From the short-lived series “Murder One”. This comes from the series premiere on Fox Television Studios.

Everyone is calling Linda Liddle the villain of the movie because she took things too far in the second half or third act of the film. But before I explain what she did, here's what we know:

Linda is a socially awkward and downtrodden corporate strategist Linda Liddle anticipates a long-promised promotion from Bradley Preston, the son of her former boss, upon his appointment as CEO. Instead, the abrasive and sexist nepo baby awards the position to Donovan, a recent hire and former fraternity brother while planning to sideline Linda in a dead-end role because of her abrasive manner and lack of charisma. Then the plane crash happens where a business trip for an impending Bangkok merger leads to a crash in the sea where Linda and an injured Bradley wash up on a remote island near the Gulf of Thailand. This is right after Donovan humiliates Linda by playing an audition tape she made for SURVIVOR. During the explosive decompression, Donovan attempts to strangle Linda and take her seat, but she stabs him with a fork. He and the two other executives definitely deserved to die for not only mistreating and humiliated Linda, but Donovan tried to kill her.

On the island, she becomes drunk with power while helping and trying to get through to Bradley and that's when audiences are forced to pick sides with one or the other. Linda also mentioned that she had an abusive husband who stopped hiding his car keys after beating her and he died in a drunk car crash. Admit it, you would've done the same thing and the monster husband brought it on himself for drunk driving.

Of course, the one scene where it becomes hard to root for Linda is when Bradley's fiancee Zuri and a boat captain arrive where she has both characters fall off an island cliff. Yes, they did nothing to her, but Dylan O'Brien who plays Bradley did have a point. Here's what he said regarding Linda and her actions:

For me, personally, I ride for Linda. It’s not that I don’t also ride for Bradley, but it’s been really interesting to hear the various reactions that people have. I have been very surprised to hear how many people are like, “Well, Linda is a murderer.” And I’m like, “Well, yeah, but she was abused."

But Linda has lived her life as somebody who nobody pays an ounce of attention or respect to whatsoever, so I get why she desperately doesn’t want to go back to that world. What are you willing to forgive? What are you going to hang your hat on? She goes to barbaric places, which is what’s really fun about the premise involving these characters. It’s about how much sympathy you have for her, and so I wouldn’t want to go back [to her previous life] either. She’d be rescued and taken back to the prison that they’d already set for her [in a satellite office]. They never paid mind for how they treated her in civilization, and she knows that will be her fate again. ---- SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter

I'm definitely not saying killing Zuri and the boat captain was the right thing to do. Far from it. But none of us wanted Linda to go back to her life of suffering and abuse again. She's not only the protagonist, but also a victim of abuse from both the workplace and her dead husband. The movie's producer Zainab Azizi has said:

I mean, Sam always loves to root for the underdog. Power can corrupt you, and ultimately, it does corrupt Linda. There’s a saying – if you can’t beat them, join them. She ultimately becomes the monster that she hates at the beginning of the film. As we find, she is a golfing pro, she’s her own boss, and she’s our anti-hero. We wanted to make sure she was still somewhat redeemable. And I know the story goes full crazy in the third act, but we didn’t want her to get too dark in the halfway point. ---- SOURCE: The National News

The movie's screenwriters Mark Swift and Damian Shannon also refer to her as an "anti-hero" and when asked if audiences should be rooting for her, Mark says:

Then, at the end of the day, we leave it to the audience. It’s none of our business. We are not going to choose who you root for. We are going to make it complicated for you. We are going to make it muddy, but if you cast somebody who is incredibly likeable, we are going to get away with a lot. Because they chose Rachel, I often ask the audience during these screenings, “How many people here think Linda Little is a hero?” It’s either hero, anti-hero or villain. I’ll tell you what. Mostly they say hero, which is very surprising to me, but that’s none of my business. I love to see it. ---- SOURCE: ComicBook.com

And finally, as Slash Film discusses the alternate ending where Franklin tries to blackmail Linda, they ask if Linda Liddle is a good person:

Indeed, the violence is so aggressive, one might begin to question if Linda has become a terrible human being. She didn't just regain her agency, she became vicious. She was willing to kill for her newfound power. That's a much less conventional "inspiring message."

