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Nobody knows what the future holds, so these 12 HBO Max sci-fi shows act as cautionary tales for a tomorrow full of space tourism, cannibalism, and cultural collapse.

The 12 best sci-fi shows on HBO Max

Nobody knows what the future holds, so these 12 HBO Max sci-fi shows act as cautionary tales for a tomorrow full of space tourism, cannibalism, and cultural collapse.

By Ilana Gordon, Kevin Jacobsen, and Eric Maurer

on March 2, 2026 7:06 a.m. ET

Emma Thompson as the Rt Hon Vivienne Rook MP in 'Years and Years'; Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller and Bella Ramsey as Ellie on 'The Last of Us'; Rick (voice: Justin Roiland) on 'Rick and Morty'. Credit: Robert Ludovic/HBO/Everett; Liane Hentscher/HBO; Adult Swim

As Frank Sinatra sang, "The best is yet to come," but science fiction disagrees. Sci-fi is not a genre known for predicting sunny outcomes for humanity, but with dystopias this creative, who needs eternal optimism? From a space cruise gone wrong to life after the Rapture to a satirical take on the British political process, these 12 sci-fi series survey the global landscape and suggest how society might shift under strange and unusual circumstances.

Ahead, read **'s list of the 12 best sci-fi TV shows currently streaming on HBO Max.

Avenue 5 (2020–2022)

Hugh Laurie as Ryan Clark (center) on 'Avenue 5'. Alex Bailey/HBO

Streaming has given high-concept, unique sci-fi shows access to bigger budgets than ever before, but that doesn't mean those projects have to be serious. Exhibit A: *Veep* creator Armando Iannucci bringing workplace comedy and social commentary to space with *Avenue 5*.

Hugh Laurie stars as Ryan Clark, captain of a giant space cruise ship full of snobby, rich tourists, though when the ship's course is changed from a few weeks to more than three years, the classy decorum begins to break down. Also along for the ride is Josh Gad as the vessel's outlandish billionaire owner, plus Zach Woods, Herman Judd, Rebecca Front, Suzy Nakamura, and Nikki Amuka-Bird, who appear as various passengers and crew members in this one-of-a-kind space farce. —*Eric Maurer*

Where to watch *Avenue 5*: HBO Max

**Cast: **Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front, Suzy Nakamura

Doom Patrol (2019–2023)

April Bowlby as Rita Farr/Elasti-Woman, Matt Bomer as Larry Trainor/Negative Man, Diane Guerrero as Crazy Jane, and Brendan Fraser as Cliff Steele/Robotman on 'Doom Patrol'. HBO Max

You can never have too many TV superheroes — but this ragtag group of power possessors is not exactly equipped to bring down supervillains. Included in the DC Universe and adapted from the eponymous comic series, *Doom Patrol* is the story of a team of superheroes who have received their abilities through traumatic incidents and are now living on the outskirts of society.

Holed up in the mansion of a medical doctor called the Chief, the Doom Patrol heroes — who include characters like Robotman, Elasti-Woman, Negative Man, Crazy Jane, and Cyborg — spend four seasons learning truths about themselves, the tragic circumstances that led to the creation of their powers, and generally doing their best to engage in heroic activities. *—Ilana Gordon*

Where to watch *Doom Patrol*: HBO Max

**Cast: **Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Alan Tudyk, Matt Bomer, Brendan Fraser

Dune: Prophecy (2024–present)

Travis Fimmel as Desmond Hart on 'Dune: Prophecy'.

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A TV series being greenlit after the success of *Dune* (2021) was as inevitable as the prophecy of Lisan al Gaib. Luckily, this is a worthy installment in the franchise director Denis Villeneuve helped revive, centering on the origins of the oracular group of women known as the Bene Gesserit.

