You season 5, which happens to be the final season of the Netflix series, has been filming in New York City for the last five months, and now it has come to an end. Series star Penn Badgley has filmed his last day as lead character Joe Goldberg and production has wrapped.

Badgley is joined in the cast of You season 5 by season 4’s Charlotte Ritchie, who plays heiress Kate Galvin, who ended up in a relationship with Joe at the end of season 4. Also in this new and final season are Madeline Brewer of The Handmaid’s Tale, who is taking on a series regular role in the new batch of episodes, and so do Anna Camp of the Pitch Perfect films and Griffin Matthews of The Flight Attendant. Camp will actually be playing two different characters, as she has been cast as both Raegan and Maddie Lockwood, twin sisters-in-law to Joe Goldberg. Baby Reindeer‘s Nava Mau will show up in the guest star role of Detective Marquez.

We don’t have a full description of Mau’s Detective Marquez, but we have descriptions for the other characters. The new character being played by Brewer is Bronte, an enigmatic and free-spirited playwright who comes to work for Joe Goldberg at his bookstore. As the two connect over literature and loss, she stokes in him a nostalgia for his former self, causing him to question everything his life has become. Matthews’ character is Teddy Lockwood, the “snarky yet loyal brother-in-law of Joe Goldberg. A confidante who was never fully accepted by the Lockwood family, Teddy brings authenticity and empathy to a family for whom such things are a foreign concept.“ And Camp’s characters: “Raegan is the cunning, cutthroat CFO of the Lockwood Corp who has her eyes on the throne and will crush any adversary… be them family or not. Maddie, on the other hand, presents as the unserious twin, a thrice-divorced socialite whose job is ‘vaguely PR.’ But make no mistake, a master manipulator lies underneath Maddie’s frivolous façade.“

While executive producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter said that You was always intended to be a “five season journey”, showrunner Sera Gamble decided not to guide the journey to its conclusion. Although she remains attached as an executive producer, she has passed showrunner duties over to fellow executive producers Michael Foley and Justin W. Lo. Thankfully, Foley and Lo are no strangers to You. They have been working on the series since season 1 and season 2, respectively.

Based on a series of novels by Caroline Kepnes (take a look at her work HERE), You was developed by Gamble and Berlanti. The show centers on Joe Goldberg, a man who will do just about anything when love is at stake.

Are you glad to hear that You season 5 has wrapped production? Will you miss this show when it comes to an end? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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The first season of the Joel Edgerton/Jennifer Connelly sci-fi thriller Dark Matter became a huge hit for AppleTV+. In the review from our own Alex Maidy, he glowed, “There are so many great angles this story takes that are unconventional for a series like this that discovering them from episode to episode enhances the experience of this story. Based on the cast alone, Dark Matter is worth checking out. AppleTV+ continues to excel as a home for creative expansions in the science fiction genre, but Dark Matter may be their best project since Severance. […] I cannot think of a better way to parse out this great tale that will have audiences theorizing week to week about what will come next.”

On the heels of the Dark Matter edge-of-your-seat season one finale, Apple TV+ today announced a season two renewal for the sci-fi thriller, which has been hailed as “top-notch science fiction,” “a thrilling ride” and “one of the best shows of the year.” Based on the blockbuster book by New York Times bestselling author Blake Crouch and starring an ensemble cast led by Joel Edgerton alongside Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi and Oakes Fegley, the complete first season of Dark Matter is now streaming globally on Apple TV+.

“Thanks to everyone who tuned-in for season one—book fans and new fans—and of course our partners at Apple and Sony, my amazing producing partner, Matt Tolmach, our tremendous cast and crew, and the great city of Chicago—you were so good to us,” said showrunner and author Blake Crouch. “In the process of writing and filming season one, we discovered that there’s so much more story to tell, and we’ve only scratched the surface of these characters as they fight for survival and to find their way home through a landscape of mind-bending realities. See you in the Box!”

“Making Dark Matter was a longtime dream, and I’m so proud to see Blake’s vision come to life and to connect with so many people,” said executive producer Matt Tolmach. “Seeing the Dessens’ journey resonate with audiences has been extremely gratifying, and we can’t wait to bring more of this world — and others — to life in season two. Huge thanks to Apple TV+, Sony and our amazing cast and crew. Here we go!”

“The thought-provoking and gripping Dark Matter has quickly become a global hit, capturing audiences’ imaginations and making it a beloved and integral part of Apple’s world class sci-fi line up,” said Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+. “We are thrilled to continue our collaboration with Blake Crouch, our partners at Sony and the rest of the creative team and cast — led by the remarkable Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly — on a new season that will captivate viewers with more twists and turns as we dive deeper into the mysteries of the multiverse.”

Hailed as one of the best sci-fi novels of the decade and produced for Apple TV+ by Sony Pictures Television, Dark Matter is a story about the road not taken. The series follows Jason Dessen (played by Edgerton), a physicist, professor and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of realities, he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true family and save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.

