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One of Quentin Tarantino‘s favorite movies of 2026 is The Rip, starring Ben Affleckand Matt Damon. The movie was released on Netflix in January, and it went on to amass more than 135 million views thanks to mostly positive reviews. Even though the film didn’t get a theatrical release, Tarantino praised it for reminding him of the cop movies he grew up on in the 1970s and 1980s. In a piece for Sight and Sound magazine, Tarantino praised The Rip as “an exciting cop thriller with a novel premise that manages to deliver the goods in really clever ways.” The movie was directed by Joe Carnahan, who recently made a crime film that drew heavily from the work of Tarantino.
The movie in question received a limited theatrical run in 2021, but tanked at the box office with just around $7 million against a reported budget of $43 million. The movie played like a feature-length extension of one of Tarantino’s trademark face-off scenes. It starred Gerard Butler as a hitman who deliberately gets arrested and sent to the same jail as the con artist he’s tracking. Locked in their respective cells, the two men engage in a tense stand-off. The movie received mostly positive reviews, but it remains rather overlooked because of its unfortunate release.
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
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⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
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You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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When To Watch the Quentin Tarantino-Inspired Neo-Noir Movie on Peacock
We’re talking, of course, about Copshop. The film now holds a “Certified Fresh” 83% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “It doesn’t add many new ingredients to the genre, but action fans in the mood for an old-school thriller will be happy to buy what Copshop is selling.” The film will be added to Peacock on August 1, where fans of Tarantino-style neo-noir crime movies can check it out. The filmmaker is working on his first stage production in London. After he completes work on that project, he’ll begin putting together his long-awaited 10th and final feature film. According to his longtime cinematographer Robert Richardson, the hotly anticipated film will likely be announced some time in 2027. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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September 9, 2021
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108 minutes
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Joe Carnahan
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Joe Carnahan, Kurt McLeod, Mark Williams
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Frank Grillo, Gerard Butler, Tai Duncan, Alan Siegel, Warren T. Goz, Mark Williams, James Masciello, Eric Gold, Joe Carnahan
It might not have come as a surprise to many, but most were still taken aback by the recent news that Doctor Who had been put out to competitive tender. This came following a disastrous second tenure for now-former showrunner Russell T. Davies, which saw an ambitious partnership with Disney end in controversy. Ncuti Gatwa‘s new titular Time Lord showed plenty of promise, but off-screen issues cut his time on board the TARDIS short in one of the most divisive finales in the timey-wimey show’s history.
Sadly, news of Doctor Who‘s spiritual cancellation, which “was not taken lightly,” according to a BBC statement, also revealed that the once-promised 2026 Christmas special and hunt for a new star were never true, further hurting the show’s reputation with its die-hard fanbase. But Doctor Who fans are no strangers to controversy, especially considering that the second Davies era, which saw many beloved faces return to the show, was an attempt to rectify the ratings-killer few years under the helm of Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall.
Following the recent news regarding Doctor Who‘s immediate future, Chibnall himself broke his silence during an interview with BBC Radio Wales. He admitted that the decision was “definitely disappointing,” adding, “I probably had the same reaction as everybody else did. I think it’s a shame that it’s not going to be on for a while.” However, Chibnall has hope that the show will return in a better place, saying, “I hope they’ve got good plans to bring it back. It’s an amazing idea. It’s an amazing series. Hopefully, they’ll find people who, you know, reinvent it for the next generation of kids.” He continued:
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“I feel sad for the kids who are not going to have a Doctor for a little while because I think that’s always the amazing thing, when you work on the show, you cast a Doctor and you know that that Doctor is going to be quite a lot of people’s first Doctor. And your first Doctor is a bit like your first love. I think if you watch Doctor Who, it’s a real connection and it’s there for life. So I think it’s a shame it’s not going to be on the air. It’s not the best thing but hopefully people are going to be working to bring it back.”
