from genre titan William Gibson, actually features two futures. Produced by Westworld‘s Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, The Peripheral takes place in both 2032 and 2099. In 2032, Appalachian everywoman Flynne Fisher (Chloë Grace Moretz) and her brother Burton (Jack Reynor) work as professional gamers who rich clients hire to assist them through particularly difficult portions of popular games....

But as the island’s mysterious host Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña) warns, some fantasies don’t play out as the guests expect and once they’ve started, they can’t be stopped. Not only that, but the guests also soon discover that their fantasies are not only terrifyingly real, but connect in ways they never foresaw. Who or what is behind it all? Is Mr. Roarke on the level? And what is Michael Rooker doing there?...

One of the subtler and longer-running threads of this series has been the plot around geneticist Adam Soong, ancestor of Data’s creator and excuse to keep casting Brent Spiner after Data has been killed off. But Soong’s plotline is more than just “A 400 year-long male line of eerily identical mad scientists” and it ties into a piece of plot arc and worldbuilding that traces back to one of Star Trek’s earliest and best-loved episodes....

When Robin Hood asks the woman he loves to do him a favor—secret a message to her cousin—she doesn’t hesitate to say yes, but not for her King and not for her country. She simply says, “I’ll do it for you.” That is when composer Michael Kamen’s “Maid Marian” suite swells to operatic heights for the first time in the movie, losing itself in a swoon of its own orchestral making....

Henry James (probably known as Hank Jim to his friends) is one of the most prominent and prolific writers of his era. Originally appreciated for his novels like The Portrait of a Lady and The Ambassadors, James is now best-known for his 1898 work The Turn of the Screw, an eerie, ambiguous ghost story novella that would become one of the most enduring Gothic horror texts ever. The Turn of the Screw has been adapted dozens of times into films, operas, ballets, and more....

While we’re going to have to wait a little while longer for Hitman 3, Remedy’s Control is available for Nintendo Switch right now. That’s great news for Nintendo Switch gamers who never got the chance to experience one of the best games of 2019, but it’s the kind of shocking revelation that will surely leave many Switch owners with a hundred unanswered questions. While the answers to some of those questions will come in time, here’s a brief rundown of the important things you need to know if you want to stream Control on the Nintendo Switch....

WandaVision‘s stunning finale alters the landscape of the MCU by posing a series of questions that set up Marvel Studios’ biggest post-Endgame plans. It’s could be years until we get definitive answers to all of those questions, but there’s little doubt that we’ll eventually look back on WandaVision as the bold experiment that laid the groundwork for whatever comes next. Still, there’s a good chance that when people think back on WandaVision years from now, it won’t be the MCU elements of the show they remember most fondly....

Interview with the Vampire Episode 3 Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire episode 3, “Is My Very Nature That of A Devil,” is a turning point in a series about transformation. Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) debates revisionist history with Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson), words are said, tapes are burned, and tongues are bit. Daniel plays a portion of the 1973 original interview tapes where Louis calls himself Lestat de Lioncourt’s (Sam Reid) “complete superior,” and concludes he had been “sadly cheated in having him for a teacher....

Netflix’s creative new heist-thriller Kaleidoscope is joining in on this recurring theme of supposed-realism. The show tells the story of a criminal team of thieves who attempt to break into a vault holding billions of dollars in bearer bonds. Viewers are all given a different order to watch the episodes in, encouraging people to come at the series from a different perspective from their streaming peers. The show always ends with the point of this whole shebang: the heist itself....

For those who haven’t kept up to date on what’s going on with Bond 26, or just want a better picture of what’s next for the franchise as a whole, here’s what you need to know about the future of 007 at the movies… Bond 26 Release Plans: When Will We Even See This Movie? The first major factor to consider is timing. No Time to Die released just last year, so to expect a major announcement as to the future of the series this soon is wishful thinking....

“Johnny Depp will depart the Fantastic Beasts franchise. We thank Johnny for his work on the films to date,” Warner Bros. said in a statement (via Variety). “Fantastic Beasts 3 is currently in production, and the role of Gellert Grindelwald will be recast. The film will debut in theaters worldwide in the summer of 2022.” For some, this forced resignation is a long time coming. Depp’s involvement as Grindelwald in the first Fantastic Beasts film was not only minimal but was impressively kept a secret prior to the release of the film....

During an interview with Sheraz Farooqui, Fisher opened up about his need to speak out on what he’s dubbed “Accountability > Entertainment” since last summer, which was when he first accused director Joss Whedon of “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable” behavior on Justice League’s additional photography. It’s also behavior he alleges that producers Geoff Johns and Jon Berg enabled, including when Johns threatened the actor’s career, according to Fisher....

Well. It’s a safe bet that nobody saw that coming. Your eyes do not deceive you, General Zod is now in charge of Krypton, and from the looks of things, he is on a path to expanding their sphere of influence throughout the galaxy. Adam Strange is trapped in a living hellscape. Seg-El is trapped in the Phantom Zone. Talk about a cliffhanger. Krypton showrunner Cameron Welsh was kind enough to give us a call with an eye on helping everyone make sense of that crazy Krypton season finale....

Since 1932, LEGO has been delighting kids of all ages with its immensely fun construction sets. It’s fitting that the word LEGO purportedly translates to “play well,” because that’s exactly what the beloved playthings do consistently. Due to its interactive nature, LEGOs allow users to build whatever they desire, resulting in that rare thing—a toy that never loses its novelty and one whose play value seems to grow exponentially as time goes by....

As is the case with the Star Wars films, though, the ability to experience all these adventures at once also raises questions about the “best” order to experience them in. The Skywalker Saga lets you choose to start your session in The Phantom Menace, A New Hope, or The Force Awakens (the first entries in each sub-trilogy). Once you beat one of those games, you’re able to move on to the next entry in that trilogy....