Many movie fans already have their sights set on the end of 2026, when three of the most ambitious sci-fi movies of the year are all set to come out on the same day. The biggest pure sci-fi movie arriving in theaters on December 18, 2026, is Dune: Part Three, the final chapter in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi saga that launched back in 2021. Opening in theaters on the same day as Dune 3 is Avengers: Doomsday, which will likely post higher box-office numbers than its Arrakis-set counterpart. This is largely due to it being the MCU’s first Avengers movie in seven years, and the first Marvel movie since Avengers: Endgame to star Robert Downey Jr. Netflix also announced this week that Brad Bird’s sci-fi detective thriller, Ray Gunn, will begin streaming on the very same day.
However, while it’s easy to look ahead at everything that’s to come this year, one of the most successful sci-fi movies of all time has already happened. The film in question is Project Hail Mary, the space epic starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (writers and producers of Into andAcross the Spider-Verse). Project Hail Mary is based on the novel of the same name by Andy Weir, who also wrote the sci-fi novel The Martian that inspired Ridley Scott’s 2015 film. According to Goodreads,Project Hail Mary has officially become the most-read novel of 2026, not only in the sci-fi genre, but including all genres of novels, fiction or nonfiction. This comes after the film earned acclaim for being such a faithful adaptation of the source material, which most book readers would claim is still a better version of the story.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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Was ‘Project Hail Mary’ a Successful Movie?
Project Hail Mary was a massive success by nearly every metric a movie can be measured. The film came out of the gates strong with scores of 94% from critics and 95% from audiences on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the highest-rated movies of the year. It then put up $683 million at the global box office, turning a profit off its massive $200 million budget, before also becoming a smash hit on VOD. The film was added to MGM+ last week, where it’s currently the most popular movie in the world.
Check out Project Hail Mary on MGM+ and stay tuned to Collider for all the biggest sci-fi projects coming later this year.
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March 15, 2026
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157 minutes
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Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
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Drew Goddard, Andy Weir
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Aditya Sood, Amy Pascal, Andy Weir, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, Rachel O’Connor, Ryan Gosling
Dutton Ranch‘s Finn Little is warning viewers to be “very worried” about the season 1 finale of the Yellowstone spinoff.
During a joint interview with Natalie Alyn Lind exclusively for Us Weekly, Little, 20, poked fun at offscreen concerns, joking, “At least three people — is it three or four people that die in the finale?”
“I don’t want to give anything away,” she said to Us before adding, “Nobody dies. Everybody dies. .. Oh, wait, they’re all dead.”
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Yellowstoneinitially introduced viewers to the Dutton family in 2018. The Paramount Network show came to an end in 2024, expanding its universe with Luke Grimes’ CBS show Marshals and Dutton Ranch, which premiered in May.
Earlier this month, cast member Marc Menchaca weighed in on whether the deadly twists on the show had him worried about his character Zachariah’s fate. “It’s always a possibility — and I have a pretty good track record of saying bye-bye on a show,” he told Us.
“My wife [Lena Headey] made a death reel for me for my birthday this last year. It was about 10 minutes and it didn’t even have all my deaths,” he quipped. “So I was a little bit [worried].”
He continued: “I was like, ‘They may take me out so I better get on everybody’s good side.’ Hopefully, it won’t happen but the way things are now, you get these scripts just a little bit before. Then you start going through and you’re like, ‘Is it gonna happen next scene?’ Thankfully it has not [yet].”
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Juan Pablo Raba, meanwhile, recalled the moment he was worried about his future on the show.
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“When I got episode 6 and I opened the page and I see Chet walking to me with a gun, my first thought was, ‘Well, it was nice while it lasted,’” he quipped to Us. “I was like, ‘God, it was so short. But why didn’t they call me? That’s rude.’”
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He continued: “You hope for the best and you hope it’s going to be a long run. But you really don’t know. I really hope we can really work this for many seasons because I think there’s so much story to tell.”
