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DC K.O. architect Scott Snyder thought he'd get fired for going too far with fall 2025's fightfest event
The Absolute Batman writer got a surprise visit from DC EIC Jim Lee, which he believed would end with a pink slip
Grant DeArmitt
Does Critical Role's Mighty Nein title sequence music sound familiar? It should - it's Welcome to Wildemount, released in 2022
Prime Video is using the most appropriate music they can to intro new Critical Role series The Mighty Nein, working a song written for Campaign 2 directly into the opening credits
Grant DeArmitt
IT: Welcome to Derry creep Pennywise sleeps for 27 years with ease, but a real world eight-month break almost killed the HBO prequel
2023's WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes presented some serious challenges for the IT: Welcome to Derry cast and crew, says producer Barbara Muschietti. Especially since a healthy chunk of the Stephen King prequel had already been filmed
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of Seven Kingdoms official panel from New York Comic Con 2025 with George R.R. Martin and more
Westeros creator Martin joined Dunk and Egg themselves (Ansell and Claffrey) plus writer Parker to welcome New York Comic Con 2025 into a whole new Game of Thrones saga - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Grant DeArmitt
How to watch the big NYCC 2025 panels
Popverse members get to watch the big panels from NYCC 2025 before anyone else, including panels for Hazbin Hotel, Critical Role, the new Game of Thrones prequel, and more.
Chris Arrant
Uncharted voice actors Nolan North, Emily Rose, and Richard McGonagle are coming to Chicago's C2E2 2026
Nathan Drake and family are coming to C2E2 2026 for three days of photo ops and autographs
Graeme McMillan
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Predator: Badlands Yautja actor had to become ‘fluent’ in made-up alien language
For Predator: Badlands, actor Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi had to work with a linguist to master his alien character's tongue, says Elle Fanning
Stranger Things is bringing back a horror classic in its final season - but it’s a moviemaker, not a character
Frank Darabont thought he wouldn't work on another project, but he's back in the director's seat for Stranger Things season 5
As Guillermo del Toro's Netflix adaptation comes to life, should we say 'Frankenstein' or 'Frankenstein's monster?' Jacob Elordi says "it's irrelevant"
Elordi, who plays Victor Frankenstein's creation in del Toro's adaptation of Mary Shelley's godfather of all horror, implies there's far more to his character than what we call him
Reese Witherspoon recounts Lorne Michaels begging her to host post-9/11 SNL episode; gives the experience "zero stars"
Witherspoon, who was just coming off the previous summer's release of Legally Blonde, said her SNL hosting gig was "just too much responsibility for a 24-year-old girl"
Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg reveals the movie got the James Cameron seal of approval (eventually)
Prey and Predator: Badlands director Trachtenberg met Cameron while they were both in New Zealand, where the latter was working on the next Avatar film.
Who would Glen Powell play in the MCU or DCU? No one, says The Running Man star
Don't get us wrong - Glen Powell has nothing against Marvel or DC's cinematic universes. It's just that the Chad Powers prefers chads without, well, powers
Magic: The Gathering's Cabbage Man Secret Lair drop reveals Avatar: The Last Airbender's most tragic mishaps
The Secret Lair x Avatar: The Last Airbender Magic: The Gathering drop features Cabbage Man in all of his glory
Daniel Craig reads each new Knives Out script like his character - and doesn’t want to have the mystery spoiled for him in advance
Daniel Craig, who plays Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson's Knives Out movie series, doesn't want to know who the killer is while reading the script
How to watch The Office, The Paper, their spinoffs, and more in release and chronological order
That’s what she said: How to watch The Office in release and chronological order
The Witcher creator Andrzej Sapkowski doesn't think much of the Netflix series - but then again, he doesn't think much of the games, either
During a Reddit AMA, Witcher creator Sapkowski explained why novels will always tower over the TV shows and gaems that come out of them. But to be clear - he doesn't think it's just in the case of Netflix or CD Projekt Red's adaptations
Step aside, Doctor Doom - 2027 belongs to the OG supervillain, as French bad guy Fantômas plots a comeback
Introduced in 1911, French master criminal Fantômas has five decades of evil scheming on Robert Downey Jr.'s big bad, who will enter the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday
Alien star Sigourney Weaver thinks that the reason fans love Ripley is because they’re Ripley, too
Who hasn't faced down an unkillable alien lifeform while also contending with far-future capitalism? Ripley is just like us for real.
