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Zenitsu is the most realistic depiction of a person in the Demon Slayer anime, at least according to Zenitsu voice actor Aleks Le
Aleks Le plays the character of Zenitsu in Demon Slayer and knows that his character is a polarizing figure in the series but he believes he is just misunderstood.
August 14, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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Five Nights at Freddy's comics delayed, but not cancelled, in the wake of criticism about the art
FNAF's Tales from the Pizzaplex graphic novel adaptations have disappeared from online listings, but the project hasn't been cancelled
August 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Magic: The Gathering unveils a first look at the Avatar: The Last Airbender Universes Beyond set in new video
Ahead of the release of Marvel's Spider-Man, Magic: The Gathering is giving us a peek at the cards from Avatar: The Last Airbender
August 13, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Zach Cregger's Weapons had one of the best opening Mondays in horror box office history, outperforming Get Out, 28 Years Later, Five Nights at Freddy's, and more
Creepy-kid mystery Weapons, which starts Julia Garner and Josh Brolin, is fats becoming the little horror movie that could. And on a Monday!
August 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Alien co-creator Ridley Scott told Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley a scrapped idea to make the xenomorph even scarier (and to kill Ellen Ripley)
Ellen Ripley might've had to undergo the Alien: Resurrection treatment earlier in the franchise than anticipated, had the idea Ridley Scott shared with Noah Hawley stuck
August 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Channing Tatum joins cast of Demon Slayer Infinity Castle movie in a small but memorable part
Rebecca Wang, who is best known for her role in Solo Leveling, has also been cast in the Demon Slayer movie as Crunchyroll preps for the English dub's release in September
August 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Daggerheart, the Dungeons & Dragons rival from the Critical Role team, hits half a million characters online: "It hasn't really slowed"
Stats come from Demiplane, an online resource for fans of TTRPGs like Daggerheart
August 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Crunchyroll announces undisclosed number of layoffs as they desperately try to grow their subscribers in India and Southeast Asia
The latest round of layoffs are not for financial reasons, according to Crunchyroll president, but they probably feel like it to the staff impacted
August 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Batman Beyond returns to team with Milestone Media's Static for new Batman/Static: Beyond comic book from DC
The six-issue team-up pairs the two 1990s heroes and builds on lore from the animated Batman Beyond and Static Shock shows
August 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Star Trek: Voyager star Robert Picardo originally auditioned to play Neelix, not the EMH Doctor
At Florida Supercon 2025's Star Trek: Voyager panel, Robert Picardo revealed how he was nearly cast as Neelix
August 13, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Sony launches social media account for The Legend of Zelda movie - and includes the most petty dig at Nintendo you can spot
Someone on the Sony Pictures marketing team knows a good joke when they see it
August 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Alien: Earth star Timothy Olyphant couldn't sell Larry David on the show in the perfect real-life Curb Your Enthusiasm moment
Larry David will tell you that he wasn't playing his real self in Curb Your Enthusiasm, but it sounds like he might have been, at least a little bit
August 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Spoilers!Alien: Earth episode one features an adorable easter egg to the original Ridley Scott film just a few minutes into the story [minor spoilers]
Yes, that sure looks like [REDACTED], but it’s almost impossible the member of the Nostromo crew is on Alien: Earth’s spacefaring USCSS Maginot
August 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Star Trek: Voyager captain Kathryn Mulgrew doesn’t get fan hate for Janeway’s controversial decision in the Tuvix episode
At Florida Supercon's Star Trek: Voyager panel, Mulgrew told the audience, "You all would do the same!”
August 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day star Jacob Batalon just posted a picture of Marvel's Hobgoblin, and our spider-senses are tingling
Batalon has played Ned Leeds ever since Spider-Man: Homecoming, and in Marvel Comics, Ned Leeds becomes the villain Hobgoblin. What are the chances he'll board the glider for his next outing?