John Wick changed the action film landscape so thoroughly that it became a part of our cinematic lexicon … for example, when you want to describe a movie built around big celebrities, epic fights, and intricate worldbuilding, you might say something like “Nobody is Bob Odenkirk’s John Wick.” There is currently no shortage of these movie homages, and some are inevitably better than others. One of the best such films is Gunpowder Milkshake, a John Wick clone with a girl power twist now streaming on Netflix.
A Cross Between Fire Power And Star Power
What is Gunpowder Milkshake about, exactly? This is mostly the story of a veteran hit-woman who works for a mysterious organization and can handle almost any job with ease. But when she has to protect the young girl of one of her victim’s fathers, she must reunite with her estranged mother and recruit some unexpected allies if she wants to have any hope of survival.
As with the John Wick films, a large part of Gunpowder Milkshake’s appeal is its cast of quirky actors. Karen Gillan (best known as a fan-favorite Companion Amy on Doctor Who) plays our chief hit-woman protagonist, and Lena Headey (best known as Cersei on Game of Thrones) plays her estranged mother turned professional killer. Other big names in this great cast include Paul Giamatti as a shady assassin employer, and Michelle Yeoh as a member of a very special sisterhood of warriors.
A Perfect Mix Of Violence And Charisma
While it’s not quite as good as John Wick (more on this later), Gunpowder Milkshake does a good job of emulating that film’s best characteristics. For example, the fights are well-choreographed and complex, and every single bullet fired helps to propel the narrative relentlessly forward. All of the cast has great chemistry, and the organic worldbuilding in the script is reminiscent of killer action films like Mad Max: Fury Road.
When Gunpowder Milkshake debuted on Netflix, it made a big splash, establishing itself as the most-watched film in America that week. This positive buzz was enough for a sequel to be announced in 2021, but there hasn’t been any real movement or announcements since then. Fingers crossed for more of this strange cinematic universe, but the lack of updates has me worried that this particular milkshake machine may be broken (the McDonald’s curse strikes again?).
Good, But Not Better Than The Best
Gunpowder Milkshake may have been a highly-streamed hit when it came out, but critics were a bit mixed in their opinions. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie currently has a 60 percent critical rating, meaning that it barely eked into “fresh” territory. Critics generally praised the colorful and entertaining universe and its stylish ultra-violence but noted that, like a more conventional milkshake, it might be nothing more than a sugar-filled rush of empty calories.
I think that’s a generally correct assessment, and I feel the same way about Gunpowder Milkshake. It’s not as good as John Wick, but that isn’t meant as a slam…if we’re being honest, that Keanu Reeves genre-defining classic is better than most movies. But this newer film notably manages to deliver Wick-style thrills and charismatic characters while taking some very big swings to establish its own unique cinematic identity.
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GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE SCORE
Gunpowder Milkshake is ultimately a great film for anyone who likes great action scenes, and if you happen to love Gillan, Headey, and Yeoh (honestly, who doesn’t?), it’s even better. Of course, milkshakes aren’t for everyone, and you won’t know if this is your new favorite sugar bomb or just a bomb in general until you stream it on Netflix. Fair warning: if you’re a Doctor Who fan like me, you might spend half the movie singing “Amy’s got a gun” to the dulcet tones of Aerosmith.
Kim Scott, the ex-wife of rapper Eminem, is now the subject of an active arrest warrant after failing to appear in court for a hearing related to her recent DUI case. According to multiple reports, Scott missed a scheduled appearance on Wednesday in Macomb County District Court in Michigan, prompting prosecutors to request a bench warrant.
The latest legal development comes just weeks after Scott was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence following a traffic crash.
Judge Issues Arrest Warrant After Kim Scott Missed Court Appearance
Who is Kimberly Anne Scott? Learn More About the Ex-wife of Eminem!!!
Kimberly Anne Scott, who is better known as Kim Mathers, rose to prominence as the wife of Eminem. However, the two are now no longer a married couple. pic.twitter.com/0Gaxk6qFFg
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Scott was expected to appear before Judge William H. Hackel III on Wednesday for pretrial proceedings tied to her DUI case. However, after she failed to appear, prosecutors requested that a bench warrant be issued and that her previously posted release bond be forfeited. The judge granted the request, issuing an active arrest warrant and setting Scott’s bond at $10,000.
