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Simon Pegg would be “so happy” if a fourth Star Trek movie got made.The 55-year-old actor has starred in director J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi franchise as Scotty from 2009’s Star Trek to 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, and Pegg has said he would love to make another film so he can see his co-stars again.Speaking on a panel at Stlv: Trek to Vegas 2025, he told fans: “J.J. has always said that there are scripts being developed and this and that. I think it's about time. It would be great to see us 10 years after the five-year mission, where we are.“If we make another Star Trek, I'll be so happy because I just want to see my friends again. I see them occasionally. “They all live in Los Angeles. I saw Zoe [Saldaña] this year, which was lovely. I saw Karl [Urban] a couple of times when I was working on The Boys.

Star Wars and Disney Plus have gone hand-in-hand for over half a decade. Just as Marvel Studios has, the Lucasfilm franchise has successfully brought one of the most successful silver screen sagas to the small screen to tell a host of new stories via the now-iconic streaming service. It hasn't been completely smooth-sailing, but for the most part, it has marked a gripping new chapter in the ancient Star Wars lore, providing us with plenty of thrilling new stories in that galaxy so far, far away.

We've even seen some Star Wars legends headline their own Disney Plus shows along the way. Obi-Wan Kenobi returned for his own series, with Ewan McGregor reprising the role for the first time in nearly 20 years. Meanwhile, names in the franchise that were so well-known to the most devoted of fans now got to be showcased to wider audiences in The Book of Boba Fett,...

The "Star Wars" universe is one of the most fleshed-out, detailed, and vast settings in all of fiction. That sense of history and world-building, with countless planets and stories all fitting into a single galaxy, makes the property feel alive, like there is always something happening off-screen — even if you don't read the countless supplemental materials like comic books and novels. This also extends to the sheer number of weird creatures (big and small) in the "Star Wars" franchise, most of whom have their own lore and connection to the larger universe (like the Purrgils or the Loth-cats).

Then there's the Mythosaur, a creature we only briefly got a glimpse of in "The Mandalorian" season 3 but which had already been a huge part of the "Star Wars" mythology for decades before that. In "The Mandalorian," we get to see a real Mythosaur when Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) and Din Djarin...

For fans of football, the Rocky movies, and the Star Wars franchise, it was a sad day last February when Carl Weathers passed away. Many fans mourned his passing, and it created a big question: how will the upcoming The Mandalorian and Grogu film address the actor's untimely passing?

Weathers portrayed bounty hunter turned magistrate Greef Karga, in each of the first three seasons of The Mandalorian. Outside of lead, Pedro Pascal, Weathers appeared in the most episodes during the show's run, a status he shares with Katee Sackhoff, who plays Bo-Katan Kryze.

His character was an important and vital part of the series. Karga played almost a mentor of sorts for Pascal's titular character and appeared in several key moments of the popular Disney+ show. In addition, Weathers directed two episodes in the second and third seasons.

With the film coming out next year, it would only be...

Months after the world gushed over Josh Hartnett’s casting in the upcoming film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s Verity, the 47-year-old actor landed another gig in a similarly thrilling production. In May 2022, Hartnett was announced as the lead of an untitled Netflix limited series, marking the first cast member to be revealed. This new project is described as an eerie supernatural thriller set in Newfoundland, where it is currently being filmed.

As production is fully underway, fans can get a glimpse of Hartnett behind the scenes thanks to What’s on Netflix’s newly-released set photos, which were taken on July 19, per SplashNews. At the time, the actor was filming scenes in remote areas of Newfoundland, and as seen in the images, he was working on the deck of a boat named “High Hopes” with several crew members. In addition to Hartnett, other stars confirmed to appear are Mackenzie Davis...

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Foundation is an epic sci-fi drama series co-created by David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman. Based on the Foundation book series by Isaac Asimov, the Apple TV+ series is set in the far future where humans have conquered the galaxy and are ruled by the Galactic Empire. It revolves around Hari Sheldon, a mathematician and developer of psychohistory, who predicts that the empire will fall, sending humanity to the dark ages. Foundation stars Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann, Cassian Bilton, Cherry Jones, Brandon P. Bell, and Alexander Siddig. So, if you loved the epic sci-fi adventure, complex storyline, and compelling characters in Foundation, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Dune: Prophecy is a sci-fi drama series co-developed...

“Robot Chicken” is officially returning for its newest special “Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special” to celebrate its 20th anniversary. And of course, we’ve got all the details about when it hits TV screens.