August 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Magic: The Gathering’s Edge of Eternities Special Guest cards look damaged on purpose
The Special Guest cards for Magic: The Gathering's Edge of Eternities set are designed to evoke vintage pulp sci-fi novel covers
August 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Magic: The Gathering believes the future is a diverse place, and Edge of Eternities was built to show that
Magic: The Gathering has put inclusivity at the core of its Edge of Eternities space-opera set
August 12, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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"David is a pimp:" The Bible according to Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld
Liefeld, who once had an Old Testament adventure book at Image and infamously drew Jesus fighting the Greek pantheon, has a little lesson in Biblical history for SDCC '25
August 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Why Demon Slayer cosplay is a blast, according to voice actors Abby Trott (Nezuko) and Aleks Le (Zenitsu)
Popverse interviewed Abby Trott and Aleks Le and asked them why they think their characters are so popular amongst cosplayers.
August 12, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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First plot details emerge about DC Studios' Cronenberg-esque Clayface
The script was written by Mike Flanagan and will be directed by James Watkins, giving us plenty of reason to be excited for the DCU Clayface movie.
August 12, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Shrek 5 keeps getting delayed, but that's okay: you've already waited more than 15 years for it
After more than a decade of waiting to see Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, and Eddie Murphy back together on the big screen, we can all wait another six months, right?
August 12, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Henry Cavill as a wizard: The instructions Larian Studios gave to the actor for this key Baldur’s Gate 3 character
Tim Downie was told to channel Henry Cavill during his Baldur’s Gate 3 audition
August 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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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.
August 12, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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Metal Gear Solid Delta sees its multiplayer mode delayed until Fall 2025 as Konami pushes to get the game ready for August launch
We're disappointed that Fox Hunt has been delayed, but hopefully it will lead to a better Metal Gear Solid remake at launch
August 12, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The Breakfast Club director John Hughes loved making mixtapes for his teenage stars, and Anthony Michael Hall discusses his
John Hughes made mixtapes featuring the Beatles and new wave bands for his teenage actors
August 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Filming The Thursday Murder Club on Netflix felt more like a college reunion than working, according to Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan
The cast includes Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie to bring The Thursday Murder Club novels to life
August 12, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Demon Slayer voice actors Abby Trott and Aleks Le gush over their favorite scene together (so far)
Popverse interviewed Abby Trott and Aleks Le, who voice Nezuko and Zenitsu of the Demon Slayer Corps. They recount the scene that was their favorite to film together and share what they believe has led to Demon Slayer's popularity boom.
August 12, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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The King of the Hill revamp toyed with the idea of having a new career for Hank Hill (along with some debates about Bobby’s love life)
King of the Hill reboot showrunner Saladin Patterson says Hank Hill almost had a new career
August 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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What Avatar: The Last Airbender stars Zach Tyler Eisen and Dante Basco learned from playing Aang and Zuko
Avatar: The Last Airbender's Zach Tyler Eisen and Dante Basco helped celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the series by reflecting on what life enriching lessons they gained from playing Aang and Zuko.
August 12, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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How to be a success in American comic books in 2025, according to Spawn creator & Image Comics boss Todd McFarlane
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane has a model for indie comic success, and it's not him - it's Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman
August 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Netflix has (finally) confirmed One Piece season 3 is coming, but when will it finally come out? What the show's previous production timelines tell us
Things can change, but we don't think we'll have as long to wait for One Piece season 3 as we did for season 2
August 12, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Baldur's Gate 3 actor Tim Downie wasn't told what game he was working on until 18 months after he began work on it
Tim Downie spent almost three years recording motion capture for Gale Dekarios before he was told it was for Baldur’s Gate 3
August 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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At Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026, be the Cosplay VIP and make the whole weekend easier
Here's how you can have the best experience looking your best at Emerald City Comic Con 2026
August 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Get ready: Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026 tickets are about to go on sale - and Popverse has an exclusive pre-sale
Tickets for ECCC 2026 are about to go on sale - and Popverse Superfans will get a 24-hour headstart on everyone else!
