Published Feb 18, 2026, 3:44 PM EST
Ryan O'Rourke is a Senior News Writer at Collider with a specific interest in all things adult animation, video game adaptations, and the work of Mike Flanagan. He is also an experienced baseball writer with over six years of articles between multiple outlets, most notably FanSided's CubbiesCrib. Whether it's taking in a baseball game, a new season of Futurama or Castlevania: Nocturne, or playing the latest From Software title, he is always finding ways to show his fandom. When it comes to gaming and anything that takes inspiration from it, he is deeply opinionated on what's going on. Outside of entertainment, he's a graduate of Eureka College with a Bachelor's in Communication where he honed his craft as a writer. Between The IV Leader at Illinois Valley Community College and The Pegasus at Eureka, he spent the majority of his college career publishing articles on everything from politics to campus happenings and, of course, entertainment for the student body. Those principles he learned covering the 2020 election, Palestine, and so much more are brought here to Collider, where he has gleefully written on everything from the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes to Nathan Lane baby-birding sewer boys.
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Bad Bunny is on top of the world right now. Coming off a historic Album of the Year win at the Grammys, which marked the first for a Spanish-language album, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio got the chance to play on the biggest stage — The Super Bowl LX Halftime Show — and delivered a powerful message of multiculturalism, hope, and the power of love over hate. Bolstered by Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, and an actual wedding, the performance averaged over 128 million viewers, just shy of a record for the coveted platform. Yet 2026 is just getting started, and the Puerto Rican superstar isn't planning to slow down anytime soon.
Although his music remains his biggest draw, Bad Bunny has increasingly leaned into film. 2025 saw him take up a prominent role as the comedic new caddie to Adam Sandler's titular golfer in the much-anticipated Happy Gilmore 2, and he also appeared in the stylish Austin Butler-led crime thriller Caught Stealing, playing an associate to the Russian mob. Before that, in 2022, he was one of the many colorful and deadly assassins seen in David Leitch's action thriller, Bullet Train. Never, however, has he been the lead of a movie, though that will soon change thanks to a new project from a fellow Puerto Rican icon.
A new report confirmed on Wednesday that Bad Bunny has been tapped to star in the feature directorial debut of 34-time Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning rapper René “Residente” Pérez Joglar. Titled Porto Rico, it's described as an epic historical drama and, in general, a love letter to the multihyphenate director's native Puerto Rico. The film was first announced to be in development back in 2023, with Oscar-winning Birdman writer Alexander Dinelaris penning the script. In addition to Ocasio, Joglar now has a massively star-studded cast to work with from top to bottom, including The Lord of the Rings icon Viggo Mortensen, Oscar nominee Edward Norton, and Oscar winner Javier Bardem. If that weren't enough award-worthy talent, multi-Oscar-winning writer-director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who directed Birdman and The Revenant, among other things, is also attached as an executive producer.
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