As of Wednesday, officials confirmed Scott had not yet been taken back into custody.
DUI Arrest Followed Michigan Crash
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“Before the fame, Marshall was one of the most caring and protective people I knew. But when his career took off, the pressure and chaos changed everything. There were times I felt like I was losing the person I fell in love… pic.twitter.com/bFJO89Br7l
The missed hearing stems from Scott’s arrest on May 14 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. According to authorities, Scott allegedly crashed her vehicle into another car the night before in nearby Detroit. She was taken into custody the following morning and booked into the Macomb County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Kim Scott Was Already Facing Charges From An Earlier Crash
The May arrest came only weeks after Scott entered a no-contest plea in a separate case connected to a February crash. According to reports, authorities alleged Scott drove her white Range Rover into a parked Dodge Ram on February 16.
Her son, Parker, and three of his friends were reportedly inside the vehicle at the time as they were heading out shopping. Investigators said the impact pushed the parked truck approximately 50 feet from where it had been sitting.
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Scott was subsequently charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and failure to stop or identify after causing property damage.
Kim Scott And Eminem’s Relationship Played Out In The Public Eye
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Scott and Eminem, whose legal name is Marshall Mathers III, have one of the most well-known and turbulent relationships in hip-hop history. The pair first met as teenagers in 1987 before beginning an on-again, off-again romance that lasted for decades. They married for the first time in 1999 before divorcing in 2001. The former couple reconciled several years later and remarried in 2006, but their second marriage also ended in divorce later that same year.
Throughout his career, Eminem frequently referenced Scott and their complicated relationship in his music, making her one of the most recognizable figures connected to the rapper’s personal life.
When it comes to family, Scott and Eminem welcomed their daughter, Hailie Jade, in 1995. “Bein’ a dad is definitely living a double life,” Eminem told Rolling Stone in 2004. “Even before Hailie was born, I was a firm believer in freedom of speech … But once I hit them gates where I live, that’s when I’m Dad.”
Beyond Hailie, the rapper also helped raise several other children connected to Scott’s family. He adopted Stevie Laine Scott after reuniting with Kim in the mid-2000s. Stevie was born in 2002 during one of the periods when Scott and Eminem were separated. Eminem also adopted Alaina Marie Scott, the daughter of Kim’s late twin sister, Dawn Scott, who struggled with substance abuse before she died in 2016.
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The rapper has frequently spoken about the importance of family throughout his career, and all three children have remained a central part of his life.
Kim Scott Has Faced Personal Struggles Over The Years
Scott has been candid about the personal challenges she has faced over the years, including struggles with addiction and mental health. In 2015, she survived a suicide attempt after crashing her vehicle into a utility pole. She later described the incident as an intentional act and said she had been battling depression and substance abuse at the time.
Despite periods away from the public eye, Scott has periodically made headlines because of legal troubles and her longstanding connection to Eminem.
With an active arrest warrant now issued, the latest chapter in her legal case continues to unfold.
Bunnie Xo is setting the record straight on the speculation surrounding her divorce from Jelly Roll.
“I’ve seen this narrative online where people are like, ‘Bunnie was embarrassing Jelly.’ That’s why he wanted the divorce. ‘She’s not good for his PR,’” Bunnie, 46, said during the Friday, June 26, episode of her “Dumb Blonde” podcast. “I’m just like, please, it’s not me, OK. It’s not me, and that’s completely false.”
In the wake of their split, Bunnie (real name Alisa DeFord) told listeners that her DMs are open. While some podcast listeners have written in asking for advice, others have written “crazy” things.
Friday’s episode of the podcast was an “ask, tell, confess” installment, meaning listeners wrote into Bunnie. One message came from a man getting out of a “10-year bid” in prison asking for “a time” with her when he’s released.
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“What I don’t like is he said, ‘Let me go out and have a time with you.’ So that’s where it’s like, OK, so you’re just expecting me to put out on this first date?” Bunnie said. “Listen, same. I just got out of a 10-year bid too, bitches, what are we talking about?”
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Bunnie was laughing while telling listeners that she’s “gonna get a phone call” from Jelly (real name Jason Bradley DeFord) after that comment.
