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A He-Man and the Masters of the Universe reboot movie has been in the works for quite a while. It was back in April 2017 that it was reported the film would hit theaters this December. And while that’s clearly not going to happen since December is two months from now, the new take on Masters of the Universe remains in development. However, a new report suggests the movie might not end up in theaters at all.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony is “exploring the prospect” of making the movie with Netflix, which would ultimately send the film to the streaming service, rather than the big screen. As THR reports, only preliminary discussions about the prospect have happened between the studio and the streamer.

What it comes down to is price. While the studio could partner with someone to share the cost of the project and split the box office profits, there’s no telling how profitable a Masters of the Universe reboot would be. Whereas partnering with Netflix would mean Sony gets paid and Netflix gets more library content.

As streaming continues to become the way so many are regularly accessing content, Sony isn’t the only studio considering cashing in online, rather than at the box office. Disney and Warner Bros. are both making content for their new dedicated streaming services, while, as THR points out, indie studio A24 has a deal with Apple to create films for Apple TV+.

Meanwhile, Netflix is already cashing in on the He-Man franchise. She-Ra and the Princess of Power has been airing on the service since 2018, while a new Masters of the Universe animated series is in the works with Kevin Smith serving as executive producer.

It remains to be seen what will happen to the Masters of the Universe reboot movie in the end–or if it’ll ever actually happen. If it does, though, it might just be on Netflix.

The huge success of last year’s Halloween reboot ensured that the long-running horror series will continue for a while longer. In July, it was announced that masked killer Michael Myers will return for two new movies, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, which will shoot back-to-back. Production has now started on Halloween Kills, and star Jamie Lee Curtis has posted the first image from the set.

The picture is a behind-the-scenes selfie of Curtis as Laurie Strode, smiling but looking dirty, bruised, and battered–presumably from another encounter with Michael. The caption reads “NEVER SAY DIE! First day back in the battle for my life!” Check it out below.

Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends are set to be released on October 16, 2020 and October 15, 2021 respectively. They will both be directed by David Gordon Green, who helmed last year’s movie, while series co-creator John Carpenter is to compose the soundtrack once more.

Interestingly, the original plan for 2018’s Halloween was to shoot it back-to-back with a sequel. As co-writer Danny McBride told Entertainment Weekly last year: “We were going to shoot two of them back-to-back. Then we were like, ‘Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. This could come out, and everyone could hate us, and we’d never work again. So, let’s not have to sit around for a year while we wait for another movie to come out that we know people aren’t going to like.’

For more, check out GameSpot’s guide to everything we know to date about Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends.

After much speculation, it was announced in August that a fourth movie in the Matrix series is happening, with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss set to return to their roles of The Matrix 4. It has now been announced that Aquaman star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has also joined the cast.

As reported by Variety, Abdul-Mateen II will play a major role in the movie. The site states that he was one of several actors that met with director Lana Wachowski over the past week. Abdul-Mateen II played Black Manta in Aquaman, and also appeared in the horror hit Us and the latest season of Black Mirror.

The first reports of a new Matrix movie began in 2017, with Ready Player One’s Zak Penn writing the script. Penn said the movie would expand the Matrix universe and not reboot it, and Michael B. Jordan was in talks to star. There were conflicting reports that the relaunch had been cancelled in May this year, before it was officially confirmed in August. Although The Matrix 4 does not yet have a confirmed release date, it is expected to start shooting in early 2020.

The first Matrix movie brought in $463,517,383 worldwide, and it spawned two sequels: 2003’s Matrix Reloaded–grossing $742,128,461 worldwide–and Matrix Revolutions–taking in $427,343,298 worldwide. The franchise has earned more than $1.6 billion in total.

2019 marks the 20th anniversary of The Matrix, and while the first movie still holds up, the sequels–primarily Revolutions–are still as problematic as you remember. Check out The Matrix Sequels’ 34 Dumbest Moments to relive the weirdness.