The Hyperions

In 1960, Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum invents the Titan badge, a device that grants ordinary people superhuman abilities. He takes in three young outcasts and builds them into a celebrated team of superheroes, a found family whose fame and prestige grow quickly. In time the group fractures, and the Professor replaces the original members with a new generation of teenage heroes. By 1979, two of the first heroes, now adults, want their badges back, and their plan to recover them from the Professor's museum goes wrong, leaving hostages caught in the middle.

The Hyperions is a 2022 American science fiction action comedy directed and written by Jon McDonald. Cary Elwes plays Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum, with Penelope Mitchell, Elaine Tan, Alphonso McAuley, Tanner Buchanan and Sal Lopez among the cast. It was produced by The Daily Wire with American Millimetre and ReKon Productions, and runs 96 minutes.

The film was released in late 2022. On TMDB, it holds a rating of 4.7 out of 10 from 27 votes, a small sample that points to limited viewership and a lukewarm response from those who logged it.