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Josh Holloway is a complex guy, sweetheart. He doesn't think ABC would reboot Lost but he'd return as Sawyer anytime
The man who was Sawyer says that he's "solid with loss and closure" surrounding the iconic Lost, 15 years after it ended
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Tom Cruise said he passed out multiple times during Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning stuntwork - here's what the director thought of his actor (and boss) telling him to keep going
Never doubt Tom Cruise's intense, worrying devotion to the spectacle of cinema when it comes to stunt work and Mission: Impossible
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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AfterShock Comics aims to revamp its editorial team and revive its comics line as it emerges from bankruptcy
More than two years after it declared bankruptcy, indie comics publisher AfterShock Comics is attempting to make a comeback
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Bungie gets caught stealing artwork for the fourth time, this time in the upcoming game Marathon
Halo developer Bungie says it "immediately investigated a concern regarding unauthorized use of artist decals in Marathon."
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The GTA 6 budget isn't as crazy as you think, as Take-Two Interactive CEO explains why it makes sense
Sure, $1 billion sounds like a lot of money to you or I, but we're not in charge of a company that stands to make all of that money back and then some within a week of GTA 6's release.
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Lost star Josh Holloway has been chasing a movie version of western author Louis L’Amour's Flint for 20 years - and finally got it
What does it take to get a dream project to come together? Patience and a billionaire willing to pay for it, according to Lost star Josh Holloway.
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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GTA games aren't released slowly - fans are showing they want more DLC content than new games quicker says Take-Two Interactive CEO
Some fans might be complaining about the wait for the next Grand Theft Auto game, but they're ignoring how much GTA content gets dropped as DLCs or GTA Online updates
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Can David Leitch finally start up the Gears of War? After 18 years of development hell, the secret co-director of John Wick has been tapped to helm Netflix's big budget adaptation
Surviving Sera is nothing to getting the Gears of War movie made, but it looks like the film has finally found its Hammer of Dawn in John Wick's co-director, David Leitch
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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HBO delays Game of Thrones' Dunk & Egg prequel to 2026 release date window
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg and serving as another prequel to Game of Thrones, wrapped production in September of 2024
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Die Hard with Orcas: John Travolta trades summer lovin' for summer chompin' in Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin's 3rd killer sea creatures movie
Black Tides is the title of the Travolta-starring orca thriller, presumably because someone already has the rights to 'Pulp Fishin'
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Why movie adaptations of video games work now (and why they didn't before) according to Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise's producers
Story Kitchen's Dmitri M Johnson & Mike Goldberg point to a classic example of a video game movie gone wrong to illustrate the disparity between gaming adaptations now and then
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Switch 2 will be more welcoming than any Nintendo system before in terms of AAA mature games, according to Witcher & Cyberpunk creators
The makers of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher games believes that Nintendo's Switch 2 will open up more expansive gaming on the go
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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After DC Studios' Superman movie, DC Comics will remind us how "warped, suspenseful and occasionally horrific" the Man of Steel can be in Black Label book for ages 17 & up
The five-issue comic book series comes from the creative team behind the Eisner Award nominated Ice Cream Man series from Image Comics
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The Sydney Sweeney Split Fiction movie is just one of several Hazelight games being developed into film & TV
According to Split Fiction producers Story Kitchen, the team behind Sonic the Hedgehog, development has already begun on an It Takes Two movie, and the door is open for more adaptations
May 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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DC's Absolute Batman to get even bigger as some surprise "fan-favorite characters" will debut soon that will "feature hugely" in series, according to Scott Snyder
June's issue will start the second big storyline of Absolute Batman, and introduce two very familiar faces (and that's not including Absolute Bane)
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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May 16, 2025
Chris Arrant
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DC Studios' Superman is teasing their own version of Oreos (and Martian Manhunter's favorite snack)
Superman isn't just saving the world in James Gunn's new DC Studios reboot - he's saving a piece of DC comic book lore, too
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Nintendo slaps an unofficial Super Smash Bros. dating app with a cease-and-desist before its launch
A Super Smash Bros.-oriented dating app called Smash Together didn't even make it to launch day before Nintendo struck it down
May 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Constantine actor Matt Ryan says reading horror comics in preparation of playing John Constantine put him off of scary movies
Matt Ryan went deep in his research for the NBC Constantine show, so much so that he can't watch horror movies like The Conjuring alone anymore
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Andor star Denise Gough on the fate of her Star Wars character: "The moral of the story is, don't get a boyfriend."
