Grant DeArmitt

Grant DeArmitt
Staff Writer
Grant DeArmitt: Grant DeArmitt (he/him) likes horror, comics, and the unholy union of the two. As Popverse's Staff Writer, he criss-crosses the pop culture landscape bringing you the news and opinions about the big things (and the next big things). In the past, and despite their better judgment, he has written for Nightmare on Film Street and Newsarama. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, Kingsley, and corgi, Legs.
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Upcoming new DC movies and TV series: Release dates for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and beyond
2025's Superman but is but the first in a wave of new DC movies & TV shows coming into your theaters and homes.
June 26, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Watch the full panelWatch BBC & Netflix's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder official panel, filmed at London's MCM
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder cast & crew of Emma Myers, Zain Iqbal, Asha Banks, Dolly Wells join the author that started it all, Holly Jackson, on stage in London
June 26, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
The Best DC Comics superhero live-action series ever, ranked from the best show to the worst!
From The Adventures of Superman in 1952 to Superman & Lois in 2024, we're covering every TV show based on a DC Comic
June 25, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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All 17 Batman (and Bat-Family) TV series, ranked from best show to worst!
The Caped Crusader and Gotham have been on TV quite a few times - here's how they stack up
June 25, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
All of Marvel's Spider-Man TV series, ranked worst show to best show!
Marvel's wall-crawler has been on TV almost as long as he's existed. But which series featured the best Peter Parker and/or Miles Morales?
June 25, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Ranking the best 1990s horror movies, best to worst - from JNCO Jeans to murdered teens
Sure, there were some real bad horror movies in the 90s. But none of them are on this list.
June 25, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Baldur's Gate III Tavs, Dark Urge Characters and Cast panel from London's MCM!
Join Joshua Wichard, Neil Roberts, George Taylor, Ethan Reid, Tina Barnes, Emerald O'Hanrahan, Scott Joseph, Emma Gregory, Dave Jones, and Andrew Wincott from London
June 25, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
House of the Dragon just introduced its first Stark - eight generations before Ned
Cregan Stark plays a pivotal role in The Dance of Dragons, upon which House of the Dragon is based
June 24, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch now!Watch the full Maya Hawke C2E2 panel talking Stranger Things, Inside Out, and more
Stranger Things star Maya Hawke takes a break from season 5 filming to talk to Popverse at C2E2 - and you can now watch the full panel free!
June 24, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
The Nosferatu trailer is here, just in time for "Hot Rodent Man" summer
This Christmas, Robert Eggers is giving us the ultimate rodent man gift in the form of Bill Skarsgård's Count Orlock
June 24, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
A Spider-Man superfan is building a $2.5 million wallcrawler-themed home theater and WE HAVE PICTURES, PARKER!!!
Mike Johnson's 1,150-square-foot theater is a collaborative effort with Elite Home Theater Seating, and wow is it fancy
June 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Eats for Geeks: Jarrett Melendez brings Pokémon, Percy Jackson, & Wednesday recipes to Miami's Florida Supercon
Feed your fandom at the 'From Screen to Kitchen: Creating Recipes Inspired by Pop Culture/Media' panel series
June 20, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the full panelWATCH: Ru Paul's Drag Race UK star Choriza May on unleashing your inner queen at MCM London
This year, MCM May decribes both the time and the queen of the con
June 20, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
THANK THE DARK GODS! Dark Horse Comics announces The Headless Horseman Halloween Annual 2024
All this sunlight got you down? Don't worry, goths and ghouls: David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick, Lukas Ketner, and more macabre masters have you covered
June 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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LIVE ON KICKSTARTER: Epiphany Engine brings together 33 publishers for single, multiverse-spanning event
Spearheaded by publisher Tony Kittrell and editor Joseph P. Illidge, Epiphany Engine unites Black superheroes from across the indie comics world - and you can bring the project to life!
June 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Elarica Johnson and Richard Perry discuss how to write your own graphic novel from MCM May 2024!
