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One ofAmerican Horror Story’s most rewarding (and least indulgent) delights is the revolving troupe of actors who return season after season to endure and explore whatever insanity and depravity series creatorRyan Murphyhas cooked up for them anew. With American Horror Story picking up Season 8 and 9 renewals this morning (in addition to Season 7, which was already confirmed), the door is wide open for all manner of wacky worlds for Murphy’s ensemble to walk into next and while we don’t yet know what themes lie ahead, we do know that two of the series most longstanding and fan-favorite actors are already on board for Season 7....

Apple plans to expand its wireless earbuds lineup with the upcomingBeats Fit Pro 2.The new model is expected to launch between late 2025 and early 2026, bringing significant upgrades to the fitness-focused earbuds lineup. Recent leaks suggest Apple will first release thePowerbeats Pro 2on June 24, 2025, before turning attention to the Beats Fit Pro successor. The current Beats Fit Pro received new color options in February 2023, indicating Apple’s strategy of refreshing existing models while developing next-generation products....

Avatar: The Way of Watercontinues to impress audiences worldwide.James Cameron’s adventure surrounding the Sully family goes back to the world of Pandora, home of the Na’vi. In a new behind-the-scenes featurette released throughThe Wrap, the team behindThe Way of Water’s production design talks about the process of bringing Pandora to life, whether in a computer-generated environment or a physical set built for the production of the film. Added to supervising the locations in which the story takes place, the team was also in charge of designing the creatures found in Pandora’s jungles and oceans, including the friendly tulkuns....

TheAvengers: Endgamebox office is poised to be absolutely unprecedented. Fresh off arecord-breaking $60 millionfrom Thursday night preview showings, Disney is now cautiously projecting an opening day gross of $140+ million and an opening weekend gross in the range of $300 million, both of which areinsane. Avengers: Infinity Warcurrently holds the title for the biggest opening weekend of all time at $257.7 million, so ifEndgamecracks $300 million, that’s not just breaking the record, that’s shattering it....

This is a re-post of ourBlindspottingreview from the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The film is now playing in theaters. Tackling race relations within the context of a film is no easy task. For one, there aregreatexamples that already exist to which you’ll always be compared. Additionally, it’s not exactly a subject that strikes people as simple to unpack, or even discuss. And yet it’s one that should be discussed far more often, and with more complexity, than it is now, as the relationships between people with different skin colors—especially in the United States—often suffer due to a lack of dialogue, and thus a lack of understanding....

When Season 1 ofBridgertonpremiered back on Christmas Day 2020, no one could have predicted how big the show would actually hit for Netflix — except, perhaps, those fans who already knew the romance genre’s enduring power and popularity. Based on the bestselling book series by authorJulia Quinnfirst published in 2000, the TV adaptation, which is set in Regency-era London, revolves around the titular Bridgerton family (of which there are eight siblings, alphabetically named in order of age: Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory, and Hyacinth) and their respective journeys to find love while also attempting to navigate the complexities of society — as well as stay one step ahead of theton’s notorious and anonymous gossip columnist, Lady Whistledown....

Yes indeed, filmmakersJoelandEthan Coenare actually coming to television. Unlike FX’sFargo, which is based on a Coen brothers film but has no involvement from the Oscar-winning writer/directors, Joel and Ethan are writing and directing a new Western anthology series calledThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs, meaning the next Coen brothers project is a TV series. The anthology hails from Annapurna Television, which is an offshoot ofMegan Ellison’s stellar production arm Annapurna Pictures, and the plan is to pursue “an innovative television and theatrical integrated approach,” meaning some portion of the series will likely get a theatrical release....

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (March 10th, 2016) Kristian Harloff, Mark Ellis and David Gambino discuss the following: The full-length trailer for Marvel’sCaptain America: Civil Warwas released today offering fans their best look at the movie yet –with a bonus first look at Marvel’s version of Spider-Man. The movie, Marvel’s longest to date, is about the government setting up a governing body to oversee the Avengers when the team splinters into two camps—one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity, and the other following Tony Stark’s surprising decision to support government oversight and accountability....

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, John Campea, Kristian Harloff, and Jon Schnepp discuss the following: It’s Monday which means our weekly box office report brought to you by our friends at AMC Theatres. For the second time this year, the all time opening weekend box office record has been broken. Earlier this yearJurassic Worldbeat out the firstAvengersmovie by making $208 million dollars. Now,Star Wars: The Force Awakenshas beaten that by $30 million dollars taking in just over $238 million dollars....

Update:McFarlane Toyshas provided us with ton of figures and construction sets from their popular toy lines andScorpion Comicswill provide some of their limited edition comics for giveaways at the Collider panels. A huge thank you to both companies! As I mentioneda week ago, Collider is the exclusive media partner of Amazing Comic Con Las Vegas. The convention runs June 29th to July 1st in, you guessed it, Las Vegas, with an expected attendance of over 35,000 people for the 3-day Pop Culture extravaganza....

The Netflix comedy filmEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Sagahas taken the world by storm. It may or may not have something to do with that fact that that world itself is a bit topsy turvy right now, and thatEurovisionis pure unfiltered joy encapsulated in 120 minutes, but the fact remains: people loveEurovision. Of course the chemistry betweenWill FerrellandRachel McAdamsas Iceland-born Eurovision hopefuls is a big part of why the film is so joyful, but its secret ingredient is the songs....

Netflix’sThe Witcherseries is just around the corner, and starHenry Cavillsurprised a delighted audience atCCXPtoday by turning up for Netflix’s mystery panel at the convention. Cavill was joined by series creatorLauren Schmidt Hissrichfor the surprise panel, where they discussed what to expect from their series adaptation of the beloved game/book series and showed off some footage, too. If you’ve been keeping an eye on all thingsThe Witcher, you probably already caught wind of the footage itself, which was the same trio of scenes they showed at SDCC earlier this year....

Christmas is just around the corner, which means it’s officially time to break out the Santa hats and egg nog and get down with your Christmas spirit. It also marks the start of Freeform’s 25 Days of Days of Christmas, which means that from now through Christmas, you can find a Christmas movie playing at any given time (well, almost, there some oddballs likeWilly Wonka & The Chocolate Factoryand a whole bunch ofToy Story)....