Welcome to B.H.’s Screen Time, where every week, we’ll give you the cliff notes on what’s happening in the entertainment industry. From various stages of development chatter and our take on the newest releases, to a fun throwback worth revisiting, think of it as an insider’s digest meets movie club.
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With universally acclaimed adaptations already under the network’s belt – ranging from Fargo and Shogun to What We Do in the Shadows and Australia’s own phenomenal Mr Inbetween – FX has now ordered a limited anthology series based on the Far Cry video game franchise with Noah Hawley and Rob Mac of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame attached (the latter of whom will also star).
According to the project’s producers, each season will retain that signature Far Cry standalone storytelling format, i.e. fresh settings and a new set of characters.
“What I love about the Far Cry game franchise is it’s an anthology. Each game is a variation of a theme, the same way each season of Fargo is a variation on a theme,” said Hawley, who famously adapted the original Coen Brothers movie into an FX hit (along with delivering the likes of Alien: Earth and Legion).
“To create a big action show that can change from year to year, while always exploring the nature of humanity through this complex and chaotic lens is a dream come true. I’m excited to partner with Rob and bring our shared irreverent, ambitious sensibility to the screen.”
Nick Grad, President of FX Entertainment, added: “FX has had magnificent partnerships with Rob Mac and Noah Hawley for a combined six series and 32 seasons of television, and we couldn’t be more excited that they are teaming up for Far Cry.”
“I have no doubt that they will tell this story in a way that is original, gripping and wildly entertaining. We also want to thank our partners at Ubisoft for entrusting us with this beloved property.”
While the scope of the debut season has yet to be unveiled, Hawley and Mac have a rich catalogue to draw upon.
Unified by first-person shooter action in exotic and hostile open-world settings, storylines have ranged from freelance mariners stranded on an island where a mad scientist is conducting genetic experiments; several civil wars in fictional nations (both as a mercenary and a civilian who becomes embroiled in the conflict); to vacationers being captured by human trafficking pirates, a violent rural American death cult – even the Stone Age and post-nuclear doomsday survivors.
In fact, Far Cry 3 notably starred Better Call Saul alum Michael Mando as the chillingly villainous Vaas Montenegro, while Far Cry 5 counted the involvement of Mando’s co-star and Breaking Bad fan favourite Giancarlo Esposito as dictator Anton Castillo.
FX’s Far Cry series release date: TBA.
If you liked Triangle of Sadness, The Menu, and The Talented Mr Ripley Lite™ Saltburn, you might dig A24’s latest rich-people-are-f**ked black comedy, How To Make A Killing, starring Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, and Jessica Henwick.
Loosely inspired by the 1949 British film Kind Hearts & Coronets, once upon a time, the project’s screenplay was titled Rothchild with Jon S. Baird signed on to direct; Shia LaBeouf and Mel Gibson were also onboard to star. But now, screenwriter John Patton Ford has taken over directing duties with a new cast of players and a post-Succession landscape.
The story follows the blue-collar Becket Redfellow (Powell), who is disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, and will stop at nothing to reclaim his $28 billion inheritance – “no matter how many relatives stand in his way.” Extended relatives naturally fall in front of Becket’s crosshairs.
The aforementioned trio are joined by Zach Woods, Ed Harris, Topher Grace, Bianca Amato, and more.
How To Make A Killing release date (international): February 20th, 2026 [standby for an AU date].
Seven years after his last feature-length project, Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Milk) has directed a crime thriller based on a real-life hostage situation.
In 1977, conspiracist Tony Kiritsis stormed the Indianapolis offices of the Meridian Mortgage Company with a sawed-off shotgun to hold its president hostage after a hiccup with the former’s mortgage payments. Aside from money, Kiritsis demanded an apology.
Bill Skarsgard portrays Tony Kiritsis, while Australia’s Dacre Montgomery has been cast as banker Richard Hall. The duo are joined by Cary Elwes as Detective Michael Grable, Industry alum Myha’la as Linda Page, Colman Domingo as Fred Temple, and even Al Pacino as M.L. Hall – ironic considering this is all very much Dog Day Afternoon (another biographical bank heist/hostage movie, for the uninitiated). Though perhaps no coincidence.