When Seth Green and Matthew Senreich launched “Robot Chicken” on Adult Swim in 2005, it became an instant hit that fans stayed up late to watch. Between jokes targeting pop culture and Hollywood giants like Mario and Luigi and filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, “Robot Chicken” has stood the test of time as an adult animated classic.

“Robot Chicken” is executive produced by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. Green and Senreich also write, voice and direct the award-winning series. Stoopid Buddy Stoodios partners, John Harvatine IV and Eric Towner, also serve as executive producers.

Here’s everything you need to know about how, when and where to watch the new “Robot Chicken” special.

Director Matt Shakman has revealed the fourth Star Trek movie had “changed dramatically” before he exited the project in August 2022.The 49-year-old filmmaker was due to helm the next instalment in the Star Trek franchise, though had left the movie by the summer of 2022 due to scheduling conflicts with The Fantastic Four: First Steps.Now, Shakman has revealed that his Star Trek movie was already in pre-production before he parted ways with the project.He explained to Variety: “We had stages, we had crew, we were moving ahead.”However, Shakman admitted that plans for the fourth Star Trek movie had shifted significantly: the crew were let go, the stages were removed and the film “didn’t have a start date anymore”.Meanwhile, good progress on The Fantastic Four: First Steps was being made, and so Shakman dropped out of Star Trek to focus on the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) blockbuster.

For many years, the majority of "Star Wars" actors were identified by one signature role, save some of the shorter, alien-costumed actors like Jack Purvis, who played both the chief Jawa and Teebo the Ewok. That was when the entirety of the franchise was a mere trilogy of movies. Now, it's a never-ending spout of content featuring three trilogies, two theatrical spin-off movies, multiple streaming shows, and a cargo load of animation. With the expansion of the property across multiple media, reliable thespians have been called back by Lucasfilm, not only to reprise their old characters, but to double, triple, or more as multiple characters. We're not just talking about animation, in which versatile voice actors have been a tradition since the heyday of Mel Blanc. Many "Star Wars" actors in live-action projects have played more than one role, and this list is for them.

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Of all the Star Wars animated characters brought into live-action, Bo-Katan Kryze might be the one now familiar to more mainstream audiences. Her role in The Mandalorian Disney+ series introduced her as a bitter antagonist hungry for battle and power, and eventually softened her to viewers and depicted her as a worthy hero.

The show, unfortunately, didn't do a great job of portraying the Bo-Katan we first met in The Clone Wars. And that's not Katee Sackhoff's fault; if anything, she brought the character to life in a way another actor never could have. Bo-Katan, at the end of the day, should have stayed in animation.

It can be exciting to see your favorite Star Wars characters make the jump from animation to live-action. When Bo-Katan first showed up in "Chapter 11: The Heiress," I had such a knee-jerk positive reaction that I scared my dog and almost spilled my coffee.

Over the nearly five decades of Star Wars, the franchise has grown much bigger than many of its early fans and creators ever anticipated. There are so many Star Wars characters to meet and explore that even the most extensive encyclopedias can barely include them all.

With this kind of expansive universe comes a real danger: that some characters' motives and true purposes in various stories become assumed rather than explained. The most misunderstood Star Wars characters, however, also happen to be the most interesting to analyze.

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Rey Skywalker -- known as simply "Rey" for most of the sequel trilogy films -- is a complicated, deeply layered, and flawed hero. She has significant amounts of power that she often unintentionally misuses. She is stubborn and used to doing things her own way.

Apple TV+’s Foundation series, adapted from Isaac Asimov’s books of the same name, has captivated fans with its dense sci-fi lore, stunning visuals, complex philosophical themes, and galaxy-changing narrative. The show explores the gradual collapse of the Cleonic Dynasty as predicted by mathematician Hari Seldon’s invention—psychohistory.

This fall of the Empire is juxtaposed by the gradual rise of Seldon’s Foundation, which aims to protect a collection of human knowledge called the Encyclopedia Galactica.

With two seasons in the bag and a third currently airing, fans of the Foundation series want more mind-bending, expansive sci-fi tales. Thankfully, there are lore-filled, galaxy-spanning TV shows with the same themes of rebellion, fate, destiny, and more. So, here are seven TV shows that will engross you in their complex worlds, and you will be forced to question the future of humanity.

7. Westworld (2016-2022) Aaron Paul and Evan Rachel Wood...

Vertical has picked up North American rights to Fast And Furiousfranchise and Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin’s indie drama Last Days, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival.

Keanu Reeves is among the executive producers on the true story starring Sky Yang as ill-fated Christian missionary John Allen Chau. As Chau journeys to an uncontacted tribe on North Sentinel Island from the Andaman Islands archipelago in India, adetective races to stop him causing harm to himself or the tribe.

