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Thanks to his leading role in Prime Video’s hit action series, Reacher, Alan Ritchson has now become a bona fide action superstar. Possessing the sort of size to rival that of even the “Austrian Oak” himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the charisma to boot, Ritchson putting his name on another action project outside the adventures of Jack Reacher is reason enough to be excited. And, thanks to a near-unrecognizable first look at the actor in Motor City, we could very well have an action thriller classic on our hands.

Alan Ritchson takes the lead in the ‘70s-inspired revenge thriller Motor City, which will reportedly only have five lines of dialogue. Instead, the thriller will let the action do the talking. In the first look image, which you can check out below, Ritchson combines his familiarly huge frame with long hair and a glorious beard as he finds himself behind bars...

Taylor Kitsch’s origin story for Ben Edwards goes from Navy Seal to becoming a CIA Special Operations agent in the trailer for Prime Video’s The Terminal List: Dark Wolf.

Chris Pratt reprises his role as James Reece in the prequel that also stars Tom Hooper, Luke Hemsworth, Robert Wisdom and Dar Salim. Rona-Lee Shimon, Shiraz Tzarfati and Jared Shaw. “Men like us — protectors, defenders, sentinels — you’re either in the fight, or you’re thinking about,” Wisdom as Jed Haverford explains at one point in the trailer.

The prequel is co-created by The Terminal List author Jack Carr, who is also a former Navy Seal, and season one showrunner David Digilio. As an espionage thriller, the series explores the darker side of warfare through the actions of muscular CIA operatives.

The first three episodes of Dark Wolf will premiere on Aug. 27 Prime Video in over 240 countries worldwide, with...

Exclusive: Writer-director Blaise Beyhan has set an impressive cast for his debut feature, Callback. Currently in production in New York City, the film will star Asa Germann (Gen V), Aaron Moten (Fallout), and Dennis Quaid (The Substance).

Based on Beyhan’s short of the same name, with Paul Fitzgerald (The Residence) reprising his role, the film’s plot is being kept under wraps. Others in the ensemble include Giovanni Ribisi (Sneaky Pete), Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad), Willa Fitzgerald (Strange Darling), Carla Gugino (Heads of State), Trew Mullen (Blink Twice), and Hamish Linklater (Nickel Boys).

The project reunites a number of the creatives behind Magenta Light Studios’ cult hit 2024 thriller, Strange Darling, including Willa Fitzgerald, who starred; Jt Mollner, who wrote and directed; and Ribisi, who served as cinematographer.

Robby Gutmann and Beyhan’s Hellblazer and w.e. Films are producing in association with Mollner’s Electric Lady (Strange Darling) and...

Bambi and Pete Davidson are featured in this week’s new horror movies, but unfortunately they’re not sharing the screen in the same movie. They’re joined by the at-home release of one of this year’s best horror movies so far, along with a new Gill Man movie from Shudder.

Here’s all the new horror that released from July 21 – July 27, 2025!

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There’s a monster in the basement in Bait, now available on VOD.

In the new indie monster movie from Uncork’d Entertainment, “On their way to a family get-together, the Herring family are in a bad car accident, waking in a terrifying, dark basement. Something is there with them. And it craves human flesh.”

Bait was directed by Andrea M. Catinella, written by Sam Gurney.

The cast includes Ingrid Evans, Connor Powles, Andrew Rolfe, and Natalie Hughes.

The success of Universal's How to Train Your Dragon remake wasn't a sure thing. In the last couple of years alone, Disney's The Little Mermaid and Snow White had a difficult time in theaters, raising questions about the audience's appetite for such films. As it turns out, they're perfectly fine with remakes, as long as the movies they're presented with aren't based on properties they don't feel deeply about. How to Train Your Dragonis all set to soar past the $600 million milestone at the global box office this weekend, and eventually even become the franchise's top-grossing installment. For now, however, it can take pride in passing a major franchise movie at the international box office.

How to Train Your Dragon has grossed $343 million in overseas markets, passing the $342 million overseas haul that Terminator Genisys ended its run with a decade ago. Directed by Alan Taylor, the movie grossed over $440 million globally,...

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 Assessment (Fleur Fortune)

The “old world” is a wasteland. People still live there, but not for very long. Those in the “new world” live hundreds of years thanks to a drug that slows aging. It’s groundbreaking technology that comes at a price: the combination of scarce real estate on which to live safely and figurative immortality means less to go around for a populace that never decreases. The compromise was thus to take China’s now-defunct “one-child policy” to the nth degree and render the conception of all children illegal. Unless you’re granted a waiver by the government, but that permission is understandably not easily won. You must prove yourselves worthy as a couple via a seven-day evaluation. This...

