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"Mad Men" was not a television ratings sensation when it debuted on July 19, 2007, nor was it the rapturously praised critics' darling it would become over subsequent seasons. While it wasn't under-promoted, AMC was best known at the time as the anti-TCM, i.e. an airer of popular contemporary films broken up by commercials. It was a big hit with dads craving casual weekend viewing from the comfort of their couch.

While I was aware of "Mad Men" during its first season, I didn't feel compelled to add it to my Peak TV diet of "The Sopranos," "The Wire," "The Shield," and a handful of other shows. But a few months later, when I saw the season 1 DVD marked way down at a Barnes & Noble, I bought it on a whim. If nothing else, I'd probably enjoy a stylish drama set in the New York City advertising world of the 1960s.

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The Pickup is a heist action comedy film directed by Tim Story from a screenplay co-written by Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows. The 2025 film follows two armored truck drivers with totally different personalities who get ambushed by ruthless criminals and forced to rob a casino. The Pickup stars Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, Eva Longoria, Andrew Dice Clay, and Marshawn Lynch. So, if you loved the wild comedy, thrilling heist, and entertaining characters in The Pickup, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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‎30 Minutes or Less is an action comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Michael Diliberti. The 2011 film follows Nick Davis, a hapless pizza boy who is strapped with a bomb and told to rob a bank by two idiotic ne’er-do-wells.

There’s a new Hunger Games movie in the works. This film will take place 40 years after The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and 24 years before the original Hunger Games story. The story focuses on Panem during its 2nd Quarter Quell, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games. In this film, viewers will see a young Haymitch Abernathy as one of the contestants.

Director Francis Lawrence will direct the movie, which is set to be released on November 20, 2026. The screenplay will be written by Billy Ray and Suzanne Collins, who created the Hunger Games series.

The cast includes several familiar faces and new stars. Ralph Fiennes will play President Snow, taking over the role from Donald Sutherland. Elle Fanning returns as Effie Trinket, and Mckenna Grace plays Maysilee Donner.

Other actors in the film include Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman,...

Lionsgate has officially confirmed plans to bring a new Hunger Games movie to the big screen. This film will take place 40 years after The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and 24 years before the original Hunger Games story.

It will focus on Panem during its 2nd Quarter Quell, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games. Fans will get to see a young Haymitch Abernathy as one of the participants.

Francis Lawrence will direct the movie, which is set to be released on November 20, 2026. The screenplay will be written by Billy Ray and Suzanne Collins, the creator of the Hunger Games series.

The cast includes some well-known names. Ralph Fiennes will take on the role of President Snow, replacing Donald Sutherland who played the character in previous films. Elle Fanning returns as Effie Trinket, and Mckenna Grace will play Maysilee Donner.

Other actors joining the project include Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee,...

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Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood institution all on his own, having directed and starred in so many iconic films. A list of Eastwood's best roles is bound to leave a few on the cutting room floor even though they're definitely still worth a watch, and that's the case with 2002's "Blood Work."

Eastwood directs the film based on Michael Connelly's novel of the same name. Eastwood also plays the lead character of special agent Terry McCaleb, who's a serial killer profiler who gets on a case where the murderer leaves behind taunting messages for him. It's essentially Eastwood's version of "Se7en,"and honestly, it's better than you might be thinking. It holds a 51% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but plenty of critics had something nice to say about it, like the Austin Chronicle's Marjorie Baumgarten: "The movie is nevertheless...

Matthew McConaughey Admits He Had A Crush On Sandra Bullock While Filming A Time to Kill

Sandra Bullock’s off-screen allure has long matched her on-screen versatility. While her sizzling chemistry with Keanu Reeves in Speed still gets replayed in fans’ heads, she was also quietly charming another future Oscar winner on a different set, Matthew McConaughey.

Back in the mid-’90s, the two starred together in A Time to Kill, and what began as co-stars sharing screen space evolved into something much deeper behind the camera. Turns out, McConaughey wasn’t just acting mesmerized. He later confessed that he had a genuine crush on Bullock, going as far as saying she could “run a country.” Keep reading to know more!

Matthew McConaughey(Photo Credit –Facebook) Sandra Bullock Secretly Stole McConaughey’s Heart On Set

In 1996, Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock were cast together on the Mississippi set of A Time to Kill.

After starring opposite Paul Mescal in Gladiator II to close out 2024, one Denzel Washington-led movie that’s over 25 years old has made a shocking return to streaming charts. Washington stars alongside John Goodman (The Big Lebowski) and Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games) in Fallen, the 1998 supernatural police procedural following detective John Hobbes (Washington), an officer who witnesses the execution of a serial murderer, only to see his killings mysteriously resume after his death. Fallen has become a global streaming sensation of late, charting in countries such as the Dominican Republic, among others. The film was panned by critics, who gave it a 41% on Rotten Tomatoes, but it landed a kinder 72% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter. The budget for Fallen is unknown, but it grossed $25 million at the global box office upon release.

