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Tom Cruise says he'll keep making Mission: Impossible movies until he's 80
The 61-year-old actor wants to match the record of newly-returned Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford
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SDCC 2023: How much impact does San Diego Comic-Con have on San Diego the city?
Comic-Con International: San Diego is a pretty big deal to San Diego, it turns out
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As Captain America 4 wraps production, Anthony Mackie warns studios of disaster if actors strike happens
The new Captain America says that studios have to offer actors a fair deal
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Is the MCU the ultimate Ultimate Marvel Universe?
Did Marvel Studios perfect the Ultimate formula, and if so, what does that mean for the Ultimate Universe revival?
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San Diego Comic-Con 2023: Where are the big booths on the show floor?
We know what you want to see on the floor of Comic-Con International 2023, and we know where to find it
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Why Marvel Studios is skipping Hall H and San Diego Comic Con
Think of this less of an unexpected break, and more of a scheduled absence
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Three more editors leave CBR, continuing exodus pattern
Three news editors have departed the site, according to social media posts
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2000 AD and Judge Dredd will rewrite British comic history this fall with a merger no-one saw coming
A "what if?" publishing event will revive classic British title Battle Action and give it a sci-fi makeover in September
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Penguin Random House unveils Inklore, a new imprint aimed at bringing manga, manhua, and manhwa to western fans
The line will be overseen in the US by Vault Comics and Boom! Studios veteran Rebecca Taylor
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Are Mission: Impossible and Fast and Furious the same movie series? No... really!
Tom Cruise's M:I and Vin Diesel's F&F have a lot in common - especially when you look at everything else out there
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Superman: Legacy finds the new onscreen Man of Steel and Lois Lane
David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan have been named as the new actors for the iconic roles
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What to expect from Funko at San Diego Comic-Con 2023
Get ready for some old-fashioned nostalgia that will see a (checks notes) Blockbuster video store on the show floor?
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Justice League Dark gets its own deck-building game courtesy of Cryptozoic, DC, and... you?
The game (along with a Shazam/Black Adam Rivals edition) is being crowdfunded now
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All Valiant properties to be published by the NY-based Alien Books moving forward
Valiant Entertainment announces partnership with Alien Books for its superhero line
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SDCC 2023: Just how much would it take to go to San Diego Comic-Con?
Hopefully you have a couple thousand dollars handy if you want to attend Comic-Con International: San Diego
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DSTLRY announces new series from creators including James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, Becky Cloonan, and more
Eight of the stories from launch anthology The Devil's Cut will become standalone series
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Star Trek: Prodigy canceled at Paramount+, but may live on elsewhere
The second season will be completed by CBS Studios, which will then try to find a new home for the show
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Vault Comics reveals release dates for the sexy time-travel romp Sainted Love and YA mystery Lone
The Kickstarter hit queer time travel series and YA mystery title will both arrive in September
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Namor actor Tenoch Huerta appears to be pausing his movie career to combat sexual abuse allegations
The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actor will no longer appear in next year's Fiesta en la madriguera
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Who do you trust? Marvel admits that it used AI to create Secret Invasion titles
Those Secret Invasion titles aren't alien - they're AI.
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Sony pulls Spider-Man spin-off movie El Muerto from its release schedule
The movie, to star Bad Bunny, was originally due in theaters January 2024
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Get a glimpse at the future of sci-fi comics with an exclusive XINO preview
Enjoy the opening of Alex Segura and Zander Cannon's contribution to the sold-out Oni Press anthology on us
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Marvel Studios to skip Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con 2023
Although there will be a floor presence, Marvel Studios will not hold its traditional Saturday afternoon panel in Hall H this year
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Never Have I Ever nabs Netflix's global top English TV slot, with new season of Black Mirror debuting at #2
What is bigger than dystopian sci-fi? Try high school comedy drama Never Have I Ever
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Rare Flavours: Inside Ram V and Filipe Andrade's reunion after the hit comic The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
Ram V and Filipe Andrade re-team for this demonic celebration of all things culinary
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Will James Gunn's Superman: Legacy casting buck the oddly fascinating Superman lead actor trend of the last 17 years?
The last three on-screen Supermen had all tried, and failed, to play the character in an earlier incarnation
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James Gunn says he's "blown away" by Superman: Legacy auditions to date
Who is the new Man of Steel? It's a mystery, but they're going to be great, apparently
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Batman Day is almost here, and DC isn't the only company celebrating this year
Want some free Batman comics? Wait until September.
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Secret Invasion: Everything you need to know about Marvel's upcoming Disney+ miniseries
The Skrulls are hidden throughout the MCU already, but who can you trust?
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Kraven the Hunter: A trailer as bland as the villain's on-screen outfit
No, there's little in the first trailer to make anyone interested in Sony's new supervillain movie
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Is Viz Media raising prices on its manga volumes?
