Cinema isn’t just about the latest Disney/Pixar project or Star Wars spin-off. Memorable storytelling is happening all over the film industry, from Hollywood’s box-office-busting superhero smashes to small, innovative indie experiments. The Verge’s film section is here to help you sort through the latest Hollywood news and reviews, from favorite genres like sci-fi, fantasy, and horror to the independent movies that matter.
The new movie stays true to Stephen King’s original novel to tell a story that doesn’t feel all that farfetched in 2025.
That’s what Christopher Nolan shot for The Odyssey. By comparison, Oppenheimer’s three-hour IMAX reels were 11 miles long — or about 60,000 feet. Since The Odyssey was shot entirely on IMAX film, two million feet of film at 24 frames-per-second works out to around 100 hours of footage. This might be a long edit.
In Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, a strange man (Sam Rockwell) needs everyone in a diner to believe that he’s really from a future where humanity has been all but destroyed artificial intelligence. His story’s wild, but to people living in 2025, it’s not all that hard to believe. Movie’s out February 13th.
What was once a department store inside of the King of Prussia Mall has become a new (and now open) Netflix House entertainment venue where you can “explore more than 100,000 square feet of immersive experiences” inspired by some of the streamer’s shows like Wednesday, One Piece, and Squid Game.
Nintendo is going to release the first proper trailer for Super Mario Galaxy — the movie, not the game — on Wednesday at 9AM ET. You can probably expect to see an appearance from Yoshi.
An interview with director Ira Sachs on his excellent new film, Peter Hujar’s Day.
The unified cut Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill films that merges Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 into a four-hour-long action epic is finally coming to theaters across the country on December 5th. There will be special screenings of 35mm and 70mm prints, and theatergoers will have a 15 minute intermission for bathroom breaks.
It’s a good day to stay home: the first two episodes of Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus are now on Apple TV, while Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is on Netflix after a brief theatrical run. And if you’re looking for more after you watch, here are my interviews with Gilligan and Frankenstein creature designer Mike Hill.
Arco was one of my favorite movies at this year’s Toronto film festival, a mix of Miyazaki, Moebius, and a classic time travel story. Now you can see how good it looks for yourself in this new trailer. It hits select theaters on November 14th, with a wide release in early 2026.
There’s a new trailer for director Antoine Fuqua’s Michael (Jackson) biopic starring Jackson’s nephew Jafaar in the titular role.
It’s too soon to tell whether the movie’s story will be any good, but it’s sure to have a banging soundtrack when it releases on April 24th.
Netflix and Sony haven’t locked in on a concrete premiere date for the KPop Demon Hunters sequel just yet, but the studios are reportedly thinking about releasing the movie some time in 2029.
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Story Kitchen, the studio behind the Sonic the Hedgehog movies and the upcoming Life is Strange show, is developing a film adaptation of the Roblox game Grow a Garden, as reported by Deadline.
Grow a Garden, which has peaked at 22.3 million concurrent players, is an idle farm sim where players harvest increasingly rare mutated crops while listening to classical music.
The latest Predator movie expands the franchise by humanizing its monsters.
The YouTube channel Emulated Vintage Gaming posted a nearly 10-hour video of Frodo walking from the Shire to Mordor in The Lord of the Rings Online. Parts of Andy Serkis’ reading of the audiobooks are interspersed throughout. This is amazing.
Mike Hill talks about working with Guillermo del Toro, and why Jacob Elordi was the right actor for the role.
For Godzilla Day 2025, Toho has revealed the name of its follow-up to the 2023 flick, Godzilla Minus One, a year after we saw the first teaser for the sequel.
All it seems to confirm is the name, Godzilla -0.0 (Godzilla Minus Zero), and the return of writer/director Takashi Yamazaki.
Update: Added English title reveal.
If you weren’t able to see Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein in theaters during its all-too-brief theatrical run, it’ll be on Netflix next week. The latest trailer, meanwhile, provides the best look yet at Jacob Elordi’s take on the creature.
Paramount has announced some of the creative talent behind the upcoming Call of Duty movie: Peter Berg (Battleship, Hancock) will write, direct and produce, while Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan is serving as a writer and producer. Still no word on when the movie might hit theaters, or if there’ll be a zombie mode.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ new dark comedy gets at the heart of what makes this era of conspiracy theories feel so bleak.
It has been two months since Skydance bought Paramount for $8 billion, and — shocker — the newly merged megacorporation has already begun the process of laying off thousands of its workers. It’s almost like these big media consolidation deals invariably end up harming workers.
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History tells us that Warner Bros. Discovery’s plan to sell itself is probably going to end in disaster.
Gkids is launching Shin Godzilla in 4K Blu-ray on October 28th. It’s the first 4K version of the 2016 film to come to the US, as well as the first 4K version with English subtitles. The three-disc steelbook is $34.99 to preorder at Amazon, and is packed with special features. It’ll hit HBO Max later this year or in 2026.
Bill Block, the former CEO of Miramax, has plans to build out his new micro-drama streaming platform called GammaTime thanks to a fresh round of funding from investors including Alexis Ohanian, Kris Jenner, and Kim Kardashian. Perhaps Quibi was just too ahead of its time.
The latest Predator: Badlands trailer features a bunch of new shots of the deadly planet a young Yautja and his synth companion will find themselves stranded on, but the strangest thing going on here is all that fancy finger work with what appears to be a laser bow weapon.
It has already gotten more than 325 million views, the company says. And get ready for more from the franchise: Netflix is partnering with Mattel and Hasbro on toys and products, and the company is looking at “opportunities” in “live experiences, publishing, beauty, lifestyle, and food and beverage.”
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The latest iteration of Frankenstein is excellent, but due to Netflix’s complex relationship with theaters, it’s also difficult to watch at the moment for many. But if you want to squeeze in a viewing ahead of its November 7th streaming date, the director posted this handy site for finding local screenings.