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
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🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
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Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
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You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
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You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
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You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
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You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
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You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
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The BBC Has Finally Responded to ‘Doctor Who’s Cancellation
Although Chibnall’s opinion on the matter is definitely eye-opening, given that he has felt the fury of Whovians before, it was the BBC’s reply that many were waiting for. Incoming Director General of the BBC, Matt Brittin, finally spoke on the issue last week, saying, “That’s a show that has regenerated multiple times in its 60-plus year history, and we’ll do so again.” He added, “I think that’s one of the great things about the 100-year history of the BBC. We can do that, and we can creatively renew shows that people love, and we’ll be working hard on that right now.”
You can stream the most recent Doctor Who seasons on Disney+. Stay tuned to Collider for the latest updates.
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Alex Pillai, Peter Hoar, Ben Chessell, Julie Anne Robinson, Jamie Donoughue, Amanda Brotchie, Dylan Holmes Williams
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Steven Moffat, Pete McTighe, Kate Herron, Inua Ellams, Juno Dawson
Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular was wrestled to the ground and warned he was under a “citizen’s arrest” in shocking viral footage of an alleged altercation in Miami.
A 5-minute video posted by his friend Drago on Friday, July 24, seemingly showed Clavicular (real name Braden Eric Peters) and his pal involved in a scuffle with security workers or bodyguards outside Miami’s City Hall. TMZ reported that the confrontation arose after Clavicular and his friends had a disagreement with other people inside a nearby nightclub.
The footage begins with Clavicular seemingly grappling with a guard before he’s tackled to the asphalt and placed in a headlock.
“You’re under a citizen’s arrest,” the guard shouts at Clavicular.
Looksmaxxing influencer Braden Peters — better known online as Clavicular — has been at the center of several controversies. Peters gained a substantial internet following after joining the “looksmaxxing” community, described as a group of men who “obsess over physical self-improvement in the hope that it’ll improve their dating odds,” according to a February 2026 […]
Clavicular’s friend repeatedly tries to intervene but he’s held at bay by another guard. All four men get physically entangled even though the guard maintains his grip on Clavicular through it all.
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At one point, the video shows Clavicular complaining that he is having trouble breathing with the guard’s arm locked around his throat. Police arrived on the scene to separate the parties around three minutes after Clavicular first grappled with the guard.
The video ends with Clavicular sitting in the back of a squad car, though TMZ reported that there is no record of Clavicular having been arrested.
Us has reached out to the Miami-Dade Police Department for clarification on Clavicular’s legal status.
Clavicular’s friend and fellow influencer, Drago, initially shared the startling footage of the incident on Friday, writing via X, “Citizens arrest my ass.”
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Clavicular walks the runway during the 424 Menswear Spring/Summer 2027 show.Francois Durand/Getty Images
Shortly after the incident, Clavicular tweeted, “Drago is my right hand man, absolute legend. W Drago.”
Clavicular responded on Saturday, July 25, when fellow manosphere influencer HSTikkyTokky mocked him for “getting chokemaxxed by an old age pensioner [and] taking it like a good boy.”
“Id like to anyone hating to try to have the leverage required to wrestle while wearing 3 inches of height inserts. We arent playing the same game,” Clavicular quipped.
In March, Clavicular was arrested in Fort Lauderdale and charged with misdemeanor battery due to his alleged involvement in a fight between girlfriend, Violet Marie Lentz, and Jenny Popach. At the time, he posted a $1,000 bond and was released from the Broward County Jail.
Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular confirmed that his two YouTube channels have been shut down. “Very sad news this morning. My YouTube channels @ LiveWithClav & @ ClavLooksmax were terminated this morning with no warning or explanation,” the 20-year-old internet personality wrote via X on Thursday, April 23. “The channels consisted of livestream VODs and free courses […]
“That was brutal,” he later wrote via X. “All of the substances are just a cope trying to feel neurotypical while being in public, but obviously that isn’t a real solution.”
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He has since claimed on the “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” podcast that he passed out because he “literally had not eaten that day, consumed too much alcohol, and [was] just knocked out a little bit.”
