Rob London

Published Jun 16, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he’s an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne from a misspent youth of watching monster movies on TV, perusing the sun-faded goods at the local video rental shop, and staining his fingers with ink from the Video Movie Guide. Areas of interest include science fiction, film noir, horror flicks, ’70s disaster pictures, Bond movies, ’90s action, giant robots, dinosaurs, super heroes, and the exuberantly schlocky output of Cannon Films. He also enjoys both Star Trek and Star Wars when they’re good, and maybe even more when they’re bad. As a Canadian, he also has a vested interest in Canadian movies and TV shows, especially the cheesier ones dubbed “Canuxploitation.”

An expert on Marvel Comics, he has also written for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, and is a member of the Marvel Research Team. He can frequently be found pontificating on comic-book continuity or bemoaning the misfortunes of the Toronto Maple Leafs on his Twitter account.

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Kelly Marie Tran (The Last Jedi) stars in Quads and the Kicker, a neo-noir thriller that dives into the shadowy world of poker grifters. And now, with production on the film wrapped in Flagstaff, Arizona, the movie is dealing in some new players. Collider is proud to exclusively announce the new additions to the film’s cast.

Joining the film are Tia Carrere (True Lies), Gilles Marini (Switched at Birth), Brad James (Outer Banks), Annika Reese Franklin (The Long Walk), Kayden Brenna Tokarski (Gaslit), Riley Vuong (Law & Order), and Amina Alzouma (I Am Frankie). They join the previously announced Tran, **Ilia Isorelýs Paulino **(The Sex Lives of College Girls), Ashley Reyes (Walker), and Jamie Neumann (The Deuce). The movie centers on the bonds of sisterhood among an all-female team of poker hustlers and how those bonds can be broken by a series of betrayals and double-crosses. The film is inspired by the Off-Broadway play Never The Same Rhyme Twice by Andy Rooster Bloch.

The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.

You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.

You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.

You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.

You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.

Quads and the Kicker is written and directed by Heidi James in her feature directorial debut. Says James, “I wanted to make a visceral ensemble film about sisterhood — the love, power, loyalty, betrayal, and unpredictability that exist between women who find one another as young girls and become each other’s family. It explores the forces in society that either pull women closer together or drive them apart.” James also produces with Michael Downey and Dave McVeigh; **Dean Stoecker **executive produces. It will feature original songs by Molly Venter of the folk music duo Goodnight Moonshine, and a score by True Detective’s Keefus Ciancia.

Poker might not seem like the most cinematic of contests, but it has proved to be fertile soil for filmmakers. Thrillers like The Cincinnati Kid, Rounders, and The Card Counter have turned each turn of a card into a nerve-racking experience. Even 2006’s James Bond actioner Casino Royale switched the original novel’s baccarat for a high-stakes game of Texas hold ‘em. However, these films often present the world of high-stakes gambling to be a high-testosterone environment, making Quads and the Kicker’s female-led ensemble a unique entry in the genre.

Quads and the Kicker has wrapped production in Flagstaff, Arizona; no release date has yet been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.