This is not a drill: Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are teaming up for another Mummy movie
The upcoming Mummy sequel movie with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will be directed by the team behind Ready or Not
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond drops a new trailer featuring new enemies, new powers, and a badass Akira slide
Why even ride a motorcycle if you're not going to pay homage to Akira along the way?
Ariana Grande to miss world premiere of Wicked: For Good due to flight issues. Apparently, no bubbles were available
Gravity is apparently sick of being defied, as Glinda actor Ariana Grande posts heartbroken message about missing the Wicked: For Good premiere in Brazil due to a safety issue on her plane
Original Critical Role GM Matt Mercer promises “really cool announcements” for Daggerheart at PAX Unplugged
What is Critical Role bringing to PAX Unplugged? Popverse will be there to let you know as soon as it drops.
The Sims and Mass Effect maker EA says they will retain "creative control" over games should Saudi-backed deal to buy the company go ahead
Games like Mass Effect and The Sims won't be affected by the purchase, even if the new owners seem to disagree with their messaging, says internal document
Knives Out movies will continue forever, as far as their creator is concerned
Rian Johnson's original deal with Netflix might be over with Wake Up Dead Man, but the director is hoping to keep making more as long as he and Daniel Craig can get together.
Dispatch, the new game from Critical Role and former developers from Telltale Games, hits 1 million copies sold - before it is even fully released
Who among us hasn't dreamed of working as a superhero dispatcher surrounded by the stars of Breaking Bad and Critical Role?
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Watch the Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of Seven Kingdoms official panel from New York Comic Con 2025 with George R.R. Martin and more
Westeros creator Martin joined Dunk and Egg themselves (Ansell and Claffrey) plus writer Parker to welcome New York Comic Con 2025 into a whole new Game of Thrones saga - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Grant DeArmitt
Watch GUNDAM Showcase - featuring Iron-Blooded Orphans, Hathaway, and the Future of Gundam from NYCC 2025
It was the 10th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans at New York Comic Con 2025, but tat didn't mean fans didn't get a glimpse of Gundam's future too
Grant DeArmitt
Watch BlumFest 2025 terrify NYCC 2025, no Halloween costume required!
Blumhouse commander-in-chief Jason Blum was at New York Comic Con 2025 to tease Five Nights at Freddy's 2, the Mummy, and more!
Grant DeArmitt
New York Comic Con
DC K.O. architect Scott Snyder thought he'd get fired for going too far with fall 2025's fightfest event
The Absolute Batman writer got a surprise visit from DC EIC Jim Lee, which he believed would end with a pink slip
Grant DeArmitt
Watch the Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of Seven Kingdoms official panel from New York Comic Con 2025 with George R.R. Martin and more
Westeros creator Martin joined Dunk and Egg themselves (Ansell and Claffrey) plus writer Parker to welcome New York Comic Con 2025 into a whole new Game of Thrones saga - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Grant DeArmitt
Waiting for Stephen King to weigh in on the Running Man movie script was like waiting for a teacher to grade your homework, but Edgar Wright says they passed with flying colors
The Running Man director Edgar Wright says the hardest part of making the film was waiting for Stephen King’s script notes (but it’s okay because King loved it)
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
George R.R. Martin offers the most human reason why the next Game of Thrones book, Winds of Winter, isn't finished yet
It's time we stop thinking of George R.R. Martin as a Game of Thrones writing machine, and more of him as a human (like us) who writes
Jim McDermott
New York Comic Con
DC K.O. architect Scott Snyder thought he'd get fired for going too far with fall 2025's fightfest event
The Absolute Batman writer got a surprise visit from DC EIC Jim Lee, which he believed would end with a pink slip
Grant DeArmitt
Watch the Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of Seven Kingdoms official panel from New York Comic Con 2025 with George R.R. Martin and more
Westeros creator Martin joined Dunk and Egg themselves (Ansell and Claffrey) plus writer Parker to welcome New York Comic Con 2025 into a whole new Game of Thrones saga - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Grant DeArmitt
Waiting for Stephen King to weigh in on the Running Man movie script was like waiting for a teacher to grade your homework, but Edgar Wright says they passed with flying colors
The Running Man director Edgar Wright says the hardest part of making the film was waiting for Stephen King’s script notes (but it’s okay because King loved it)
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
George R.R. Martin offers the most human reason why the next Game of Thrones book, Winds of Winter, isn't finished yet
It's time we stop thinking of George R.R. Martin as a Game of Thrones writing machine, and more of him as a human (like us) who writes
Jim McDermott
Starfleet Academy
Star Trek has a new central Klingon actor in Jay-Den Kraag, and he says he got expert prosthetics acting advice from Michael Dorn AND Doug Jones
Worf actor Michael Dorn is helping the next generation of Star Trek Klingons learn how to deal with prosthetics
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 release date: When the anticipated series arrives on Paramount+
The new series will feature Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti and more.
Avery Kaplan
Popverse predicts the biggest TV shows of 2026, from Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy to Lanterns on HBO and beyond
Say goodbye to The Boys in 2026, but hello to one more Game of Thrones spinoff! Here are the most anticipated TV shows of 2026, as we see them
Grant DeArmitt
What its like being your window into Paramount+'s upcoming Star Trek series Starfleet Academy, according to Caleb Mir actor Sandro Rosta
Sandro Rosta appeared on stage in the annual Star Trek panel at San Diego Comic-Con's famed Hall H and introduced who his character is and explained what his character's mindset in entering the school.
Ernie Estrella
Marvel Comics
Secret Wars gives up its mysteries in a new book about the origins of the Marvel epic - and you can help make it happen
A new 300-page retrospective of the comic book run that inspired Marvel Studios' next Avengers movies is launching on Kickstarter November 4
Graeme McMillan
Marvel Comics gave writer a Death List of potential superhero casualties ahead of Avengers relaunch
Avengers: Disassembled gave Marvel Comics' greatest superteam a shot in the arm - and Marvel Comics gave writer Brian Michael Bendis a list of possible candidates for a shot at the afterlife
Graeme McMillan
After the end of the Ultimate Universe, Marvel Comics promises Armageddon in Summer 2026
The event storyline created by writer Chip Zdarsky will "mpact the entire Marvel Universe, changing the face of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes," per Marvel Comics
Graeme McMillan
Marvel finally reveals the new Sorcerer Supreme(s) - and they're very familiar to fans of MCU magic
There's more than one new Sorcerer Supreme in Marvel Comics' upcoming new comic book series of that name - but MCU fans will know who they are, no matter what
Graeme McMillan
HAZBIN HOTEL
Hazbin Hotel cast choose their favorite lines from the Prime Video show's first season
The Hazbin Hotel cast - including Krystina Alabado, Joel Perez, Lilli Cooper, and Alex Brightman - shared their favorite quotes from season 1. And I don't think I even need to say this, but: NSFW.
Grant DeArmitt
The Hazbin Hotel cast all love Brandon Rogers... well, except for Alex Brightman, obviously
We're pretty sure that Hazbin Hotel cast member Brightman, who also appears in Helluva Boss alongside Rogers, actually adores his costar. Just try getting him to admit that on camera
Grant DeArmitt
Hazbin Hotel x Invader Zim: Series creator Vivienne Medrano says it's a dream come true of working with Invader Zim's Richard Horvitz
Whether it's their shared dark humor or wiry animation style, it's easy to assume that Hazbin Hotel owes a lot to Invader Zim. And according to the former's creator, Medrano, working alongside the voice of the latter's titular character is a serious perk
Grant DeArmitt
Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano knows the secret that can make Halloween bigger than Christmas
It shouldn't surprise fans of the Hellaverse-set musical comedy, but Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano believes the answer is in music
Grant DeArmitt