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Star Wars' latest story fixes the controversial ending of The Rise of Skywalker

When the first trailer for The Force Awakens hit the internet, there was a surge of excitement. A new trilogy was on the way, led by fresh talent like Daisy Ridley as Rey, a scavenger with a huge destiny ahead of her, joined by other newcomers to the franchise like John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver. But even better: these new faces would be joined by legacy icons like Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford. Star Wars fans were hopeful about a new era of greatness for the beloved franchise. source https://www.polygon.com/star-wars-legacy-novel-review/

Jason Statham's The Meg 2 is a global hit on Netflix, and still worth watching

Jason Statham has a lot of enemies, or at least his characters do. There are the human traffickers Mr. Kwai and Darren "Wall Street" Bettencourt in The Transporter , and Statham squares off with corrupt tech executive Derek Danforth in The Beekeeper . There's also Jose Pablo Cantillo from Crank , who injects him character with poison. Statham's even fought the likes of Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel in the Fast and Furious franchise . source https://www.polygon.com/jason-statham-meg-2-netflix-global/

Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday Infinity Vision tickets go on sale next week

Avengers: Doomsday , Disney 's scorching-hot new entry from directors Anthony and Joe Russo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is only a few short months away from its debut on the silver screen — which makes it even more shocking that we've yet to see a full trailer for the movie, only a bunch of (admittedly very exciting) teasers. source https://www.polygon.com/avengers-doomsday-tickets-sales-infinity-vision/

Stephen King's The Long Walk just hit #1 on HBO Max after just one day

At this point in his career, you would think that every Stephen King story that could be adapted to film has been — aside from the half-dozen he cranked out since the start of this sentence. Most filmgoers would cite something like It or The Shining here, but King’s also responsible for classic dramas like The Shawshank Redemption or Stand By Me . source https://www.polygon.com/this-stephen-king-the-long-walk-hbo-max/

Underrated supernatural battle manga finally gets anime adaptation after 16 years

Most of the time, the success of a manga leads to an anime adaptation being produced and released while the original work is still ongoing. Other times, fans have to wait for 16 long years before seeing their beloved characters come to life on a screen. This was the case for Toshiaki Iwashiro's Psyren , a mystery/supernatural manga that was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from 2007 to 2010. Despite good commercial success, with over 4 million copies sold, the series never received an anime adaptation until one was finally announced in 2025. source https://www.polygon.com/psyren-anime-crunchyroll-release-trailer-16-years/

Larys Strong and Aegon II hit 'rock bottom' in this week's House of the Dragon

At the end of season 2 of the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon , Master of Whisperers Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) secretly flees King’s Landing with the grievously injured King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney). Larys stole most of the kingdom’s gold and his plan is to wait out the Targaryen civil war in Essos and return with Aegon once Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Aegon’s ruthless younger brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) have sufficiently weakened each other. But in season 3, that plan is not going great. source https://www.polygon.com/house-of-dragon-matthew-needham-tom-glynn-carney-interview/

Denzel Washington's Equalizer trilogy is finally streaming on HBO Max

Most reboots are obviously a reboot. After all, the whole point of a reboot is usually to take a well-known intellectual property and squeeze some more cash out of it — a tried-and-true formula for Hollywood movies . But occasionally, a more obscure property gets reimagined that most people don’t even know is based on something that existed before, or the reboot is so good that it completely overshadows the original. source https://www.polygon.com/denzel-washington-equalizer-trilogy-on-hbo-max/