Spoilers below for Episodes 1 and 2 of Apple TV’s Cape Fear. New episodes stream every Friday.

Apple TV’s Cape Fear is executive-produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg and it shows. The polished, colorful reworking of Scorsese’s 1991 blockbuster (which itself was a remake of J. Lee Thompson’s 1962 film; all based on John D. McDonald’s novel The Executioners) literally starts with a bang and quickly drags you into a pervasive sense of dread as thick as the Savannah night air.

The first two episodes, out today on Apple TV, quickly put their own spin on a familiar premise: Convicted murderer Max Cady (this time portrayed in a scene-chewing turn by Javier Bardem) is released from prison, much to the surprise of his former lawyer (Amy Adams) and her family. In this version, Adams’s Anna Bowden is married to the former prosecutor of Cady’s case (Patrick Wilson), so the anxiety that comes with Cady’s release is a family affair.

Episode 1 opens with Cady’s mistress committing suicide at his direction, opening the door to her taking the fall for his 17-year-old crime (he was accused of murdering his wife and unborn son). What follows Cady’s release is a languid, tension-filled premiere brimming with paranoia and foreboding.

As soon as Cady re-enters society, the Bowdens’ seemingly idyllic life becomes flush with ominous incidents. Strange noises begin to fill their posh Southern home. Their security system begins to malfunction. Anna and Tom’s (Wilson) daughter Natalie (Lily Collias) is followed by a strange car. A family of dead skunks is found in their backyard pool. A panther, of all things, is seen on their suburban property. Some of these occurrences are quickly explained (turns out the guy following Natalie was a podcaster obsessed with Max Cady!) but many are left unresolved (for now) and feed into an unrelenting sense of tension.

Soon, Tom and Anna’s son Zack (Joe Anders) goes missing and the dread ratchets up to 11. Cady and Anna come face-to-face at a glitzy fundraiser for the latter’s Innocence Project-like foundation. He quickly ingratiates himself with both the audience and Anna’s colleagues, but Anna struggles to hide her absolute fear. She’s not telling us about her prior relationship with Max, and all signs point to it being a while until we find out why.

Bardem is brilliantly cast here, floating through scene after scene in a turn so menacing that he might as well be twirling his mustache. As Max, Bardem exudes an unhurried charisma that makes it easy to see why so many are smitten with him (including Anna’s boss Noa, played by CCH Pounder). In perhaps his best villainous performance since No Country for Old Men (or at least Skyfall), Bardem is having the time of his life. He and Adams go toe-to-toe early and often, saying more with glances and smirks than most actors do with pages of dialogue.

For her part, Adams’s Anna is steely but vulnerable. You at once know exactly what she’s thinking but have no idea what she’s about to do. It’s a performance that complements Bardem’s brilliantly and leaves you constantly guessing what exactly happened between these characters nearly two decades ago.

Wilson’s Tom is stoic and grounded, providing a welcome counterpoint to the high drama between Max and Anna. Anders and Collias round out a solid cast that elevates what can otherwise be overly-pulpy material. Anders, in particular, gives a performance that masks a metric ton of secrets, adding another dose of suspense to a show that’s already filled with plenty.

Anders’s Zack serves as the focal point of Episode 2 where, after disappearing before the fundraiser, he reappears at his family’s home with a bloody foot and missing toe. Max is there too, pointing to more terror that he may or may not be inflicting on the Bowden family.

And therein lies the central premise and overarching appeal of Cape Fear: At every turn, you’re pretty sure that Max Cady is responsible for the strange things happening to the Bowdens, but you can’t be 100% certain. Nor can you be absolutely positive that there’s not something in the family’s past that they did to deserve it.

Episode 2 begins with a gruesome flashback (beautifully shot in black and white) showing us some of Max’s time in prison, in which he brutally murders a pair of fellow inmates. Back in the present day, Zack reappears, Max is arrested, and they all end up in the hospital where Zack’s missing toe reappears. Turns out, after being drugged – by whom, we don’t know (we do) – whomever was responsible stuffed the toe into Zack’s throat, which he vomits up in the emergency room.

Unlike the premiere, the second episode drags in places, seemingly more concerned with mood than advancing the plot. Despite this, we do get some interesting character revelations. After his mother took her own life, Max was sent to live with his father in the States, leading to an abusive childhood and potential rationale for Max’s (alleged) future actions. We meet Anna’s father Ben, whom she has cut out of her life. Anna discovers Zack has a mysterious online girlfriend, which may or may not be the alias Max is using to further terrorize the family.

Cape Fear has a lot going for it. The cinematography is lush and sultry. The acting, despite some ill-fated attempts at South Georgia accents, is laudable. The tone of suspense and dread that infects every scene of the show is borderline addictive.

The allusions here to Scorsese’s 1991 film (starring Robert DeNiro as Max Cady) are plenty. Episode 1 features vibrant, disconcerting interstitial negative images of the lead characters, which directly tie into the ending of that movie. The film’s bombastic score returns here as well, providing a jolting sense of familiarity.

This is a show that knows what it wants to be yet is not attempting to reinvent the thriller genre or be better than the versions of the story that came before. The dialogue can be overly expository at times and the thrills can border on ham-handed. But if you’re a fan of jump scares, shadows slipping through doorways, and things that go bump in the night, the first two episodes of Cape Fear likely point to a season of delightful thrills.

Amazon has just launched a new Audible deal ahead of Prime Day for both new and returning subscribers. From now until July 15, you can get the first three months of an Audible Standard plan for only $0.99. You'll get your first credit immediately and two additional credits as the months go on. That essentially lets you listen to the first three Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks for only $1, no Amazon Prime membership necessary.

And if you've never listened to an audiobook before, I highly recommend starting with that particular series. Dungeon Crawler Carl is one of the best audiobooks right now thanks to a pretty wild story and some incredible narration from Jeff Hays. Once you start listening, you'll see why the series continues to dominate the Audible bestsellers list week after week.

Netflix's Devil May Cry series has been renewed for a third season, which will also be the final season. Series showrunnder Adi Shankar confirmed in a new statement that this was always the plan and, in fact, he envisioned it as a movie trilogy "disguised as a television series."

"For those of you who have been paying attention to the episode names, I have been showing you the structure the entire time. This was always Dante’s Divine Comedy with guns and a red coat. Season 1 was Inferno. Season 2 was Purgatorio. Season 3 will be Paradiso. These three seasons make up 'The Force Edge Saga.' Since inception, 'The Force Edge Saga' was designed as a movie trilogy disguised as a television series.”

Devil May Cry Season 2 was released last month and has been incredibly well-received. We gave the new season an 8/10, noting that it "goes bigger than its predecessor in every way." Shankar had previously told IGN that he viewed the leap between seasons similar to the jump between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

“Season 2 is just way, way, way bigger in terms of scope and scale,” Shankar told IGN. “So it's the difference between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. That's the comp. Or Halo 1 and Halo 2, where in terms of just scale and scope – orders of magnitude bigger and larger. And the tone is just completely different on top of that. The tone is very, very different, so it cuts deeper.”

It remains to be seen if Season 3 will be the show's Dark Knight Rises, a movie that upped the stakes on a cataclysmic scale after Bane conquered Gotham City and threatened to destroy it with a nuclear bomb. While I can't imagine there being a nuke in Devil May Cry Season 3, perhaps there will be some kind of apocalyptic threat that pushes our beloved heroes to the brink.

There are currently no details about Devil May Cry Season 3's plot or release date. However, Season 1 was released in April 2025, so there may be a chance Season 3 debuts next spring as well. Either way, it's interesting to see that the show won't be overstaying its welcome and may, in fact, leave us wanting more.

Cade Onder is a freelancer for IGN's news team. He covers all things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You can find him on Twitter @Cade_Onder.

Some may say we are in a renaissance of video game adaptations as we've been treated to The Super Mario Bros. Movie (and its sequel!), a third Sonic the Hedgehog film, and TV series based on The Last of Us and Fallout, and will soon be getting adaptations of God of War, Mass Effect, and so many more. The best part? A lot of these look so much better than video game adaptations we’ve gotten in the past.

How many will actually make it through development and see the light of day remains to be seen, and only a fraction of these have actual release dates. But we're watching these projects, and we're tracking them!

For the purposes of this list, we classify a “video game movie” or "video game TV show" as an actual adaptation of an existing video game, so something like Wreck-It Ralph (which is just a movie about video games) wouldn’t qualify. They don’t have to be faithful adaptations – they just have to be based on a real game.

Click on through the slideshow below for a glimpse, or read on to find out about the biggest projects with definite details. And if you see something incorrect, missing, or in need of an update, let us know in the comments!

What Are the Next Video Game Movies and TV Shows Coming Out? 2026 and Beyond Release Dates

Video Game Movies in 2026 and Beyond

• Resident Evil (September 18, 2026)
• Street Fighter (October 16, 2026)
• The Angry Birds Movie 3 (January 29, 2027)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (March 19, 2027)
• The Legend of Zelda (May 7, 2027)
• A Minecraft Movie Squared (July 23, 2027)
• Helldivers (November 10, 2027)
• Elden Ring (March 3, 2028)
• Call of Duty (June 30, 2028)
• Mortal Kombat 3 (TBA)
• Bloodborne (TBA)
• Super Mario Movie 3 (TBA)
• Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (TBA)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (TBA)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (TBA)
• Grow a Garden (Roblox) (TBA)
• The Sims (TBA)
• Riders Republic (TBA)
• Gears of War (TBA)
• Sleeping Dogs (TBA)
• Phasmophobia (TBA)
• Death Stranding (TBA)
• Death Stranding: Mosquito (TBA)
• BioShock (TBA)
• El Paso, Elsewhere (TBA)
• Split Fiction (TBA)
• Watch Dogs (TBA)
• Battlefield (TBA)

Video Game TV Shows in 2026 and Beyond

• The Witcher: Season 5 (2026)
• The Last of Us: Season 3 (2027)
• Ghost of Tsushima Anime Series (2027)
• God of War Series (TBA)
• Fallout: Season 3 (TBA)
• Tomb Raider Series (Sophie Turner) (TBA)
• Devil May Cry: Season 3 (TBA)
• Far Cry Series (TBA)
• Mass Effect Series (TBA)
• Beyond: Two Souls Series (TBA)
• Assassin's Creed Series (TBA)
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Season 2 (TBA)
• Overcooked Reality Series (TBA)
• Gears of War Animated Series (TBA)

Resident Evil

Release Date: September 18, 2026

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie will be bringing us back to Raccoon City in 2026 and recent images posted online have confirmed filming is underway in Prague. This likely means the film will be set prior to October 1998 and the events depicted in Resident Evil 3 for reasons we won't spoil here.

Street Fighter

Release Date: October 16, 2026

Street Fighter will be making its way to the big screen next year from Bad Trip's Kitao Sakurai. As for who will star in the film, a recent trailer revealed the following;

• Noah Centineo as “Ken Masters”
• Andrew Koji as “Ryu”
• Callina Liang as “Chun-Li”
• Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i as “Akuma”
• David Dastmalchian as “M. Bison”
• Cody Rhodes as “Guile”
• Andrew Schulz as “Dan Hibiki”
• Eric André as “Don Sauvage”
• Vidyut Jammwal as “Dhalsim”
• Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as “Balrog”
• Jason Momoa as “Blanka”
• Orville Peck as “Vega”
• Olivier Richters as “Zangief”
• Hirooki Goto as “E. Honda”
• Rayna Vallandingham as “Juli”
• Alexander Volkanovski as “Joe”
• Kyle Mooney as “Marvin”
• Mel Jarnson as “Cammy”

“Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury,” the official plot synopsis reads.

