Bandwagon Nerds News Report (11/12/2026): Endgame Encore, Resident Evil Wins Big, and More Middle-earth

Endgame Encore heads to Disney+, Resident Evil dominates the Golden Joysticks, Adults gets renewed, and The Good Daughter premieres on Peacock.

Marvel is giving fans another reason to revisit Avengers: Endgame, while Resident Evil has collected some major hardware as gaming awards season gets rolling. Television brings an expanded renewal for Adults, a fresh batch of Middle-earth adventures, and a new thriller arriving just in time to complicate your weekend viewing plans.

Elsewhere, Warner Bros. is developing another take on You’ve Got Mail, and we’re remembering actress Irma P. Hall following her family’s announcement of her death. There’s plenty to discuss across movies, television and gaming as we head toward another busy entertainment weekend.

It’s the Bandwagon Nerds News Report for November 12, 2026!

Avengers: Endgame Encore Arrives on Disney+ Friday

Avengers Endgame: Encore is coming to Disney+ on Friday, November 13, bringing the updated version of Marvel’s 2019 blockbuster to streaming. The presentation previously played in theaters beginning September 25 and includes additional scenes connecting the film to Avengers: Doomsday.

According to Disney’s official announcement, Encore runs approximately four minutes longer than the original and features updated color grading. That gives viewers a clear idea of what to expect: the familiar Endgame experience with some new material woven into the presentation.

The timing puts its streaming arrival a little more than a month ahead of Doomsday’s December 18 theatrical release. For anyone who skipped the theatrical return, Friday provides an opportunity to see the additions before the next Avengers film arrives.

Revisiting Endgame also brings Marvel back to a movie built around years of audience investment. Its biggest moments worked because viewers had followed those characters through victories, failures and increasingly complicated relationships, giving the spectacle a personal payoff.

The new footage now has the task of connecting that conclusion to another chapter. Fans can judge how comfortably those additions fit when Encore arrives Friday, with plenty of time left afterward for the inevitable frame-by-frame discussions.

Resident Evil Requiem Claims the Golden Joysticks’ Top Prize

Resident Evil Requiem was the biggest winner at Wednesday’s Golden Joystick Awards, taking Ultimate Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year and Best Game Trailer. Angela Sant’Albano also earned Best Lead Performer for playing Grace Ashcroft, giving the game recognition for its central performance as well as its overall experience.

Capcom added Studio of the Year to its celebration. Other notable winners included Dispatch, which claimed Best Storytelling and Best Soundtrack, and MECCHA CHAMELEON, which collected four awards, including Best Multiplayer Game and the self-published indie honor.

Crimson Desert won PC Game of the Year, while Big Walk received Critics’ Choice. The Witcher 4 took Most Wanted Game, and Iron Lung earned Best Game Adaptation.

For Resident Evil fans, it was a convincing night across several categories. Recognition for performance alongside the overall awards suggests voters connected with more than the franchise name.

The results also provide a useful starting point for players looking beyond the games already sitting in their libraries. Awards are always going to inspire arguments, but a winners list that introduces somebody to an overlooked favorite has done something worthwhile.

Adults Gets a 16-Episode Third Season at FX

FX has renewed Adults for Season 3 with a 16-episode order, doubling the regular eight-episode runs of its first two seasons. Creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw have also signed an overall deal with FX Productions, extending their relationship with the company.

The comedy follows five friends navigating their twenties while living together in a childhood home in Queens. Its ensemble includes Jack Innanen, Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Amita Rao and Owen Thiele.

The larger order is particularly welcome news for an ensemble comedy. More episodes create opportunities for unusual character pairings, smaller stories and the kind of seemingly ordinary day that can become a sitcom’s most memorable installment.

There’s value in having time to understand how a group functions when everything isn’t building toward a finale. A running joke, a questionable decision or a minor disagreement can reveal just as much about a character as a major turning point.

Sixteen episodes gives Adults more room to develop those relationships and let its cast play. FX has not announced a premiere date for the third season, so the episode count is the concrete news for now.

