Rohan Naahar is a News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once.
He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal of introducing audiences to a whole new world of cinema.
Rumored to have been cast as Wonder Woman in the DC Universe franchise, taking over the role from Gal Gadot, Adria Arjona is set to showcase her action chops this week. The actor is headlining a buzzy new action movie directed by Adam Wingard as his return to smaller-scale cinema following an extended detour into mega-budget studio filmmaking. Wingard directed the blockbusters Godzilla vs. Kong and its follow-up,Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. The two movies grossed over $1 billion in combined global box-office revenue. But Wingard started out in the mumblecore movement even before he graduated to small-scale genre movies such as The Guest and You're Next. His upcoming film with Arjona is a return to his roots.
The movie follows a mother who must protect her daughter from an army of genetically enhanced soldiers; it also features Wingard's frequent collaborator,Dan Stevens, who was recently cast as RoboCop in an upcoming streaming series. Incidentally, Wingard's movie also features Michael Biehn in a meta bit of casting; Biehn famously appeared in arguably the most iconic movie about a mother protecting her child against a superpowered villain: The Terminator.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival QuizWhich Sci-Fi World Would You Survive?The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you'd actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
QUESTION 1 / 8INSTINCT
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do?The first instinct is often the truest one.
QUESTION 2 / 8RESOURCE
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely?What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
QUESTION 3 / 8THREAT
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night?Fear is useful data — if you're honest about what you're actually afraid of.
QUESTION 4 / 8AUTHORITY
04
How do you deal with authority you don't trust?Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
QUESTION 5 / 8ENVIRONMENT
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term?Survival isn't just tactical — it's physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
QUESTION 6 / 8ALLIANCE
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart?The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
QUESTION 7 / 8MORALITY
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all?Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they're actually made of.
QUESTION 8 / 8PURPOSE
08
What would actually make survival worth it?Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been CalculatedYou'd Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You're a systems thinker who can't help but notice the seams in things.
You're drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You'd find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines' worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You'd be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn't reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That's you.
You don't need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you're good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You'd survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You're not a hero. But you're not lost, either.
In Blade Runner's world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they're survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You'd learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn't just survive Arrakis — you'd begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn't have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You'd gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire's grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn't something you're capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Here's When Adria Arjona's Action Movie Lands in Theaters
Adria Arjona as Ashley looking over her right shoulder at herself in a black backless dress in SplitsvilleImage via Neon
Adria Arjona holding her baby in the Andor Season 2 finaleImage via Disney+
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Adria Arjona looking worried in Emerald City.Image via NBC
Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) with a blaster raised in Andor Season 2 Episode 6.Image via Lucasfilm
Adria Arjona as Ashley looking over her right shoulder at herself in a black backless dress in SplitsvilleImage via Neon
Adria Arjona holding her baby in the Andor Season 2 finaleImage via Disney+
Image via New Slate Ventures
Adria Arjona looking worried in Emerald City.Image via NBC
Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) with a blaster raised in Andor Season 2 Episode 6.Image via Lucasfilm
We're talking, of course, about Onslaught, which also features Rebecca Hall and Drew Starkey in supporting roles. The movie has been pitched as a spiritual sequel to The Guest and You're Next, both of which toy with the slasher genre. Onslaught will be released in theaters by A24 on September 4, two days after Gadot's action vehicle, The Runner, lands on Prime Video. Gadot famously played Wonder Woman in two movies that were a part of the now-defunct DC Extended Universe, and was announced to be returning for a third film that was later canceled in favor of a reboot. Arjona has long been rumored to be taking over as Wonder Woman, and she previously starred in action films such as 6 Underground and Triple Frontier, both for Netflix. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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