Spotlight
The real star of The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power isn't Sauron or the One Ring - it's Mount Doom
Charlie Vickers's Sauron finally enters his lava-decorated workshop in this season of Prime Video's Lord of the Rings prequel, and The Rings of Power producers made sure the setting was exactly as intimidating as it needed to be
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role fans love Taryon Darrington now, but according to Marisha Ray, it took the cast a minute to adjust to the character
"No one likes new people," says Critical Role's Marisha Ray. And as an avowed introvert, I tend to agree
Grant DeArmitt
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is going off-book but in-canon, with George R.R. Martin contributing previously unpublished material for season 2
Game of Thrones creator Martin shared unpublished Tales of Dunk & Egg with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker, and he's worked it into the second season
Grant DeArmitt
Sony's making a Bloodborne movie, but E.M. Carroll already showed them how to do it... as a comic
Horror comics legend Carroll may not be publishing official Bloodborne material, but their fan comics
Grant DeArmitt
House of the Dragon and Widows Bay stars team for new Welsh language Star Wars
Matthew Rhys and Rhys Ifans are lending their voices (and Welsh language skills) to a new dub of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Jules Chin Greene
Tom King cracked the superhero formula that DC and Marvel can’t stop adapting
How Tom King's approach to standalone stories inspired WandaVision, the Supergirl movie, and the upcoming Mister Miracle show.
Carl Waldron
Latest
What changed? Image Comics is working with Warren Ellis again after publicly cutting ties in 2021 due to sexual misconduct allegations
Warren Ellis returns to Image Comics years after sexual misconduct allegations, and Image Comics doesn't want to comment on what changed.
House of the Dragon's showrunner explains why Rhaenyra’s “Prince that was Promised” moment was in the season 3 finale, but not in the book
Ryan Condal, who has been with House of the Dragon since it premiered on HBO, dives into one big change between Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) in George R.R. Martin's Fire and Blood and the Game of Thrones spinoff
Game of Thrones' stage debut The Mad King is a roaring success in Stratford-upon-Avon. Next stop, London?
Game of Thrones: The Mad King by Duncan Macmillan fleshes out events George R.R. Martin has alluded to in A Song of Ice in Fire. And with its smashing debut, top minds are wondering whether it'll have a royal takeover of its own
Spider-Man did meet Night Nurse in Brand New Day, but not when the internet believed
Yes, Rosario Dawson filmed a scene in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but it's not the scene you're thinking of
Five Nights at Freddy's Freddy Fazbear's will open for real in 2027, because cautionary tales are but diminishing echoes of a bygone age
Bring the family to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, only *modeled* after a place your children would get murdered!
Doctor Who from a US producer? The company behind Leverage and The Librarians is officially interested
After being linked with the BBC series in misreporting, Electric Entertainment is now declaring that it's legitimately interested in Doctor Who
Berserk creator credits Frozen and Mad Max: Fury Road for changing young people's thoughts on gender
Young people are used to women with agency and Kentaro Miura wanted to explore exactly what that means outside of his work on Berserk
Disney is finally doing the Marvel x Star Wars crossover everyone's been pining for (and Marvel's been pitching for 12 years)
Kevin Smith and David Marquez are bringing Star Wars to the Marvel U.
Image Comics co-founder Marc Silvestri reveals CyberForce was an X-Men relaunch idea Marvel turned down
Artist Marc Silvestri looks back on his years long X-Men run alongside legendary writer Chris Claremont
Critical Role's Laura Bailey answers: Who is the best fake vomiter in Hollywood?
I guess when you're in a voice booth with someone enough, you really get a taste for what their particular talents are. And yeah, I regret using the word 'taste'
Rob Liefeld says he's got an autobiography in the works, but we won't get to read it till "right before" he dies
Rob Liefeld says Mick Jagger inspired him to hold back his autobiography till he's much older
How to bring Frank Miller comics to the big screen, from the woman who helps make it happen
Silenn Thomas spoke to Popverse about working with Frank Miller and how his comics translate to the big screen.
How an unknown writer convinced Jock to draw his Batman story even when DC said there was no chance (It was Scott Snyder, btw)
Scott Snyder wanted Jock for his 2010 Detective Comics run, so he traveled to San Diego Comic Con (on his own dime) to convince the artist to join him
Midnight X-Men writer Jonathan Hickman says there has been no pushback from Marvel over the intensity of the new horror line
Marvel has encouraged the creators of the Marvel Midnight horror line to go farther with their scares
Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder explains why DC's new Dark Knight can take such a beating
Bruce Wayne takes an incredible amount of punishment in Absolute Batman, but writer Scott Snyder says it comes from a place of love
Evil Dead: How to watch Sam Raimi’s horror franchise in release and chronological order
How to watch Evil Dead in release and chronological order
What Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has in common with the Image Comics' founders exit from Marvel, according to Rob Liefeld
Rob Liefeld says the seven Image founders were hungry for success, to the point that he compares them to the soldiers turned into pigs in The Odyssey
How to read Hellboy comics in order: The complete Mignolaverse reading guide
The complete Hellboy reading order: Every series you need to know, from B.P.R.D. to Abe Sapien.
How Deniz Camp has become one of Scott Snyder's most trusted creative confidantes and helped Absolute Batman
Scott Snyder sends every Absolute Batman script to Deniz Camp for review
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The new Ghost in the Shell anime is faithful to the manga in ways the movies couldn't be [Popverse Jump]
Every other adaptation of Masamune Shirow's manga has stripped off the goofy, cartoonish expression, which is part of why they stood out.
Trent Cannon
Big men punching for good, more telepathic girls, and Batman goes back in time: Popverse Playlist for August 8-14, 2026
After Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Wrong Girls is setting out to make telepaths the thing of the summer.
Graeme McMillan
Why we should let Dragon Ball end after the death of Akira Toriyama [Popverse Jump]
Dragon Ball shouldn't become the Batman of manga.
Trent Cannon
New York Comic Con
And the 2026 Harvey Awards nominees are...
The Harvey Awards reveal two of comics' biggest trends: DC's rise and translation's boom.
Chris Arrant
Star Wars, Superman, Scream stars and more headline the first wave of NYCC 2026 guest announcements
Want to see Hayden Christensen, Clair Obscur's Jennifer English, Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan, and comic book legend Frank Miller all in one place? Get yourself to New York Comic Con 2026 this October
Graeme McMillan
In honor of 20 years of NYCC, we're opening the Vault (and Popverse Superfans get 10% off and first access!)
We are opening the NYCC Vault with classic merch & first dibs on 2026 exclusives, like official Crocs.
Chris Arrant
NYCC 2026: Guests, dates, ticket pre-sale info and everything you need to know about October's hottest pop culture event
With the first wave of NYCC 2026 guests announced, here's everything you need to know about the year's biggest pop culture event ahead of its October debut at the Javits Center.
Grant DeArmitt
Star Wars
Disney is finally doing the Marvel x Star Wars crossover everyone's been pining for (and Marvel's been pitching for 12 years)
Kevin Smith and David Marquez are bringing Star Wars to the Marvel U.
Chris Arrant
House of the Dragon and Widows Bay stars team for new Welsh language Star Wars
Matthew Rhys and Rhys Ifans are lending their voices (and Welsh language skills) to a new dub of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Jules Chin Greene
Chris Miller & Phil Lord say being fired from Star Wars left "scars" but taught them what they needed to make Project Hail Mary
"You can’t just be like, 'Oh, we’re in the coffee shop and here’s a pencil,'" says one of the minds behind hits like The LEGO Movie and Into the Spider-Verse, "What is a pencil in the Star Wars universe?"
Grant DeArmitt
Disney CEO admits the Mandalorian movie flopped - but explains why he doesn't care
Both The Mandalorian and Grogu and the live-action Moana underperformed at the box office, but Disney managed to make money off them anyway.
Trent Cannon
Critical Role Productions
Critical Role's Laura Bailey answers: Who is the best fake vomiter in Hollywood?
I guess when you're in a voice booth with someone enough, you really get a taste for what their particular talents are. And yeah, I regret using the word 'taste'
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role fans love Taryon Darrington now, but according to Marisha Ray, it took the cast a minute to adjust to the character
"No one likes new people," says Critical Role's Marisha Ray. And as an avowed introvert, I tend to agree
Grant DeArmitt
What Critical Role's Ashley Johnson learned from The Last of Us's motion capture filming
Johnson, who originated the role of Ellie Williams, says her time in a mocap suit forever changed her career as an actor
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role's Laura Bailey reveals voice acting advice she gave her costar (and real-life husband) Travis Willingham
One has to wonder if Bailey gave her life partner and Mighty Nein costar advice in the Jester Lavorre voice, or kept it more professional
Grant DeArmitt
X-Men
Maximum X-Men is a love letter to Chris Claremont and Jim Lee’s classic blue-and-gold team
The new Avengers-esque Maximum X-Men team is taking its cues from some of the most classic X-Men comics of all time
George Marston
2026’s Obsession it-girl might be in Marvel’s X-Men reboot - and she’s teasing who she wants to play
Inde Navarrette got so into her creepy, possessed role in this summer's Obsession that you might almost say she transformed into a different person... which is great, if you're vying for a certain X-Men role
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel has "some big changes" planned for the X-Men in 2027
Marvel's upcoming DNX crossover will have far-reaching implications for the X-Men moving forward
George Marston
Marvel had a big summer 2026 crossover event with the X-Men and Avengers comics, but plans changed
Marvel scrapped its X-Men/Avengers crossover after major publishing changes, and turned it into this fall's DNX.
George Marston