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The prognosis for Brilliant Minds Season 2 is “an acute case of familiar guest stars.”

TVLine has learned that NBC’s Zachary Quinto-led medical will open its sophomore run with appearances by Laura Vandervoort (Bitten, Smallville), Porsha Williams (The Real Housewives of Atlanta), Molly Bernard (Younger, Chicago Med) and Connor Tomlinson (Love on the Spectrum U.S.).

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Eli Roth is bringing his horrific Hostel series to the small screen. The show is currently in development at Peacock and will star Emmy winner Paul Giamatti, according to our sister site Variety.

TVLine has reached out to the streamer for confirmation and more details.

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Robert Carlyle will be the latest actor to play the legendary Sherlock Holmes. He’s set to join the second season of Watson, the CBS medical drama starring Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson. Carlyle will appear in a recurring guest role.

“We are thrilled to have the mighty Robert Carlyle join the cast of Watson in Season 2,” said Craig Sweeny, executive producer and showrunner of Watson. “The man has played iconic roles in projects like Trainspotting, The Full Monty and 28 Weeks Later, and now he steps into the shoes of the most iconic detective of all, Sherlock Holmes. When Watson’s best friend and former partner makes a shocking reappearance in his life, Watson is forced to confront their shared past — and a secret that may lie buried within Watson’s own body.“

Watson follows Dr. John Watson as he resumes his medical career as the head of...

If you’ve been following along with some of our Watson coverage, you’d know that the series didn’t always resonate with many of our writers at TV Fanatic.

Of course, Joshua Pleming raved about it and made his case for why this series was a sleeper hit.

CBS certainly recognized the value in it when it secured a sophomore season that was surprisingly long and more than expected for diehard Watson Fanatics.

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But now, it seems that CBS is intent on proving just why this series is a massive hit because according to Deadline, our dear Sherlock Holmes will be featured in the sophomore season, and the iconic Once Upon a Time alum, Robert Carlyle, will be playing him.

If anyone can step into the loafers of such a legendary character, it’s Carlyle. And this is the type of exciting casting news that will...

Robert Carlyle is joining the cast of “Watson” Season 2 as Sherlock Holmes, Variety reports. He will appear in a recurring guest role alongside Morris Chestnut, who plays Dr. John Watson.

Other new cast members include Eve Harlow, Peter Mark Kendall, Ritchie Coster, Inga Schlingmann, and Rochelle Aytes. Previously, Randall Park appeared in the series as Holmes’ enemy, Professor James Moriarty.

Carlyle becomes the second actor to play Sherlock Holmes on CBS recently, following Johnny Lee Miller, who starred in “Elementary” for seven seasons.

Craig Sweeny, the showrunner of “Watson,” expressed his excitement about Carlyle joining the show. He said, “We are thrilled to have the mighty Robert Carlyle join the cast of ‘Watson’ in Season 2. The man has played iconic roles in projects like ‘Trainspotting,’ ‘The Full Monty,’ and ’28 Weeks Later’… and now he steps into the shoes of the most iconic detective of all, Sherlock Holmes. When Watson’s...

Robert Carlyle is set to play Sherlock Holmes in the second season of “Watson” on CBS, Variety has reported. Carlyle will appear as the famous detective in a recurring guest role alongside Morris Chestnut, who stars as Dr. John Watson.

The new season’s cast also includes Eve Harlow, Peter Mark Kendall, Ritchie Coster, Inga Schlingmann, and Rochelle Aytes. Earlier, Randall Park appeared as Holmes’ rival, Professor James Moriarty.

Carlyle is the latest actor to take on the role of Sherlock Holmes on CBS. Before him, Johnny Lee Miller played Holmes for seven seasons on the show “Elementary.”

Series showrunner Craig Sweeny shared his excitement about Carlyle joining the cast. He said, “We are thrilled to have the mighty Robert Carlyle join the cast of ‘Watson’ in Season 2. The man has played iconic roles in projects like ‘Trainspotting,’ ‘The Full Monty,’ and ‘28 Weeks Later’… and now he steps into the...

Sherlock Holmes is finally coming to Watson, and the actor playing the iconic character should look familiar. The CBS medical drama TV series follows Dr. John Watson (played by Morris Chestnut) from Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. As such, many expected Sherlock to appear in the show one day, and that time will evidently come in season 2.