“I’m sorry, OK,” she said. “Just cutting a rug, buddy.”
“On Mother’s Day, we had a little bit of an argument, which I don’t think the details are necessary,” Bunnie explained on the June 18 episode of her “Dumb Blonde” podcast, detailing what led to their divorce.
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“I was so fed up and so tired that I just looked at him and I said, ‘Well, then file the f***ing divorce papers,’” she claimed. “And in our relationship, that is the one cardinal thing that you don’t say. Even though my husband has said it numerous times ‘cause he’s the runner.”
Bunnie Xo is ready to shine a light on what went wrong in her nearly 10-year marriage to Jelly Roll. “My family was always so important to me, and when I said those vows with him, I really meant them,” Bunnie, 46, shared on the Thursday, June 18, episode of the “Dumb Blonde” podcast. “J […]
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Jelly was apparently “so mad” that he did what she said.
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“Was I blindsided? And was this divorce mutual? No, it was not mutual,” she added. “Even though I told him to file the divorce papers, I was speaking out of anger and just frustration.”
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Bunnie referred to Jelly as her “best friend” despite their breakup.
“I don’t care how f***ed up our relationship was, which it wasn’t that f***ed up. I don’t care how much we didn’t communicate or how things shook out,” she said. “I was riding with this motherf***er till the wheels fell off. I didn’t care. I felt like we deserved a chance to go to therapy and figure s*** out. He didn’t feel that way and I respect it.”
When Superman premiered last year, it accomplished something the DC brand had struggled to find for years: a clear creative identity. James Gunn proved audiences were ready to embrace a version of DC that was colorful, optimistic, unabashedly comic book, and completely sincere. It was exactly the kind of reset the franchise needed after years of tonal uncertainty. That identity is one of the DCU’s greatest strengths, but it also carries its biggest risk.
After watching Supergirl, I’m less concerned about whether the movie succeeds on its own than I am about what it suggests for the future of the franchise. The movie introduces an excellent Kara Zor-El in Milly Alcock, but it also feels strangely hesitant to establish its own personality. Too often, it feels like it’s chasing the same rhythms that made Superman work rather than discovering what makes Supergirl unique. If that’s the template going forward, the DCU could end up making the same mistake every shared universe eventually faces: confusing consistency with sameness.
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The DCU Needs an Identity, Not a Formula
There’s a reason Superman resonated with so many people, and it wasn’t simply because it was hopeful. It was because Gunn committed to a very specific vision from beginning to end. Every emotional beat, joke, action sequence, and supporting character felt like it belonged to the same filmmaker. Whether someone loved the movie or hated it, nobody walked away wondering whose voice they had just watched. That’s exactly what the opening chapter of a cinematic universe should accomplish. The problem is that a filmmaker’s voice isn’t something that can be copied by someone else. You can recreate the broad ingredients: offbeat humor, obscure comic references, heartfelt speeches, quirky side characters, licensed music. You can’t recreate the instincts behind them.
That’s where Supergirl stumbles. The movie frequently feels like it’s working from the outline of what a Gunn movie looks like without fully understanding why those choices worked in Superman. The result is a movie that often feels familiar but rarely surprising. Scenes unfold exactly as you’d expect them to, emotional moments arrive on schedule, and even the dialogue starts to feel predictable, as though every character is speaking with the same cadence. That’s not a franchise identity: that’s a formula.
And just like that, the future of DC got complicated (again).
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Shared Universes Work Best When Directors Leave Their Fingerprints
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The best cinematic universes don’t ask every filmmaker to make the same movie, they ask every filmmaker to tell a different story inside the same world. That’s why some of the strongest entries in the MCU still stand apart years later. Captain America: The Winter Soldier feels nothing like Guardians of the Galaxy. Black Panther has a completely different energy from both. They’re connected through continuity, but they’re driven by distinct creative voices. The DCU should want the same thing. That doesn’t mean abandoning the hopeful tone Gunn established, it means giving filmmakers permission to explore different genres, different visual styles, and different emotional perspectives while respecting the universe they’ve inherited.
