Minority Mindset

Caple Jr. has announced that the next Transformers movie won’t be the big sequel everyone has been expecting for the past three years. Caple Jr. directed the seventh film, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, which served as a fresh start and backstory to the previous movies directed by Michael Bay. Rise of the Beasts featured the Autobots fighting Scourge, the leader of the Terrorcons, and his powerful boss, Unicron. The film ended by suggesting that a G.I. Joe crossover movie is planned for the future.

Filming for the third season of the Prime Video series Rings of Power started around May 2025 and wrapped up in October. Based on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, the show is known for its massive budget and tells the story of Sauron’s early quest for power and his eventual downfall. Rings of Power originally debuted in 2022, and its second season followed nearly two years later in 2024.

Sarah, determined to find her birth parents, hires a private investigator. As seen in an exclusive clip from the season finale, the investigator is starting to uncover clues. However, Sarah is shocked to learn a discrepancy in her adoption paperwork reveals she’s actually 30 years old, not 28, leaving her reeling.

Margo is enjoying her new venture, despite the messy realities of caring for a baby and managing a rather unusual side hustle. We see her writing provocative and explicitly-themed content, including lines like “Your penis is filled with a quiet menace.” While we don’t see the explicit images she’s reviewing, we’re left to wonder how accurate her ratings are. Although her follower count is increasing—currently at 196—she understands she needs to significantly grow her audience to succeed. She asks her friend Susie to help with some revealing photoshoots, which she offers to her fans for a small fee, but the income isn’t substantial enough. She quickly realizes that to truly gain traction, she needs to collaborate with more popular content creators.