The Angry Birds Movie 3

Release Date: January 29, 2027

Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Rachel Bloom, and Danny McBride return as Red, Chuck, Silver, and Bomb for a third Angry Birds movies. John Rice (The Angry Birds Movie 1, Beavis & Butt-Head Do the Universe) directs from a screenplay by Thurop Van Orman (The Angry Birds Movie 2!).

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Release Date: March 19, 2027

The Sonic movies are going strong (Sonic 3 is at the top of our best video game movies of all time list!), so it's no surprise that a fourth film is in the works. There aren't many details available about the project yet, but based on the Sonic 3 post-credits scene, expect Amy Rose and Metal Sonic to show up.

The Legend of Zelda

Release Date: May 7, 2027

The Legend of Zelda is officially getting the live-action film treatment and it's being produced by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, chairman of Arad Productions and former founder and CEO of Marvel Studios.

The film will be directed by Wes Ball and will star Bo Bragason as Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link. and it's all being co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Nintendo will be financing more than 50% of the movie and the theatrical distribution will be done by Sony.

"The Legend of Zelda follows Link, a young warrior destined to protect the magical kingdom of Hyrule from the forces of darkness," the official description reads. "The land is under threat from Ganon, a ruthless warlord who seeks the Triforce — an ancient relic said to grant limitless power. To stop him, Link must embark on a perilous journey, battling monstrous creatures, exploring treacherous dungeons, and solving intricate puzzles to uncover sacred artifacts that can aid him in his quest."

If, like us, you can't wait for The Legend of Zelda movie, be sure to check out that one time we predicted the film would eventually arrive via an April Fools' Day joke.

A Minecraft Movie Squared

Release Date: July 23, 2027

Warner Bros. has officially confirmed A Minecraft Movie 2 will be released on July 23, 2027, and it makes sense as the original made over $957 million at the global box office. Will Jennifer Coolidge be back with her nitwit villager love interest? We can only hope!

Helldivers

Release Date: November 10, 2027

At CES 2025, Sony announced that the wildly successful Helldivers 2 would be adapted into a major motion picture from Sony Productions and Sony Pictures. Director Justin Lin said the following at CinemaCon 2026: "Helldivers balances satire with humanity... and the only person who I think can pull this off is Jason Momoa." Momoa will be playing a soldier battling aliens on behalf of humanity.

Elden Ring

Release Date: March 3, 2028

A live-action Elden Ring movie is in the works from Ex Machina's Alex Garland, who will be directing and writing the movie for A24. George R.R. Martin is onboard as a producer. For those worried, Garland put together a 160-page draft script with 40 extra pages of images to convince Bandai Namco and FromSoftware to let him lead this project.

Call of Duty

Release Date: June 30, 2028

Activision and Paramount Pictures have announced that Yellowstone creator Tyler Sheridan and Lone Survivor's Peter Berg are onboard to lead the upcoming Call of Duty movie. Sheridan will write and produce and Berg will write, direct, and produce.

Mortal Kombat 3

Release Date: TBA

In Mortal Kombat 2, Karl Urban joined the series as Johnny Cage while Adeline Rudolph took on the role of Kitana. We gave the movie an 8/10, saying "The bar for video game movie sequels isn’t very high, but this one not only clears the bar, it twirls it around like a bo staff." No word yet on if Mortal Kombat 3 is definitely happening, but we're pretty sure it will -- and if it does, hopefully it will answer our biggest burning questions about Mortal Kombat 2.

Bloodborne

Release Date: TBA

Sony Pictures has an R-rated animated film based on Bloodborne in the works, though no details beyond the fact that it's being produced by YouTuber Jacksepticeye have been revealed yet.

Super Mario Movie 3

Release Date: TBA

Now that the second movie, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, has hit theaters, fans are just waiting for word on what's next. Super Smash Bros. Movie maybe...?

Five Nights at Freddy’s 3

Release Date: TBA

A third movie in the popular series is said to be in development at Blumhouse Productions.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Release Date: TBA

Even before Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was out, it was confirmed the game would be getting a film adaptation. Developer Sandfall Interactive has partnered with Story Kitchen to bring this to life, but we don't know much else at this point.

Horizon Zero Dawn

Release Date: TBA

Horizon Zero Dawn has had both a movie and a TV show in the works, but the TV show has had a bit of a rocky road. In July 2024, it was reported that the series was no longer moving forward at Netflix. It may show up again in the future, but it wasn't a great sign.

As for the movie, Sony announced at CES 2025 that a big-screen adaptation of Aloy's adventure is currently very early in production. A recent report said the movie is planning on filming in 2026 and releasing at some point in 2027.

Grow a Garden (Roblox)

Release Date: TBA

In 2025, it was reported that this popular Roblox game would be getting a movie. We'll see if this one ever happens, but stranger adaptations of games have become a reality before!

The Sims

Release Date: TBA

EA's long-running life simulation series The Sims is getting the big-screen treatment from Loki season 1 director Kate Heron and Margot Robbie's production company Lucky Chap. We have yet to learn anything else about the project, but it should be welcome news for fans nonetheless.

Riders Republic

Release Date: TBA

Ubisoft's extreme sports game Riders Republic is getting a film adaptation from Bad Boys for Life's Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Ubisoft said it is "poised to be an electrifying action movie, delivering non-stop thrills, humor, and spectacular stunts on the snowy slopes of the Alps."

Gears of War

Release Date: TBA

Netflix has partnered with The Coalition to develop a Gears of War live-action movie and an adult animated series. The movie will arrive first and, if these projects do well, there is “potential for more stories to follow!”

In March 2023, it was announced that the Gears of War movie will be written by Dune and Doctor Strange's Jon Spaihts. John Wick director David Leitch is in the helmer's chair when and if the project happens.

Sleeping Dogs

Release Date: TBA

MCU star Simu Liu got fans excited when he said he was working with the rights holders to bring Sleeping Dogs to the big screen, and it turns out he is actually set to produce the film and play the lead role of Wei Shen. Timo Tjahjanto. Tjahjanto (The Beekeeper 2, Nobody 2) will direct.

Phasmophobia

Release Date: TBA

In June, 2025, it was reported that Blumhouse Productions and James Wan's Atomic Monster would be adapting the first-person puzzle game Phasmophobia into a film. No word on the project since then, however.

Death Stranding

Release Date: TBA

Hideo Kojima's Kojima Productions has partnered with A24 to adapt Death Stranding into a live-action feature film.

"The film promises to delve into the mysteries surrounding the apocalyptic event called the 'Death Stranding', which blurred the lines between life and death, and brought forth nightmarish creatures into a world on the brink of collapse," the official synopsis reads. It was also confirmed it will "tell a story you haven't seen in that world."

Death Stranding: Mosquito

Release Date: TBA

A new animated film called Death Stranding: Mosquito is also on its way and, according to Kojima and animation director Hiroshi Miyamoto, it follows the story of "a guy who sucks." We got a look at a snippet of animation from the film at the Beyond the Strand presentation, which showed a man "with something stuck to his face that has a weird tentacle thing coming out of it. He's in the water at the beginning of the clip, swimming and approaching something human-shaped that's difficult to make out. But in the second part of the clip, he's on land, in the Timefall, fighting a guy in a porter suit, still with the gooey thing on his face." OK then!

BioShock

Release Date: TBA

There's always a lighthouse, and apparently there's always a BioShock adaptation in the works. After a previous attempt to bring the beloved first-person shooter to film form fell apart at Universal years ago, Netflix and Take-Two announced in early 2022 that a BioShock film adaptation is in the works for the streaming service. Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence is on-board to direct the film and Logan and Blade Runner 2049 writer Michael Green will pen the script for the story that will be “really true to the game itself.”

In October 2023, it was confirmed the was still in the writing stage but that the team was very optimistic about how the project was going, and in July 2024 producer Roy Lee said the film was still in the works but with a reduced budget.

El Paso, Elsewhere

Release Date: TBA

Strange Scaffold's third-person neo-noir shooter, El Paso, Elsewhere, is getting the big screen treatment, and LaKeith Stanfield is said to be in talks to star and produce the project alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura's Di Bonaventura Pictures and Colin Stark. The film would follow protagonist James Savage as he navigates a monster-filled world and tries to stop his vicious ex-girlfriend and the demons he is battling inside.

Split Fiction

Release Date: TBA

In 2025, Story Kitchen was in the process of gathering a team together to work on an adaptation of Hazelight Studios' Split Fiction. Reports say Sydney Sweeney may star in the film, Wicked director Jon M. Chu will direct, and Deadpool and Wolverine's screenwriter Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are also on board.

Watch Dogs

Release Date: TBA

Ubisoft's Watch Dogs film began filming in 2024, more than a decade after it was first announced. We haven't heard much more since then...

Battlefield

Release Date: TBA

Michael B. Jordan and Christopher McQuarrie are reportedly attached to a feature film adaptation of Electronic Arts’ bestselling military video game Battlefield. McQuarrie will write, direct and produce. Jordan is attached to produce and possibly star. EA will also serve as a producer on the Battlefield movie. The package is currently being shopped to studios, including Sony and Apple. The movie is meant to be a theatrical not streaming release.

The Witcher: Season 5

Release Date: 2026

Netflix’s The Witcher returned for its fourth season, and it did so with a new Geralt of Rivia as The Hunger Games’ Liam Hemsworth replaced Henry Cavill. You can watch all of those episodes now while knowing a fifth and final season is also in the works.

The Last of Us: Season 3

Release Date: 2027

After a stellar first and second season, HBO's The Last of Us will be returning for a third season on HBO and it looks to, as the games did, switch the focus to Kaitlyn Dever's Abby for a while. Co-creator Craig Mazin confirmed this new season will be longer than Season 2.

While you wait, be sure to check out our explainer of the ending of Season 2 and how it sets up this next part of the tragic tale of The Last of Us.

Ghost of Tsushima Anime Series

Release Date: 2027

A Ghost of Tsushima anime is on the way from Sony and Aniplex and it is set to launch exclusively on Crunchyroll in 2027. Instead of adapting the main game, this anime will instead focus on the Legends co-op multiplayer portion that was added post-launch.

God of War Series

Release Date: TBA

Prime Video has officially announced that a God of War live-action series is in the works from Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions. The show will follow the story that began in 2018’s God of War and will see Kratos and Atreus traveling to the highest peak in the nine realms of Norse mythology to spread the ashes of their late wife/mother.

At CES 2024, Sony confirmed writing was underway for the series. In October 2024, it was reported that Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) had replaced the show's previous producers Rafe Judkins, Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus as showrunner.

Fallout: Season 3

Release Date: TBA

Season 2 of Prime Video's Fallout series switched to a weekly schedule (after Season 1's binge model), which certainly made it more "sticky" in the pop-culture conversation. And a Season 3 is in the works, though we don't know when it will hit. We do know, however, that Ella Purnell's Lucy and Walton Goggins' Ghoul will certainly be back.

Tomb Raider Series (Sophie Turner)

Release Date: TBA

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's live-action Tomb Raider series for Amazon Prime Video is back after appearing to be dead, and it will in fact star Sophie Turner as the legendary Lara Croft. Production will begin in January 2026 and Chad Hodge has signed on as co-showrunner alongside Jonathan van Tulleken as director and executive producer.

Devil May Cry: Season 3

Release Date: TBA

Netflix's Castlevania showrunner Adi Shankar released a new anime series based on Devil May Cry in April, 2025. Season 2 was released in May, 2026, and we gave it an 8/10. The following month, Netflix confirmed that a third and final season was in the works.

Far Cry Series

Release Date: TBA on FX and Hulu

Noah Hawley (Alien: Earth, Fargo, Legion) will be turning Far Cry into a TV series for FX and Hulu, along with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Rob Mac (aka Rob McElhenney). Mac will also star in the series, which is in early days at the moment but is sure to be a major push for FX considering how much attention Alien: Earth received. Each season of the show will focus on a new setting, similar to the games.