August 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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One Piece season 2 trailer has dropped and we think Netflix is making a few changes to Nico Robin's storyline
We're not going to complain about getting more Nico Robin screentime
August 11, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Jenna Ortega got even more involved with Wednesday Addams - by becoming a producer on season 2 of the Netflix show
Being a producer meant Ortega was involved with creating Wednesday much earlier than she would have been as an actor.
August 11, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The secret origin of Starz' Outlander prequel Blood of My Blood, and the one piece of canon it had to question to make happen
Outlander: Blood of My Blood executive producer and showrunner Matthew B. Roberts explains how he came up with the idea of the series.
August 11, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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How Marvel Studios' Avengers would rank as babysitters, according to Hawkeye actor (and dad) Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Renner reveals which Avengers are good babysitters (and which ones shouldn’t be trusted near children)
August 11, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Lost actor Henry Ian Cusick believes he “irritated” the showrunners by asking about the show’s various mysteries
Desmond Hume actor Henry Ian Cusick tried to make sense of Lost’s various mysteries by asking the showrunners for answers. They responded with irritation.
August 11, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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The Mandalorian actor Gina Carano and Disney settle the legal action over her exit from the Star Wars show
Gina Carano was fired from The Mandalorian in 2021, and Disney has now said that they "look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms. Carano"
August 08, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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James Cameron isn't making Avatar for the money, but because "hopefully it can do some good"
While the Avatar: Fire and Ash director says movies aren't the solution to human problems, they can help connect us to lost things, like our ties to nature
August 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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#ReleaseTheHorvitzCut: The greatest Hazbin Hotel impressionist is the series voice director Richard Horvitz
At San Deigo Comic Con '25, Hellaverse fans got to cheer on favorites like VivziePop and Brandon Rogers. But they were cheering on Richard Horvitz, who voices Moxxie and, behind the scenes, everybody else
August 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Simpsons creator Matt Groening's rules to animation (and why the Disenchantment characters have five fingers)
The Simpsons creator didn't want to see "a lion that looks like it came from a ruler," says Claudia Katz, animation producer for Futurama and Disenchantment
August 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Batman and his prank war side from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen days will pop out some in Matt Fraction and Jorge Jiménez's upcoming DC relaunch
Batman is "very hilarious," says upcoming Batman writer Matt Fraction.
August 08, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Jeremy Renner says Mayor of Kingstown will run for two more seasons and has “a really cool end”
Jeremy Renner says Paramount+’s Mayor of Kingstown will end after five seasons
August 08, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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FX's Alien: Earth prequel has built a replica of Ridley's Nostromo from the original movie, for the Maginot
At SDCC '25, Hawley told Hall H that walking onto the set of the USCSS Maginot "collapses time." Metaphorically, we assume - Alien: Earth isn't that kind of scifi
August 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Hazbin Hotel's Erika Henningsen wants Charlie to meet Helluva Boss's Loona - but not just because the characters would get along
Look, we all want the Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel characters to cross over. But maybe not quite as much as the people that, well, play those characters
August 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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After Spider-Man, Magic: The Gathering has an “unnamed Marvel set” that will be released in 2026
Magic: The Gathering game designer Mark Rosewater confirmed on his blog that there is another Marvel Universes Beyond set in the works
August 08, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista is coming back to action movies in a big way, circling both Highlander and Road House 2 for Amazon MGM
Dave Bautista is reportedly closing in to play The Kurgan in Amazon MGM's Highlander remake, and we're here for it
August 08, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Disney has killed Goosebumps, but there's a good chance Sony may resurrect it
The series based on R.L. Stine's landmark YA horror novels is deceased at Disney+, but producer Sony Pictures Television is looking for another network to give it the Frankenstein treatment
August 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Outlander: Blood of my Blood is finding it harder and harder to shoot in Scotland due to the tourism Outlander has brought in
Outlander showrunner and executive producer Matthew B. Roberts explains why Scottish tourism is making it difficult to shoot the spinoff series, a problem they created.
