The official trailer for FX’s Alien: Earth confirms Xenomorphs aren’t the only horrifying creatures humans have to fear. Five different life forms from the darkest corners of the universe were collected and have escaped. “If we don’t lock them down, it will be too late,” warns Kirsh, played by Timothy Olyphant.
The cast also includes Alex Lawther as Hermit, Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Babou Ceesay as Morrow, Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins, and David Rysdahl as Arthur Sylvia. Essie Davis plays Dame Sylvia, Lily Newmark is Nibs, Erana James is Curly, Adarsh Gourav is Slightly, and Jonathan Ajayi is Smee. Rounding out the ensemble are Kit Young as Tootles, Diêm Camille as Siberian, Moe Bar-El as Rashidi, and Sandra Yi Sencindiver as Yutani.
Poster for ‘Alien: Earth’ (Photo Credit: FX)
“In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans,” reads FX’s synopsis. “But the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation unlocks a new technological advancement: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). The first hybrid prototype named ‘Wendy’ marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. After Weyland-Yutani’s spaceship collides into Prodigy City, ‘Wendy’ and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.”
Alien: Earth premieres on Hulu on August 12, 2025.
Emmy winner Noah Hawley (Fargo) created the series and serves as executive producer. Additional executive producers include Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Joseph Iberti, Dana Gonzales, and Clayton Krueger.
Game of Thrones‘ Sophie Turner stars as an actress who is trapped in a safe room in the trailer for Trust. The thriller comes from the producers of Saw and will open in theaters on August 22, 2025.
The cast also includes Rhys Coiro, Billy Campbell, Peter Mensah, Forrest Goodluck, Gianni Paolo, Renata Vaca, and Katey Sagal.
“After a scandal, a Hollywood starlet (Sophie Turner) retreats to a remote cabin—but she’s not alone,” reads Republic Pictures’ synopsis. “Betrayed by the man she trusted most, she’s trapped in a brutal game of survival. She can hide, but she can’t run.”
Carlson Young (Upgraded) directs and Gigi Levangie (The Starter Wife) wrote the screenplay. Producers include Miles Koules, Ketura Kestin, and Oren Koules.
Poster for ‘Trust’ (Photo Credit: Republic Pictures)
The official trailer for Wicked: For Good has dropped and it’s worth taking a few minutes to read the comments on YouTube. But if you don’t have time to spare, the consensus seems to be that the trailer’s everything fans hoped it would be and more.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande return to lead the cast as Elphaba and Glinda. The conclusion to the epic fantasy musical also stars Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jonathan Bailey as Prince Fiyero, Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard, and Ethan Slater as Boq. Marissa Bode plays Nessarose, Bowen Yang is Pfannee, Bronwyn James is ShenShen, and Sharon D. Clarke is the voice of Elphaba’s childhood nanny, Dulcibear.
Wicked opened in theaters on November 22, 2024. Wicked: For Good will be released theatrically on November 21, 2025.
Poster for ‘Wicked: For Good’ (Photo Credit: Universal Pictures)
Universal Pictures released the following description of the concluding chapter of Wicked:
“Elphaba (Erivo), now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz’s silenced Animals and desperately trying to expose the truth she knows about The Wizard (Goldblum).
Glinda (Grande), meanwhile, has become the glamorous symbol of Goodness for all of Oz, living at the palace in Emerald City and reveling in the perks of fame and popularity. Under the instruction of Madame Morrible (Yeoh), Glinda is deployed to serve as an effervescent comfort to Oz, reassuring the masses that all is well under the rule of The Wizard.
As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to marry Prince Fiyero (Bailey) in a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation between Elphaba and The Wizard, but those efforts will fail, driving Elphaba and Glinda only further apart. The aftershocks will transform Boq (Slater) and Fiyero forever and threaten the safety of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose (Bode), when a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives.
As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.”
Jon M. Chu directs and Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox are the writers. Marc Platt and David Stone serve as producers. Executive producers include Holzman, Fox, Stephen Schwartz, David Nicksay, and Jared LeBoff. The film is based on the musical stage play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, from the novel by Gregory Maguire.