Dead Man’s Wire has been written by Austin Kolodney (Almost Friday TV) in collaboration with historical consultants Alan Berry and Mark Enochs.
This wouldn’t be the first time Van Sant tapped into a harrowing episode of American history, either: as you may know, he helmed the psychological drama Elephant in the early 2000s, which was inspired by the Columbine High School massacre – it earned him the Palme d’Or and Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Dead Man’s Wire release date: TBA.
In a somewhat hilarious revelation (which becomes concerning the more you think about it), US President Donald Trump has apparently been “pressing” Paramount Skydance owner Larry Ellison to revive the Rush Hour franchise with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.
“Trump appears to want to revive the raucous comedies and action movies of the late 1980s to late 1990s. He’s [also] passionate, for instance, about the 1988 Jean Claude Van Damme sports flick Bloodsport,” writes Max Tani of Semafor in an exclusive report.
“Convincing the Ellisons to make a new instalment of Rush Hour, whose broad racial humour might have been unwelcome a few years ago (if not much earlier), may be one of the capstones of his cultural influence as president this time around.”
Now, multiple reports indicate the Commander-in-Chief has essentially willed Rush Hour 4 back into active development, with disgraced original franchise director Brett Ratner of #MeToo fame returning – incidentally, Ratner recently filmed a $40 million Amazon documentary about Melania Trump – and Paramount on board to distribute the legacy sequel.
“Paramount will be paid a flat distribution fee to release Rush Hour 4 theatrically, sources say, and won’t be on the hook to market or finance the film. Meanwhile, Warner Bros – whose New Line label backed the original 1998 Rush Hour and the sequels in 2001 and 2007 – will get first-dollar gross, meaning the studio receives a percentage of box office revenues before the financiers recoup any costs,” explains Rebecca Rubin of Variety.
“Multiple distributors were approached after Warner Bros. let the director and producers shop the new Rush Hour around town, but none wanted to be attached due to Ratner’s involvement.”
Back in 2022, Jackie Chan alluded to the possibility at the Red Sea Film Festival:
“We’re talking about Rush Hour 4 right now.”
And just a few years prior, during an episode of ESPN’s podcast The Plug circa 2018, Chris Tucker also mentioned the prospect of more buddy-cop magic: “It’s happening. This is gonna be the rush of all rushes. Jackie is ready and we want to do this so that people don’t ever forget it,” he told fans (via The Metro).
Rush Hour 4 release date: TBA.
On the rehash and retread front, we now have a teaser for the Scrubs reboot with Zach Braff, Donald Faison, and Sarah Chalke (because we all know how well that ninth-season spinoff went).
As per the official logline: “JD (Braff) & Turk (Faison) scrub in together for the first time in a long time- medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart, and some surprises along the way.”
Fresh faces scrubbing into Sacred Heart include Vanessa Bayer, Joel Kim Booster, Ava Bunn, Jacob Dudman, David Gridley, Layla Mohammadi and Amanda Morrow; while other returning cast members include Robert Maschio, Phill Lewis, Judy Reyes, and John C. McGinley.
Scrubs reboot release date (international): February 25th, 2026 via Hulu/Disney+.
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Background:
Aussie great Joel Edgerton has made a case for his long-overdue first Best Actor nomination at the 98th Academy Awards with Netflix’s Train Dreams.
Adapted from the Denis Johnson novella by director Clint Bentley – who penned the screenplay in collaboration with his Sing Sing co-writer/the prison drama’s director Greg Kwedar – it follows logger Robert Grainier (Edgerton), who struggles to find his place in the ever-changing world as he develops the railroad all across the United States.
Robert reckons with his spiritual isolation while physically isolated from his wife, Gladys (Felicity Jones) and their daughter.
Train Dreams initially premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival to an extremely positive reception (98% across 40 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes | weighted average of 87/100 across 13 critics on Metacritic), and has been described as a “gorgeous meditation on America” ably shouldered by one of Edgerton’s “very best performances.”
