Tom Hardy may be one of the most talented actors of his generation, with a string of acclaimed performances dating right back to his genuine breakout role in 2008's biographical crime drama Bronson, but he's only got a solitary Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor under his belt.
Kevin Feige may have revealed a few months back that the days of Marvel Studios signing folks to six or nine-picture contracts are over, but that doesn't mean he won't be tying down the franchise's biggest names for at least a couple of appearances when they first put pen to paper.
We're only seven weeks away from the release of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Eternals, and it's shaping up to be one of the franchise's most exciting projects yet, based on nothing but the talent involved and the footage painting the cosmic blockbuster as a dreamlike epic unlike anything we've ever seen from the shared superhero saga before.
As one of Netflix's most popular and critically acclaimed episodic efforts ever, you don't often hear about The Queen's Gambit coming in for criticism, with almost nothing but universal praise having been lavished on Scott Frank's literary adaptation since it first premiered in October of last year.
In a very similar vein to contemporaries including Liam Neeson and Jason Statham, the Denzel Washington action thriller has become a subgenre unto itself. He might be one of the greatest actors of all-time with a slew of awards under his belt, but he also leads a double life as a box office attraction that audiences love to see dispensing justice to bad guys.
Arrival scooping eight Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Director, coupled with the early reactions to Dune calling it a generational masterpiece, have made it abundantly clear that Denis Villenueve is an expert at delivering thought-provoking sci-fi.
Even though The Forever Purge had been hyped up as the final installment of franchise, the fifth chapter hadn't even been released before creator James DeMonaco, producer Jason Blum and former star Frank Grillo began talking up a sixth Purge that would focus on the latter's Leo Barnes.