Warner Bros. Develops a New Take on You’ve Got Mail

Warner Bros. is developing a new You’ve Got Mail project, with Jason Orley attached to direct and write the current screenplay draft. His work builds on an earlier script by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, while Neal Moritz and Tania Landau are producing.

The project is being described as a new take, with its story details still under wraps. No cast or release date has been announced, leaving plenty unanswered about how closely it will resemble the 1998 film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

The original’s combination of online romance and real-world rivalry offers an obvious starting point for another version. People still form relationships through screens, but the ways they communicate—and the information they can discover about one another—have changed considerably.

That creates an interesting writing challenge. The emotional appeal of connecting with someone before fully understanding who they are remains accessible, while the mechanics of keeping those identities separate require a different approach today.

Orley’s romantic comedy experience includes I Want You Back, giving the project a filmmaker familiar with balancing awkward situations and sincere affection. The larger question is what this new story finds to say about romance beyond the recognition attached to its title.

Remembering Soul Food and The Ladykillers Star Irma P. Hall

Irma P. Hall’s family announced Wednesday that the actress died November 10 in Dallas, surrounded by loved ones. She was 91, and her career included memorable performances in Soul Food, A Family Thing, The Ladykillers and Collateral.

Hall earned an NAACP Image Award for playing Big Mama Jo in Soul Food. Her performance opposite Tom Hanks in the Coen brothers’ The Ladykillers brought recognition at the Cannes Film Festival, where she received a Jury Prize.

Before her acting career, Hall spent more than two decades teaching English and foreign languages in Dallas public schools. She also remained involved in the city’s arts community, helping establish the Dallas Minority Repertory Theatre.

Her screen presence could communicate affection and authority in the same moment. That quality made her especially effective in stories where family relationships carried years of history, allowing a look or a brief exchange to suggest much more than the dialogue alone.

Her work also demonstrated how much a strong supporting performance contributes to a film’s identity. Hall could make a character feel firmly rooted in the world around her, giving audiences someone to remember long after the credits ended.

The Rings of Power Returns With Four New Episodes

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has launched its third season on Prime Video, with the first four episodes now available. Episodes five and six follow November 18, with the season’s final two installments arriving November 25.

The story advances five years beyond the fall of Eregion, with Sauron’s campaign spreading and the forging of the One Ring approaching. Returning cast members include Charlie Vickers, Morfydd Clark, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur and Sophia Nomvete, while Jamie Campbell Bower joins as Celeborn.

The four-episode opening gives viewers a substantial amount of story to absorb immediately. It also leaves two more release weeks for the season to unfold, creating a relatively compact window for following the full eight-episode run.

For returning fans, the central appeal remains watching this version of Middle-earth move toward events whose consequences loom over everything that follows. Knowing the destination can add tension when the characters themselves don’t understand how close they are to disaster.

That puts considerable weight on the individual choices made along the way. The scale may be enormous, but the season’s emotional impact will depend on whether those decisions feel meaningful to the people making them.

What to Watch Today: The Good Daughter Premieres on Peacock

The Good Daughter premieres Thursday, November 12, on Peacock, with all six episodes available together. Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy star as sisters Samantha and Charlotte Quinn in the limited series adapted by Karin Slaughter from her novel.

The story follows the sisters as a new case forces them to confront the violence that devastated their family years earlier. Brendan Gleeson and Olivia Williams are also among the cast, with Steph Green directing the series.

The combination of a present-day investigation and unresolved family trauma gives the show two connected mysteries to explore. There’s the question of what happened in the case, and the more personal question of what the family has carried forward from its past.

For viewers choosing a weekend series, the complete release offers a straightforward commitment: six episodes with no weekly wait between chapters. It’s also a different option from the fantasy adventures and superhero catch-up sessions competing for attention.

Byrne, Fahy and Gleeson make this an ensemble worth noticing, while Slaughter’s involvement gives the adaptation a direct connection to its source material. Whether you start tonight or save it for the weekend, The Good Daughter is one of Thursday’s major new streaming arrivals.

This report includes information from: Disney+, Golden Joystick Awards’ official winners announcement via Games Press, TheWrap, The Hollywood Reporter, ABC News, About Amazon, and Peacock.