Microsoft’s Xbox is heading into The Game Awards Thursday with 10 nominations and major promotional plans for the second season of

its “Fallout” TV series on Amazon. The company also had some big news to break as it approaches its 25th anniversary in 2026.

 

 

“It’s a good button on the end of the year for us,” Matt Booty, Microsoft’s president of game content and studios, told Variety in an interview last week tied to tonight’s big event at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “This year for us has been about delivering on the promise of roadmap, frequency of titles, delivering on consistency, delivering on quality. And it’s just great for The Game Awards, as a celebration of the industry overall, but the 10 nominations [for Microsoft titles] is a good button on what has been a year of focus for us. And as you know, the results of the last 12 months were put in motion,…

Taylor Sheridan has become best known for his work on contemporary Western TV shows like Yellowstone and Landman, but 10 years ago, he made his feature writing debut on one of the greatest neo-Western crime thrillers in history. In 2015, Sheridan wrote Sicario, the psychological thriller following an idealistic FBI agent who gets in way over her head when she lands in the middle of the escalating drug war between the United States and Mexico. In America, Sicario is streaming on Peacock, but globally, the film is in the Apple TV top 10 in several countries, including Paraguay and El Salvador.

Sicario, which stars Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin, premiered to widespread critical acclaim in 2015, leading to it holding a 91% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes 10 years later. This also comes from 280 verified reviews, so it isn’t like it’s just a small sample size that can be overlooked. Sicario was also a massive hit among audiences, earning an 85% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter, but it performed exceptionally well at the box office. Carrying a modest budget of only $30 million, Sicario picked up $84 million at the global box office, sailing past its break-even point and into profit territory for Lionsgate.

Taylor Sheridan wrote the script for Sicario, but Denis Villeneuve directed the film. The sci-fi veteran did not return to direct the 2018 sequel, Day of the Soldado, and was instead replaced by Stefano Sollima. Sheridan has also worked on movies like Wind River, which features Marvel veterans Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen. He even wrote one of the greatest contemporary Westerns of all time, Hell or High Water, starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine.

Taylor Sheridan’s next movie, F.A.S.T., will be released in theaters on April 13, 2027. The film was announced earlier this year, and the first cast member attached to star was Brandon Sklenar, who previously worked with Sheridan on his Yellowstone prequel show, 1923. Others such as LaKeith Stanfield, Jason Clarke, and Sam Claflin have also joined the cast. Plot specifics have not yet been announced, but it’s being billed as a drug crime thriller, similar to Sicario, that will feature government corruption. Ben Richardson is directing from Sheridan’s script, which Sheridan is also producing.

Microsoft’s Xbox is heading into The Game Awards Thursday with 10 nominations and major promotional plans for the second season of its “Fallout” TV series on Amazon. The company also had some big news to break as it approaches its 25th anniversary in 2026.

“It’s a good button on the end of the year for us,” Matt Booty, Microsoft’s president of game content and studios, told Variety in an interview last week tied to tonight’s big event at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “This year for us has been about delivering on the promise of roadmap, frequency of titles, delivering on consistency, delivering on quality. And it’s just great for The Game Awards, as a celebration of the industry overall, but the 10 nominations [for Microsoft titles] is a good button on what has been a year of focus for us. And as you know, the results of the last 12 months were put in motion,…

Taylor Sheridan has become best known for his work on contemporary Western TV shows like Yellowstone and Landman, but 10 years ago, he made his feature writing debut on one of the greatest neo-Western crime thrillers in history. In 2015, Sheridan wrote Sicario, the psychological thriller following an idealistic FBI agent who gets in way over her head when she lands in the middle of the escalating drug war between the United States and Mexico. In America, Sicario is streaming on Peacock, but globally, the film is in the Apple TV top 10 in several countries, including Paraguay and El Salvador.

Sicario, which stars Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin, premiered to widespread critical acclaim in 2015, leading to it holding a 91% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes 10 years later. This also comes from 280 verified reviews, so it isn’t like it’s just a small sample size that can be overlooked. Sicario was also a massive hit among audiences, earning an 85% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter, but it performed exceptionally well at the box office. Carrying a modest budget of only $30 million, Sicario picked up $84 million at the global box office, sailing past its break-even point and into profit territory for Lionsgate.

Taylor Sheridan wrote the script for Sicario, but Denis Villeneuve directed the film. The sci-fi veteran did not return to direct the 2018 sequel, Day of the Soldado, and was instead replaced by Stefano Sollima. Sheridan has also worked on movies like Wind River, which features Marvel veterans Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen. He even wrote one of the greatest contemporary Westerns of all time, Hell or High Water, starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine.

Taylor Sheridan’s next movie, F.A.S.T., will be released in theaters on April 13, 2027. The film was announced earlier this year, and the first cast member attached to star was Brandon Sklenar, who previously worked with Sheridan on his Yellowstone prequel show, 1923. Others such as LaKeith Stanfield, Jason Clarke, and Sam Claflin have also joined the cast. Plot specifics have not yet been announced, but it’s being billed as a drug crime thriller, similar to Sicario, that will feature government corruption. Ben Richardson is directing from Sheridan’s script, which Sheridan is also producing.