CBS has cast Robert Carlyle to play Sherlock Holmes in Watson season 2 (according to a report from Variety). Carlyle is set to recur in a guest-starring role as the famous detective in the upcoming episodes. However, it remains unclear when Sherlock will arrive, whether the premiere introduces Carlyle's character, or if he appears later. Regarding Carlyle's casting, showrunner Craig Sweeny said:

"We are thrilled to have the mighty Robert Carlyle join the cast of Watson in season 2. The man has played iconic roles in projects like Trainspotting, The Full Monty, and 28 Weeks Later…...

For the entire first season of Watson, there was a big question of whether or not Sherlock Holmes is truly alive; he seemingly died during a face-off with the villain Moriarty (Randall Park) at Reichenbach Falls. Matt Berry voiced the iconic sleuth in hallucinations of Dr. John Watson’s (Morris Chestnut). Now, Robert Carlyle has been cast as Sherlock Holmes and will recur in Watson Season 2. Now, Watson looks to the future and “faces an unexpected twist when Sherlock Holmes, who was presumed dead, resurfaces, forcing him to confront a buried secret from his past — one that lies hidden within his own body,” the season description teases. “We are thrilled to have the mighty Robert Carlyle join the cast of Watson in Season 2. The man has played iconic roles in projects like Trainspotting, The Full Monty, and 28 Weeks Later… and now he steps into the shoes of the most iconic detective of all,...

The character who loomed large over Watson‘s first season finally will appear in its second.

The CBS drama has cast Robert Carlyle (Once Upon a Time) as the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, our sister site Deadline reports.

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Carlyle will recur in the series, in which Morris Chestnut plays Dr. John Watson, Holmes’ longtime friend. Watson began in the aftermath of Holmes’ alleged death,...

Watson has found his Holmes!

The upcoming second season of CBS’ medical show has cast Robert Carlyle as Sherlock Holmes, according to Deadline, joining Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson.

Keep reading to find out more…

Per Deadline, “With his eyes fixed on the future, Watson faces an unexpected twist when Sherlock Holmes, who was presumed dead, resurfaces, forcing him to confront a buried secret from his past—one that lies hidden within his own body.”

“We are thrilled to have the mighty Robert Carlyle join the cast of Watson in Season 2. The man has played iconic roles in projects like Trainspotting, The Full Monty, and 28 Weeks Later… and now he steps into the shoes of the most iconic detective of all, Sherlock Holmes. When Watson’s best friend and former partner makes a shocking reappearance in his life, Watson is forced to confront their shared past—and a secret...

“Watson” found its Sherlock Holmes. The CBS drama series has cast “Once Upon a Time” veteran Robert Carlyle to play the legendary detective in a recurring role opposite star Morris Chestnut, TheWrap has learned.

“We are thrilled to have the mighty Robert Carlyle join the cast of ‘Watson’ in Season 2,” Craig Sweeny, executive producer and showrunner said in a statement. “The man has played iconic roles in projects like ‘Trainspotting,’ ‘The Full Monty,’ and ’28 Weeks Later; … and now he steps into the shoes of the most iconic detective of all, Sherlock Holmes. When Watson’s best friend and former partner makes a shocking reappearance in his life, Watson is forced to confront their shared past — and a secret that may lie buried within Watson’s own body.”

“Watson” is a medical drama with an investigative twist starring Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, in a modern-era take on the classic characters...

Robert Carlyle will play Sherlock Holmes in “Watson” Season 2 at CBS, Variety has learned.

Carlyle will play the legendary detective in a recurring guest star role opposite Morris Chestnut, who plays the titular Dr. John Watson. Other cast members for Season 2 include Eve Harlow, Peter Mark Kendall, Ritchie Coster, Inga Schlingmann, and Rochelle Aytes. Randall Park previously appeared in the series as Holmes and Watson’s arch-nemesis, Professor James Moriarty.

Carlyle is now the second actor to portray Holmes on CBS in recent years, after Johnny Lee Miller played the character for seven seasons on the procedural “Elementary.”

“We are thrilled to have the mighty Robert Carlyle join the cast of ‘Watson’ in Season 2,” said series showrunner Craig Sweeny. “The man has played iconic roles in projects like ‘Trainspotting,’ ‘The Full Monty,’ and ’28 Weeks Later’… and now he steps into the shoes of the most iconic detective of all, Sherlock Holmes.

