Stories by @michaelcosby

Colin Trevorrow's Duel of the Fates

Thirty years after the fall of the Empire, Jaina Solo—twin sister of the fallen Jacen, now the Sith Lord Darth Caedus—is discovered on Jakku and trained by a reclusive Luke Skywalker. As Caedus hunts for the ancient power of Mortis, Jaina joins the New Republic led by her mother, General Leia Organa Solo, alongside former Imperial officer turned hero Kyle Katarn, Queen Mother Tenel Ka, and veteran pilot Wedge Antilles. After Caedus murders their mentor and cripples the New Republic, Jaina journeys to the mythical realm of Mortis for a final, blinding duel that forces her to embrace both light and dark. With the help of a redeemed stormtrooper, a young Ben Skywalker, and a last-minute fleet led by Lando Calrissian, she defeats the Sith, redeems her brother in death, and becomes the new Jedi Master.

Gore Verbinski's Bioshock

After fleeing his predetermined life, a young man named Jack survives a plane crash only to discover an underwater utopia called Rapture, now a decaying nightmare. Guided by a mysterious Irishman named Atlas, Jack is hunted by mutated addicts called Splicers. He injects a powerful substance called ADAM to survive, unlocking hidden combat skills he never knew he possessed. As he fights to escape, Jack uncovers a devastating truth: his entire identity is a fabricated lie implanted by Atlas. His real father is Rapture’s tyrannical founder, Andrew Ryan, and the trigger phrase “would you kindly” forces him to obey any command, forcing Jack to commit patricide before confronting his puppet master in a final, monstrous battle for freedom.

Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods

In 1957, Indiana Jones is accused of treason, stripped of his professorship, and tailed by the FBI. When his former love Marion Ravenwood reappears with a mysterious crystal skull, Indy is pulled into one last adventure: a race to the Lost City of the Gods in the Peruvian jungle. Chased by Russian spies led by his old friend Yuri, a suave Hungarian archeologist with a dark secret, and a scarred assassin called The Thin Man, Indy must decipher ancient Nazca geoglyphs, survive giant ants and mutated creatures, and reach the alien temple before the skull's power falls into the wrong hands. The journey forces him to confront his past, his regrets, and the true meaning of fortune and glory – leading to a wedding that fans have waited decades to see.

Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men From Mars

In 1949, a weary Indiana Jones wants only to retire and marry linguist Elaine McGregor. But when his fiancée is kidnapped from the altar by her mysterious ex-husband, Indy discovers Elaine secretly works for Army intelligence on a crashed alien spacecraft in the New Mexico desert. A desperate race against time unfolds as Russian spies led by the charming Vadim Cheslav and a traitorous scientist steal the crashed craft’s power source—an ancient stone cylinder covered in indecipherable glyphs. With the cylinder counting down toward catastrophe, Indy, Elaine, and an enemy-turned-ally pursue the Russians across the atomic-age southwest. From a harrowing ride on a rocket sled to a desperate last stand atop a sacred mountain, Indy must return the device before it triggers an apocalypse—while trying to salvage his wedding day.

Indiana Jones and the Monkey King

In 1937, a burned-out Indiana Jones is reluctantly drawn from academic life when zoologist Dr. Clare Clarke discovers Tyki, an impossibly ancient pygmy who speaks a lost Chinese dialect and wears a peach stone from the fabled Garden of Immortal Peaches. Believing Tyki hails from the legendary Lost City of Sun Wu Kung—the Stone Monkey King who conquered death itself—Indy assembles a ragtag team including his superstitious guide Scraggy and his obsessive student Betsy. Racing against sadistic Nazis led by the mechanical-armed Gutterbugh and a band of treacherous pirates under the bear-like Kezure, Indy navigates the deadly Zambesi River, hidden waterfalls, and booby-trapped jungles to find the golden city. There, the benevolent Monkey King rises from his skeletal tomb to resurrect the dead, and Indy must choose between claiming immortality or preserving the city’s sacred magic.

Jim Cameron's Spider-Man

Awkward Queens teen Peter Parker gains spider-like powers after a lab accident. As the masked vigilante Spider-Man, he battles his own rage and guilt after his beloved Uncle Ben is killed by a carjacker Peter could have stopped. Donning a red-and-blue costume, he faces the electrified billionaire Carlton Strand and his sandy enforcer Boyd, who tempt Peter toward darkness. With help from his loving Aunt May and his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson, Peter rejects Strand’s amoral vision, defeats him atop the World Trade Center, and learns that with great power must also come great responsibility.

