The Atari Cinematic Universe Gets the Green Light

Matt Damon compares Thasnagar to both The Breakfast Club and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver . Margaret Qualley channels Isabelle Adjani on the set of Possession . The Baba Yaga gets a sexy makeover in new series at Crave. Coin detected in pocket! It's Monday's Morning Spoilers !

Deadline reports Atari has and signed a deal with Universal Pictures to develop a series of films based on ten of the company's classic arcade and video games. These include Asteroids , Adventure , Berzerk , Breakout , Centipede , Crystal Castles , Millipede , Missile Command , Pong and Yars’ Revenge . While the article does not state which game the flagship film in the planned franchise is based on, the outlet reports "the catalyst was an original spec by [Matt] Reilly, the longtime studio exec at Universal who pivoted to screenwriting and producing, and [Carl] Hampe, a producer on Hellboy who also worked on Jungle Cruise among other films."

During his recent appearance on The Dan Patrick Show (via World of Reel ), Matt Damon described the Daniels' new movie as " The Breakfast Club meets Inception meets an anime film meets and episode of The John Oliver Show ."

The way they pitched it to me was: if The Breakfast Club meets Inception meets an anime film meets an episode of The John Oliver Show that didn't get aired. So, if you liked Everything Everywhere All at Once and all the wildness and all the heart, I think you'll really like this one.

Variety reports a spinoff of Joe Begos' Jimmy and Stiggs focusing on the same alien threat "is now in development at the Horror Section from director Sebastián De Caro. Starring Agostina Palazzolo, Agustina “Papry” Suásquita, and Maia Tarcic, the follow-up film "follows new characters battling the same extraterrestrial threat in Argentina, taking Begos’ universe in a bold new direction."

Empire has shared an article titled "7 Comics You Need to Read Before Spider-Man: Brand New Day." The list includes the origin stories of Jean Grey, Man-Spider, the Grey Hulk, and The Hand.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly at San Diego Comic-Con, Adria Arjona would only discuss how much she "loves" James Gunn when asked to comment on the rumors she's playing Wonder Woman in the DCU.

Adria Arjona is asked about Wonder Woman rumors and Man of Tomorrow

— Home of DCU (@homeofdcu) July 23, 2026

Elsewhere, new photos of Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner filming the Possession remake have surfaced online.

— Feature First Media (@FFMedia__) July 23, 2026

The latest End of Oak Street featurette discusses Brisket, the Platt family dog, played by a canine actor named Starbuck.

We also have a trailer for Yaga , a new series at Crave reimagining the legend of the Baba Yaga as a sexy mystery starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid, Clark Backo, and Hudson Williams.

The first trailer for ‘YAGA’ has been released.

Starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid, Clark Backo, and Hudson Williams.

Premiering this October on Crave. https://t.co/qFFDydGLi8

— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) July 25, 2026

Robot Chicken celebrates 25 years of Adult Swim in the trailer for a new anniversary special.

Finally, Lex Luthor creates his own Doomsday-adjacent mutant in the trailer for "It's Reigning (Super)Men," next week's episode of My Adventures With Superman .

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