Robert Carlyle is set to bring to life the legendary literary detective Sherlock Holmes in Season 2 of the CBS series Watson. Carlyle will appear in a recurring guest role, working opposite series lead Morris Chestnut, who plays Dr. John Watson.

The investigative medical drama is a modern version of one of history’s greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries. While Watson’s team of “doc-tectives” may have defeated Moriarty (Randall Park) last season, they remain determined in Season 2 in their mission to investigate and treat the world’s rarest diseases for their clinic’s patients.

With his eyes fixed on the future, Watson faces an unexpected twist when Sherlock Holmes, who was presumed dead, resurfaces, forcing him to confront a buried secret from his past — one that lies hidden within his own body.

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My biggest problem with Countdown is how a lot seems to be happening, but at the same time, nothing is happening.

At this rate, I’ve given up trying to anticipate what I want from an episode and will be enjoying the ride.

The story is one of the messiest and mediocre I’ve seen in a long time, but the technical aspects are great. The format works like the formula of a joke at a stand-up show: setups and punchlines. And that’s enough for now.

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Countdown Season 1 Episode 8 does nothing different from its predecessors. We still have our team that continues their hunt for Volcheck, but in a laissez-faire manner. For some reason, it feels like they are all in the same five-mile radius, yet Volcheck slips through.

If this team is given another season, they need to be retrained by their respective agencies, as this...

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This August, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated release of FX’s Alien series to the much-anticipated streaming release of Osgood Perkins‘ The Monkey. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the ten best films that are coming to Hulu in August 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Devil in a Blue Dress (August 1) Rt Score: 92% Credit – TriStar Pictures

Devil in a Blue Dress is a neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Carl Franklin. Based on the 1990 novel of the same name by author Walter Mosley, the 1995 film is set in the late 1940s, and it follows an unemployed World War II veteran, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins,...

Another season of The Rookie, another pesky Bailey issue, and yeah, another piece where I’m complaining about it.

Surely, you’ll let me know if I’m being too hard on this woman in the comments.

But alas, I cannot help it. The Rookie has this frustrating way of shoehorning Bailey into everything, and it’s hard to ignore!

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Sdcc was a glorious affair, where news of many of our favorite series filtered in, and the stars looked lovely. The upcoming television lineup sounds promising!

We learned that there’s an exciting series of things coming up when The Rookie returns in the winter.

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If you’ve ever whispered “Kill her, Mommy” under your breath while chopping vegetables, this one’s for you.

For fans of the original Friday the 13th — especially those of us who worship the first two films — Peacock’s upcoming series Crystal Lake might be the most exciting horror revival on the horizon. And while it’s taken a few machete swings behind the scenes, the project is alive, bloody, and officially filming in New Jersey.

Here’s everything we know so far about the return to the woods that started it all…

(Paramount Pictures/Screenshot) What’s Crystal Lake About?

Peacock is calling Crystal Lake an “expanded prequel,” but that doesn’t quite do justice to the scope of what’s been teased.

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A new patient is checking into The Pitt.

Lawrence Robinson (Sistas) has joined the Season 2 cast in the recurring role of Brian Hancock, a charming and kindhearted patient who “turns a soccer injury into a meet-cute with one of the doctors,” Deadline reports.

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Previously reported Season 2 additions for the acclaimed, Emmy-nominated HBO Max medical drama include series regular Sepideh...

There are two major reasons to celebrate right now.

For longtime Chicago Pd fans, they’ll be thrilled to know that fan-favorite actress Tracy Spiridakos has officially landed her first major role since departing the series during Chicago Pd Season 11.

And for those of us who still feel nostalgic about USA Network’s incredible slate of series, they’re shaping up with yet another new drama that will have us glued to the screens.

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According to Deadline, Spiridakos will star in the new series Anna Pigeon, and it already has our undivided attention!

It’s been exciting to see where some of the departed former series regulars of Chicago Pd have landed.

As we all know, Jesse Lee Soffer headlined the final season of FBI: International after he left Chicago Pd during the tenth season.

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Tracy Spiridakos isn’t in the Windy City anymore.

The Chicago P.D. alum has landed the title role in Anna Pigeon, our sister site Deadline reports.