Set 10,000 years before the events of *Dune*, *Dune: Prophecy *offers a thrilling, thoughtful examination of how everything we've come to know was set in motion. It also boasts remarkable craft, with EW's critic praising, "A visual feast, each episode is filled with impressive visual effects that bring chittering thinking machines to life and gorgeous costuming that sees its powerful cast draped in black Bene Gesserit gowns, sand-blasted overcoats, and ruby red wedding dresses." A new season is set to premiere this year. —*Kevin Jacobsen*

Where to watch *Dune: Prophecy*: HBO Max

**EW grade:** B+

**Cast:** Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

The Last of Us (2023–present)

Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller and Bella Ramsey as Ellie on 'The Last of Us'. Liane Hentscher/HBO

This highly anticipated adaptation of the beloved PlayStation video game franchise proved to be worth the wait. Released on HBO a decade after the game taught players how to navigate a postapocalyptic world inhabited by undead humans who have been infected with a mutant fungus that causes cannibalism, *The Last of Us* combines the best elements of the game with HBO's legendary access to premium talent and top-notch storytelling. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *The Last of Us*: HBO Max

**Cast: **Bella Ramsey, Pedro Pascal, Gabriel Luna, Isabela Merced, Kaitlyn Dever

The Leftovers (2014–2017)

Carrie Coon as Nora Durst and Justin Theroux as Kevin Garvey on 'The Leftovers'. Ben King/HBO

While not hard sci-fi in a high-tech or alien sense, this supernatural mystery series is too good to leave off this list. Damon Lindelof, co-creator of *Lost* and *Watchmen*, teamed up with author Tom Perrotta to adapt the latter's book about what happens after a small percentage of the world's population suddenly disappears.

*The Leftovers* revolves around police chief Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux) and his family, as well as others affected by the "Sudden Departure," like Carrie Coon's Nora and her reverend brother, played by Christopher Eccleston. Amy Brenneman, Liv Tyler, and Regina King also star in this emotional psychological thriller that only gets better over the course of its three seasons. —*E.M.*

Where to watch *The Leftovers*: HBO Max

**Cast: **Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler

Rick and Morty (2013–present)

Summer (voice: Spencer Grammer), Rick (voice: Justin Roiland), and Morty (voice: Justin Roiland) of 'Rick and Morty'. Adult Swim

There's no relationship quite like the one between a grandfather and his grandson — especially when it exists across multiple dimensions. Fourteen-year-old Morty is an anxious kid whose attempts to lay low and survive puberty are frequently upended by the erratic experiments of his grandfather Rick, an eccentric scientist whose drunken misanthropy and hijinks find the two embarking on travels across time and space.

An adult animated sci-fi comedy from the minds of voice actor Justin Roiland and writer Dan Harmon (*Community*), *Rick and Morty *takes the concept of the traditional sitcom family and blows it up — sometimes literally. Start watching this Adult Swim original for the subverted *Back to the Future* vibes, but don't expect McDonald's to bring back their Szechuan sauce anytime soon. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Rick and Morty*: HBO Max

**Cast: **Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke

Robot Chicken (2005–present)

Luke Skywalker (voice: Bob Bergen) and Obi-Wan Kenobi in 'Robot Chicken: Star Wars'. Adult Swim

When the sun sets, Cartoon Network goes away and Adult Swim — its mature alter ego with content specifically targeted towards an older crowd — comes out to play. Four years after Adult Swim took to the airwaves, the network debuted *Robot Chicken*, a stop-motion sketch comedy show co-created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, with Green voicing the titular character. Since 2005, the show has aired 11 seasons of 11-minute episodes, making this subversive, pop culture-skewering series a perfect option for a generation that came of age in the era of social media-refined attention spans.

Featuring more famous voices than a celebrity charity concert, *Robot Chicken *is an immensely bingeable comedy time capsule, and it remains one of *Adult Swim*'s longest-running and most successful series. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Robot Chicken*: HBO Max

**Cast: **Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Tom Root

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Scavengers Reign (2023)

Azi (voice: Wunmi Mosaku) in 'Scavengers Reign'.