The Wachowskis' Batman: Year One

After witnessing his parents’ murder as a child, a dynamic and isolated Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City following years of worldwide training. Wearing a makeshift hockey mask, a near-fatal fight with a pimp forces him to question his crusade—until a bat crashes through his window, inspiring his dark new identity. As Batman battles corrupt cops, the Roman’s mob, and a cunning Catwoman, Captain Jim Gordon fights to clean the GCPD from within. After Gordon’s daughter is kidnapped, the unlikely allies corner Falcone. The year ends with a madman’s evil grin on a speedboat, hinting at a far greater menace to come.

David S. Goyer's Green Arrow: Escape from Super Max

After being framed for murder, billionaire vigilante Oliver Queen—the Green Arrow—is sentenced to the inescapable Supermax Penitentiary for metahumans. Stripped of his wealth, costume, and identity, he must survive a brutal prison population that wants him dead while being hunted by the ruthless warden, Amanda Waller. With the help of unexpected allies—including a broken Pied Piper, a resentful Icicle, and a shape-shifter named Gemini—Queen orchestrates a daring escape to clear his name and expose the real killer: his own best friend. But to succeed, he must sacrifice his old self and become something far more dangerous.

Michael Dougherty's The Man of Steel

After a near-fatal encounter with kryptonite, Superman learns he fathered a son, Jason, with Lois Lane—now engaged to Richard White. A crystalline Kryptonian woman, Kem-L, arrives claiming to be the last survivor of his homeworld, but her true goal is to rebuild Krypton by terraforming Earth and purging humanity. As Kem-L unleashes catastrophic meteor showers and black kryptonite smoke across the globe, Superman must fight his equal while Lex Luthor manipulates the U.S. government into embracing his anti-Superman agenda. The Man of Steel ultimately sacrifices himself by dragging Kem-L into the Sun, saving humanity and securing a future for his son.

J.J. Abrams' Superman: Flyby

After Krypton falls to a civil war, the infant Kal-El is rocketed to Earth, where the Kents raise him as Clark. Now a young man working at the Daily Planet, Clark uncovers his Kryptonian heritage and a living suit that unlocks his powers. When his murderous cousin Ty-Zor arrives with an elite squad to destroy Superman, Clark must embrace his destiny. Meanwhile, paranoid CIA operative Lex Luthor secretly plots to eliminate the alien “threat,” leading to a final battle that forces Superman to sacrifice everything — and return from the dead to save the world.

Andrew Davis' Batman: DarKnight

After years of retirement, a haunted Bruce Wayne is forced back into the cowl when a new wave of terror grips Gotham. Brilliant zoologist Kirk Langstrom has transformed himself into the monstrous Man‑Bat, while disgraced professor Jonathan Crane unleashes a fear toxin as the sadistic Scarecrow. With Robin trapped in Arkham and the city drowning in panic, Batman must confront his own deepest fears to stop two madmen—before he loses his sanity, his partner, and his soul.

Sam Raimi's Batman III

When the Riddler—a spurned WayneTech genius who has invented a device that steals human intelligence—teams up with the scarred, schizoid Harvey “Two-Face” Dent to drain Gotham City’s collective mind, Batman must confront his deepest childhood fears. With the help of a grief-stricken young circus acrobat, Dick Grayson, who becomes his partner Robin, Bruce Wayne races to stop the villains before the entire city is lobotomized. A dark, surreal nightmare of split identities and technological terror.

Rupert Wyatt's Gambit

When a heist gone wrong exposes young mutants Remy Lebeau and Belladonna Boudreaux as superpowered outlaws, their rival New Orleans crime families erupt into a bloody decade-long war. Remy’s surrogate father is murdered, and he is cast out, becoming a reckless international thief. Years later, the enigmatic geneticist Nathaniel Essex offers Remy forty million dollars to steal back a mysterious trunk from Belladonna’s mother—a job that forces Remy to reunite with his estranged crew, reconcile with Bella, and infiltrate the legendary Thieves Ball. But the trunk contains a terrifying secret that ties Remy’s own dark origins to Essex’s sinister mutant-breeding compound, forcing Remy to choose between revenge, redemption, and the family he lost.

Chris Columbus' Daredevil: The Man Without Fear

After a radioactive accident blinds young Matt Murdock, his remaining senses sharpen to superhuman levels. He trains his body and mind, becoming a lawyer by day to fight injustice. When his father, boxer Jack Murdock, is murdered for refusing to throw a fight, Matt dons a red costume and becomes Daredevil, the "Man Without Fear." As he wages war on crime lord Wilson Fisk, he falls for Elektra Natchios — a Greek heiress and martial artist with a dark past tied to Fisk's assassin, Bullseye. Torn between justice and vengeance, Daredevil must defeat the Kingpin and save Elektra's soul before Hell's Kitchen burns.