Mass Effect Series

Release Date: TBA

A Mass Effect movie adaptation was in the works at least as far back as 2010, though it never wound up happening.

In December, 2021, however, it was reported that Amazon was working on a deal to adapt the game as a TV series. It once again took a while, but in November 2024, it was confirmed that Amazon MGM studios had begun development on the TV version. Daniel Casey (10 Cloverfield Lane) will write and executive produce the show, while other producers include EA/BioWare's Michael Gamble, who's leading development on the next Mass Effect game, and Avi Arad, who was part of that initial movie announcement all those years back.

Beyond: Two Souls Series

Release Date: TBA

PlayStation and Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls could be getting a TV series from original star Elliot Page. Reports indicate that Page’s Pageboy Productions has acquired the rights tor the project, which is said to be in early development.

Assassin's Creed Series

Release Date: TBA

Netflix is producing a live-action Assassin's Creed series, executive produced by Ubisoft's Jason Altman and Danielle Kreinik. The live-action series will be an "epic, genre-bending live action adaptation." The collaboration will "tap into the iconic video game’s trove of dynamic stories" to create live-action, animated and anime series. The series will be set in Ancient Rome, starting in the year 64 AD.

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Season 2 (TBA)

Release Date: TBA

Back in 2012, it was reported that Tom Hardy was going to be starring as Sam Fisher in a film adaptation of Splinter Cell, but that obviously never panned out. Instead, the Netflix series Splinter Cell: Deathwatch released a first season in 2025, with Liev Schreiber voicing Fisher. A second season is in the works.

Overcooked Reality Series

Release Date: TBA

A24 and Netflix will be bringing us a reality TV show based on the chaotic cooking game known as Overcooked. It is said to be an unscripted format show like Nailed It! and Floor Is Lava, and the kitchen will have crazy obstacles pop up to impede the chef's progress in crafting the perfect meal.

Announced Video Game Movies and TV Shows That Are Status Unknown

Announced Video Game Movies (Status Unknown)

• Ghost of Tsushima
• Pokemon: Detective Pikachu 2
• Outlast
• Martha Is Dead
• Days Gone
• Dredge
• Space Channel 5
• Comix Zone
• Stray
• Mega Man
• Just Cause
• Duke Nukem
• Gravity Rush
• Dead by Daylight
• It Takes Two
• Sifu
• Slime Rancher
• Ark: Survival Evolved
• Pac-Man
• Streets of Rage
• Sniper Elite
• Toe-Jam and Earl
• Jak and Daxter
• Half-Life
• Saints Row
• Portal
• Yakuza
• Beyond Good & Evil
• Firewatch
• Metal Gear Solid
• The Division
• Just Dance
• Dragon's Lair

Announced Video Game TV Shows (Status Unknown)

• A Plague Tale
• Nier: Automata: Season 2
• Disco Elysium
• Hunt: Showdown
• Alan Wake
• System Shock
• Grounded
• Life Is Strange
• My Friend Pedro
• Skull & Bones

Which of these video game movie or TV show adaptations are you most looking forward to? Let's discuss in the comments!

Note: This story was updated on 6/4/2026. It was originally posted on 10/21/2021.

The original score for Fallout Season 2 is getting a limited-edition vinyl release this summer.

Composed by three-time Grammy nominee Ramin Djawadi, best known for his work on Game of Thrones and Westworld, the soundtrack will be released as a 2LP "gold/cobalt shimmer" vinyl set.

It's up for preorder now via Amazon for $35.98, and it releases on July 17.

IGN can exclusively reveal the premiere date and first look at Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2. All 10 episodes of the second season of the Warner Bros. Animation series will launch on Prime Video on Friday, July 31, 2026.

Batman: Caped Crusader Season 1 reimagined the iconic DC Comics characters as denizens of a retro, film noir Gotham City. Season 2 will continue this moody stylistic approach and introduce new takes on some of Batman’s most popular friends and foes.

Spoiler alert but Batman: Caped Crusader Season 1 ended with a tease that the show’s incarnation of the Joker might appear in Season 2. Based on these exclusive photos (seen in the slideshow below), the Clown Prince of Crime does indeed show up this season.

Our exclusive image gallery reveals that Season 2 will also introduce the show’s incarnations of the iconic Bat-villains Edward Nygma/Riddler, Scarecrow, and Mad Hatter. Mad Hatter, like Minnie Driver’s Penguin in Season 1, appears to be a gender-swapped version of the character.

Prime Video informed IGN that Roxy Rocket will also appear this season. She was a character created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini for The New Batman Adventures.

The character in the Grey Ghost-esque outfit is Carrie Kelley, DC's first female Robin who was created by Frank Miller for The Dark Knight Returns.

No word yet on who is voicing these roles, but returning voice cast members include Hamish Linklater as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Jamie Chung as Harley Quinn/Harleen Quinzel, Jason Watkins as Alfred Pennyworth, Eric Morgan Stuart as Commissioner Jim Gordon, Krystal Joy Brown as Barbara Gordon, Michelle C. Bonilla as Renee Montoya, and Bumper Robinson as Lucius Fox.

Executive producers J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm are back for Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2. Along with Abrams, Reeves and Timm, Batman: Caped Crusader executive producers include James Tucker, Geoffrey Thorne, Sarah Geismer, Rachel Rusch Rich, and Sam Register.

In his Batman: Caped Crusader Season 1 review, IGN critic Erik Adams awarded the season a 7 out of 10, praising the series for telling “a tightly focused, slightly more mature story of Bruce Wayne and his alter ego learning that they’re not so alone.”

It's never too late to become a Star Wars fan. If you're just getting started with the franchise and are trying to catch up with everything canon in Star Wars, we've got you covered with a full chronological guide to the entire Star Wars timeline.

With new Star Wars movies in development and new series hitting Disney+ on the regular, there's plenty of Star Wars stories from across time and space.

Jump to:

• How to watch in chronological order
• How to watch by release date

But what about all of the Star Wars content that you can binge right now, and how do you watch it in the order it was meant to be seen? Well, fear not! We have a list of all the current Star Wars movies and shows you can watch right now in chronological order and by release date. And it's never been easier, now that all of these titles are available to stream with a Disney+ subscription.

Star Wars Movies and Shows in Chronological Order

1. The Acolyte (Series, 2024)

Chronologically, The Acolyte is the earliest part of the Star Wars timeline that you can watch. Set at the end of the High Republic era, long before the Skywalker Saga kicks off, this Disney+ series follows a young former Jedi named Osha (played by Amandla Stenberg) who works with her old Master, Sol (played by Lee Jung-jae) to investigate the murder of another Jedi. The series received generally mixed reviews, earning a 6/10 in our The Acolyte season 1 review.

2. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Movie, 1999)

Released in 1999 and starring Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, and Natalie Portman, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace explored what happened long before the original trilogy, making it the starting point for a chronological watch. It introduced us to a young Anakin Skywalker (played by Jake Lloyd) who would hopefully be the one to bring balance to the force. Though not an overall critical hit at the time (as it sits at 51% on Rotten Tomatoes), it’s since garnered a much more positive reception, as even Ewan McGregor noted during interviews for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series.

3. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Movie, 2002)

The second installment of the prequel trilogy, which came out only a few years after its predecessor in 2002, is the next stop in a chronological watch. Taking place ten years after Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, it centers on an older Anakin (played now by Hayden Christensen) and Obi-Wan (played once again by Ewan McGregor) as they discover new and terrifying threats in the galaxy, which in turn leads up to the Clone Wars.

4. Star Wars: Clone Wars (Animated Series, 2003-2005)

Clone Wars is a 2D animated series that ran on Cartoon Network from 2003-2005 and explored what happened during the titular wars, making it the perfect story to slot in between Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Anakin and Obi-Wan returned as characters as well, but were voiced by different people (Mat Lucas and James Arnold Taylor, respectively). Even though this series came to an end in 2005, the Clone Wars stories continued with a movie and new series in 2008.

5. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Movie, 2008)

Before the rise of the new Clone Wars series, there was a computer-animated film of the same name that released two months before the series did to kick it all off. It serves as a pilot episode to the show, taking place shortly after Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. It also saw James Arnold Taylor returning as the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi, but had Matt Lanter replacing Mat Lucas as Anakin and featured Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano, who would all carry on into the new series, too.

6. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Animated Series, 2008-2020)

Two months later, Star Wars: The Clone Wars followed the 2008 computer-animated film and ran on Cartoon Network. It takes place in the three years between Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, serving as a continuation of the aforementioned Clone Wars series from 2003, and featured several familiar faces and returning voice cast members (such as those listed in the film above). All of the events within the series eventually led to the prequel trilogy’s grand finale: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

7. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Movie, 2005)

The third and final installment in the prequel trilogy was Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which released in 2005. Following all of the thrills from The Clone Wars, this film takes place three years after Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and sees a major shift in Anakin, eventually bringing the prequel trilogy of the Skywalker Saga to a close. And while Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope starts up a new chapter of that Saga, there are plenty of stories still to explore in the time between in this galaxy far, far away.

8. Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord (Animated Series, 2026-Present)

The Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord series takes place a few years after the end of the Clone Wars and also has some overlap with the Bad Batch. The animated series gives us some real insight into what exactly Darth Maul gets up to after Darth Sidious (AKA Palpatine) executes Order 66. We were particularly big fans of the show’s first season, deeming it a “no-brainer” watch for Star Wars fans in our review, so it’s not too surprising the Disney+ series has already been renewed for a second season.

9. Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Animated Series, 2021-2024)

Star Wars: The Bad Batch serves as a sequel to The Clone Wars series and takes place in the aftermath of said wars. It follows a group of elite clone troopers, known as Clone Force 99, and the mercenary missions they take on post-Clone Wars. Its second season is currently running until March 29th, so it’s the perfect time to start catching up in your chronological watch.

10. Solo: A Star Wars Story (Movie, 2018)

In the time before the original trilogy of the Skywalker Saga, there’s a film that details the origin of one of its most important characters: Han Solo. Solo: A Star Wars Story is set 10 years before the events of Stars Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and starred Alden Ehrenreich as the titular smuggler, following him and Chewbacca on an adventurous heist. He’s not the only character we get a bit of backstory on before the original trilogy, though.

11. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Series, 2022)

Obi-Wan Kenobi is a mini series that was released in 2022 and follows the titular Jedi 10 years after the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, with Ewan McGregor returning to the role. Though originally planned as a limited series, the door is always open for another season if fans want, according to Lucasfilm. And, if you want a quick way to take in all six episodes of the series without any pacing issues, it's even been recut by a fan into a full-length movie!

12. Star Wars Rebels (Animated Series, 2014-2018)

Also taking place a little over 10 years after Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and five years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Rebels is an animated series that follows the Rebellion’s small beginnings in a galaxy far, far away. It ran for four seasons with 75 total episodes, so you’ll have plenty to keep you occupied as you follow the stories about the rise of the Rebellion.

13. Star Wars: Andor (Series, 2022-2025)

Similar to Star Wars Rebels and also taking place five years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars: Andor follows the formation of the Rebel Alliance, with Cassian Andor (played by Diego Luna) leading the series. The first season features 12 exhilarating episodes, and we finally got the second and final season in 2025. The building of this Rebellion eventually leads to…

14. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Movie, 2016)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set just before the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and follows a group of Rebels, Cassian included, as they plot to steal the plans for the Death Star. This film was the first of the standalone Star Wars spin-offs and featured a stellar cast alongside Luna, including Felicity Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, and many more.

15. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Movie, 1977)

And all of these events finally lead us into the trilogy that started it all, and the next chronological chapter of the Skywalker Saga. Released in 1977, Stars Wars Episode IV: A New Hope centered on Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) as he begins Jedi training under Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) and sets out on a journey to rescue Rebel Alliance leader Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) with the help of smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). It’s an incredible classic that started this whole journey in the first place, and chronologically will set you up right in the middle of your Star Wars journey.

16. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Movie, 1980)

Star Wars came back bigger and better with Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Set three years after its predecessor, this film follows our favorite Rebels as they continue to fight back against Imperial forces, and as Luke begins training with Yoda. It also sees Darth Vader reaching out to Luke in an attempt to lure him to the Dark Side. It’s dramatic, action-packed, and sure to keep you invested as you jump into the final film of the original trilogy.

17. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Movie, 1983)

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi brings the original trilogy’s Skywalker Saga to a close. Set one year after the events of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, this story revolves around the Rebel fleet as they aim to take down the newly-rebuilt Death Star. It’s a climactic finale that also sees Luke confronting Darth Vader once more, tieing up remaining strings as the Rebels make their final assault. It’s a film that leaves the fate of the galaxy in new hands, and open for new stories.

18. Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Series, 2019-Present)

In the time between the fall of the Empire and the rise of the First Order, there are several stories to appear - and one of the most exciting comes from Star Wars: The Mandalorian. This space western is a series running on Disney+ that instantly won over fans with its exciting story of a bounty hunter named Din Djarin (played by Pedro Pascal) and his adventures with little Grogu.

Season 3 is set after the events in The Book of Boba Fett listed below - and the series shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Mando isn’t the only story of a bounty hunter that needs covering in a chronological watch of Star Wars, though.

19. The Book of Boba Fett (Series, 2021)

A familiar name to many Star Wars fans, Boba Fett (played by Temuera Morrison, who also appeared in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones as Jango Fett and re-recorded lines for Boba in the DVD re-release of the original trilogy) is another bounty hunter who roams the galaxy. Serving as a spin-off of Star Wars: The Mandalorian, and set around the same period of time, The Book of Boba Fett follows the titular character as he leaves the life of a bounty hunter behind to take over the territory formerly run by Jabba the Hut. It currently only has one season out with seven episodes that run almost an hour each.

20. Star Wars: Ahsoka (Series, 2023)

Ahsoka centers on the titular former Jedi Knight as she investigates an emerging threat to the galaxy. And for those who have been wondering where the show fits on the timeline, we have some potential answers. In an interview with SFX magazine (via GamesRadar) Sabine Wren's actress Natasha Liu Bordizzo stated that, "Ahsoka runs along the same timeline as The Mandalorian season 3, and the shows are all connected. There's just so many parallels." In our 7/10 review of the first two episodes, IGN said: "Dave Filoni’s new Disney+ series Ahsoka has plenty of action but still gets off to a slow start by getting viewers up to speed with the events of Star Wars Rebels."

It was recently announced that an Ahsoka season 2 is officially in development.

21. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Series, 2024)

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew "is set concurrently with The Mandalorian and Ahsoka," according to Empire Magazine (via Screen Rant). The Goonies-inspird series follows a group of ordinary suburban kids from the planet At Attin who find themselves mixed up in a space-pirate adventure. Jude Law stars as Jod Na Nawood.

22. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (Movie, 2026)

As mentioned above, The Mandalorian series starts before The Book of Boba Fett, but Season 3 crosses over it. The Mandalorian and Grogu movie takes place right after the end of that third season, but it’s a little iffy where exactly places the movie relative to other Star Wars projects that take place around 12-13 ABY, specifically Ahsoka and Skeleton Crew.

Unfortunately, the most recent Star Wars movie hasn't exactly been the biggest hit at the box office, and it's unclear whether we'll be getting any sort of sequel or more seasons of the TV show.

23. Star Wars: Resistance (Animated Series, 2018-2019)

Arisen from the ashes of the Empire comes a new threat to the galaxy: The First Order. This rise is first explored in Star Wars: Resistance, an animated series that premiered on Disney Channel and Disney XD. It follows a young pilot named Kazuda (or Kaz) Xiono who’s recruited by the Resistance (namely Poe Dameron - played by Oscar Isaac) to spy on the First Order. It takes place just before the events of the sequel trilogy, laying the groundwork for what’s to come in the next chapter of the Skywalker Saga.

24. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (Movie, 2015)

The sequel trilogy kicked off with Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which introduced us to a brand new band of Rebels. At the center of these films was Rey (played by Daisy Ridley), who joins up with ex-Stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega), Resistance pilot Poe (played by Oscar Isaac), and our beloved smuggler Han Solo (played once again by Harrison Ford) as they work with the Resistance (led by Carrie Fisher’s General Leia Organa) to track down Luke Skywalker (once again played by Mark Hamill) and take down the First Order, with Kylo Ren (played by Adam Driver) as the film’s main antagonist. It’s a reunion of old and new that started the sequel trilogy off with a bang.

25. Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (Movie, 2017)

The search for Luke Skywalker leads straight into Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. Kicking off immediately after the end of The Force Awakens, this story follows Rey as she seeks to recruit Luke’s help. Given the First Order’s relentless pursuits, The Resistance could use it, but she’s not the only one out looking for ways to gain the upper hand. Finn gets help from a mechanic named Rose Tico (played by Kelly Marie Tran) and the two work together to help Resistance members escape the First Order. This film also serves as the farewell to Carrie Fisher, and was lovingly dedicated to her at the end.

26. Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (Movie, 2019)

The final installment of the sequel trilogy, and grand finale of the Skywalker Saga in general, sees our crew of Resistance fighters take their final stand against Kylo Ren and the First Order. However, the First Order isn’t working alone, as Emperor Palpatine makes his return to aid them. Unfortunately, this film wasn’t a massive success amongst critics. Our own reviewer called it “a film engineered to hit the viewer on multiple levels while struggling to settle 42 years’ worth of story elements,” but noted that it’s “if nothing else, a tribute to [the Skywalker Saga’s] legacy.”

27. Star Wars: Visions (Anime Series, 2021)

With the Skywalker Saga over and done with, it’s time to explore new stories in this galaxy far, far away, and that’s exactly what Star Wars: Visions does. This series is actually a collection of animated short films done by some of the best Japanese anime studios out there. For each episode, the creators were given complete freedom to tell a story of their choosing outside of the usual canon and with their own visual style. It currently has two volumes available to stream on Disney+ with Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 added this year.

Upcoming Star Wars Movies and Shows

Dave Filoni recently brought back the animated vibes with Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord, a new mini-series that's been streaming on Disney+ and has already been renewed for a second season. The Mandalorian and Grogu, the first major Star Wars movie since The Rise of Skywalker, is also currently showing in theaters.

The longer list of undated projects in development includes Taika Waitaik's Star Wars movie (seemingly on an indefinite hold), James Mangold's Dawn of the Jedi movie, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's New Jedi Order movie with Daisy Ridley, Simon Kinberg's new Star Wars trilogy, Shawn Levy/Ryan Gosling's Star Wars movie, and Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2.

You can check out our full list of upcoming Star Wars movies and TV series for more details.

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Stargate SG-1 actor Michael Shanks is rallying fans to protest Amazon's shock cancellation of its previously-announced franchise revival.

Earlier this week, Stargate fans were left stunned by the news that Amazon had ditched its new Prime Video series, just six months on from its big announcement. An initial report claimed that the show was scrapped due to fears it would not have appealled to anyone beyond the franchise's core audience — something that veteran Stargate writer Joseph Mallozzi, who had been working on the project, subsequently disputed.

Writing on X/Twitter, Shanks — who played the fan-favorite character Daniel Jackson in SG-1 and its various spinoffs — shared IGN's story covering Mallozzi's comments, and added his voice to those who believed the series would have landed a wider audience. "I also dispute their claim," Shanks declared.

Shanks has now highlighted several fan efforts aimed at getting Amazon to reverse its decision, including a GoFundMe to fly a #SaveStargate banner over Amazon Studios corporate headquarters, several Change.org petitions, and a push to complain to Amazon directly via its customer service. The largest Change.org petition currently has just over 40,000 signatures.

Amazon is reportedly still interested in a future for the Stargate franchise, even if this specific revival series stays cancelled. But in a message to fans, Shanks suggested that this particular project represented fans' only hope of a revival built by former members of the Stargate SG-1 production team, and featuring members of its former cast.

"I'm gonna simply say this: if you are at all interested in a Stargate show with ANY of the original creators/performers involved, now is the time to say something," Shanks wrote. "Otherwise it really will be the end of that chapter forever. Let them know you are THERE."

Shanks has never confirmed he would have been involved in the revival, though has consistently championed its development — and many suspect his character would have likely made some form of appearance.

"My heart breaks," Mallozzi wrote earlier this week. "For the incredibly talented writers who worked tirelessly to bring this show to life. For Martin [Gero, the series' showrunner] who maintained an unwavering positive outlook throughout despite the challenges, and who always strove to make a show that would honor the fans while welcoming a new audiences. And for the long-suffering Stargate fandom who waited so long and came so close to getting a show they truly would have loved."

Amazon is still to officially comment on the series' cancellation.

Image credit: MGM Television.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Full spoilers follow for Euphoria Season 3, which is available on HBO now.

Euphoria may end in a shoot-out, but the season itself feels more like it’s been firing blanks. It’s no surprise HBO has announced their once hit drama will end with Season 3, because there’s little left of the original spirit of the show. Even major character deaths can’t shock the series back to life. What creator Sam Levinson has given us with Season 3 is a fun enough Western but a paltry conclusion to Euphoria itself.

It’s not all terrible, despite a lackluster first three episodes. So what exactly is good, bad, and ugly? Alamo Brown (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and his crew, Bishop (Darrell Britt-Gibson), G (Marshawn Lynch), and Kidd (Asante Blackk), are compelling to watch as they go toe-to-toe with Laurie (Martha Kelly) and her gang of drug-dealing white supremacists. After Alamo, Bishop makes for one of the best new additions to the series as he delivers violence and philosophy via hypnotic, stone-faced monotone.

Really, valiant efforts by the cast are what keep the show worth watching. Alexa Demie reminds us just why Maddy remains such a fan favorite. Her calculating business acumen and stone-cold exterior crumble at times into stark vulnerability. Zendaya’s Rue and Colman Domingo’s Ali share several quietly contemplative scenes that echo something of the gravity of Season 1. Hunter Schafer, for all she’s barely in Season 3, plays Jules with the soft wistfulness of a bird in a gilded cage. I’ll miss these characters, even if I didn’t always recognize them this season.

The world of Euphoria is alight in Western technicolor this season, everything intense and sun-drenched. It’s easy to see where Levinson tried to sketch his Old Hollywood inspirations. In one particular scene, Cassie’s (Sydney Sweeney) stratospheric growth on OnlyFans is represented by her growth into a giant woman terrorizing the streets of Los Angeles. It’s giving Attack of the 50 Foot Woman or, like, sexy King Kong vibes. We even got a saloon stand-off in the finale, set to something that sounds suspiciously like Amazing Grace.

The fun doesn’t last, though. Levinson stuffs this final season with heavy-handed religious themes and metaphors, half-baked ideas about women’s sexuality and power, and a confusing conclusion about good and evil. Where the first three episodes seemed meant to titillate in their debauchery, the rest try futilely to make a statement on the “traditional” hawking of women’s bodies via men (i.e. enterprises like Alamo’s Silver Slipper strip club) versus new age, digital means like OnlyFans in which sex workers have more power. It’s an interesting dichotomy to explore but done so poorly here that it feels more like an excuse for Levinson to throw almost all of Euphoria’s women into some form of sex work for shock value.