Fallen is not currently streaming anywhere in the United States, but the film is available for rent on...

When The Hunger Games franchise released its final entry, Mockingjay – Part 2, in 2015, it was difficult to see how the dystopian adventure series could continue after the story wrapped. However, a decade later, The Hunger Games keeps thriving.

With a prequel film, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, already out, and another prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, on the way, fans of the franchise had a lot to look forward to. But the feature films aren't the only new additions to the franchise, as The Hunger Games is officially becoming a stage play. In a new announcement on Instagram, The Hunger Games officially cast the new Katniss Everdeen: Mia Carragher for the upcoming play in London.

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The Hunger Games: On Stage is set to debut on West End later this year, and casting is already on the way.

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This August, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated release of the legal drama series, The Rainmaker, to the streaming release of Jimmy Warden‘s dark comedy thriller film Borderline. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the seven best films that are coming to Peacock in August 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Argo (August 1) Rt Score: 96% Credit – Warner Bros.

Argo is a historical espionage thriller drama film directed by Ben Affleck from a screenplay by Chris Terrio. Based on the 1999 memoir by Antonio J. Mendez and a 2007 Wired article by Joshuah Bearman, the 2012 film is set in 1979 and it follows Tony Mendez, a CIA operative, as...

Elle Fanning said she was a fan of the character Effie Trinket before she cast to take on the role in the next “Hunger Games” film. Fanning has fans of her own to thank for getting to play the part.

The actress, who will soon star in “Predator: Badlands,” sat down with “Badlands” director Dan Trachtenberg and co-star Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi for an interview at San Diego Comic-Con. At the end of the interview, panel moderator Josh Horowitz turned the conversation to “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” congratulating Fanning on what he called “perfect casting.”

“I think fans kind of made this happen in a way,” Fanning said. “The studio said, like, they were getting kind of hounded online, being like ‘Elle needs to play Effie,’ and they were like, ‘Ok.'”

You can watch the full interview below.

She’s not the only fan-casting subject to get the actual job.

The entertainment industry has lost several notable figures so far in 2025. The film world was shaken by the death of “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks” director David Lynch, with tributes to the visionary filmmaker continuing for weeks. Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman was found dead with his wife in late February in Santa Fe, N.M., while “Harriet the Spy” star Michelle Trachtenberg died in New York on Feb. 26. “The Doors” and “Top Gun” star Val Kilmer died April 1.

In music, Garth Hudson, the last remaining member of The Band, died in January, while Peter, Paul and Mary lost Peter Yarrow. “Killing Me Softly” singer Roberta Flack died in February, while Sly Stone and the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson died in June. Singer Connie Francis, Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and jazz musician Chuck Mangione died in July.

Last year, the entertainment business said goodbye to stars including Shannen Doherty,...

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has cast Katniss Everdeen’s parents.The upcoming prequel movie has added Scot Greenan and Grace Ackary as Burdock Everdeen and Asterid March, respectively - the father and mother of Jennifer Lawrence’s iconic heroine from the original Hunger Games films.It has also been announced that Melody Chikakane Brown and Jefferson White have joined The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Hattie Meeney and Mr. McCoy, respectively. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will feature Joseph Zada in the lead role of Haymitch Abernathy - the character previously played by Woody Harrelson in the original tetralogy - while Whitney Peak has been cast as his girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird. Maya Hawke will take on the role of Wiress, the former Hunger Games victor who now mentors the tributes of District 12, while Mckenna Grace will portray District 12 tribute Maysilee Donner. Jesse Plemons,...

Exclusive: Elizabeth McGovern is fired up when she talks about sensuous silver screen goddess Ava Gardner, whom the Downton Abbey star portrays in a stage show that hits New York next week. Gardner, she argues, endured the “objectification of the female body, which is the basis of the entire movie business.”

Being a movie star in the 1940s, 1950s and into the ’60s took its toll on Gardner, who escaped her mink-lined cage in California to spend her final years in England residing in a grand apartment close to Harrods’ department store.

Ava: The Secret Conversations, beginning at New York’s City Center on July 29, is based on a series of tapes the writer Peter Evans recorded with the one-time screen siren in London over a four-year period beginning in 1988 which he then had published in 2013, more than two decades after Gardner’s death in 1990.

The show moves to Chicago...

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February 27, 2015, marked the 10th anniversary of Leonard Nimoy's death.

