22 Years Later: Tony Scott's Man on Fire Gets a Netflix Sequel — Here's What Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Inherits
Twenty-two years ago this April, Tony Scott put a flask in Denzel Washington's hand, dropped him into Mexico City, and made every frame look like it was burning from the inside out. Man on Fire opened at $22.8 million, finished at roughly $130 million worldwide on a $60-70 million budget, and got a brutal 39% from critics. Audiences gave it 89% — and that gap is the entire reason Netflix is rebooting it on Thursday.
Stargate News: Martin Gero Confirms the New Series is Still Two Years Away
We finally have a timeline for the new Stargate series. Showrunner Martin Gero revealed that production will take "about two years," pushing the likely release to late 2027 or early 2028. Here is why patience is exactly what the franchise needs right now.
May Day Showdowns: A Decade of Box Office Clash Weekends, By the Numbers
Two very different films open the same Friday: a fashion-comedy sequel and an animated political fable. We don't have opening numbers yet — but we have a decade of historical clash weekends, long-gap sequel data, and audience demographics that tell us a lot about what to expect.
This Week in Theaters and Streaming: Miranda Priestly Returns and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Sets Netflix on Fire
Big week. Bigger than I expected, honestly. The Devil Wears Prada 2 finally hits theaters Friday, Man on Fire drops on Netflix Thursday, and there's an animated Animal Farm sneaking into multiplexes too. Here's what's worth your time between April 27 and May 3.

The Mummy Made 79% of Its Money in Three Days. Here's What That Number Actually Means.
Lee Cronin's The Mummy made 79.1% of its current domestic gross in its opening weekend. By Wednesday — Day 6 — it had earned $17.09M total, with weekdays adding just $3.57M combined. That's the most front-loaded R-rated horror opening of recent memory, and it tells us exactly where Universal's monster reboot wave is heading next: nowhere good.
Binge Report: The Boys S5 Ep 4 "King of Hell" Just Made the Final Season Impossible to Binge — And That's a Compliment
Okay. We're four episodes deep into The Boys final season — that's the halfway mark — and Ep 4 "King of Hell" just did the thing I didn't know I wanted: it split the fandom right down the middle. Some reviewers are calling it pure fun, others are calling it underwhelming. I'm here to tell you they're both right, and that's exactly why it works. 🍿
Stop Defending Euphoria. Season 3 Isn't Ambitious — It's Exhausted.
Euphoria Season 3 is the lowest-rated season in the show's history. 48% audience. 54% Popcornmeter. Episode 2 — 'America My Dream' — spent 55 minutes proving everyone right. Maybe the style really is the substance. And maybe that's finally the problem.
Captain's Log: Strange New Worlds Returns to Its Soul in the Season 3 Finale
After a season of war and tension, the 'New Life and New Civilizations' finale does more than just resolve the Gorn conflict; it restores the Enterprise to its primary mission. T'Nara Vex analyzes why this shift back to exploration is exactly what the franchise needed.
This Week in Movies (Apr 20-27): A Michael Jackson Biopic, The Boys Go Nuclear, and The Mummy's Crash Landing
Last week CinemaCon told us what Hollywood is planning. This week, Hollywood shows what actually works — and what doesn't. Michael drops Friday, Boys S5 gets its midpoint shake-up Wednesday, and The Mummy's $13.5M debut is exactly the crash-landing skeptics predicted.
CinemaCon 2026 Round 2: The Other Four Studios Just Revealed Hollywoods Next Two Years
Sony and Warner Bros. showed their hands Monday and Tuesday. Then Universal brought Nolan and Spielberg. Amazon brought Rick Moranis back as Dark Helmet. Paramount dropped a Street Fighter trailer. And Disney? Disney brought Chris Evans back as Captain America — and the whole room demanded they play the trailer twice.
Captain's Log: Jonathan Frakes Sets the Record Straight on Starfleet Academy 'Trolls' and Trek's Future
Jonathan Frakes has boldly addressed the cancellation of Starfleet Academy and the franchise's current hiatus. His message to the trolls celebrating the pause? True Trek will always resurface.
The Mummy Just Proved Blumhouse Can Resurrect Anything — But Should They?
Lee Cronin's The Mummy is sitting at 58% on Rotten Tomatoes — miles ahead of the 2017 Dark Universe disaster but nowhere near his own Evil Dead Rise. It's bloody, it's loud, and it can't decide what kind of movie it wants to be.
I Just Mainlined Three Episodes of The Boys S5 and I Need to Talk About It
The Boys Season 5 is three episodes deep, sitting at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it already feels like the show is done playing nice. After Season 4's divisive run, this final season is swinging for the fences — and connecting.
CinemaCon 2026 Just Showed Us Hollywood's Next Two Years — Here Are the Winners and Losers
Sony went all-in on gaming adaptations and Spider-Man. Warner Bros. dropped seven minutes of Dune 3 and announced a Game of Thrones movie. Two studios down, two to go — and CinemaCon already has a clear winner.
Captain's Log: Four New Star Trek Shows Are Vying for the Big Chair — And the Federation Isn't Done Yet
After weeks of cancellations, set demolitions, and existential dread, Star Trek's future is suddenly looking a lot less bleak. Alex Kurtzman has confirmed talks with Paramount's new Skydance leadership, and four distinct series pitches are waiting for a green light.
Two Movies, $1.1 Billion, and the Biggest Spring Box Office Since COVID — 2026 by the Numbers
Two films have combined for $1.14 billion worldwide in mere weeks, Q1 domestic revenue is up 24.8% year-over-year, and April has already surpassed 2024's entire monthly total in just 12 days. The numbers say the post-COVID recovery is finally real.
The Mummy Returns to Horror, CinemaCon Takes Over, and The Boys Keep Killing — Your Week of April 14
CinemaCon is live in Vegas with every major studio showing off their biggest guns, Lee Cronin's R-rated The Mummy is already scaring the hell out of early audiences, and The Boys keeps dropping bodies in its final season. Here's everything worth watching this week.
Captain's Log, Final Entry: The Enterprise Bridge Is Gone — And Star Trek's Next Chapter May Never Be Written
This week, crew members shared photos of the USS Enterprise bridge being dismantled piece by piece at the Toronto studio where Strange New Worlds was born. The Starfleet Academy sets are going to auction. Star Trek: Year One — the proposed Kirk-era spin-off — now has no ship to fly. For the first time in nearly a decade, there is no Star Trek in production. The chair is empty.
The Galaxy's Most Wanted Character: Lucasfilm Still Won't Let Mara Jade Come Home
At MegaCon 2026, Claudia Gray and Timothy Zahn — two of the most respected Star Wars authors alive — confirmed what fans have feared for years: Lucasfilm has no intention of bringing Mara Jade into canon. Her own creator can't even get a 'maybe.'
Pack Your Bags, SG Teams — The First-Ever Stargate Cruise Is Real, and RDA Is on Board
The Stargate fandom just activated a gate nobody saw coming — and the destination is the Caribbean. The first-ever official Stargate cruise sets sail in January 2027 with Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Joe Flanigan, and more. This is not a drill.
Five Seasons, One Mission — How The Boys Changed Superhero TV Forever
The Boys just premiered its final season to 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and the #1 streaming spot worldwide. Casey Throwback Mills looks back at how a blood-soaked Amazon show became the most important superhero series ever made.