Andor's Denise Gough, who played Imperial officer Dedra Meero on the show, shed light on how the culture of the Empire led to her character's downfall
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The Pokémon Fossil Museum is traveling outside Japan for the first time as it comes to Chicago in May 2026
See fossils from the fictional Pokémon world next to the iconic Sue the T-Rex in one of the most unique museum displays on the planet.
May 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Did Jennifer Love Hewitt hallucinate the internet's favorite fact about I Know What You Did Last Summer? It kind of seems like she did
So, a kid didn't actually direct THAT famous scene from I Know What You Did Last Summer
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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1980s icon Sean Penn calls Tom Cruise "the best stuntman in the movie world" in what is either a show of respect or the most hyperbolic marketing for Mission Impossible ever
We know Tom Cruise will not be happy until he has laughed in the face of death in every Mission Impossible movie, but calling him the best stuntperson in Hollywood feels a bit over the top, even for Sean Penn.
May 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Warner Bros Discovery CEO names DC's four most important characters as he sees them, and one might come as a surprise
For Warner Bros Discovery boss David Zaslav, the DC Universe is anchored by the Trinity and Supergirl, not the Green Lantern Corps
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The West Wing's Martin Sheen defends civil servants and the Department of Education from President Trump and Elon Musk: "They are the ones on the front lines"
The West Wing and Apocalypse Now star didn't mince words about his feelings towards the new Trump administration.
May 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Meet Buffy's new protégé, as Hulu's Vampire Slayer reboot names a Star Wars vet as its Chosen One
Star Wars Skeleton Crew's Ryan Kiera Armstrong has been cast as the lead in Hulu's upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The return of a Rogue One character in Andor created real problems for the Star Wars story, says showrunner
Andor season 2 needed to feed into Rogue One, so Tony Gilroy's show had to introduce K-2SO eventually... even if he wasn't sure how that was going to work practically
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Bandai have announced the first tournament event for their Gundam trading card game will take place at Gen Con 2025
Just one week after the official launch of the Gundam TCG, the First Combat series of tournament events will take place.
May 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
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To Blink or not to Blink? James Gunn appears to edit out the moment DC's Man of Steel flinches in the newest Superman trailer
There are arguments to be made for either version of the shot being "the best" though we're a fan of the more human version of Superman.
May 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Daredevil: Born Again season has signed up another opponent to Marvel's Kingpin: Lili Taylor
Daredevil: Born Again season 2 continues to bring in top tier talent, this time with Lili Taylor from Outer Range and The Conjuring
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award nominees are out, and it's a good year for Fantagraphics Books, Wonder Woman writer Tom King, and (of course) comics in general
There's a wide variety of material recognized in this year's nominees for the comic book Oscars
May 15, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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I'm not proud, but I couldn't stay awake during PAX East 2025's World of Warcraft panel - and I wasn't alone
Staying awake at the World of Warcraft panel at PAX East was an uphill battle
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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How did DC bring Wonder Woman writer Greg Rucka back into the fold? By giving him an idea he didn't think could work
Comic book writer Greg Rucka has shared how DC Comics got him to find a solution for why two villains like Cheetah and Cheshire would work together without betraying each other
May 15, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Lucasfilm have released a 2 minute film created by AI that depicts the Star Wars universe in the most boring way possible
The one thing that Lucasfilm and Industrial Light and Magic have proven with this short Star Wars film is that any AI created art will be unbearably boring, so... thanks?