Spock may still live on thanks to Ethan Peck in "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," but without Nimoy, there wouldn't be a Spock. I think Nimoy himself had accepted by the end what a big part "Star Trek" was going to play in his legacy. You don't go from writing "I Am Not Spock" to writing "I Am Spock" without realizing that.

Nimoy played a lot more parts than just the Enterprise's Vulcan science officer, though. He'd been acting for over 10 years before he booked "Star Trek." Some of his other most famous roles were between the cancellation of "Star Trek" in 1969 and its return in 1979, via "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." During that hiatus, Nimoy played the Great Paris on the "Mission: Impossible" TV show, began to host "In Search Of...,...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor famous for playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died at the age of 54. According to ABC News, Warner passed away on Sunday near Cocles, a beach in Limon, Costa Rica.

The Costa Rican National Police told ABC News that Warner’s cause of death was asphyxia, and they said he was caught by a strong ocean current. His body was found and officially identified by the local police.

Warner earned wide recognition for his role as Theo Huxtable, which brought him a primetime Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy. That role helped him build a long and successful career in Hollywood.

In recent years, he played surgeon Aj Austin on the Fox medical drama The Resident and appeared in Fox’s courtroom show Accused.

He also acted alongside Kyra Sedgwick in ABC’s drama Ten Days in the Valley and portrayed...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for playing Theo Huxtable on the popular show The Cosby Show, has passed away at the age of 54.

The news was reported by ABC News, which shared that Warner died near Cocles, a beach in Limon, Costa Rica. According to the Costa Rican National Police, Warner’s body was found and officially identified by local authorities.

Warner’s death happened when he was caught in a strong ocean current, and the police said the official cause of death was asphyxia. This tragic event occurred on a Sunday while he was off the coast of Costa Rica.

Warner became famous for his role on The Cosby Show, which earned him a primetime Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy.

That role helped him build a long career in television. More recently, he acted as surgeon Aj Austin on the Fox medical drama The Resident and...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for playing Theo Huxtable on NBC’s The Cosby Show, has died. He was 54.

The actor and director died Sunday in an accidental drowning off the coast of Costa Rica, according to ABC News, with the Costa Rican National Police noting that Warner died from asphyxia.

Warner died near Cocles, a beach in Limon, after getting caught by a strong ocean current. His body was discovered and formally identified by the police.

Warner’s role on the long-running Bill Cosby series earned him an Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy and positioned him for later success in Hollywood. His more recent TV work included the role of surgeon Aj Austin on the medical drama The Resident and the courtroom drama Accused, both on Fox.

“Everyone at Fox is heartbroken by the tragic loss of our friend and colleague, the extraordinary Malcolm-Jamal Warner,” Fox Entertainment...

Ari Aster is expanding the fictional town of Eddington into Queens, NY. The auteur is partnering with the Museum of the Moving Image to host the new film series “Eddington City Limits,” highlighting the features that inspired his acclaimed Covid-set Western.

Aster will be in attendance for two out of the five films that will screen; the program ranges from Robert Altman’s iconic “Nashville” to Lars von Trier’s beloved “Dogville.” The series is co-programmed by Aster and MoMI Senior Curator of Film Michael Koresky, and will take place from August 15 to 31. “Eddington” opens in theaters today, July 18.

As the description for the film series states, “Eddington City Limits” will include “movies that both directly inspired or echo the escalating madness of ‘Eddington,’ depicting powder-keg communities ready to spill over into violence or enclosed worlds so given to conspiracy and obsession that there’s no longer any sense of coherent reality.

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The Gringo Hunters is a Spanish and English action crime thriller drama series. Based on an article by Kevin Sieff in The Washington Post, the Netflix series revolves around a group of Mexican police officers working for an elite unit to catch criminals who have fled from the United States to Mexico. The Gringo Hunters stars Manuel Masalva, Hector Kotsifakis, Andrew Leland Rogers, Sebastian Roché, Jessica Lindsey, Clayton Conroy, Dean Simone, and Dale Carley. So, if you loved the police procedural element, heart-pumping action, and entertaining characters in The Gringo Hunters, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

FBI Credit – CBS

FBI is a police procedural action crime drama series co-created by Dick Wolf and Craig Turk. The CBS series is set in New York City, and it follows FBI Special Agents Maggie Bell and...

Keira Knightley’s Pride & Prejudice Returns To Indian Theatres – 3 Reasons You Must Experience This Romance Classic On The Big Screen! ( Photo Credit – Netflix )

Based on Jane Austen’s novel of the same name, Pride and Prejudice is one of the classic movies in Hollywood ever made, featuring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in the lead. Directed by Jon Wright, the film is getting re-released in India on July 25, 2025, to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The multiplex chain PVR Inox has collaborated with Universal International Pictures (Uip) for this occasion.