Indie comic creation, made simple
June 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch The Nerd Council 's full podcast episode from MCM London
Be there from anywhere as the hosts of Nerd Council bring pop culture expertise to London's premiere pop culture event
June 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch the full panelAt MCM London, cosplayers Shinorisu and Rose Magpie talked fans through passion to profession... and we filmed it!
The ins and outs of turning a hobby into cash, from London's premiere pop culture event
June 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch the full panelWatch the 2024 MCM Variety Show and Cosplay Masquerade!
On this stage, every nerd is a theater nerd
June 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Take a trip to The Dark Room with Popverse's MCM London coverage
John Robertson hosted a "deranged, interactive improv comedy gameshow" in London, and we've got the footage
June 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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London's Elite Wrestling Entertainment group appeared at MCM - and we filmed their entire panel!
See the From Wrist Locks to Hard Knocks panel in full, right here
June 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Come meet Popverse at Miami's Florida Supercon 2024!
What, did you think we were just *not* going to go?
June 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Star Wars is inexplicably Anti-Horny, and we need to talk about it
"A long time ago" shouldn't mean "Puritan Massachusetts"
June 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Daniel Craig is back as Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Dead Man - Here's everything there is to know about Knives Out 3
Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig are bringing Benoit Blanc back for his deadliest case yet - here's what we know about the cast, plot, and release date
June 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Will your favorite Star Wars character be on The Acolyte? Here's who is alive during the High Republic
We can't guarantee that these characters will make an appearance, just that they COULD
June 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch it here!Watch the Lord of the Rings' Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, and John Rhys-Davies reunite to share memories, on-set jokes, and more
23 years after the fellowship first set out for Mordor, the cast of LotR came Emerald City Comic Con 2024, and you can watch it here!
June 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Marvel's OFFICIAL timeline of its canon comic universe is... maybe not as important as fans might think, says top editor
Marvel's executive editor Tom Brevoort tells fans who keep worrying about timeline: "It's fiction"
June 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch: Domino Day's Percelle Ascott, Babirye Bukilwa, Alisha Bailey, & creator Lauren Sequeira at MCM May 2024
The BBC's supernatural drama takes the Main Stage at London's premiere pop culture event, and you can see it here
June 17, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
The Bear season 3 release date is less than two weeks away on Hulu - time to prep your menu for your binge-a-thon
The chefs are in the kitchen, the meal is on its way - join us as we pester the waiter with The Bear season 3
June 14, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Poll: What's the best Pixar movie of all time?
You could test it out by collecting and measuring your tears
June 14, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the full panelWatch the official Doctor Who Q&A from MCM May 2024, wherever and whenever you are!
Hop into the TARDIS called Popverse for an unmissable Whovian extravaganza
June 14, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch the full panelLove Baldur's Gate 3? Learn the behind-the-scenes secrets & jokes with the cast & casting directors
See Baldur's Gate III personnel Beth Park, Josh Weeden, Neil Roberts, George Taylor, Harriet Kershaw, Kirsty Gillmore, Tilly Steele and Andrew Wincott take the stage in London
June 14, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch the full panelThe Animaniacs's Jess Hartnell and Rob Paulson make MCM May 2024 zanier - watch it here
They are the Warner Brothers... and and they're in London for a panel you can watch here
June 14, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
The first animated Watchmen trailer is here, and for better or worse, it looks pretty much exactly like the comic
We know who watches the Watchmen, but another question might be: why?
June 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The Acolyte has arrived, heralding the end of the High Republic and the future of Star Wars
Want to know the details about Disney+ and Lucasfilm's big 2024 series?
June 13, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Watch the full panelWatch Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Patricia Summersett, Cristina Vee and Sean Chiplock from MCM!