This week’s streaming premieres are a healthy mix of both movies and TV shows. Three films that were released in theaters earlier this year have made their streaming and on-demand debuts this week. Netflix and Paramount+, meanwhile, have added new episodes of two wildly different, popular shows to their platform. On Friday, Netflix is also set to host the premiere of one of this summer’s biggest and most star-studded sequels.

Here are the eight best new movies and shows that you can stream this weekend.

“Dangerous Animals” (Shudder) “Dangerous Animals” (2025)

A savage mash-up of the serial killer and shark survival horror genres, director Sean Byrne’s “Dangerous Animals” is unlike any other thriller you will likely see this year. An Australian and American co-production, it follows a free-spirited surfer (Hassie Harrison) who is abducted by a maniacal serial killer (Jai Courtney) who ritualistically holds his victims captive on...

Lili Reinhart is to star in The Love Hypothesis.The 28-year-old actress will lead the cast of the adaptation of Ali Hazelwood's New York Times best-selling novel for Amazon MGM Studios and MRC, and will also executive produce the movie.The Love Hypothesis sees Biology PhD candidate Olive Smith and tyrannical professor Dr. Adam Carlsen embark on a fake romance to see their calculated theories on love get thrown into chaos.Claire Scanlon will direct the movie from a script by The Sleepover scribe Sarah Rothschild, while Elizabeth Cantillon will produce and Lili and author Ali serving as executive producers.Announcing the movie, Ali - who released The Love Hypothesis in 2021 and saw it spend 10 months on the New York Times bestseller list - said in a statement: “Honestly, I still can’t believe this is happening? Elizabeth Cantillon, Claire Scanlon, and Lili Reinhart have all created, produced, or...

Netflix has an ever-expanding library that offers a treasure trove of binge-worthy shows, perfect for a weekend escape or light watching whenever you feel like escaping from this world. With several new content dropping regularly, it is easy to overlook hidden gems.

Whether you’re into psychological thrills, biting dark comedy, Nordic noir, or social dramas that make your brain tingle in the right places, the streaming giant has a long list of series that you can devour in a few days.

So here are fresh or under-the-radar Netflix originals, ideal for a quick immersive binge, from gritty thrillers to heartfelt comedies. So whether you are craving mystery, sci-fi, or drama, the,ese selections promise to keep you glued to your screen. So grab your snacks and dive into these captivating series.

10. Missing You (2024)

Based on Harlan Coben’s novel of the same name, Missing You might not be as critically acclaimed,...

For years, we’ve seen Liam Neeson assume physically demanding action roles, some of which have contributed to his prominence, while others, not so much. One such role is his Tom Dolan character in the 2020 thriller, Honest Thief, which wasn’t much of a success at the box office or among critics, who gave it a 41% on Rotten Tomatoes. That hasn’t stopped the film from getting positive attention from viewers, who would surely be glad to know that it has found a new streaming home right in the heat of summer.

On July 1, 2025, Honest Thief landed on Hulu, where it has become a surprise hit, despite its past failure. The action pic claimed the #5 spot on the streamer upon its debut, and fans can hope for even more success in the coming weeks. Honest Thief was theatrically released on October 16, 2020, by Open Road Films and Briarcliff Entertainment. It grossed...

Collider Ladies Night hit a milestone last year at San Diego Comic-Con. We did our very first live edition of the show with Melissa Barrera, Erika Henningsen, and Katy O’Brian in a packed house in one of the biggest rooms of the convention, Ballroom 20. We’re beyond thrilled to announce that Ladies Night is coming back for more in 2025.

In partnership with IFC Entertainment Group, Collider Ladies Night returns to San Diego Comic-Con, but with a spin. This year, we're hosting Collider Ladies Night After Dark and putting the spotlight on the women of the IFC Entertainment Group – encompassing the brands of The Independent Film Company, Shudder and Rlje. Those women? Clown in a Cornfield star Katie Douglas, Hassie Harrison from Dangerous Animals, Whistle headliners Dafne Keen and Sophie Nélisse, and Alexandra Shipp who’ll be promoting both Forbidden Fruits and Violent Ends.

If you’re looking for unparalleled insight into Douglas,...

A Shark-Obsessed Psychopath That Tortures His Victims Physically And Mentally Believe it or not, Sean Byrne’s ‘Dangerous Animals’ is the second film set in Australia to be released in the last two months that follows an American in the foreign land, with the Nicolas Cage led ‘The Surfer’ being the other. Both films follow their lead characters who find themselves to be in danger from a local that absolutely despises tourism, and if they were made just to keep Americans like myself out of their proud country, then it is absolutely working. 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,...