Ana de Armas as Eve in ‘Ballerina’ (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate)
For the past 10 years, the original John Wick has spawned three sequels. After four adventures of its title character, the next logical step for any franchise worth its salt is a spinoff. So that’s what we get with From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, or, for short, just Ballerina.
Ballerina is about a young woman named Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas from Knives Out) whose father is killed by a band of marauding murderers. She is sent to live with her father’s “family,” which happens to be the Ruska Roma organization that also produced famed assassin John Wick. There, Eve is trained as both a ballerina and as an assassin. When, on an unrelated mission, she unexpectedly encounters an agent from the group that killed her father, Eve goes rogue to get her revenge.
Ballerina was written by Shay Hatten, who also wrote John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and John Wick: Chapter 4, which makes sense, since the story takes place in the time between those two movies. Instead of being directed by stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski like all of the other John Wick movies, Ballerina was helmed by action movie stalwart Len Wiseman, who also did movies for both the Underworld and Die Hard franchises. At least, Wiseman is solely credited as director. It is rumored that Stahelski, who served as a producer, was heavily involved with the film’s reshoots. Which makes sense, given that the film’s biggest draw is its stunts.
See, Ballerina isn’t quite as complex of a movie as the other John Wick films. It’s pretty much a straight-up, paint-by-numbers revenge flick. It clearly takes place in the same universe as John Wick and even shares some of the same characters (yes, Keanu Reeves appears as John Wick, as does the late Lance Reddick as Charon in his last screen role). But Ballerina doesn’t feel like it takes full advantage of the complete John Wick mythology. Aside from Eve being a Ruska Roma, the same world-building just isn’t there.
Make no mistake—Ballerina is a John Wick movie, with all of the impressive stunt work and meticulous fight choreography that goes with it. Eve fights her way through seemingly anyone and everyone on her quest for revenge, and the combat uses everything from bare knuckles to sniper rifles. There’s even an incredible flamethrower fight. The action and fight scenes seem to be where the union between Wiseman and Stahelski is most solid.
Unfortunately, Ballerina doesn’t quite have the same multi-layered narrative and hairpin twists as the rest of the John Wick saga. It’s a formula revenge movie. It follows that formula well, but it still uses it, nonetheless. There are very few surprises, and the ones that are there are telegraphed way in advance, so they aren’t very…well, surprising. It does have much of the same sly humor, which is probably due to Hatten’s sense of the characters and world, and that humor is the most fun part of the movie (aside from the aforementioned flamethrower fight, which is pretty awesome). The story itself is fairly one-note.
And speaking of one-note – Ana de Armas isn’t quite the action star that Gal Gadot or Charlize Theron is (you remember Atomic Blonde, right?). That’s a better John Wick movie than Ballerina). She shows bits of emotion in some places, but most of the time, she’s a block of wood with an accent. Which is surprising, because she’s a talented actress. That talent just doesn’t seem to cross over into the high-action world of John Wick. In trying to emulate the cold calculation of Keanu Reeves’ earlier performances in the franchise, she seems to lose the humanity of her character, which is what should get the audience behind her on her search for vengeance. Instead, it’s like watching a robot mindlessly plow through bodies.
Action movie fans should have some fun with Ballerina. John Wick fans may have some trouble buying into it, mainly because it feels like Wick-lite. And general movie fans will most likely find it brainless and silly. Which is kind of the point, but that point shouldn’t be quite so obvious. There’s a thin line between fun and ludicrous, and Ballerina crosses it. But not intentionally.
Or maybe it’s just that the John Wick universe can’t support a movie that doesn’t have John Wick as the focus.
GRADE: C+
Rating: R for language and strong violence throughout
Release Date: June 6, 2025
Running Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
Studio: Lionsgate
Disney Channel’s set a July 10, 2025 premiere date for the new comedy Electric Bloom, which just dropped a teaser trailer. The series focuses on members of a band as they look back on their early days together before they were famous.