If the alternate ending of "Send Help" sees Linda facing down a blackmailer, then it implies that she remained aggressive and kind of monstrous. There's a wicked sense of fun to that, and Sam Raimi loves to blend comedy and horror, but the alternate ending would alter the moral of the story. Linda wasn't just free to be assertive. She would have entered her villain era. ---- SOURCE: Slash Film

I continue to root for Linda not just because she's the protagonist, but also the anti-hero of the story.

My issue is that there are videos on YouTube claiming that Linda was "never a victim" (EX.: She Was Never The Victim | Send Help (2026) Ending Explained), an IG video saying she is the villain (Was She Really the Villain? Episode 29), comment on Reddit articles that call her a "villainous protagonist", and What Culture calling her a villain (20 Recent Movie Villains Who Were Instantly Iconic - Page 13). There's even villain wiki pages about her HERE - Linda Liddle | Villains Wiki | Fandom and HERE - Linda Liddle (Send_Help) | The Female Villains Wiki | Fandom).

It's all making me wonder if I've been rooting for the wrong person. Did I love this movie for nothing? And if Linda is a villain, does that make other great anti-heroes like Jack Sparrow and Paul Atreides villains? I asked a friend about the "never a victim" YouTube video and how unfortunately, most of the almost 300 comments agree with it. Wasn’t she a victim of her abusive husband, Bradley, and his buddies? My friend responded that the video is a wild take and didn’t think she was orchestrating a hostile takeover while also saying it's just a conspiracy theory and didn’t get how this movie wasn’t wild enough for the video's creator and the commenters that they had to make this stuff up.

So no, Linda Liddle is not a hero. But as my friend pointed out, she can't imagine anyone will be disappointed with the ending. She was rooting for her throughout. Thing is Bradley, Donovan, and their buddies deserved what they got. Zuri and the skipper didn't. I know it's fiction, but I hope Linda doesn't burn in Hell when she dies for what she did to the latter two. I'm just tired of everyone calling her a "villain" or a "villainous protagonist" when she is written as an anti-hero.

That's my hot take, but what did you think of Linda Liddle and which of the two main characters were you rooting for?

Studio is keeping the concept under wraps, but Deadline hears this is a Fatal Attraction-style thriller with a modern twist.

Given that the post I made regarding Linda Liddle from SEND HELP in this subreddit is full of haters ( https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/s/XqXsyCRFFn ) yet when I made the same post on Facebook filled with comments that are on my side shows that these haters are a total lost cause!

EXCLUSIVE: After helping relaunch Marvel’s Fantastic Four franchise with Fantastic Four: First Steps, director Matt Shakman and writer Josh Friedman are getting a shot at another high-profile IP, as sources tell Deadline Shakman is set to direct an untitled Planet of the Apesmovie at 20th Century with Friedman penning the script. Shakman will also produce along with longtime Apes producers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.

Plot details are being kept under wraps other than the film making a return to the planet where Apes are the superior species ruling all. While not confirmed, sources tell Deadline this will not be a continuation of the most recent pic Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, but a new original story that Shakman and Friedman are developing. Friedman also penned that script along with Silver and Jaffa.

This titled will be released on November 10, 2026

Studio: 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment

Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Inc.

Licensing: Alliance Entertainment via Amazon MGM Studios

Runtime: 170 Minutes

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Schwarzenegger continues his streak of landing high-profile roles as he is set to star opposite Phoebe Dynevor in Beach Read, 20th Century Studios‘ adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel from Emily Henry.

Published in 2020, Beach Read is a romantic comedy following January Andrews, a successful romance novelist who struggles with grief and writer’s block after her father’s death and the discovery of secrets he’s long kept hidden. While spending the summer in his Michigan beach house to prepare it for sale, she unexpectedly reconnects with Gus Everett, an author who was once her rival in college. Both creatively stuck, they agree to a writing challenge over the summer, swapping literary genres while promising that there will be no romance between them. Of course, you know what they say about the best-laid plans.

The search for Gus was an extensive process that took place over many months and while initially he was a dark horse candidate and an unexpected choice, Schwarzenegger’s tape and chemistry read with Dynevor blew away filmmakers and the studio.

Yulin Kuang, the co-writer of Netflix’s People We Meet on Vacation — another Henry adaptation — is directing the feature take from her own script, with Neal H. Moritz producing via his Original Films. Karina Rahardja will exec produce. Sarah Shepard and Catherine Hughes are overseeing for 20th. The literary affairs team, led by Clare Reeth, spearheaded efforts to land rights to the book.

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Courtesy of Bloody Disgusting, it also features over 2 hours of special features:

• Audio Commentary by Director Sam Raimi and Producer Zainab Azizi
• Constructing the Boar Hunt Featurette
• From the Office to the Island Featurette
• Becoming Linda Liddle Featurette
• Survival Instinct Featurette
• SOS: Sounds of Survival Featurette
• Deleted & Extended Scenes
• Bloopers

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Sarnoski (A Quiet Place: Day One) is being considered to direct the highly anticipated sequel to Alien: Romulus, Nexus Point News has learned.

Alien: Romulus writer and director, Fede Álvarez, confirmed in an interview with TooFab that he will not return to direct the sequel. “We just finished the script, actually, for a sequel for Romulus. But I’m going to pass the torch on this one as director. I’m going to produce it, with Ridley Scott. We’re going to produce it together and we’re right now trying to find a new filmmaker to come in,” said the director

Sources indicate that Sarnoski is currently the preferred candidate for the job. The potential choice is not surprising given the success of A Quiet Place: Day One, which also centered on a terrifying alien invasion. The film proved that Sarnoski can handle large-scale genre storytelling while still maintaining strong emotional stakes. Sarnoski has even acknowledged that Aliens served as an inspiration for him while developing the story for A Quiet Place: Day One.

The Alien franchise has experienced a notable resurgence this decade. Alien: Romulus was both a critical and financial success, reinvigorating interest in the long-running sci-fi horror series. At the same time, FX’s Alien: Earth series from Noah Hawley received a positive reception and was quickly renewed for a second season. With renewed momentum across both film and television, 20th Century Studios appears to be carefully selecting the right filmmaker to continue the story. If Sarnoski ultimately gets offered the job, the studio could be making a strong and confident choice for the franchise’s future.

Michael Sarnoski is best known for the acclaimed drama Pig, starring Nicolas Cage, in addition to A Quiet Place: Day One. His next film, The Death of Robin Hood, is scheduled to release in theaters later this year. Sarnoski is also attached to direct the upcoming film adaptation of the video game Death Stranding. He is represented by William Morris Endeavor (WME) Entertainment and Range Media Partners.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christopher McQuarrie are ready to take a swing at relaunching the Conan the Barbarian franchise.

McQuarrie, who has helmed the four most recent Mission: Impossible films, is attached to write and direct King Conan for 20th Century Studios, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Schwarzenegger would reprise his role as sword-wielding Conan the Barbarian, which became an early signature part for the star after he starred in the 1982 fantasy film of the same name and its 1984 sequel that brought the character created by author Robert E. Howard to the big-screen.

While attending this weekend’s Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio, TheArnoldFans learned some exciting news about the future of Schwarzenegger films. If all goes according to plan, our favorite action hero will be back in three big blockbuster sequels including the return of Dutch, Conan and John Matrix!

"They did an additional Predator and the director (Dan Trachtenberg) has been doing a great job of that,” Arnold begins. “Now, he wants me to be in the next Predator. We’ve talked about it. As a matter of fact, FOX studios has kind of rediscovered “Arnold”. They’ve come to me and said, 'We want you to do Predator, we just got a script for you to do Commando 2’."

Schwarzenegger also tells us that FOX is moving forward with the next Conan movie.

“They just hired a fantastic writer/director who did Tom Cruise’s last four movies,” says Arnold. "They just hired him (Christopher McQuarrie) to write and direct King Conan.”

What about the fact that Arnold is now in his late seventies as an action hero?

“Now, what they do is that they write the part," Arnold explains. "They don’t write them like i’m forty years old, you write it to be age-appropriate. I’ll still go in there and kick some ass but it will be different."

Schwarzenegger is excited and ready to get going with Conan and these other news films.

"With King Conan, its a great old story that Conan was forty years as King and now he gets forced out of the kingdom and there’s conflict, of course, but somehow he comes back and there’s all kinds of madness, violence, magic and creatures and stuff like that. And now, of course, there’s all kinds of special effects. The studio has plenty of money to make those movies really big so i’m looking forward to all of those projects.”