Amazon Prime Video, the studio and streamer behind the mammoth hit that is Reacher, launches their latest action thriller franchise with the first trailer for The Terminal List prequel, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf. While the initial show centered on MCU star Chris Pratt’s amnesiac US Navy Seal James Reece, the spin-off series will put American Primeval’sTaylor Kitsch front-and-center, allowing audiences to get better acquainted with his character, former Navy Seal-turned-CIA agent Ben Edwards.

Set before the first series, which first landed on Prime Video back in 2022, The Terminal List: Dark Wolfpromises all the action, darkness, and intrigue that fans of the first outing are hoping for. Dark Wolf is due to land on the streamer on August 27, 2025, and you can check out the official synopsis and newly released trailer below...

“Co-created by The New York Times bestselling author of The Terminal List, Jack Carr, and Season One creator-showrunner David Digilio,...

Jack Reacher is fast becoming one of the most prominent action heroes of modern times. Much of that is down to "Reacher" star Alan Ritchson, whose 6-foot 3-inch, 235-pound frame has finally given fans a book-accurate version of the ex-military policeman character. Audiences can't get enough of Ritchson in the role, as evidenced by the fact season 3 of "Reacher" broke a Prime Video ratings record. The actor has made no secret of how hard he worked for the part and how grueling the casting process was, with Amazon initially hesitant to offer the actor the lead role in "Reacher." But he pushed ahead anyway, and fans couldn't be happier.

Prior to Ritchson's casting there were multiple actors up for the part, including Teddy Sears, Brandon Routh, and Brian Van Holt, but it seems one Australian star was gunning for the part in secret. Jai Courtney, who played John McClane's son...

In 2015, the Terminator franchise went in a new direction with the polarizing film Terminator Genisys. While it was not a major success at the time, the film has gotten a resurgence ten years later, now having a sudden surge on the streaming charts.

Per FlixPatrol, Terminator Genisys is currently the No. 5 movie for all films globally streaming on Paramount+. It is presently the only Terminator film that's ranking in the Top 10 on the charts. Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator: Dark Fate are also both available on Paramount+, though fans will have to find the other installments elsewhere.

Terminator Genisys was certainly no critical darling, as it has a score of 26% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is the lowest-rated film in the franchise, below Terminator: Salvation's 33%. However, some fans of the franchise have insisted that Genisys is not deserving of its low score, feeling that the film is an underrated...

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Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" is one of the most commercially successful, critically beloved, and important blockbuster movies ever made. Full stop. It just turned 50 this week, and few movies that are five decades old look quite as fresh to modern audiences as this masterful, terrifying depiction of man vs. nature. Put simply, it's the best shark movie ever made -- and it's not even close.

Me saying that "Jaws" is the greatest shark movie to ever grace the silver screen is far from original, it's pretty much accepted as fact (or as close as one gets to fact when expressing a critical opinion). That being the case, it's not surprising that we've had many shark movies over the years that have tried to mimic the success of Spielberg's 1975 cinematic classic. Some have been sort of successful (like "Great White...

Alita: Battle Angel remains without a sequel six years after its theatrical release. The 2019 cyberpunk action film, based on the manga series Battle Angel Alita, was directed by Robert Rodriguez from a screenplay co-written by James Cameron.

The good news is that fans of Alita: Battle Angel will soon be able to stream the action epic on one of the biggest streamers available in the United States. Beginning July 1, Hulu will add Alita: Battle Angel to its platform, allowing its subscribers to revisit, or perhaps watch the movie for the first time, whenever they'd like. Rosa Salazar stars as the title character, Alita, a cyborg who awakens in a new body without memory of her past and sets out to uncover her destiny. Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley and Keean Johnson appear in supporting roles.

While Alita was a hit with audiences, with review...

Netflix’s limited series “American Primeval” thrusts audiences into the viciousness of the American West, specifically the Utah Territory in 1857.

And that’s exactly the story director Peter Berg wanted to tell — a story not about the American West, but a tale of survival. Told through the perilous journey of a young mother and her son desperate to start anew, the show examines several groups of Americans, including pioneers, Indigenous people, military men and Mormons, all clambering to survive in a profoundly volatile, fear-filled world.

Speaking with Variety‘s Artisans, presented by HBO, co-supervising sound editor and music editor Anne Jimkes-Root explains some of the core sonic concepts were to push anxiety through movement. She said, “These people are constantly on the run and to translate that in all aspects of the film process, meaning sound and music. We really wanted to embrace the rough edges of the story and...

Exclusive: Jaimie Alexander (Thor), Chloe Fineman (Saturday Night Live), and Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull) are new additions to the cast of The Very Best People, the comedic thriller marking the feature directorial debut of Tony Award winner Brian Swibel, which is currently in production in New York.