“People are acting like they’ve never passed out from drinking a little too much at 20 years old,” Clavicular insisted. “It happens literally all the time in college. It wasn’t a big thing.”
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If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
Disclosure Day is currently the No. 1 movie on the Apple TV Store in both the United States and Canada, according to FlixPatrol, while the film is also charting in several international markets, including Australia, Brazil, Mexico and New Zealand. Released on June 12, 2026, Disclosure Day grossed $236.1 million worldwide against a reported $115 million budget. The film became Spielberg’s highest-grossing release since Ready Player One and delivered the biggest opening for an original Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment title not based on existing intellectual property.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
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🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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02
What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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03
What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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04
How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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05
You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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06
What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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07
How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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08
When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
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Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
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You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
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You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
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You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
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You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
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You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
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Who Stars in ‘Disclosure Day’?
The cast of Disclosure Day includes Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place) as Margaret Fairchild, Josh O’Connor (Challengers) as Daniel Kellner, Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) as Noah Scanlon, Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters) as Jane, Colman Domingo (Rustin) as Hugo Wakefield, and Wyatt Russell (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters) as Jackson.
Only five days remain until the launch of one of the most anticipated game reboots in recent memory, and the excitement is palpable. Fans will be even more thrilled to learn that they can start playing ahead of the official release, although there is a catch.
As you may already know, Halo is celebrating a major milestone with the release of Halo: Campaign Evolved, which marks the 25th anniversary of both Halo and the Xbox platform. Developed by Xbox Game Studios, the game is a modern reimagining of Halo: Combat Evolved, the first entry in the franchise. While it retains much of the original game’s iconic campaign, it also introduces new gameplay mechanics, weapons, and story content. Among the biggest additions are three new prequel missions that take place before the events of Combat Evolved, following Master Chief and Sergeant Johnson on a mission behind Covenant enemy lines.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
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🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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01
How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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02
What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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03
What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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04
How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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05
You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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06
What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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07
How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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08
When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
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Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
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You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
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You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
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You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
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You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
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You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
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Will Paramount+ Ever Revive the Live-Action ‘Halo’ Series?
Premiering on March 24, 2022, Halo ran for two seasons and 17 episodes before Paramount+ canceled it in July 2024, reportedly due to its high production costs relative to its viewership. Following the cancellation, producers, along with 343 Industries and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, began shopping the series to other platforms in hopes of securing a third season. Many fans were outraged by the cancellation such that they created petitions calling for the series to be saved. Interest in the show also surged after it arrived on Netflix in October 2025, where it climbed the streamer’s charts and introduced the adaptation to a wider audience. Despite that renewed popularity, there has been no official update on a potential third season of Halo.
Halo: Campaign Evolved Early Access began July 23 for players who own the Premium or Collector’s Edition. Stay tuned to Collider for more news about the Halo franchise.
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2022 – 2024
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Showrunner
Kyle Killen
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Directors
Jonathan Liebesman, Craig Zisk, Dennie Gordon, Roel Reiné, Debs Paterson
2026 has been a good year for Solo Leveling fans, as the franchise continues to expand, proving that it is still alive. One of these projects is a live-action adaptation of the popular South Korean WebToon novel that’s currently in production. While a release date has yet to be revealed, fans were given a little taste of what to expect.
Solo Leveling follows the story of Sung Jinwoo, an E-Rank hunter deemed the weakest of all humankind, who is selected by the System to level up his abilities, thus turning him into an S-Rank Hunter. The anime adaptation first came out in 2024 and has released two seasons so far. Following its success, it was announced that a live-action adaptation is in the works and will star Byeon Woo-seok as Sung Jinwoo and Gyeongseong Creature‘s star, Han So-hee, as Cha Hae In. Also confirmed in the live-action cast list is Kang You-seok, set to play Yoo Jin-ho, Sung Jinwoo’s friend.