This animated sci-fi series, an expansion of the 2016 Adult Swim short *Scavengers*, is gripping and disturbing all at once. *Scavengers Reign* follows a group of spaceship crew members stranded on an alien planet who must use their wits to survive. Among the separated crew are horticulturalist Ursula and commander Sam; cargo specialist Azi and robot Levi; and Kamen, who meets a telepathic creature named Hollow, who manipulates him using images of his deceased wife. Featuring stunning animation that brings its alien world to life in striking detail, *Scavengers Reign* has been hailed as one of the best sci-fi shows on television today. —*K.J.*

Where to watch *Scavengers Reign*: HBO Max

**Cast: **Sunita Mani, Wunmi Mosaku, Alia Shawkat, Bob Stephenson, Ted Travelstead

Station Eleven (2021–2022)

Mackenzie Davis as Kirsten Raymonde (left) on 'Station Eleven'. Ian Watson/HBO Max

What happens when you combine a devastatingly timely story from an award-winning book, the showrunner who wrote the mind-bending and melancholy *Maniac*, and a top-notch cast? Well, you get the gorgeous and singular miniseries *Station Eleven*. The 10-episode story develops over multiple timelines, revealing the immediate aftermath of a deadly flu pandemic and the world that springs up decades later.

Mackenzie Davis stars as Kirsten, an actor in a postapocalyptic traveling theater group who was only 8 when the world as she knew it ended. Meanwhile, the show's creative through-line comes from creator Patrick Somerville, who also wrote for *The Leftovers* and created *Made for Love *— and *Station Eleven* is yet another feather in his impressive cap. *—E.M.*

Where to watch *Station Eleven*: HBO Max

**Cast: **Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Matilda Lawler, David Wilmot, Danielle Deadwyler

Titans (2018–2023)

Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing on 'Titans'.

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Another offering from the DC Universe, *Titans* is a superhero series and live-action adaptation of the *Teen Titans* comic books. Full of recognizable superhero names (like Dick Grayson, a.k.a. Batman's sidekick, Robin) and less well-known characters (like Rachel, a.k.a. Raven, a young empath), the first season watches as the previously disbanded Titan team reassembles — with a few new additions to the roster — and battles villains, assassins, and their own personal demons.

Boasting a strong cast, more violence than is strictly necessary, and moody vibes, the series feels right at home in the DC Universe, and the show takes its time in digging into characters and backstories over the four available seasons. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Titans*: HBO Max

**Cast: **Brenton Thwaites, Anna Diop, Ryan Potter, Teagan Croft

Watchmen (2019)

Regina King as Sister Night in 'Watchmen'. Mark Hill/HBO

Who watches the Watchmen? Well, we do, and you should, too. Damon Lindelof's Emmy-winning miniseries picks up 34 years after the events of Alan Moore's *Watchmen* graphic novel as we follow Det. Angela Abar (Regina King) as she attempts to take down a local white supremacist group targeting the police. Her investigation finds her intersecting with familiar faces from the *Watchmen* comic as a grand conspiracy is gradually revealed. "*Watchmen* doesn't overdose on nostalgia, like so many franchise extensions in our reboot-soaked decade," writes EW's critic. "It's dangerous, and invigorating." *—K.J.*

Where to watch *Watchmen*: HBO Max

**EW grade:** A–

**Cast:** Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jean Smart, Tim Blake Nelson

Years and Years (2019)

Emma Thompson as the Rt Hon Vivienne Rook MP in 'Years and Years'. Robert Ludovic/HBO/Everett

Three years after the British populace voted on a referendum to leave the European Union, a limited series called *Years and Years* premiered on BBC One. A dystopian science fiction drama told across six episodes and set over the course of 15 years, the show follows Britain's cultural and economic collapse, as told through the eyes of the Lyons family. The country's decline is accelerated by the likes of Vivian Rook (Emma Thompson), a successful businesswoman turned populist politician whose proposed policies — like one that bars anyone with an IQ under 70 from voting — are a sobering reminder of how tenuous our global democracies are, and how easily freedom can free fall into fascism.

Simultaneously compelling and horrifying, *Years and Years *is a political and social satire that would be a lot funnier if it didn't feel so truthful. *—I.G.*

Where to watch *Years and Years*: HBO Max

**Cast: **Anne Reid, Rory Kinnear, Jessica Hynes, Emma Thompson

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&34;I don't think we needed this crazy journey,&34; the &34;SNL&34; alum says of the tumultuous leadup to the film's longdelayed theatrical release. Will Forte felt 'white hot anger' when Coyote vs. Acme was shelved: 'It was so maddening' &34;I don't think we needed this crazy journey,&34; the &34;SNL&34; alum says of the tumultuous leadup to the film's longdelayed theatrical release. By Wesley Stenzel :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/WesleyStenzelauthorphoto32b61793a2784639af623f2ae091477e.jpg) Wesley Stenzel is a news writer at . He began writing for EW in 2022.