The voice talent behind the legendary Legend of Zelda chapter were in London to tell fans about their experience with the game - don't miss it
June 13, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
No-No Power Rangers: New Mighty Morphin' show dead at Netflix
Hasbro Entertainment is seeking a new partner for future Power Rangers projects
June 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
A Scooby-Doo anime is in the works - but without Velma, Daphne, or Fred
Go-Go Mystery Machine will feature Shaggy's and Scooby's adventures in Japan and introduce Scooby's uncle, Daisuke-Doo
June 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch now!Watch the Critical Role cast talk about their upcoming plans and your favorite moments
Matt Mercer and the whole Critical Role gang love a live show - so we brought them to a comic con with thousands of fans
June 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
C'mon, grab your friends: the Adventure Time universe is expanding, and Stephen Universe's creator is helping
Warner Bros. Animation is working on both a film and prequel TV series, the former featuring Rebecca Sugar's name in the credits
June 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Mark my words: Blumhouse's Fear the Spotlight, Grave Seasons, & The Simulation will win the gaming wars
Blumhouse brings years of horror experience into the gaming space, but that's not all they've got going for them
June 11, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Are Marvel's X-Men too powerful? X-Men boss warns of "power-creep" and quotes The Incredibles' villain
"And when everyone's super," pause for evil laugh, "No one will be"
June 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The first Wake Up Dead Man pic is here from Rian Johnson, and Daniel Craig smolders as Benoit Blanc
To solve a murder, one first has to slay
June 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the full panelWatch the new horror film Witch's full MCM May 2024 panel here!
Go back to the Dark Ages with the cast and crew of upcoming horror movie Witch
June 07, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
6 honestly underrated horror movies I am begging you to watch
I'm not gonna say Hereditary! We've all seen Hereditary! I love it but "underrated' is not Hereditary!
June 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Miami horror: Looking at the horror movies filmed in Miami to make your vacation a little scarier
Death is *also* a beach
June 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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New horror movies coming out in 2025 & 2026: A symphony of sinister cinema
Don't go alone - here are the upcoming horror movies coming soon (and the ones a long while away)
June 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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How and where to watch the Hunger Games movie as you prepare for 2026's Sunrise on the Reaping
Ahead of Sunrise on the Reaping allow Popverse to pilot you through Hunger Games' perilous Panem, spoiler-free
June 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The Traitors season 3 cast: Big Brother & Survivors stars meet Real Housewives & Bachelorettes, plus the token British politician, from Peacock
Get ready for Alan Cumming to quote Shakespeare and make fun of the dead - The Traitors is back
June 05, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho is doing his first US project... and it's horror
35th Street is headed to theaters from Yeon and TriStar pictures, but no other details have been released
June 05, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The first full-length Alien: Romulus trailer is here and, once again, the real bad guy is capitalism
20th Century Studios has our hearts a-chestbursting with the first full length trailer of the Alien sequel
June 04, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Did Jean Grey's resurrection after the X-Men's Dark Phoenix saga ruin death in comics? One Marvel editor weighs in
The person leading the X-Men relaunch thinks Jean's resurrection "changed the rules" in comics, but undertsands there's a "flipside" to bringing her back
June 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Rings of Power just lost one half of its romantic subplot, as Nazanin Boniadi is not returning for season 2
Boniadi, who plays the human Bronwyn in love with elf Arondir, made the announcement on her Instagram
June 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the full panelWatch the Back to the Future: The Musical panel & performance from London's MCM Comic Con 2024!
Oliver Nicholas (George McFly) and Cory English (Doc Brown) bring Back to the Future: The Musical to the comic con stage
June 03, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
The Acolyte release date: We now know when the Star Wars prequel is coming out on Disney+
"In an age of light, a darkness rises."
June 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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What We Do in the Shadows has lessons to teach, if The Munsters reboot has ears to hear them
1313, the James Wan-produced "re-imagining" of Universal Horror monsters living together, can be both dark AND fun
May 31, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Miami, Hazbin Hotel is coming for Florida Supercon and bringing the voice actors & a burlesque show with it
A panel, signing, photo-ops, and more to come - it's a hell of a time to be in Miami
May 31, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the full panelWatch One Piece's English voice cast from MCM May Comic Con '24!
Colleen Clinkenbeard, Sonny Strait, Ian Sinclair, Luci Christian, Eric Vale, Mike McFarland, and Christopher Sabat talk everything Straw Hat - watch here!
