Marvel has officially revealed the actor who will carry the Black Panther mantle into the franchise’s next generation. During San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, director Ryan Coogler and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced that David Jonsson will play T’Challa’s adult son and the new Black Panther in the forthcoming third installment. The emotional casting reveal comes nearly six years after Chadwick Boseman’s death and four years after Letitia Wright’s Shuri assumed the superhero identity in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
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Coogler unveiled Jonsson as “our new Black Panther” while standing before a packed Comic-Con audience. The announcement immediately drew cheers and applause as the 32-year-old actor walked onto the stage. He joined Coogler, Feige, Wright, and Winston Duke in front of the crowd.
Jonsson placed one hand over his heart as he absorbed the enthusiastic reception from Marvel fans. “I want to say thank you so much,” he began, per a video going around on social media. “Thank you, Ryan. Thank you, Kevin. Thank you to this amazing family that I have the honor and privilege and blessing to join.”
The actor avoided revealing any significant details about the sequel and instead directed the audience’s attention toward the screen behind him. “I actually don’t want to say too much. Because I want to let this screen do the talking,” he explained, prompting another eruption from the crowd. “And believe me, the honor is entirely mine. Thank you.”
Jonsson is already familiar to audiences through several major film and television projects. The British actor appeared in 2024’s “Alien: Romulus” and followed that performance with a role in “The Long Walk” in 2025. He also portrayed Augustus “Gus” Sackey in the HBO series “Industry.”
His “Black Panther” role places him at the center of one of Marvel’s most successful and culturally significant franchises. Jonsson will reportedly portray the adult son of Boseman’s T’Challa. The announcement did not include additional information about how the character will be introduced or how the story will address his age.
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“Black Panther 3” is scheduled to arrive in theaters on December 15, 2028.
Coogler will return to direct the third installment after previously overseeing both “Black Panther” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Wright and Duke are confirmed to reprise their roles, although specific details about their characters’ involvement remain under wraps. Denzel Washington is also rumored to join the forthcoming film.
Wright previously assumed the Black Panther mantle as Shuri in “Wakanda Forever,” which was released in 2022 following Boseman’s death. The latest announcement did not explain what the change will mean for Shuri or how the two Black Panthers’ stories will connect in the sequel.
Boseman first appeared as T’Challa before leading the 2018 “Black Panther” movie. Directed by Coogler, the film also starred Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, and Martin Freeman.
“Black Panther” earned more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office and received numerous accolades. Its success transformed T’Challa into one of Marvel’s most recognizable heroes and made Boseman inseparable from the character for millions of fans. The actor died at his Los Angeles home on August 28, 2020, with his wife and family by his side. He was 43.
Boseman had been diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016. The disease later progressed to stage IV, but he kept his diagnosis private while continuing to work through surgeries and chemotherapy. He ultimately died from complications related to colon cancer.
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Marvel chose not to recast Boseman’s version of T’Challa for “Wakanda Forever,” instead allowing the sequel to address the character’s death and the grief felt throughout Wakanda. Jonsson’s role as T’Challa’s son now gives the franchise a way to continue the character’s bloodline while preserving Boseman’s original portrayal.
Chadwick Boseman’s Family Is Fighting Over His Estate
The casting announcement arrives days after reports of a legal dispute involving Boseman’s family and his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman. The late actor’s brothers, Kevin and Derrick Boseman, filed documents asking a Los Angeles court to remove Taylor as administrator of the estate. They accuse her of withholding information, delaying court-ordered distributions, and maintaining sole control over assets connected to Chadwick’s finances and legacy.
According to the filing obtained by TMZ, the brothers claim Taylor has kept the family uninformed about the estate despite a 2022 court order dividing its assets between her and Boseman’s parents, Leroy and Carolyn Boseman. The allegations have not been proven in court.
While that dispute continues outside the Marvel universe, Jonsson’s casting begins a new chapter for the screen legacy Boseman created.
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Both Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham have had a difficult time at the box office this year. Johnson recently starred in the Moana live-action remake, reprising his role as the fan-favorite character Maui from the original animated hit. While the original grossed nearly $700 million worldwide and cultivated a loyal fanbase on Disney+, the live-action remake will struggle to recoup its reported budget of $250 million following a disappointing opening week of release. Back in January, Statham witnessed a similar setback with Shelter. The action-thriller received fairly positive reviews, but was only able to gross $53 million worldwide against a reported budget of $50 million.
The two stars will now look forward to their upcoming releases — the relatively safe bets Jumanji: Open World and The Beekeeper 2 — to return to form. Johnson and Statham famously worked together on the Fast and Furious franchise, and then headlined the series’ sole spin-off movie, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. Directed by David Leitch, the movie received mixed-to-positive reviews and emerged as a major hit. It’s now racing toward the Peacock streaming service, seven years after its theatrical release in 2019.
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Collider Exclusive · Action Hero Quiz Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner? Rambo · James Bond · Indiana Jones · John McClane · Ethan Hunt
Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn’t work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back.
🎖️Rambo
🍸James Bond
🏺Indiana Jones
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🔧John McClane
🎭Ethan Hunt
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You’re dropped into a dangerous situation with no warning. What do you need most from a partner? The first few seconds tell you everything about who belongs beside you.
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You have to get somewhere dangerous, fast. How do you travel? How you get there is half the mission.
