Spotlight
Hazbin Hotel actor Amir Talai says that season 2 of the Prime Video show is “act 2 of a musical”
Amir Talai, who plays Alastor on Hazbin Hotel, says the future seasons of the show will go deeper than ever before
Jules Chin Greene
Marvel teases an X-Men staple (and perhaps their first true mutant character) in new Wonder Man promos ahead of Avengers: Doomsday this year
The "Doorman waiver" mentioned in the Wonder Man promos could be the start of Marvel's first mutant in the MCU.
Trent Cannon
Stranger Things announces an extra episode on Netflix - but it's a making-of documentary, not a secret bonus finale
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things Season 5 will debut on Netflix January 12.
Graeme McMillan
Welcome to 2026! Here's how Popverse will continue to be your pop culture tour guide & bestie
The Avengers are back. Dune returns. Stranger Things is over. Comics lives on. It's the year 2026, and you've got Popverse by your side.
Chris Arrant
Stupid Never Dies looks like an Avril Lavigne music video got an undead AMV and I can't stop watching the trailer [Gamify My Life]
From a studio founded by a former Resident Evil and Devil May Cry producer, Stupid Never Dies already looks like a ridiculously stylish action RPG.
Trent Cannon
Brandon Sanderson opens up about his regrets of how he depicted autism in his first published book, Elantris
Brandon Sanderson urges writers to learn from real people when writing about mental health, and brings up his own mistakes.
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Latest
Even though he was the Punisher, people still remember Thomas Jane for his cameo on Arrested Development
For people everywhere, Thomas Jane isn't The Punisher, he's a homeless dad who's just trying to get his kids back
Mistborn author Brandon Sanderson finally feels he's "established" enough to pursue a Cosmere video game
Brandon Sanderson spent part of 2025 pitching a Mistborn video game to various AAA developers and may have some positive news to share in the coming year.
Marvel Studios wants to remind us that the X-Men existed for eleven years before Wolverine
Wolverine is nowhere to be seen in the new Avengers: Doomsday teaser
Stranger Things season 5 could have featured an iconic Led Zeppelin track, but it wasn’t to be, says Netflix music supervisor
For all the memorable needle drops over a decade of Stranger Things, there's one song even Netflix was never going to get for its finale
Netflix is making you pay extra to watch Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone flirt in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
As of now, Andrew Garfield's sophomore appearance as the Amazing Spider-Man is inaccessible to Netflix's ad-supported tier subscribers
Why did Matt Mercer step away from GMing Critical Role Campaign 4? Let him reveal all
As a GM in a TTRPG, you've got to anticipate problems before you get to them. According to Critical Role cofounder Matt Mercer, who plays Campaign 4's Julien Davinos, that's good advice for a career in TTRPGs as well
Star Wars will return in 2027 with a Stranger Things inspired makeover, teases Starfighter director
Stranger things producer and director Shawn Levy is taking lessons he learned on the Netflix hit to a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: Starfighter.
Stranger Things co-creator reveals what it’d take to make a sequel to the original Netflix series
Stranger Things season 5 finale got you down? Here's what Matt Duffer says it would take to make a sequel
Resident Evil 4 Remake nearly had Ashley as a playable character, but Capcom was probably right to cut it
The sequence was found by modders but we're not sure if Resident Evil 4 Remake needed a new opening sequence at all
Iron Man 2 and Sin City star condemns crowdfunding efforts to save him from eviction
Mickey Rourke was served a notice that he must pay $60,000 in back rent or else he will be evicted from his home in Los Angeles, but he says of efforts to raise funds to help, "Don’t give any money, and if you gave money, get it back"
Black Panther made me a better person, says Sinners star Michael B. Jordan
The experience of playing Black Panther antagonist Killmonger drove Michael B. Jordan to discover the benefits of therapy
Critical Role's Whitney Moore knew John Carpenter's The Thing would work as burlesque - so she made it happen
And yes - Critical Role Campaign 4 fan-favorite Whitney Moore does work "mutant freak transformation" into her act based on Carpenter's seminal 1982 horror flick, the Thing
The rarest Magic: The Gathering Lorwyn Eclipsed card is limited to just 500 copies
The headliner card for Magic: The Gathering's Lorwyn Eclipsed set is the borderless, serialized Bitterbloom Bearer by fan-favorite artist Rebecca Guay
Frankenstein director Gullermo del Toro declares that art isn’t just important, it’s necessary
Believe in your art the same way that Guillermo del Toro believes in your art's power to fight fascism
New publisher promises romance manga with a little bit more - literally
Crossed Hearts is coming with plenty of new romance manga in 2026, and each new release will have plenty of bonus content to get fans excited
Ultimate Endgame writer Deniz Camp says ending Marvel’s Ultimate Universe was “bold” and bittersweet
Deniz Camp walks us through The Ultimates and Ultimate Endgame from Marvel Comics, as well as how he feels about saying goodbye to this universe.
Frieren Season 2 is almost here, but studio Madhouse has to balance new staff and keeping Season 1 as a guideline
Frieren Season 2 will be an extension of Season 1, but that doesn't mean the new director didn't put his personal touches on the returning anime
Why Helluva Boss has way more freedom than Hazbin Hotel “to goof”
Helluva Boss is produced by Hazbin Hotel creator Vivienne Medrano's production company, SpindleHorse
DC Studios boss James Gunn doesn’t want to be the next Kevin Feige - and he originally turned down the job
The Superman director loves to make "big spectacle" movies, but how can he balance that with his role as the head of DC Studios? That seems to be what even he's wondering
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Ultimate Endgame writer Deniz Camp says ending Marvel’s Ultimate Universe was “bold” and bittersweet
Deniz Camp walks us through The Ultimates and Ultimate Endgame from Marvel Comics, as well as how he feels about saying goodbye to this universe.