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Spiridakos’ character is a former city dweller who “became a park ranger after a devastating loss changed the trajectory of her life forever,” Deadline writes. Know what’s a good distraction from...

While Fox’s fall schedule is light on scripted programming, Murder in a Small Town is on it.

The blue-sky procedural was renewed for a second season in January, delighting the series’ small but passionate fan base.

Murder in a Small Town Season 1 featured some intriguing cases, but the series excelled because of Karl and Cassandra’s relationship.

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It also included a strong supporting cast and exciting guest stars.

Murder in a Small Town Season 2 could be even better with these five tweaks.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 17 Episode 5 Review: The Gang Goes to a Dog Trackby Sam Huang Countdown Season 1 Episode 8 Review: The Nail In the Chairby Denis Kimathi The Librarians: The Next Chapter Episode 11 Swings Big and Sets Up a Killer Finaleby Paul Dailly Let the Mysteries Breathe and Don’t Cram An Entire Arc into One Episode

It’s sometimes challenging to adapt mystery and thriller novels,...

Back in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, a show with a relatively unknown cast and creatives premiered on HBO in the US and BBC in the UK. Five years later, Industry is close to being as mainstream as The White Lotus.

Set in the banking and investment world, it followed a group of twenty-somethings who had just left university with the promise of fortune in the finance industry.

Industry worked for many reasons. People familiar with the subject matter created the series, and although it used a lot of financial jargon, it was as easy to follow as it was to understand what everyone was saying.

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At the core were the youngsters who were hungry to make a mark in this industry. All gritty in their way, they were willing to fight tooth and nail to be noticed, and that gave birth to some interesting dynamics and storylines.

“Trainspotting” and “The Full Monty” star Robert Carlyle is returning to the director’s chair with the short film “Three.”

The short is led by Victoria Hamilton (“The Crown”), Isaac Gryn (“The Performance”) and Nicholas Rowe (“Young Sherlock”) and marks Carlyle’s first directorial effort since his debut in 2015 with “The Legend of Barney Thomson.”

“Three” follows a young man named Matt (Gryn), “who is invited into the home of a wealthy older couple for late-night drinks,” according to the film’s synopsis. “As the conversation deepens and the mood shifts, a tense and seductive game of control begins to unfold, revealing uncomfortable truths about power, sex and privilege.”

Co-written by Gryn and Patrick McPherson (“The Man”), “Three” has just wrapped post-production (see behind-the-scene photos taken by Anaïs Gallagher below) and is now being submitted to international film festivals. It serves as a proof-of-concept for a feature that is currently in development.

On-location production in the Greater Los Angeles area over the second quarter of 2025 was down 6.2% on the previous year, with feature shooting off by more than 21%, according to the latest report from FilmLA, the official film office for the city and county of Los Angeles.

The report confirmed the slump in production detailed in April by FilmLA’s first quarter statistics, which showed an even bigger decline of 22% in overall production.

However the new figures come just one month after California legislators approved a major enhancement of the state’s production tax credit programme and a doubling of the programme’s annual funding to $750m.

Over 20 years after its release, fans of Eragon are still waiting for the fantasy novel to get a proper adaptation. Progress on Disney+'s series has been slowly creeping along since its announcement back in 2022, and 20th Century Fox's 2006 film famously fell flat with brutal reviews and an underwhelming $250 million box office haul. One person who still laments how the big-screen take on Christopher Paolini's 2002 novel panned out is Garrett Hedlund, who embodied the antihero archer Murtaugh. The original plan was for a trilogy, capturing the sweeping epic of The Inheritance Cycle from the moment Eragon and his dragon Saphira first take flight to their final confrontation with the evil King Galbatorix. If it were up to the Tron: Legacy star, that franchise would've come to fruition given that it remains one of his most positive filmmaking experiences.

Hedlund recently joined his Tulsa King co-star Frank Grillo for...

Principal photography is underway in Winnipeg, Canada on November 1963, director Roland Joffe’s thriller about events surrounding the assassination of US president John F Kennedy.

With a cast headed by John Travolta, Robert Carlyle, Dermot Mulroney and Mandy Patinkin, the film is expected to wrap in early August.