There’s a contradictory conception of women as both conniving and helpless. It’s a madonna-whore complex wherein every woman is capable of great evil yet easily bested by the will of men. Levinson seems to think he’s drawing some revelatory conclusion, but the fact that the major players in the climax of our finale are three men, none of which are any of the women who have long been the core of Euphoria, renders it all moot. Zendaya’s Rue herself – who dies in the finale from a fentanyl overdose – is entirely absent from the last 50 minutes of the finale.

Euphoria becomes a quasi-parable with surface-level observations about “salvation” made through Rue’s newfound preoccupation with (and, later, Ali’s conversion to) Christianity. The promised land, according to Rue, is a Texas homestead of white, conservative Christians she visits briefly in the first episode.

Euphoria is over, and has little to show for it. Perhaps what we can take from these tumultuous three seasons are the careers it’s launched. Beyond that, Season 3 is more a vanity project than it is a tragic or even heartfelt conclusion to the lives of characters audiences grew to love. We end the series on a prayer, with Ali (now going by Martin) at the head of the table, Rue as a visiting apparition, and a family of characters we barely know. Fitting for a series that’s become an unrecognizable whisper of itself.

As the dust settles on Amazon's shock decision to scrap its in-development Stargate revival series, its consulting producer has disputed a claim that the show would not have appealed to a broad enough audience.

Yesterday, Variety broke the news that Amazon had walked away from its greenlit Stargate series, announced for Prime Video just six months ago. It was claimed that Amazon were reportedly unhappy with the direction of the project, and uncertain it would appeal to a wider viewership beyond existing Stargate fans.

Now, veteran Stargate writer Joseph Mallozzi has hit back at that claim, and shared inside knowledge on what the series would have looked like, gleaned from having served as one of its consulting producers.

"Nope. No. Sorry. Gonna have to push back on this," Mallozzi wrote in a post on X/Twitter. "We were ever mindful of creating a show that would have broad appeal."

Mallozzi previously penned more than 70 episodes of Stargate SG-1 and its spinoffs Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: Universe. He had been working on Amazon's unnamed Stargate revival with another franchise veteran: writer, executive producer and showrunner Martin Gero, who had also written numerous episodes of the above shows.

"Martin Gero developed a new Stargate series over two years, ultimately crafting a show that offered a fresh jumping-on point for new viewers while deeply respecting existing canon," Mallozzi revealed. "It was a series that avoided the pitfalls of several modern remakes and reboots by fully embracing the core of its predecessors: action, adventure, exploration, wonder, heart, humor, and found family. And based on that creative vision, the new Stargate series was greenlit in November of 2025.

"As of today, officially, that original vision is no more. We'll never get the opportunity to introduce you to that world and those characters - or reintroduce you to, and check in with, some familiar faces from the past."

Word that fans will have caught up with existing characters will likely only make the disappointment of the series' cancellation harder to hear. While no actors had officially confirmed their involvement in the revival, Stargate SG-1's beloved Daniel Jackson actor Michael Shanks had frequently expressed his enthusiasm for the project, and shared Mallozzi's post on his own social media. "As always, I can’t find the words," Shanks wrote. "So I'll share Joe's. He's the writer for a reason 🥹"

"My heart breaks," Mallozzi concluded. "For the incredibly talented writers who worked tirelessly to bring this show to life. For Martin who maintained an unwavering positive outlook throughout despite the challenges, and who always strove to make a show that would honor the fans while welcoming a new audiences. And for the long-suffering Stargate fandom who waited so long and came so close to getting a show they truly would have loved."

Amazon is yet to officially comment on the series' cancellation. Yesterday's report suggested the company was still interested in a way forward for the franchise overall, though this iteration of it is no more.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

The Legend of Vox Machina Season 4 debuts June 3 on Prime Video with Episodes 1-3. Spoilers follow.

It’s been a year since the defeat of the terrifying Chroma Conclave, and much has changed for Vox Machina, but if you need a reminder of the story so far, we do get a fantastic and visually inventive musical recap by Grog himself. After our party of heroes each went their separate ways, Season 4 catches up with them as they contemplate whether a life without adventure is truly what they wanted. The three-episode premiere is all about whether these characters can truly live without each other and without accepting the call to adventure, and it does a great job of setting up the team’s inevitable return to action while teasing the biggest threat they’ve faced yet.

But before we meet the main villain, these first three episodes do a lot to establish the state of Exandria after the defeat of the dragons. As it turns out, just because Vox Machina saved the day doesn’t mean things are fine. The premiere shows us the aftermath of the great devastation caused by the Chroma Conclave, including how many towns have been ruined and how many people have suffered or died because Vox Machina couldn’t save them fast enough. In that time, a cult has been growing for the past year promising immortality and a stop of the old order — a cult seeking to defy the gods themselves and worshipping an ominous figure known as the Whispered One. Fans of Critical Role and D&D may immediately clock the identity of our mysterious new big bad for the season, one that’s been teased since all the way back in Season 1, but his identity is kept vague for now.

Within the first three episodes, the cult is already a fascinating antagonist for Vox Machina, unlike anything they’ve faced before, and replacing big monsters with ardent believers who are also quite hard to kill. One unfortunate CGI creature in the premiere aside, the visuals continue to stand out in this show, with dynamic action bursting with vibrant colors while still being easy to follow.

The lack of Scanlan Shorthalt is very much felt in these first episodes, but luckily we have a brand new character that steps into that chaotic comic relief gap with ease. Meet Taryon Darrington, a rich fanboy who simply loves everything Vox Machina, fancies himself an adventurer, and is accompanied by his own robot biographer. Wayne Brady’s performance gives Taryon an improvised feel, like the character is refusing to go along with the script and just doing his own thing. You can see bits of Scanlan in the character while recognizing that he serves a brand new purpose in the story, teasing big connections to later developments.

Season 3 took some big swings in rearranging or outright changing events, and now Season 4 is paying that off by building up some compelling stories for our heroes. In particular, Pike benefits from these changes, with the gnome cleric still reeling from her crisis of faith last season as well as Scanlan abandoning the team. Her journey in these three episodes sees her at her lowest, struggling with the team’s place in the world and whether they’ve truly done any good. It’s clear the season is building up to some big departures for her character, a defiance of the idea of fate being written — not only in-universe as characters like Vex ponder their fate, but even whether the show itself is tied to what happened in the web series… or if there’s a better way.

When the LEGO Star Trek Enterprise NCC-1701-D launched at the end of last year, it was one of the most wanted LEGO sets for the holiday season, remaining on backorder for months. Now, seven months later, the supply has finally caught up with the demand. After building and photographing the set in full, it's clear what the fuss was about. This is the quintessential 'adult' build – highly specific and highly technical. It is also, without hyperbole, an exquisite end result.

In addition to the Enterprise itself, you also get nine minifigures of the Next Generation crew: Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William T. Riker, Lieutenant Commander Data, Lieutenant Commander Geordi LaForge, Lieutenant Worf, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Counselor Deanna Troi, Guinan, and Wesley Crusher.

The minifigures are well-designed and detailed; Data has his signature yellow eyes, and Worf has a unique head accessory depicting his ridges. Troi is wearing her purple civilian jumpsuit from earlier seasons, before Captain Jellico ordered her to wear a standard uniform in "Chain of Command." The only missing crew member you could make a good case for would be Tasha Yar, although no doubt, someone has already figured out a minifigure equivalent.

Each LEGO minifigure comes with a unique accessory that dedicated Trek fans will appreciate. For Riker, it's his trombone ("Nightbird" sheet music not included). For Data, it's his cat Spot. Dr. Crusher has a tricorder. Worf, the security guard, has a phaser (no Bat'leth?). I especially loved Guinan's hat, which has its distinctive, vaselike appearance. The minifigures are displayable on a small, long platform bearing the TNG logo on its front.

The LEGO Star Trek Enterprise NCC-1701-D is divided into 30 separate bags and two instruction booklets. In the first half, you build the ship's base, which consists of its Engineering Hull and warp nacelles. In the second half, you build the ship's saucer and slide it into place.

The build is methodical and slow. You're creating futuristic curves with plastic rectangular prisms, which means you're gradually layering bricks, each slightly staggered from the preceding one. This process can often feel disjointed; you labor over a single section of the ship for a length of time, not quite understanding how it fits in with the rest of it. But it definitely will. An incongruent section could be one half of a larger symmetry, or it could be a tiny part of a greater, more cumulative effect.

Take, for example, the LEGO Enterprise's saucer, which contains lots of sharp, straight edges when you're halfway through building it. It looks nothing like itself, and you wonder how the designers will get the curve right.

But they manage it with a couple of creative tricks. You finish the saucer by building under it rather than over it, which hides the seams and the initial angularity. And each 'slice' of the underbelly has a single, curved portion facing outwards to create a single, continuous arc.

You mount the final model on a LEGO Technic black stand. The Enterprise's design is disproportionately top heavy, which wouldn't matter in the vacuum of space but does matter in a practical LEGO model. The designers offset the uneven weight distribution by tilting the stand back, so that the model tilts upwards and falls slightly back on itself. Gravity does some of the work, taking pressure off the bricks to support all the weight. You anchor the saucer to the hull with a pin that's disguised as a docking runabout. Because the saucer canonically detaches from the rest of the ship in emergencies, this feels like a narratively appropriate design.

In the same area of the ship, you can remove a panel to reveal the shuttle bay. Unfortunately, this is the only part of the ship that hints at the ship's interior. There's no blue, pulsing Warp Core or Transporter Room. There's no minimalistic, micro-depiction of the Bridge, which feels like a particularly significant oversight for a set of this size and price.

Having little to no play elements places a heavy burden on the model's display potential. And there's one thing the LEGO designers had to get right; the Enterprise-D's distinctive silhouette, as seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation's opening sequence. Ask anyone to picture the Enterprise-D in their mind's eye, and they'll picture one of two iconic shots, burned into our collective retinas by episode syndication. The first is this low angle shot on the Enterprise's starboard side, right when Captain Jean-Luc Picard gets to the "continuing mission" part of his monologue.

The second shot is right before the Enterprise engages warp speed for the second time: an eye-level view from the ship's aft:

Setting aside everything else it does well, the LEGO Enterprise absolutely nails both of these shots. Look at the ship model from either angle, and you'll get a chill. I involuntarily started humming the theme music and shaking my head the first time I saw it. It was uncannily perfect.

I'm already brainstorming how and where I'm going to display this model. I may even get a third-party light set to enhance it further, so that any visitor to our house gets the full-on, glowing experience.

LEGO U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, Set #10356, retails for $399.99, and it is composed of 3600 pieces. It is available now.

Amazon has dramatically axed its new Stargate revival series, only six months after its announcement.

Details remain scarce on the show's focus, though Variety has reported that Amazon was sufficiently unhappy with its direction to have pulled the plug.

Executives within Amazon reportedly lacked confidence the series would have appealed to a broader audience beyond the existing Stargate fanbase.

The unnamed Stargate series was being developed for release on Prime Video by writer, executive producer and showrunner Martin Gero, who previously penned episodes of the original classic series Stargate SG-1 and its spinoff Stargate: Atlantis. Stargate veterans Brad Wright and Joe Mallozzi were meanwhile onboard as consulting producers.

In a press release issued last November, Amazon described the now-canned show as a "new original series" rather than a direct continuation of anything that has come before, in order to tell "a bold new chapter" of the dormant sci-fi franchise. However, it would "not be a reboot", Gero said.

"I'm beyond thrilled that Amazon MGM Studios has entrusted me with guiding this incredible franchise into its next phase," Gero continued. "For those who've kept the gate active through conventions, rewatches, and unwavering faith — this one's for you. And for those that are new to our world — I promise you're in for something extraordinary."

