Collider

Industry	Film criticism
Founded	2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Founder	Steve Weintraub
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Owner	Valnet Inc.
Website	collider.com

Collider is an online entertainment publication, with a focus on the film industry and television series.^[1] Collider focuses on entertainment news, analysis, and commentary, along with original features, complementary film and television reviews, editorials, and interviews. As of July 2023, it is averaging 46.3 million views a month.

As of January 2024^[update], Collider's YouTube channel had 622,000 subscribers and over 557,000,000 cumulative views. Former extensions of the channel include Movie Talk, Movie Trivia Schmoedown, Heroes, Jedi Council, Behind the Scenes & Bloopers, and Collider News.^[2] The channel had also branched out and produced content for other outlets, such as Awesometacular with Jeremy Jahns for go90.^[3]

Extensions of the main YouTube channel include Collider Podcasts (including a period named under Collider Live), Collider Interviews (formerly Collider Quick), Collider Games (later renamed Revog and presumably sold off), Collider Sports & Pro Wrestling Sheet.^[4] The website and channel has also expanded into producing podcasts for PodcastOne.^[5]

History

Collider was founded in 2005 by editor-in-chief Steven Weintraub as a blog. In 2015, Weintraub sold Collider to Complex Media, who would manage business and advertisements on the website and offer editing support.^[6][7] On November 17, 2020, Valnet announced that it had acquired Collider.^[8]

Movie Talk

Daily, the crew will share their perspective on the film industry, which will include film reviews and industry news. Each episode is approximately an hour in length. A segment called "Buy or Sell" (later renamed "Agree or Disagree") happens daily where the panel will discuss whether they see certain topics or announcements as favorable or unfavorable. Each episode will typically end with questions from the "mailbag" sent to email and from live tweets to the corresponding channel. The "Agree or Disagree" segment was later pulled entirely from the show. Previously airing at 9:00 AM, the show moved to a 4:00 PM timeslot in July 2018, followed by a 3:00 PM timeslot in May 2019. Along with the May 2019 timeslot change, the format was changed to now include live chat interaction during the show, nixing the live Twitter questions at the end of the program. In August 2019, it was announced that the program would be moving back to the earlier 9:00 AM timeslot along with additional segments and content. The show was cancelled in a statement released by Collider and Marc Fernandez on January 2, 2020.

Heroes

Heroes follows a similar format to Movie Talk, except the coverage is strictly on comic book film news. It was hosted by Jon Schnepp, who after his passing was succeeded by Amy Dallen and Coy Jandreau. Episodes revolve around the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe. The show also talks about comics-based TV series such as Arrow and The Flash on The CW or the MCU on Netflix. The show was cancelled in a statement released by Collider and Marc Fernandez on January 2, 2020.

Nightmares

Nightmares follows the same format as Movie Talk and Heroes to a horror-focused show. Hosted by Clarke Wolfe, it follows news on horror films and television. Regular co-hosts include Mark Reilly, Perri Nemiroff and Jon Schnepp. It was reduced from a weekly show to monthly installments in 2017 due to decreased viewership, and later was put on indefinite hiatus.

Movie Trivia Schmoedown

Introduced in March 2016, the Movie Trivia Schmoedown was a game show hosted by Harloff and Ellis where Collider or other YouTube cinema-related personalities engage in a film trivia competition. The show has a heavy professional wrestling influence in terms of storylines and gimmicks, although the competition itself is legitimate.

Collider News

Hosted by various members, these videos are typically short segments ranging from one to two minutes in length. These short videos discuss upcoming movies, new trailer drops, celebrity controversy, or filming and production issues on set. These short pieces are uploaded shortly after breaking news. Each short ends as the host asks the viewers their opinion on the story and encourages fans to post comments for further discussion on the next episode of the Movie Talk panels.

Collider Crash Course

Collider Crash Course videos cover a variety of topics that are designed to enlighten viewers. The segments vary in length and are hosted by an alternating group of staff.

Collider Behind the Scenes & Bloopers

Collider Behind the Scenes & Bloopers videos, which feature Perri Nemiroff hosting, offer viewers a look behind the scenes of the other shows, as well as interviewing staff on a variety of topics.

Comic Book Shopping

Hosted by Jon Schnepp, these videos showcase celebrities and comic book writers shopping for and discussing comics and graphic novels. In March 2019, it was announced that the series was being revived with Coy Jandreau succeeding the late Schnepp.

1x1 with Kristian Harloff

Hosted by Kristian Harloff, the videos show hour-long interviews with celebrity guests.

Collider Live

Introduced in 2018, this live program featured a rotating panel of staff, and featured a more loose atmosphere. Topics are wide-ranging, from film and media news, everyday lives of staff, etc. Celebrity guests often appear to discuss projects and other topics. Hosted by Kristian Harloff and later by Roxy Striar and Dorina Arellano, the show moved to its own separate channel beginning on May 20, 2019. The show was cancelled in a statement released by Collider and Marc Fernandez on January 2, 2020.

Movie Review Talk

Hosted by Scott Mantz, who provides film reviews of opening releases. The series was canceled due to low viewership, with the final episode airing on February 15, 2019.

For Your Consideration

Introduced in 2018, this series offers commentary, discussion and coverage of the upcoming major awards season, including potential Academy Awards contenders, TIFF coverage of buzzed-about films, etc. The series is hosted primarily by Perri Nemiroff and Jeff Sneider, with Scott Mantz and Steve Weintraub providing additional opinions.

Staff

Collider.com's current staff includes Weintraub, Managing Editor Gabriel Bell, Features Lead Tania Hussain, Senior Producer Perri Nemiroff, Senior Entertainment Reporter Christina Radish, News Lead Maggie Lovitt, Resources Lead Mish Beck, Lists Lead Sammuel R. Murrian, Senior Movie Editor Ross Bonaime, Senior Television Editor Carly Lane, and Senior Utilities Editor Taylor Gates. Junior editors include Emma Kiely, Rebecca Landman, Emily Bernard, Rae Torres, Nate Richard, Michael Thomas, Remus Noronha, Therese Lacson, Robert Taylor, Chase Hutchinson, Abby Cavenaugh, Hannah Saab, Arezou Amin, Maggie Boccella, Tamera Jones, Samantha Coley, Clayton Curtice, Edidiong Mboho, and others.

Notable past staff and contributors include Deputy Editor Adam Chitwood, Senior Editor Matt Goldberg (Film), Horror Editor Alyse Wax, Senior Editor Allison Keene (TV), Managing Editor Haleigh Foutch, Editor Dave Trumbore (Animation), Weekend Editor Chris Cabin, Social Media Manager Dorian Parks, Dennis Tzeng, Coy Jandreau, Dorina Arellano, Scott Mantz, John Campea, David Griffin, Sasha Perl-Raver, Jeremy Jahns, Miri Jedeikin, Ashley Mova, Sinead De Vries, Natasha Martinez, Clarke Wolfe, Grace Hancock, Halleta Alemu, Jay Washington, Robert Meyer Burnett, Jon Schnepp, Mark Ellis, Kristian Harloff, John Rocha, Mark Reilly, Ken Napzok, Wendy Lee, Amy Dallen, Jeff Sneider, Roxy Striar, Evan Valentine, Kayti Burt, Jennifer McHugh, Carla Day, Vinnie Mancuso, Nick Romano, Craig Byrne, Tommy Cook, Emma Fraser, Christian Smith, Jason Barr, Brendan Bettinger, Brian Formo, Aubrey Page, Nicole Pedersen, and Josh Macuga.