Ironically, that’s exactly what DC Comics has always done well. Batman, Superman, Swamp Thing, Wonder Woman, and Supergirl all inhabit the same universe on the page, but their stories rarely feel interchangeable. The characters shape the storytelling, not the other way around. That’s what Supergirl needed more of. Kara shouldn’t simply feel like she’s existing inside Superman’s creative shadow, she should have a perspective, rhythm, and emotional identity that belong entirely to her. Alcock gives the character that spark throughout the movie. The movie surrounding her never quite catches up.
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James Gunn’s Biggest Job Isn’t Directing ‘Superman’ Anymore
Gunn has already proven he knows how to make a great DC movie. The bigger challenge is proving he knows how to build a universe where other filmmakers can make great DC movies, too. That’s an entirely different responsibility. If every project starts chasing the tone that made Superman or any of other Gunn’s superhero projects successful, audiences will eventually notice the repetition. One of the biggest advantages comic book adaptations have over almost every other franchise is the sheer variety of stories they can tell. The DCU should feel big enough for political thrillers, cosmic adventures, gothic horror, fantasy epics, and intimate character dramas to coexist. That’s how comic books have survived for generations.
Supergirl doesn’t convince me the DCU has found that balance yet. It feels caught between honoring Gunn’s vision and establishing one of its own. That’s a difficult line for any filmmaker to walk, but it’s also one the franchise has to figure out sooner rather than later. Because the future of the DCU shouldn’t depend on every director trying to make the next James Gunn movie, it should depend on finding filmmakers who understand these characters well enough to make them feel unmistakably like themselves.
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June 26, 2026
Runtime
108 minutes
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Ana Nogueira
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Willie Taylor Says Day 26 Would Have “Smoked” Pretty Ricky & B2K In Verzuz
On the evening of Thursday, June 25, Willie Taylor took to Instagram, initially sharing a brief text post.
“Honestly Speaking… We would have SMOKED both Groups Tonight!!!! SMOKED!!” he wrote before adding an additional caption. “Great Show tonight fellas. But for what verzuz consist of easy Work!!!”
Subsequently, Taylor then shared footage of himself, elaborating on his thoughts in real time. Ultimately, Taylor doubled down on his claim that Day 26 would have B2K and Pretty Ricky off the stage.
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Social Media Users Are Weighing IN After Willie Taylor Said Day 26 Would Have “Smoked” Pretty Ricky & B2K In Verzuz
Social media users quickly slid into TSR’s comment section, sharing their thoughts on Willie Taylor’s statement about Day 26 and largely defending Pretty Ricky.
Instagram user @trinishyia wrote, “ONLY group who winning against Pretty Ricky would be like JAGGED EDGE”
While Instagram user @jcockerhamofficial added, “Ain’t nobody coming to see you Otis 😂”
Instagram user @nostalgiabops wrote, “Probably B2K but definitely Not Pretty Ricky so please stop it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂”
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While Instagram user @burn_poe added, “Man I swear I do not know 1 day 26 song”
Instagram user @bonitabillionaire wrote, “Name 5 Day 26 songs gun pointed to ya head 🫣🥴😭”
While Instagram user @stacia.alexandra added, “How you’re hating from outside of the club; you can’t even get in lol”
Instagram user @jstshay__ wrote, “With what songs Willie?? You need more than 2 hits to do Verzuz”
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While Instagram user @rianecapri added, “I don’t mean no harm but I literally only know 1 song by Day 26. Please Willie.”
Instagram user @jeriah888 wrote, “Me when I lie😂 maybe b2k but yall ain’t smoking PR they would of did yall just how they just did b2k🤭”
While Instagram user @lexbethereason_ added, “Not with one album babe.. you gotta have more than just 1 catalog😅”
More On The Groups’ Battle
As The Shade Room previously reported, Pretty Ricky and B2K faced off in a Verzuz battle on Thursday, June 25. Ultimately, the battle left most social media users declaring Baby Blue, Spectacular, and Pleasure P the victors.
After news broke of the charges being dropped, Us Weeklyconfirmed that production on Mormon Wives season 5 was set to resume.