The cast includes Radhika Apte, Naveen Andrews, Ken Leung, Toby Wallace, Ciara Bravo, and Marny Kennedy. Lin directed from a...

Battlestar Galacticaactress Katee Sackhoff recently shared her candid thoughts about the problematic way she was treated during a photoshoot. A main member of the Battlestar Galactica cast, Sackhoff played Viper pilot Kara "Starbuck" Thrace throughout all four seasons of the show.

Yesterday, Sackhoff took to Instagram to share images from a photoshoot she posed in with Battlestar Galactica co-stars Tricia Helfer and Grace Park. In the post, Sackhoff described the hurt she felt after a costumer referred to her as "the big girl", saying, "I felt humiliated. Exposed. Disgusting."

The Starbuck actress continued to say that though this was the most confrontational comment on her body, it was not an isolated incident, and that this behavior speaks to the darker side of the Hollywood industry as a whole. Sackhoff concluded her post by saying that she is committed to raising her daughter to feel "powerful" — "Because I deserved better. And so does she.

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Disney+ leans into its nostalgic persona by creating collections centered on different decades and themes. The streaming service knows what its audience wants, and it's dedicated to making sure that you get that content quickly. However, it's hoping you'll stick around after you've completed a sing-along with favorites like "High School Musical." That's why the service is continuously working to bring new shows to the platform while offering built-in suggestions for each title. 

/Film considers Disney+ to be one of the best streaming services out there. This is partially due to how it incorporates the company's newer acquisitions, like Marvel, 20th Century Fox, and National Geographic. While Disney+ offers favorites from each brand, it also produces new content from these acquired names in the hopes that you will stick around for more. Disney's continued growth means numerous options, but trying...

What Do We Know About the upcoming series adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Carrie? More than you may think. The Prime Video series from The Life of Chuck and The Haunting of Hill House filmmaker Mike Flanagan is set to be his fourth take on a work by King. From plot, casting news, and more, let’s dive in and look at what is coming up in the adaptation of the classic horror novel.

Why another remake of Carrie?

Despite Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation remaining a classic horror film, multiple variations of Stephen King’s debut novel have made their way to audiences. From a sequel in 1999 to remakes in both 2002 and 2013, as well as a stage musical, Flanagan’s series takes a “bold and timely reimagining” of the book. What this entails remains to be seen. But, we do know that Flanagan has a reverence for Stephen...

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Katee Sackhoff had zero plans of being on-screen before she suited up as Bo-Katan in The Mandalorian. Her goals were locked on something totally different — Olympic-sized, even. However, life threw a curve when a brutal injury pulled her off track. What followed was unexpected: one small audition, and suddenly she was orbiting Hollywood instead of diving into swimming lanes.

Katee Sackoff’s Sports Injury: A Casting Call & An Accidental Hollywood Break

Sackhoff (now known worldwide for her Star Wars role) was originally trained to be a professional swimmer. Her aim, early on, was competitive-level sports, possibly the Olympics. But that route shut down when she dislocated both knees at 16. The injury ended her swim journey permanently.

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Portland’sRose City Comic Conis bringing new opportunities to connect comic book retailers with distributors and other industry power players through a new invite-only gathering happening at their 2025 event. Founded in 2024, Rose City Comic Con is set to once again invite an all-ages crowd to celebrate pop culture across multiple days of festivities. ScreenRant will have a presence at the event as well, with our host Joe Deckelmeier moderating select panels.

ScreenRant is happy to share that from 10am to 4pm on September 5, 2025, Rose City Comic Con will celebrate Retailer Day, an invite-only section with curated programming about the realities of the comics industry. In partnership with comic book trade association ComicsPRO, this event is designed to help build a pipeline for works to make it to stores–and into the hands of avid readers. In the words of Rose City Comic Con event director Lauren Dabb, “Retailers are the...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

The Annihilation of Fish (Charles Burnett)

Essentially a lost film, legendary director Charles Burnett’s 1999 feature The Annihilation of Fish mostly lived on the festival circuit (and in bootlegs) for a quarter-century until a recent miraculous restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation. Despite featuring recognizable leads in James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave, one bad review from an influential critic (who seemed strangely wary of the film’s tonal risk-taking) was enough to sink its commercial prospects for potential distributors. A mental-illness romantic comedy of sorts, the film has a strangeness that may be potentially alienating to some, but it seems inexplicable, years later, that a work which so movingly wears its heart on its sleeve...