August 08, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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Alien: Earth isn't planning a crossover with Predator (yet), but showrunner Noah Hawley is talking to Predator: Badlands director - and others
Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley and Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg have had talks about their franchises, but their projects are on "separate tracks" (for now)
August 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Is Marvel villain the Rhino in Spider-Man: Brand New Day? A report from the Glasgow set of the MCU movie has us speculating
Set pieces bearing a rhino head are on set for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, reports a Glasgow local. Is it a coincidence, or evidence of another popular Spidey rogue headed to the MCU?
August 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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King of the Hill revival boss has confirmed a popular fan theory regarding Dale/Nancy/John Redcorn is true
King of the Hill showrunner Saladin Patterson says the writers considered the theory that Dale knows about Nancy’s affair with John Redcorn
August 08, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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"He's an iPhone 1 in an iPhone 20 world": Alien: Earth co-star Babou Ceesay on his cyborg character
Ceesay, who plays one of the three types of artificial life at the center of Noah Hawley's FX sci-fi horror series, says his character won't have the most cutting edge tech on the show
August 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Want to fight Batman? A new board game will let that happen - and you can play as the Joker, Harley Quinn, and other big name Gotham City bad guys
Enemies of Gotham City, an upcoming board game from Upper Deck Entertainment immerses you in the world of Batman: The Animated Series
August 08, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Kerrice Brooks’ S.A.M. promises to be the most fascinating character in Starfleet Academy
After seeing the first trailer for Starfleet Academy for the first time, Kerrice Brooks fought back tears while explaining how unique her character is in the Star Trek lore.
August 08, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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Demon Slayer's Nezuko voice actor Abby Trott has her own headcanon for what she says if she could speak
Popverse interviewed Abby Trott who voices Nezuko in the English dub of Demon Slayer. She shared with us what it's like to voice all of Nezuko's grunts and snarls and what scene was her favorite to record.
August 08, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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Luigi Mangione is "a story about the American Dream Gone Wrong," says James Patterson, and he's writing a book to prove it
James Patterson and CNN investigative reporter Vicky Ward will co-write a book spinning out of "hundreds of exclusive interviews, extensive on-the-ground reporting, copious court transcripts, and SEC filings" about Luigi Mangione
August 07, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Netflix series The Hunting Wives based Margo on First Lady Melania Trump, says Malin Åkerman
Åkerman, who stars as Margo Banks in the Netflix adaptation of May Cobb's scandalous novel, says the First Lady was "the only reference, really" for her character
August 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Starz' Outlander series finale (and the entire season 8) is "very charged" says Sam Heughan
At San Diego Comic-Con 2025, without giving spoilers, the cast and crew of Outlander explain how the final season outperforms the previous seven seasons.
August 07, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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The K-pop in KPop Demon Hunters was added at the end to give it spectacle but became the "spine" of the Netflix hit
With a soundtrack full of incredible songs, it is hard to imagine a version of KPop Demon Hunters without the K-pop
August 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Avengers: Doomsday is already ignoring one of the biggest lessons of the success of James Gunn’s Superman
Movies need a lot of things to succeed. Notably, a script.
August 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
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One Piece and the Straw Hat flag have become unlikely symbols of rebellion among Indonesian anime fans
Thousands of people in Indonesia are choosing to fly the Straw Hat Jolly Roger ahead of the national flag to protest the nation's growing inequality
August 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Wednesday season 2 on Netflix introduces an Uncle Fester that's a mix of the actors who played him before, plus a healthy dose of mischief, explains actor Fred Armisen
"He's always giggling," the actor explained. Yes, because Uncle Fester is always up to something.