Stargate originally kicked off with Roland Emmerich's 1994 sci-fi film of the same name, which established a core group of characters expanded upon by hit television spin-off SG-1. Across 10 seasons and several TV movies, SG-1 then spawned its own sister show, Atlantis, and latterly a more separate, darker take on the franchise, Stargate Universe

While Amazon has walked away from this project, the company is reportedly still open to exploring other Stargate ventures in future — though none are currently in production.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Naoki Urasawa is a major force in the world of manga, having created such hits as Pluto, Monster, and 20th Century Boys. But one of Urasawa's more acclaimed creations, Billy Bat, has never seen an English-language release. At least, not until now.

With Billy Bat Vol. 1 now in stores, IGN can exclusively debut a preview of this manga graphic novel. Get a closer look in the slideshow gallery below:

Billy Bat was created by Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki. The series is being released in the US by Kana, a manga-centric imprint of Abrams ComicArts. Here's the official summary of the series:

Billy Bat is an enthralling, genre-defying series that combines mystery, historical fiction, conspiracy theory, and metafiction, unfolding across multiple eras and continents. Set initially in America in 1949, it follows Japanese-American comics artist Kevin Yamagata, who returns home after serving under the Allied Forces in World War II. Kevin quickly becomes famous for his detective comic character, Billy Bat. However, his newfound success is soon overshadowed by a disturbing revelation—Billy Bat already exists in Japan. Fearing unintentional plagiarism, Kevin embarks on a journey to Japan to uncover the truth, only to find himself ensnared in a tangled web of murders, secret societies, and prophetic mysteries spanning millennia.

“Finally bringing Urasawa and Nagasaki's Billy Bat to English readers has been a dream project for the Kana team,” said Kana Editor Kristiina Korpus in a statement. “We can't wait to see how fans react to the announcement and the eventual release. It's been a long time coming for English-speaking fans! Everyone at Kana has been so excited to finally bring this unmatched manga to English and we're all thrilled to finally be able to share it.”

Billy Bat Vol. 1 is available in stores now, with plans for Kana to eventually release all 20 volumes in the series. You can order a copy on Amazon.

In other Naoki Urasawa news, Netflix recently released an anime adaptation of Pluto. IGN's Just Lunning gave the series a 9 out of 10, writing, "Pluto is a masterful character-driven drama about the fallout of war and what it means to be human. The series’ central whodunnit falls a little flat, but it more than makes up for it with impeccable emotional arcs. Although the series took over six years to make, it was worth the wait."

Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on BlueSky.

Things are heating up big time now that we’ve hit June, and while April and May were all about prestige series thanks to imminent Emmy submission deadlines, this month is all about blowing your socks off, man!

Some blockbuster TV shows are returning this month in a big way; that includes the second new show in HBO’s Game of Thrones universe to debut this year, as well as a Superman series mere weeks before Supergirl hits theaters. We’ve also got the end of an era for Chicago’s favorite beef restaurant, and a fan favorite animated series returning to roll the dice on another season as well.

Plus, we’ve got reimaginings of classic movies, the oddest tribute to the 250th anniversary of America imaginable, and a vampire who truly rocks. So let’s get into it and break down our 9 most anticipated streaming TV shows (and one movie) of June 2026!

(Note: This list is presented in release date order.)

The Legend of Vox Machina, Season 4 (June 3)

Critical Role’s beloved Prime Video animated series returns for a fourth season this month, and though this isn’t a fair amount of pressure to put on the series, knowing that a fifth and final season is coming next, all eyes will be on how these episodes set up that finale.

That said, it seems like business as usual based on the Season 4 trailer. The group has separated, but, per the official synopsis, when “a long-slumbering evil awakens to threaten the realm, they must reunite to take on an epic foe.”

Based on Critical Role and infused with more RPG-inspired madness than you can shake a 20-sided die at, this season includes rock-and-roll battles, ducks, and the regular cast of characters, plus voice actors Wayne Brady, Kevin Michael Richardson, and more. As they put it in the trailer: “Death cultists… Supernatural villains… Classic Vox Machs.”

Cape Fear (June 5)

Like Pennywise returning to Derry, every 30 years or so we get a new iteration of Cape Fear. The original 1957 novel, The Executioners, was first adapted into a 1962 film classic starring Gregory Peck as an attorney named Sam Bowden who is hunted and terrified by an ex-con (Robert Mitchum) who blamed Sam for putting him in prison. In 1991, we got another classic adaptation, this time with Nick Nolte taking the role of Sam and Robert De Niro jacking himself up to play rapist Max Cady.

Now, Cape Fear makes the leap to Apple TV as the streamer’s latest movie-to-TV adaptation, stretching a two-hour movie into 10 hours of television. Javier Bardem takes on the Max Cady role, while the reimagined aspect is that instead of a lawyer and his terrified wife, they’re both lawyers! The renamed Anna and Tom Bowden are played by Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson, with both of them having tag-teamed Max Cady’s trial and now find themselves directly in his maniacal crosshairs.

Apple’s pattern of stretching out movies has been a mixed bag so far, with a tepid critical response to the two-season Justin Theroux starrer, The Mosquito Coast (which, to be fair, used both the movie and original novel as inspiration), as well as a mixed response to Jake Gyllenhaal’s Presumed Innocent… though the latter garnered four Emmy nominations and seemed to be a hit by Apple standards.

When it comes to Cape Fear, there’s a reason this harrowing story keeps being told; the question is whether there’s enough story to be told at over five times the length.

The Vampire Lestat (June 7)

Are you ready to rock? The transcendent AMC series, Interview with the Vampire, has morphed into a “new” series, The Vampire Lestat. While it has a new title, showrunner Rolin Jones and company have created yet another stunning, jaw-dropping season of TV (seriously) that both faithfully adapts the Anne Rice novels of the same name while completely reinventing and reanalyzing them through a modern context.

The story here is that after the release of Daniel Molloy’s (Eric Bogosian) Interview with the Vampire, the titular Lestat (Sam Reid) has embarked on a nationwide tour telling his own story through song. The previous two seasons were all through the lens of Molloy interviewing Lestat’s immortal lover/jilted ex-boyfriend Louis (Jacob Anderson), so now it’s the chaotic vamp’s turn. And it is utter chaos, featuring a revamped (no pun intended) look for the series, original songs and covers, and all the violence, sex, and disturbing personal revelations one might expect from Lestat’s side of the story.

Alongside the main trio, Jennifer Ehle joins the cast as Lestat’s mother, Gabriella, and if you’re a fan of the books, you know that relationship is twisted to say the least. Get ready for another season of TV that defies expectations from one of the best TV shows of the past decade. And if you missed the first two seasons, then seriously – go catch up now, unless you want to suck.

My Adventures with Superman, Season 3 (June 13)

After wrapping up his time on the dark superhero series, The Boys, Jack Quaid is now turning to the sunny side of supes with the return of the animated Adult Swim/HBO Max series, My Adventures with Superman.

The anime-inspired show deftly balances the romance between Clark Kent/Superman (Quaid) and Lois Lane (Alice Lee) alongside some big mythology changes like new powers for Superman, a reimagined Supergirl (Kiana Madeira), and much more. This season looks to do it again with a loose adaptation of “Reign of the Supermen,” featuring Cyborg Superman and a curiously different Superboy (Darren Criss), which has sent fan speculation about the character’s identity soaring up, up, and away. Adding to the intrigue, this season will also introduce Green Lantern Jessica Cruz, who is being spun off into her own series, My Adventures with Green Lantern.

While the release schedule continues to be bizarre – why release a family-friendly Superman show in Adult Swim’s midnight Toonami block? – My Adventures with Superman will hopefully continue to be as fun, funny, romantic, and action forward as the first two seasons.

Sugar, Season 2 (June 19)

The first season of Apple TV’s neo-noir, Sugar, was a bit of a trick. Anchored by Colin Farrell as John Sugar, a private investigator working in Los Angeles, it had all the hallmarks of a classic noir thriller, though something strange and off-putting was running throughout the season.

The reason for that? There was a massive, nearly unguessable twist that dropped late in the game and recontextualized everything you thought was going on in the series. The issue with this sort of thing is that since the whole first season was built around that twist, the show seemed to be biding its time and dragging out the mysteries for no reason. The eventual reveal certainly changed things; we won’t say what it is here – like The Matrix, you have to experience the Sugar twist for yourself – but it might have been too little too late.

That means the second season can go in one of two directions. The first is that since the show was built around this big swing, that could be all it has going for it; a new case for John Sugar might not be enough to power new episodes, even with a great supporting cast including Tony Dalton, Shea Whigham, Laura Donnelly, and Sasha Calle. The other option is that with the twist revealed, the show is now free to continue to go fully off the rails into new territory, expanding the mythology of the series in weird and wild directions.

Which way will John Sugar go? We’ll just have to watch to find out!

House of the Dragon, Season 3 (June 21)

The second of two new seasons of TV set in the world of HBO’s Game of Thrones released this year, House of the Dragon goes big or goes home in Season 3, hopefully dealing with some of the harsh criticism levied at the show in Season 2… by fans, as well as, er, George R.R. Martin himself. And there’s every chance that criticism – ‘what’s with all the talking?’ among others – will be dealt with immediately, as what was originally planned for the season finale of Season 2 was moved to the beginning of Season 3, so we’re about to get enormous battle scenes right out of the gate.

On the other hand, if you’re a fan of all the talking – tentatively raising my own hand here – you’ve still got all the regular Targaryen madness in store as Team Black takes on Team Green with the prize being Westeros’ sharpest throne. The full cast is back too, including Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, and all the rest, plus new cast members like Dan Fogler and James Norton.

Criticisms aside, there’s no spectacle on TV like the Game of Thrones universe, and where A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms went small and funny, House of the Dragon will continue to go big and serious… and bring on the dragons. With one season left to go, as usual, all bets are off, and anyone can die.

Avatar the Last Airbender, Season 2 (June 25)

Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the beloved animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, suffered a mixed reception to its first season, but the streamer is barrelling ahead anyway with Season 2. Anticipation is high given that we’re getting iconic settings like Ba Sing Se, where we hear there is no war, and even better, the introduction of blind earthbender Toph Beifong (Miya Cech).

As with the animated series, Avatar will end with its third season, finishing up the epic journey Avatar Aang (Gordon Cormier) and his band of allies set off on, as they attempt to stop evil Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim) from conquering what free nations remain.

The big question is whether the creators of the show will be able to respond to the criticisms of the series in Season 1 and pivot to something that truly leans into the live-action of it all, versus merely repeating what worked in the animated show. Fingers crossed, because if they don’t, Toph is gonna kick their butts.

The Bear, Final Season (June 25)

The Bear: No more! The critically acclaimed FX/Hulu series ends its five-season run this month, streaming all episodes at the same time on Hulu while debuting semi-weekly on FX. It’ll be fascinating to see how they wrap up the series, which started as a tense comedy about a high-end chef returning to his family’s beef sandwich restaurant, and continued as a moody and often esoterically presented look at how we make and consume food as well as exploring the complicated and traumatic character dynamics of the central family.

If that all sounds pretentious, well… it is. The show’s fourth season, while still featuring stand-out performances from a phenomenal cast including Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and more, got a mixed reception, particularly for the way the main character, Carmy (White), wandered aimlessly through most of the season.

But with Carmy deciding to step away from the restaurant and passing it to Syd (Edebiri), there’s every chance the renewed focus can bring the series home, particularly after an intriguing one-off special titled Gary surprise-dropped in May and teased a pretty big event that will likely play out in the final season.

Will The Bear leave us with a good taste in our mouths or just hungry for more? We’ll know once the final season premieres at the end of this month.

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness (June 26)

Quick, what’s the best way of celebrating the 250th birthday of America? If you said a sketch comedy show on HBO starring Larry David and featuring (among others) his cast from Curb Your Enthusiasm, well… weird take. Pretty, pretty, pretty weird.