May 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Invincible creator Robert Kirkman would love to do a Rex Splode special, except it would delay the next season of the Prime Video series even more
After a notoriously long wait between seasons one and two, the Invincible production team are worried about doing anything that might slow down future seasons of the hit show.
May 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
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DC president Jim Lee returns to Image Comics for a Batman/Geiger crossover... kind of
Lee co-founded Image Comics in 1992, but hasn't provided any artwork for the publisher since 2011... until this year's cover 'crossover' with Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's Geiger.
May 15, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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A 15-year-old manga from Weekly Shonen Jump is getting an anime adaptation and our money is on Psyren finally getting its due
The supernatural fighting manga ended in 2010 and was largely overshadowed by Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece at the time, but it remains a popular and well-loved series.
May 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Another Twilight Saga actor almost took Robert Pattinson's Edward role, until they screentested with Kristen Stewart's Bella
Somewhere out there, footage from the Twilight casting process of Jackson Rathbone running around a park in Pittsburgh with Kristen Stewart on his back exists and we desperately need to see it.
May 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds finally warps back onto screens this summer as Paramount+ announces a July release date for the long-awaited third season
It's been almost two years since that season 2 Gorn cliffhanger, but this July, we'll find out how it all ends up as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is finally set to return (and to stun)
May 15, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Dafne Keen got her X23 role in Logan thanks to the "confidence of an 11-year-old" after botching her final audition (and making Hugh Jackman wait for a do-over)
May we all have the unearned confidence of an 11-year-old Dafne Keen going for her breakout role in Logan.
May 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The abundance of reality TV on platforms like Netflix comes with an immense dark side: a lack of basic worker protections
At the LA Times's Festival of Books, The Bachelorette's Rachel Lindsay and Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker discussed the harmful structures behind reality TV
May 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Netflix confirms Bridgerton Season 4 for 2026 - but announces Seasons 5 and 6 for the future, too
Telling fans to be patient for their favorite show but promising even more later is certainly a good way to earn back some goodwill
May 14, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson returns to LA Shakespeare cabaret Shakes on the Rocks for two potential classic plays with gay subtext reimagined for today's audiences
Wanting a little bit of culture... but not too much? Step into Shakes on the Rocks, a new way of watching Shakespeare, in Burbank, CA.
May 14, 2025
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The one problem with Star Wars series Andor isn't the show itself, it's the Disney+ release schedule
Disney+ releasing Andor three episodes at a time each week didn't give the best Star Wars show the chance to breathe
May 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Max is renamed HBO Max again, but don't expect all the shows and movies that have disappeared from the streamer since the last rebranding to also get the comeback treatment
Everyone who kept calling Max 'HBO Max' after the 2023 rebrand, congratulations: you were right all along
May 14, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel Studios hammers home the Iron Man parallels in the trailer for Disney+ summer show Ironheart
In the first trailer for Ironheart, Dominique Thorne's Riri Williams finds a villain in a mentor figure, just like Tony Stark did in Iron Man
May 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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James Gunn's DC super couple keeps no secrets - especially Clark Kent's secret identity as Superman
If the new trailer for DC Studios' Superman is to be believed, it very much looks like Lois Lane knows Clark Kent's biggest secret already.
May 14, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Fallout already renewed for season 3 at Prime Video before season 2 airs
Good news for all of you gamers: the future of Fallout is bright (if post-apocalyptic) at Amazon's Prime Video
May 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Superman might get beaten and bruised, but James Gunn's new DCU hero is defined by what happens afterwards
Fans complaining about how beaten up Superman gets in the new trailer are missing the point; it's about what he does next
May 14, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The latest Superman trailer has me hoping James Gunn and Nicolas Hoult are finally ushering in Lex Luthor's mad scientist era
A suit of armor punching Superman into orbit makes me yearn for a more unhinged depiction of Lex Luthor for the 2025 film.
