edgepedia

Screen and stage

62,279 articles

The Volunteers: To the War (志愿军:雄兵出击)

The Volunteers: To the War (志愿军:雄兵出击), also known as The Great War, is a 2023 Chen Kaige war film, first of the Volunteers trilogy, covering China's decision to enter the Korean War and the first and second campaigns, with about 868 million yuan box office.

The Vow (2012 film)

The Vow is a 2012 American romantic drama directed by Michael Sucsy, starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum as a couple facing amnesia after a car accident.

The Vow (TV series)

The Vow is HBO's 2020 nine-episode documentary series by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer about NXIVM and DOS, following defectors Mark Vicente and Sarah Edmondson; a second season covers Keith Raniere's federal trial.

The Voyeurs

The Voyeurs is a 2021 erotic thriller directed by Michael Mohan, starring Sydney Sweeney and Justice Smith as Montreal couple spying on neighbors; Prime Video debut, R rating, Metascore 54. Distinct from the 2007 Buddhadev Dasgupta film of the same name.

The Vtuber Awards

The Vtuber Awards, also called The VTuber Awards, was a fan-voted award show for VTubers founded in 2023 by Filian with Mythic Talent and WePlay Studios, held in Los Angeles in 2023 and 2024 before ending after WePlay's 2025 withdrawal.

The Wachowskis

Lana and Lilly Wachowski, transgender American sisters, wrote and directed Bound (1996), The Matrix trilogy (1999-2003), V for Vendetta, Speed Racer, Cloud Atlas, Jupiter Ascending, and Netflix's Sense8; Lana alone directed The Matrix Resurrections (2021).

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Klasky Csupo animated direct-to-video VHS series of six 40-minute episodes, 1998-2003, sold at McDonald's restaurants; sixth episode online-only rare.

The Wages of Fear

The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la peur) is Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1953 French-Italian thriller, adapted from Georges Arnaud's 1950 novel, in which four men drive nitroglycerine trucks to an oil well fire; it won both the Cannes Grand Prix and Berlin Golden Bear.

The Wailing (곡성) (2016 film)

The Wailing (곡성, Gokseong) is Na Hong-jin's 2016 South Korean supernatural horror thriller about a village plagued by mysterious deaths after a stranger arrives; it premiered Out of Competition at Cannes 2016, crossed four million Korean admissions, and won Blue Dragon Best Director.

The Waking of a Nation

The Waking of a Nation is a 2025 Sony LIV Hindi historical drama, six episodes, created and directed by Ram Madhvani, starring Taaruk Raina as fictitious Hunter Commission member Kantilal Sahni investigating the Jallianwala Bagh massacre conspiracy.

The Waldo Moment

The Waldo Moment (Black Mirror S2E3, Channel 4, 25 February 2013) is Charlie Brooker's satire in which a CGI blue bear voiced by Daniel Rigby runs for Parliament, later read as predicting Trump-style populism.

The Walk (2015 film)

The Walk is a 2015 American biographical drama directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as French wire walker Philippe Petit, who crossed between the World Trade Center towers in 1974.

The Walk In (The Americans)

"The Walk In" is the third episode of The Americans season 2 (FX, aired March 12, 2014), following a KGB propeller-plant mission, Paige's visit to the KGB-planted Aunt Helen, and FBI agent Stan Beeman shooting walk-in informant Bruce Dameran.

The Walking Dead (1936 film)

The Walking Dead (1936) is a Warner Bros. horror film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Boris Karloff as executed man John Elman, revived with an artificial heart by Edmund Gwenn's scientist; distinct from the later comic and TV series.

The Walking Dead (franchise)

The Walking Dead franchise: transmedia zombie-apocalypse story begun as Robert Kirkman's 2003 Image Comics series, expanded through AMC's 2010–2022 TV series, spin-offs including Fear the Walking Dead, Dead City, and Daryl Dixon, and Telltale games set in the comic universe.