Paul W.S. Anderson's Castlevania

In 1576, the vampire lord Dracul’a awaits the reincarnation of his beloved wife, who was burned as a witch. When the gypsy thief Aurica—her living image—wanders into his castle, he seduces her. Meanwhile, the monster hunter Simon Belmont and his reckless brother Cristofor seek to stop Dracul’a. After a wolf bites Cristofor, he slowly transforms into a vampire, forcing Simon to kill him. Dracul’a drains Aurica, but Simon impales the vampire with a crucifix. Aurica survives the encounter but she is forever changed, rising as the new master of the castle for centuries to come.

Raja Gosnell's Fantastic Four

In the near future, brilliant but socially awkward scientist Reed Richards secures funding from billionaire Raymond Pace for a Mars mission. Alongside Reed’s pilot and best friend Ben Grimm, Pace’s representative Sue Storm, and her reckless younger brother Johnny, they travel to an orbital station. There, Reed’s partner Victor Vandam has developed self-replicating nanotech—which he has secretly tested on himself. When Victor sabotages the station to steal the technology, a catastrophic explosion exposes the four to the nanoagents. They miraculously survive but gain extraordinary abilities: Reed can stretch his body, Sue can turn invisible and project force fields, Johnny can engulf himself in flames, and Ben is transformed into a monstrous, rock-skinned creature. Meanwhile, Victor’s body is overtaken by the rogue nanotech, turning him into the metallic megalomaniac Dr. Doom. As Doom threatens to consume New York City, the four must embrace their new identities—Reed as Mr. Fantastic, Sue as the Invisible Woman, Johnny as the Human Torch, and Ben as the Thing—to stop him. Along the way, Ben finds acceptance from a blind sculptor, Alicia Masters, while Reed and Sue discover love amidst the chaos.

Kevin Smith's Superman Lives

When Krypton’s computer tyrant Brainiac arrives on Earth seeking the Eradicator—a shape-shifting Kryptonian AI—he blocks out the sun, weakening Superman and enabling Lex Luthor to orchestrate the Man of Steel’s apparent death at the hands of the monster Doomsday. While Metropolis falls under Brainiac’s control and Lois Lane exposes Luthor’s lies, a resurrected Superman dons a black recovery suit and, with the self-sacrificing Eradicator’s help, destroys the sun-blocking ShadowCaster, defeats Brainiac, and exposes Luthor’s conspiracy, restoring his powers and reaffirming his love for Lois.

Daniel Waters' Catwoman

In the garish desert oasis of Oasisburg—a theme-park nightmare of forced fun—amnesiac casino waitress Selina Kyle drifts through a hollow life of degrading uniforms and predatory bosses. After a mysterious hag leads her to a hidden Catwoman costume, Selina awakens to her true self and discovers that the city's beloved superhero team, the Cult of Good, is secretly a band of murderous mercenaries planning a catastrophic heist. Rallying an army of fed-up women who transform into their own feline avengers, Selina must expose the heroes as villains, save the city, and decide which of two charming suitors—a journalist or an architect—is actually the psychopath in the helmet.

Steven Spielberg's Ghost in the Shell

In 2061 San Francisco, a cybernetic operative known only as the Major—a full-body cyborg with a human brain—hunts the hacker who murdered her surrogate father, Megatech founder William Skinner. Teaming with her partially cybernetic partner Batou, she discovers the killer was a shell operator identical to herself, remotely controlled by Skinner’s sociopathic son Jacob. As Jacob seizes control of Megatech and begins erasing the Major’s memories, she must ally with the very cyber-terrorist she was sent to stop—a dying hacker called the Orchestrator—to recover her past, save her partner from a fatal illness, and expose a corporate cover-up that could end cyberization forever.

James McTeigue's Cowboy Bebop

In a noir-drenched future, ex–hitman Spike Spiegel hunts bounties across the solar system aboard the rundown ship Bebop, haunted by the woman he lost and the brother who betrayed him. When a four‑hundred‑million woolong bounty appears for his lost love Julia, Spike realizes it is a trap set by his psychopathic rival Vicious. To survive, Spike must unite his dysfunctional crew—ex‑cop Jet, amnesiac hustler Faye, manic hacker Ed, and a data‑dog named Ein—and confront the Red Dragon Syndicate in a bloody reckoning that will decide who controls the underworld.