"I don't think we needed this crazy journey," the "SNL" alum says of the tumultuous lead-up to the film's long-delayed theatrical release.

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- Will Forte tells EW he felt "white hot anger" when he learned Warner Bros. had shelved *Coyote vs. Acme* after its completion.

- The actor wonders if the film's chaotic journey to theaters will help its success: "Everything happens for a reason."

- The *SNL *alum is particularly excited for the film because it's "finally something I could share with my kids."

*Coyote vs. Acme* has endured a harrowing journey in the lead-up to its long-delayed theatrical release — and star Will Forte isn't happy about it.

The *Saturday Night Live* alum, who portrays Wile E. Coyote's defense attorney in the live-action/animated hybrid *Looney Tunes* film, candidly reflects on his reaction to the movie initially being scrapped by Warner Bros. during a conversation with **.

"Extreme frustration, fiery frustration, a lot of anger, white hot anger," he says of his immediate response to the movie being shelved. "But then ultimately, that's mixed with pride in this movie we've done. And also, who knows? Everything happens for a reason, and it is certainly possible that the crazy journey that this movie is taking will help get more eyes on it, because it's a story people know about a little bit. But I don't think we needed this crazy journey."

Will Forte in New York City on Feb. 3, 2025.

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First announced in 2018, *Coyote vs. Acme* filmed in the spring of 2022, and was originally scheduled to hit theaters on July 21, 2023. Warner Bros. moved it from that date to make way for *Barbie*, and in November 2023, the studio shelved *Coyote vs. Acme* — despite it being finished — to claim a $30 million tax write-off, as it had previously done with completed projects like *Batgirl* and *Scoob Holiday Haunt*.

Later that month, EW confirmed that WB reversed course and allowed director Dave Green to shop the film to other studios who were considering buying the project. In February 2024, *TheWrap* reported that WB had rejected offers to buy the film, and *Coyote vs. Acme *seemed doomed once again — until February 2025, when Ketchup Entertainment announced that it had acquired the movie from WB.

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Though Forte felt good about the work he'd done on the film, the *MacGruber* star says he initially wondered if *Coyote vs. Acme* was a disaster.

"I remember when I first heard that Warner Bros. was shelving it, I had not yet seen the movie," he says. "I had been talking to people before and hearing about the test scores being really good, and then I was like, 'Oh, maybe it's not as good as they were telling me' when it got shelved."

But the actor knew WB had made a mistake once he viewed the final product. "I got to see it. I love it. I was *so* proud of it," he says. "It was so maddening because it was this beautiful, special little movie that was something I would've been able to share with my kids."

Forte laughs considering what other projects he might be able to show his children. "What have I done that I could share with my kids?" he says. "*MacGruber* and all these dirty little movies. So this was finally something I could share with my kids."

Will Forte promoting 'Coyote vs. Acme' at San Diego Comic-Con in San Diego, Calif., on July 26, 2025.

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The *Four Seasons* star felt a sense of doom after WB rejected the initial offers from other studios. "For a long time, it looked like it was not gonna come to be," he said. "And then when Ketchup Entertainment came in and saved us, it was so exciting to hear that news. I'm so excited for people to get to see it."

The film will finally hit theaters on Aug. 28, 2026, and Forte is counting down the days. "I can't believe we still have to wait till August," he says. "What's it been, four years? But you know, better late than never. And I thought it was never gonna happen, so I'm so excited for people to see it."

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Forte recently teamed up with Teva to headline a campaign raising awareness for Huntington's disease, which his father-in-law passed away from and his brother-in-law, Douglas, was recently diagnosed with. Huntington's is an inherited condition wherein the brain's nerve cells decay over time, which often affects movement, mental health, and cognitive ability.

"It's this brutal disease that a lot of people don't even know about, but a lot of people have it," Forte says. "More people have Huntington's than have ALS, but everybody knows ALS, so that's why we're trying to get the word out about it, to get some support and a bigger community going to support the people who have Huntington's, and to teach the people who don't have it about it."