Released back in 2005, the movie is set in the 19th century, in which Knightley plays Elizabeth Bennet, who navigates her life through the class system, family, and love. However, her life takes a turn when she meets Mr. Darcy (Macfadyen), who is wealthy but stays aloof, which leads to a lot of misunderstandings between them. But ultimately, they find their own balance between right and wrong,...

Esmé Creed-Miles has joined Daisy Edgar-Jones in the new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility from Focus Features and Working Title Films.

Miles will portray Marianne Dashwood, previously portrayed by Kate Winslet in the 1995 film directed by Ang Lee. The actress posted photos with the novel as a subtle announcement that she had gotten the co-lead part. Edgar-Jones will star as Elinor Dashwood.

Georgia Oakley will direct the remake of Lee’s film from a script by bestselling author Diana Reid. Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title will produce alongside India Flint of November Pictures and Jo Wallett.

The project marks another collaboration between Focus and Working Title on a piece of Austen’s work following their collaboration on the Oscar-winning Pride & Prejudice (2005) starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Donald Sutherland, Carey Mulligan, Jena Malone, Kelly Reilly and many more, as well as the 2020 adaptation of Austen’s Emma starring Anya Taylor-Joy,...

The Champs-Elysees Film Festival, created by distributor-exhibitor Sophie Dulac in 2012 to build a bridge between French and American film industries and cultures, is shuttering after 14 editions.

Dulac’s decision to end the festival comes on the heels of a tumultuous 14th edition, which ran June 17-23 and saw the 10 members of its two main juries (notably filmmaker Alice Winocour) stepping down in reaction to a pair of investigative articles published in Le Monde and Liberation reporting toxic management over at Dulac’s companies. Dulac has denied the accusations.

The festival has also faced a crisis in recent years due to the successive closure of movie theaters alongside the famed Champs Elysée Avenue and rising competition from other fests such as Deauville, which are courting French and American talent and movies.

In a statement on Wednesday, Dulac said, “It is with great emotion that I announce the end of the Champs-Élysées...

French distributor and exhibitor Sophie Dulac has announced the end of the Champs-Élysées Film Festival championing independent American and French cinema, following a tumultuous 14th edition in June in the wake of accusations of deteriorating staff conditions at her cinema group.

In a statement, Dulac said she had taken the “difficult decision” to stop the festival, thanking past cinema professionals, partners and members of the public who had supported the event.

She cited press reports and attacks, with “heavy consequences”, in the lead up to the festival as well as the progressive closure of cinemas on the Champs-Élysées, and a lack of financial support as the reasons.

Dulac’s decision follows a rocky edition for the festival in the wake of the firing in early June of Jean-Marc Zekri as the long-time director of the Reflet Médicis Cinema in Paris’ Latin Quarter, one of five theaters in the Dulac Cinémas network.

With The Release Of ‘28 Years Later’, Let’s Take A Look At Some Of The Best Movies Set In A Post-Apocalyptic World Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy. 10. ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ (1978) “People are changing, they’re becoming less human.” With themes as relevant today as they were in 1978, ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ is much more frightening but just as bleak as the original science-fiction film from 1956. Phillip Kauffman’s renowned, stylish remake follows Matthew (Donald Sutherland), a no-nonsense health inspector, and his co-worker Elizabeth (Brooke Adams...

Mark Wahlberg's Flight Risk recently began streaming on Starz, but another of his iconic action flicks has returned to streaming glory alongside the recent Mel Gibson-directed thriller. Wahlberg stars alongside Michael Peña in Shooter, a 2007 conspiracy thriller that follows an expert marksman living in exile who is called back into his old life after being double-crossed. Shooter is currently streaming on Paramount+, the service it has called home for several years now, and it’s clawed back into the top 10 nearly 20 years later, sitting at #10 at the time of writing. The film grossed only $95 million at the box office, against a $61 million budget, failing to reach its break-even point. It also earned divisive scores of 47% from critics but 80% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

During a 2013 interview with Hollywood.com, Wahlberg spoke about the political overtones in Shooter, even expressing hope that it will "inspire people to want to go...

Asturias se convierte en la arena de los Quincuagésimos Juegos del Hambre. © Lionsgate

Ya es oficial: el Parque Natural de Somiedo, en pleno corazón de Asturias, será uno de los enclaves de rodaje de Los juegos del hambre: Amanecer en la cosecha. Y no es para menos. Con sus frondosos bosques y su lago rodeado de imponentes montañas, el paisaje parece hecho a medida para recrear la estética de las arenas vistas en anteriores entregas de la saga basada en las novelas de Suzanne Collins.

