A lot of movie stars have multiple projects lined up this year, but few are as busy as Rebecca Ferguson. She kicked off 2026 starring alongside Chris Pratt in the Amazon MGM-backed sci-fi thriller Mercy. The film received a largely negative critical response and also failed to make much of an impact at the box office. She has already followed that up with a role in The Immortal Man, the Peaky Blinders sequel film co-starring Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan. The movie is set to serve as a bridge between the original Peaky Blinders series and its upcoming follow-up, which is currently in production. Ferguson is also appearing in international theaters opposite Andrew Garfield in The Magic Faraway Tree, marking her first critically acclaimed hit of the year. The film is now scheduled to arrive in the United States later this year on August 21.
For Ferguson, though, the story of Mercy didn’t end with the film being a disappointment at the box office. Mercy premiered on VOD platforms like Prime Video back in February, and the film rocketed to the top of VOD charts to help make back some of its $60 million budget. Mercy then arrived on Prime Video’s streaming library late last night, and although it’s been a few weeks since its official premiere, it’s still one of the most popular movies on the platform at the time of writing. The film earned an abysmal 25% from critics on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, but it was something of a fan-favorite, scoring a solid 82% on the Popcornmeter. It contains elements from both Minority Report (starring Tom Cruise) and Shooter (starring Mark Wahlberg).
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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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What Happens in ‘Mercy’?
Mercy picks up with the death of Nicole Raven (played by Annabelle Wallis), a woman who is married to detective Christopher Raven (played by Chris Pratt). When Chris is accused of her murder, he finds himself in the Mercy court at the whim of an AI judge played by Rebecca Ferguson, and he has only 90 minutes to prove he’s innocent and escape the chair holding him captive. With the help of the AI judge, Chris Raven uses the latest in cutting-edge technology to clear his name and solve the mystery about who killed his wife, while also bringing the killer to justice.
Check out Mercy on Prime Video and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates and coverage of Ferguson’s future projects.
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Release Date
January 19, 2026
Runtime
100 minutes
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Director
Timur Bekmambetov
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Writers
Marco van Belle
Producers
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Charles Roven, Majd Nassif, Robert Amidon, Timur Bekmambetov
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