The first two episodes debut on Disney Channel on Thursday, July 10th at 8:35pm ET/PT, with new episodes airing on Thursdays. The series will then stream on Disney+ beginning on September 17th.
“Electric Bloom follows the three members of the now mega-famous pop group Electric Bloom as they look back and tell the story of their band and friendship, starting with the day they all met in high school. The girls go on a journey to becoming the biggest band in the world and the best friends in the universe,” reads Disney Channel’s synopsis. “The series stars Lumi Pollack (The Fallout) as perfectly put-together Posey, Carmen Sanchez as school rebel Jade, Ruby Marino as quirky and optimistic Tulip, and Nathaniel Buescher (Circuit Breakers) as class crush and band supporter Lucas.”
Eric Friedman, Alex Fox, and Rachel Lewis created the series, formerly titled How We Became the Biggest Band in the World. Friedman, Fox, and Lewis executive produce along with songwriter Diane Warren and Bahareh Batmang. Warren wrote the theme song and all of the songs in the pilot, along with most of the songs in the series. The pilot was directed and executive produced by Jody Hahn.
Poster for ‘Electric Bloom’ (Photo Credit: Disney Channel)
Amazon MGM Studios’ final trailer for Heads of State finds John Cena and Idris Elba tossing witty one-liners while running for their lives. The action comedy, which reunites The Suicide Squad stars, will premiere on Prime Video on July 2, 2025.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Carla Gugino, Jack Quaid, Stephen Root, Sarah Niles, Richard Coyle and Paddy Considine also star. Ilya Naishuller (Hardcore Henry, Nobody) directs from a screenplay by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, and Harrison Query.
John Cena and Idris Elba in ‘Heads of State’ (Photo Credit: Amazon MGM Studios)
“In the action-comedy Heads of State, the UK Prime Minister Sam Clarke (Elba) and U.S. President Will Derringer (Cena) have a not-so-friendly and very public rivalry that jeopardizes their countries’ ‘special relationship.’ But when they become the targets of a powerful and ruthless foreign adversary—who proves more than a match for the two leaders’ security forces—they are begrudgingly forced to rely on the only two people they can trust: each other,” reads Amazon MGM Studios’ synopsis. “Ultimately allied with the brilliant MI6 agent Noel Bisset (Chopra Jonas), they must go on the run and find a way to work together long enough to thwart a global conspiracy that threatens the entire free world.”
Peter Safran and John Rickard serve as producers. Executive producers include John Cena, Idris Elba, Marcus Viscidi, Josh Appelbaum, and André Nemec.
The trailer for Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders season two teases fierce competition for a spot on the squad, along with some heartbreaking cuts. The new seven episode season will premiere on June 18, 2025.
“From Emmy Award-winning director Greg Whiteley and the team behind Cheer and Last Chance U, the fan-favorite series will return to continue giving viewers unfiltered access into this iconic team and franchise,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “Season two will follow the 2024-25 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad from start to finish — kicking off at auditions and training camp and continuing all the way through the NFL season.”
According to Netflix’s Tudum, only 23 out of the 36 veterans returned to try for a spot on the squad for the 2024-25 season. Because of that, this season’s rookie class is larger than any of the previous five years.
Greg Whiteley returned as director and serves as an executive producer along with Adam Leibowitz, Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Ross M. Dinerstein, and Rebecca Evans. The series is produced by One Potato Productions and Boardwalk Pictures in association with Campfire Studios.
Oscar nominee Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin) and three-time Oscar nominee Margot Robbie (Barbie, Bombshell, I, Tonya) star in A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which just unveiled an official trailer. The romantic drama/fantasy’s trailer shows Robbie and Farrell opening up mysterious doors that allow them to relive their memories.
Kevin Kline and Phoebe Waller-Bridge also star. Kogonada (After Yang) directed and Seth Reiss (The Menu) wrote the screenplay. Producers include Reiss, Bradley Thomas, Ryan Friedkin, and Youree Henley.