You can hear more about Forte's family's experience with Huntington's on the HonestlyHD website.

*Coyote vs. Acme *premieres in theaters on Aug. 28, 2026.

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The actress said the repost &34;does not reflect my personal beliefs,&34; adding, &34;I'm sorry to anyone who was affected." Anna Camp apologizes for Scream 7 repost amid boycotts: 'Meant no harm' The actress said the repost &34;does not reflect my personal beliefs,&34; adding, &34;I'm sorry to anyone who was affected." By Emlyn Travis :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/EmlynTravisauthorphotocba6765b433b4f93b9398d18053153b1.jpg) Emlyn Travis is a news writer at . She has been working at EW since 2022. Her work has previously appeared on MTV News, Teen Vogue, and NME.

The actress said the repost "does not reflect my personal beliefs," adding, "I'm sorry to anyone who was affected."

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Anna Camp is apologizing for sharing a *Scream 7* post on social media that hit back at the film's ongoing boycotts in response to the firing of franchise favorite Melissa Barrera.**

The actress, who plays Jessica Bowden in the slasher sequel, reposted an image in support of the film that called out the protests on her Instagram Story over the weekend. Camp later deleted the image and, in a follow-up X post, said that it "does not reflect my personal beliefs" on the subject. **

"It has come to my attention that I reposted someone else's story that does not reflect my personal beliefs," Camp wrote. "I have since deleted the repost because I absolutely meant no harm. I'm sorry to anyone who was affected."

The post, which was originally shared by the *SCREAM with Ryan C. Showers* podcast, read: "The boycott didn't work. The critics hate didn't work. The pathetic leaks didn't work. What worked was audiences coming out and making the film a success." **

Camp's repost comes after pro-Palestine protesters held a demonstration outside the *Scream 7* premiere in Los Angeles last week in response to Barrera being fired from the franchise in 2023 over social media posts that supported the Palestinian cause and criticized Israel's actions amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

The protest — which was organized by Entertainment Labor for Palestine, CODEPINK LA, and Jewish Voice for Peace-Los Angeles — was held to call attention "to the industry's widespread silencing of pro-Palestinian voices and its whitewashing of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza."

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It is part of a larger *Scream 7* boycott campaign, which is urging theatergoers to not support the film. **

Barrera seemingly addressed the protest on her own Instagram Story at the time, writing, "I see you."

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Despite the ongoing boycotts,* Scream 7 *had a killer opening weekend, setting a new franchise record by raking in more than $97 million at the global box office. The film marked the return of several fan favorites to the franchise, including Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Mason Gooding, Scott Foley, David Arquette, and Matthew Lillard.**

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Speaking with **, Gooding acknowledged that he had to take "my time to grieve" the work he'd done in *Scream 5* and *6* while also "trying to find a way to relate to the work that had been done" in the latest installment.

"[It] meant making sure, certainly privately and also professionally, that the understanding of family and collaboration was still present and intact and respected so that whatever the franchise became afterwards, whether or not I was involved, was hopefully done in a way that… The creatives behind it, in this case Kevin and Neve, finding a way to create their collaborative effort after taking so long away from it, getting their recompense, and having the return of their influence on the franchise, hopefully, is just done in a way that you can support *that* and be respectful to *that*," he said at the time.

*Scream 7* is in theaters now.

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You've heard of a prequel. Thanks to *Scream*, you've heard of a requel. You may even have heard of a paraquel. Now, let Marlon Wayans introduce you to the rebooquel.

The famed funnyman is ready to reveal the first trailer for *Scary Movie 6*, his grand return to the horror comedy franchise he kickstarted with brothers Shawn and Keenen Ivory Wayans over 25 years ago. In a conversation with * *ahead of the first look at the Wayans' long-awaited return to *Scary Movie*, which also marks a reunion with beloved series stars Anna Faris and Regina Hall, Marlon says that *Scary Movie 6 *is more than just "a complete reboot, starting back where we began the franchise in 2000." In a word, it's "a rebooquel."

And that's not all. "This movie is multi-generational. It's a conversation comedically that is needed, that needs to be had from our generation down to Gen, what is it?" Marlon thinks aloud. "Gen Alpha. And it's all inclusive."

The first few seconds of the trailer for *Scary Movie 6, *directed by Michael Tiddes, tease a host of new targets from the past two decades of horror history for Marlon and his brothers, who co-wrote the film, to skewer. The titular slasher from last year's *Heart Eyes *and the gruesome glambot M3GAN menace the passengers of a New York City subway, recalling the *Scream *franchise's move from the suburbs to the big city with *Scream 6.***

Marlon Wayans as Shorty, Regina Hall as Brenda, and Shawn Wayans as Ray in 'Scary Movie'.

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Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson's meta-slasher was the *Scary Movie *franchise's original lodestar, and it returns in the sixth installment, when a dancing M3GAN tears away its costume to reveal it's actually Ghostface, brandishing a glinting buck knife. As the specter guts the trailer's first casualty, *Scary Movie 6 *announces its tone. "Oh my God, he stabbed her!" a woman cries. "I'm not her! My pronouns are they/them," the victim cries back. "He stabbed them!"

Marlon himself, back in character as the lovable pothead Shorty Meeks, then makes it official in the next scene, declaring directly to the camera, "We back!"

"What we're trying to do is bring back laughter," Marlon tells EW. "This is about bringing back comedy the way it used to be. And I think the only way to do it is you have to cancel the cancel culture."

The trailer doubles down on that goal, putting viewers on notice with a sequence of intertitles that spell out, "There are no safe spaces." Faris' Cindy Campbell performs lewd acts on Ghostface with a pair of dildos, one of the running children from a *Weapons *spoof gets knocked into space by a car, and a young girl opens a "present" from a parody of *Terrifier*'s big bad, Art the Clown. It's a severed pair of testicles, which she drops with a precocious, "What the f---?"

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Marlon explains it simply: *Scary Movie 6 *is a return to the franchise's fundamentals. "We're gonna do what we always do. We're gonna make fun of everybody because we're equal opportunity offenders," he says. "We have a recipe, we have a formula that you can't mimic or copy. You could try, but it's very specific. It's how we grew up, and it's how we see the world. It's the household we were raised in with the sense of humor that we all were governed with, that we inherited from our mother."

"We like to be fearless," he continues. "Yet still do things with kid gloves to let people laugh at themselves."

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*Scary Movie 6*'s equal-opportunity offense is clear from the trailer. Safe spaces and pronouns aren't the only butts of the joke. When Cindy and Hall's Brenda Meeks finally reunite, a disheveled, later-years Laurie Strode-looking Cindy tells her former bff, whose blob-like wig and cozy cardigan make her a dead ringer for Octavia Spencer's *Ma*, that they probably shouldn't hug.

Cheri Oteri as Gale and Dave Sheridan as Doofy in 'Scary Movie'.

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"I'm a Republican now, so I'm supposed to be racist," Cindy explains. But Brenda's nonplussed. "Oh, girl, I think all white people are racist anyway. Come here!" The last of the core four, Shawn Wayans, who played the closeted jock Ray Wilkins in *Scary Movie *and its sequel, finally pops up in Brenda's house after a group of teens tells her they've arrived to "do some half-gay s---." Ray slides into frame at Brenda's side to question them: "Why half?"

"We laughed all the way through," Marlon reflects on the making of the film. "We let everyone have fun, we let them improvise, and you're gonna see it all over this movie. All of these references." And there are a ton, from *Sinners *and *Longlegs *to *Get Out *and *Smile*.

Olivia Rose Keegan as Sara, Cameron Scott Roberts as Jack, and Savannah Lee Nassif as Tuesday in 'Scary Movie'.

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Marlon and his brothers' last hurrah with the franchise was 2001's *Scary Movie 2*. Though both the sequel and its predecessor were box office sensations, grossing many times over the modest budgets they were made on, the Wayans' parted ways ahead of the greenlit third installment over disagreements with the series' executive producer, Dimension Films founder Bob Weinstein.

He cites three reasons for returning to the franchise after 25 years: the "dismantling of the Weinstein regime;" the encouragement of his father, Howell Stouten Wayans, who "wanted me and my brothers to work together again;" and "God," who told him, "This is what you should be doing."

Anna Faris as Cindy and Regina Hall as Brenda in 'Scary Movie'.

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"I got me and my brothers together to come back to a franchise that we were removed from," he says. "I think the assignment is to bring back the cast, bring back me and my brothers working together, and to bring back big-ass laughs. The world needs a big-ass laugh."

*Scary Movie 6 *arrives in theaters June 5th.

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Knicks rout the Nuggets 142-103 as Denver guard Murray leaves with a sprained ankle

Knicks rout the Nuggets 142103 as Denver guard Murray leaves with a sprained ankle ARNIE STAPLETONSat, March 7, 2026 at 4:35 AM UTC 0 1 / 0Knicks Nuggets BasketballNew York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, right, looks to pass the ball as Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray, left, defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 6, 2026, in Denver.

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DENVER (AP) — OG Anunoby scored 34 points to power the New York Knicks to a 142-103 win over the Denver Nuggets, who lost All-Star point guard Jamal Murray to a sprained ankle Friday night just when their starting lineup was back together.

Josh Hart added 18 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 points and 17 rebounds as the Knicks kicked off a five-game trip in resounding fashion, their starters taking the fourth quarter off to enjoy the rare rout.

The 39-point home loss tied the Nuggets' record set against Chicago in 1998.

Nikola Jokic led Denver with 38 points but the Nuggets suffered their biggest loss of the season — both on the scoreboard and on the court with Murray's injury.

Aaron Gordon (hamstring) played for the first time since Jan. 23 and Cam Johnson returned from a sprained ankle, giving the Nuggets their original starting lineup for the first time since Nov. 12.

It was short-lived.

Although Gordon quickly gave the crowd something to cheer about when he followed his errant 3-pointer with a rim-rattling dunk as part of Denver's 13-4 start, the Nuggets would miss 17 consecutive 3-pointers before Jokic hit one with his team trailing 92-70 on its way to a 105-80 deficit after three quarters.

And that was Gordon's only basket as he went 1 for 7 in 21 minutes.

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And the Nuggets lost their All-Star point guard before halftime.

Murray, who had 45- and 28-point performances earlier this week, had 12 points when he got hurt with 1:05 left in the first half. He took the contact from a driving Anunoby and stepped back on Jokic's right foot. Murray tumbled to the floor in pain, grabbing his left ankle. He was helped to the locker room by teammate Jonas Valanciunas, and didn't return.

During the stoppage, Knicks coach Mike Brown challenged the call on the court of an Anunoby charge. The challenge was successful, so Murray was assessed the blocking foul and Anunoby sank both free throws, giving the Knicks a 65-42 halftime lead.

Murray was an All-Star this season for the first time in his nine-year career.

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Knicks: At the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

Nuggets: At Oklahoma City on Monday night.

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Jayson Tatum scores 15 points in return from Achilles surgery, Celtics beat Mavericks 120-100

Jayson Tatum scores 15 points in return from Achilles surgery, Celtics beat Mavericks 120100 KYLE HIGHTOWER Sat, March 7, 2026 at 2:34 AM UTC 0 1 / 0Mavericks Celtics BasketballBoston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum blows a kiss to fans after making a 3pointer against the Dallas Mavericks during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Boston.

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BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 24 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-100 on Friday night in Jayson Tatum's first game in almost 10 months after rupturing his right Achilles tendon.

Tatum had 15 points on 6-of-16 shooting, 12 rebounds and seven assists in a rust-filled 27 minutes. He played in five- and six-minute spurts in his first game since suffering the injury in during Game 4 of Boston's Eastern Conference semifinal loss to New York in May.

Derrick White added 20 points to help Boston win for the fourth time in five games. Dallas has lost six straight.

No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg, a Maine native playing his first game in TD Garden, had 16 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Dallas. Klay Thompson finished with 19 points, and Naji Marshall had13 points.

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Tatum missed his first six shots, including three 3-pointers. But he continued to look for his teammates and actively screening to initiate the offense.

The Celtics have 19 games remaining in the regular season, including 11 at TD Garden to try to ramp up Tatum for the playoffs.

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