According to reports, Viz is upping the price of a manga volume by two dollars at the start of 2024
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Spoilers! | Fast X ending explained (and what it means for the Fast & Furious franchise)
Fast X's final moments were certainly both fast and furious, and seemingly deadly for multiple characters
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DC's Man of Steel, 10 years later: a Superman film prettier (and better?) than you remember
Just don't listen to what everyone is saying
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Could The Flash speed into a sequel even as the DCU is being rebooted onscreen?
"There’s an architecture in DC that is brewing," says director Andy Muschietti
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Dav Pilkey's Cat Kid Comics Club returns in a big way, with a new graphic novel - and a musical!
Influencers, the fifth book in the series, will be released this November
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch gets two new nemeses this summer, courtesy of Archie Comics
Meet Jade and Sapphire: they're here to cause trouble for Sabrina Spellman
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War Journal returns, but this time it's not Marvel's Punisher - it's DC's Green Lantern, John Stewart
Writer Philip Kennedy Johnson teases "the most epic '80s sci-fi action movie" in the new series Green Lantern: War Journal
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2: The plot, cast, release date, trailer, and more ahead of the new season
Expect the unexpected (and some important backstory), teased the Strange New Worlds cast at MCM
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Marvel Studios and DC Studios put streaming shows on hold due to WGA Strike
Daredevil: Born Again and The Penguin are both put on indefinite hiatus because of picketing
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The iconic Spider-Man artist John Romita Senior dies at age 93
The artist defined the look of Marvel's most famous character for decades
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Void Rivals: why the first issue was more than meets the eye, and what that means going forward
Behind the big surprise at the heart of Robert Kirkman's new Image Comics series
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Hasbro just secretly relaunched Transformers & GI Joe into its own universe - orchestrated by Robert Kirkman
The shared GI Joe/Transformers line also includes all-new concepts and series, such as the new Void Rivals series launching today
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Nimona movie: The cast, trailer, plot, release date and more for Netflix's adaptation of ND Stevenson's comic
N.D. Stevenson's shapeshifter Nimona comes to animated life in the upcoming movie from Netflix
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Spoilers! | The Prowler: Inside Spider-Verse 2's surprising villain (and his variants)
No matter the Spider-Verse, the Prowler will seemingly be there in some form
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The Flash: Take a look at the new covers (and some interior pages!) from Wally West's new Dawn of DC series
Si Spurrier and Mike Deodato Jr. take Wally West in speedy new directions this September
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Why can't Nimona the movie look like Nimona the comic book?
The Netflix animated adaptation of N.D. Stevenson's breakthrough project ditches the graphic novel's visual style; that's a mistake
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Disney announces a new Star Wars movie, and delays Marvel's Phase 5 and Phase 6 plans as well
It's all change for the Disney release schedule for the next few years
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CBR layoffs: What led to the firing of three-quarters of their editors (and what happens next)
Owner Valnet's pursuit of high traffic at low cost appears to have pushed out the leads behind the site
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CBR news editor Noah Dominguez quits following layoffs of much of the site's senior management
News editor Noah Dominguez has announced his departure from the site after almost five years
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Marvel's Ultimate Universe revival isn't the fresh start it wants to be
How can a nostalgic revival of a 20+ year old imprint be a fresh start, anyway?
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Miles Morales stars in a new Spider-Verse animated short, The Spider Within
The short, subtitled "A Spider-Verse Story," debuted at an international animation festival and is now available to watch on Youtube
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Comic writer and artist Ian McGinty dies at age 38
The writer and artist had worked on Adventure Time, Bee and Puppycat, and his own Welcome to Showside
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DC's The Flash movie: The cast, the trailers, the release dates, the controversy, and more behind the next big live-action superhero film
Barry Allen deals with Supergirl, Zod, and two Batmen in this summer's big event
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Birds of Prey returns for the Dawn of DC featuring a whole new team
The series will mark Kelly Thompson's first ongoing series for DC
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DC announces free DC Manga Sampler for this summer as part of a major promotional push
The 40-page issue will feature previews of One Operation Joker, Superman vs. Meshi, and Batman: Justice Buster
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Star Trek: Lower Decks' security chief Shaxs lives his best, violent life in a new one-shot comic this fall
Star Trek: Day of Blood - Shaxs' Best Day writer Ryan North spills the beans to Popverse
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"Is ComiXology going away?" and other important questions about Amazon's digital comics platform answered
You have questions, we have answers (or at least, we'll try)
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Big Barda is joining DC's Birds of Prey
Popverse has an exclusive look at Stanley "Artgerm" Lau's variant cover featuring the Jack Kirby creation
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DC Pride 2023 #1 sells out, gets a rush reprint
The 100+ page anthology will return to stores July 11
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Comic artist Steve Lieber is a fine teacher, even when his students are less than engaged
"One student swiped ME", Steve Lieber tells Popverse
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds's Spock is "more human" than most other versions according to the man who plays him, Ethan Peck
The actor talked at MCM Comic Con about how he handles the iconic role in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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Spoilers! | Across the Spider-Verse: Is the MCU part of the Spider-Verse?