Screenplay is by Nicholas Celozzi, grand-nephew of Sam Giancana, the boss of crime organisation the Chicago Outfit, who was known for his ties to the Kennedy family.

Kevin DeWalt of Mind’s Eye Entertainment serves as producer, along with Celozzi. Co-producer is Carrie Wilkins and Jean Guy Despres is co-executive producer.

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A new look at the assassination of John F. Kennedy is coming to theaters. November 1963, a historical thriller centering around the Mafia figures in Kennedy's orbit, has entered production in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The film will star John Travolta, and is helmed by two-time Oscar nominee Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields). The film is based on firsthand accounts and reports from the family of Sam Giancana, the contemporary head of the Chicago Outfit; Giancana had ties to Kennedy's family, even as Kennedy's brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, took on the Mafia. Giancana is widely rumored to have been involved with Kennedy's assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963; Giancana was murdered in his suburban Chicago home by an unknown assassin in 1975.

The film is written and produced by Nicholas Celozzi, who is the grandnephew of Giancana. Says Celozzi, "The whole essence of the story, the project, why we are doing this,...

Disney has been slowly and steadily changing its streaming content strategy in the past few years. R-Rated content is proving quite popular on the streamer with films like Deadpool & Wolverine, John Wick franchise, and such frequently topping the charts. Continuing its streak the giant has added two new R-rated movies for fans just in time for spooky season.

Per Comic Book, Alien: Romulus and 28 Weeks Later have been added to the Disney+ roster. The standalone sequel to Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later has made it in time to the streamer, given the third movie in the franchise, 28 Years Later, is entertaining fans in theatres. For audiences looking to refresh their memory before watching the new movie starring Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, this is the right time to binge on streaming.

28 Weeks Later, directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, was a critical and commercial hit back in 2007. The movie starring Robert Carlyle,...

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28 Days Later was a surprise hit with critics, audiences, and the box office alike because it came out of nowhere and felt like no film ever before it. An astounding feat all on its own, but even more so when you consider it did all this as a zombie movie. Well, they aren’t zombies. But you get what I mean. When it was over, and that plane flew over Jim, Selena, Hanna, and their handmade Hell sign… nope… Help sign, everyone wanted to know what happened next. Not only to them… but to the rest of the world. Which left director Danny Boyle and company in quite a predicament. How do you follow up a one-of-a-kind hit film that feels like no other when there is no surprise element anymore, your lead actors, and even you yourself aren’t available due to scheduling issues? It’s...

Ahead of the hotly anticipated Happy Gilmore sequel, Happy Gilmore 2, another Adam Sandler movie is climbing the streaming charts and has overtaken a zombie horror film. As of June 28, Grown Ups, which was released in 2010, has overtaken 28 Weeks Later to claim the No. 3 spot in Hulu’s Top 10 Movies list. Per FlixPatrol, Grown Ups is now right behind its 2013 sequel, Grown Ups 2, and Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything.

The 28 Days Later sequel film, 28 Weeks Later, released in 2007, now sits in the No. 4 spot in Hulu’s Top 10. It’s not surprising that both Grown Ups and 20 Weeks Later are in the top 10. The third film in the zombie horror franchise, 28 Years Later is currently in theaters, so fans likely want to catch up on the previous title.

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28 Years Later has been released in theaters, and Netflix took this opportunity to stream its prequel, 28 Weeks Later. The strategy worked and is on Netflix’s global weekly top 10 list. The film has debuted on Netflix with strong views, and it seems people are digging it, and it might be because of the latest film’s hype. Keep scrolling for more.

For the uninitiated, it was released in 2007 and is the standalone sequel to 28 Days Later. Although it was not as successful as the first film, it still has its charms. The film features Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots, and Idris Elba in pivotal roles.

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28 Weeks Later was added to Netflix around mid-June 2025, likely during the week starting June 16. Although Netflix didn’t specify the exact release date,...

Look, we need to talk about zombie movies. They’re everywhere, and honestly? We’re not complaining. There’s something oddly comforting about watching the world end from the safety of your couch, especially when you’ve got a good streaming service backing you up.

Hulu‘s zombie collection is pretty impressive, ranging from the classics that basically invented the genre to some wild modern interpretations that’ll make you question everything you thought you knew about the undead.

Whether you’re in the mood for straight-up horror, dark comedy, or even a little romance with your brain-eating action, Hulu’s got your back. So let’s dive into the best zombie flicks currently streaming – just maybe keep the lights on.

