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Jean Grey actress Famke Janssen says Marvel Studios “made a mistake” by not including her in Avengers: Doomsday
Jean Grey actress Famke Janssen insists that she isn’t in Avengers: Doomsday, and says Marvel “made a mistake” by not calling her
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Two Gambits. One new Gambit comic series. Just in time for his MCU return in Avengers: Doomsday movie
Gambit’s next comic will force two Remy LeBeaus (or is it Remy LeTwos?) to face each other for the first time.
Chris Arrant
George Lucas is still making money from Star Wars 14 years after selling Lucasfilm - as Disney's landlord
When Disney bought Lucasfilm, they forgot to buy their office space, which George Lucas still owns, and collects rent for
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
After four decades away, John Byrne is rewriting X-Men history on his own terms
An extended preview of John Byrne's X-Men: Elsewhen, which pre-release has already sold out and is going back for a second printing.
Trent Cannon
DC Comics' Andrea Shea rises to senior editor after helping expand LGBTQIA+ representation at the superhero publisher
Andrea Shea rises to senior editor after helping expand LGBTQIA+ representation at DC
Chris Arrant
Ask Rosario Dawson, the Daredevil: Born Again cast, the Amazing Digital Circus cast, the Hart of Dixie cast and more questions at Florida Supercon 2026!
You can submit questions for select Florida Supercon 2026 panels ahead of everyone else!
Graeme McMillan
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The exact moment James Tynion IV retired from superhero comics was while he was writing DC's flagship Batman title
"That was the moment," Department of Truth author Tynion told us at C2E2, "That it was just like, 'I need to lean in to my own worlds.'"
Smallville may be the reason why Dave Bautista became a movie star, says one-time Clark Kent
Smallville star Tom Welling recalls Dave Bautisa’s 2006 guest appearance
Why today’s Spider-Man still sounds like Gerry Conway’s Spider-Man more than anyone else's, according to Marvel's top Spidey writer & editor
The voice of modern Spider-Man may owe more to Gerry Conway than Stan Lee.
Tracker Season 4: Release date, CBS timeslot, and more on that season 3 finale reveal
The series stars Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw
Fire Country Season 5 on CBS: Release date, cast, and everything we know
The series stars Max Thieriot as firefighter Bode Leone
Sheriff Country Season 2 on CBS: Eva Santos reveal, time jump, release date and everything we know
The spinoff of Fire Country stars Morena Baccarin as Sheriff Mickey Fox
Why Mark Waid believes no one understands Superman quite like he does, even co-creator Jerry Siegel
Why Mark Waid believes he’s spent more time thinking about Superman than the Man of Steel’s co-creator Jerry Siegel
Part of James Gunn’s first DC movie has just been removed from canon
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is still canon to the DC Universe – except for one moment, according to the actor involved
Superstar artist Christian Ward is launching a horror comic about murdering artists for profit (but he's not drawing it, John J. Pearson is!)
#artcred meets #artdead.
Critical Role fans are about to see a side of Delilah Briarwood they’ve never seen before
The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods author Marieke Nijkamp teases a less-learned, less-evil (?) Deliliah ahead of the OGN trilogy's deadly conclusion
Sorry, Outlander fans: producers won't share the alternate series endings that were filmed
Multiple endings were filmed for the series finale of Outlander in order to maintain the surprise, but the producers says there's only one we'll ever see
Anya Taylor-Joy is playing an elf in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, to the surprise of no one
The actress has had an impressive string of movies over the past several years, so of course Anya Taylor-Joy is going to be an elf in the new Lord of the Rings movie.
Stranger Things creators joke that they'll reveal the truth of Eleven's fate in 20 years, like the ending of The Sopranos
Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer have set a timeline for when they'll reveal the truth of whether Eleven lives or dies, but we'll be waiting 20 years
Everyone who made Indiana Jones 4 doesn't like it either, as it turns out (Well, aside from George Lucas)
Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg didn't like the aliens in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but George Lucas insisted on keeping it sci-fi.
Vision actor Paul Bettany says the Russo bros told him to improvise his Avengers: Infinity War death scene on the spot
Paul Bettany says Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo had him wing it when it came time to film his death scene, and he wasn't sure he nailed it
Star Wars actor Ian McDiarmid believed that, somehow, Emperor Palpatine is still alive
Ian McDiarmid thinks Emperor Palpatine survived the event of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
A Josie and the Pussycats sequel is being discussed, says Tara Reid - but she doubts it will get made
Spin around, indeed: Tara Reid says a Josie and the Pussycats sequel would be “the coolest movie ever”
The Critical Role cast can’t agree on the franchise’s most misunderstood character, but their picks are eye-opening
In honor of Legend of Vox Machina season 4, Critical Role's Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jafe, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, LIam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel sat down to debate which of their characters was least appreciated
Why is queer hockey romance having a moment? Check, Please author Ngozi Ukazu knows, and can even predict which sport is next
Yeah, yeah, the TV world is talking about Heated Rivalry, but go to a book store and you'll find *way* more queer hockey romance than just that. At BookCon 2026, I asked expert Ukazu why
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Somehow, the Witch Hat Atelier anime was worth the wait [Popverse Jump]
Four years and long delays only meant the animators of Witch Hat Atelier could make the anime something truly special.