"Can we ever see Tom Holland and Miles Morales meet?" is what we're really asking
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse dramatically outperforms Into the Spider-Verse in its opening weekend
The movie took $120.5 million in its first weekend, compared to $33.5 million for the 2018 opener
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Across the Spider-Verse: how to watch as much Spider-Man as possible
Cartoons, live-action shows, and movies: get as much Spider-Man as you can
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Explore the line between life and death in an exclusive preview of the Black Box Chronicles
The sci-fi anthology is currently nearing the end of its successful Kickstarter campaign
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That Amazing Spider-Man #26 spoiler is cynical and depressing
We're not mad; we're just disappointed
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Is Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Erica Ortegas the Riker of this new show? Riker himself, Jonathan Frakes, says "Totally!"
William T. Riker approves of the idea that Ortegas is... the next William T. Riker
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CBR is going through a major overhaul due to "culture and performance" issues
In addition to its editor-in-chief, the site's senior news and feature editors have also been laid off
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The comic & pop culture journalism website CBR just laid off its editor-in-chief
Adam Swiderski has shared that he is no longer with the pop culture site CBR
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Eisner Awards: Thomas Woodruff withdraws his name from consideration for the 2023 awards
The creator of Francis Rothbart has been widely criticized for past professional behavior
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Did Black Adam's failure have anything to do with Fast X's big surprise?
Could that mid-credit scene have happened in a world where the hierarchy of the DC Universe changed in a different way?
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Dawn of DC: The big books, the big creators, and the big stories of DC's upcoming wave of comics
Want some new Green Lantern, Doom Patrol, Shazam, Green Arrow, Cyborg, and Batbooks? They're coming.
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What comics, movies, and TV can teach us about how to Birthday well
Popular culture is here to teach you the important tips to survive Popverse's birthday week
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Everything you need to know about Miles Morales' latest screen adventure
Doesn't great power come with great responsibility...?
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Marvel reunites with the Micronauts, bringing back those classic Bill Mantlo stories
The Marvel/Micronauts news follows the announcement of an omnibus of Mantlo's ROM: Spaceknight
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Members Access | "Where else are they gonna go?": The culture clash at the heart of ComiXology and Amazon
According to insiders, there has been tension between Amazon and ComiXology since the latter was purchased nine years ago
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ComiXology: David Steinberger was digital comics platform's champion against Amazon demands "from day one"
The co-founder of the company stood up for comic culture in a corporate structure that didn't understand, say insiders
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Blue Beetle can visit your comic book store, thanks to DC's movie tie-in standee
Retailers have the chance to bring Jaime Reyes into their store as part of a new promo push
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Scott Snyder talks about a "more meaningful" animated Wytches adaptation
Snyder is co-showrunning the series for Prime Video, which will use Jock's art as its visual guide
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Image Comics ditches Diamond for Lunar to get its comics into comic shops after a 25+ year relationship
Starting this September, Lunar will be the exclusive distributor of Image's single issues
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Spoilers! | DC Studios' The Flash has a shocking superhero cameo (which the director just spoiled for fans)
You won't believe who else is making a surprise appearance in the next big DC movie
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Is the Dark Flash making his DCEU debut in The Flash? Todd McFarlane seems to tease "yes"...
Does a toy listing spoil a moment in the upcoming big screen Flash movie?
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Thomas Woodruff: The artist and his publisher respond to calls to axe his Eisner noms following emotional abuse allegations
As emotional abuse allegations continue to appear, the publisher and creator of Francis Rothbart attempt to head off criticism
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Natalie Portman is open to returning to Star Wars, she reveals
If only someone would think about bringing the Thor actor back to a galaxy far, far away
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Dog Man is the perfect introduction to comics, especially Grant Morrison's
Could Dav Pilkey's wildly successful book series be even more meta than Morrison?
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Marvel asked fans to avoid spoilers of its major death, then spoiled it themselves - here's why
Executive editor Tom Brevoort explains the thinking behind officially spoiling Amazing Spider-Man #26 two weeks ahead of release
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Does Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 mean James Gunn is the ideal man to lead DC?
What Gunn's final Marvel movie says about his new role with DC Studios
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Marvel reunites with its lost spaceknight ROM in surprising HASBRO team-up
A piece of classic Marvel Universe history will be restored with the first reprints of the 1980s comic
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ComiXology Originals head of content Bryce Gold announces departure from the company
Gold had led the originals program since June 2022.
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Judge Dredd's multiracial ancestry is revisited and restored in new storyline
'One-Eyed Jacks' takes 2000 AD's futuristic lawman back to '70s New York
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Marvel schedules secret new comics project to debut this fall (and we think we know what it is)
We'll have to wait until July to find out what it's called and who's in it, however
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Despite makeover, Max will remain the exclusive streaming home of Studio Ghibli
Movies like My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away will remain available via the reborn WBD streamer
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Disney+ deletions: Is the era of the Disney Vault back, bigger than ever?
Close to 60 titles are set for removal from Disney+ and Hulu next week
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Daredevil returns, renewed and recharged in a comic book relaunch this September
Saladin Ahmed and Aaron Kuder are ol' hornhead's newest creative team