Jules Chin Greene
May I Ask For One Final Thing? is what happens when an English dub anime cast is having unimaginable fun in the booth [Popverse Jump}
A great English dub elevates May I Ask For One Final Thing? from an average anime to one of the best shows on Crunchyroll this season.
Trent Cannon
The anime industry has changed and it is finally time for One Piece to change with it [Popverse Jump]
The transition to a seasonal anime is going to be strange for One Piece fans but it is definitely the right thing for Toei Animation to do.
Trent Cannon
Emerald City Comic Con
David Tennant 💕 Seattle, and is returning for Emerald City Comic Con 2026
By popular demand (from Seattle and the actor!), David Tennant is returning to ECCC in 2026.
Chris Arrant
The Popverse Superfan presale for ECCC 2026 celebrity photo ops and autograph is here - here's everything you need to know
We have everything you need to know about the Superfan presale for autographs and photo ops at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026.
Graeme McMillan
Agents of SHIELD, assemble! Marvel stars Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen are flying into Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen will be available for autographs and photo ops Saturday and Sunday at Emerald City Comic Con 2026 in Seattle
Jules Chin Greene
The Amazing Digital Circus stars Lizzie Freeman, Michael Kovach, and Alex Rochon are coming to Seattle's ECCC 2026
The voice cast of hit YouTube series The Amazing Digital Circus are coming to Emerald City Comic Con 2026, with Lizzie Freeman, Michael Kovach, and Alex Rochon appearing for all four days of the show!
Graeme McMillan
Stranger Things
Stranger Things season 5 could have featured an iconic Led Zeppelin track, but it wasn’t to be, says Netflix music supervisor
For all the memorable needle drops over a decade of Stranger Things, there's one song even Netflix was never going to get for its finale
Grant DeArmitt
Star Wars will return in 2027 with a Stranger Things inspired makeover, teases Starfighter director
Stranger things producer and director Shawn Levy is taking lessons he learned on the Netflix hit to a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: Starfighter.
Trent Cannon
Stranger Things co-creator reveals what it’d take to make a sequel to the original Netflix series
Stranger Things season 5 finale got you down? Here's what Matt Duffer says it would take to make a sequel
Grant DeArmitt
Stranger Things announces an extra episode on Netflix - but it's a making-of documentary, not a secret bonus finale
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things Season 5 will debut on Netflix January 12.
Graeme McMillan
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Frieren Season 2 is almost here, but studio Madhouse has to balance new staff and keeping Season 1 as a guideline
Frieren Season 2 will be an extension of Season 1, but that doesn't mean the new director didn't put his personal touches on the returning anime
Trent Cannon
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End season 2 release date: The elf and her friends continue their journey as the anime returns in 2026
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End season 1 aired in 2023 and immediately became one of the biggest anime hits of the year.
Trent Cannon
Anime saves the day as man helps stop knife attack on Taiwanese subway, inspired by Himmel from Frieren
"It's what Himmel would have done," explained real-life hero Xu Ruixian
Trent Cannon
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End manga goes on haitus for the second time this year
Sometimes a writer just needs to get some rest
Trent Cannon
Critical Role
Why did Matt Mercer step away from GMing Critical Role Campaign 4? Let him reveal all
As a GM in a TTRPG, you've got to anticipate problems before you get to them. According to Critical Role cofounder Matt Mercer, who plays Campaign 4's Julien Davinos, that's good advice for a career in TTRPGs as well
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role's Whitney Moore knew John Carpenter's The Thing would work as burlesque - so she made it happen
And yes - Critical Role Campaign 4 fan-favorite Whitney Moore does work "mutant freak transformation" into her act based on Carpenter's seminal 1982 horror flick, the Thing
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role’s Whitney Moore didn’t expect Tyranny and Wicks to become such a duo
OG Critical Role cast member Sam Riegel could be considered the Sherlock to Moore's Watson - if Sherlock was a lot more religious and Watson was, well, a pink demon
Grant DeArmitt
How Babs Tarr and a vibrator inspired Critical Role's new character Tyranny, according to Whitney Moore
Planning on cosplaying Moore's demonic Tyranny from Critical Role Campaign 4? You have DC artist Babs Tarr and a pink vibrator to thank
Grant DeArmitt
Emerald City Comic Con
David Tennant 💕 Seattle, and is returning for Emerald City Comic Con 2026
By popular demand (from Seattle and the actor!), David Tennant is returning to ECCC in 2026.
Chris Arrant
The Popverse Superfan presale for ECCC 2026 celebrity photo ops and autograph is here - here's everything you need to know
We have everything you need to know about the Superfan presale for autographs and photo ops at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026.
Graeme McMillan
Agents of SHIELD, assemble! Marvel stars Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen are flying into Seattle for Emerald City Comic Con 2026
Clark Gregg and Ming-Na Wen will be available for autographs and photo ops Saturday and Sunday at Emerald City Comic Con 2026 in Seattle
Jules Chin Greene
The Amazing Digital Circus stars Lizzie Freeman, Michael Kovach, and Alex Rochon are coming to Seattle's ECCC 2026
The voice cast of hit YouTube series The Amazing Digital Circus are coming to Emerald City Comic Con 2026, with Lizzie Freeman, Michael Kovach, and Alex Rochon appearing for all four days of the show!
Graeme McMillan