May 14, 2025
Trent Cannon
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DC Studios' new Superman trailer confirms that Rick Flag Snr. might be the most important man in the new DCU
He's the leader of the Creature Commandos, the head of ARGUS, and hunting both Superman and Peacemaker... the father of the leader of the Suicide Squad is a busy man in the new DCU
May 14, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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May 14, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Lois Lane gets to the heart of Superman in the new trailer for James Gunn's DC reboot - but don't worry: there's Krypto, too
"Your choices, your actions - that's what makes you who you are," says Pa Kent, and that's exactly what we want to see in James Gunn's reboot of DC's #1 hero
May 14, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Andor showrunner never planned on answering one of the Star Wars series' first questions, he reveals: "I didn’t really didn’t want to fill that in"
The Disney+ series started with Cassian Andor looking for his missing sister... and no-one ever found her
May 14, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Does Krysten Ritter's Daredevil: Born Again return herald a new Jessica Jones show?
When Jon Bernthal returned for Daredevil: Born Again season 1, he got a Punisher special out of the experience. With Krysten Ritter teasing "much more in store" for Jessica Jones, is she hinting at something similar?
May 14, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The Grand Theft Auto 6 release date has the entire gaming industry scrambling to react, with some weighing up delays of their own
Bloomberg reports that the industry is entering into a weird 4D chess scenario as companies weigh up delaying their games to avoid Grand Theft Auto's eventual release.
May 14, 2025
Trent Cannon
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How Dead by Daylights can create their own version of the game with Choose Your Own Chapter
Announced at PAX East 2025, Dead by Daylight's Choose Your Own Chapter takes community feedback in gaming to a new level entirely
May 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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What makes Mafia: The Old Country the "best looking Mafia" game yet? The seamless transitions between cutscene and gameplay, say the devs
The Mafia: The Old Country devs want to make a game that feels like a movie, and at PAX East 2025, they told us how they were going about it
May 14, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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One of my favorite bits of Final Fantasy is the tiered magic system - and Wizards of the Coast figured out a novel way to do it in Magic: The Gathering
Cure, Cura, Curaga... Fire, Fira, Firaga... how the tiered magic system of Final Fantasy made its way into Magic: The Gathering.
May 14, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Krysten Ritter re-signs with Marvel Studios for more beginning with Daredevil: Born Again season 2 with "much more in store for Jessica Jones"
Krysten Ritter is back as Jessica Jones for Daredevil: Born Again season 2!
May 14, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Playing Star Wars' Anakin Skywalker was a dream gig for Ryan Phillippe - but he told he was too old, especially for Natalie Portman
Imagine if Ryan Phillippe had said Anakin's iconic "I hate sand" line from Star Wars: Episode II. What a world.
May 13, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The Final Fantasy 10 laughing scene meme has turned into a cardboard classic with Magic: The Gathering crossover
Remember Tidus's weird laugh in Final Fantasy X? There's a Magic: The Gathering card for that now
May 13, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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A romantasy book con descended into Fyre Festival-like chaos so bad the organizer says it's refunding "every attendee, author, and vendor"
A Million Lives Book Festival, a romantasy book convention in Baltimore, left authors and attendees alike scandalized by the poor event planning
May 13, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Ex-Daredevil showrunner partners with Michael B. Jordan for even more boxing than his Marvel Studios show in first Creed spinoff
The Rocky spin-off gets its own spin-off as Delphi looks set to debut on Amazon's Prime Video service sometime in the future.
May 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Spider-Noir first look serves up Sin City vibes that the Nicolas Cage show has always deserved
Based on the Spider-Man Noir comic, the upcoming live-action series sees Nic Cage reprise his role from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
May 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Another One Piece actor - this time Joe Manganiello - has confirmed that season 3 is happening before Netflix has mentioned it
The Sir Crocodile actor said he'd be back on set for season 3 of One Piece later in 2025, all while we're still waiting for an official release date for season 2.
