Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures once intended to make a Scream 7 that would have starred Scream (2022) and Scream VI leads Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, with Freaky and Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon at the helm. But then Ortega allegedly asked for a substantial pay raise – and as we saw when Neve Campbell dropped out of Scream VI due to a pay dispute, these pay issues don’t tend to work out. Then Barrera was fired from the project after comments she made about the Israel-Hamas war didn’t go over well with executives at Spyglass. Landon dropped out the of the project soon after. So Scream 7 has been re-developed, Campbell has signed on to return as franchise heroine Sidney Prescott, back in the lead role – and The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Isabel May of the Yellowstone prequel 1883 is in talks to play Sidney’s daughter!

Rumors had been swirling online in recent weeks that Mckenna Grace of the Ghostbusters franchise was close to getting the role of Sidney’s daughter, but it appears that Isabel May pulled ahead of her at the finish line (if Grace was actually in the running; you never know with online rumors).

Kevin Williamson, who wrote the screenplay for the original Scream, is set to direct this new sequel. In addition to writing the original Scream, Williamson has also written I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2, The Faculty, and Halloween H20 (where his script contributions were uncredited). He wrote the initial drafts of Scream 3 and Scream 4, then those both received some major rewrites. For Scream 7, he’ll be working from a screenplay by 2022’s Scream and Scream VI writer Guy Busick, who crafted the story with his co-writer on the fifth and sixth films, James Vanderbilt. (Vanderbilt is also a producer on the most recent sequels.) Williamson made his directing debut with the 1999 thriller Teaching Mrs. Tingle. Twenty-five years later, Scream 7 will be his second directing credit.

Until the Isabel May casting announcement, Neve Campbell was the only confirmed Scream 7 cast member. Courteney Cox has been in talks to reprise the role of reporter / author Gale Weathers since March, but she recently revealed that she hasn’t signed on yet. Patrick Dempsey has had discussions about reprising his Scream 3 role of Detective Mark Kincaid, but he’s waiting to see the script.

What do you think of Isabel May being cast as Sidney Prescott’s daughter in Scream 7? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

Scream 7 is set to reach theatres on February 27, 2026.

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ANTICIPATION.

Musical theatre and pop fans are generally feral and the higher the stakes, the worse my trepidation.
3

ENJOYMENT.

The big screen spectacle and the audience energy swept me away.
4

IN RETROSPECT.


Cinema employees ask me to leave because it’s “not out yet” but I’m simply too seated for Part II.
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Directed by



Jon M Chu

Starring



Ariana Grande,

Cynthia Erivo,

Jonathan Bailey

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We have apparently seen the end of the Indiana Jones franchise, as Harrison Ford has stated that The Dial Of Destiny is the last time he’ll don the fedora and whip. Well, it will be the action and adventure franchise’s end unless Disney decides to squeeze every last drop they can out of it, which is never out of the question. Film fans always need something else to fill in their viewing void, so what are the best adventure movies like Indiana Jones for fans of the Indiana Jones series to check out?

U​ncharted (2022)

T​his is oddly a full-circle film when it comes to Indiana Jones. Uncharted is based on the video game of the same name, which was admittedly based on the Indiana Jones films. Nathan Drake (played by Tom Holland) teams up with a seasoned treasure hunter in Sully (Mark Wahlberg) to find a lost treasure rumored to be worth $5 billion. Meanwhile, the sinister Santiago Moncada (Antonio Banderas) also wants to get his hands on the famed bounty because he feels it belongs to his family. The race is on, and this globe-trotting adventure is action packed and full of intrigue.

The Lost City (2022)

T​his falls more into the comedy category, but it has all the hallmarks of the Indiana Jones franchise. Puzzles, a lost treasure, and jungles galore. Romance author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) has written about a lost city and an unfound treasure. Now a billionaire (Daniel Radcliffe) thinks she might have to key to finding an ancient treasure and kidnaps her to make her lead him to it. The cover model for all her books (Channing Tatum) goes after her to prove he’s more than just a pretty face. They all get lost in the jungle and discover the lost city is real.

