Russia has once again won a space race, this time against Hollywood. The country has announced plans to shoot directorKlim Shipenko’s next filmThe Challengefor twelve days in space, beatingTom Cruise’s untitled passion project. While the latter film currently does not have a shooting schedule, The Challenge’s record-breaking shoot might be just around the corner. If everything goes according to plan,The Challenge’s production crew could be lifting off on October 5th. Over the past year, the team has been training at the Yuri Gagarin Center for Cosmonaut Training in Moscow, with the facility approving the shoot their approval on September 16th....

Ritual killings have always been a popular concept for crime and horror thrillers but it’s definitely become more widespread now than ever, with movies likeThe Ritual Killer(2023)joining and elevating the trend. The crime action-thriller explores the dark and sinister world of a mysterious man who uses ancient rituals to kill people. The plot follows a grieving father who lost his daughter and an anthropology professor with secrets embarking on a hunt together for the said killer who has claimed the lives of two innocent girls....

Well it’s official,xXx 4is a go. Not only that, butVin Dieselhimself now owns the franchise rights toxXx, as it was announced last night that Diesel acquired the rights from Revolution Studios alongside The H Collective, which is financing the follow-up and is also backing an untitled new horror film produced byJames Gunn. Diesel will be reprising his role as Xander Cage inxXx 4andxXx: The Return of Xander CagedirectorD.J. Carusowill also helming the next installment, with filming slated to begin this coming December....

Magic Mikemay have dancing hunks with abs of steel, butThe Greatest Showman on Earthwill havesinging-and-dancinghunks with abs of steel.Zac Efronis in talks to team withHugh Jackmanin the biopic of Barnum & Bailey Circus founderP.T. Barnumthat has been in the works in some form for years. Jackman has been attached since 2009, oddly enough, the same year that Efron joined him on the Oscars stage for a number called “The Musical Is Back....

[Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for Season 7 of SEAL Team.] In the final season of theParamount+seriesSEAL Team, Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) and his elite BRAVO unit of Navy SEALs have fought their way off the sidelines and back into the field. Dealing with a traumatic brain injury and a new team member that has shaken things up and caused some tension is a distraction that could prove deadly when you’re working to execute dangerous, high-stakes missions....

[Editor’s note: The following contains major spoilers for Season 2 of Found.] TheNBCseriesFoundfollows Gabi Mosely (Shanola Hampton), a kidnapping survivor turned advocate for the missing who had been keeping the monster that haunted her nightmares chained in her basement until his escape. Since walking free again, Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) has spent Season 2 not only threatening Gabi, but tormenting the entire team of M&A, raising the tension between them to an all-time high....

One of the most memorable scenes in Hulu’sThe Bearcame at the end of the seventh episode of the show’s second season. Titled “Forks,” the episode was centered entirely around the fan-favorite character of Cousin Richie, played with great vulnerability in the show byEbon Moss-Bachrach. The character was introduced as a bit of a lovable knucklehead, but through the course of the second season, heevolved into the best version of himself, both professionally and personally....

Apple TV+‘sAcapulcotells a unique story of the kind and ambitious Maximo (Enrique Arrizon) as he tries to make something of himself. With the frame narrative, the series intertwines the past and future as an adult Maximo (Eugenio Derbez) looks back on his life, recounting his story to his nephew, Hugo (Raphael Alejandro). However, with the many twists, the story needs reviewing beforeSeason 3begins.Maximo has become an important part of Las Colinas Resort, though his rise is not without mistakes....

The popular animated Netflix seriesArcaneSeason 2, set in Riot’sLeague of Legendsuniverse,boasts a hefty production cost of $250 million. The series’ executive music producer,Alex Seaver, is spilling the nitty-gritty details on why thehighly anticipated second and final seasonflaunts a generous price tag and the major reason was the synergy between all parties involved to create a meticulous final product. In an interview withScreen Rant, Seaver explained that the prolonged production time and fat budget forArcaneSeason 2was partly a result ofRiot Games wanting to guarantee that the series’ production was spick and span....

Crunchyroll has finally set a date to release the English dub ofAttack on Titan’s final batch of episodes. The final arc of the Japanese anime hit series has Ehren (voiced in English byBryce Papenbrook) leading a final fight against the human-eating giants that have pushed society to the brink of extinction. The beginning of the end, titledAttack on Titan: The Final Chapters Special 1, is set to debut on September 10 on the anime streaming platform....

It’s been a slow, steady march to the moment when the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s biggest big bad, Thanos, picks up the mantle as the villain at the forefront of the Avengers universe. He finally picked up his infamous gauntlet at the end ofAvengers: Age of Ultron, but there’s still a ways to go until he throws it back down inAvengers: Infinity War. Josh Brolin, who plays the iconic comic villain, is currently at the Toronto International Film Festival to promoteSicario–in which he co-stars alongside fellow MCU residentBenicio Del Toroand fan-favorite forCaptain Marvel,Emily Blunt– so when Steve sat down to talk with him about that film, he also took the opportunity to ask about Thanos....

Last week we saw new releases on the big screen, like1992, which was a drama about the Rodney King Riots in L.A. that year, the biopic on former PresidentReagan, and the artificial intelligence thriller,AfrAId. However, despite their successful theatrical releases, none of the films were able to break the box office chokehold thatDeadpool & Wolverinehas had since the film’s release six weeks ago. Second place went toAlien: Romulusin the film’s third week, taking the seat of the natural disaster thriller,Twisters....

Read update It is hard to go wrong with any episode you choose ofIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It’s the longest-running live-action sitcom for a reason, though it leans hard into dark humor and generally requires every trigger warning on the book before you settle in. With Season 15 wrapped as of December 2021 and the show renewed at least up until Season 18, there’s no time like the present to look back over some of the episodes that make it great....