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David Fincher's Batman: Hush

The story depicts a mysterious stalker called Hush who seems intent on sabotaging Batman from afar, and it includes many guest appearances by Batman's villains, as well as various members of the Batman Family. It also explores the romantic potential between Batman and Catwoman.

Sam Raimi's Spider-Man: Homecoming

Put simply, Peter has been allowed to grow up. Miles Morales, meanwhile, fills the role of high school hero just beginning his journey as the all new Spider-Man. By and large, the plot of this revised Homecoming film follows two major plotlines. An added origin for Miles Morales, and Peter's attempt and mentoring the young hero fighting the criminal Vulture. The corporation which incurs Adrian Toomes's wrath isn't Stark Industries, but rather the newly introduced Alchemax, a company which rose from the ruins of Oscorp, following the deaths of both Norman and Harry Osborn years back. Head of the company is a scientist who once worked under both Osborns; a geneticist by the name of Miles Warren. Miles is less eager to become one of the Avengers, like Peter Parker did. Miles's origin covers the first act of the movie, starting with an unseen thief stealing several genetically-engineered spiders from Alchemax. The project is hinted at being an attempt by the company to create their own Spider-Men, or at least replicate his power.

Adam McKay's Dispatch

Described as a superhero workplace comedy, Dispatch has Robert Robertson III, formerly the superhero Mecha Man, who has to take a job as a dispatcher for villains-turned-superheroes after his signature mecha suit is destroyed in battle.

Neil Burger's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

The film covers the journey of fortune hunter Nathan Drake, supposed descendant of the English explorer Francis Drake, as he seeks the lost treasure of El Dorado with the help of journalist Elena Fisher and friend and mentor Victor Sullivan.

Dan Trachtenberg's Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Set after the events of Shawn Levy's Uncharted 2 (2016), Chloe Frazer enlists the aid of renowned mercenary Nadine Ross in order to recover the Tusk of Ganesh, an Indian artifact Chloe's own father became obsessed with. They also endeavor to keep it out of the hands of Asav, a ruthless war profiteer who endeavors to use the Tusk for his own personal gain. Together, they venture deep into the mountains of India in search of the legendary artifact. Along the way, they learn to work together to unearth the mystery of the artifact, fight their way through fierce opposition, and prevent the region from falling into chaos.

Hitman: Trilogy

The story follows Agent 47, a genetically enhanced human clone who worked for the International Contract Agency (ICA) as an assassin. The former contract killer has retired and started a peaceful life at a church, but after his only friend, Reverend Emilio Vittorio, is kidnapped by unknown assailants, 47 resumes work for the ICA in hopes of tracking him down. The film includes several flashbacks experienced by Agent 47 after almost being killed on a failed mission. Agent 47 then tries to bring down the Franchise, a rival contract killing organization that is threatening his employers, the ICA, and seeking to obtain the same cloning technology that created 47. Meanwhile, a frame story presents 47's life and various contracts he carried out, as narrated by a former FBI director to a journalist.

Tomb Raider: A Survivor is Born

Tomb Raider is set on Yamatai, an island from which Lara, who is untested and not yet the battle-hardened explorer, must save her friends and escape while being hunted down by a malevolent cult.

Batman: Into the Millerverse

This alternate Earth is home to a darker, more brutal version of Batman fighting crime and the corrupt Gotham City Police Department alike alongside his young partner, Robin, much to the consternation of both the public and the burgeoning Justice League. Ultimately, Batman retired in his 40s after the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd, as well as increased public outcry against superheroes driving most of his contemporaries into exile. He returned 10 years later alongside a new Robin, Carrie Kelley, to save Gotham from the unchecked street crime and political corruption that had thrown it into chaos, eventually assembling an army to take the country back from a corrupt administration headed in secret by Lex Luthor that had effectively enslaved the remaining heroes such as Superman, Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel.

Tim Miller's Batman: Arkham Origins

When a bounty is placed on him by crime lord Black Mask, drawing eight of the world's greatest assassins to Gotham City on Christmas Eve, Batman must bring Black Mask to justice, while also being hunted by the police and having to face other villains, such as the Joker and Anarky, who take advantage of the chaos to launch their nefarious schemes.

