Star Trek has experienced a major revival over the past decade thanks to Paramount+. The series returned in 2017 with Star Trek: Discovery, the first new show in over a decade. Discovery successfully launched Star Trek into the world of streaming and played a key role in the growth of CBS All-Access, which eventually became Paramount+.
The success of Foundation offers a valuable lesson for other big science fiction franchises that haven’t quite hit the mark with their TV shows. This is especially true for Star Wars, which is now largely driven by television with series like The Mandalorian and Maul: Shadow Lord. Despite positive reactions to many Star Wars shows, the franchise often finds it difficult to consistently maintain audience engagement.
A new 30-minute documentary is building excitement for the upcoming series, but it also revealed some news that disappointed fans. It’s now official: the Harry Potter series will only have eight episodes. While that’s longer than a typical movie, many fans were hoping for more.
Most of the actors in Criminal Minds: Evolution are returning favorites from the original CBS series, and after three seasons, Prentiss’ team is still together. While the show initially moved forward without Daniel Henney (Matt Simmons) and Matthew Gray Gubler (Spencer Reid) due to the switch to streaming, it repeatedly emphasized that they are still members of the BAU, just working on a secret, high-level assignment. But after everything that happened in season 3 of Criminal Minds: Evolution, the team has sadly lost a member.
The last trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2 is out, hinting that Andy (Anne Hathaway) might finally reveal secrets about her former boss, Miranda (Meryl Streep).
For decades, movies and TV shows have frequently featured space travel as a central theme, resulting in some truly memorable portrayals of astronauts. The grand scale of space exploration and the programs that make it possible naturally lend themselves to both dramatic storytelling and factual documentaries, and Tom Hanks’ new series successfully blends these two approaches.
A new game in the Octopath Traveler series is coming soon! As reported by Game Informer, a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) based on the popular video game will be released in October. While the Octopath Traveler TRPG has been available in Japan since February 2022, it’s now being translated into English for players in Western markets.
A long-lost film from the Alien series, which its director originally didn’t want released, is now available to stream. This is a significant event for fans. The Alien franchise has always had its share of divisive installments, including Ridley Scott’s earlier films Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, and the Alien: Earth TV series.
While The Lord of the Rings had incredibly intense and memorable moments, several other films have delivered equally impressive action sequences. The trilogy definitely influenced how battles are filmed, inspiring bolder and more ambitious scenes in many movies—even some that came out before it. Films like Gladiator with its sword fights, the sci-fi spectacle of Avatar, and the realistic war scenes in Saving Private Ryan all showcase battles that are just as impactful, if not more so.
Superhero movies existed before the 2000s, but things really changed with films like Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy, and the X-Men movies from Fox. These films created a foundation for the massive, interconnected universes we see today, like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and have made superheroes a dominant force in modern cinema.