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MindhunterSeason 2 is gearing up to begin production, and the directors for the second season of the wildly engrossing Netflix drama series have been revealed. Created byDavid FincherandJoe Penhall, the series is based on the experiences of FBI profilerJohn E. Douglasand charts the early days of the FBI’s criminal profiling unit in the 1970s, specifically focusing on the new phenomenon of serial killers.Jonathan Groffplays the show’s lead, a special agent in the FBI’s Behavioral Sciences unit, and the ensemble is filled out byHolt McCallanyas his partner Bill Tench andAnna Torvas a psychology professor aiding in the unit’s efforts....

Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Ms. Marvel Season 1, Episode 5.Ms. Marvelhas taken the Marvel Cinematic Universe to an entirely new dimension, a new time period, and a new country. At the end of Episode 4, a battle between evil ClanDestine Najma (Nimra Bucha) and Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) sent Kamala to the past, specifically the day of Partition in 1947. But the next episode, “Time and Again,” left viewers hanging, focusing instead on a touching romantic storyline between Aisha (Mehwish Hayat) and Hasan (Fawad Khan), Kamala’s great-grandparents....

Oscar winnerNatalie Portmanwill executive produce and star inThe Days of Abandonmentfor HBO Films, which is currently in pre-production on the project. Maggie Betts(Novitiate) will write and direct the adaptation ofElena Ferrante’s bestselling novel, and she’ll also executive produce the movie alongside the author. The Days of Abandonmentfollows Tess (Portman), a woman who abandoned her own dreams for a stable home life, only to find her world thrown off its axis when she is in turn abandoned by her husband....

Exhibitors, who have continued to whine about home entertainment while doing almost nothing to improve the theater-going experience, are likely bracing for another tectonic shift in distribution. For most of the 2010s, studios have been trying to figure out how to thread the needle on premium VOD, charging a higher cost to consumer to bring top-tier titles for home rental after only a few weeks in theaters. Universal toyed with a $50 home released forTower Heistonly two weeks after it had been released, but an uproar from exhibitors put the kibosh on that plan....

Ryan Reynoldshas had an interesting career thus far as a performer. He’s an incredibly popular guy, and easy to love, but in some respects that “iconic role” remained elusive untilDeadpoolcame along. He’s tackled various types of characters over the course of his career, from romantic leads to wisecracking comedic foils to yes, superheroes, but he’s had a number of compelling and memorable performances that seem to go somewhat underrated. So we here at Collider wanted to look back and highlight the actor’s most overlooked turns from years past....

Created byDavid SimonandGeorge Pelecanos(The Wire,Treme), the HBO seriesThe Deuceis back for Season 2, as it jumps five years after the culmination of the first season to 1977, when the Times Square area of midtown New York was at its most lurid. With the dream of a mainstream X-rated film business a credible reality, disco and punk are reaching new heights of popularity, and police corruption is at an all-time high, the Mafia is looking to reap the profits of the porn industry....

Madrid’s production company, The Mediapro Studio is teaming up with Hulu Japan Season 2 of the thriller series,The Head. Season 1 was a huge hit and debuted in over 90 countries. DirectorJorge Doradois currently helming production of the English-language shoot in Tenerife in Spain. Dorado’s English-language Spanish series is a terrifying psychological series that follows Johan Berg as he tries to solve the mysterious murder and disappearance of a group of North Pole researchers, The Winterers, as they weathered the darkest part of the year for the region....

After teasing the first trailer yesterday, 20th Century Fox has made good on their promise and debuted the first trailer forThe Predator. Directed byThe Nice GuysandKiss Kiss Bang BanghelmerShane Black, the film starsJacob Tremblayas a kid who accidentally brings the Predators crawling back to eath when he discovers a piece of their technology – and naturally, the intergalactic mercenaries bring a whole lot of violent chaos with them that falls in the lap ofBoyd Holbrook’s assassin....

Prime Video unveiled the first full trailer for its upcoming seriesCitadel: Honey Bunnyat an event in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday. The series serves as a prequel to the mega-budget 2023 showCitadel, which starredPriyanka Chopra Jonas,Richard Madden,Lesley ManvilleandStanley Tucci.Honey Bunnycomes mere weeks after the premiere ofCitadel: Diana, the Italian offshoot of the ambitious franchise,orchestrated in part by the Russo brothers. The 90s-setHoney Bunny, co-written and directed by the popular Indian filmmaker duoRaj NidimoruandKrishna D....

With Sony Pictures’Jumanji: Welcome to the Junglenow playing in theaters, I was recently asked to cover the press junket in Hawaii for Collider. One of the highlights of this assignment was getting to interviewDwayne “The Rock” Johnson,Kevin HartandJack Black. All three actors along withKaren Gillan(Doctor Who,Guardians of the Galaxy) play in-game avatars for four high school kids who are serving detention for a variety of reasons. While serving their detention in the school’s utility room, they stumble upon a video game version of the “Jumanji” board game from the original movie....

It’s official: Universal has inducted a new member into the billion-dollar club withThe Fate of the Furious,F. Gary Gray’s wildly idiotic entry in theFast & Furiousfranchise. The blockbuster, which followed in the footsteps ofJames Wan’s giddily entertainingFurious 7, which took in $1.52 billion internationally, held onto the top spot for its third frame this weekend with $19.6 million domestically while it stands $1.06 billion at the global box currently. The movie itself is a profanely misogynistic mess but there’s simply no avoiding the victory here, especially for Gray, the first African-American director to helm a movie in the billion-dollar club....

For the last several years, HBO has been known to start the New Year strong. 2022 brought the Season 2 premieres ofEuphoriaandThe Righteous Gemstones, and 2023 brought the series premiere of the mega-hit The Last of Us. January 2024 looks to be no different with the premiere ofTrue Detective: Night Country. The fourth season of the hit anthology series comes four years after the premiere of Season 3 and has Academy Award winnerJodie Fosterand professional boxerKali Reistaking over the reins as the central detectives this season....

James Gunn&Peter Safran’s DC Studios will stroll full force onto the comic book movie stage withSuperman, which Gunn is writing & directing. But Clark Kent (David Corenswet) won’t be the only hero on the block, as the Man of Steel will be joined by other heroes, includingEdi Gathegias Michael Holt/Mister Terrific. Image of Mister Terrific recently surfaced online, but before production, Gunn had posted a few images hinting at Holt’s involvement in Chapter One of the new DC film universe, appropriately titled “Gods and Monsters”....