Return to Sleepy Hollow

The Headless Horseman hasn’t plagued Sleepy Hollow for 15 years now, but unbeknownst to the residents of the drowsy valley, a deeper evil lurks in the roots of the town, and it will stop at nothing to quench its thirst for blood. Ichabod Crane is a man of science and, despite his indisputable brush with the supernatural, has built a name for himself debunking claims of the occult across the world. However, when he receives a frantic letter urging him to return to Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod must reunite with his now estranged love, Katrina Van Tassel, to investigate a string of strange, unexplainable murders. Together, they will uncover the truth of Sleepy Hollow’s origins and the roots that connect them all.

Robert Eggers' Dracula

A haunting, gothic and faithful adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, stretched out across a three hour film. Period-accurate costumes and scenery, book-accurate dialogue and visuals. And above all, the presentation of pure gothic horror. Possibly in black-and-white.

Zack Snyder's Trinity

A first-encounter story in which Superman meets his fellow superheroes Batman and Wonder Woman. The story begins in a prologue, set in 2015. A trafficking ring housed in Gotham City processes several teenagers. They demonstrate latent superhuman abilities, and are kept in a cell separate from the others. At nightfall, the ring is attacked by the feared Batman, making his first full debut in the DCEU. Utterly dismantling the base of operations, Batman corners one of the mercenaries posted and demands to know who he's working for. His interrogation methods are quick, ruthless and to the point akin to Rocksteady's Arkham series. The endangerment of children makes his debut here a tad forceful. As a veteran hero who's supposedly been acting for decades now, the Batman of this universe is in his prime. The mercenary, after being "persuaded", gives a name and provides a card marked with a symbol. The symbols of the ancient, feared order called the League of Assassins. But when the mercenaries escape with the help of another metahuman, one demonstrating hydrokinetic powers, Batman realizes he may be in over his head. And he needs help. The meeting of the three heroes, the unveiling of the global threat they face and seeds of the Trinity's tight partnership.

Vargr

British Intelligence agent James Bond is assigned by his boss, M, to take up the workload of a deceased fellow agent who was working on a case related to a European drug smuggling syndicate. Following a lead to Berlin, Bond is met by Dharma Reach, who is posing as a CIA contact. She tries to kill him, but fails and escapes. Bond meets with Slaven Kurjak, a rich Serbian scientist who was disabled during the Kosovo War. Kurjak now develops advanced technology for prosthetics. When asked about the unusual drugs spreading across London and Europe, Kurjak directs Bond to a suspicious laboratory. Unbeknownst to 007, Kurjak is the one who sent Dharma to kill him. At the laboratory, Bond engages in a firefight with a Lebanese crime clan. After the battle is over, Bond learns that he was tricked by Kurjak and the Lebanese were not connected to the drugs.

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?

The film explores the legacy and complex life of the legendary Boston Red Sox hitter, examining his prowess as the greatest hitter and his life beyond baseball.

Lost Pilot

The film introduces the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, who experience a plane crash and end up on a mysterious island. Three of the characters, Jack Shephard, Kate Austen and Charlie Pace, are featured before the crash in flashbacks of their experiences on the plane as it breaks apart in mid-air.

Tim Burton's The Killing Joke

The Joker's supposed origin as a tragic character; a family man and failed comedian who suffered "one bad day" that finally drove him insane is presented via flashback, while simultaneously depicting his attempt to drive Jim Gordon insane and Batman's desperate attempt to stop him after the shooting and paralysis of Barbara Gordon.

Marvel's Dagwood Universe

In the 2000s, Dagwood got upset at the editors and writers at Marvel for what he perceived as basically taking a hacksaw to the universe. So, in a fit of what can be considered equal parts genius and insanity, he got it in his head to basically restart the Marvel Universe from the beginning, doing a kind of "Year One" for the setting, putting a date to the Reboot as opposed to a sliding time scale.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

Set in 1964, the film follows a FOX operative codenamed Snake, who must rescue a prominent Soviet rocket scientist and sabotage the Soviet nuclear superweapon Shagohod, while clearing the United States from Soviet suspicion amid Cold War tensions, and confronting his former mentor, The Boss, who has defected to their side.

HBO's The Walking Dead

Rick Grimes, a Kentucky deputy, is shot in the line of duty and awakens from a coma in a zombie apocalypse that has resulted in a state-wide quarantine. After joining with some other survivors, he gradually takes on the role of leader of a community as it struggles to survive the zombie apocalypse.

Jax Jonez's Red vs. Blue

The film centers on two opposite teams fighting in an ostensible civil war—shown to actually be a live fire exercise for elite soldiers—in the middle of Blood Gulch, a desolate box canyon.