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Hot off a franchise-best debut, director Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later is all set to pass the $100 million mark at the global box office this weekend. The movie made $60 million worldwide in its first three days of release and has since held up moderately well. On Monday, the zombie horror film grossed around $3 million domestically, pushing its running total to $32 million. This takes the film's global box office haul to $63 million, which puts it ahead of a Jason Statham movie that has slipped through the cracks of time. The movie is Cellular, which also happened to feature none other than Chris Evans as the parallel lead.

Directed by the late David R. Ellis, who'll always be remembered for Snakes on a Plane, the movie debuted theatrically in 2004 and grossed $62 million worldwide. Cellular was produced on a reported budget of $25 million, which makes it a nifty little hit for both Statham,...

With Danny Boyle's 28 Years Laterdebuting this past week to excellent reviews and a solid response at the box office, fans are trying to get their hands on its predecessor, 28 Weeks Later, by any means available. The movie witnessed a spike in viewership globally on both Netflix and Disney+, while 28 Years Later generated around $60 million globally in its opening weekend of release. The franchise began in 2002, with the radical zombie thriller 28 Days Later, starring Cillian Murphy in the lead role, alongside Christopher Eccleston, Naomie Harris, and Brendan Gleeson.

According to FlixPatrol, 28 Weeks Later was the fourth-most-watched title on Netflix on June 24 worldwide, and the 10th-most-watched title on Disney+. The movie earned 293 points on Netflix, and 83 points on Disney+. In total, the film has accumulated 1,132 points on Netflix and another 185 points on Disney+ so far this month. Released in 2007, 28 Weeks Later was headlined by Robert Carlyle,...

28 Years Later North America Box Office: Beats 28 Weeks Later’s Domestic Haul (Photo Credit – Instagram)

28 Years Later had an impressive opening weekend at the box office in North America. The movie has also surpassed the domestic haul of 28 Weeks Later. The film opened with $60 million at the worldwide box office. It has landed on the upper side of the projected range and is expected to do well in its box office run. Keep scrolling for more.

The movie received strong ratings from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes. They gave it 89% and stated, “The film taps into contemporary anxieties with the ferocious urgency of someone infected with Rage Virus, delivering a haunting and visceral thrill ride that defies expectations.” However, the audience rating is a bit lower than that. The viewers gave it 65%, and it will undoubtedly beat its predecessors at the box office as another sequel is also in development.

Idris Elba and Jeremy Renner's post-apocalyptic zombie movie 28 Weeks Later is currently climbing the streaming charts. The film's surge in popularity comes as a new entry in the franchise hits theaters.

FlixPatrol reports that 28 Weeks Later has climbed an impressive 7 places on Hulu's Top 10 chart in the United States on June 21, 2025. It currently holds the #4 spot in the movies chart, bested only by Marvel Cinematic Universe moviesIron Man (#1), Black Panther (#2), and Iron Man 2 (#3). Released in 2007, 28 Weeks Later starred Renner and Elba alongside Robert Carlyle and Rose Byrne as a US task force tries to help survivors following the original Rage Virus outbreak seen in 28 Days Later.

In the film, U.S.-led NATO forces establish a safe zone in London, but when two young siblings break safety protocols to search for a photo of their mother, the Rage Virus soon rears its ugly...

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28 Years Later is now in theaters, reuniting Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, the writer-director duo behind the 2002 zombie classic, 28 Days Later. While 28 Years Later works as a standalone narrative, movie buffs might nonetheless want to revisit the rest of the series.

Even though it’s acclaimed as one of the best horror movies of all time, 28 Days Later spent years in the space between dead and undead,...

Danny Boyle "wouldn’t be able to make" Slumdog Millionaire today.The 68-year-old filmmaker helmed the 2008 drama movie - which told the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai - but Danny believes the acclaimed film was of its time and that the world has now moved on.He told the Guardian newspaper: "Yeah, we wouldn’t be able to make that now. And that’s how it should be. It’s time to reflect on all that. We have to look at the cultural baggage we carry and the mark that we’ve left on the world."The film - which starred Dev Patel and Freida Pinto - won a number of awards at the time, including seven BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globes. However, it received mixed reviews in India.Asked if the movie amounted to a form of colonialism, Danny replied: "No, no.