King Solomon’s Mines (1985)

T​his Cannon action adventure movie was made to ride the coattails of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom and draw in fans of the Indiana Jones films, but of course, in the Cannon way, it cost way less to make. Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) is hired by a desperate woman (Sharon Stone) to find her father. He went in search of the legendary diamond mines of King Solomon. She is afraid he has been captured and needs rescuing. The duo head to South Africa and quickly run afoul of Quatermain’s rival Dogati, played by Indiana Jones actor John Rhys-Davies. The race is on to find the lost adventurer and to discover if King Solomon’s mines are real. Even if it’s supposed to be a rip-off, it still works as one of the best movies like Indiana Jones, but avoid the sequel, Alan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold like the plague.

S​ahara (2005)

Based on the Clive Cussler novels, this has more of a Temple Of Doom feel to it, with oppressed people trying to fight back against an evil warlord. Former Navy Seal Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) and his sidekick Al (Steve Zahn) are looking for a legendary lost Civil War battleship. It was rumored to have crossed the Atlantic and entered the Niger River in Africa. While searching, they encounter an evil warlord and a kidnapped WHO scientist Eva Rojas (Penelope Cruz). She warns them that the warlord is about to unleash a toxic spill into the ocean that would cause a worldwide disaster. This wasn’t the first Clive Cussler Dirk Pitt adaptation. There was also the infamous Raise the Titanic from 1980, but outside of a great score by John Barry, it’s deadly dull.

T​omb Raider (2018)

Another full circle film as this video game adaptation also took inspiration from the Indiana Jones films. Some films were made in the early 2000s, but this recent version feels more connected to the Indiana Jones mythos than the others. Lara Croft has been going through life with no real direction since her dad disappeared on an expedition many years before. No one else seems to believe he is still alive but her. She sets out to find him and solve the mystery of his disappearance. His last known whereabouts were a mythical island off of Japan. Upon arrival, she discovers more than she bargained for and is captured by a corporation that wants the tomb her father was searching for. She has to fight back to stop them.

T​he Mummy (1999)

The real successor to the Indiana Jones franchise begins here, complete with the supernatural element. Brendan Fraser stars as Rick O’Connell, who helps out a young archeologist. She wants to start a dig at an ancient city but finds out that someone beat her to it. The group accidentally releases a cursed high priest. Now he has returned and wants to unleash a series of plagues upon Egypt as revenge for his death. Rick has to stop him and send him back to his grave. The series is a lot of fun and brings back some fun adventures along with some bad CGI. Even with the sketchy special effects, it’s still one of the best movies like Indiana Jones.

T​he Librarian: Quest For The Spear (2004)

A brainiac gets thrown off an archaeological dig but is invited to join the Metropolitan Library. He learns that the job isn’t about maintaining books when he accepts. It’s about finding historical artifacts and keeping them out of the hands of those that would use them for evil. His first assignment is to locate the Spear Of Destiny. It has been broken up into three parts and hidden around the world. He has to retrieve these pieces and return them to the library before anyone else finds them. If put back together, it would create a devastating weapon that could destroy anything it’s pointed at.

T​he Adventures Of Tintin (2011)

In this Steven Spielberg film, young Tintin buys a model ship from the market, but the sinister Mr. Sakharine immediately wants it. He kidnaps Tintin and sets sail on a cargo ship. Once Tintin escapes with his trusty dog Snowy and the ship captain Haddock, he learns that his model contains one of three pieces of a puzzle that gives the location of a hidden treasure. It turns out Mr. Sakharine also has one piece, and now Tintin has to find the third piece and keep anyone else from finding the location.

