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Follow along live to the Mandalorian & Grogu movie panel from Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025!
Live from Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan, its the official The Mandalorian & Grogu movie panel with Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and more.
Trent Cannon
Watch the Breakfast Club reunion, Lord of the Rings cast, Critical Role panel, and more from Chicago's C2E2 2025
Did you miss C2E2 2025? Be there from anywhere and anyWHEN as Popverse filmed all the big panels from the Main Stage guaranteed by CGC x JSA - our official authenticator & grading partner.
Chris Arrant
Disney & Lucasfilm are quietly planning a 50th anniversary Star Wars movie that's focused on all-new characters
Star Wars turns 50 in 2027, and there's a new movie coming for the occasion
Chris Arrant
Dune: Awakening is a What If story that acts a love letter to every previous incarnation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic
From Jodorowsky and Lynch to 1990s video games and more, there's something for every generation of Dune fan in the upcoming video game set in a universe where Paul Atreides never lived
Graeme McMillan
TJ Klune shares the most influential queer literature in his life (and one surprising non-queer influence)
TJ Klune reveals the queer novels that most strongly influenced his life and approach to writing
Dave Buesing
Critical Role’s Marisha Ray thinks the show should do a Spider-Verse style crossover with Fantasy High and other adventuring parties
The Critical Role cast is intrigued by the idea of doing a crossover event with their past guest stars
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace's villain returns yet again in Maul: Shadow Lord animated series
The one-time Darth will return one more time in the new animated series sometime in 2026
The Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu movie is the Disney+ show with the time taken to get it perfect, teases creator Jon Favreau
"We have to turn around within a year to get each season of The Mandalorian done — here, we have many years," Favreau said at Star Wars Celebration Japan.
Star Wars' mysterious Knights of Ren have a new female leader. Meet Tava Ren
Kylo Ren is vying for control of the Knights of Ren with a new Star Wars big bad named Tava Ren
Star Wars brings its real-life Galaxy's Edge theme park droids into fiction with The Mandalorian & Grogu
A galaxy far far away still has some need for synergy, as the BDX droids from Disney Parks' Galaxy's Edge are added to 2026's Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu
From Alien to X-Wing: Sigourney Weaver will be an X-Wing pilot and Rebel leader in Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, teases Dave Filoni
The legendary actress will play someone who understands the stakes of the Rebellion, apparently
Longtime Star Wars fan Ryan Gosling sees 2027 Starfighter movie as a chance to "shine a light" into a part of the Star Wars Universe we haven't seen before
Ryan Gosling's been wanting to work with Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy for years, then he got offered to do a Star Wars together
I never realized how much I wanted to see Star Wars' Thrawn in a shoujo-style manga until now
Lucasfilm is bringing Timothy Zahn's Thrawn novel to manga.
Cal Kestis is back as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is getting its own comic
We all need more Cal Kestis in our lives.
Lucasfilm launches its first-ever Kickstarter to revive Star Wars: The Manga
Star Wars and Dark Horse Comics are giving this whole Kickstarter thing a try
The Star Wars: Starfighter movie will be the first Star Wars movie since 1977 that's not a sequel, a prequel to anything before - and Shawn Levy & Ryan Gosling are keying into that
Promising new characters, new adventures, and a new period of time, Star Wars: Starfighter is aiming to be its own thing in the Star Wars universe.
How do you write a show like Star Wars' The Mandalorian? First, you need a lot of action figures says Jon Favreau & Dave Filoni
The writing process behind The Mandalorian is pretty much what you did as a kid, except on a larger scale
Star Wars' Pedro Pascal knew that audiences would love The Mandalorian even before shooting started - here's why
What convinced Pascal that the show was destined to be a fan favorite? He loved the storyboards, he said
Screw CGI! Lucasfilm has built a life-size Walker for Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu so it looks cooler in IMAX
Who needs CGI when you can build an IMAX-friendly walker for real?
Ryan Gosling to reveal the future of Star Wars past Episode 9 with Starfighter (and we have a release date!)
Ryan Gosling will star in the first movie set post-Rise of Skywalker, out in 2027
Marvel's commitment to a retro Fantastic Four movie goes further than fans can see
Even the press releases for Marvel Studios' new movie come from "retro-futuristic New York City"
Stephen King's The Life of Chuck movie adaptation is one of the first "uncynical" projects writer/director Mike Flanagan has ever done
Writer/director Mike Flanagan is making his first movie for his children in The Life of Chuck.
How to write DC superheroes like Superman, The Flash, and more, according to Mark Waid
Justice League Unlimited writer Mark Waid opens up about how he writes superheroes after 30 years.
Final Fantasy XVI's adorable dog Torgal gets his own Magic: The Gathering card at MagicCon 2025
With the new Torgal, Clive's Companion promo card, you can finally say, "Sic 'em, Torgal!" while playing Magic: The Gathering
John Cusack & Joan Cusack were in the original Breakfast Club cast - and Molly Ringwald explains why John Hughes changed it all up
John Hughes’s original plans for The Breakfast Club cast were different, but things shifted when the studio asked him to film Sixteen Candles first
Marvel's The Thing has teeth in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and I have a lot of feelings about it
The Thing in The Fantastic Four: First Steps is not teeth-agnostic, unlike his 2015 predecessor
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For Your Consideration: Sherlock & Daughter isn’t enough Holmes for us, so here are three more TV twists on Sherlock lore
We have American Holmes, American Houses, and a Japanese Holmes for good measure in our suggested alternatives to the classic London edition
Graeme McMillan
The gentleman villain Mads Mikkelsen tells us how he balances being charming and despicable in our favorite movies & TV series
The Hannibal star sits down for a conversation with Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson.
Ashley V. Robinson
Popverse Picks: Best underdog characters like Cassian Andor in Star Wars
Star Wars is full of underdog characters, and we offer our favorites who are absolutely worth your time in this week's Popverse Picks
Jules Chin Greene
C2E2 2025
John Cusack & Joan Cusack were in the original Breakfast Club cast - and Molly Ringwald explains why John Hughes changed it all up
John Hughes’s original plans for The Breakfast Club cast were different, but things shifted when the studio asked him to film Sixteen Candles first
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Critical Role cast tease body piercing, edging, and more for their darkest campaign yet: Age of Umbra
The Critical Role cast is about to embark on a dark new campaign, and they’ve given us some hints about who their new characters will be
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Lord of the Rings cast reveal a marathon 3-day crying scene cursed with costume errors & accidental film destruction (and Sean Astin accepts PART of the blame)
Peter Jackson and The Lord of the Rings cast had some reallllllly bad luck filming the famous Grey Havens scene
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The original Starship Troopers movie cast are worried Neill Blomkamp's upcoming reboot will cut the satire that made it great, with Michael Ironside expecting it to be "very right-wing"
Don’t expect any legacy cameos in Neill Blomkamp’s Starship Troopers reboot - the original cast doesn't
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Breakfast Club
John Cusack & Joan Cusack were in the original Breakfast Club cast - and Molly Ringwald explains why John Hughes changed it all up
John Hughes’s original plans for The Breakfast Club cast were different, but things shifted when the studio asked him to film Sixteen Candles first
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
John Hughes made a four-hour raw cut of The Breakfast Club, and the cast have seen it (but Emilio Estevez calls it “unreleaseable”)
There’s a longer version of John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club out there, and Judd Nelson says watching it feels like being in detention
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
How The Breakfast Club gave Bart Simpson one of his iconic catchphrases, years before he even existed
The Simpsons took some inspiration from John Hughes’s 1985 classic The Breakfast Club
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Breakfast Club cast pay tribute to John Hughes: "I didn’t know how rare it was going to be for a director to like actors"
"It was really truly a joy to say those lines, and I always felt like we would usually do it as written and then we would kind of do whatever we wanted," remembered Molly Ringwald
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Critical Role
The Critical Role cast tease body piercing, edging, and more for their darkest campaign yet: Age of Umbra
The Critical Role cast is about to embark on a dark new campaign, and they’ve given us some hints about who their new characters will be
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Critical Role's Ashley Johnson enjoyed making a fake porno for the show, but that doesn't mean it was a success
The cast of Critical Role once had their characters pretend to make a porno during a campaign (and it failed)
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Critical Role’s Marisha Ray thinks the show should do a Spider-Verse style crossover with Fantasy High and other adventuring parties
The Critical Role cast is intrigued by the idea of doing a crossover event with their past guest stars
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Follow along live to the official Critical Role panel with Matt Mercer & friends from Chicago's C2E2 2025
Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Taliesin Jaffe are talking Critical Role at C2E2 2025 - follow along live!
Grant DeArmitt
C2E2 2025
John Cusack & Joan Cusack were in the original Breakfast Club cast - and Molly Ringwald explains why John Hughes changed it all up
John Hughes’s original plans for The Breakfast Club cast were different, but things shifted when the studio asked him to film Sixteen Candles first
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Critical Role cast tease body piercing, edging, and more for their darkest campaign yet: Age of Umbra
The Critical Role cast is about to embark on a dark new campaign, and they’ve given us some hints about who their new characters will be
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Lord of the Rings cast reveal a marathon 3-day crying scene cursed with costume errors & accidental film destruction (and Sean Astin accepts PART of the blame)
Peter Jackson and The Lord of the Rings cast had some reallllllly bad luck filming the famous Grey Havens scene
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The original Starship Troopers movie cast are worried Neill Blomkamp's upcoming reboot will cut the satire that made it great, with Michael Ironside expecting it to be "very right-wing"
Don’t expect any legacy cameos in Neill Blomkamp’s Starship Troopers reboot - the original cast doesn't
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Magic: The Gathering
Final Fantasy XVI's adorable dog Torgal gets his own Magic: The Gathering card at MagicCon 2025
With the new Torgal, Clive's Companion promo card, you can finally say, "Sic 'em, Torgal!" while playing Magic: The Gathering
Jules Chin Greene
Magic: The Gathering's Secret Lair has a new boss in town - and he's someone ultra familiar with Marvel & comics
Fresh off the heels of the Secret Lair x Deadpool drop, Wizards of the Coast has hired a gaming expert to join the team who's also a comics expert.
Chris Arrant
Wizards of the Coast just unbanned High Tide & more for Pauper format, leading all us Pauper players to add them to our decks (and prepare for the others who will too)
If you've got $3 and a dream to play Magic: The Gathering, it's a good time to start playing Pauper
Jules Chin Greene
Marvel and Magic the Gathering drop a surprise Deadpool set for April Pool's Day (No, that's not a typo)
The Secret Lair X Marvel’s Deadpool set is available for order now and ships April 3
Graeme McMillan