Danny Boyle never thought Trainspotting would transform his career.The 68-year-old director helmed the 1996 drama film - which starred the likes of Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle - but Danny never imagined that the movie would become such a huge success.Asked if he expected the film to kick-start his career, Danny told The Hollywood Reporter: "No. Absolutely not. "In fact, I remember there was a wave of disapproval of it building. They had shown a trailer or something on one of the TV movie shows here. And one of the prestigious critics said, 'Well, that looks shockingly irresponsible about drugs.' Things like that were building. "And then there was this journalist, Muriel Gray, and she wrote this piece about Irvine’s [Welsh] book, and about the film. She spoke with authority saying, 'You do not know what you are talking about,' all these people...

Sequels are a tricky business. For every Aliens, there’s a Speed 2. So when 28 Weeks Later arrived five years after Danny Boyle’s genre-redefining 28 Days Later, scepticism was understandable. Now, years later, and ahead of the release of the next film in the series, there seems to be more of an appreciation for the second part. One could argue that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s follow-up doesn’t just survive the comparison with the first film, it thrives on it, delivering a film that’s sharper, leaner, and in some ways even more brutal than its predecessor.

From the moment the opening sequence throws us into a rural farmhouse siege, it’s clear Fresnadillo understands what made the first film so potent: urgency. But where 28 Days Later built terror out of silence and isolation, 28 Weeks Later trades in chaos. Robert Carlyle’s Don, caught between a horde of infected and a split-second moral choice,...

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,...

There's no denying the impact 28 Days Later had on the horror genre. Although not technically the undead, the "infected" in the movie revitalized what was quickly becoming a tired zombie gimmick in film, breathing new life into the monsters whilst also holding a mirror up to society in a bleak and powerful way akin toDawn of the Dead. Danny Boyle's frenzied horror, led by Cillian Murphy’s breakout performance, is considered by many to be one of the genre's best.

However, fewer have indulged further into the franchise and tasted the flesh of the lesser-known sequel, 28 Weeks Later. Directed and co-written by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the 2007 installment follows siblings Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton), a pair of beacons in a bleak landscape with their genes thought to hold the cure to the Rage Virus. Alongside Poots and Muggleton, the movie also stars the big-name trio of Robert Carlyle,...

Streaming charts aren't just packed with empty impressions of what movies should be like. Try as they might to devalue the currency of moviemaking with slickly hollow fare like "The Electric State," the Russo brothers and their streaming overlords are yet to completely eradicate wonder and imagination from the film industry (though Joe Russo's vision of an A.I.-driven garbage future often seems as though it's fast-approaching). For the time being at least, there's still plenty of good stuff out there, and sometimes it finds its way onto the streaming charts, right alongside the dross.

If you take a look at Hulu's charts over the first half of 2025, we've seen some great stuff popping up in the rankings, from Chloe Fineman's critically acclaimed comedy to 2025's Best Picture winner "Anora." It's not just new stuff hitting the streaming charts, either. Often we'll see forgotten, overlooked, or...

In its first 24 hours since movie tickets went on sale Tuesday, Sony Pictures’ 28 Years Later has become the best horror ticket pre-seller of 2025, outstripping advance tickets at the same point in time for Sinners and Final Destination: Bloodlines.

The sequel also has outpaced the presales for 2024’s Nosferatu and Alien: Romulus.

28 Years Later‘s advance-ticket sales record is inclusive of Fandango and all exhibitors.

Momentum started for Oscar winner Boyle’s auteur horror film when its first trailer gained 60.2 million global views in its first 24 hours, becoming the biggest horror trailer launch of 2024, ahead of A Quiet Place: Day One (46.6M views), Smile 2 (33.1M views) and Nosferatu (26.4M views). The trailer topped the Golden Trailer Awards and won in three categories, including best of show, most original trailer and the Don Lafontaine Award for best voice over.

In 28 Years Later, written by Academy Award-nominated writer Alex Garland,...

A classic zombie sequel featuring acclaimed actors Jeremy Renner and Idris Elba is heading to a new streaming home. The 2007 post-apocalyptic blockbuster, 28 Weeks Later, premieres on Hulu soon.