The trio joins a cast that also includes Paul Walter Hauser, Lili Reinhart, Tim Roth, Jake Lacy, Jai Courtney, and Kerry Bishé, as we were first to tell you last month. Character details are under wraps, as is the film’s plot. Pic is written by John Lavelle — based on his play The Very Best People, which premiered at Iama theatre company in the fall of 2024 — along with Swibel and Blades of Glory‘s Craig Cox.

Brent Emery (The Stanford Prison Experiment), Justin Klosky, Alex Peace-Power, Tara Smith and Bita Khorrami are producing for Swibel’s Triptyk Studios, which is venturing into narrative...

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #456: Jai Courtney and Sean Byrne talk making indie feature Dangerous Animals,...

James Gunn set a bold and exciting precedent for the new DC Universe (Dcu) even before he was appointed as the Co-Chairman of DC Studios alongside his producing partner Peter Safran. The opening scene of his 2021 film The Suicide Squad massacred several villains who were part of Task Force X, including even the fan-favorite Captain Boomerang, played by Jai Courtney. The opening scene made it feel as though no one was safe, and the same principle would carry over into projects like Peacemaker and Creature Commandos. Now, the writer/director took to social media to explain how he wants the death of characters to work in the new Dcu.

A fan asked the director if the Creature Commandos character, Princess Ilana Rostovic of Pokolistan (Maria Bakalova) would be making a return of some kind. In the season 1 finale of the series, Ilana is shot in the head by The Bride...

Dangerous Animals is out now. In it, Jai Courtney plays a maniacal serial killer with a unique method of dispatching his victims: feeding them alive to hungry sharks. Directed by Sean Byrne, the thriller breathes new life into the tired shark subgenre of horror, just in time for Jaws‘ 50th anniversary. I had the chance to speak with Jai Courtney about what it was like getting into the mind of a killer for his role as Tucker in Dangerous Animals.

Check out my review of Dangerous Animals here.

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It’s summer, which means it’s beach season, but if you’re like me, Jaws ruined beaches for you long ago. Spielberg’s shark movie instilled a phobia of fish in me at an early age that has grown and evolved as I’ve matured. Still, there’s something about sharks and shark horror that attracts me, even if most entries are as compelling as rotten chum. No movie before or after has come even close to reaching the masterful terror of Jaws, but in honor of its 50th anniversary, I bring you ’10 Great Shark Movies That Aren’t ‘Jaws‘ and Where to Watch Them.’ Be warned, I’m using the term “great” pretty loosely here.

1. The Reef (2010) Directed by Andrew Traucki

The Reef is a straightforward but engaging story about a group of friends stranded in open water with hungry sharks lurking nearby. After their boat is capsized,...

Delivering on both fronts with Schindler’s List and Jurassic Park in the same year is arguably one of the biggest feats in cinema. And it’s hard to imagine anyone other than Steven Spielberg helming these movies, which have stood the test of time.

Although these two classics couldn’t be more different from each other, apart from sharing Spielberg and John Williams’s knack for delivering on all fronts, had it not been for Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List might not have seen the light of day.

The Jurassic Park deal paved the way for Steven Spielberg’s passion project A still from Jurassic Park | Credit: Universal Pictures

Having already witnessed a bidding war for film rights to his then-upcoming novel Congo, for Jurassic Park, author Michael Crichton was fixated on avoiding a similar ordeal, which prompted him to set a fixed price of $1.5M.

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Stars: Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston, Rob Carlton, Ella Newton, Liam Greinke | Written by Nick Lepard | Directed by Sean Byrne

Acclaimed Australian director Sean Byrne returns with Dangerous Animals, an inspired mash-up of two beloved horror genres, serial killer thrillers and sharksploitation. Delivering handsomely – and nastily – in both elements, it’s one of the most enjoyable genre movies of the year.

Set in present-day Surfers Paradise on Queensland’s Gold Coast, the film introduces its killer immediately, as burly fisherman Tucker (a scarily massive Jai Courtney) cheerfully stabs one of two tourists he has just taken on a Swimming-With-Sharks tour, before pushing him overboard.

Dangerous Animals then joins the film’s heroine, free-spirited American Zephyr, who has escaped a miserable childhood of foster homes in favour of pursuing Australia’s big waves. After a hook-up with nice-guy estate agent Moses (Josh Heuston), Zephyr is abducted by Tucker and wakes...

He’s already danced in his undies to Stevie Wright in a shark-obsessed Aussie horror flick, but Jai Courtney is just as pumped to see someone else take the lead—especially if that someone is Alan Ritchson. The Dangerous Animals actor, who once went toe-to-toe with Tom Cruise in 2012’s Jack Reacher, spoke with Forbes about War Machine, the upcoming sci-fi action film he stars in alongside Ritchson. And despite missing out on the lead role in Prime Video’s hit Reacher series, Courtney says there are no hard feelings—just admiration.

Instead, Ritchson stepped into the role and quickly became an idol in the action genre, fully becoming the towering, take-no-prisoners human fridge from Lee Child’s books with brute strength and dry wit. The role launched him into the action spotlight, and Courtney couldn’t be more impressed.

“Alan’s great in that, and he’s great in War Machine.

When you go to the Cannes Film Festival, you want to experience films you would not otherwise see. For me, it seems, this was buying a ticket to a horror film, one of my least favourite genres. “Dangerous Animals” (2025) is the first feature film by director Sean Byrne in a decade, and one of the few films playing in the Director’s Fortnight to have already obtained distribution, and therefore a marketing budget. This was apparent as I entered the Theatre Croisette for my screening, as a group of people in shark masks handed out scratch cards to win a scuba diving trip. I did not get the prize, but as the card said, I had survived.

What is surprising about “Dangerous Animals” is how long several characters clearly marked as disposable survive. If you have not seen the trailer, you will feel lulled into a false sense of security...

A tense, darkly comic, cold open to director Sean Byrne’s third feature introduces Bruce Tucker (Jai Courtney), a larger than life Aussie who plies his trade as a pleasure boat captain sailing the shark-infested waters off the coast of Surfer’s Paradise. He wants his clients to get as close to nature’s eating machines as possible and by that I mean really close, as in “pushing said clients overboard into the feeding zone after stabbing them repeatedly” close.

However, the quick kills are mostly reserved for the males in Tucker’s vicinity. His main sideline is kidnapping various young women and imprisoning them on his ship for a short time before dangling them into the water to let his beloved shark “mates” do their thing while he videos the bloody action. Next up on the menu would appear to be free-spirited Zephyr (Hassie Harrison), a resourceful and independent...

Director Sean Byrne has been chumming the water for a long time. His new movie, Dangerous Animals, a shark infested survival thriller, is garnering great reviews and deservedly so. It has a villain for the ages in Jai Courtney, who comes across as part man-child, part Buffalo Bill inspired psychopath, and it has Hassie Harrison as a heroine every bit his equal in the scene stealing department. But the truly dangerous thing about Byrne's film is the depths it swims in. He never misses an opportunity for a thrill but he’s always deftly steering the narrative towards the characters' psychology and, dare I say, sense of the spiritual nature of what they are involved in. In short, this is more than a thrill ride that...

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Directed by Sean Byrne (The Devil’s Candy) and based on a script by Nick Lepard (Keeper), the latest in a long and rich line of shark-based horror movies has finally hit our screens. Following its debut at the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival, the Jai Courtney-led Dangerous Animals made its opening swim into box office waters this past weekend, taking a reported $1.5 million from 1,636 theaters in the US alone.

Considering the strong competition from major blockbusters such as Disney's live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Dangerous Animals' debut is not too financially disheartening. However, has it managed to capture the positive attention of audiences? Following its impressive debut with critics on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, earning a huge 90% score that has since mellowed to a "certified fresh" 84% a week later, Dangerous Animals' audience rating is proving almost as impressive.

Following its opening weekend,...

Jai Courtney, now terrorizing multiplexes with his demented turn in Dangerous Animals, recently reveals a surprising reason behind his absence from Prime Video’s hit series Reacher. Despite starring alongside Tom Cruise in the 2012 film Jack Reacher, Courtney was ultimately passed over—thanks to a polite but firm note from production, as Courtney laughed about during a Cannes promo stop, recalling conversations around his casting while speaking wth Forbes.

“I’ve seen the show, and I remember when that was casting, I was like, ‘Wait, I’m big enough to play Jack Reacher,’ and they were like, ‘No, that’s too close to home,’”

While Reacher averaged around 7 million viewers per episode, the series skews toward lean, stoic masculinity—something Courtney joked he may have mirrored too closely for comfort. The show's success has continued under Alan Ritchson, who embraced the again-heroic mantle of Jack Reacher in the Prime Video series.

https://youtu.be/WR2btzjmmuc?si=NFJUu_rI9E0aH4C7 Dangerous Animals, directed by Sean Byrne and starring Jai Courtney, Hassie Harrison and Josh Heuston, Dangerous Animals hits theaters on June 6th! Yezerski’s musical works are highly evocative, original and diverse. From the symphonic grittiness of David Ayer’s The Tax Collector to Carlos Lopez Estrada’s quiet drama film Blindspotting; from the avant-garde horror drones of Sean Byrne’s The …

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Lionsgate’s From The World Of John Wick: Ballerinaopened below tracking on an estimated $25m in second place through Lionsgate as Disney’s family behemoth Lilo & Stitch held on to top place in its third weekend.

Overall North American box office earned an estimated $113.4m per Comscore and the year-to-date has amassed $3.53bn to track a very healthy 26% ahead of 2024 by the same stage.

John Wick spin-off Ballerina starsAna de Armas and while action spin-offs historically have opened significantly below the previous entry in a franchise, the 65% drop-off from John Wick 4 will not make Lionsgate executives happy. Early tracking...

On Sunday June 8 2025, ABC broadcasts Entertainers: With Byron Allen!

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The upcoming episode of “Entertainers: With Byron Allen” promises an exciting lineup of guests. Ian McShane, known for his role in “Ballerina,” will be sharing his experiences and insights. His presence is sure to bring a wealth of stories from his impressive career in film and television.

Diego Luna and Adria Arjona, stars of the popular series “Andor,” will also make an appearance. Their chemistry and shared experiences in the Star Wars universe are likely to be a highlight of the episode. Fans of the show will be eager to hear what they have to say about their roles and the impact of the series.

Hayley Atwell and Vince Vaughn, who is currently starring in “Nonnas,” will add even more star power to the episode. Their diverse backgrounds in acting promise engaging conversations. Additionally, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, known...

On Sunday June 8 2025, CBS broadcasts Made in Hollywood!

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina; The Phoenician Scheme; Dangerous Animals Season 20 Episode 35 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Made in Hollywood” titled “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina; The Phoenician Scheme; Dangerous Animals” promises an exciting lineup. This episode features a star-studded cast, including Ana de Armas, Benicio del Toro, Dan Stevens, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Jai Courtney, and Kevin Smith. Each actor brings their unique talent to the screen, making this episode a must-watch.

Ana de Armas takes center stage in the segment about “Ballerina,” diving into the world of action and intrigue that fans of the John Wick franchise have come to love. Her performance is expected to be captivating, showcasing her skills in both acting and action. The episode will likely explore the character’s journey and the challenges she faces in this dangerous world.

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Shark movies usually follow a simple rule: the bigger the teeth, the bigger the terror. But Dangerous Animals isn’t your typical shark-hating flick. Starring Jai Courtney, Hassie Harrison, and Josh Heuston, this new ocean-set thriller from director Sean Byrne does something most shark films never dare: it stops blaming the shark.

With real underwater footage and a human villain at its core, the film flips the genre’s usual script. Instead of toothy predators lurking below, the real danger is already on board. And unlike Jaws, which made generations fear the ocean, Dangerous Animals reminds people that the real monsters are often those who are closest to us.

How Steven Spielberg’s Jaws successfully made a whole generation hate sharks!

Jaws is iconic. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 hit redefined horror, suspense, and the summer blockbuster itself. It turned an animatronic shark into a legend and had people refusing to dip...

While Suicide Squad (the 2016 version) did prove to derail the Dceu completely after the Dawn of Justice mishap, it did excel in the casting department, which is one thing the Dceu got right, for the most part at least. Although it’s either Margot Robbie’s Harley, the unofficial face of the Dceu, or Will Smith’s Deadshot, who gets the roses for being one of the few silver linings in Suicide Squad, Jai Courtney also deserves to be in that conversation.

Even though the script let him down, to the point that his character didn’t even receive a backstory, which sort of added to his charm, the sequel, which did Harley and Rick Flag right, didn’t waste time killing him off. However, with the Dcu off to a fresh start, the actor has expressed interest in rejoining James Gunn, even if it’s for another role.

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Suicide Squadstar Jai Courtney addressed recent reports that he may return to the DC Universe as Digger Harkness/Captain Boomerang. The actor first portrayed the role in 2016's Suicide Squad before reprising it in 2021's The Suicide Squad, the latter of which was directed by DC Studios co-ceo James Gunn.

Speaking with Screen Rant's Liam Crowley while promoting Dangerous Animals, Courtney addressed the possibility of returning to DC as either Captain Boomerang or in a new role:

Screen Rant: I mentioned Boomerang. You were in the headlines recently where you said that James might've not closed the door completely.

Jai Courtney: You can't say anything these days. I actually should have bit my tongue because, by the way, James hasn't said anything to me about anything, so that might've been a bit of clickbait. But, listen, all I've ever said is if someone called, I'll show up and do that role again.