Pero, ojo, no será el único paraje asturiano que sirva de escenario para la película. La vecina Teverga también formará parte del itinerario de rodaje, concretamente el Hayedo de Montegrande, próximo al puerto de Ventana, considerado uno de los pulmones verdes más espectaculares del suroccidente asturiano.

Y es que, según ha adelantado el diario La Nueva España, la superproducción internacional de Lionsgate ha iniciado...

Jennifer Aniston addressed which character she would like to revisit and, unfortunately for Friends fans, it is not Rachel Green. However, it was one of her most exciting comedic roles, where she became a villain for the first time

Looking back at her career, Aniston told People that she would like to reprise her role from Horrible Bosses. The black comedy film premiered in 2011 and was a massive box office hit. A sequel followed three years later.

"Oh my God, this literally came up the other day: Horrible Bosses," Aniston replied when asked which character she'd like to revisit, considering that Hollywood is a fan of sequels, reboots, remakes, and revivals.

"Jason Bateman and I were talking about that, and Charlie Day has been talking about it a lot too," Aniston explained. "So that's something that we think would be super fun."

As for her reasoning, the actress highlighted that the world needs comedy.

Brad Pitt’s Underrated Film Has A Higher Critics Rating Than Fight Club! (Photo Credit – Netflix)

Brad Pitt’s Formula One sports drama, F1, is out in theatres and getting immense love from critics and the audience. Earlier, the Oscar-winning actor had delivered several acclaimed performances in films like Moneyball, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

However, there is one Brad Pitt film that many people may have missed, and it surprisingly holds a higher Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score than David Fincher’s cult mystery thriller, Fight Club. We are talking about the 2019 sci-fi drama Ad Astra. Read on to discover what it’s all about and where to watch it online.

Ad Astra: Plot & Cast

Directed by James Gray and set in a dystopian near future, the film follows Roy McBride (played by Brad Pitt), a determined...

It’s the year 2025 and we are blessed with not one, and dare we say not even two, but three new Jane Austen adaptations. Ms. Austen herself turns 250 years old this year, and it’s not a moment too soon to celebrate the life and works of the iconic author.

Now, exactly two decades after Joe Wright’s “Pride & Prejudice” made cinematic history with the Darcy (Mathew Macfadyen) hand flex seen ’round the world, there are a number of modern adaptations in the works, not to mention other recent works inspired by her life and most beloved novels, from the film “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” to the series “Miss Austen.”

And “Pride & Prejudice” is hardly the only Austen book getting new life in two (!!) formats, as Austen seems to suddenly be everywhere, all over again. Ahead, we break down the upcoming adaptations, and provide some guidance on...

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week we’re talking to Fabrizio Donvito and Daniel Campos Pavoncelli at Milan and Rome-based Indiana Production. The pair reflect on their experiences driving Netflix-backed The Leopard adaptation and how it paves the way for further ambitious Italian-language productions.

With its majestic Sicilian landscapes, 19th-Century palace settings, sumptuous party scenes and ensemble cast led by Kim Rossi Stuart and Benedetta Porcaroli, this year’s Netflix-backed adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa’s historical novel The Leopard is one of Italy’s most ambitious costume dramas series to date.

The show, which launched on Netflix in March, was the brainchild of Indiana Production co-founder Fabrizio Donvito and the company’s Head of Film and TV Daniel Campos Pavoncelli.

The pair hatched...

Suzanne Collins gave her readers a huge gift in returning to the world of The Hunger Games series, the first three books of which she wrote in 2008, 2009 and 2010, for the prequel story of one Haymitch Abernathy.

Haymitch, portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the quartet of films based on Collins’ original book trilogy, was Katniss Everdeen’s (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark’s (Josh Hutcherson) mentor for their two Hunger Games — the 74th and 75th.

For everything we know about the film adaptation of Hunger Game: Sunrise on the Reaping, read on:

When does the The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping film come out?

The film will arrive in theaters November 20, 2026.

Has the Sunrise on the Reaping film started production yet?

The film is still in early rounds of casting.

Who will play Haymitch Abernathy in The Sunrise on the Reaping movie?

Joseph Zada has been cast in the main...

Ralph Fiennes is no stranger to iconic villain roles — he’s arguably best known for portraying Voldemort in the Harry Potter films — but he’s finally broken his silence on his next antagonist role. Fiennes has been tapped to play President Snow in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which is due to begin filming next month and will be released on November 20, 2026. He takes over the role from the late Donald Sutherland, who portrayed the character in all four Jennifer Lawrence-led films before his passing last year. Fiennes caught up with The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet for his new movie, 28 Years Later, and he was asked what it felt like taking over the role from Sutherland, who was universally lauded as one of the best performers in the Hunger Games movies:

"Look, I'm a Donald Sutherland fan. I'm not going to try and be Donald Sutherland,...