August 07, 2025
Trent Cannon
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King of the Hill boss digs into the Kahn recasting and how it makes the show more grounded and authentic
Why Toby Huss is no longer playing Kahn in the King of the Hill revival
August 06, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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This iconic Marvel & DC artist now has the title of "longest gap in a Magic: The Gathering artist's career", but we can still call him Bill Sienkiewicz
Bill Sienkiewicz hasn’t drawn a Magic: The Gathering card since 1996, and he’s back with a card for Marvel’s Spider-Man crossover set
August 06, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Percy Jackson star Walker Scobell had to go to school on-set while covered in fake blood and real dirt after filming battle scenes
As if high school isn’t tough enough already, Percy Jackson star Walker Scobell would go to school in between takes of the Disney+ show, even during epic battle scenes
August 06, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is “quite special and a little bit different” for Avengers star Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Renner had a great time working on Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
August 06, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Fantastic Four: First Steps director wanted the Silver Surfer to be a "tarnished mirror"
First Steps director Matt Shakman say the Silver Surfer as more tarnished and ancient than shiny and new
August 06, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The key to getting the Thing right on screen was his eyebrow (and Ebon Moss-Bachrach's eyes)
How do you bring the comic book Thing to the screen? The eyes have it
August 06, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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How Star Wars played a surprising role in The Fantastic Four: First Steps design of the MCU Galactus
It's all about scale... and a planet-eater influenced by a planet-destroyer
August 06, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Going to San Diego Comic-Con is too expensive and fans could turn to other comic conventions, say the organizers of San Diego Comic-Con
Yes, the people behind SDCC know that hotels are very expensive for the Southern California summer show - and they're worried it'll make fans abandon the show
August 06, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The Talamasca: Explaining the secretive order and how it fits in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe
The executive producers and showrunners of Talamasca: The Secret Order explain what the series is and how it fits within the Ann Rice Immortal Universe.
August 06, 2025
Ernie Estrella
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How animating something as simple as tying your shoes exposes the hidden differences between hand-drawn and CGI animation
3D animation requires you to frontload a lot of the design work and doesn't give you much room to improvise, but it has some solid advantages too.
August 06, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Love Naruto, Akira, Demon Slayer, or Jujutsu Kaisen? Crunchyroll has a deal or two (actually, 1000s) for you in its Summer Sale
The second week of Crunchyroll's Summer Sale is here, and Popverse can share the highlights of the massive deals available to fans
August 06, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Classic Magic: The Gathering cards get a cyberpunk face-lift in new Secret Lair
Magic: The Gathering's Secret Lair Chaos Vault features artwork by Deathburger, revamping some Commander favorites
August 06, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Netflix promises an update on One Piece coming on One Piece Day this weekend
Is it a new trailer? A release date? Or is Netflix finally ready to admit One Piece season 3 is happening?
August 06, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps originally featured a “Joan Baez” type folk singer worshiping Galactus - but only her song remains
In keeping with the 1960s setting of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the Galactus cult originally had a folksy musical response to the movie's Big Bad
August 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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"I love Marvel movies, but it's time to give the underdog a shot" - MCU star Peter Dinklage on why the Toxic Avenger, not the Fantastic Four or Superman, is the hero for summer 2025
The Toxic Avenger doesn't have the looks of Clark Kent or Reed Richards (hell, even Ben Grimm), but he's got something just as valuable - originality
August 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Get Out & Black Panther star Daniel Kaluuya becomes the second Spider-Verse star to get a spinoff, as Sony greenlights Spider-Punk
Like Nicolas Cage's Spider-Noir, Kaluuya will be take the character he brought to life in Sony's Spider-Verse into another story - but unlike the Prime Video series, Spider-Punk will stay animated
August 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The CW's Riverdale star KJ Apa has his first big post-Archie role: playing the real-life OG movie star James Stewart
The Jimmy Stewart biopic will chronicle the actor's journey from Pennsylvania, to Hollywood, to World War II, and back.