This week's episode of the freshly award-losing Empire Film Podcast finds the podteam lick their wounds after a demoralising defeat in the Best Podcast (Consumer) category at the BSMEs earlier in the week. How do they do this? Why, by talking about movies of course! Yes, undeterred by their unwinning streak, Chris Hewitt is joined in the podbooth by James Dyer and Helen O'Hara for another chaotic episode in which the team discuss the week's movie news; tackle a listener question about actors who might be able to reprise their iconic animation roles in live-action; deal with another question, from James, that shakes Helen and Chris to the core; and review Ballerina: From The World Of John Wick, Dangerous Animals, and Predator: KIller Of Killers.

Oh, and in case our award losing team of podding mavericks alone isn't enough to knock your socks off, then we've a mini guestapalooza for you as well this week.

Sean Byrne never does anything halfway. The visionary director excels at creating visceral nightmares that twist audience expectations through familiar terrain. His 2009 debut The Loved Ones is a sadistic exploration of the teen slasher film while 2015’s The Devil’s Candy is a metal-tinged deconstruction of satanic possession. Byrne’s latest feature, Dangerous Animals, tackles the shark horror genre by suggesting that there may be more sinister killers floating on the ocean’s surface. Bruce Tucker (Jai Courtney) is a surfer and shark diver who uses his ocean tourism business as a front to lure victims into his own deadly jaws. Byrne’s stories may have little in common, but each of his three feature films center iconic villains who command the screen with evil intent while horrifying us with their extreme acts of violence delivered through a gory explosion of color and sound.

The Loved Ones follows Lola Stone (Robin McLeavy...

For a while, Hollywood seemed intent on casting Jai Courtney as the hero. Terminator Genisys tried him out as Kyle Reese; A Good Day To Die Hard cast him as John McClane’s son. But where Suicide Squad showed a glimmer of his kooky potential as the colourfully named Captain Boomerang, Dangerous Animals makes it clear: he’s far better at playing the bad guy. And seriously unhinged ones at that.

In Dangerous Animals, Courtney is both a serial killer and a salty sea dog — like if Quint from Jaws went full Buffalo Bill after his Indianapolis trauma. His Tucker is a grizzled lunatic with a shark expedition business that lures in lonely tourists — who he then gets a kick out of feeding to the teeth of the sea. Courtney is an absolute hoot throughout the film’s 90-odd minutes, whether leading a threatening singalong of ‘Baby Shark’, barking like...

Plot: When Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.

Review: I’ve never so quickly been on board for a film as when the trailer for Dangerous Animals first dropped. There’s just something about a shark film that always excites, despite the fact that we’ve pretty much just gotten the one good one. And with so many following the same formula, it’s nice to see one that detours from the expected. Because having a madman (Courtney) who baits sharks with kidnapped girls has all the makings for an awesome shark film.

Dangerous Animals follows Zephyr (Hassie Harrison), a transient who lives out of her van and surfs. Unfortunately for her, her nomadic nature makes her the perfect victim for Tucker,...

The ocean is unleashing a new predator this summer with Dangerous Animals, and our exclusive clip introduces the prey as they wake to the horrifying realization they’ve been kidnapped.

Dangerous Animals is now swimming in theaters as of today, June 6.

In the summer horror movie, “Trapped on a killer’s boat with hungry sharks circling below, a surfer must outwit a predator more dangerous than the ocean itself—will she escape, or become the next offering to the deep? Sean Byrne returns with his third visceral feature.”

Hassie Harrison (“Yellowstone”), Jai Courtney (The Suicide Squad), and Josh Heuston (“Heartbreak High”) lead the cast of Sean Byrne’s shark movie Dangerous Animals.

The clip below introduces Hassie Harrison’s Zephyr as she wakes to discover she’s chained to a bed on Captain Tucker’s boat. Worse, she’s not alone; fellow captive Heather (Ella Newton) is already familiar with Captain Tucker’s routine.

When you think of iconic movie villains on land or sea, there are certainly some characters that (pardon the phrase) jump out at you. Michael Myers stands shoulder-to-shoulder fin with Jaws. So when director Sean Byrne (The Loved Ones) embarked on the journey creating Dangerous Animals from Nick Lepard’s nautical thriller script, safe to say he didn’t envision it screening at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this May.

“It’s the first shark film that’s ever been officially selected for Cannes,” he says, still reeling from the screening’s standing ovation. “[The audience] is just so film savvy in terms of reading a film at Cannes, and I was worried about it, because it's the first time that an audience had seen the finished film. But they absolutely loved just how fun it was. And I think also, there's so many serious dramas, they were just ready to unleash...