R​omancing The Stone (1984)

A romance novelist (Kathleen Turner) receives an old map in the mail, followed by a frantic call from her sister. She has been kidnapped, and they want to exchange her for the map. Now she has to travel to Columbia to make the trade and runs into adventurer Jack Colton (Michael Douglas), who she gets to agree to escort her through the dangerous jungle. It’s soon discovered that the kidnappers are looking for a large emerald. They try to save her sister while also finding the jewel for themselves. This and its sequel, The Jewel of the Nile, are among the best movies like Indiana Jones.

National Treasure (2004)

Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) has been a treasure hunter his whole life. He believes that the United States’ founding fathers hid a large stash of valuables and left clues of where to find it. No one else believes his theory, but he sets out to prove them wrong. He’s finally putting the clues together and will do anything to reveal where this treasure is hiding. Even stealing the Declaration Of Independence. A fun trip through U.S. history as Gates tracks down what clues the founding fathers left behind to the ultimate prize. Of course, he’s not alone, and a rival hunter is on his heels. Who will get there first? The first movie is pretty good, but the sequel and spin-off TV series aren’t great.

W​hat do you think are the best Indiana Jones alternatives? Let us know in the comments.

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The first two seasons of Sylvester Stallone’s Tulsa King have been a massive success for Paramount+. Although the series hasn’t been officially renewed yet, Deadline says Stallone is in the midst of making a new deal that will lead to season 3 and season 4 of the crime drama. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the series will conclude with season 4, as Deadline states that it could go beyond and even spawn spinoffs like Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone franchise.

The report also states that Stallone will likely be getting a raise for the new seasons. He was paid roughly $750,000 per episode for the first season, which was bumped up to $1.5 million per episode for the second.

The actor actually let it slip that the team was already working on Tulsa King season 3 shortly after the second season’s debut. “I am elated and so proud of our cast because our show has gone up 75% over last year which is unheard of, and Season 2 got 100% on ROTTEN TOMATOES!” Stallone said. “Also it’s the Second most popular show in the WORLD across all streaming services! Thank you so much and we are working on the third season at this moment.”

The official synopsis for Tulsa King season 2: “Dwight (Stallone) and his crew continue to build up and defend their growing empire in Tulsa, but just as they get their bearings, they realize that they’re not the only ones who want to stake their claim. With looming threats from the Kansas City mob and a very powerful local businessman, Dwight struggles to keep his family and crew safe while keeping track of all his affairs. Plus, he still has unfinished business back in New York.”

Our own Alex Maidy is a fan of the new season, saying it’s “as good if not better” than the first. “This new season further distinguishes itself from other Taylor Sheridan-created series rather than getting lumped in as another show from the guy who made Yellowstone,” Maidy wrote. “Tulsa King is violent, funny, and the best mob series to hit the air since The Sopranos.” You can check out the rest of his review right here.

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Christopher Nolan is once again assembling a formidable cast for his new movie, and Robert Pattinson is the latest actor to join up.

The film is already set to star Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Lupita Nyong’o, Anne Hathaway, and Zendaya. Production is expected to kick off in early 2025, with Universal already slating the film for an IMAX release on July 17, 2026. In addition to directing and writing the film, Nolan will also produce with Emma Thomas under their Syncopy banner. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but there have been plenty of rumours swirling around, ranging from a period vampire thriller to a helicopter action thriller, but insiders say “nothing has come close to nailing Nolan’s real idea.“

Pattinson previously starred alongside John David Washington in Nolan’s Tenet.

Nolan’s new movie will almost certainly be a big production, as the director has previously stated that he has no intention of returning to small-scale movies, not while studios will still give him whatever he wants. “I’m drawn to working at a large scale because I know how fragile the opportunity to marshal those resources is,” Nolan said. “I know that there are so many filmmakers out there in the world who would give their eye teeth to have the resources I put together, and I feel I have the responsibility to use them in the most productive and interesting way.“

Pattinson will next be seen in Bong Joon-ho’s highly anticipated sci-fi movie Mickey 17. The official synopsis reads: “From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.” In addition to Pattinson as the various Mickeys, the film also stars Steve Yeun, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, and Naomi Ackie. The release of the film was recently pushed back by several months and will now hit theaters on April 18, 2025.

