George Lucas on Why He Doesn't Want to Direct Star Wars

WhenGeorge Lucashad completed the initialStar Warstrilogy, he maintained that the franchise actually consisted of three trilogies in total: another that tells the story of what happened beforeEpisode IVand a final series that continued the Luke/Leia story afterEpisode VI. He was able to realize the first continuation a couple of decades afterReturn of the Jedi, but then maybe not so surprisingly retreated from the world of directing for a bit. Indeed, the response to the prequels was not kind, and so Lucas focused his efforts on producing films likeRed TailsandIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 357 words · Martin Wilson

Giancarlo Esposito and Nathalie Emmanuel Give Their Honest Opinion on Francis Ford Coppola’s 'Megalopolis'

From his masterful performances as the terrifying Gustavo Fring inBreaking Badand the incomparable Moff Gideon fromThe Mandalorian,to his big-screen turns in two of this year’s blockbuster horrors,AbigailandMaXXXine,Giancarlo Espositois always an unforgettable on-screen presence. Along with her memorable roles inGame of ThronesandThe Fast Franchise,Nathalie Emmanuelrecently chatted with Colliderabout her brand new action-packed Peacock originalThe Killerby celebrated action directorJohn Woo. Together, they star as a conflicted father and daughter inFrancis Ford Coppola’s bold feature,Megalopolis....

June 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1177 words · Timothy Chase

Green Book Review: A Moving, Charming Movie About Race

If there was a pleasant surprise at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, it wasPeter Farrelly’s interracial buddy movieGreen Book, which came out of nowhere to win the festival’s audience award and cement a place for itself in this year’s Oscar race. Viggo Mortensenstars as Tony Villelonga, aka Tony Lip, who works security at the Copacabana in New York City. When the club shuts down for a few months, he’s forced to find a new job in order to make ends meet, and he’s offered a gig as a driver....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 750 words · Michael Sanchez

Green Goblin, Spider-Man, and Scarlet Witch Get Marvel Selects Figures

Funko is finally rounding out its premium Final Battle series of figures fromSpider-Man: No Way Homein its latest round of Marvel Selects at Target. Beginning with the release ofTom Holland’s Spider-Man and the Lizardback in December, the eight-figure set will finally be complete with the release of the new Amazing Spider-Man and Green Goblin Funko Pop! collectibles. Collider can exclusively unveil the two new figures as well as a throwbackThe Avengerscomic cover figure of the Scarlet Witch as depicted in the original comic run....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 600 words · Angela Chavez

Hanna Trailer Teases a Mysterious Kidnapping

If the words “mysterious baby heist” didn’t make you click on this headline so fast you dislocated a finger then shuffle around your priorities, friend. I just want to make that clear up front. But no, sorry, we’re here to discussHanna,the upcoming Amazon Prime series adapted from the 2011Joe Wrightfilm of the same name. The streaming service released a brief but intriguing teaser trailer for the show—subtitled “Baby Heist”—that sees a newborn named Hanna getting nabbed from her own hospital crib....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Corey Mcmahon

Harrison Ford and Natalie Dormer Join 'Official Secrets'

Harrison Fordknows a thing or two about official secrets thanks to his days involved withStar Wars: The Force Awakens, but his new film is one he can actually talk about freely. It was announced today that Ford would be joining directorJustin Chadwick’sOfficial Secrets, the much more succinctly titled adaptation ofMarcia and Thomas Mitchell’sbest-selling book, “The Spy Who Tried To Stop A War: Katherine Gun and The Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Kristen Rios

How Naomi Scott Was Discovered and Put on the Disney Path

We’ve got aCollider Ladies Nightfirst coming up! It’ll be the very first time we cover an audio/podcast series.Soft Voiceis currently in the midst of its 10-episode run and featuresNaomi Scottvoicing a character named Lydia, a young woman who listens to everything the voice in her head (Bel Powley) tells her to do, leading her to great success. However, one day, a new voice arrives (Olivia Cooke), challenging the strict routine Lydia’s established....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 668 words · Paul Houston

How Wakanda Forever Is Better Than The Original Black Panther

Editor’s note: The following article contains full spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been… interesting, to say the least. It’s a phase that has had a lot of really high highs, such as three generations of web-slingers uniting inSpider-Man: No Way Homeand the refreshingly unique take on time travel with the only Disney+ Marvel series to get a second season inLoki. However, it’s also had some pretty significant lows, including the now infamously dullEternalsand the justtoo on-the-nose for its own goodShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law....

June 27, 2025 · 9 min · 1867 words · Sally Bentley

It Movie Trailer Easter Eggs, Book References Revealed

Now that thefirst trailerforAndrés Muschietti’sItadaptation has dropped, you justknewwe were going to comb over every frame of this thing. HardcoreStephen Kingfans out there should be pleased with the filmmaker’s attention to detail, in some cases down to the very letter, of the horror icon’s acclaimed work. I honestly hadn’t been blown away by the movie’s marketing up until this point, but the trailer isverywell done and hides a lot of trivia and Easter eggs right out in the open....

June 27, 2025 · 8 min · 1602 words · John Long

Jack O’Connell Challenges Authority in a ‘Rogue Heroes’ Season 2 Sneak Peek [Exclusive]

Jack O’Connell’s (Back to Black) cheeky bravery is paying off in an exclusive to Collider sneak peek of this week’s episode ofRogue Heroes. Now nearly the full way through the second season, audiences have been gleefully catching up with the troops who make up the British Army Special Air Service (SAS), tagging along with them from one mission to the next and feeling the waves of emotions as the team puts it all on the line to help the war effort....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 408 words · Maria Aguilar

Jackie Goldschneider is Open to Reconcile With Margaret Josephs

Tensions have been brewing between the stars ofThe Real Housewives of New Jersey, and it has been heating up in Season 14 ofthe reality series.The Real Housewives of New JerseystarJackie Goldschneidermay be a friend on the new season, but that does not exclude her from drama. She has recently sat down withEntertainment Tonighton her friendship withMargaret Josephsand whether the two can reconcile. Goldschneider is open to having Josephs back in her life, but on one condition:Josephs must apologize....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 622 words · Daniel Nielsen

Keanu Reeves to Receive Inaugural Lance Reddick Legacy Award at Saturn Awards

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has declared thatKeanu Reevesis to be the first recipient of theLance ReddickLegacy Award, to be presented at the 51st Saturn Awards, which will be dedicated to Reddick’s memory. The award, named in honor of Reddick, marks the contributions Reeves has made to genre film-making over his epic career, and it seems like he is the ideal choice to kick-start the award. Reddick’s long-term friend and co-star onBosch,Titus Welliver, will be presenting Reeves with the award....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Connie Jackson

Let the Hunger Games Begin in New 'Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' Images

It’s about time we returned to the Capitol for another round ofHunger GameswithThe Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Set 64 years before the events of the original movie, the upcoming prequel centers on a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and his tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler). Fans of the franchise have been waiting long for another iteration in the franchise and will soon find themselves immersed in the bloodthirsty world....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · John Davis