On a long-planned family trip after the recent loss of his wife, Dr. Nate Daniels, his two daughters, and their family friend who runs the African game reserve they are visiting, become the target of a vicious rogue lion that is killing any human in its path in this August’s Beast.

Mad Max director George Miller is back with the bonkers looking Three Thousand Years of Longing, which follows a lonely scholar played by Tilda Swinton who becomes the latest master of a genie, played by Idris Elba, who has the power to grant her three wishes.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 speeds into theaters this weekend along with the latest from Michael Bay, Ambulance, All the Old Knives on Prime Video, Metal Lords on Netflix, and more on streaming and in theaters.

After a surprisingly fun and hilarious debut in 2020, Sonic is back for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, battling the combined forces of Robotnik and Knuckles with help from his new friend Tails to stop the evil doers from gaining control of the supremely powerful Chaos Emerald.

Eternals hits theaters but is the first rotten-rated entry in the MCU along with Kristen Stewart’s potential award contender Spencer, Tom Hanks’ post-apocalyptic Finch hitting Apple TV+, western The Harder They Fall hitting Netflix, and more in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Coming out in a year when the extremely similar movies Red, The Expendables, and The A-Team all hit theaters, the DC/Vertigo adaptation The Losers got lost in the shuffle despite a stacked cast that includes Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Jason Patric, and Holt McCallany. You can watch the whole movie in the latest Everything Action Theater thanks to YouTube.

Beloved comedian Norm MacDonald passed away this week, Anthony Mackie is starring in Twisted Metal, Hayley Atwell is voicing Lara Croft for the Netflix Tomb Raider anime, a secret Eraser reboot was filmed and is coming out next year, The Lost Boys and Flight of the Navigator reboots are moving forward and more in this week’s News Shotgun.

Idris Elba is voicing Knuckles for Sonic 2, Netflix has found its Morticia and Gomez for Tim Burton’s Addams Family spin-off series, Clancy Brown joins John Wick 4, the Criterion Collection will start putting out select 4K discs, Superman: The Animated Series is coming to Blu-Ray, the Ahsoka series is looking for a live-action Sabine Wren and more in this week’s News Shotgun.