While visiting New York City with his kids, Clint Barton sees reports of his dark alter ego Ronin running around and finds 22-year-old archery prodigy Kate Bishop, who dreams of being a superhero. The archery duo teams up to take on a threat from Clint’s past in the upcoming Disney+ MCU series Hawkeye, arriving in November.

Shang-Chi remained strong in its second weekend and held onto the number #1 slot at the box office while Malignant became the third recent HBO Max/theatrical hybrid release to vastly underperform compared to expectations going into the weekend.

James Wan returns to horror with the insane roller coaster ride of Malignant, which features gorgeous cinematography on top of an absolutely insane and brutally violent plot with one of the wildest third acts in recent horror memory.

The Goo Goo Dolls exploded later in the 90s with their Dizzy Up The Girl album and City of Angels soundtrack contribution “Iris” but earlier in the decade they provided “I’m Awake Now” to the “final” Nightmare on Elm Street movie, Freddy’s Dead, in 1991.

Halloween Kills will be available day and date with its theatrical release on Peacock, there are rumblings of 24 potentially coming back, the great Michael K. Williams passed away, Insomniac is working on Spider-Man 2 and a Wolverine game for PS5 and more in this week’s News Shotgun.

This week on the Everything Actioncast podcast, Zach and Chris pay tribute to Michael K. Williams and then discuss the first trailer for The Matrix Resurrections, big Playstation announcements, Raised by Wolves, What If?, Shang-Chi, What We Do in The Shadows, and more.

The latest from James Wan hits HBO Max and theaters with Malignant while Netflix has assassin action movie Kate, Prime Video has the thriller The Voyeurs and The Card Counter and Queenpins have limited theatrical releases this weekend.

Based on the excellent NetherRealm game, Injustice gets an animated adaptation in October as Superman suffers a massive tragedy at the hands of The Joker and decides to take over the world to prevent anything like it from happening again, putting him against Batman and a group of freedom fighters.

One of the last kids in his school to get the popular “B-Bot” robotic companion, Barney quickly realizes his B-Bot Ron has some serious issues in the upcoming 20th Century Studios and Locksmith Animation release Ron’s Gone Wrong, hitting theaters in October.

Jack back into The Matrix with the fourth entry in the franchise arriving in December this year, The Matrix Resurrections, which will be in theaters and on HBO Max.