With an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score and six gritty seasons under its belt, Katee Sackhoff’s Longmire is the Western gem Netflix fans keep sleeping on. Before Yellowstone roped everyone in with cowboy drama and power plays, Longmire was already serving up small-town justice, dusty standoffs, and brooding sheriffs with emotional baggage.

It might not have Dutton-level branding, but if you’re craving frontier tension without the soap, Longmire is Netflix’s low-key answer to Taylor Sheridan’s empire minus the ranch politics, but just as much grit.

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Longmire didn’t come in guns blazing, but it sure stayed in the fight. The slow-burn neo-Western quietly earned an impressive 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 8.3/10 IMDb score, proving that audiences were more than ready for a crime drama with a dusty,...

The Mike Flanagan’s Carrie news doesn’t stop coming! Hot on the heels of the announcement that Heather Graham, Kate Siegel, and Cassandra Naud were among the latest cast in the upcoming Prime Video series, Flanagan himself has shared that filming is underway for his take on the iconic text by horror maestro Stephen King.

The announcement came in the form of an Instagram post from Flanagan, featuring a single image of the first slate and a caption that simply reads, “And we’re off.”

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Stephen King’s original 1974 novel Carrie is the story of Carrie White, a teenage girl subjected to constant abuse both by her peers and by her extremely religious mother. When she gets her first period, the telekinetic powers she’s secretly had since she was a child start to grow.

Carrie, the subject of author Stephen King’s first published novel and one of the greatest female icons in the horror genre, is coming back – and this time Mike Flanagan is the one taking her to prom. It was announced last October that Flanagan was working with King to turn the story of Carrie into an eight episode series that will be released through Amazon’s Prime Video service. Flanagan is executive producing the series with Trevor Macy. Deadline noted at the time, “They’re opening a writer’s room, so this one’s happening quickly.” Since then, the show received the official greenlight from Prime Video and has been assembling its cast. Just last week, we heard that filming would begin in a matter of days – and sure enough, Flanagan started the week by confirming that filming has begun!

The confirmation comes in the form of a clapperboard picture...

When The Mandalorian Season 3’s episode “The Pirate” aired on Disney+ in April 2023, it gave Star Wars fans something cool. Bo-Katan Kryze, played by Katee Sackhoff, finally shared a scene with Greef Karga, the sharp-tongued magistrate played by the late Carl Weathers. What we didn’t know at the time was that behind the scenes, things got a little too real for the cast. Speaking on The Sackhoff Show with The Mandalorian stunt double Brendan Wayne (the body double for Din Djarin), Sackhoff revealed that during the shoot, Carl Weathers looked her dead in the eye and said she was… “boring.” “Do you remember that day on set when Carl told me that I was boring?” the clip starts. Wayne bursts into laughter and covers his face. “Yes! Yes,” he replies, turning red. Apollo Creed, Dillon from Predator and Action Jackson himself told Katee Sackhoff she was boring. But...

The word “sleep” is simply not part of Mike Flanagan’s vocabulary. Just days after his latest film, The Life of Chuck, celebrated its wide release, the director is back at it again with yet another Stephen King adaptation. This time, he’s returning to the small screen for what will be his first series-pairing with Prime Video in a fresh telling of the horror author’s debut novel, Carrie. Taking to his Instagram to share the good news, Flanagan posted an image of a clapperboard doused in blood with the production’s logo overtop. In the caption, he wrote, “And we’re off #dayone #carrie.” A slew of famous folks flocked to the comments to show their support, with names like Josh Ruben (Heart Eyes), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), and Jack Quaid (The Boys) cheering Flanagan on from the sidelines.

Flanagan’s retelling of Carrie first gathered traction earlier this year and,...

Stephen King’s classic horror novel Carrie is headed back to the screen with a brand new series adaptation from Mike Flanagan and Prime Video, and filming has kicked off this week.

Flanagan announced the start of production in an Instagram post today, seen below.

Summer H. Howell stars as Carrie White in the eight episode Prime Video series.

The show’s cast also includes Samantha Sloyan, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Thalia Dudek, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti, Joel Oulette, Matthew Lillard, Amber Midthunder, Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Katee Sackhoff, Rahul Kohli, Crystal Balint, Danielle Klaudt, Heather Graham, Tim Bagley, Tahmoh Penikett, Mapuana Makia, Naika Toussaint, Delainey Hayles, Cassandra Naud, and Rowan Danielle.

In Stephen King’s Carrie, “Misfit high schooler Carrie White has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother. After her father’s sudden and untimely death, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien landscape of public High School,...