August 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Critical Role's Matthew Mercer is working on a Romantasy-themed TTRPG camapign, and we're wondering how big a 69-sided die would have to be
Mercer and Darrington Press's Daggerheart has explored haunted wastelands, dungeon kitchens, and colossus-ridden deserts. Now, it looks like it'll venture behind castle walls (and bedroom doors)
August 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Finally, there's an official Green Eggs & Spam for sale in unique Spam x Dr. Seuss collab - but you can only get it at Walmart
Dr. Seuss and Spam are collaborating to make co-branded dreams come true for the 65th anniversary of Green Eggs & Ham
August 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Inside the unmade Futurama episode where Fry & Leela were time-crossed lovers that was too "complicated" to make work
There are a lot of science fiction concepts that Futurama is perfectly capable of tackling, but ahead of season 13, head writer Cohen revealed the one that's too out there for even the Planet Express crew
August 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Brendan Fraser has reached his ultimate form, embracing all that we love about him, in Rental Family
If you thought you loved Brendan Fraser before, get ready for what might be the ultimate Brendan Fraser movie
August 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Magic: The Gathering and Marvel are planning "multiple sets" and Commander Decks - thanks to Thanos' Infinity Stones
The upcoming Magic: The Gathering x Marvel's Spider-Man will feature the debut of an Infinity Stone
August 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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If The Witcher games & TV show get ahead of his books, creator/writer Andrzej Sapkowski says he'd consider quit writing the books & the franchise
The creator of The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski, doesn't want a Game of Thrones situation happening to him
August 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Being George Clooney: How the ER star and Adam Sandler get meta for Netflix in a movie they will tell you is not about them
George Clooney is Jay Kelly in a new movie by the co-writer of Barbie that is about an actor called Jay Kelly that is very like the actor George Clooney
August 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Michael Mann and his planned Heat sequel is reportedly too expensive for Warner Bros. - but Leonardo DiCaprio might be able to help
It's been 30 years since Michael Mann made the crime classic Heat - but the sequel is taking longer than anyone expected because it might be too pricey for the studio
August 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Star Wars: Hunters stalled out because Lucasfilm was wishy-washy on what they could do with key characters like Darth Vader, says Zynga
"Could you play Darth Vader or could you not?" - that question was never properly answered, says Frank Gibeau, CEO of Hunters developer Zynga
August 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The most expensive card from Magic: The Gathering's Edge of Eternities set is literally a void
The Singularity Foil edition of Sothera, the Supervoid from Magic: The Gathering's Edge of Eternities set will cost you quite a bit
August 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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The South Korean government is giving online comic companies a discount on their taxes to encourage them to make more webtoons
The Promotion of Comics Act was unveiled by South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance in July 2025
August 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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DC's Batman teams up with Inception storyboard artist Gabriel Hardman for R-rated "open class warfare" story pitting the Dark Knight vs. Green Arrow and the Question
Three of DC's most famous vigilantes tackle two of the modern world's most pressing problems: climate change and billionaires.
August 05, 2025
Trent Cannon
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The Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling game console in US history... but the 2025 holiday season will be a real test unlike any before
The console is off to a strong start, but we will have to wait at least six months to find out if it will be the success Nintendo wants it to be.
August 05, 2025
Trent Cannon
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After 20+ years of CGI blue giants, James Cameron is going hyper-realistic to adapt the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
The Avatar and Terminator filmmaker is abandoning sci-fi for his next project, which he describes as "the most challenging film I [will] ever make"
August 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC's Absolute Batman will be "beating up white nationalists" in new special by Transformers' Daniel Warren Johnson (and he promises it's not subtle)
At San Diego Comic-Con 2025, Daniel Warren Johnson filled us in on details surrounding his story in the upcoming Absolute Batman Annual
August 05, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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We know when many of the Outlander characters die, but the Blood of My Blood prequel will show how they lived says the showrunner for both series
Never let something like established canon get in the way of telling a great story.
August 05, 2025
Trent Cannon
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HBO star Jeremy Strong may be involved in a Succession-style duel with Jesse Eisenberg to star in The Social Network sequel
The Succession actor is reportedly in talks to join the Aaron Sorkin sequel to the 2010 movie about Facebook - but could he be taking over the Mark Zuckerberg role from Jesse Eisenberg?
August 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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How fans and a social media meme got Lady Gaga cast in Netflix's Wednesday season 2
I mean it's Lady Gaga, so you can assume that at least a little bit of her success in snagging a role in Wednesday comes down to... Just Dance.
August 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt