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See the full story · 1 sourcesThe "largest solar storm in recorded history" causes a global blackout in new film from the director of Saw V . NEON sets a release date for Pierce Brosnan's Cliffhanger reboot. Greta Gerwig's exorbitantly expensive Narnia movie at Netflix is still somehow cheaper than The Russo Bros.' Electric State . Amazon may have also picked a complete dark horse to play the next James Bond. Appearing with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season, it's Morning Spoilers !
Variety reports David Hackl ( Saw V ) is attached to direct Solar Storm, a "neo-noir action thriller" starring Jack Hudson ( The Devil’s Train ) and Lorena Andrea ( Warrior Nun ). Based on a script by Joe Rabl, the story is said to "unfold over a single catastrophic day," and follows Joe (Hudson), "an ex-convict fighting to leave his past behind, whose path collides with Jasmine (Andrea), a woman desperate to escape a brutal marriage. When the largest solar storm in recorded history knocks out power, communications and order across the city, blackouts spiral into looting and riots. As the line between predator and prey burns away, the two go on the run through 24 hours of darkness — hunted by forces that may prove more dangerous than the storm overhead."
According to DP Seamus McGarvey on a recent episode of the We Need to Talk About Oscar podcast (via World of Reel ), Greta Gerwig's Narnia movie had a $280 million production budget, making it Netflix's second most-expensive movie after The Electric State .
During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly , Nathan Fillion revealed Man of Tomorrow will "update" Guy Gardener's infamous bowl cut "just a little bit."
We updated the hairdo just a little bit.
According to Dark Horizons , the Cliffhanger reboot starring Lily James and Pierce Brosnan is now scheduled for a February 24, 2027 release date through NEON.
According to a recent rumor from various "entertainment insiders," Amazon has chosen a surprise dark horse actor to play the next James Bond.
Heard the same rumor. First it was down to seven, then three. Now ‘they may have found their guy.’ Who knows at this point? But for some reason, I don’t think it’s any of the so-called frontrunners, including the Aussie… https://t.co/50DkjkOHXK
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) August 23, 2026
Adria Arjona visits a hardware store in a new clip from Adam Wingard's Onslaught .
Elsewhere, a shotgun-wielding Michael Berryman hunts Kane Hodder's "Big Bad Wolf" in a new clip from the fractured fairytale horror anthology, Ever After.
A ten-year old believes her parents are possessed by an evil spirit in the trailer for Family , starring Cameron Dawson Gray, Ruth Wilson, and Ben Chaplin.
A string of supernatural murders plague an Indonesian prison in the trailer for Ghost in the Cell, the latest film from Satan's Slaves director, Joko Anwar.
We also have a teaser for Nervous , a film concerning a woman who "slowly begins to lose the ability to hear men’s voices" after listening to an unmarked vinyl record discovered inside her home.
According to Variety , filming is currently underway on the eighth season of Black Mirror .
A new report from Star Wars Holocron states Timothy Olyphant will reprise his role has Cobb Vanth in LEGO Stars: The Mandalorian , premiering this September 2 on Disney+.
Timothy Olyphant is finally returning to play Cobb Vanth after a 4 year absence.
He will voice the character in the upcoming Disney+ special LEGO STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN. pic.twitter.com/w3NpFDHEag
— Star Wars Holocron (@sw_holocron) August 24, 2026
Screen Rant has a new image of a bloodstained Pamela Voorhees in Crystal Lake .
Screen Rant also has a few new images from the second season of Outlander: Blood of my Blood .
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes returns for new episodes this September 19.
Sinestro explains it all in the trailer for next week's episode of Lanterns .
Stuart and company find a reality they prefer in the trailer for this week's new episode of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe .
Finally, President Curtis visits the Hollow Earth in the trailer for next Sunday's episode.
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