May 31, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch the full panelWatch Ted Lasso's Billy Harris, Cristo Fernández, Kola Bokinni, Phil Dunster, and Toheeb Jimoh from MCM May '24!
A panel you can believe in! Watch the cast of the Apple TV+ soccer comedy take the Main Stage in London
May 31, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Poll: Which Inside Out emotion are you?
With the Pixar sequel headed to theaters, we're asking which adorably anthropomorphized feeling you are. Most of the time, at least
May 30, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Blumhouse enlists Mike Flanagan for new Exorcist... but it won't be a Believer sequel
The Exorcist world is expanding
May 29, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The bad news? Max is ditching The Conjuring films. The good news? Now they're easier to watch
Both Netflix and free-with-ads streamer Tubi are the ghosts' new hosts - we'll tell you which Conjuring films you can watch there
May 29, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the full panelWatch the official Star Trek: Discovery panel from London's MCM Comic Con - free!
The crew steering this latest voyage of the USS Discovery headed to London ahead of their final season together
May 29, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
No, Wolverine is not a swinger. At least, according to Marvel's top X-Men editor
Sorry fanfic readers, but we're not getting an official Cyclops, Wolverine, and Jean Grey episode of Couple to Throuple anytime soon
May 28, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
All the best costumes, cosplay, and creativity from London's MCM Comic Con May 2024!
Heroes, villains, and more showed up to this annual May London event
May 28, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the full panelWatch now: Oxventure's full MCM Comic Con 2024 (They will also all be Kobolds)
Corazon, Dob, Egbert, Merilwen and Prudence are back for a D&D session on the MCM stage - but with very similar character stats
May 26, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch the full panelWatch Oxventure's full MCM Comic Con from London (They will also all be Kobolds)
Corazon, Dob, Egbert, Merilwen and Prudence are back for a D&D session on the MCM stage - but with very similar character stats
May 25, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Give Scooby Doo to Rian Johnson, you cowards
Critically speaking, the Scooby Doo franchise is in a bit of a rut right now. The Knives Out and Poker Face director can save it
May 24, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Wake Up Dead Man: New Knives Out title describes how I feel learning Benoit Blanc is back
Daniel and Rian, we've missed you so much.
May 24, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Michael Keaton's Beetlejuice is finally coming into the real world in latest sequel trailer
"The juice," we can confirm, is indeed "loose"
May 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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And the 2024 Eisner Award winners are...
SDCC 2024 hosts the biggest night in comics - the Eisner Awards.
May 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How & where to watch the Baki the Grappler (and Baki Hanma) fighting anime in order
Don't get yourself in a Pickle, you can follow this guide for a blissful Baki binge
May 22, 2024
Dion Dassanayake
Features
The Munsters are coming back to TV, thanks to James Wan with the "darker" reimagining 1313
The Conjuring producer is taking the "more silly than scary" formula of the original Munsters and inverting it
May 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Marvel's real-life Rise of X continues as the MCU hires Hunger Games screenwriter to tackle the X-Men
Welcome to the X-Men, Michael Lesslie - hope you survive the experience!
May 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The role Hannibal's Bryan Fuller offered to David Bowie
"It's the freakiest show," indeed
May 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The best Miami beach dining options for when you're here for Florida Supercon
Wondering where to grab a meal around Miami's Florida Supercon? We've got you covered and smothered
May 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the full panelWatch Dicebreaker builds a cursed warhammer with Dicebreaker at MCM London Comic Con 2024!
Join the Dicebreaker crew as they work with a London audience to build a magic, murderous weapon
May 21, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch the full panelWatch Dungeons & Dragons spells, as ranked by Dicebreaker from MCM London Comic Con 2024
This very special edition of the Dicebreaker Podcast Live plumbs the D&D universe for the biggest and spells your warlock, wizard, or sorcerer could cast
May 21, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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If you're wondering if Marvel's R-rated editions of Blood Hunt are in continuity, its editor says you're over-thinking it (but an explanation is coming)
"If you watch the director’s cut of a film," writes Tom Brevoort, "are you worrying about how it fits into canon? Relax!"