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You’re pinned down and outnumbered. What does your ideal partner do? This is when you find out what someone is really made of.
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The mission is paused. You have one evening to decompress. What does your partner suggest? Who someone is when the pressure drops is who they actually are.
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How do you prefer your partner to communicate mid-mission? Good communication is the difference between partners and a liability.
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Your enemy is powerful, well-resourced, and has the upper hand. How should your partner approach them? The approach to the enemy defines the partnership.
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Things go badly wrong and you’re captured. What do you trust your partner to do? Who someone is when you need them most is the only thing that matters.
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What does your ideal partner bring to the table that you couldn’t replace? A great partner fills the gap you didn’t know you had.
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Every partnership has a cost. Which of these can you live with? No one comes without baggage. The question is whether you can carry it together.
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It’s the final moment. Everything is on the line. What do you need from your partner right now? The last question is the most honest one.
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Your Partner Has Been Assigned Your Perfect Partner Is…
Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back — for better or considerably, spectacularly worse.
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Rambo
Your partner doesn’t talk much, doesn’t need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you’ve finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics — he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable — one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You’ll never need to ask if he has your back. You’ll just know.
James Bond
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Your partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it’ll take you a moment to remember what’s actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters — and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You’ll never be bored. You’ll occasionally be furious. But when it matters — when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing — Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing.
Indiana Jones
Your partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible — but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar’s eye and a brawler’s instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn’t matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable — and the adventures you’ll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them.
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John McClane
Your partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema — a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren’t so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay.
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Ethan Hunt
Your partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you’ve finished reading the briefing, and the plan he’s settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability — technically, physically, and intellectually — and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn’t exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him — and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway.
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Here’s When You Can Watch ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ on Peacock
Hobbs & Shawgrossed $760 million worldwide against a reported budget of $200 million, emerging as Statham’s highest-grossing movie in a leading role. Also featuring Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Eiza González, and Helen Mirren, the movie is now sitting at a 67% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes. As with most films featuring Johnson, Hobbs & Shaw has a significantly higher audience score, at 88%. The aggregator website’s consensus reads, “Hobbs & Shaw doesn’t rev as high as the franchise’s best installments, but gets decent mileage out of its well-matched stars and over-the-top action sequences.” While both Johnson and Statham have reprised their roles in the main franchise, they haven’t returned for a sequel to Hobbs & Shaw yet. The mere existence of the film was controversial, as it was born out of a feud between Johnson and franchise star Vin Diesel on the set of The Fate of the Furious. The two will reunite on screen in the 11th and final installment of the main series. You can watch the spin-off on Peacock starting August 1, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Rosie O’Donnell has spent years sharing her bold opinions on national TV. Some have gone over well, and some have gotten her into a bit of trouble. One of her most infamous moments occurred with her former co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck during an explosive episode of “The View.” The conversation, which ended up playing out on a split-screen, centered on the Iraq War and featured both women accusing the other of misrepresenting their views and friendship. In a 2026 viral moment, O’Donnell said she often looks back on the conversation with Hasselbeck to remember exactly how she was feeling in that moment.
During her one-woman show, “Common Knowledge,” in New York City, O’Donnell didn’t hesitate when asked to name her favorite and least favorite co-host. She quickly singled out Hasselbeck as her least favorite, revisiting their infamous on-air clash, one of the most memorable feuds in daytime talk show history.
“Listen, it’s known that me and Elisabeth Hasselbeck did not have a great ending to our friendship, so I would say that was the most problematic, perhaps. But we did get along right up until the end, and then it blew up on national TV. Sometimes I watch that one,” she confessed.
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When it comes to an on-air moment that O’Donnell has fond memories of, it has to be her 1997 chat with her idol, Barbara Streisand. “But if the Elisabeth Hasselbeck fight is on, I’m like, ‘Let me try to remember what this felt like.’ You know?” she added.
Rosie O’Donnell Believed She Was Set Up By Producers During Feud With Hasselbeck
During an appearance on the “Ricki-Lee, Tim and Joel” podcast, O’Donnell spoke about her feud with Hasselbeck and suggested people behind the scenes instigated the moment for ratings.
“Our producer is not an on-the-fly kind of guy, he wasn’t mister like, ‘Let’s go to the split-screen.’ That was prepared,” she said. “So, the whole thing, I think, was a setup.”
While going back and forth about the Iraq War, O’Donnell and Hasselbeck berated each other with deeply personal jabs that quickly eclipsed the political debate.
“You are an adult and I am certainly not going to be the person for you to explain your thoughts; they’re your thoughts,” Hasselbeck yelled.
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“It felt to me like I was on a basketball team of five women, and one of them kept tripping me on the way to the hoop. When they had the split screen,” O’Donnell said on the podcast.
O’Donnell also said during the interview that her interaction with Hasselbeck hurt her more than people realized because she considered her a true friend.
“I can not believe that this woman, after all I did for her, because when I took that job, I made one commitment to myself, that I was not going to be her enemy, that I was going to meet her as a person,” O’Donnell said.
Hasselbeck Fired Back At Rosie O’Donnell: ‘Stop The Madness, Stop The Lying’
Hasselbeck responded to O’Donnell’s claims that their headline-making feud was a setup, accusing her of lying for attention, per Entertainment Weekly.