May 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Exclusive!EC Comics returns to cosmic horror with anthology series Cruel Universe 2, launching this summer from Oni Press
The first issue of EC Comics' Cruel Universe 2 features work from Greg Pak (Incredible Hulk), Ann Nocenti (Daredevil), Kano (Action Comics) and The Walking Dead's Charlie Adlard
May 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Every new Marvel Snap card and location being added during the May 2025 X-Men season
Let's go back to school and add some of the lesser-known mutants from the Marvel universe to your Marvel Snap deck.
May 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The first Stranger Things game has been stripped from Steam, and now users are saying its basically unplayable
Has Stranger Things 3: The Game been banished to the Upside Down as part of Netflix's new gaming push?
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy set has been in development for 4 years - and MTG's creators enjoyed FF XVI like fans to get a genuine feel for it
The sleepless weekend inside Wizards of the Coast offices (and employees' households) when Final Fantasy XVI was released.
May 12, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Experience Critical Role's Age of Umbra actual play earlier than expected with special Session Zero coming May 22
Session zero will see Critical Role's Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, and Travis Willingham create their Daggerheart characters with GM Matthew Mercer
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Why HBO series The Last of Us season 2 expands on Dina's game backstory, according to Dina herself, Isabela Merced
The Last of Us, season 2, episode 5 gives us character details we didn't know about Merced's Dina. Their inclusion, says the actor, informs both her relationship to Bella Ramsey's Ellie and the show's take on trauma
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Dead by Daylight's Five Nights at Freddy's map changes the killer queue forever
Not only will Dead by Daylight soon introduce Five Nights at Freddy's Springtrap - it will also add a Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria map AND a gaming mechanic for which fans at PAX East 2025 went wild
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Wednesday season 2 might not have been the reason Jenna Ortega didn't do Scream VII, but it was the reason she didn't do You season 5
You showrunner Michael Foley recently revealed the schedule conflict between You's final season and Wednesday's sophomore appearance on Netflix
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Driving century-old cars, talking to local historians, learning Sicilian swears - How Mafia: The Old Country's devs brought the game back in time
I'm just saying, I don't know of a Mario Kart dev team that ever got behind the wheel like the Mafia: The Old Country folks did
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola's massive flop Megalopolis is the new Apocalypse Now... says Francis Ford Coppola himself
"Apocalypse Now was a big flop, it got terrible reviews, everyone said it was the worst movie ever made. And yet people never stopped going to see it," explains the director in a recent interview
May 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Shadow Labyrinth star Swordsman No. 8 almost had a Pac-Man head, reveals Bandai Namco producer
Look, if you're formatting the gaming world's silliest character, Pac-Man, into the grimdark world of Shadow Labyrinth, some of the transition is bound to be a little funny
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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28 Years Later: That eerie poem from the trailer was used simulate stress in military training
A century after its recording, the use of this particular iteration of the poem Boots, by Rudyard Kipling, is an extra creepy way to tease 28 Years Later
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Wicked comes to NBC with a live musical spectacular starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande ahead of Wicked: For Good flying into theaters
Director Jon M. Chu promises appearances from the movie's cast as well as "surprise guests" in the fall live event on NBC and Peacock
May 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Classic Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage is coming to comics, and Popverse has an exclusive preview
Steve Cuzor is adapting the 1895 novel from Stephen Crane into a graphic novel, and we have a sneak peek before the book's May 13 release
May 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Steven Spielberg was an arcade game shark in the '80s, as Gremlins star Zach Galligan will attest after a brutal game of Pole Position
It turns out Steven Spielberg is a gamer, and he enjoys wiping the floor with his young actors
May 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Catch up on all of Popverse's PAX East 2025 coverage!
We were at the four-day Boston gaming event from start to finish, and we want to tell you all about it
May 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC Studios head James Gunn is "pre-writing" his next movie now that Superman is almost finished (and almost in theaters)
Gunn also offered updates on the status of Superman, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and how ready the Superman trailer is
May 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Fresh from The Last of Us and Star Wars, Pedro Pascal publishes poetry ahead of stepping into the MCU
Yes, that's right; Pedro Pascal is actually a poet as well as everyone's favorite fictional father figure
May 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Get ready, player one: PAX East 2026 dates are here
You don't know games until you come to PAX East - and we have its 2026 dates
May 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Prepare for a new kind of Chocobo Racing that even Post Malone might play, as the Golden Chocobo will be the ultra-rare card in the upcoming Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy set
There are said to be only 77 Golden Chocobo cards in existence. If you find one, let me know.