The Life of Chuck is easily Mike Flanagan’s least scary offering, which is interesting to note considering the new adaptation of Stephen King’s novella is set around the pending apocalypse. What it is, however, is Flanagan’s coziest and most gentle offering, which helps explain why the drama won the highly coveted People’s Choice award at last fall’s Toronto International Film Festival – and could ride a wave of strong reviews into this fall’s Oscar race.

Prior to Chuck, of course, Flanagan has worked exclusively in the stuff of nightmares, becoming one of the horror’s world’s most revered writer-directors thanks to genre favorites on screens big and small.

In our latest edition of The Gold Standard, Flanagan looks back at 20-plus years of filmmaking, from his humble beginnings on the shoestring-budgeted debut Absentia to a horrific experience making Haunting of Hill House to his award-wining latest offering Chuck,...

Carrie, the subject of author Stephen King’s first published novel and one of the greatest female icons in the horror genre, is coming back – and this time Mike Flanagan is the one taking her to prom. It was announced last October that Flanagan was working with King to turn the story of Carrie into an eight episode series that will be released through Amazon’s Prime Video service. Flanagan is executive producing the series with Trevor Macy. Deadline noted at the time, “They’re opening a writer’s room, so this one’s happening quickly.” Since then, the show received the official greenlight from Prime Video and has been assembling its cast. One of the cast members is Matthew Lillard (Scream) as Principal Grayle, and during a recent interview with One Take, Lillard revealed that the show will be filming by the end of the month!

Lillard’s co-stars...

Mike Flanagan is a modern-day horror master and the man behind some of the scariest contemporary horror movies and series like Hush, The Haunting of Hill House, and Doctor Sleep. The filmmaker serves as showrunner, director, and editor of many of his works, and has been a leading voice in the genre.

Flanagan was already one movie old when he made his breakthrough film Oculus. It starred Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, and Katee Sackhoff in lead roles. Flanagan’s wife and frequent collaborator Kate Siegel also contributed in a supporting role. Sackhoff revealed that though she loved the part, she had a panic attack while on the set of Oculus.

Katee Sackhoff felt overwhelmed by the intensity of her role in Mike Flanagan’s Oculus Katee Sackhoff in a still from Oculus | Credits: Relativity Media

If there is one thing that Mike Flanagan excels in and stands out among other horror filmmakers of his generation,...

Mike Flanagan's TV adaptation of Carrie continues to evolve as the cast expands with a few familiar faces. The main cast for the Prime Video series was announced in recent days, but there were still a few spots left to fill. Horror figures Kate Siegel, Katee Sackhoff and Heather Graham, have officially entered the Carrie series.

According to the report by Bloody Disgusting, the series, led by Summer Howell and Samantha Sloyan as Carrie and Margaret White, respectively, has added a notable lineup to the cast. Siegel, Sackhoff and Graham are joined by Michael Trucco, Danielle Klaudt, Rahul Kohli, and Crystal Balint, who have appeared in some of Flanagan's previous films and TV shows. Cassandra Naud, Naika Toussaint, Tahmoh Penikett, Mapuana Makia, Tim Bagley, and Rowan Danielle have also joined the series.

The previous cast announcement included Thalia Dudek, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Amber Midthunder, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti,...

Marcus Scribner has copped a major new role: The black-ish star has joined the cast of Boston Blue, CBS’ Donnie Wahlberg-led Blue Bloods offshoot.

Per Variety, Scribner will play rookie officer Jonah Silver, the youngest member of a law enforcement family that also includes his mother, District Attorney Mae Silver (Gloria Reuben); his sister, Detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green); and his stepsister, Boston Police Department Superintendent Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson). Ernie Hudson also co-stars as Jonah’s grandfather, Reverend Edwin Peters.

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Mike Flanagan is a horror maestro, especially when it comes to bringing the literary works of Stephen King to life on screen. Now he’s tackling Carrie in an eight-episode series adaptation for Amazon. While the principal cast was already announced, we’ve now learned about the cast of recurring characters appearing on the show, including quite a few Flanagan regulars.

Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco (Hush), Katee Sackhoff (Oculus), Rahul Kohli (Midnight Mass), Crystal Balint (The Fall Of The House Of Usher), and Danielle Klaudt (The Fall Of The House Of Usher), who have all collaborated with Flanagan in the past, will appear in Carrie. But that’s not all!

Heather Graham will also play a role in the series, along with Tim Bagley (Grace and Frankie), Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica), Mapuana Makia (Doogie Kamealoha M.D.), Naika Toussaint (Van Helsing), Delainey Hayles (Interview with the Vampire), Cassandra Naud (Influencer), and newcomer Rowan Danielle.