The Walking Dead (season 11)

The Walking Dead season 11 is the 24-episode final season of AMC's post-apocalyptic series, airing August 2021 to November 2022 in three blocks, showrunner Angela Kang, ending with the finale "Rest in Peace".

The Walking Dead (TV series)

AMC post-apocalyptic horror drama (2010, October 31 premiere) adapted from Robert Kirkman's Image Comics; highest-rated series in cable TV history; ended with a 24-episode 11th season and launched six spin-offs in the Walking Dead Universe.

The Walking Dead: Cold Storage

The Walking Dead: Cold Storage is a 2012 four-part AMC webisode series written by John Esposito and directed by Greg Nicotero, following Chase (Josh Stewart) in an Atlanta storage facility run by B.J. (Daniel Roebuck), set before season 1 and released ahead of the season 3 premiere.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is AMC's fifth Walking Dead spin-off, created by David Zabel, following Norman Reedus's Daryl washed ashore in France; six-episode season 1 (2023), The Book of Carol season 2, Spain-set seasons 3 and final season 4 premiering February 2027.

The Walking Dead: Dead City

The Walking Dead: Dead City is an AMC post-apocalyptic spin-off following Maggie and Negan in ruined Manhattan; premiered June 18, 2023, six episodes; season 3 premiered July 26, 2026 under new showrunner Seth Hoffman.

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is a 2024 six-episode AMC limited series, the franchise's sixth spin-off, reuniting Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) against the Civic Republic Military; originally planned as a film trilogy, it set AMC+ viewership records.

The Walking Dead: Torn Apart

The Walking Dead: Torn Apart is a six-part AMC webisode series released October 3, 2011, directed by Greg Nicotero and written by John Esposito, telling the pre-apocalypse origin of Hannah, the 'Bicycle Girl' walker Rick Grimes kills in the pilot.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

The Walking Dead: World Beyond is AMC's 2020–2021 limited spin-off (20 episodes, two seasons) following teens Iris, Hope, Elton, and Silas from an Omaha campus colony, introducing the Civic Republic Military; created by Scott M. Gimple and Matthew Negrete, starring Julia Ormond.

The Wall (2012 film)

The Wall (Die Wand) is a 2012 Austrian-German drama directed by Julian Roman Pölsler, adapted from Marlen Haushofer's 1963 novel, starring Martina Gedeck as a woman trapped by an invisible wall; Berlinale Panorama premiere, Ecumenical Jury prize, Austria's 86th Oscars submission.

The Wall (2017 film)

The Wall (2017) is an American war thriller directed by Doug Liman, written by Dwain Worrell, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, and Laith Nakli as the voice of sniper Juba; set in 2007 Iraq, shot in 14 days on a $3 million budget, released May 12, 2017.

The Wall (American game show)

The Wall is an NBC prime-time game show premiering December 19, 2016, hosted by Chris Hardwick and created by Andrew Glassman with LeBron James' SpringHill. Teams answer trivia as green or red balls drop down a 40-foot wall, playing for up to $12 million; adapted in 33 countries.

The Walsh Sisters

The Walsh Sisters: RTÉ-commissioned Irish comedy-drama adapting Marian Keyes's Walsh family novels (Rachel's Holiday, Anybody Out There), produced with the BBC, premiering 28 September 2025, second series commissioned.

The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company (Disney), founded October 16, 1923 as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio by Walt and Roy Disney, is a Burbank, California-based media conglomerate with Entertainment, Sports, and Experiences segments, $94.4 billion FY2025 revenue, and CEO Josh D'Amaro since March 2026.

The Waltons

The Waltons: American CBS historical drama (1972–1981, 9 seasons, 221 episodes) created by Earl Hamner Jr. from Spencer's Mountain, following a rural Virginia family through the Depression and World War II; known for The Homecoming pilot, 13 Emmys, and six TV movie sequels.

The Wanderers (1979 film)

The Wanderers (1979), Philip Kaufman's comedy-drama adapted from Richard Price's novel, follows an Italian-American Bronx gang in 1963; Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, Orion Pictures, cult classic.