ArchiveMay 16, 2025Lore Corner: Who are the Seraphites? The Last of Us season 2 sets up a major big bad for season 3The Simpsons have found their next Milhouse voice actor - and she debuts this Sunday, as a grown-up Milhouse Van HoutenDC have created a new Justice League spin-off team that Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman don't know about - so don't share this article with themMarvel Studios' gender-swap of MCU star Taskmaster almost didn't happen; here's what changedFinally, Superman's The Daily Planet is looking into the weirdness that is Gotham City (Who is that bat guy, btw?)Benjamin Bratt loved his Star Wars: Andor role so much he tried to do more but was told it was too "expensive"Josh Holloway is a complex guy, sweetheart. He doesn't think ABC would reboot Lost but he'd return as Sawyer anytimeTom 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 goingAfterShock Comics aims to revamp its editorial team and revive its comics line as it emerges from bankruptcyBungie gets caught stealing artwork for the fourth time, this time in the upcoming game MarathonWatch the Cosplay Central Costume Showcase from Chicago's C2E2 2025No city 'Yes, And's like Chicago, as the Second City improv troupe proved at C2E2 '25Watch as Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 stars Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan) & Rob Weithoff (John Marston) saddle up one more time for a reunion from Chicago's C2E2 2025Watch Patton Oswalt's new Effervescent comedy special from this year's C2E2Relive the C2E2 Talent Show, 2025 edition, right here!The GTA 6 budget isn't as crazy as you think, as Take-Two Interactive CEO explains why it makes senseLost star Josh Holloway has been chasing a movie version of western author Louis L’Amour's Flint for 20 years - and finally got itGTA games aren't released slowly - fans are showing they want more DLC content than new games quicker says Take-Two Interactive CEOCan 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 adaptationIgnore the marketing, Lazarus is not Cowboy Bebop 2.0 - and I'm thankful for that [Popverse Jump]HBO delays Game of Thrones' Dunk & Egg prequel to 2026 release date windowDie Hard with Orcas: John Travolta trades summer lovin' for summer chompin' in Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin's 3rd killer sea creatures movieWhy movie adaptations of video games work now (and why they didn't before) according to Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise's producersThe Switch 2 will be more welcoming than any Nintendo system before in terms of AAA mature games, according to Witcher & Cyberpunk creatorsAfter 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 & upThe Sydney Sweeney Split Fiction movie is just one of several Hazelight games being developed into film & TVDC'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 SnyderGet the NYCC 2025 VIP ticket you deserve with a Popverse Superfan membershipDC Studios' Superman is teasing their own version of Oreos (and Martian Manhunter's favorite snack)Solo Leveling season 3 may take much longer than you think to get a release date, with Crunchyroll saying the studio is busy with other thingsABC's Lost cast: 15 years after that series finale, here's where they are nowNintendo slaps an unofficial Super Smash Bros. dating app with a cease-and-desist before its launchMay 15, 2025DC'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 Andor star Denise Gough on the fate of her Star Wars character: "The moral of the story is, don't get a boyfriend."The Pokémon Fossil Museum is traveling outside Japan for the first time as it comes to Chicago in May 2026Did Jennifer Love Hewitt hallucinate the internet's favorite fact about I Know What You Did Last Summer? It kind of seems like she did1980s 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 everWarner Bros Discovery CEO names DC's four most important characters as he sees them, and one might come as a surpriseThe 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"Meet Buffy's new protégé, as Hulu's Vampire Slayer reboot names a Star Wars vet as its Chosen OneThe return of a Rogue One character in Andor created real problems for the Star Wars story, says showrunnerBandai have announced the first tournament event for their Gundam trading card game will take place at Gen Con 2025To Blink or not to Blink? James Gunn appears to edit out the moment DC's Man of Steel flinches in the newest Superman trailerDaredevil: Born Again season has signed up another opponent to Marvel's Kingpin: Lili TaylorAnd the winners in the 2025 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are...I'm not proud, but I couldn't stay awake during PAX East 2025's World of Warcraft panel - and I wasn't aloneHow did DC bring Wonder Woman writer Greg Rucka back into the fold? By giving him an idea he didn't think could workLucasfilm have released a 2 minute film created by AI that depicts the Star Wars universe in the most boring way possibleInvincible creator Robert Kirkman would love to do a Rex Splode special, except it would delay the next season of the Prime Video series even moreDC president Jim Lee returns to Image Comics for a Batman/Geiger crossover... kind ofA 15-year-old manga from Weekly Shonen Jump is getting an anime adaptation and our money is on Psyren finally getting its dueAnother Twilight Saga actor almost took Robert Pattinson's Edward role, until they screentested with Kristen Stewart's BellaStar Trek: Strange New Worlds finally warps back onto screens this summer as Paramount+ announces a July release date for the long-awaited third seasonDafne 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 14, 2025The abundance of reality TV on platforms like Netflix comes with an immense dark side: a lack of basic worker protectionsNetflix confirms Bridgerton Season 4 for 2026 - but announces Seasons 5 and 6 for the future, tooPopverse'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 audiencesA brand new twist shadows Popverse's Ashley V. Robinson's return to LA Shakespeare cabaret Shakes on the RocksThe one problem with Star Wars series Andor isn't the show itself, it's the Disney+ release scheduleMax 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 treatmentMarvel Studios hammers home the Iron Man parallels in the trailer for Disney+ summer show IronheartJames Gunn's DC super couple keeps no secrets - especially Clark Kent's secret identity as SupermanFallout already renewed for season 3 at Prime Video before season 2 airsSuperman might get beaten and bruised, but James Gunn's new DCU hero is defined by what happens afterwardsThe latest Superman trailer has me hoping James Gunn and Nicolas Hoult are finally ushering in Lex Luthor's mad scientist eraDC Studios' new Superman trailer confirms that Rick Flag Snr. might be the most important man in the new DCUNYCC 2025 Tickets onsale dates are here - as well as an exclusive pre-sale to get all the best badges!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, tooAndor 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"For Your Consideration: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Scream perfected the horror sequel years before Final Destination: BloodlinesDoes Krysten Ritter's Daredevil: Born Again return herald a new Jessica Jones show?The Grand Theft Auto 6 release date has the entire gaming industry scrambling to react, with some weighing up delays of their ownHow Dead by Daylights can create their own version of the game with Choose Your Own ChapterWhat makes Mafia: The Old Country the "best looking Mafia" game yet? The seamless transitions between cutscene and gameplay, say the devsOne 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 GatheringKrysten Ritter re-signs with Marvel Studios for more beginning with Daredevil: Born Again season 2 with "much more in store for Jessica Jones"May 13, 2025Playing Star Wars' Anakin Skywalker was a dream gig for Ryan Phillippe - but he told he was too old, especially for Natalie PortmanThe Final Fantasy 10 laughing scene meme has turned into a cardboard classic with Magic: The Gathering crossoverA romantasy book con descended into Fyre Festival-like chaos so bad the organizer says it's refunding "every attendee, author, and vendor"How Andor introduced a new kind of Star Wars heroAnd Just Like That... season 3 release date: The latest Sex and the City revival series returns to HBOThe Chi season 7 release date: Showtime brings us back to the South Side of Chicago again in May 2025, with a potential season 8 on the wayLove, Death + Robots season 4 release date: Volume 4 of the sci fi anthology series comes to Netflix this MayEx-Daredevil showrunner partners with Michael B. Jordan for even more boxing than his Marvel Studios show in first Creed spinoffSpider-Noir first look serves up Sin City vibes that the Nicolas Cage show has always deservedAnother One Piece actor - this time Joe Manganiello - has confirmed that season 3 is happening before Netflix has mentioned itEC Comics returns to cosmic horror with anthology series Cruel Universe 2, launching this summer from Oni PressEvery new Marvel Snap card and location being added during the May 2025 X-Men seasonMay 12, 2025The first Stranger Things game has been stripped from Steam, and now users are saying its basically unplayableThe 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 itExperience Critical Role's Age of Umbra actual play earlier than expected with special Session Zero coming May 22The Alexandria RPG Library at PAX East connected me to the tabletop games of yoreWhy HBO series The Last of Us season 2 expands on Dina's game backstory, according to Dina herself, Isabela MercedDead by Daylight's Five Nights at Freddy's map changes the killer queue foreverWednesday 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 5Driving century-old cars, talking to local historians, learning Sicilian swears - How Mafia: The Old Country's devs brought the game back in timeHANK: Drowning on Dry Land is Batman: The Animated Series, if Batman could manipulate time and was always drunkLegendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola's massive flop Megalopolis is the new Apocalypse Now... says Francis Ford Coppola himselfShadow Labyrinth star Swordsman No. 8 almost had a Pac-Man head, reveals Bandai Namco producer28 Years Later: That eerie poem from the trailer was used simulate stress in military training