Now that Stranger Things has finished airing on New Year’s Eve, Sadie Sink is starting new roles, including a part in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 31, 2026.
We need to talk about writer/director Kurtis David Harder’s Influencers.
Inspired by the classic Cinderella tale, Sophie and Benedict’s love story unfolds within the world of Bridgerton during the Regency era, overseen by Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel). While the story might appear straightforward, the popular series will be reimagining the 2001 novel for television, releasing in two parts with four episodes each in January and February 2026. Interestingly, one of the biggest changes is surprisingly understated.
At the end of No Way Home, Aunt May tragically died, and Peter asked Doctor Strange to make everyone forget he even existed, hoping to protect his loved ones from his enemies. The movie then showed Peter starting a new life: he moved into a new apartment, studied for his high school equivalency exam, and even created a brand-new Spider-Man suit, ensuring the hero could continue even if Peter Parker couldn’t.
The long-running anime series One Piece is making a big change. Starting in 2026, new episodes will no longer air every week. Instead, the show will switch to a seasonal format, releasing episodes in blocks throughout the year. The episode airing on December 28, 2025, will be the last weekly episode in the show’s history.
While the famous comic book company has several major video games in development over the next few years, this particular title has remained relatively quiet. Thankfully, one of the game’s key developers recently shared that it’s progressing well.
Movies are valuable because they can explore universal experiences and delve into the most profound parts of the human imagination. The best films often blur the line between what’s real and what’s not. After a few years working in television, director Park Chan-wook returns to film with No Other Choice, a darkly funny and thought-provoking movie about the challenges of life.
Though some don’t consider the 1997 film Event Horizon a sci-fi classic, tastes change over time. This creates opportunities for great sci-fi stories – and characters – to be further explored, and comics are a perfect medium to continue those narratives.
Before the film came out, Ash Crossan from ScreenRant spoke with Thandiwe Newton and Steve Zahn about Anaconda. They talked about the movie’s self-aware humor and how much of it was made up on the spot. Both actors emphasized the mutual respect on set, where everyone supported each other’s chances to be funny.
Goggins ended the year by reprising his Emmy-nominated role as The Ghoul in season two of Fallout. Before that, years earlier, he appeared with Alicia Vikander in the 2018 film Tomb Raider.