Carrie, the subject of author Stephen King’s first published novel and one of the greatest female icons in the horror genre, is coming back – and this time Mike Flanagan is the one taking her to prom. It was announced last October that Flanagan was working with King to turn the story of Carrie into an eight episode series that will be released through Amazon’s Prime Video service. Flanagan is executive producing the series with Trevor Macy. Deadline noted at the time, “They’re opening a writer’s room, so this one’s happening quickly.” Since then, the show received the official greenlight from Prime Video and has been assembling its cast. Deadline reports that the latest additions include returning Flanagan collaborators Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Katee Sackhoff, Rahul Kohli, Crystal Balint, and Danielle Klaudt. Sackhoff worked with Flanagan on Oculus and Klaudt worked with him on The Fall...

Mike Flanagan is assembling his cast for his upcoming adaptation of Carrie, and he’s bringing back a lot of familiar faces for the horror series!

He has quickly made his name as a modern-day master of horror. He wrote and directed several films like Oculus, Ouija, Gerald’s Game, and Doctor Sleep. Flanagan has really made his mark on television with his Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, and The Fall of the House of Usher.

Each project was inventive, scary, thought-provoking, and boasting a first-rate cast to win over viewers. They ranged from adapting works like Edgar Allen Poe to more original storylines while still enthralling those watching.

Now, Flanagan is ready to take on a famous property in Carrie. The upcoming eight-episode Prime Video series will star Summer Howell in the title role of a troubled teen.

Everyone’s favorite cyborg Sith apprentice is getting his very own animated show. Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord is slated for a 2026 release. Details are currently few and far between, but we know that the series will take place in the Imperial era and that Maul may take on an apprentice of his own.

For now, we are left only to speculate on what the plot details are, but we are able to piece together quite a bit from what little we know, much in thanks to Darth Maul’s longtime voice actor Sam Witwer.

Witwer, who has played various Star Wars roles, first came to be the voice of Maul in season four of The Clone Wars and has portrayed the character ever since. His return in the animated show gave us a deeply expanded view of the character who previously had very little depth. Indeed, in his...

Mike Flanagan is working on another Stephen King project: Carrie. The filmmaker has a vast history with the horror author, and, after the recently released The Life of Chuck, he's already at work on the Carrie TV show.

Early this month, Summer Howell was announced in the titular role, as previously rumored. Alongside her announcement were two returning Flanaverse actors. Now Deadline reports that the Carrie cast has announced 14 more members, including some familiar names from Flanagan's previous works.

The two previous Flanaverse actors were Matthew Lillard, who stars in The Life of Chuck, and Samantha Sloyan. Lillard first collaborated with Flanagan on The Life of Chuck, and is set to play Principal Grayle, as previously revealed in early May. Meanwhile, Sloyan has been a part of multiple projects, including The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, and Hush. She is set to play Carrie's mom.

14 recurring guest stars have joined “Carrie,” Mike Flanagan‘s series adaptation of Stephen King‘s 1974 novel for Prime Video.

Flanagan will reunite with frequent collaborators Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Katee Sackhoff, Rahul Kohli, Crystal Balint, and Danielle Klaudt on the project.

New additions to his circle include Heather Graham (Boogie Nights), Tim Bagley (“Grace and Frankie”), Tahmoh Penikett (“Battlestar Galactica”), Mapuana Makia (“Doogie Kamealoha M.D.”), Naika Toussaint (“Van Helsing”), Delainey Hayles (“Interview with the Vampire”), Cassandra Naud (Influencer), and newcomer Rowan Danielle.

Summer H. Howell stars as Carrie White alongside previously announced cast members Samantha Sloyan, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Thalia Dudek, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti, Joel Oulette, Matthew Lillard, and Amber Midthunder.

Described as “a bold and timely reimagining” of King’s classic story, the eight-episode series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.

Misfit high-schooler Carrie White has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother. After...

Mike Flanagan's upcoming TV adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie has cast Kate Siegel and 13 other actors for yet-unknown roles in the horror classic. Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie is one of the most highly anticipated projects in the entire horror genre. The show is still early in development, but the main cast of Carrie has been announced, which includes horror stars like Summer Howell (Curse of Chucky) as the titular Carrie White and Matthew Lillard (Scream) as Principal Grayle. Now, Flanagan's upcoming Prime Video series has announced a whole slew of new actors in recurring and guest roles.

A new report from Deadline confirmed that the Carrie show has cast Kate Siegel, Mike Flanagan's wife and most frequent collaborator, Michael Trucco, Katee Sackhoff, Rahul Kohli, Crystal Balint, Danielle Klaudt, Heather Graham (Chosen Family), Tim Bagley (The Perfect Couple), Tahmoh Penikett (The Madness), Mapuana Makia (Doogie Kamealoha M.

