For four films in a row, the timeline of the Alien franchise was very straightforward, with each sequel picking up where the previous movie left off… but then things got a bit more complicated, with the addition of prequels, a mid-quel, and even a couple of crossovers that don’t appear to be canon to the … Read more
ComingSoon can debut an exclusive preview of Rebel Moon Wurm: Ex Materia: Heroes & Monsters, which is a companion book to the Netflix movies. Rebel Moon Wurm: Ex Materia: Heroes & Monsters publishes later this month from Titan Books. The second of two official companion books for Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon franchise, the novel takes … Read more
Although Roland Emmerich was interested in making a new Stargate trilogy a decade ago, he now says the rights are too complicated Back in 1994, writer/director Roland Emmerich and co-writer Dean Devlin brought us the sci-fi adventure film Stargate, a box office hit that launched a franchise, being followed by multiple TV shows, books, comic … Read more
For much of Marvel’s history, their most best-selling team wasn’t the Avengers or the Defenders, or even the Fantastic Four. It was the X-Men, a group of “mutants” with incredible super powers who are marked as different from the rest of a society that hates and fears them no matter how much they try to use their … Read more
20th Century Studios is billing Alien: Romulus as a sort of a franchise reset; taking this iconic horror series back to where it all began with a straight-ahead genre movie with creepy xenomorphs chasing working-class astronauts through an isolated spaceship. But the new trailer for Alien: Romulus also makes the new film look a lot less spare, … Read more
Jeff Goldblum records a video message to welcome Scarlett Johansson to the Jurassic franchise: “Don’t get eaten!” The next installment of the Jurassic World franchise is currently filming, and star Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) got a special welcome from franchise royalty: Jeff Goldblum. Johansson was recently interviewed on Today to promote Fly Me to the … Read more
The first reactions to prequel installment A Quiet Place: Day One have arrived, with viewers noting a dramatic shift in the franchise. The first reactions to A Quiet Place: Day One have tiptoed online just one week before it hits theaters, with many praising it as bringing a new twist to the ever-growing horror franchise. … Read more
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 topped the box office with $13M in Thursday previews, while the Bad Boys franchise crossed $1B. Pixar is looking at its most significant hit in years after Inside Out 2 posted $13M at the box office in Thursday preview screenings. Viewings for the legendary animation studio’s latest animated marvel began at … Read more
Pack your bags for Kamurochō because Sega‘s Yakuza series is coming to Prime Video, thanks to an upcoming live-action adaptation, Like a Dragon: Yakuza, on October 24, 2024! Based on the mega-popular Yakuza video game series, Like a Dragon: Yakuza follows Kazama Kiryu, the steadfast protagonist from the original games. Japanese actor Ryoma Takeuchi (Kamen … Read more
Given the series’ roots in sci-fi horror, it’s sort of odd that it’s taken this long for someone to try to bring Alien back to its original (and massively successful) conception as a haunted house in space. The guy who finally did it is Fede Alvarez, maybe the purest horror director the Alien series has ever had; … Read more