Disney-owned Hulu confirmed that 28 Weeks Later will debut on its platform on June 1. The film is also available to stream via Disney+ and can be rented or purchased via Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and YouTube. Debuting five years after Danny Boyle's28 Days Later, starring Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy, 28 Weeks Later chronicles a family and nation looking to rebuild six months after the Rage Virus outbreak and the resulting zombie apocalypse.

The standalone sequel depicts NATO's efforts to establish a safe zone in London after the original movie's events wiped out the British Isles' population. However, as refugees return to Britain and the worst of the outbreak is seemingly gone, it's revealed that the virus is back and more dangerous than before.

28 Days Later’s terrifying first sequel is getting a new streaming home just weeks before the long-awaited third movie hits theaters. Danny Boyle’s visceral take on the zombie apocalypse wowed audiences when it hit cinema screens way back in 2002. The clock then spun forward to 2007’s 28 Weeks Later, revealing the world to still be in a precarious state thanks to the ongoing Rage Virus threat. Now, over two decades after the first film, the calendar is sweeping forward even more in 28 Years Later, which is set for release on June 20, 2025.

With just weeks to go before 28 Years Later makes its long-awaited debut, 28 Weeks Later is getting a new streaming home, coming to Hulu on June 1.

Did You Know: A third 28 Days Later film was being developed even as the second hit theaters, but rights issues held up production, and the film ultimately fell into development hell.

Toxic Town Has A 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score ( Photo Credit – Netflix )

There are just a few shows on Ott that boast a perfect Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score of 100%. Today, we will tell you about one such miniseries that quietly started streaming on Netflix a few months back and hit the bullseye with the critics.

Here’s Why You Should Watch This 100%-Rated Netflix Series

We are talking about the British drama miniseries Toxic Town, which was released on the streaming giant Netflix on February 27, 2025. The show is set in a four-episode format, and it’s based on the true story of the Corby toxic waste case. The case is also often described as the British version of Erin Brockovich (which was made into a film starring Julia Roberts). If you like disaster aftermath-centric shows like the widely acclaimed series Chernobyl, then Toxic Town is definitely worth checking out.

Toxic Town – Plot...

The fairest of them all has spoken! Ginnifer Goodwin who played the beloved Snow White on ABC series Once Upon a Time attended the 2025 Disney Upfronts recently, and was asked about whether she'd be interested in reprising her role for a reboot of the magical series. And she's definitely on board! Here's what she had to say to The Hollywood Reporter:

"My whole real life is because of Once Upon a Time. It was one of the jobs of my life and I met my husband and I had my children because of that. And Snow White's very close to my heart. I think I'm here because of that show. But I would kill to go back, to revisit that. Absolutely."

Ginnifer Goodwin shares how she feels about a possible #OnceUponaTime reboot at the #DisneyUpfronts pic.twitter.com/Wu3m8GcrNR

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 13, 2025

Goodwin isn't kidding...

Tubi has recently released a press release detailing all the films, series, and reality shows coming to the streamer in May. Among the 100+ releases arriving on Tubi, some of our favorite movies have also made it to the list. Given that the streamer is free for users, fans now get to watch these films without the hassle of a paywall.

The streamer has also announced four original projects in May. If you are wondering how the streamer makes money on these projects, it makes revenue from the ads run on the platform. With more crowd-pulling projects, more people are likely to log in to the streamer. It means that they will make more revenue for future projects from ads.

The hottest picks on Tubi in May 2025

Tubi’s can’t-miss category of films this May includes a few Fast & Furious films and a few DC titles. The streamer also brings a few Oscar-winning titles,...

November 1963, from Roland Joffe, is the latest film to explore the JFK assassination on screen. Building up quite a cast too.

A new film exploring the assassination of President John F Kennedy is heading into production over the next month or so. It’s going by the title of November 1963, and it’s assembled quite a cast.

Already known to be on board were John Travolta, Mandy Patinkin and Dermot Mulroney. Now we learn that Robert Carlyle is going to be playing Lee Harvey Oswald, and Yellowstone’s Jefferson White has been cast as Jack Ruby. The movie is set to film in Canada, and Roland Joffe is directing. Nicki Celozzi has penned the script.

The perspective this time has been given by Sam Giancana, a mob boss who was well connected with the Kennedy family. Nicki Celozzi is his nephew, and spent time with Giancana as his family’s...