The upcoming Carrie television series will mark a family reunion. Several stars who have worked with Mike Flanagan in the past have joined the cast of the highly-anticipated adaptation of one of Stephen King's most popular stories. The acclaimed horror filmmaker will produce the series for Amazon MGM Studios, with Summer Howell portraying the horror icon for a new generation of fans. Flanagan is known in the entertainment industry for constantly including his most trusted actors in his upcoming projects, and Carrie won't be the exception.

Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli and Katee Sackhoff will star in the television series about a young girl who develops telekinetic abilities. Kate Siegel is Flanagan's wife, and the talented actress has worked with her spouse in The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor and the rest of the television titles the director has produced for Netflix. Kohli has also appeared...

Temperatures are rising and when it’s too hot, sometimes you just want to lay inside with the AC blasting and a good horror movie playing on the TV. To help you figure out what to watch as summer rears its head, we have a list of 13 horror titles you can stream for free right now, thanks to our friends from Vizio WatchFree+!

Sinister

A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.

Cast: Ethan Hawke (Training Day), Juliet Rylance (American Gothic), James Ransone (The Black Phone)

The Descent

A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.

Cast: Shauna Macdonald (Mutant Chronicles), Natalie Mendoza (Moulin Rouge!

Brent Spiner may have stolen many of the scenes his character, Dr. Brakish Okun, was in in Independence Day and its sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence. But, he is most well known for portraying Commander Data, an android, beginning in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Now, the two-time Saturn Award winner is talking about why he decided to ultimately return as Data in Star Trek: Picard, even though he was hesitant at first.

Per CinemaBlend, Spiner appeared in an episode of The Sackhoff Showhosted by Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff, and touched on why he almost passed on the opportunity to play Data again. Fans may recall that Data died in 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis, and again during Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard.

Brent Spiner Thought He Was 'Too Old'

“Initially, I thought Data has to be young,” Spiner began. “Because it’s like Harpo Marx. Harpo Marx was so wonderful when he was young,...

Star Trek: Picard’sthird season saw Brent Spiner’s Data character (who has died twice over the course of the Trek franchise’s long run) become the most human-like, although still synthetic, version of himself. Season 3 of Picard reunited the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast for one final mission during which they (spoiler), save the galaxy yet again.

Spiner, per ScreenRant, appeared on The Sackhoff Show, during which host Katee Sackhoffasked the Data actor whether he would ever play the iconic android again. Spiner said that “it could still happen” and touched on Picard Season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas’ idea of a spinoff that would feature Jeri Ryan’s Captain Seven of Nine. Fans have been clamoring for Star Trek: Legacysince Season 3 of Picard ended in 2023, with online and in-person petitions.

Picard Showrunner Tried to Make a Spinoff Happen

“(Terry Matalas) was trying to get a show off the...

Another key WandaVision character will reportedly appear in Vision Quest. According to trusted scooper Daniel Richtman, after a four-year absence, Tommy Maximoff is set to make his grand return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the upcoming Disney+ series.

Per ComicBookMovie, Richtman is reporting that actor Ruaridh Mollica, who was cast as the character Tucker back in February, will actually be playing Tommy Maximoff in Vision Quest (which is the working title for the Vision-centric series). "In Agatha All Along, Billy’s soul is shown to inhabit the body of William Kaplan, a teenager who tragically dies in a car accident shortly after his bar mitzvah. Similarly, Tommy’s soul will inhabit the body of Tucker, with his true origins as a Maximoff being revealed as the series unfolds," revealed the scooper. Gavin Borders and Jett Klyne previously played a younger version of Tommy Maximoff in WandaVision, with Klyne also...

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Sinister

A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.

Cast: Ethan Hawke (Training Day), Juliet Rylance (American Gothic), James Ransone (The Black Phone)

The Descent...

Brent Spiner quotes Sean Connery in regard to portraying Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard. Spiner began portraying Lt. Commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the lovable android became one of the show's most popular characters. Despite his heroic death in Star Trek: Nemesis, Data made a triumphant return in Star Trek: Picard season 3, reuniting with his former USS Enterprise-d crew members.

Complete with an upgraded android body with the ability to experience emotions, Data finally achieved his lifelong dream of becoming (almost) human. Still, it remains to be seen what his Star Trek future holds. In a recent appearance on The Sackhoff Show, Brent Spiner spoke to host Katee Sackhoff about portraying Data and why he decided to reprise the role in Picard season 3. Read Spiner's quotes and watch the video below:

Katee Sackhoff: You’ve played that character [Data] in like 10 different projects.

