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Published Aug 12, 2026, 11:51 AM EDT
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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MGM+ has been quietly stringing together a strong run of original, star-and-creator-driven programming on streaming over the past two years. So far, the standout for this year has been The Westies, the historical crime drama starring Bosch's Titus Welliver and the iconic J.K. Simmons as a beat cop and leader of the titular gang, respectively, whose differing paths lead them to opposite sides of a war in 1980s Hell's Kitchen. The platform also shared the debut of the Nicolas Cage-led Spider-Noir with Prime Video, which became a breakout superhero hit with 11 Emmy nominations and plenty of critical acclaim. A recent trailer for American Hostage also set the stage for the platform's next high-profile outing based on the podcast of the same name and bringing Jon Hamm back to television.
Before that 70s-set thriller hits the screen in September, though, MGM+ is about to take viewers through the best and worst of times once again. The streamer debuts its buzzy adaptation of Charles Dickens' literary classic, A Tale of Two Cities, in less than one month, with Game of Thrones favorite Kit Harington and The Three Musketeers' François Civil taking on the legendary roles of intertwined physical doubles Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay. One a bright, yet erratic lawyer with a love of alcohol and the other a French emigré locked up for treason, they both collide in the life of Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack), who has learned after 20 years that her father may well be alive after all. Her only hope is Darnay, who delivered the news, but she requires Sydney's help in saving him so he can lead her back to Paris, beginning a fierce love triangle as each grows closer to her despite their vast differences.
After much anticipation for the latest take on the period drama, an official trailer has just been released, whisking the trio off to 1728 London for the age-old story of love, fate, triumph, tragedy, and murder.
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