Published Jun 27, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT
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Netflix has released some of its most ambitious projects in the platform’s history this year, and the first that comes to mind is War Machine. With the backing of star Alan Ritchson, War Machine officially cracked the Netflix all-time top 10, and the streamer has confirmed that a sequel to the film is in the works. Netflix also released another hit sci-fi show in The Boroughs, which was positioned as the platform’s next Stranger Things. The show was even produced by Matt and Ross Duffer, creators of Stranger Things, and despite it still sitting in the top 10, Netflix was forced to make a tough decision about the fate of the show. The streamer announced earlier this week that The Boroughs had been canceled after only one season, meaning the creatives would not be given the chance to continue the story in Season 2 and beyond.
The Boroughs is far from the only Netflix show to have the axe brought down on it before fans were ready to say goodbye, though. After two successful seasons of Mindhunter, Netflix confirmed in 2020 that the show was being put on hold, and while this resulted in actors being released from their contracts, it didn’t mean that the show had been officially canceled. Director David Fincher later confirmed a few years later that the show had been canned after only two seasons, and even to this day, it’s still tough to swallow. Mindhunter changed the game not only for Netflix, but for the police procedural genre in general, paving the way for more crime hits that explore the criminal’s psyche and try to explain why they commit such horrible crimes.
Your instincts, your strengths, and your particular way of thinking under pressure point to one villain you actually have a fighting chance against. Everyone else — good luck.
Jason is relentless, but he is also predictable — and that is the gap you would exploit.
Michael watches before he moves. He is patient, methodical, and almost impossible to detect — until it’s too late for anyone who isn’t paying close enough attention.
Freddy wins by getting inside your head — using your own fears, your own memories, your own subconscious as weapons against you. That strategy requires a target who can be destabilised.
Pennywise is ancient, shapeshifting, and feeds on terror — but it has one critical vulnerability: it cannot function against someone who genuinely stops being afraid of it.
Chucky’s greatest advantage is that nobody takes him seriously until it’s already too late. He exploits the gap between how something looks and what it actually is.
An official synopsis for Mindhunter, which holds nearly flawless scores of 97% from critics and 95% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, reads as follows:
“The dawn of criminal psychology. FBI agent Holden Ford and veteran partner Bill Tench pioneer a radical approach to law enforcement — interviewing incarcerated serial killers to understand the criminal mind and solve active cases. As Ford pushes deeper into the darkest corners of human psychology, the line between profiler and subject begins to blur.”
Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany star in the lead roles of Holden Ford and Bill Trench in Mindhunter. The show was written and created for TV by Joe Penhall, who has not written another project since.
Check out the first two seasons of Mindhunter on Netflix and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of all the most popular projects on streaming.
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David Fincher, Carl Franklin, Andrew Dominik, Andrew Douglas, Asif Kapadia, Tobias Lindholm
Joe Penhall, Jennifer Haley, Joshua Donen, Courtenay Miles, Carly Wray, Pamela Cederquist