Vision Quest is the second spinoff series of WandaVision after Agatha All Along and it's going to be a tall task to try and match those critically-acclaimed standards, but the Marvel Television series is going to try. With a 2026 release, the new Disney Plus series will feature Emmy nominee Paul Bettany reprising his role as as Vision/White Vision and 3x Emmy winner James Spader will also reprise his Avengers: Age of Ultron role as Ultron.

Written and illustrated by John Byrne, the "Vision Quest" storyline in Marvel Comics took place in issues No. 42-45 of West Coast Avengers. This 1989 comic focused on the government dismantling of Vision because of concerns of his ability to control global computer systems. When Vision was rebuilt, he returned as White Vision, but he was stripped of emotions and his former personality. Additionally, Wanda (Scarlet Witch) was devastated by White Vision, and she was...

Heroes in Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord are few and far between.

Appearing on Katee Sackhoff's podcast, longtime Maul voice actor Sam Witwer addressed what this new chapter in the ex-Sith's life will entail and the challenges confronting Maul as he grows his criminal empire amidst the Galactic Empire's rise. He described the show as battle of "bad guys vs. worse guys, and our bad guys are still bad guys," insisting that Maul's dark edges won't be dulled regardless of his protagonist status.

"This isn’t going to be a show where you find out Maul is 'a real teddy bear, man. That guy, he's just misunderstood. You have to understand... if you have coffee with him, he's really cool.' We’re not doing that," he said, with the novel twist being how Shadow Lord questions "is he as bad as Sidious or Vader? And the answer is 'actually no.

Dave Filoni is creating yet another prequel-era series. Set a year after the end of the Clone Wars and before the events of Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord will follow the former Sith Lord as he builds and establishes his criminal syndicate, Crimson Dawn.

Sam Witwer, who has portrayed Maul since the character's return in The Clone Wars, will reprise the role in the tentative 2026 release.

Maul met a fitting end for the second time at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi, his lifelong arch-nemesis, in the sands of Tatooine. But the death and complexity of the character are gifts that seemingly keep giving, and now we stand on the precipice of having an entire show on him. If you can't believe it, neither could Witwer himself.

During a recent appearance on Katee Sackhoff's (Bo-Katan Kryze) The Sackhoff Show, the 47-year-old actor revealed that the series...

Back in April during Star Wars Celebration Japan, Lucasfilm announced that a new animated series based on the post-Clone Wars, pre-Star Wars Rebels adventures of Darth Maul was in the works for Disney+.

The synopsis for Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord that was released at the time reads: "After the Clone Wars, Maul plots to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire. In a new series set after the events of the final season of The Clone Wars, Maul rises again to lead the underworld factions."

The show is believed to be set roughly one year after the events of The Clone Wars, around 19 Bby.

Now, voice actor Sam Witwer has shared some more details, and he clarifies that Maul will not be sanitized or redeemed as some fans feared - although it sounds like the character's humanity will be explored to some extent.

When it first came out back in 2019, The Mandalorian proved to be among the finer additions to the Star Wars lore, perfectly brought to the screens by Jon Favreau. Led by Pedro Pascal as the titular character, it has earned remarkable praise from fans and critics worldwide. In fact, even James Cameron couldn’t help but praise it.

Yet, while Cameron became one of the people shell-shocked by the cast’s performance, he was actually the most blown away by the one star who rarely gets any credit because Pascal seems to take home all the acclaim, being the face of the main character. This one star was none other than the one in Din Djarin’s suit, Brendan Wayne.

James Cameron was blown away by Brendan Wayne in The Mandalorian Pedro Pascal and Brendan Wayne on the sets of The Mandalorian. | Credits: @therealbrendanwayne / Ig.

While Pedro Pascal has been...

Darth Maul voice actor Sam Witwer raised some eyebrows with some recent comments hyping up his upcoming return as the iconic saber-wielding Sith lord. Witwer has brought the beloved Prequels Era character to life for over a decade, playing him in the animated Star Wars: Clone Wars series, Rebels, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and many other titles. However, he is finally set to get his own solo series as the daring Dathomirian in the upcoming Maul: Shadow Lord—one of many exciting announcements at Star Wars Celebration 2025.

In a recent interview, Sam Witwer provided fans with some of the first details regarding his forthcoming Star Wars return on Disney+. Witwer is set to bring the terrifying Darth Maul to life once again in next year's Maul: Shadow Lord, but exact specifics on the series have remained scarce since its announcement.

Witwer touched on the upcoming animated Darth Maul series...