First teaser for Apple TV's Neuromancer debuts at SDCC

On the plus side, Flanagan insists he has no intention of creating yet another straight adaptation of the novel. “Carrie was written half a century ago,” Flanagan said during his SDCC panel. “Carrie was adapted spectacularly by Brian De Palma. It is iconic. It is untouchable. There is no reason whatsoever to try to follow in those footsteps and to try to walk on that path. However, the world has changed quite a lot. I think a lot of people think they know what the show is. And the biggest thing I’m excited about today is just knowing what a big surprise our Carrie is going to be.” The teaser itself doesn’t deliver any real surprises to anyone familiar with the story, but that’s just one minute of footage. I’m inclined to trust Flanagan’s instincts, given his track record and the stellar supporting cast he’s assembled, which includes several of his regulars. We’ve got Samantha Sloyan—so chilling as the overly zealous Bev Keane in Midnight Mass—as Carrie’s mother, Margaret White; Michael Trucco as John Hargensen, a wealthy lawyer and father to mean girls ringleader Chris (Alison Thornton); Rahul Kohli as Harold Allison, Margaret’s stepfather; Ruth Codd as Cara; Matthew Lillard as Principal Henry Grayle; Katee Sackhoff as Judith Brigham, Margaret’s mother; Heather Graham as Mrs. Hargensen; Tahmoh Penikett as Margaret’s late husband and Carrie’s father, Ralph White; and Katie Siegel in an as-yet-undisclosed role. (I’m guessing we’re going to be getting a lot of White family flashbacks.) For the main cast, we have Summer H. Howell as Carrie; Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, the only popular girl to feel remorse for bullying Carrie; Joel Oulette (no relation) as Sue’s boyfriend, Tommy Ross; Amber Midthunder as gym teacher Rita Desjardin; Arthur Conti as Chris’s boyfriend Billy Nolan; Josie Totah as Chris’s BFF Tina Blake; and Thalia Dudek as Emaline, a new character created for the miniseries. All six episodes of Carrie premiere on October 7, 2026, on Prime Video. John Cena stars as a former soldier turned spy named Sean Walker who decides to reunite with his childhood Matchbox car-loving friends, played by Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris, and Arturo Castro. The entire group ends up drugged and kidnapped by bad guys looking for a nuclear warhead. It seems the CIA thinks Sean and his friends stole the nuke, so they decide to re-steal the bomb and get their lives back. Wacky action hijinks ensue, many involving real-life versions of some of Matchbox’s classic toy cars. Matchbox: the Movie will premiere on October 9, 2026, on Apple TV. Marvel Studios’ release of The Avengers: Doomsday trailer several days before SDCC was a bit of a surprise, since fans expected that to happen at the Marvel panel on Saturday. The panel ended up focusing on big reveals concerning other future projects, although the Doomsday cast did assemble on-stage for a group selfie, a bit of Q&A—with a cameo by Ryan Gosling playing a fan in a Deadpool costume—and some exclusive teaser footage from the film. Gosling’s presence wasn’t just a side stunt: Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige announced that Gosling will star in a new Ghost Rider film, to be directed by Shawn Levy (who just finished directing Gosling in Star Wars: Starfighter, due out next May). Gosling has long wanted to revive the character previously portrayed on the big screen by Nicolas Cage in 2007 and 2011, although it’s not clear if Gosling will play the same Johnny Blaze incarnation, or take on Danny Ketch instead. (Agents of SHIELD featured the Robbie Reyes incarnation, played by Gabriel Luna.) The new Ghost Rider is slated for a 2028 release. Finally, director Ryan Coogler took the stage to announce that David Jonsson (The Long Walk) has been cast in Black Panther III as T’Challa’s grown son, Toussaint/T’Challa II. Black Panther III, expected to be the final installment in a trilogy, is slated for release on December 15, 2028.