Over on social media, GQ Korea has revealed that Byeon will be featured on the cover of its August issue. The magazine showcased four images of the South Korean actor, with some hinting towards his lead live-action role. Byeon started his career in 2010, first debuting as a model before becoming an actor. Before he was cast as Sung Jinwoo in Solo Leveling, Byeon starred in numerous K-dramas, such as Lovely Runner, Moonshine, Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency, and Record of Youth. At the moment, the plot of the Netflix adaptation has yet to be revealed.
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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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👑Game of Thrones
🖖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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‘Solo Leveling’ Has Also Confirmed a Movie Is in the Works
Alongside the Netflix live-action adaptation, Sony has confirmed that a film adaptation of Solo Leveling has also entered production. Solo Leveling — Beyond the System — The Moviewill be a continuation of the anime adaptation, taking place after the events of Season 2 and following in the footsteps of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle and Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc‘s box-office success. At the moment, the plot for the feature has yet to be revealed, and a release date has yet to be announced, but there were reports that it could come out in 2027 or 2028. At the same time, the concept trailer for Solo Leveling — Beyond the System claimed that this will serve as the anime’s third season.
Netflix’s live-action Solo Leveling has yet to announce a release date. In the meantime, you can stream Seasons 1 and 2 on Crunchyroll. Follow Collider for more updates.
When Apple TV+ renewed Dark Matter for a second season, one question immediately followed: how do you continue a story that had already adapted Blake Crouch’s entire bestselling novel? The first season left very little on the table, meaning the creative team suddenly found themselves venturing into completely original territory for the first time. As it turns out, though, they weren’t simply thinking about Season 2.
Speaking with Collider’s Steve Weintraub at San Diego Comic-Con, creator Blake Crouch and executive producer Jacquelyn Ben-Zekry revealed they’d already mapped out a third season alongside the second, with the intention of telling a complete trilogy, and no more than that. Asked how much he was thinking beyond Season 2 while writing entirely new material, Crouch admitted stepping away from the novel was a daunting prospect.
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“It’s one of those things that you have to sort of be on both sides. You have to write something that has a definitive ending, but you also have to lay some breadcrumbs in case you continue the story. But being off-book for the second season literally scared the shit out of me, because we didn’t save anything in the book. We blew through everything. We were like, ‘I don’t know if we’re going to do any more of this. Let’s not hold anything back.’ So, usually when I stare at the blank page, it’s for a novel, which I can take years and years and years to do, but this blank page was asking to be filled very, very quickly.”
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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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‘Dark Matter’ Season 2 Will Lead Directly into Season 3
While Season 2 will tell a complete chapter of its own, Ben-Zekry confirmed the writers were already looking beyond it while breaking the story, while Crouch confirmed to Weintraub with a resounding “yes” when asked if they saw the series ending at Season 3, in a perfect world.
“When we were designing Season 2 and pitching it, we actually did Season 3 kind of at the same time, because we imagined it as a trilogy. We really wanted to do the beginning, middle, and end of a story. So, you’ll see when you see this season. It’s definitely set up for more.”
With Ransom Canyon having returned for a second season and Little House on the Prairie still dominating the viewership charts, fans of the Yellowstonefranchise have plenty to choose from on Netflix. The streamer has been trying hard to woo fans of Taylor Sheridan‘s work away from Paramount+, after having infamously passed on Yellowstone back in the day. The franchise has emerged as a culture-defining hit at Paramount+, spawning several sequels and drawing huge audiences to this day. Sheridan’s two Yellowstone prequels,1883 and 1923, also received excellent reviews. However, Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie offers another viewing alternative.
The show is based on the popular children’s books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, which were previously adapted into a long-running NBC series in the 1970s, and then into an ABC limited series in 2005. The new version is spearheaded by Rebecca Sonnenshine, with Luke Bracey, Crosby Fitzgerald, Alice Halsey, and Skywalker Hughes in supporting roles. Little House on the Prairie has received excellent reviews, with Collider’s Maggie Lovitt calling it a “must-watch masterpiece.” The eight-episode series holds a “Certified Fresh” 79% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Little House on the Prairie dusts off the ’70s and enters a new era of conscious creation and adaptation, striking the right balance between nostalgia and inspiration to craft a new and enlivened path for itself.”
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
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⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
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You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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Here’s Where ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Stands in Terms of Viewership
Netflix appears to be bullish on the series, having renewed it for a second season even before its premiere on July 9. Viewership data shared by the streamer reveals that this was probably a good call. Little House on the Prairie amassed 6.4 million views and 42 million hours viewed in its first week, finishing third. In its second week, the show jumped to the number one spot with 9.8 million views and 65 million hours viewed, replacing the holdover hit I Will Find You at the number one spot worldwide and outperforming the second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender. This puts the show’s total at 16 million views and over 100 million hours viewed in two weeks. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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2026 – 2026-00-00
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Kat Candler, Julie Anne Robinson, Sydney Freeland, Sarah Adina Smith, Erica Tremblay
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Adam Starks, Eleanor Burgess, Adam Starks, Tom Hanada, Francesca Butler
All the way back in 2022, approaching Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power with skepticism made sense. The entertainment world’s current era of reboots is arguably more frequent, less thoughtfully produced, and less well-received by general audiences. A prequel to the events depicted in director Peter Jackson‘s revered The Lord of the Rings trilogy could’ve easily been a derelict attempt to capitalize on nostalgic iconography, no matter how much lavish beauty the show mined from its astronomical budget. Fast-forward to 2026, and overwhelming success emerged from that leap of faith. The Rings of Power has defied expectations to become a sterling example of contemporary high fantasy television, and it’s as thrilling an adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien‘s Legendarium as legally possible — capturing his defining philosophies with heartfelt grace, contemplative nuance, and a visible passion for its, well, legendary source material.
Although showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay‘s decision to spend the first two seasons of their five-season plan establishing assorted narrative set-ups was necessary to achieve maximum long-term payoff, the installments received valid critique regarding how certain storylines were paced. Following the events of Season 2’s tremendous finale, Rings of Power is finally able to turn its Great Eye (terrible pun intended) toward the Legendarium’s weightiest, meatiest material: Sauron (Charlie Vickers), undisguised and unrepentant, forging the One Ring, and Gandalf (Daniel Weyman), once a confused wanderer dubbed the Stranger, claiming his formidable identity. Payne and McKay recently shared how those substantial developments reframe and elevate their already impressive accomplishment to another level.
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Introducing the True Gandalf and Sauron Fundamentally Changes ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 3
The Rings of Power Season 3 opens five years after its predecessor. Sauron has secluded himself inside his volcanic fortress of Barad-dûr while the peoples of Middle-earth prepare for the Second Age’s most momentous war. While speaking with Empire magazine, Payne, McKay, Vickers, and Weyman promised that Sauron and Gandalf will enter this upcoming season with fresh clarity and reignited purpose. Weyman paraphrased Payne and McKay’s goals for the character: “We want to see that Gandalf has arrived. We want to see him as the wizard we all love from Tolkien’s writings.” That means a personality similar to Ian McKellen‘s beloved turn with the wardrobe to match, but not before the inexperienced Wizard undergoes a steep learning curve.
Where Sauron’s concerned, Payne teased an immense paradigm shift. “We have a full-on villain this season,” he explained, in a way that contrasts with the slippery Dark Lord having concealed his true intentions behind two separate alter egos. He’s still seeking the elusive three Rings he lost to the Elves, and he’s still a deceptive seducer who aims to weaken his enemies. This time, however, Sauron is openly fashioning his greatest weapon. Reaching this historical turning point significantly raises The Rings of Power‘s stakes and “changes the tone of the show,” according to McKay. “This third season is darker, more dangerous.”
There’s a fantastic symmetry to having these specific characters reach similar developmental points at the same time. If Rings of Power‘s interpretation of the ancient Sauron rarely wavers from his chosen identity, then Gandalf, a semi-newborn Wizard, commits to fulfilling his duty after a self-discovery journey. Tolkien doesn’t engage the two in anything resembling physical combat, but he positions them as opposing ideological forces created by the same supreme deity. Sauron, a profoundly powerful and immortal Maiar, is essentially a fallen angel. Gandalf, another Maiar and one of the wisest Wizards, is sent to Middle-earth in response to Sauron’s reign and remains devoted to preserving goodness; he’s a beacon of hope designed to keep mortal hearts from collapsing into despair.
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‘The Rings of Power’s Ambitions Are Higher than Ever in Season 3
The Rings of Power‘s Season 3 evolution has already been a rewarding challenge for the actors. Weyman and Vickers raved about the “unbelievably spine-tingling” and awe-inspiring “privilege and honour,” respectively, of finding themselves charged with immense responsibility. They aren’t the only ones shouldering a mighty task, either. McKay teased the One Ring’s creation as “the single most ambitious, technically challenging sequence we’ve ever done on the show”; Vickers reported that filming the scene encompassed two weeks.
Minor and easily correctable imperfections aside, The Rings of Power needed Seasons 1 and 2. Without those foundations, Payne and McKay couldn’t tee up the massive moments that fans (toxic naysayers need not apply) never expected to see onscreen, and therefore have been anticipating with especially bated breath. The series’ track record with magnificent set pieces that balance astonishing cinematic spectacle and breathtaking character-driven intimacy — look no further than Season 2’s siege of Eregion — all but guarantees Season 3 will prove worth the four-year wait.
Although the genre is fairly reliable theatrically, when a sci-fi movie goes wrong at the box office, it is usually in spectacular fashion. Take, for a recent example, The Mandalorian and Grogu, which was supposed to be the spiritual opening of a big summer of cinema. Instead, the movie tanked in theaters, despite the success of the series it is based on and the overall Star Wars franchise. However, the huge viral triumph of both A24’s Backrooms and Obsession left The Mandalorian and Grogu struggling for relevance.
The big-screen debut of Pedro Pascal‘s titular bounty hunter has earned $344 million worldwide against a production budget of $165 million, which doesn’t account for a likely enormous marketing and commercial investment. It seems as if each year fields its own sci-fi flop, with one of 2018’s even killing a $1 billion franchise. The film in question is Pacific Rim: Uprising, a sequel to 2013’s Pacific Rim, and the second installment overall in the franchise ahead of the animated series Pacific Rim: The Black.
Spartacus and Daredevil‘s Steven S. DeKnighttook to the director’s chair for Pacific Rim: Uprising, taking over the reins from Guillermo del Toro, who had won both Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards the year prior for The Shape of Water. Uprising, which follows John Boyega‘s Jake as he is offered one last chance to live up to his father’s legacy, also stars Cailee Spaeny, Scott Eastwood, Adria Arjona, Jing Tian, and Zhang Jin. Eight years later, Pacific Rim: Uprising is a surprising streaming hit, officially ranking as one of the ten most-streamed movies on HBO Max in the U.S., at the time of writing.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
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🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
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Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
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You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
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You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
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You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
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You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
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You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
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How Badly Did ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ Flop?
Although the film is known as a disaster,Pacific Rim: Uprising didn’t perform perhaps as poorly as many would’ve suspected. Against a reported production budget of $155 million, the film made $291 million at the global box office, split between a domestic haul of $60 million and a further $230 million from overseas markets. The movie managed to open at #1 at the U.S. box office, but quickly dropped to #5 in its second weekend.
Pacific Rim: Uprising is available to stream now on HBO Max. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for all the latest streaming stories.
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March 23, 2018
Runtime
111 minutes
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Steven S. DeKnight
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Writers
Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, Steven S. DeKnight, T.S. Nowlin, Travis Beacham
Producers
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Guillermo del Toro, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Thomas Tull, Femi Oguns
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