But also – good news! – because that’s exactly what Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness is all about! As opposed to the sitcom-esque Curb, the seven-episode sketch comedy series presents David’s take on the history of America, from the founding of the country to now. Even weirder? It’s executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama. You remember them? Former President and First Lady of the United States of America? Yeah, those guys. And not only that, Barack Obama will also appear in the show in some capacity.

With plenty more stars stopping by, from Bill Hader and Kathryn Hahn to Vince Vaughn and Jon Hamm, this may not be the celebration America asked for… but it’s the one it got.

Little Brother (June 26)

How about a movie for a change of pace? Not to be confused with 2024’s Little Brother, this year’s edition on Netflix stars John Cena as a real estate agent whose life is sent into flux when his estranged brother, played by Eric André, appears. You know the drill with this sort of thing: Cena’s life will get turned upside down, André’s character will likely learn a little responsibility, and ultimately they’ll learn to appreciate and respect each other as brothers. Or something close to that.

What potentially elevates this is that Cena has brought a level of intense comedic focus to all his projects, carefully choosing them one by one. André is always a rogue element, bringing off-kilter energy to everything he does. The rest of the cast is pretty great too, including Michelle Monaghan, Christopher Meloni, Sherry Cola, and more. Plus, it’s directed by Matt Spicer, whose previous feature was the well-regarded Aubrey Plaza vehicle, Ingrid Goes West.

Will this reinvent movies? Probably not. Will Cena and André end up in increasingly embarrassing and hilarious situations? Oh, you know it. Late summer streaming fare doesn’t get better than this, so jack up the AC and turn on the Little Brother! That sounded weird… sorry.

Will you be watching any of these series this month? What else are you looking forward to that we didn’t get to? Vote in our poll and let’s discuss in the comments!

You can chat with Alex Zalben on BlueSky @azalben.bsky.social, or find him regularly yapping on the Comic Book Club podcast.

Full spoilers follow for Star City Episodes 1 and 2, which are streaming on Apple TV now.

For All Mankind may have just wrapped up its fifth season, which was set in the 2010s, but Apple TV’s brand-new series Star City is winding back the clock on the alt-history universe. And this time, we’re going back to the beginning of the space race to watch it unfold from the Russian perspective. From the same lead creative team behind For All Mankind, Star City has already established an intriguing version of that era’s opening salvo in its first two episodes, “The Eyes” and “A Bear on a Chain,” that’s less about the challenges of space exploration — though there’s still some of that — and more about what it’s like when one’s dreams and ambitions come into conflict with the tightly principled strictures of Soviet society.

If you’re unfamiliar with the key difference between this TV universe and reality, that’s perfectly OK; Star City will tell you all about it. In the tense first scene, a young woman is shadily scuttled out of her apartment by Soviet agents with news — they won’t say what — about her husband. She's led to the Roscosmos mission command center where she gets to watch her husband, Alexei Leonov, be the first man to step foot on the surface of the moon, issuing his state-approved landing speech in honor of the “the Marxist-Leninist way of life.” It’s effective in laying down the story from the get-go and dropping viewers smack-dab in the middle of its shrouded, paranoid atmosphere where anyone is always one bad move away from becoming the subject of a hushed political conspiracy.

It’s tempting to compare notes with Star City and the early (excellent) seasons of For All Mankind, but the new series takes care in being its very own thing in a closed system, apropos of its isolationist setting. It doesn’t alienate those who might pick this show up cold because of the appeal of a late-’60s Soviet-era thriller – you won’t find endless winks and nods to For All Mankind here – but it does add new contours to the top stories of the space race after watching them through the American side. Take the backstory behind Anastasia Belikova (Alice Englert) becoming the first woman on the moon because the original choice was suspected of working with the Americans — For All Mankind showed her in newspapers and on a small TV for all of 15 seconds, and yet it inspired nearly the entire Season 1 arc of recruiting female pilots. (The first female President of the United States, Ellen Wilson, came from that pool!)

Expectedly, Star City does have a couple name drops For All Mankind watchers will be familiar with: specifically Irina Morozova (Agnes O’Casey), who starts as a kind-hearted (!) low-level intelligence operator listening to and filing reports on bugged rooms, and Sergei Nikulov (Josef Davies), who’s just another scientist in the mission command lineup but isn’t afraid to toss out nutty, yet effective, ideas. Those two will have plenty to do with the American space program in their later years, but here, they’re in the beginning of their careers. It’ll be fun watching to see how their bosses and mentors — the terrifyingly steadfast and always lurking Colonel Lyudmilla Raskova (Anna Maxwell Martin) and the space program’s ardently ambitious yet rulebound Chief Designer (Rhys Ifans), respectively — shape them into the people they’ll one day become.

One aspect of the show that can’t go without mention: The cast speaks English, not Russian. It’s hardly unprecedented — there was a great debate around this when Chernobyl came out in 2019 — and it’s really not that distracting hearing various accents from the UK while seeing Cyrilic smattered throughout the set. Plus, it’s understandable, since we as a society still have yet to conquer subtitles.

Star City gets through a lot in its first two episodes — going to the moon and all of the complications that come with it, a trip to Paris, a grisly interrogation, and lots more to situate Season 1’s trajectory — and it shows great potential, but I don’t think it’s been fully unlocked just yet. That’s perfectly fine; I hope I’ll look back to these early episodes and think something along the lines of You idiot, the vision was locked in from the very beginning! There have been spurts of greatness, but largely, these episodes have felt like methodical world- and character-building, making sure we’re sucked in by the ominous fog of subterfuge and made to constantly question what anyone’s underlying intentions really are. But based on the second episode’s closing escalation of security threats, Star City just might have the juice to be an exciting spy thriller that also happens to shoot people into space.

For as massive and ever-present a franchise as The Simpsons is, it doesn’t have the foothold in the video game arena you might expect. The wildly popular mobile game The Simpsons: Tapped Out was delisted in 2025, and fans are still clamoring for a remaster of or sequel to The Simpsons Hit & Run. The recent success of Fortnite’s Simpsons crossover shows just how much pent-up demand there is for The Simpsons gaming content.

Enter Scopely and its popular Monopoly Go! mobile game. Monopoly Go! Will be hosting a Simpsons-themed crossover event that lasts from June 3 through July 29. The entire game will be transformed and reimagined through the lens of Springfield, USA, as players take control of characters like Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa and buy up iconic locales from the show. The game will be completely packed with Simpsons references and Easter eggs, including a new gameplay mechanic where players can attempt to bribe Chief Wiggum to get out of jail.

There will even be a story component to this The Simpsons event, with new chapters unfolding every two weeks. That story kicks off in the form of an animated short that explores the long-standing rivalry between Mr. Burns and Mr. Monopoly (voiced by none other than Will Ferrell). You can watch that animated short here.

To learn more about what to expect from this Monopoly Go!/The Simpsons crossover, IGN spoke with The Simpsons executive producer and showrunner Matt Selman, GM of 20th Century Games and VP, Business Development John Drake, and Scopely’s VP Operations Joe Zanetti. Read on to learn more about this massive crossover and how it draws on decades of The Simpsons lore.

From Fortnite to Monopoly Go!

As mentioned, this new crossover is coming on the heels of a massive collaboration between Fortnite and The Simpsons in late 2025. Epic Games set a high bar for Scopely to meet, but all three men feel this crossover lives up to that standard. It even has one big advantage over the Fortnite crossover. Fortnite is a skill-based game, whereas Monopoly Go! is a much more casual experience with a potentially wider audience.

“Fortnite is hard and requires skill, so we thought we’d give people the opposite experience with this collaboration, a really chillax game,” Selman tells IGN. “You can just leisurely play without worrying about getting shot. No snipe anxiety in this, my friends. Just a laid back, maxin’ and relaxin’, kind of fun chill-out game.

Drake adds, “I think, to Matt's point, this game is far less sweaty than being in a life-or-death struggle in battle royale.”

It would be easy to slap a Simpsons-flavored coat of paint on Monopoly Go! and call it a day, but Selman is adamant that this isn’t what happened. Scopely put a lot of time and effort into figuring out how to truly take advantage of this pop culture mash-up.

“Scopely nailed it,” Selman says. “They really ran with the Simpsons football so beautifully because we were just like, be subversive, be Simpson-y. Don't just be a butt-kissy, pointless brand collaboration. And they, in all the Scopely creative, they took that note to heart and said, ‘We are going to make this. Like, what's the version of this Bart would love to play? What's the version of this that has that Bart attitude of being playful and subversive and not just straight ahead?’ I mean, we all love the Three Little Pigs chapter of Monopoly Go, but subversiveness is not the word that came to mind when you played it. I mean, they were definitely cute pigs. They gave you little dices and stuff when you whacked those little pigs.”

Drake argues that these two properties are a more natural fit than fans might realize at first glance, because they both deal so heavily in good-natured mischief.

“I think we're fortunate that Monopoly Go, and especially in how you interact with other people, already has elements of mischief and destruction, and it is itself the culture at scale,” Drake says. “It's such a giant title of so many people playing it that are like, how do you find fun ways to work on things that are familiar? And then again, to Matt's point, subvert those things, mess with your friends, have fun moments that are not expected, and use The Simpsons as a storytelling vehicle to do that, or even, set dressing to do that. I think that they wildly over-delivered.”

Zanetti agrees, saying, “One thing I'll add just quickly here is just, Monopoly has always been mischief. And I know, even in the room, Matt, you were always talking about, ‘How can we subvert different mechanics?’ And we had a lot of different ones that came out of those talks, where we could, basically, look at our jail Monopoly mechanic. How can we mess with that in really interesting ways that will surprise players, how we could look at doing little takeover moments that would really emphasize character interaction. And we've got some really fun flash events that do those kinds of moments, and we're very excited about it.”

The real fun of this crossover event is that there is actually a storyline fueling the event, and Selman promises that it’ll keep players engaged, even to the point that they’ll want to tune out any other distractions.

“There's a lot of conflict at the core of The Simpsons. Inter-family conflict, inter-friend conflict, Homer-Bart conflict, Homer versus Marge conflict, and from conflict, comes drama,” Selman says. “And I really just think, between Scopely and the Simpsons writers that worked on it, it just really succeeded in explaining that mission. So maybe it's so good you could even turn off the TV, or you're still watching while playing. That's how good this is. You are going to single-screen this thing.”

And if that’s not enough, the crossover will offer players plenty of Simpsons-flavored collectibles to acquire.

“There's a lot of fun collection in this, but I will say, there was really a great back and forth between the Simpsons writing team and our crew as we were going back and forth on these,” Zanetti says. “So I would just say, that was a legitimately, really fun collaboration that our team really enjoyed.”

Drake adds, “It's a nice combination of throwback iconic things from the show. The sticker sets in particular and original narratives of how they cross over… ‘How do we combine these two worlds in a fun way that's through a Simpsons lens?’ And I think that's where the collaboration is more… It's like this is the opposite of a brand partnership. It's a true how does a game creative team and a show creative team make something that speaks to the fans of both? It's really exciting.”

Ultimately, the crossover works because employees on both sides of the equation were invested in making it happen and taking full advantage of it.

“The fun thing here was, sometimes we have relationships where the teams do not play, and with Simpsons, everybody's playing all the time,” Zanetti says. “So it's one of those things where they're giving us very real-time feedback on all our various game mechanics as we're doing them. And so it's refreshing. I mean, it's kind of awesome.”

One suggestion from the 20th Television side didn’t make the cut, unfortunately. Selman reveals that his team pitched the idea of renaming the game “Monopoly D’oh!” But because of SEO and branding concerns, that didn’t happen.