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The Simpsons is about to lose one of its longest-running voice actors. Pamela Hayden, who voices Milhouse Van Houten, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Sarah Wiggum, Janey Powell, and more, has announced that she has retired from The Simpsons after 35 years. Everything is not coming up Milhouse.

“People come up to me and they quote Milhouse lines,” said Hayden in a video announcing her retirement. “People are always saying what a nerd he is. But one thing that I love about Milhouse is he’s always getting knocked down, but he keeps getting up. I love the little guy.” Hayden continued, “The time has come for me to hang up my microphone, but how do I say goodbye to The Simpsons?……not easily.  It’s been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show, and to give voice to Milhouse and Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey, Malibu Stacy, and many others.”

“Pamela’s talent and joy and love for her characters has added a magic to The Simpsons that will never be forgotten,” said The Simpsons showrunner and executive producer Matt Selman. “Everything’s coming up Pamela!” The Simpsons creator Matt Groening added, “Bart needed someone to talk to in the school cafeteria. We named him Milhouse because that was the most unfortunate name a kid could have. Pamela gave us tons of laughs with Milhouse, the hapless kid with the biggest nose in Springfield. She made Milhouse hilarious and real, and we will miss her.” We certainly will.

Her final episode will be Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes, which will air on November 24th. The series will now start casting for a replacement for Hayden’s characters. Milhouse is one of the show’s many great characters; infinitely quotable and, unfortunately, relatable. Some tough shoes to fill for whoever takes Hayden’s place.

For a show that’s currently in the midst of its 36th season, it’s somewhat remarkable that it’s made it so long with much of its core cast intact. Over the years, we have lost some big names, including Marcia Wallace (Mrs. Krabappel), Russi Taylor (Martin Prince), and Phil Hartman (Troy McClure).

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Scott Pilgrim series creator Bryan Lee O’Malley announced that the Netflix adaptation of the popular franchise would not receive a second season, confirming what many fans had already assumed.

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Scott Pilgrim series creator Bryan Lee O’Malley announced that the Netflix adaptation of the popular franchise would not receive a second season, confirming what many fans had already assumed.

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PLOT: Sixteen years after the death of Maximus in the Coliseum, the now-grown Lucius (Paul Mescal), who is secretly the heir to the Roman Empire, finds himself enslaved and forced to fight in the Coliseum while Rome crumbles under the leadership of two tyrannical brothers, Emperor Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Emperor Caracalla (Fred Hechinger). 

REVIEW: In my estimation, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator is one of the best historical dramas ever made. When it came out in 2000, it was immediately hailed as a classic, making star Russell Crowe a household name. In the twenty-four years since its release, it’s been often imitated but never equaled. Now, Ridley Scott is back for a lavish sequel, which is being rightly acclaimed as one of his best films in the last twenty years. 

While Gladiator II isn’t the instant classic the original was, it’s nonetheless a highly entertaining, faithful sequel, jam-packed with action and spectacle. There hasn’t been a lavish, action-driven historical drama done on this scale in some time, with Scott, despite his advancing age, as energetic and kinetic a director as ever.

One thing that surprised me about Gladiator II is how directly it follows the original (as opposed to early sequel concepts – which were more out there). Given the intervening years, one might have assumed Ridley Scott would have made it more of a standalone entry, but instead, it demands that audiences be very familiar with the original. The animated opening credits portray several of the original film’s classic sequences to refresh the audience’s memory. Still, Scott and writer David Scarpa clearly expect audience members to remember the original quite well.

It would be interesting to watch them back to back, as Scott’s done his best to recapture the flavour and style of the first film. He even repurposes a few minutes of Hans Zimmer’s original score despite the composer passing on composing duties to Harry Gregson-Williams. This gives the film a nice sense of continuity, as does the fact that the movies also share the same DP, John Mathieson, while some of the original cast members, including Connie Nielsen and Derek Jacobi, are back.

