A group of friends trying to escape a mining colony encounter a derelict space station containing a terrifying threat in Alien: Romulus. Rain Carradine (Cailee Spaeny) is an orphaned young woman living on the mining colony Jackson’s Star, who is disappointed to discover that the Weyland Yutani corporation increased her service quota, preventing her departure…
The backstory of the wasteland Imperator is told in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. As a child, Furiosa (Alyla Browne) is kidnapped from the Green Place of Many Mothers in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Furiosa is taken to the camp of the Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and her mother Mary Jo Bassa (Charlee Fraser). Furiosa is…
A young nun learns of a plot to birth the antichrist in The First Omen. In 1971 Rome, American novitiate Margaret Daino (Nell Tiger Free) arrives at the behest of Cardinal Lawrence (Bill Nighy) to work at the Vizzardeli Orphanage run by Sister Silva (Sônia Braga). Margaret is drawn to troubled teen Carlita (Nicole Sorace),…
The origins of the world-famous chocolatier are told in Wonka. Willy Wonka (Timothée Chalamet) at the Galeries Gourmet to fulfil his dream of being a world-famous chocolatier, which he shared with his late mother (Sally Hawkins). However, Wonka quickly finds the Galeries Gourmet is ruled by the Chocolate Cartel of Arthur Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Gerald…
The future President of Panem mentors and falls for a tribute of the tenth annual Hunger Games in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. In the years since the Dark Days, Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) lives in squalor with his cousin Tigris (Hunter Schafer) and Grandma’am (Fionnula Flanagan). Coriolanus is hoping to…
The backstory of the villain of X is told in Pearl. Set during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, Pearl (Mia Goth) is a farmgirl with dreams of being a star, though she is held down by her strict German mother, Ruth (Tandi Wright). While in town, Pearl visits the local moviehouse and befriends its seductive…
The origins of Esther are explored in Orphan: First Kill. Leena Klammer (Isabelle Fuhrman) is a 31-year-old Estonian woman with a gland disorder that halted her growth at age 10. A seasoned grifter, Leena has been locked away in the Saarne Institute after killing a family that took her in. However, Leena ends up escaping…
A lone Comanche woman faces off against an alien Predator in Prey. In 1719 in the Great Plains, Naru (Amber Midthunder) is a young Comanche woman who desires to be a hunter, despite having been trained by her tribe as a healer. Naru decides to accompany her brother Taabe (Dakota Beavers) to locate an injured…
The origins of the super-secret spy agency are shown in The King’s Man. Orlando Oxford (Ralph Fiennes) is a war veteran and aristocrat, who does not want his son Conrad (Harris Dickinson) to get involved when the actions of a shadowy organization lead to the start of a Great War. However, Conrad soon learns that…
The animated classic receives a photorealistic update with The Lion King. The son of Mufasa (James Earl Jones) and Sarabi (Alfre Woodard), young Simba (JD McCrary) is destined to one day become the king of the Pride Lands. However, Mufasa’s jealous brother Scar (Chiwetel Ejiofor) plots to usurp the throne for his own, with the…