“What if you could open a doorway and walk through it to re-live a defining moment from your past? Sarah (Robbie) and David (Farrell) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on A Big Bold Beautiful Journey – a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present…and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures,” reads Sony’s synopsis.
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey opens in theaters on September 19, 2025.
Everything that could go wrong did go wrong on Carnival Triumph’s 2013 cruise to Cozumel, Mexico. The details might be fuzzy to those who weren’t on board, so Netflix’sTrainwreck: Poop Cruise brings the ship’s infamous voyage to life in all its disgusting glory.
Per Netflix: “It was supposed to be a luxury cruise: a four-day round trip from Galveston, Texas to Cozumel, Mexico. But for the 4,000 passengers and crew on board, the reality proves catastrophically different. After an engine room fire destroys electrical cables supplying the entire ship, the boat is left drifting with no power for propulsion, refrigeration, lighting, air-conditioning or… worst of all, flushing toilets. Soon raw sewage leaks out all over the ship, food supplies start dwindling, and passengers begin to revolt. As the cruise company races to control the fallout, a media frenzy ensues. Soon everyone is talking about ‘The Poop Cruise’.”
Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, premiering on June 24, 2025, is just one of eight episodes in the Trainwreck series. James Ross directed Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, and Sheun Adelasoye De Nicola, Alexander Marengo, Tim Wardle, William Swann, and Casey Feldman served as executive producers.
Details on the Other Trainwreck Episodes, Courtesy of Netflix
The Astroworld Tragedy
Launch Date: June 10, 2025
Synopsis: On November 5, 2021, Travis Scott stepped on stage to perform his set at Astroworld: what would have been the best night of the festival-goers’ lives quickly turned into a catastrophe that left 10 of them dead. The Astroworld Tragedy takes an exclusive look at that night, told from the perspective of the survivors, paramedics, and security staff that were at the center of this catastrophe.
Mayor of Mayhem
Launch Date: June 17, 2025
Synopsis: In the 2010 Toronto Mayoral election, political outsider Rob Ford unexpectedly throws his hat into the ring. Widely dismissed as a joke by other politicians and the media, he defies critics with a shocking landslide victory. But his administration soon becomes a slow-motion trainwreck, with an avalanche of scandals and allegations of hard drug use leading to an international media frenzy.
The Cult of American Apparel
Launch Date: July 1, 2025
Synopsis: In the early 2000s, American Apparel becomes one of the United States’ most successful fashion brands, known for its colourful casual clothing, ethical production and its sexually provocative advertising campaigns. For young staffers it’s an exciting time; a chance to be part of a cult-like company revolutionising the fashion industry, and an opportunity to learn from American Apparel’s charismatic CEO and founder, Dov Charney.
But as the brand quickly expands, the young employees begin to realise that American Apparel’s shiny surface is hiding a darker reality. Charney’s chaotic management starts to hit the company’s finances, and he is accused of sexual harassment by female employees. As problems mount and the company begins to implode, staff members are forced to come to terms with the toxic work environment Charney has created.
The Real Project X
Launch Date: July 8, 2025
Synopsis: In 2012, A teenage girl in the small Dutch town of Haren creates a Facebook event for her sixteenth birthday party, but mistakenly makes it public instead of private. Inspired by a love of the Hollywood movie Project X, Dutch teenagers make the event go viral, and soon tens of thousands of people sign up to come to the party.
Despite warnings, police and local authorities don’t think anyone will turn up. No provisions are made to entertain the masses of young people who arrive in Haren, and the party soon explodes into a full-blown riot.
Balloon Boy
Launch Date: July 15, 2025
Synopsis: On October 15, 2009, a father in Fort Collins Colorado calls 911, claiming that his home-made flying saucer has escaped from the back yard, carrying his six-year-old son inside. This stranger-than-fiction claim is backed up by footage from a news helicopter, which catches up with the balloon and is live-streaming the chase. What starts as a local emergency quickly escalates into a national one, as everyone from the National Guard, to the Sheriff, and Homeland Security, struggles to come up with a plan to safely rescue ‘Balloon Boy’.