One key difference between the two movies is that Gladiator II is less of a hero’s journey for Paul Mescal’s Lucius, with the film not anchored on him like the original was on Crowe. He’s more part of an ensemble here, with Lucius’s journey from family man to slave to Gladiator seeming to take place over a matter of months rather than the years Maximus toiled in the arena.

Mescal’s gotten himself into amazing shape here and really excels in the action scenes, with one hand-to-hand battle early on, which takes place in the home of a Roman senator, especially good. If anything, Gladiator II is even more action-heavy than the original, with Scott opting for wilder set pieces meant to evoke Rome’s growing depravity. Mescal fights everything from rhinos to sharks to baboons this time, although the issue with the bigger set pieces is that Lucius starts to come off as almost a superhero, as opposed to the very mortal Maximus.

Much of the film focuses on Denzel Washington’s Macrinus, a former slave who, over the course of the film, uses his wealth and power in a Machiavellian scheme to take over Rome. Washington, playing a rare villain, seems like he’s having the time of his life as the constantly scheming former slave. Yet, Washington never makes him a cartoon character, with him kind of the other side of the coin compared to Richard Harris’s Marcus Areulius in the first film, with the two sharing a vision for a new Rome, even if the latter’s is more apocalyptic.

Pedro Pascal also has a good role as the new husband of Nielsen’s Lucilla, a sympathetic Roman general who, through a twist of fate, finds himself marked for death by Lucius, with their climactic battle in the arena being an inevitability. Pascal fits nicely into the period epic milieu and could likely lead a film like this on his own, with him doing a good job depicting the character’s torn loyalties. Finally, Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger have fun as the two depraved emperors who make Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus seem reasonable by comparison.

While Gladiator II doesn’t quite gain the instant classic status it aspires to, it’s still a brilliantly made historical epic with a superb ensemble cast and some amazing action. The 150-minute running time blazes by (perhaps too quickly – I hope there’s a longer cut someday) and leaves the door open for a third film, which might do a nice job rounding out what could be a great trilogy about the fall of the Roman Empire. As it is, this is one of the most purely entertaining films of the year and a must-see for fans of the original. 

Gladiator 2

GREAT

8

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Deadline reports that Emerald Fennell (Saltburn) has filled out the rest of the major roles for her upcoming adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights. Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery), Hong Chau (The Whale), and Alison Oliver (Conversations with Friends) have joined the cast of Wuthering Heights.

Wuthering Heights, which was first published in 1847, deals with “Heathcliff, an orphan-turned-foster-son who falls in love with the daughter of the family who owns the estate on which he now lives, Wuthering Heights. After running away, Heathcliff rises up through the ranks of the gentry and exacts revenge on the families — the Earnshaws and the Lintons — who kept him from his true love.” Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie are set to star in the film, with Elordi playing Heathcliff and Robbie playing Catherine Earnshaw. Warner Bros. is keen to get production going early next year, but Elordi is also slated to start shooting Euphoria season 3 in January.

It’s not known exactly who Chau and Oliver will be playing in the project, but THR says Latif will be playing Edgar Linton, “a well to-do neighbour who falls in love and marries Catherine but must then contend with Heathcliff who returns to enact a revenge on the Catherine and the Earnshaws.” Not bad, Clem Fandango. Not bad at all.

Warner Bros. snapped up the Wuthering Heights adaptation during a heated bidding war despite offering considerably less than other bidders. Netflix had reportedly offered a whopping $150 million for the movie, but Fennell turned the streamer down, which left them a little shocked. The reason came down to Fennell wanting a theatrical release for the film, which Warner Bros. fully supports, promising a wide release and a full marketing campaign.

Wuthering Heights has been adapted to the screen numerous times, including in 1939 with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, 1970 with Timothy Dalton and Anna Calder-Marshall, 1992 with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, and 2011 with Kaya Scodelario and James Howson.

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