Ralph Fiennes promised to do justice to Coriolanus Snow in the next Hunger Games prequel. Despite his impressive acting career, Fiennes asserted he could never match the late Donald Sutherland’s take on the character.

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Ralph Fiennes teased what The Hunger Games fans can expect from his President Snow in Sunrise on the Reaping; it’s a homage to Donald Sutherland, who stole every scene he was in the original movie trilogy. "I’m really thrilled," Fiennes said about his casting, confirmed last May 16. "Look, I’m a Donald Sutherland fan. I’m not going to try and be Donald Sutherland, because no one can be him. But I think the character he created is very complex… The complexity of that psychology, I hope I can echo in some way."

Cold, manipulative, and calculating, Sutherland’s Coriolanus Snow was a formidable villain. Upon receiving the script,...

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is the next installment in the Hunger Games franchise and will see one acting icon stepping into the shoes of another. Suzanne Collins' second prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy focuses on the 50th Hunger Games, in which Katniss and Peeta's future mentor Haymitch Abernathy competes. The movie adaptation is set to release in theaters in November 2026; Sunrise on the Reaping's cast features many notable actors playing younger versions of established Hunger Games characters, including Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman, and Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, among others.

Meanwhile, recent Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes will be playing Panem's tyrannical President Coriolanus Snow, who was portrayed by the late Donald Sutherland in the Hunger Games movies of the 2010s. During an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter at the premiere of his new film 28 Years Later, Ralph Fiennes said...

Ralph Fiennes is sharing his thoughts on playing President Snow in the upcoming film The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

The role of president snow was previously played by the late Donald Sutherland who passed away in 2024. The role was re-cast for the upcoming prequel film and Ralph, 62, will be playing the role.

Even though he’s taking over the character, Ralph says that he knows he can’t totally fill the shoes of the original actor.

Keep reading to find out more…

While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the London premiere of 28 Years Later on June 18, Ralph shared his thoughts about taking over the character.

“I’m not going to try and be Donald Sutherland, because no one can be him. But I think the character he created is very complex… The complexity of that psychology, I hope I can echo in some way,” Ralph said and...

Action icon Jason Statham saw huge success last year with the wild action thriller The Beekeeper, with a sequel now officially on the way. With his return as the world’s best assassin-turned-beekeeper-turned-assassin again, there are plenty of previous franchises led by The Stath that could come back for more, with one of the actor and martial artist’s former directors eager to work with the action superstar again.

Speaking with MovieWeb’s own George Edelman, director Simon West, who helmed the Statham vehicles The Expendables 2, Wild Card, and The Mechanic, says he’d love to reunite with The Stath and is “sure” they will do something again in the future. So, could The Mechanic 3 finally be on the cards?

“Yeah, yeah. I mean, I've done three movies with Jason, and we always enjoy working with each other. And I think, you know, we're both proud of the films we did together.

London’s Leicester Square was a no-go zone Wednesday night as the cast and crew of Danny Boyle’s zombie sequel 28 Years Later descended on the Odeon Luxe theater.

Biohazard warnings surrounded fans and guests at the central London cinema. Among the talent talking to press on the blood-stained carpet was the film’s stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and young newcomer Alfie Williams, as well as director Boyle and writer Alex Garland.

It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected.

A small community living off the coast of Northumbria, Britain, is connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. Tough-guy Jamie (Taylor-Johnson) has raised his 12-year-old son, Spike (Williams) with the mettle to send an arrow through an infected’s neck if needs be.

Top Gun: Maverick star Glen Powell will swap a plane for a fire truck for his next major movie role. The in-demand actor has been cast in Ron Howard's upcoming firefighter movie, which is currently in development at Amazon MGM Studios.

Per Deadline, Powell has been cast in the still-untitled firefighter film, which he will co-produce alongside director Howard. Christina Hodson, who is known for penning Bumblebee, Birds of Prey and The Flash, is writing the screenplay and on board as an executive producer.

The planned movie follows former childhood friends who have become elite firefighters but also drifted apart. However, when a wave of deadly fires engulfs Texas, the ex-friends must put their issues aside to protect citizens. Specific details about Powell's character were not released.

Howard is experienced in firefighter movies. The former actor directed the classic 1991 action thriller Backdraft, which followed two brothers in the Chicago Fire Department...