As the balloon softly lands, people pray for a miracle reunion – but instead they discover no boy inside. What appears to be a tragedy takes a sharp turn into something else. Public sympathy quickly turns into righteous outrage, as Balloon Boy quickly becomes one of America’s most infamous, and bizarre news stories.
P.I. Moms
Launch Date: July 22, 2025
Synopsis: In 2010, Lifetime Channel commissions a reality TV series about a private investigation agency staffed by soccer moms. Everyone is convinced they have the next big hit on their hands, until the production crew starts to notice something is off. The moms’ investigations keep falling apart, leading to allegations of sabotage. At the same time, a mysterious informant accuses the agency’s boss of running an illegal drug operation on the side, abetted by a corrupt cop. For both the TV series and the criminals dealing drugs, it is only a matter of time before things fall disastrously apart.
Storm Area 51
Launch Date: July 29, 2025
Synopsis: This is the story of the greatest sh*tpost ever made. When 20-year old Matty Roberts creates a Facebook event inviting people to storm the classified Air Force facility Area 51 in the Nevada desert, the post quickly goes viral, with hundreds and then thousands saying they’ll join the event that stated “They can’t stop all of us”.
This prompts the US Air Force, FBI officials and the Federal Aviation Administration to strongly advise against anyone illegally trying to access the base, and the Military warns that they stand ready to protect America and its assets with deadly force. The meme continues to go viral and spread to other social media apps and soon millions have signed up to attend…
Some joke, “If we Naruto run we can move faster than their bullets” but will a crazy party in the desert turn into a deadly confrontation? Featuring an epic ensemble cast of meme lords, military commanders, UFO hunters, sexy aliens and YouTubers, this is the ultimate story of the internet bursting into the real world.
Giancarlo Esposito and Michelle Dockery in ‘Please Don’t Feed the Children’ (Photo Courtesy: Shane Sigler)
Tubi’s picked up the horror thriller Please Don’t Feed the Children and has set a Friday, June 27, 2025 streaming release. The film marks the feature directorial debut of Steven Spielberg’s daughter Destry Allyn Spielberg and stars Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey, The Gentlemen) and Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul).
The cast also includes Zoe Colletti (Only Murders In The Building), Andrew Liner (Ransom Canyon), Dean Scott Vazquez (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) Regan Aliyah (XO, Kitty), Emma Meisel (Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.), Josh Melnick (Saint X), and Vernon Davis (A Day To Die).
“Please Don’t Feed the Children takes place in a not-so-distant future where society contends with a pervasive virus that afflicts the entire adult population,” reads Tubi’s synopsis. “After the deadly viral outbreak, a group of orphans flee in search of a new life, only to be taken hostage by a woman hiding a sinister secret.”
Paul Bertino wrote the screenplay, and Jason Dubin, Josh Kesselman, Michael Hagerty, Daniel Ryniker, and Bill Kenwright served as producers. Executive producers include Dockery, Phil Hunt Compton, Ross Daniel Negret, Will Clarke, Andy Mayson, Mike Runagall, David Gilbery, Naomi George, Ben Kaye, Steven Schneider, Joe Health, and Owen King.
“I am incredibly grateful to be doing what I love with a hardworking cast and crew. It has been a wild ride getting here, and I can’t wait to share this film with everyone,” stated director Destry Allyn Spielberg.
“We cannot wait to premiere Please Don’t Feed the Children on Tubi and introduce viewers to Destry’s incredible work as a first-time filmmaker,” said Tubi SVP, Content Acquisitions & Partnerships Samuel Harowitz. “Featuring a captivating young cast, relentless suspense, and Michelle Dockery as a sinister antagonist, horror-thriller fans are in for a chilling experience. We’re grateful that Destry and Paul chose Tubi as the best home to showcase this unique film, and we are excited to bring their vision to Tubi audiences.”