May 11, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Here's what you need to know about Mafia: The Old Country's new feature: Knife combat
Expect Mafia: The Old Country to have a lot less shoot-outs than previous games in the franchise, but a whole bunch more backstabs. Literally and figuratively
May 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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There are still two iconic movie killers the Dead by Daylight director still wants to see in the game - here's who they are
Coté's choices won't exactly surprise you, but they will leave you asking why these two horror icons haven't made their way into a Dead by Daylight chapter already
May 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Pac-Man being rebooted into 'Dark Pac-Man' for Shadow Labyrinth was almost too dark for Bandai Namco, reveals producer
Speaking at PAX East 2025, Shadow Labyrinth producer Seigo Aizawa recalls his original pitch for the game and the opposition to it
May 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy crossover set deserves Final Fantasy XVI’s creepy villain, Ultima, immortalized in card form
Just look at this guy! Ultima, from Final Fantasy XVI! Who WOULDN’T want a Magic: The Gathering card of him?
May 11, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The future of World of Warcraft is in housing, as the game invites players to own "a little slice of Azeroth"
Of everything discussed at the Evolving Azeroth panel at PAX East 2025, housing was the most anticipated by both the crowd of World of Warcraft fans and the developers on stage
May 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Imagine a 200-hour crash course on Final Fantasy XIV in just one month - this Magic: The Gathering designer just did it for all right reasons
Wizards of the Coast wants to make the upcoming Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy crossover as genuine as possible - so two employees went hardcore for a month
May 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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I don’t even play Magic: The Gathering, but I need all of the Sephiroth stuff from the Final Fantasy crossover
At PAX East 2025, the Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy panel unveiled new looks at the Sephiroth cards from the crossover set, and I am a changed man
May 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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World of Warcraft's developers reveal the one secret that almost evaded gamers in the game's history
Speaking at PAX East 2025, World of Warcraft devs Maria Hamilton, Jesse Kurlancheek, Jeremy Feasel, and Paul Kubit addressed the secret it took 11 months for players to discover
May 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Yoshitaka Amano returns to the Final Fantasy series to paint his favorite video game creation of all time for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering crossover
Yoshitaka Amano returns to Final Fantasy to paint his favorite character - and this time he's drawing her more realistically than he did when he first created her.
May 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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The first Natural Six US live show at PAX East was like watching The Beatles debut on Ed Sullivan
Natural Six, a new D&D actual play group featuring voice actors Doug Cockle, Ben Starr, Harry McEntire, Alex Jordan and Hollie Bennett, had a smashing first show abroad at PAX East
May 10, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Fox goes all-in on animated comedies, renewing Krapopolis, Grimsburg, and Universal Basic Guys after giving four-year deals to The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy, and American Dad
There is no better broadcast network for the animation industry than Fox, with multi-year deals in place for seven shows at present
May 10, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Hey, Lord of the Rings gamers - Tales of the Shire allows you to customize your own Hobbit feet
How big? How hairy? Don't google those questions out of context, but know that you can provide your own answer when Tales of the Hobbit: A Lord of the Rings (cozy!) Game comes out this year
May 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Dog Man heads up Children's Book Week 2025: "Reading is the greatest superpower of all"
Dav Pilkey and Scholastic are donating up to 50,000 books to US locations as part of the November 2025 event to promote child literacy.
May 10, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Nicolas Cage's Dead by Daylight character is the real thing, because "there's never been a Nicolas Cage soundalike," according to the Con Air, National Treasure and Face/Off star
Dead by Daylight voice actors usually let metal singers do the screaming... but not Nicolas Cage
May 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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