The latest news coming in hot is that Glen Powell, star of legacy sequels Top Gun: Maverick and Twisters, not forgetting Edgar Wright's upcoming adaptation of The Running Man, has potentially lined up another project that will bring back a bygone classic (in one form or another). He is reportedly set to star in an untitled movie about Texas blazes from director Ron Howard, who coincidentally helmed Universal's 1991 firefighting feature, Backdraft, starring Kurt Russell as one of the two feuding brothers on the trail of a serial arsonist.

The InSneider was the first to report on the project and while the initial details have not explicitly positioned it as a sequel to Backdraft, it certainly fans the flames of the long-rumored follow-up to the near 35-year-old action-thriller. Powell was linked to a Backdraft film last year, though that was said to be in the works at Imagine Entertainment.

Acclaimed director Ron Howard surprisingly had a tough time finding a distributor for his upcoming film, Eden. This is even with an all-star cast including Ana De Armas, Sydney Sweeney, Vanessa Kirby, Jude Law and Daniel Bruhl. The film eventually found a distributor when it was acquired by the studio Vertical for domestic distribution and they are looking to cap off the summer by premiering the movie on August 22. Despite this case, Howard is now working with Amazon MGM Studios on a new firefighter movie.

One of Howard’s past hits was the 1991 film Backdraft, which also sported an all-star cast, including Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick and J. T. Walsh. Backdraft followed Chicago firefighters on the trail of a serial arsonist. Industry insider, Jeff Sneider, reported in his newsletter, The InSneider, that Howard will be directing a new,...

In order to get the perfect shot in a movie, that sometimes means waking up at dawn, or worse, before dawn. The cast in the scene, the crew involved to prep, the director, everyone up when the last thing people are thinking of is being conscious. In the 2005 adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, Pride & Prejudice, one of the most iconic scenes was filmed at, you guessed it, the crack of dawn. It's the scene where Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) confesses his love to Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) as the morning sun rises. Macfadyen's Darcy utters the swoon-worthy iconic words, "You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love... I love... I love you."

Despite the intimacy of the one-on-one scene between Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy, in actuality, in addition to of course, the crew, Knightley and Macfadyen weren't as long as the scene would suggest. In a recent Variety's Actors on Actors,...

Glenn Close and Billy Porter have been cast in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.The Fatal Attraction actress has signed up to play Drusilla Sickle, the cruel escort to the tributes of District 12, while the Pose star will play her estranged husband Magno Stift, who serves as the contestants' uninspired designer.News of their casting was confirmed during Lionsgate's presentation at CineEurope.It follows the recent news that Succession actor Kieran Culkin will appear in the film as Caesar Flickerman - the character first played by Stanley Tucci in the original ‘Hunger Games’ films.Joseph Zada will lead the flick as Haymitch Abernathy - previously portrayed by Woody Harrelson - with Whitney Peak set to portray his girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird. Meanwhile, Maya Hawke will play Wiress - the former Hunger Games champion who now serves as a mentor for those in District 12 - while Mckenna Grace...

The rage virus is back – and evolved – this week with 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland‘s 28 Years Later, releasing in theaters on Friday. It serves as a potent reminder of how intense and chilling viral outbreak horror movies can be; it’s difficult to fight against, let alone evade, microscopic germs that spread with ease.

Leave it to horror to exploit viral fears with monstrous contagions that wreak havoc on the human population. This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to viral outbreak horror movies that bring the intensity but avoid heading down the familiar zombie path. These five horror titles unleash supernatural or bioweapon contagions that induce violence and leave you on edge.

Here’s where you can stream them this week.

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28 Weeks Later – Hulu, Tubi

Six months after the rage virus ravaged Great Britain’s population,...

Keira Knightley and Rosamund Pike sat down with Vanity Fair to discuss the 20th anniversary of the beloved adaptation of “Pride & Prejudice,” which has become the definitive version of the oft-filmed story for many a Jane Austen fan. Knightley and Pike played sisters Elizabeth and Jane Bennett, with their cinematic patriarch portrayed by the legendary Donald Sutherland.

“I have to say, most actors have been a disappointment since then,” said Knightley, who was just 19 when she starred in the film. The actress netted her first Oscar nomination for her work.

“Donald was pretty legendary,” Pike added. “We did have dinners with him sometimes, and he told us some pretty wild stories which cannot be shared.”

Sutherland, Knightley noted, was vehemently anti-smoking, a quality his castmates did note share.

“There was the party that Donald Sutherland came to. You weren’t allowed to smoke. He had it in his contract...

Beans Morocco, the comic character actor who showed up in everything from Blazing Saddles, Used Cars and Eating Raoul to episodes of Mork & Mindy, The Bob Newhart Show and Growing Pains, has died. He was 90.