Trent Cannon
Comic book history is made, Pixar hops to greatness and Superman is back on the small screen: Popverse Playlist for June 13-20, 2026
Superman returns to animated glory, Pixar proves it still has it, and Tillie Walden goes from the Walking Dead to historical love in the next seven days' pick of pop culture's finest
Graeme McMillan
The perfect introduction to Akira Toriyama isn’t Dragon Ball [Popverse Jump]
After he finished Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama had one last masterpiece in him.
Trent Cannon
Popverse Spotlight: Spider-Man
How will Spider-Man: Brand New Day's 'Peter Parker No More' story work? Marvel Comics canon may have the answer
Spider-Man Brand New Day follows a comic tradition of Peter Parker losing everything... and here's how comics brings it all back.
Leon Miller
Inside the death of Paul Rabin and the Spider-Man/Mary Jane Watson/Venom love triangle with Amazing Spider-Man writer & editor
Joe Kelly & Nick Lowe unpack the surprise death of Paul Rabin, Mary Jane's partner and subject of eternal side-eye by some Spider-Man fans.
Chris Arrant
Spider-Man's 'Death Spiral' ends a Spider-Carnage, a killer MJ/Venom moment, and a new Parker family mystery
An Amazing Spider-Man: Death Spiral event post-mortem with writer Joe Kelly & Marvel Spidey-editor Nick Lowe.
Chris Arrant
Jake Johnson wants his own Spider-Verse spin-off about Peter B. Parker getting to be the Spider-Man we know he could be
I mean, Spider-Noir and Spider-Punk are both getting their own Spider-Verse spinoffs. Why can't the most sweatpantsed of the Spider Society join them?
Grant DeArmitt
Berserk
Only four people know Berserk’s ending, and they say fans won’t see it coming
When the final chapter of Berserk finally comes out, it is going to be something fans never saw coming.
Trent Cannon
The next Berserk chapter was so difficult to make that its new writer apologized to fans
With Berserk chapter 384 finally coming out after months of delays, Koji Mori has explained how difficult this chapter was to write.
Trent Cannon
Kentaro Miura didn't want Berserk to have a "grim" ending
Could Berserk have a happy ending? Kentaro Miura certainly thought so at once time.
Trent Cannon
There's a controversial lost Berserk chapter that creator Kentarou Miura blocked from being collected, and its about God (and God being evil)
Why Berserk creator Kentaro Miura pulled Chapter 83 from future publications and what it says about the setting's God
Trent Cannon
Critical Role Productions
Critical Role fans are about to see a side of Delilah Briarwood they’ve never seen before
The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods author Marieke Nijkamp teases a less-learned, less-evil (?) Deliliah ahead of the OGN trilogy's deadly conclusion
Grant DeArmitt
The Critical Role cast can’t agree on the franchise’s most misunderstood character, but their picks are eye-opening
In honor of Legend of Vox Machina season 4, Critical Role's Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jafe, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, LIam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel sat down to debate which of their characters was least appreciated
Grant DeArmitt
The Mighty Nein's Caleb Widogast & Essek Thelyss will stay together, says Liam O'Brien.... but may not say exclusive
Critical Role’s Liam O’Brien reveals a surprising new detail about Caleb and Essek’s future.
Grant DeArmitt
The Legend of Vox Machina is a chance for the Critical Role cast to make better choices than they did in Campaign 1, says Travis Willingham
Willingham, who plays The Legend of Vox Machina's Grog Strongjaw, says that the OG Rolers were ever "very interested in doing a a beat-for-beat retelling" of Critical Role campaign 1
Grant DeArmitt
Doctor Who
Doctor Who: Why the BBC is looking to regenerate the show, what is actually happening, and when it'll return
The future of Doctor Who hasn't looked this uncertain in decades - or, perhaps, ever
Graeme McMillan
Doctor Who 2026 Christmas episode is cancelled as the BBC announces the future of series is open to bidding
What will the future of Doctor Who look like? You need a TARDIS to find out at this point.
Trent Cannon
Is Billie Piper the new Doctor Who? If not, who is? We'll know in "a week, two weeks," promises showrunner Russell T. Davies
It's been over a year since Ncuti Gatwa's regeneration, but we still don't know who Doctor Who's Sixteenth Doctor will be. Thankfully, Davies says the wait should be over soon
Grant DeArmitt
Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies begs not to play the theme song at his funeral
Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies will be long remembered for his work on the show, but please: don't play the theme song at his memorial service
George Marston