Mr. Burns vs. Mr. Monopoly

To illustrate just how much work went into this crossover, Gracie Films was tasked with creating an entire mini-episode of The Simpsons that sets the stage for the event. In it, fans can see Harry Shearer’s Mr. Burns going to war with Will Ferrell’s Mr. Monopoly, as their decades-old rivalry comes to a head. Naturally, plenty of other Springfield residents pop up in this video.

“Mr. Pennybags has been on in previous [episodes] as a crony of Mr. Burns,” Selman says. “So it's something that's even laid in the show with these rivalries, with these other rich cartoon characters like, Scrooge McDuck, Richie Rich, and people like that. So then you just really believe that there's a deep, long rivalry between Mr. Monopoly and Mr. Burns. Again, it comes from character, which is so good.”

Zanetti adds, “It's such a great billionaire versus billionaire thing for us to engage in.”

Selman says that one of the joys of working on the mini-episode was the opportunity to see Shearer and Ferrell play off of each other, noting that this marks the first time the two comedy legends have worked together.

“You got Mr. Burns versus Mr. Monopoly original animation,” Selman says. “So it's like a five-minute new clip, something like that, with Will Ferrell and Harry Shearer. This is legit, the real deal. And they had so much fun doing it. They were both super into it, and that was great. Both he and Harry Shearer are comedic icons. And this is cool, this is their first small-screen collaboration, right?”

But that mini-episode is just the start of the storyline in this crossover. The game will regularly progress and evolve as this feud plays out in the streets of Springfield.

“There's this wonderful little setup for the arc with our Mr. Monopoly versus Mr. Burns,” Zanetti says. “But also the other thing that's really fun is, we've got episode drops within our actual season where we're also doing like, hey, we're going to introduce you to the world of Springfield. Hey, we're in Krustyland, now we're going to look at a nuclear power plant. And we're doing almost an episodic structure to the season... Because honestly, the way our gameplay rolls and the way our mini games happen, it almost is episodic in nature. So it feeds to the, exactly, that cadence, but that's something where we're telling little stories within it that are really fun, too.”

Drake adds, “And I think it was important for us to show all the great ways that these worlds can play together and that sort of chaotic, ruthless capitalism, like fantasy capitalism is what Monopoly is known for, as I think [writer Loni Steele Sosthand] put it in the short. It's not used as the conceit or justification for why they're combined in-game. And nor are, just to be really clear, there follow-up linear animation pieces for those episodic drops in-game, but we're able to tell stories inside the boards that week. The sticker collections, like any episode of the show, are not part of some master continuity. They are, in fact, exploring corners and parts of the world of Springfield and its many citizens in ways that are fun and ideally, have some surprise and delight moments for fans where they wouldn't think Monopoly Go! would go in a certain direction based on past partnerships. And I think we go there.”

The Simpsons Easter Eggs in Monopoly Go!

Again, it would have been easy for Scopely to simply throw the main cast of The Simpsons into Monopoly Go! and call it a day. But Zanetti says that they were intent on mining the series for all its worth and really digging into the decades of Simpsons lore.

“We always have a lot of different tokens, emojis, and things that you can earn,” Zanetti says. “We do more in this collaboration than ever because, of course, Simpsons has this deep backlog of awesome characters. And so our thing was, we didn't want to just do… Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart. We wanted to do Easter egg deep cuts. And so we were really able to get a lot into it. So I think fans will really be like, oh, can I collect all of these? Can I figure out ways to really get the entire town?”

Drake teases, “If you're looking for some love for Mr. Sparkle. We got you.”

Selman adds, “That's the beauty of this, that Scopely’s programmers and artistic creative producers are all, whether they know it or not, Simpsons fans, and they brought so much of their fandom to this. It's just always fun to see what they're excited about and what they were like, oh, this is what we want to see in the game as Simpsons' fans. So that's also very heartening and exciting for us to watch you guys be excited. We see it every day.”

Zanetti says, “We have done more in this collab than we have in the past, for sure. I think the biggest change is, we certainly have done more unique features that are really based on, how we can do fun mechanics with Simpsons, and how we can really double down on the subversion thing? And that, hands down, it's more than we've ever done.”

Drake adds, “And I had the good fortune of being around the Star Wars and the Marvel partnerships that were done before this in our work across groups here, and Scopely has always treated the IP with great care and made sure it really feels authentic and, on point, for the fans of that. But I think some of the more high-traffic areas and how far they were willing to push it for The Simpsons, definitely shows that this is boundary pushing in a lot of ways that I think, previous executions, maybe, played it a little safer. And we are anything but safe in how we partner with companies.”

“Least safe,” Selman agrees. “But one of the great parts about the game is every day there's a new mechanic, or every two days. There's always a new crazy thing happening for you to engage with, and they just always brought it when it came to finding a clever, earned, super Simpson-y way to bring that new little mini game or competitive thing or team-up thing, or whatever. They're just very cool. I can't wait till you guys see them.”

One unique challenge posed by this crossover involves how to combine the two properties visually. How do you take the deeply iconic 2D animation style of the show and merge it with Monopoly Go! and the game’s signature 3D chibi characters? That was one of the more difficult aspects of this project.

“I will say, it was a challenge,” Zanetti admits. “We had to look at a lot of different shaders because basically, what we wanted to do was get the Simpsons style as close as we could. So, looking at the board, how can we make the board really feel like it? How can we make Springfield feel like it has jumped into the middle of the Monopoly board? And then the other one, which was a really fun collaboration, was figuring out our 3D character style, of how we can bring all the Simpsons characters into what we'd call a sort of chibi kind of style. They're all cute and adorable in the best way.”

Drake adds, “Previous collaborations have adapted, sort of like, the vibe and dressing of those characters, hairstyles, outfits on top of the Monopoly form factor, which is itself, not a one-to-one human shape and rig. And I think with The Simpsons, well, we could have gone that direction, sort of like, what is the cosplay version of Monopoly doing The Simpsons? But even those early explorations, no, I mean, these characters stand out as so iconic. I think the question is best, how can we adapt that really well- known and beloved look and feel character style to something that is on model and on form factor for Monopoly Go? And I think that it's a huge testament to the Scopely artists that they found that really quickly.”

The Monopoly Go! Simpsons crossover event runs from Wednesday, June 3 through Wednesday, July 29.

For more The Simpsons fun, check out IGN’s picks for the top 36 Simpsons episodes.

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In perfect timing with the release of Spider-Noir on Prime Video, the Marvel Legends series is dropping its own Spider-Man Noir collectible action figure on August 1. If you're interested in picking it up to have among your collection, it's now available to preorder exclusively from Amazon for $27.99 (see it here).

Rather than waiting until August 1 to buy this figure, it's well worth getting a preorder in now for it, just in case it sells out. Since it's an Amazon exclusive item, it may sell out faster than you'd expect as well, so always best to get a jump on preorders like this right away before they slip through your fingers.

This Spider-Man Noir action figure looks like a fantastic addition to your shelves, too. Coming in at six-inches tall, it has over 20 points of articulation, including a poseable head, arms, and legs.

There's also six accessories that you can swap him out with, including an alternate head, four alternate hands, and a grapple launcher, which you can see in the image below. With all of these, you'll be able to pose him however you'd like among your collectibles, whether you want him in action or on the case.

On top of all that, this figure also comes in collectible packaging that has a very fun black-and-white design to capture that film noir style, which you can have a closer look at below. This is especially nice if you can't decide whether or not to have him displayed in or out of the box. No matter which one you go with, you'll have quite a nice collectible piece to show off.

Again, a reminder that action figures like this one can sell out fast. If it's caught your eye and you're really hoping to have Spider-Man Noir amongst your Marvel collectibles, this is the time to preorder this action figure before it's all sold out.

Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN.

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies has confirmed that an official update on the series' future will arrive this month, amid reports that its previously-announced Christmas special will no longer be made.

Last week, UK tabloid The Sun reported that the series' upcoming return was now likely delayed until 2027 or scrapped altogether, as the BBC's search for a new lead actor continued.

The days since have seen other, credible reports that the special episode has run into production trouble — and there's a general sense among Doctor Who fans that the show's future remains increasingly uncertain, without a lead actor, a replacement for Disney+ as a co-funding partner, and following a negative response to its most recent seasons.

Speaking today on BBC Radio 2, Davies was questioned about the series and when a new star might be revealed. He replied as follows:

"You will get an announcement... there's a press release lumbering through the BBC, which as you know is like the Jurassic period and 57 people have to sign off on every single word. So I promise you, in about a week or two weeks, there will be a press release. And I can hear the gears slowing down even as I say this."

Word of a press release has immediately sparked fan speculation, with many suggesting that the BBC was planning to confirm either a new funding partner, showrunner or star — though others suggested the news was more likely that none had been found in time for the Christmas special to be made this year.

The series' current situation is being analyzed in minute detail, with fans debating at length another recent interview with Davies (with UK radio station LBC) in which he noted that he was now "not filming anything until 2027."

Trusted Doctor Who podcast Radio Free Skaro has reported that the Christmas special hasn't been worked on this year and — based on its production sources — rather than being cancelled, was never "started to begin with."

At the same time, writing on private forum Gallifrey Base in remarks later posted by other users on social media, former Doctor Who Magazine editor Tom Spilsbury also cast doubt on whether the special will end up being made, citing current funding issues within the BBC as the cause.

But, today, yet another report has emerged that offers a little more hope. Writing on his Substack blog, Bleeding Cool founder Rich Jonston has suggested that the BBC is moving forward with an alternative, low-budget plan for Christmas using existing sets and without extensive special effects. While what might have been planned as the Christmas special episode may have changed, the report states, something could still materialize this December.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Euphoria has officially ended with the Season 3 finale, its creator has announced.

Speaking to the New York Times (paywall), Euphoria creator Sam Levinson confirmed Season 3, Episode 8, titled In God We Trust, isn’t just the season finale, but the series finale. "In terms of the story that we set out to tell, which is a story about addiction and its consequences, this feels like the end to me," Levinson said.

The hugely popular teen drama starring Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, and Hunter Schafer, began life seven years ago and became an instant hit for HBO. Season 2 followed in January 2022. But there was a four year gap between the end of Season 2 and the start of Season 3, and in the meantime many of its cast have become Hollywood superstars in their own right, starring in blockbuster films that have demanded much of their time.

And so the expectation was that Euphoria would come to an end with this latest season. Indeed, Zendaya had indicated in an interview that she believed Season 3 would be the last.

“It’s for the best and I feel like we already knew this was going to happen,” one fan said. “I can’t imagine if it got another season.” “Yeah I dunno why anyone would think Season 4 was ever gonna be a thing when Zendaya said this season concludes Euphoria,” another added. “It wasn’t a perfect show or anything but damn it will be a foundational text for Gen Z and thank you to Zendaya for pulling off such a role,” a fan said.

In March, Zendaya, who has become one of Hollywood’s most popular and most bankable actresses, said she was thinking about reducing the number of projects she takes on out of fear fans and audiences are getting “sick” of her.

“I guess, you know, I just hope people don’t get sick of me,” she revealed in an interview with Fandango. “And I really appreciate everyone who supports any of the movies or supports my career in any kind of way. I’m deeply appreciative, and like I said, I just hope you guys don’t get sick of me this year. Because I’ll tell you what, after this I’m disappearing for a little bit. I’m going to have to go into hiding for just a little bit.”

Zendaya has a long list of projects still to come out this year, including Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic The Odyssey in July and the next installment in the Tom Holland Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day later that month. She closes out the year with the highly anticipated Dune Part 3 in December.

As for Sydney Sweeney, she’s got The Housemaid's Secret and the live-action Gundam movie in the works, among many others.

Photograph by Eddy Chen/HBO.

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