Crouch serves as creator, executive producer, showrunner and writer alongside executive producer Matt Tolmach. In addition to starring, Edgerton serves as executive producer. Jacquelyn Ben-Zekry is also an executive producer.

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In recent months, James Cameron, who’s undertaken a major effort to restore many of his classics in 4K, has come under fire from fans for the way these movies now look. One of the common complaints is that the transfers, which were done in conjunction with Peter Jackson’s Park Row Post, may (or may not) have used AI technology to somewhat change how the movies look. One of the biggest complaints is that the movies look too pristine, with all grain structure being scrubbed. Noted film preservationist Robert Harris, in an email to us, called the transfers “revisualizations” rather than restorations, although he generally seemed to appreciate what Cameron was going for (read more about his comments here).

Fans, however, have been divided, as seen in the reaction to a story we posted a few months back on the 4K transfer of True Lies, which is the one that is the most controversial. Recently, Cameron was asked about their reception, and he didn’t mince words, bluntly saying:

“When people start reviewing your grain structure, they need to move out of mom’s basement and meet somebody. Right? I’m serious. I mean, are you f*cking kidding me? I’ve got a great team that does the transfers. I do all the color and density work. I look at every shot, every frame, and then the final transfer is done by a guy who has been with me [for years]. All the Avatar films are done that way. Everything is done that way. Get a life, people, seriously.”

With The Terminator now being re-released in 4K, we were able to speak to the legendary Gale Anne Hurd, who produced and co-wrote the original film with her former husband, Cameron, before going on to produce The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (as well as No Escape, The Ghost and the Darkness, the entire Walking Dead franchise and much more). While she acknowledged that fans have a right to their opinion, she vehemently defended Cameron’s right to restore the films as he sees fit:

“Let all those critics make their own movies, and they can restore them as they see fit. That’s my opinion. Jim, in every possible meaning of the word auteur, is an auteur. And whatever version he wants to release, everyone should be fine with. You know, it’s his film!

When asked about how many fans who grew up with these films do feel a certain degree of ownership over them, she admitted, “Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Absolutely. We made the movie for the fans, not for the critics, even though we did get some lovely reviews. And so, they’re absolutely entitled to their opinion. But, you know, Jim’s entitled, creatively, to do it absolutely how he sees fit. You know, it’s his creation.”

Check out more from our interview with Hurd here, and next week, we’ll have even more from her, including her memories of making No Escape, Dante’s Peak and more!

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Director Fede Álvarez’s contribution to the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus (you can read our review HERE), has only been in theatres for a matter of hours, but it has already stirred up controversy on social media. That’s because one of the film’s cast members has been dead for several years, so Álvarez and his collaborators decided to resurrect them with CGI… and judging by the reactions online, this CGI isn’t exactly convincing. If you don’t want to know who this CGI-resurrected actor is, you should click out of this article now, because there are SPOILERS below.

When Alien: Romulus was announced near the start of 2022, it was said that Álvarez pitched the idea to Ridley Scott years ago and it stuck with Scott (apparently mainly due to how Álvarez wanted to deal with androids in the story). So in late 2021, he called Álvarez and asked if he still wanted to make an Alien movie. Clearly, the answer was yes. 20th Century Studios division president Steve Asbell told The Hollywood Reporter that they picked up the project “purely off the strength of Fede’s pitch. It was just a really good story with a bunch of characters you haven’t seen before.“

It has also been said that the story Álvarez and co-writer Rodo Sayagues crafted for Alien: Romulus is not connected to the other films in the Alien franchise – but it’s not ignoring any of the other entries, either. Álvarez has been clear about the fact that his story takes place within the established franchise continuity. In fact, it slots right in between the events of Alien and Aliens. It has the following official logline: The sci-fi/horror-thriller takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

The cast includes Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla), Isabela Merced (Madame Web), David Jonsson (Industry), Archie Renaux (Shadow and Bone), Spike Fearn (The Batman), and Aileen Wu (Away from Home). Merced has previously said there’s a scene in the film that’s so disgusting that a lot of viewers will have to look away. Graphic and gruesome is what we expected from this movie as soon as it was announced that it was being made by the director of Evil Dead 2013 and Don’t Breathe. It has received an R rating for bloody violent content and language.

Now, here’s where we’ll get into SPOILERS territory. The CGI-resurrected cast member who’s not mentioned in the cast list is Ian Holm, who played the android Ash in the original Alien. Ash isn’t back in Alien: Romulus, but the filmmakers have chosen to use a CGI likeness of Holm, who passed away in 2020, to bring an android character called Rook to the screen – and some viewers are not happy about it. For example:

Speaking with The National, Álvarez revealed that Ridley Scott played a major part in bringing Holm’s likeness into the movie. “We came up with the idea with Ridley when we realised that the only actor who had never made a second appearance as an android was Ian Holm, who we both believe is the best in the franchise. We thought it’s so unfair that he never came back when Michael Fassbender did it a couple times and Lance Henriksen did it more than a couple of times. So we thought he deserved that. The first thing I did was to call and chat with his widow and make sure that she could make sure the kids and all his close family was OK with the idea. We hired an actor named Daniel Betts, a British actor, who’s amazing. He lent his voice to this performance and we used the animatronic and some CG to bring him to life. I think it was done with a lot of respect to the memory of Ian Holm, and we worked with his family to ensure that.” The director went on to say that he doesn’t see turning Betts into Holm with CGI as being much different from actors playing roles under makeup and prosthetics. “I don’t think it’s much different to when Gary Oldman puts on some make-up and pretends to be Churchill. It’s a likeness that you embrace. It would be way cheaper to just hire one actor, honestly. To do it this way, you have to hire like 70 people and use a lot of resources to make it work. So I thought it made sense for us.“

What do you think of Ian Holm getting a CGI resurrection in Alien: Romulus? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe entry, Deadpool & Wolverine, has become the highest-grossing R-rated film in history after less than 25 days at the box office.

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The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe entry, Deadpool & Wolverine, has become the highest-grossing R-rated film in history after less than 25 days at the box office.

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Steven Spielberg may have found the leads for his new film, which has been rumored to be titled The Dish, but is apparently still untitled at this time – and these actors are both people Spielberg has never worked with before! Back in June, we heard that Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer and The Fall Guy) was eyeing a role in the film, and now Deadline reports that Colin Firth (The King’s Speech and Kingsman: The Secret Service) is in early talks to join Blunt in the cast.

Spielberg crafted the story for this film and will be directing from a screenplay that has been written by David Koepp. Unlike Blunt and Firth, Koepp is someone that Spielberg has worked with several times over the years; their previous collaborations include Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Koepp also worked on the script for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which is the only Indiana Jones movie that Spielberg didn’t direct. Spielberg produced the film, but passed the helm over to James Mangold. Koepp has also written the screenplay for the latest film in the Jurassic Park / Jurassic World franchise, returning to the series for the first time since The Lost World in 1997.

There have been rumblings that this project might have something to do with UFOs, thus the rumored title of The Dish. But official details are being kept under wraps. All we know is that this is being described as a “new original event film.” Universal Pictures will be giving it a theatrical release on May 15, 2026 – and, as Deadline notes, this release date lands it in “the summer tentpole zone Spielberg practically created decades ago with such films as Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. It would mark his first major summer release in quite some time.”

What do you think of Emily Blunt and Colin Firth taking the lead roles in a Steven Spielberg movie that might deal with UFOs in some way? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.

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Yesterday, BioWare announced Dragon Age: The Veilguard will finally come to PC and consoles on October 31. We broke down the 3-minute announcement trailer, but I had to restrain myself from getting too into the weeds. Yeah, theory-crafting is fun, but folks looking for a bird’s-eye view of what’s going down in that…

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Yesterday, BioWare announced Dragon Age: The Veilguard will finally come to PC and consoles on October 31. We broke down the 3-minute announcement trailer, but I had to restrain myself from getting too into the weeds. Yeah, theory-crafting is fun, but folks looking for a bird’s-eye view of what’s going down in that…

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Deadline has reported that an old jettisoned project by Jerry Lewis may be getting a second chance thanks to a new producer and financier. The iconic comedian reworked a script to The Day the Clown Cried as he directed and starred in the feature in 1972. However, the film would not be released since it would not be completed. According to Deadline, Lewis had disavowed the film and he did his best to make sure it never saw the light of day. Rights issues over the story became complicated. Controversy also surrounded the film due to an outcry over the audacity of Lewis setting a film in the concentration camps involving the deaths of Jewish children at the hands of the Nazis in World War II. Additionally, he was accused of shamelessly using the movie for Oscar bait.

Now, Kia Jam of K. Jam Media has taken to funding the original script in order to start a new production on the film. Jam has produced and financed a number of projects that include The Killing Game, In the Heart of the Sea, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For and numerous others. Jam is said to have closed a purchase agreement on the original screenplay from the scribes Joan O’Brien and Charles Denton before Lewis took it and reworked it. Jam says he has secured the funds for the production and he is now on the lookout for a bold enough filmmaker who is willing to take on the project.

Per Deadline, the unreleased film’s plot involved Lewis starring as “Helmut Doork, a failing German circus clown long past the days when he was a famous performer touring North America and Europe as part of the Ringling Brothers circus. Things get worse when he is overheard drunkenly mocking Hitler in a bar. He’s turned over to the Gestapo and imprisoned in a Nazi camp for political prisoners. There, he finds an outlet for his talents: entertaining the suffering Jewish children who are segregated in a part of the camp. After suffering numerous beatings for engaging the children, the clown is used by the camp commandant as a Pied Piper to help load the children on boxcars to Auschwitz. He winds up a passenger on that train, and, in a selfless act unusual for the previously self-absorbed clown, he escorts of the children to their deaths and is himself killed.”

Jam told Deadline the story of how the he feels about the project, “It will be a really powerful film. It’s ultimately a redemption story. And I think with everything that’s going on in the world today, now more than ever is the time to make a movie like this. It’s going to be difficult.”

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