Morocco died May 29 in Bakersfield, California, his friend Ryan Wise told The Hollywood Reporter. For his final film, he starred as an ex-con on his own after decades in the Federal Witness Protection Program in Killing Cookie (2024), a comedy that Wise wrote and directed.

“He was always performing — always entertaining — and he made everyone feel good,” Wise said.

Going by birth name Dan Barrows until he adopted his quirky stage name in the late 1980s, the pint-sized actor also appeared in such other noteworthy films as Clint Eastwood’s Any Which Way You Can (1980), Howard Storm’s Once Bitten (1985), Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) and Rob Reiner’s The American President (1995).

After he played...

Few romance genre movies come close to the 2005s Jane Austen adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Almost everything about that movie is perfect, from Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen’s casting to its quotable dialogues, to the climactic pouring rain scene – it’s always a great watch and the movie is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Now the fan-favorite feature is available to stream on HBO Max.

Back in 2005, the BBC adaptation spoke to modern times and defined love for a generation. As one of the beloved romance films, Pride and Prejudice is Austen’s best adaptation of love and misunderstanding, bedazzled with romance, wit, and an emotional core. Directed by Joe Wright, the feature follows Elizabeth Bennet (Knightley), who meets the handsome Mr. Darcy (Macfadyen) and feels he is the last man on earth she could ever marry. Thanks to her family’s pressure, when their lives become intertwined,...

In his trademark flippant delivery, Oscar winner Kieran Culkin recently joked that Hunger Games fans should “lower those expectations” regarding his forthcoming portrayal of master of ceremonies Caesar Flickerman, first originated by Stanley Tucci in the Lionsgate film adaptations of Suzanne Collins’ beloved books.

A recent TikTok from user @lielbernis saw the actor signing Playbills for Glengarry Glen Ross, in which he stars alongside Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr at Broadway’s Palace Theatre, and as he was told he’d make an “amazing” Caesar Flickerman, the Succession alum responded: “I don’t think so, lower those expectations, please. Please do. I have no idea what I’m gonna do with that.”

The A Real Pain star was later asked to comment further on his words by Entertainment Tonight Online, shaking his head and saying, “Did I say that? F—.”

Culkin is perhaps as known for his award-winning performances as...

El Parque Natural de Somiedo está entre las opciones de Lionsgate para recrear la arena de los Quincuagésimos Juegos del Hambre. © Getty Images

Atención, tributos: Somiedo podría convertirse en el escenario de Los juegos del hambre: Amanecer en la cosecha, según ha informado El Comercio, que asegura que Lionsgate ha incluido el Parque Natural asturiano entre sus posibles localizaciones para el rodaje.

De hecho, el equipo de localización ya ha movido ficha y ha enviado a expertos a la zona para evaluar su potencial como plató cinematográfico. Con sus frondosos bosques y su lago rodeado de imponentes montañas, el paisaje encajaría perfectamente con la estética de las arenas vistas en entregas anteriores entregas de la saga de Suzanne Collins. De ser elegido, el rodaje en este enclave podría extenderse durante cinco días.

La precuela Los Juegos del Hambre: Amanecer en la cosecha ha cosechado (nunca mejor dicho) un elenco de lujo,...

A Canadian Screen Awards that put marginalized voices front and center and challenged the global political landscape saw The Apprentice, a film about a young Donald Trump, dominate the national film and TV awards Sunday night in Toronto.

Director Ali Abbasi’s Trump origin story won best movie, while Sebastian Stan, the Romania-born American actor who plays the future U.S. president alongside Jeremy Strong as his consigliere Roy Cohn, earned top honors for best leading role.

Daniel Bekerman, co-producer of the Canada/Ireland/Denmark co-production The Apprentice, said when accepting the prize, “Our movie shows how the young Donald Trump amassed wealth and power by finding a dilapidated building and slapping his name on it as president. We’ll see how that works out.”

Then Bekerman turned to Trump taunting Canada as a possible 51st state for the United States. “Now he wants to slap his name on this country.

Mash actress Loretta Swit died on May 30, 2025, from natural causes at the age of 97. She was at her home in New York City at the time of her death. Swit rose to prominence with her role as Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the war comedy-drama, Mash (stylized as M*A*S*H). She was one of the four cast members who remained throughout the eleven seasons of the show, and one of the two actors who appeared both in the pilot and the finale.

With Swit’s death, there are only a handful of members of the original Mash cast who are alive today. This includes the lead of the show from day one, Alan Alda, who played surgeon Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce. Alda is still active in the industry, last appearing in Tina Fey’s recent Netflix outing, The Four Seasons.

After Loretta Swit’s death, who are the...