Ralph Fiennes in The King's Man: Origin Tale

0:00On April 22nd, Ralph Fiends, the guy who played Voldemort, stars in the Kingsman, the prequel to that wild Kingsman spy franchise. This one's hitting Hulu on May 1st, 2026. Co-created by director Matthew Vaughan, it dives into the origins of a secret British agency stopping global disasters back in the early 19. Hundreds. The story follows the Duke of Oxford, played by Fiends, as he builds this elite group amid rising world tensions. Vaughan co-wrote this group with Carl Gajdusek, pulling from the 2012 comic series The Secret Service. Strongcast 2, with Jema Arterton, Reese Iphone's as Rasputin, and Jimo Hunsau rounding it out. Critics were feeling it, giving it just the 41% on Rotten Tomatoes from about 184 reviews, the lowest in the series. But Fiends loved it, hitting 80% audience score right in line with the earlier hits. It dropped in theaters December 2021, pulling in roughly $125.9 million worldwide on a 100 million budget.

1:05Pandemic timing hurt the box office, but it bounced back huge on streaming. That prior run on Hulu and HBO Max grabbed 2.2 million viewers in four days alone, proving it's got legs for home viewers. Perfect timing to revisit this gritty origin tale before the next chapter drops. That's your update from Entertainment and celebrity news today, Power by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.