Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij have been close collaborators for a decade, but their cult favorite Netflix sci-fi series The OA arguably brought them new levels of attention, at least among the online community.
Cary Joji Fukunaga's career has just been taken to the next level by No Time to Die, with the 25th installment in the James Bond franchise having rocketed to over $300 million at the box office in its first ten days in release. While the filmmaker has always been lauded as a distinctive talent, a commercial hit based on a major franchise is a surefire way to increase your standing and clout in the industry.
Is Andrew Garfield in Spider-Man: No Way Home? According to both the actor and the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster's leading man Tom Holland he isn't, but nobody believes a word they're saying.
It's no coincidence that the quartet of Avengers movies account for the four highest-grossing installments in Marvel Cinematic Universe history, with Earth's Mightiest Heroes proving to be a much stronger force at the box office than their disparate standalone adventures.
The situation surrounding The Purge 6 is a strange one, if only for the fact the next installment in the hit horror/thriller franchise has yet to be given the official green light by Universal.
It's taken a long time for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to write another script together, with Ridley Scott's The Last Duel coming to theaters on Friday, 24 years after Good Will Hunting arrived and ultimately led to the fast-rising duo nabbing an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Ryan Reynolds may have been taking most of the plaudits after producing and taking top billing in Free Guy, which has shown impressive legs at the box office to become one of the pandemic's biggest hits while also bathing in the glow of critical adulation, but Jodie Comer is every bit his equal.
It was recently confirmed that the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Eternals will be making sweeping changes to the titular team's origin story, one that better suits the franchise's established canon.
Netflix's content library is in a constant state of flux, but with the platform banking on original content more than ever before as the streaming wars continue to heat up with new competitors entering the fray on a regular basis, in-house exclusives are arriving on an almost daily basis.
Little Miss Sunshine and Juno turned out to have a huge influence over independent cinema in the mid-2000s, combining to earn over $330 million at the box office on total production costs of $15 million, before going on to net one win from four Academy Award nominations apiece.