Dangerous Animals marks director Sean Byrne’s third film, following his cult classic The Loved Ones and The Devil’s Candy. The film was so highly anticipated that it made its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (check out our review Here), and we were also lucky enough to chat with Byrne, and stars Jai Courtenay, Josh Heuston and Hassie Harrison (check out the interviews Here). To help celebrate the release on June 6th, Shudder and IFC invited a select group of journalists and influencers to a shark dive at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, New York. With Courtney himself in attendance, each person was required to slip themselves into a wetsuit, adorn themselves with weights and step into a shark cage with a licensed diver. Then, for twenty very special minutes, you’re in the water with several sharks and various vibrant fish. While the sharks have no interest...

Jai Courtney unnerves as Captain Tucker, a serial killer who ritualistically feeds his prey to sharks in director Sean Byrne‘s Dangerous Animals. The intimidating villain meets his match in Hassie Harrison‘s Zephyr, a tenacious survivor worthy of final girl status.

Dangerous Animals swims into theaters on June 6, 2025, unleashing a twisted battle of wits between predator and prey.

It’s Zephyr’s loner status that puts her in Tucker’s crosshairs, but the killer underestimates just how much fight is in his latest target. For Harrison, a “Yellowstone” actor used to playing characters with grit, Dangerous Animals presented a physical challenge. That’s not just because of the grueling physicality that Tucker’s brand of horror demands but also due to the amount of time Harrison would spend in the ocean when filming in Gold Coast, Australia.

Oh, and it happened to be Winter.

“It was very cold,” Harrison...

Maybe it’s a bad sign when you can predict the exact moment a title card is going to drop. So is the case with Dangerous Animals, a new thriller-horror hybrid from the talented Australian director Sean Byrne. The Aussie first caught the attention of global genre fans with his clever teen horror film The Loved Ones on the festival circuit back in 2009; one hoped he’d live up to its promise and become one of our next B-movie greats. Yet even with a steady hand at the helm, his new film plays surprisingly generic. Frankly, watching it, I began to wonder if I was starting to age into my parents, looking down at these kinds of films and no longer entertained by just hitting the beats of a violent serial-killer movie.

Dangerous Animals doesn’t have a bad set-up––a Peeping Tom riff with a serial killer who likes...

Whether or not Lionsgate’s John Wick spinoff Ballerina clears or falls under $30M this weekend in U.S./Canada, consider the win in favor of exhibition which will have that much more money in the marketplace.

The Ana de Armas action movie is also bowing in 82 countries in what’s expected to be another $30M for a global take, give or take, around $60M; that offshore cash on par to the start of John Wick: Chapter 3. Lionsgate is self-distributing in the UK and Latin America.

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The Len Wiseman $80M-$90M directed movie (largely funded from foreign sales), which was delayed by a year for additional shooting is expected to rank second during the first weekend of June where Disney’s Lilo & Stitch will threepeat No. 1 with $35M, -43%. Lilo & Stitch is flying past $300M this week,...

Indie stunner Sean Byrne returns to theatres this week with his newest nightmare Dangerous Animals, where sharks aren’t the only apex predators hunting prey off the Australian coastline. Written by Nick Leperd (who also penned Osgood Perkins’ forthcoming Keeper) this slick ‘n’ sinister thriller stars Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad) as a hulking serial killer named Tucker with a serious shark obsession. Tucker is 300 lbs of mean-spirited muscle, a shark of the city streets (har har) whose personal philosophy of life and death is viewed through the razor-sharp teeth of the world’s most ruthless killing machine, and his watery weapon of choice.

Dangerous Animals also stars Hassie Harrison (Yellowstone) as Zephyr, a self-sufficient and headstrong American surfer bumming around the beaches in her camper van, living the surfer dream. But when she wakes up chained to a bed in the bowels of Tucker’s boat, the nightmare begins, and...

Dangerous Animals Photo: courtesy of Independent Film Company and Shudder. An Independent Film Company and Shudder Release.

Ten years after the haunted house and possession horror The Devil's Candy (2015), Tasmanian director Sean Byrne returns with Dangerous Animals (2025). The story follows Zephyr (Hassie Harrison), a surfer who lives to ride the waves. She refuses to trust anyone enough to be vulnerable and never stays put in one place for too long — as rejected one-night stand Moses Markley (Josh Heuston) learns. When she is abducted by tugboat captain Tucker (Jai Courtney), she must escape the ritualistic fate of being fed to the sharks and confront her demons.

The theme of abduction is a thread that runs through Byrne's feature début The Loved Ones (2009) and Dangerous Animals, despite the latter being a script written by Nick Lepard. Instead of a maniacal sailor who likes feeding tourists to the sharks, Byrne's earlier film...