While Marvel Studios doesn’t officially have an X-Men movie on its slate yet, it’s definitely happening at some point. Probably very soon. And Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier may be the one to helm it, both The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline reported. Schreier is said to be in early talks to bring the X-Men into the MCU, which is typically a sign that talent is all but locked in. Based on...

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… no, it’s a feisty Ghost-Poison Pokémon with a giant tongue! On Thursday, DC Comics announced a brand new adaptation of the beloved comic All-Star Superman, but with a twist: It’s a fully cast audiobook retelling, led by prolific voiceover artist Marc Thompson as the Man of Steel. Thompson has so many credits to his name, from narrating Star Wars’ Thrawn audiobooks to voicing a...

The next live-action Lord of the Rings movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, is coming to theaters on Dec. 17, 2027, Warner Bros. announced Thursday. The film was previously slated for a 2026 release. The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum will be directed by Andy Serkis, known for voicing and performance capturing Gollum in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit...

The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, Thunderbolts*, is baldly and emphatically about dealing with depression. It opens with state-assassin-turned-mercenary-assassin Yelena​​ Belova (Florence Pugh) in voiceover, musing about the “emptiness” that characterizes her life, how she can’t enjoy or connect to things the way she used to. The story repeatedly touches on different ways people self-medicate to survive the loss of hope, from alcohol and drugs to a variety of forms...

Netflix’s docu-series output is rarely a point of concern for those of us at Polygon, but when I get an email that says “Poop Cruise” is coming this summer to the streamer, I feel compelled to issue a warning. Consider yourself warned. Poop Cruise, from director James Ross, is one chapter of Trainwreck, a new eight-part documentary anthology rolling out on Netflix throughout June and July. According to a news...

The latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts*, closes out the franchise’s messy, delayed, heavily revised Phase 5, and points toward a cleaner direction for Phase 6 — one where every story might still be based in more than 15 years of MCU history, but where the creators know how important it is to keep appealing to casual viewers who can’t or don’t want to keep up on every new...

For longtime Stephen King fans, “The movie version of The Long Walk is on its way” may sound like a cruel tease — and a familiar one, at that. King’s 1979 novel (written under his Richard Bachman pseudonym) has been heading toward theoretical film production since at least 1988, when Night of the Living Dead director George A. Romero was reportedly attached to direct. King fan and filmmaker Frank Darabont (director...

When two artists who admire each other’s work unexpectedly get to collaborate, it’s a wonderful thing. That’s exactly what happened when anime legend Shinichirō Watanabe and his team reached out to John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski and his team. Watanabe was hoping someone at Stahelski’s boutique Hollywood action studio 87eleven would be able to give some pointers for the action design of his upcoming anime Lazarus. Stahelski’s response? “Fuck...

Over the past 17 years, Marvel Studios has focused as much on the continuity of its ongoing mega-story as it’s focused on the content of any given superhero film. The 23-film Infinity Saga was never just about individual movie narratives — it was about the buildup to Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the two-part blockbuster event that brought the entire sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe together for one grand battle...

Just like theatrical release windows have condensed from months to mere weeks, so too has the spoiler timeline. Only a few short years ago, a giant like Marvel studio was begging for fans to keep quiet on a post-release Monday about reveals in a movie like Avengers: Endgame. Now, for Thunderbolts*, it’s part of week 2 box-office strategy.  [Ed. note: The rest of this story contains major spoilers for Thunderbolts*...