May 20, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Waiting for Jason: Hope for Crystal Lake lovers, beyond the next Friday the 13th
Voorhees's absence has left a hole in our hearts (not stab-related). But Horror Inc's new Jason Universe may be cause to love again
May 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Poll: Who's your favorite Bridgerton?
They're Netflix's current first family thanks to the period drama that shares their name. But which of the Bridgertons is best?
May 16, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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How to watch every Batman movie (and spin-off) in order
As The Penguin sets up Robert Pattinson's big-screen Batman return, here's how to watch every Batman movie (and spin-off) so far
May 15, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How one of India’s top cosplayers broke onto the international scene: the Sameer Tikka Masala story
Sameer Bundela, known in cosplay as Sameer Tikka Masala, spoke with Popverse about "stumbling into" a global profession
May 14, 2024
Veronica Valencia
Features
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 trailer is here, and it's all about the bad guys
Amazon Prime Video subscribers will be able to return to Middle Earth August 29, but they'd better be careful
May 14, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
American Horror Story's font: What tea and Sam Raimi mean to the title card of terror
From Murder House to Delicate, the slightly altered ITC Willow has been the (type)face of fear - but how it it get to be that way?
May 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Paul Giamatti returns to co-star in third Downton Abbey movie
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 actor (just kidding, The Holdovers actor) will reprise his role as Harold Levinson
May 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Doctor Who: Prepare for Disney+'s Christmas Special episode with this guide to watching the sci-fi show in the order you wish
Before Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan joins the show, here's how to catch up with the long-running sci-fi series
May 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Daredevil: Born Again - Did Jon Bernthal just tease his return as Punisher?
On Instagram, The Bear actor posted a picture that was definitely a reference to Frank Castle
May 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Who should John Malkovich play in Marvel's Fantastic Four? You tell us
Who should Being John Malkovich's Malkovich be?
May 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Sorry nerds, Marvel is Cinema™ now - Fantastic Four has cast John Malkovich
Get those impressions ready gang, Gen Z will finally understand them
May 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum - Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth with Smeagol-centric spinoff
Somebody get Andy Serkis a lozenge
May 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How Freddie Prinze Jr. and Vanessa Marshall found out they were going to be parents... on Star Wars Rebels
During C2E2, the pair of actors talked about when they learned Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla were having a child
May 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Livestream!Watch the Supernatural panel with Mark Sheppard, Alaina Huffman, and DJ Qualls from C2E2 '23
Mark Sheppard, Alaina Huffman, and DJ Qualls are at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2023 to talk Supernatural, and you can livestream it here.
May 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
PollWhich Star Wars movie is the best? You tell us!
The Last Jedi fans welcome.
May 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
All 8 of DC's Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month variant covers for 2024
Characters Cassandra Cain, Monkey Prince, Kong Kenan, and more are part of DC's celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
To me, my X-Men '97 fans - the X-Mansion is on Airbnb
Superhost Jubilee has put together an iconic fan experience/getaway
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
American Horror Story's Ryan Murphy almost made an Audrey Hepburn rom com... with Steven Spielberg
The movie, titled Why Can't I Be Audrey Hepburn, would have followed a recently dumped news achor kindling romance with her ex-fiance's friend
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
A Rick and Morty voice actor just teased season 8
During a panel at C2E2 2024, Rick's vocal actor Ian Cardoni revealed which plot that appeared in season 7 will have repercussions for the future
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Marvel's X-Men plans mapped out through fall 2025 - including a major Marvel event and more
Tom Brevoort, who's captaining the From the Ashes relaunch, revealed a (temporary) schedule via his substack
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Hannibal's Mads Mikkelsen & Hugh Dancy want more for Hannibal and Will - here's what we know about season 4
After the actors expressed their hope for a renewal at C2E2 2024, we're trying to forecast that comeback
April 30, 2024
Grant DeArmitt