“Stop lying, stop, stop, and in the meantime and even maybe if you don’t stop, I still forgive you and it can just be so much more free, Rosie, if you can just stop,” she said on her Instagram. “Stop the madness, stop the lying, and just be free. I just pray God’s fire and glory around you so you can be protected from whatever is holding you back.”
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O’Donnell Shares When She Knew It Was Time To Quit Her Eponymous Talk Show
Before “The View,” O’Donnell hosted her own talk show, “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” in the late ’90s until the early 2000s. While the show was a major success, O’Donnell said she wasn’t interested in continuing any further after learning her bank account had amassed a whopping figure.
“When I heard that [I had $100 million], I thought, ‘OK, now I’m done,’” she said, according to a previous report from The Blast. “And everyone was like, ‘Why are you leaving?’”
Besides spending more time with her family and friends, O’Donnell said that she had officially made enough to take care of those closest to her, donate to charities, and do philanthropic work. For O’Donnell, being filthy rich was never the goal, so it made leaving her talk-show in her rearview that much easier.
“I don’t get the billionaires,” she said. “I don’t get how people only measure their life in money, not what they can do for other people.”
Emma Roberts and Cody John have reportedly taken the next step in their relationship nearly two years after announcing their engagement. The actress and her fiancé allegedly tied the knot during an intimate ceremony at John’s family estate in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Saturday, July 25.
According to sources with direct knowledge of the celebration, the couple surrounded themselves with close relatives and friends for their private wedding day. Emma Roberts and Cody John have not yet publicly confirmed that they are married.
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Sources told TMZ that Roberts and John exchanged vows at his family’s Idaho estate. The setting appears to match the private approach the couple has taken throughout their relationship.
Since first being romantically linked in 2022, Roberts and John have made only a handful of public appearances together. Neither has shared photographs or details from the reported ceremony in the information provided.
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The intimate guest list also seemingly allowed the couple to celebrate away from the larger Hollywood spotlight that has followed Roberts throughout her acting career and previous high-profile relationships.
The Actress Announced Her Engagement In 2024
Roberts confirmed that John had proposed in July 2024. The “American Horror Story” actress shared a smiling photograph of the couple while prominently displaying her diamond engagement ring.
She also used the announcement to playfully reference her mother’s apparent tendency to share family news. “Putting this here before my mom tells everyone,” Roberts joked in the caption.
The announcement came approximately two years after the couple first sparked dating speculation during the summer of 2022. Although Roberts confirmed the engagement herself, she and John continued keeping most details about their romance and wedding plans private.
Emma Roberts Previously Explained Why She Values Privacy
Roberts’ relationship with John has unfolded considerably more quietly than some of her previous romances. The couple has largely avoided making their relationship a central part of social media or frequently attending high-profile events together. Their decision to reportedly marry at a family estate with only close loved ones present is consistent with that approach.
While the pair has not publicly revealed details about how they met or when their friendship became romantic, their relationship had lasted approximately four years by the time of their reported wedding. The Sun Valley ceremony would mark Roberts’ first marriage.
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Emma Roberts Was Previously Engaged To Evan Peters
Before beginning her relationship with John, Roberts had a long and turbulent romance with her “American Horror Story” co-star Evan Peters. The former couple became engaged after meeting while working together on the comedy “Adult World.”
Their relationship attracted troubling attention in July 2013 when Roberts was arrested following an alleged physical altercation at a hotel. Law enforcement sources claimed someone contacted police after overhearing the couple fighting inside their room. When officers arrived, Peters allegedly had a bloody nose and a bite mark on his body. Roberts was taken into custody but released hours later after Peters declined to press charges.
A source close to Roberts claimed that both actors were responsible for the physical confrontation and alleged they had hit each other. The insider denied that Roberts bit Peters and claimed she was arrested because his injuries were more visible.
Her representative subsequently described the situation as a misunderstanding. “It was an unfortunate incident and misunderstanding, Ms. Roberts was released after questioning and the couple are working together to move past it,” the spokesperson said.
Roberts and Peters eventually ended their engagement and relationship.
Although John is now reportedly Roberts’ husband, the actress has kept details surrounding his relationship with her child out of the public eye in the supplied information. Roberts’ reported marriage begins a new chapter after several years of keeping her personal life increasingly private.
For now, fans may have to wait for the actress to confirm the news herself, possibly before another member of her family gets the opportunity to announce it first.
Netflix’s cowboy hit Ransom Canyon hasn’t been renewed for a third season yet — but would every cast member be coming back?
Based on Jodi Thomas‘ book series of the same name, Ransom Canyon introduced Us to a town full of drama, romance and hope. The first season kicked off with stoic rancher Staten (Josh Duhamel) grieving two major losses while navigating an undeniable connection to childhood friend Quinn (Minka Kelly), who has also caught the eye of Staten’s brother-in-law and rival Davis (Eoin Macken).
There was also newcomer Yancy (Jack Schumacher), who had a past he was hiding from Ellie (Marianly Tejada). And if that wasn’t enough, viewers found themselves invested in another love triangle between high school students Lucas (Garrett Wareing), Lauren (LizzyGreene) and Reid (Andrew Liner).
Season 2 turned the story up a notch with a baby, a sibling love triangle and several shocking splits. Showrunner April Blair teased to Us in July 2026 her vision for season 3 — including more potential cast shakeups.
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“[There will] definitely [be] new faces,” Blair exclusively told Us. “I definitely want to learn more about Lucas and Kit’s parents. I feel like we’ve never really talked about that.”
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Blair wanted to expand Lucas’ (Wareing) story, adding, “I really want to bring someone new to the canvas so that Lucas can have his own new experience and new love and just someone fun to shake things up.”
“Maybe we bring another version of a musical element to our story. Season 1, we had Charley Crockett performing in Gracie’s. And in season 2, we do this big blowout with the festival and Jordan Davis and Thomas Rhett,” she noted. “And what is a different version of bringing music to our show? Because I think it’s really integral.”
She continued: “Is it bringing someone who is a musician and is a character in the show? Quinn is building this musical mecca basically. She’s got Gracie’s and now she’s going to open the old theater. What does that bring to town and the new elements there?”
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Blair hinted that the “possibilities are endless” for season 3.
Keep scrolling to see which stars are returning in a potential season 3 — and which aren’t:
Josh Duhamel
Ransom Canyon wouldn’t be Ransom Canyon without Duhamel as Staten.
Minka Kelly
Kelly is expected to play Quinn when Ransom Canyon returns.
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Eoin Macken
Macken isn’t expected to reprise his role.
Lizzy Greene
Greene will be back as Lauren if the show returns for a third season.
Garrett Wareing
Wareing’s Lucas is expected to catch more of a break in a potential season 3 after facing challenges in past episodes.
Casey W. Johnson
After being promoted in season 2, Johnson will be back as Kit in the future.
It is never easy to unexpectedly say goodbye to your favorite characters — and 2026 has featured an influx of shocking departures on our TV screens from Grey’s Anatomy to Virgin River. Virgin River fans were surprised when showrunner Patrick Sean Smith confirmed multiple characters were written off the show after season 7. Marco Grazzini addressed […]
Marianly Tejada
Tejada a.k.a Ellie is going to be a main part of a potential third season.
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Jack Schumacher
Schumacher is expected to be front and center since Yancy’s personal life was one of the major cliffhangers at the end of the season.
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Justin Johnson Cortez
Cortez’s character Kai will be expanded upon in future episodes of the hit series.
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Andrew Liner
Liner was written off the show in season 2.
Steve Howey
Blair hinted that Levi could be back in the future on Ransom Canyon.
The internet has kept a close eye on 21 Savage and Latto’s relationship for a minute, and now folks think they finally got a glimpse into their vibe. 21 dropped a SPICY message for Big Mama on social media, leaving fans gushing and saying they’re here for the energy!
21 Savage Comes Through With SPICY Shoutout For Latto & Fans Have Thoughts
21 Savage had folks online stopping mid-scroll after he showed Latto some love on Instagram. The rapper shared a clip from her ‘Okayyy’ music video featuring Doja Cat and let Big Mama know he was feeling what he saw as she showed off her post-baby body in the visuals. He took things a step further by asking if she was down to go 50/50 on another baby, writing, “Can we have another pleaseeeeeeee.” Latto hasn’t responded to 21’s request just yet, but fans already know the two share a baby girl, who they seemingly welcomed back in May. See 21 Savage’s message here.
The Internet Weighs In After 21 Asks Big Mama For “Another One”
Once The Shade Room posted 21’s question for Latto, the comment section instantly went all the way UP! Plenty of fans said they were surprised to see him show her so much affection publicly since they have kept things lowkey for so long. Meanwhile, others joked that Big Mama is probably somewhere cheesing.
Instagram user @dre_highh wrote, “Dat Boy loud on the creek 😂”
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Instagram user @mariahjsobad wrote, “Oh they bold with it now 👀”
While Instagram user @zayum.ok.tay wrote, “This is the most he’s ever acknowledged her.”
Then Instagram user @tbarbieeee wrote, “Why they wanna be public all of a sudden 😭😭”
Instagram user @maebeezy_ wrote, “HE NOT WRONGGGGG 😍😍😍😍”
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Another Instagram user @therealoshae wrote, “And y’all think it’s us and it really be them 😂 always tryna trap us with babies 😂”
Instagram user @thecoreyshow wrote, “Slow down 21 Jonasi.”
Then another Instagram user @cutie_achiever wrote, “I just love it when a man proud of his woman and showering her with love and attention 🤏🤏🤏”
While another instagram user @elle_obsidian wrote, “Can you give her a ring 💍”
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Finally, Instagram user @britleynichole wrote, “Ik she somewhere smiling so hard 😂”
From Lowkey To Loud! A Look Into Big Mama & 21’s Love
Although fans were hype to see 21 Savage show Latto some love, this isn’t their first peek into the couple’s relationship. In August, 2025, fans got the confirmation they’ve were waiting for after photos appeared to show them vacationing together in St. Vincent. Shortly after that, Big Mama seemingly confirmed their status when TMZ asked if she was tired of people asking about 21. She responded, “Nope! My man, my man, my man.” From there, they both kept folks talking ahead of Latto’s ‘Big Mama’ album release on May 28. Latto teased 21’s appearance on the project by sharing a joint photo of a knife on Instagram. Fans later found out that 21 turned out to be on the album, appearing her track ‘Hostage.’
Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi are doing little to quiet speculation surrounding their reported romance. The pair was spotted sitting closely together at Chris Stapleton’s concert in Washington on Friday, adding another public outing to their growing relationship timeline. A now-viral TikTok captured Jenner and Elordi chatting in a VIP section near the stage while one stunned concertgoer loudly reacted to seeing the two celebrities together.
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Jenner and Elordi traveled to the Gorge Amphitheater to watch Stapleton perform as part of his 2026 All-American Road Show. Jenner held a drink as she spoke with the “Euphoria” actor, who remained seated closely beside her throughout the captured moment. After recognizing the rumored couple, one fan in attendance could be heard yelling, “No f-cking way!”
Jenner later posted a brief clip from Stapleton’s performance to her Instagram Stories, confirming that she attended Friday’s concert. However, she did not include Elordi in her own social media update.
Neither star has publicly defined the relationship in the supplied information.
The Rumored Couple Was Reportedly Dating Before Coachella
Jenner and Elordi initially attracted significant attention in April after they were reportedly spotted “making out” at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. However, one source claimed the relationship had already been developing for several months by that point.
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“They have been together for a couple of months already, and it’s going well,” the insider told the Daily Mail. “They were an item as far back as early February, so it’s been a while. It helps that they have both been in Los Angeles a lot for the past couple of months, it has really given them time to bond.”
The pair was also photographed mingling at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in March, shortly after they reportedly began dating. Their growing number of outings suggests that they have gradually become more comfortable spending time together in public, even if they have not formally announced the romance.
Kylie Jenner reportedly helped encourage her older sister to pursue Elordi. The makeup mogul was around the actor during awards season through her relationship with Timothée Chalamet. Elordi had been nominated for “Frankenstein,” while Chalamet was nominated for “Marty Supreme.”
“Kylie was around Jacob a lot during Timothee [Chalamet’s] award season marathon because Jacob was nominated for ‘Frankenstein’ and Timothee was nominated for ‘Marty Supreme,’” an insider claimed.
According to the source, Kylie quickly decided Elordi could be a strong match for Kendall. “Kylie liked him and thought he would be good for Kenny so she was like, girl, get on it, date this guy already,” the insider added.
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Some of Jenner and Elordi’s earliest dates reportedly took place privately at the reality star’s home near Beverly Hills.
Kendall Jenner And Jacob Elordi Have Traveled Together
The pair’s relationship reportedly progressed through a series of romantic getaways and group vacations. In May, Jenner and Elordi were spotted in Hawaii after allegedly staying at the North Shore Preserve resort in Kauai. They were reportedly seen having breakfast at the family-run establishment Nourish Hanalei. Fans who claimed they encountered the pair there described them as “so cute together.” Jenner and Elordi were also allegedly spotted grabbing coffee and visiting a wine shop during the trip.
Later that month, the rumored couple showed affection while leaving a dinner with friends in Santa Barbara. Elordi was seen placing his hand on the back of Jenner’s neck as they waited for their transportation. Their travels continued with a summer getaway to Japan and a Fourth of July weekend spent boating in Idaho with Justin and Hailey Bieber.
The Relationship Has Reportedly Become ‘Pretty Serious’
Jenner also traveled to Elordi’s native Australia last month to celebrate his birthday with his relatives and friends. “They’re just in that phase where they want to do everything together and things have gotten pretty serious,” a source told Page Six.
A separate insider claimed that Elordi enjoys the celebrity-filled social circle surrounding Jenner. “He is thrilled with her social circle, which he has called ‘impressive’ because it’s all heavy hitters,” the source alleged. “It’s one big name after another. Jacob is starstruck for sure.”
After the Australia trip, Jenner and Elordi were photographed making their way through Brisbane Airport while wearing masks, hoodies, and caps. Their latest concert appearance was considerably more relaxed. Rather than covering their faces or attempting to hide their presence, Jenner and Elordi appeared comfortable enjoying the show side by side, even as nearby fans immediately recognized them.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is currently killing it in movie theaters, but you can watch one of the director’s early features, the magician thriller The Prestige, on Peacock right now.
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Channing Tatum is still best known for his role in the epic Magic Mike male stripper trilogy, but he’s almost unrecognizable as a Jeffrey Epstein-like creep in the ripped-from-the-headlines film Blink Twice.
No one is better at solving mysteries than Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). He’s world-famous for a reason, and he always cracks the case. But his latest one could break that streak. Bestselling mystery author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead one morning with his throat slit. That surely means he was killed, right? But the police rule it a suicide and promptly close the case. Benoit thinks otherwise, but he’s stumped as to who killed Harlan and the motive behind the murder.
The list of suspects is long and colorful. At the top is Harlan’s sleazy son-in-law Richard (Don Johnson), but spoiled grandson Hugh (Chris Evans), desperate daughter-in-law Joni (Toni Collette) and kind-hearted nurse Marta (Ana de Armas) could’ve easily done it. Benoit doesn’t have too much time to solve the case as the killer seems ready to strike again.
‘The Prestige’ (2006)
Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson in The Prestige.Touchstone Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
Hollywood doesn’t make too many magic-centric thrillers, but in 2006, there were two of them: The excellent The Illusionist with Edward Norton and The Prestige with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Robert Angier (Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Bale) are Victorian-era magicians who are obsessed with being the best at their craft. They are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to prove their supremacy, with Borden seemingly able to teleport himself from one place to another. Angier becomes determined to discover the secret behind his trick. But the more he discovers about Borden, the worse his life becomes until he’s driven to commit an act that no magic trick can erase.
Directed by The Odyssey’s Christopher Nolan, The Prestige has a dense plot that’s difficult to fully understand on first viewing. But it still weaves an intoxicating spell that blends magic and 19th -century science in a movie that generates as much suspense as it does magic tricks. The talented cast includes Scarlett Johansson as a love-struck magician’s assistant, Michael Caine as an older magician and David Bowie as real-life inventor Nikola Tesla.
When cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) and her friend, Jess (Alia Shawkat), are invited to billionaire Slater King’s (Channing Tatum) private island, they have no choice but to accept. After all, who could pass up a free trip to paradise? But even paradise has its drawbacks, and soon, Frida wants to leave. But when Jess goes missing, she’s forced to figure out what happened to her friend and why Slater seems to be at the center of it. Is Jess paranoid, or is she in the middle of a conspiracy she can’t escape from?
If Blink Twice’s premise sounds familiar, that’s because it unintentionally mirrors the real-life scandal involving Jeffrey Epstein and his reported ties to the world’s wealthy and elite class. First-time director Zoë Kravitz crafts an absorbing psychological thriller that uses an unreliable narrator, Frida, to guide you through a hidden society full of pleasures and hidden pitfalls. Channing Tatum has one of the best roles of his career as Slater King, a self-made tech billionaire who thinks money can buy anything – even Frida.
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‘Borderline’ (2025)
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Sofia Minor (Samara Weaving) is a pop star with a major problem — she has an obsessed fan, Paul Duerson (Ray Nicholson), who thinks they are in love. After an initial attempt to establish contact lands him in prison, Paul escapes and, with the help of fellow inmate Penny (Alba Baptiste), breaks into Sofia’s mansion to profess his love for her. But Paul’s best-laid plans come undone as Sofia teams up with a security guard (Eric Dane) eager for revenge to stop Paul’s stalking once and for all.
Can you believe that it’s already been 20 years since The Devil Wears Prada? 2026 marks the 20th anniversary of some of the greatest movies of the 2000s. Classics like The Departed, Pan’s Labyrinth and Borat might seem like they just came out yesterday, but time really flies when you’re watching great movies. Watch With Us has rounded […]
While Borderline’s plot is a standard psycho stalker story that Fatal Attraction perfected nearly four decades ago, what elevates the movie is the performances of the two leads. As Sofia, Weaving adds yet another formidable female to her scream queen resume, while Nicholson shows a talent for lunacy that he must have inherited from his famous father, Jack. He has a gift for playing men with madness that isn’t too far off from The Shining’s Jack Torrance.
Before Christopher Nolan made his name directing the Dark Knight trilogy, his calling card in Hollywood was Memento. For his first trick, Nolan shows audiences the ending of Memento before they realize what it means. Then he lets the story unfold in two parallel narratives before catching up with the conclusion.
Everyone loves a good thriller. From 1960’s Psycho to 2024’s Conclave, suspense movies have been around for decades and will always find an appreciative audience. The genre has been in a bit of a slump lately, with fewer thrillers released in theaters than in its heyday in the ‘90s. That decade was arguably a high […]
The film revolves around Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a man who lost his wife and his ability to make new long-term memories due to a brutal attack. Now, Leonard’s memories reset nearly every ten minutes, and he’s not sure if he can trust the people around him, including Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Teddy (Joe Pantoliano). Everyone seems to take advantage of Leonard’s condition, including Leonard himself.
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Every science fiction story asks a question about tomorrow and talks about the unforeseen future. But the six R-rated films on this list all share the exact same dark premise. They look at a future where our own advancements turn against us. Not to mention their stories are great, and driven by cybernetic implants, advanced artificial intelligence, genetic cloning, and automated warfare.
Sounds interesting to hear but the problem is not the premise. The problem is what these filmmakers did with it. Instead of exploring these fascinating sci-fi ideas with intelligence, these movies traded deep concepts for mindless action, cheap thrills, unnecessary scenes and heavy violence. They took genuinely great science fiction premises and flattened them into forgettable box office disasters.
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‘Johnny Mnemonic’ (1995)
Keanu Reeves wearing a silver head band of metal in ‘Johnny Mnemonic’.Image via TriStar Pictures
The most surprising thing about Johnny Mnemonic is that it somehow manages to make very exciting concepts, boring. For instance, look at a premise involving cybernetic implants, digital storage in the human brain, and a futuristic conspiracy. All these things are perfect ingredients for a high-quality script, but this film fails to produce that. Johnny Mnemonic (Keanu Reeves) works as a courier who literally stores confidential data inside his own brain, though after accepting one dangerous job, he discovers that he is carrying more information than his mind can safely handle.
What I kept waiting for, however, was the movie to actually do something interesting with that idea. Instead, the film spends most of its runtime throwing Johnny into one noisy, confusing encounter after another. Keanu Reeves looks as if he understands that none of this makes sense, which honestly became part of the entertainment for me. After every few scenes, somebody introduces a new piece of futuristic technology or another complicated plot point, yet none of it ever feels connected to anything emotionally real. The strangest part is that the film constantly behaves as though it is blowing your mind when, in reality, you are mostly trying to stay awake.
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‘Alien Resurrection’ (1997)
Ripley stands next to mercenaries submerged in water in Alien Resurrection.Image via 20th Century Studios
I think the biggest mistake Alien Resurrection makes happens before the movie even begins. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) died at the end of Alien 3 in a tragic way. Then Alien Resurrection simply brings her back through cloning and expects the audience to move on as if nothing happened. From that moment onward, the film never fully recovers.
It is hands down frustrating because there are moments where you can see a genuinely weird and interesting movie going to waste. Clone Ripley is unsettling in ways that the previous versions of the character never were, and some of the ideas involving identity and genetic experimentation could have led somewhere fascinating. I was less disturbed by the Xenomorphs than I was by the realization that the franchise had somehow made one of cinema’s greatest heroines feel like a side character in her own story.
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‘Judge Dredd’ (1995)
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The first thing I remember about Judge Dredd are the fashion choices of the characters. Before Sylvester Stallone even says a word as Judge Joseph Dredd (Sylvester Stallone), the movie has already committed so aggressively to its ridiculous visual style that it becomes difficult to take anything seriously afterwards. Dredd is supposed to be an intimidating symbol of absolute law and authority but he often looks like somebody trying very hard to convince us that he is intimidating.
The worst part is that the film wasted a good script. A futuristic city governed by judges who act as police officers, juries, and executioners is actually a compelling idea. Yet the movie quickly abandons any interest in exploring that world and turns into a series of explosions, chases, and arguments delivered at maximum volume. Every time you think the film might finally settle down and develop an idea, somebody would crash through a wall or fire another oversized weapon; it feels like you are watching being shouted at for two hours.
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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
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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
🏜️Dune
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🚀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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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.
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Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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.
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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.
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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‘Hardware’ (1990)
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For almost thirty minutes, everyone genuinely believed Hardware might turn into a cult classic. The film follows Mo Baxter (Dylan McDermott), who unknowingly brings home the remains of a military robot that eventually reconstructs itself and begins hunting artist Jill (Stacey Travis) inside her apartment. The story is simple, claustrophobic, and honestly pretty effective.
Then the movie slowly becomes trapped inside its own atmosphere. Every scene is so obsessed with looking grimy, futuristic, and disturbing that the story itself eventually disappears. I reached a point where I realized I was no longer following the characters or the plot. I was simply staring at smoke, flashing lights, metal walls, and increasingly loud sound effects. There is a good science-fiction horror movie buried somewhere inside Hardware that just failed to reach its full potential.
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‘Split Second’ (1992)
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Rutger Hauer plays detective Harley Stone, a man hunting a mysterious killer in a flooded futuristic London while consuming enough caffeine to endanger his own health. Honestly, that premise alone almost convinced me that Split Second deserved to become a cult favorite. For a while, I was willing to forgive nearly everything because Hauer commits so completely to playing a man who appears to have slept for about three hours over the previous decade.
The problem is that the movie never figures out what it wants its monster to be. Is this a detective story? A horror movie? A science-fiction action film? The answer changes every twenty minutes. There is something admirable about the film’s commitment to excess, though eventually that excess becomes exhausting. It just leaves you simply waiting to explain what exactly you had been watching all along.
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‘Virus’ (1999)
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One of the worst things a science-fiction horror movie can do is make its central threat uninteresting because that’s the only thing that keeps the film going. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happens in Virus. After a mysterious alien intelligence takes control of a Russian research vessel, Captain Robert Everton (Donald Sutherland) and Kelly Foster (Jamie Lee Curtis) find themselves fighting machines that have begun rebuilding human bodies into grotesque mechanical hybrids.
This should have been terrifying. Instead, I spent most of the movie admiring the practical effects while feeling absolutely nothing about the story itself. The film introduces horrifying concepts and then presents them with all the emotional impact of an instruction manual. Jamie Lee Curtis does everything she can to make her character believable, though even she eventually seems overwhelmed by the endless machinery, explosions, and shouting.
Roommates, the conversation surrounding Nolan Wells hasn’t slowed down, and now another emotional chapter in the case is making headlines. As loved ones continue mourning the 18-year-old college football player, someone close to him, Warren Hudson, is now speaking out. And now, he’s drawing attention for something many people noticed during Wells’ homegoing service.
Warren Hudson Explains Why He Missed Nolan Wells’ Funeral
\Warren Hudson is addressing questions about his absence from Nolan Wells’ funeral in a recent interview. Hudson says the past few weeks have been filled with grief and intense public scrutiny. Additionally, he shared these are circumstances he never expected to face while mourning someone he considered family.
Speaking on ‘The Officer Tatum’ podcast, Hudson explained that he made the difficult decision not to attend Wells’ funeral because he says he has received thousands of death threats since Wells disappeared during a Fourth of July boating trip. According to Hudson, he also feared that his presence would shift attention away from Nolan and his grieving family during a day that was meant to honor the late teen.
Hudson Says His Family Received Thousands Of Death Threats
Hudson shared that the threats weren’t only directed at him but also at members of his family, saying concerns for their safety ultimately outweighed his desire to attend the service. Furthermore, Hudson said missing the funeral was heartbreaking. He explained that he felt he had to prioritize protecting himself and his loved ones. Warren added that not being able to say goodbye to one of his best friends weighs heavily on him.
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“With everything going on on social media right now with people saying the crazy things that they’re saying, I would never want to take the attention off of Nolan and his family,” Hudson shared. “They don’t deserve that.”
Investigation Into Nolan Wells’ Death Continues
Nolan Wells was reported missing after disappearing during a July 4 outing near Horn Island, Mississippi. His body was recovered on July 6 near the area where he was last seen. While the investigation remains ongoing, preliminary findings from an independent autopsy were released this week. Both the cause and manner of Wells’ death were listed as undetermined pending further investigation.
The 18-year-old was laid to rest Monday, July 20, during a packed funeral service in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where family, friends, and supporters gathered to celebrate his life. Wells’ mother, Christine Wonsley, delivered an emotional tribute through tears, promising that her family would continue fighting for answers. The service also drew several notable attendees, including Spike Lee and former NFL star Terrell Owens.
Spider-Man is facing a problem too big for him to handle alone, and the Punisher is bringing considerably more firepower than webs. New footage from “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” revealed Tom Holland’s hero and Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle teaming up against Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk in a destructive showdown. The movie is also giving Bernthal’s Punisher another major milestone: his first appearance on a Marvel Studios theatrical poster ahead of his big-screen MCU debut.
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Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige was discussing the studio’s next December release when Bernthal interrupted to remind him that another Marvel movie was arriving first. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is scheduled to hit theaters on Friday, July 31.
Marvel then played a clip from the film showing Hulk overpowering Spider-Man during an intense confrontation. Just as the green Avenger appears to have the upper hand, grenades fly into the fight. The person responsible is revealed to be Frank Castle, who has arrived to help Spider-Man despite facing an opponent seemingly impervious to ordinary weapons.
“Frank, what are you doing?” Spider-Man asks. “This is above your pay grade. It’s the Hulk!” he warns.
Punisher responds by firing a barrage of bullets, but they have no visible effect on Hulk.
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Punisher And Spider-Man Combine Their Fighting Styles
The scene then shows Spider-Man using his webs to pull Castle across the floor in slow motion, creating an opening for the vigilante to continue firing at Hulk from the ground. Spider-Man eventually restrains Hulk with webbing as Punisher throws a small disc toward him. Hulk catches the device and appears unimpressed by the attempted attack. “Are you kidding?” he asks.
Castle then fires at the disc, triggering an explosion that sends Hulk flying backward. Although their first attacks fail, they quickly begin combining their dramatically different fighting styles.
The unlikely partnership also appears to generate some of the film’s comedy, particularly when Spider-Man questions whether Castle genuinely wants to remain in the fight. “Are you just trying to get out of fighting the Hulk?” he asks.
After the explosion, Spider-Man and Punisher take cover behind a table and attempt to formulate another plan. The conversation reveals that Castle was originally supposed to be protecting MJ. However, MJ apparently instructed him to protect Spider-Man instead. The detail immediately captures Peter Parker’s attention.
“Did she actually say that?” Spider-Man asks.
“Are you blushing, daffodil?” Punisher responds.
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Spider-Man tells Castle that he has a device capable of stopping Hulk. When Frank seemingly suggests doing something else, Peter accuses him of looking for an excuse to avoid continuing the battle. The exchange suggests that “Brand New Day” will balance its larger superhero conflict with the banter created by Spider-Man and Punisher’s mismatched personalities. It also provides a clue about Peter and MJ’s relationship, as Peter appears intrigued that she remains concerned about his safety.
Punisher Lands On His First Marvel Studios Movie Poster
Marvel Studios also released a new “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” poster created for the Chinese market. The artwork gives Bernthal’s Punisher a prominent position, marking the first time the character has appeared on a Marvel Studios theatrical movie poster.
Bernthal received fifth billing for the fourth “Spider-Man” installment, indicating that Castle could play a substantial role rather than making a brief appearance. His inclusion in a Spider-Man film also reflects the character’s comic-book beginnings. Punisher was first introduced in 1974’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” No. 129.
Although Castle has built a long live-action history since then, “Brand New Day” marks Bernthal’s first opportunity to portray him in a theatrical MCU movie.
Jon Bernthal Has Played Punisher For More Than A Decade
Bernthal first wore Punisher’s signature skull during the second season of “Daredevil.” His performance led to a two-season Netflix spin-off centered on Castle. The series was canceled in 2019, beginning a six-year absence for the character.
Punisher eventually returned during the first season of “Daredevil: Born Again,” appearing in Episode 4, “Sic Semper Systema,” and Episode 9, “Straight to Hell.” He joined forces with Daredevil during the TV-MA Disney+ series. Bernthal was absent from the second season and its final confrontation with Kingpin because of other MCU filming obligations.
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Those projects included “The Punisher: One Last Kill,” a special released on Disney+ in May. At under one hour, the project was the closest Bernthal’s version of Castle had come to leading a Marvel Studios movie before “Brand New Day.”
Other actors portrayed the vigilante in theatrical projects before Bernthal joined the MCU. Dolph Lundgren played Castle in 1989’s “The Punisher,” which was released theatrically overseas and directly to video in the United States. Thomas Jane took over the role for the 2004 reboot and later returned in the 2012 fan-made short “The Punisher: Dirty Laundry.”
After plans for an official sequel were abandoned, Ray Stevenson played Castle in another reboot, “Punisher: War Zone.” Now, Bernthal will bring his version of Punisher to theaters alongside Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Ruffalo, and Tramell Tillman.
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