“It’s not completely wrapped up. We just need to finish out the season, which will finish soon, and then that’ll be my last one,” Whitney, 33, shared on Trisha Paytas’ “Just Trish” podcast on Thursday, June 25.
MomTok will be back on the screen for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 5. The series, which premiered on Hulu in 2024, introduced fans to Jen Affleck and husband Zac Affleck, Demi Engemann and husband Bret Engemann, Whitney Leavitt and husband Conner Leavitt, Mikayla Matthews and husband Jace Terry, Mayci Neeley and husband […]
Conner, 32, claimed that Hulu has “cut the season short … five episodes only.”
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“They’re having everyone go back to basically do interviews, wrap up a couple of things,” he added. “I think that’ll be a very abbreviated season considering all the things that happened publicly.”
“I feel the support. I feel like this is literally the first time ever I’m, like, good with everyone. It’s a breath of fresh air. No drama,” the Dancing With the Stars alum said.
Whitney Leavitt wasn’t afraid to hint at her potentially leaving The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives well before her official exit. During Hulu’s hit reality TV series’ 2024 inaugural season, Leavitt flirted with the idea of quitting the show when she decided to leave MomTok, the Mormon Wives stars’ content creation group. Despite leaving the […]
“You’re going to want to sit down for this video. I am leaving The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Take a minute. Take it in,” she said in an Instagram video. “I feel like I had to start my video that way. I’ve seen a lot of conversation on my announcement, so I just wanted to come on here and share my thoughts.”
“Just to be very clear, I am finishing season 5. So yes, I will be in that season. But also yes, it will be my last,” Whitney added. “It’s honestly so crazy to me looking back on this journey because I had been trying to get into theater and film way before Secret Lives even came into my life.”
“I feel content,” Whitney said. “I feel like this is a chapter that’s closing in my life and honestly, I believe that’s how it was always meant to be. I’m so grateful for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. It’s got me where I am today. It’s given me the opportunities that you all have seen, but I’m ready. I’m ready for the next chapter, and I cannot wait to share with you guys what’s next.”
AMC’s Anne Rice universe was never built to be only one vampire show. Interview with the Vampire gave the franchise its prestige anchor, Mayfair Witches opened the supernatural side of the mythology, and the next logical step was always the organization watching all of it from the shadows. That made this cancelled spin-off interesting from the start because it was not centered on one immortal lead.
The strange part is that the series is now showing life after cancellation. AMC canceled it in March 2026 after only one six-episode season, but its AMC+ chart movement through Amazon Channels has improved this week in both the United States and Spain. In the U.S., it moved from No. 9 on June 20 to No. 6 yesterday and today (June 26). In Spain, it bounced from No. 7 to No. 5 earlier in the week and is now sitting at No. 6. That is not a giant global revival, but it is a useful late signal for a show that already lost its renewal fight.
The series is Talamasca: The Secret Order, AMC’s Anne Rice spin-off starring Nicholas Denton as Guy Anatole, a young man pulled into a secret agency that tracks immortal and supernatural beings. The cast also includes William Fichtner, Elizabeth McGovern, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, and Celine Buckens, with John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty behind the show. The show has a 6.5 IMDb rating and 61% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, which explains why it never became the franchise’s breakout, but the chart climb still matters. Cancelled shows usually disappear quietly. Talamasca: The Secret Order shows there was still some audience curiosity left in the order.
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Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
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🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
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Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
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You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
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Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
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The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
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Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
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Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
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What Is the Premise of ‘Talamasca: The Secret Order’
Compared with Interview with the Vampire, which follows immortals from inside their own seductive, violent world, and Mayfair Witches, which centers on inherited power and family occult history, Talamasca: The Secret Order was built more like a supernatural spy thriller. The series follows the people who monitor vampires, witches, ghosts, and other beings while trying to keep the mortal world from seeing too much.
At the center is Guy Anatole (Nicholas Denton), a young law-school graduate who is pulled into the Talamasca after learning that the secret organization has been tracking him for years. From there, the show turns Anne Rice’s mythology into a surveillance-and-conspiracy story about humans trying to manage forces far older and stronger than them.
Talamasca: The Secret Order is currently trending on AMC+ (Amazon Channels). Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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