Andor, the best Star Wars show to date, is set to return for its second and final season on April 22. A lot of people are excited about it, not the least of which being Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy, who has gone so far as to describe it as “the...
Mickey 17, Novocaine, G20 on Prime Video, and every movie new to streaming this weekend
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.This weekend, Mickey 17, the new sci-fi comedy from director Bong Joon Ho (Parasite) and starring Robert Pattinson (The Batman), duplicates itself...
There’s an official music video for A Minecraft Movie’s lava chicken song, and we’re taking it far too seriously
“Chicken jockey,” take a step back — it’s time for the official music video of “Steve’s Lava Chicken” to have a moment in the Minecraft movie spotlight. And by “official music video,” we mean “The Warner Bros. folks have released a 50-second clip from A Minecraft Movie and comically labeled...
The Last of Us is coming back for season 3 on HBO
The Last of Us season 2 is just days away, but it seems that HBO doesn’t want to leave everyone in suspense about what’s next for one of its most popular series. The network announced on Wednesday that the series has been renewed for season 3 via a short video...
Hulu secretly made an animated miniseries of Predator period pieces
Say “Predator period piece” three times fast — or say it slow, because that’s what Predator: Killer of Killers is. A three-episode animated miniseries from the director of Prey, featuring Predator attacks in three different periods of humanity’s past. A newly released trailer for the show has all the gore,...
How the Righteous Gemstones brought sci-fi to church with the magic of jetpacks
As it barrels through its characteristically outlandish fourth and final season, Danny McBride’s HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones has cemented a reputation for itself. Yes, it’s side-splittingly funny. Yes, its “failchildren of a crumbling empire” narrative is surprisingly relevant. Yes, there is a core of sincerity at the center of...
The Monkey, Black Bag, One of Them Days on Netflix, and every movie new to streaming this week
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.This week, The Monkey, the new black comedy horror thriller from director Osgood Perkins (Longlegs), screeches and bangs its way onto VOD....
The must-watch anime to look out for in spring 2025
2025 continues apace with a whole new slate of highly anticipated anime premieres this spring. The spring anime season, which runs from April through June, boasts some of the year’s most exciting new series yet, including a brand-new sci-fi action anime from Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichirō Watanabe and a new...
Conan the Destroyer on Netflix is the perfect excuse to relive the golden age of Hollywood’s heavy metal fantasy
There was a time, long ago, when fantasy movies didn’t look like Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. That’s not to say that there’s anything wrong with those excellent movies, but they’ve dominated our cultural idea of fantasy fiction for more than two decades now, and it’s important to...
Lazarus, Devil May Cry, One Piece Egghead Arc, and more new TV to watch this week
April showers bring May flowers, but also they bring: spring anime season! There’s plenty of new TV to watch this week, and much of it is animated, across various platforms. Netflix has the Adi Shankar-run Devil May Cry adaptation; Max (and Adult Swim) will have both Iyanu, a promising new...