Grant DeArmitt
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R.L. Stine originally planned to end the Goosebumps series after the first three books (until the sales exploded)
R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps was originally going to be a two or three book series (but the sales numbers changed everything)
December 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Remembering George Pérez, with guests Dan Jurgens, Dan DiDio, Alex Segura, Constance Eza, and Phil Jemenez from NYCC 2022
In the wake of the comic legend's passing, friends and cohorts of Pérez went to NYCC to reflect on his eternal legacy in the medium
December 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role Campaign 4 and Birdemic star Whitney Moore reflects on cult films, the overlap of horror and burlesque, and soup for breakfast
Whitney Moore, who Critical Role fans know as Tyranny in Campaign 4, knows why some movies are so bad they're good - "I do not believe that art is good or bad. I believe it is inspired or uninspired."
December 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Inside the Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss cast friendships: Brandon Rogers on besties, weekend parties, and improvised combat
Brandon Rogers opens up about his “found family” on Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, from Erika Henningsen to Richard Horvitz
December 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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What to Watch January 2026: the Pitt is back on HBO Max, Bridgerton steams up Netflix, a new Star Trek beams into Paramount+, and a brand new season of The Traitors comes to Peacock
From Disney+'s Wonder Man to Appl's Shrinking, the major streaming services announced new binging options arriving January 2026 - and we've got a list of them here
December 18, 2025
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Batman takes on the police starting in March 2026 (and one of the Bat-Family pays the price)
In 2026, it's the Dark Knight vs. Vandal Savage's GCPD and Pamela Isley's City Hall - but it won't be Bruce Wayne who's the first casualty
December 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Head back into The Adventure Zone by watching Clint, Justin, Travis & Griffin McElroy at ECCC '21
The cast of massively popular D&D actual play series The Adventure Zone brought fantasy and roleplay once upon an Emerald City Comic Con 2021, and you can see the McElroys here
December 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Magic: The Gathering isn't announcing a Star Wars set, but their head designer has strong ideas of what a Darth Vader card would be
Yes, A Galaxy Far Far Away and a Universe Beyond sound like synonyms, but there's not confirmation that Magic: the Gathering and Star Wars are partnering up (yet, hopefully?)
December 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Scary Poppins: Dick Van Dyke turning down The Omen still feels like the most Dick Van Dyke decision imaginable
Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke might've been amazing in the role Gregory Peck got in The Omen, but the Mary Poppins actor drws the line at "devil dog makes a nanny hang herself at a kid’s birthday party"
December 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Smiling Friends season 3 almost tried for a Kevin Smith cameo, say creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel
Don't get us wrong, Smiling Friends did feature a Clerks cameo in season 3, just not the most obvious one.
December 17, 2025
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DC is bringing a rebooted Court of Owls to Absolute Batman this February
Asked by a fan at a recent Absolute Batman signing, writer Snyder tells us when the Court of Owls will be making their Absolute Universe debut, but not how
December 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How Critical Role sparked what could be the first TTRPG community in Iraq
Over on the Critical Role Reddit, fans heard from the organizer of Boards & Beyond, "Iraq’s first dedicated tabletop RPG community"
December 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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There is now a 30 Rock Cinematic Universe, as Tracy Morgan's new NBC series is confirmed to be more than just joking about a connection
Will The Rise and Fall of Reggie Dinkins and 30 Rock characters team up to defeat a cross-series Big Bad? God, no. But they could
December 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Netflix's Lincoln Lawyer season 4 will make the titular lawyer the client in what will be Mickey Haller's "trial of his life"
Along with the Lincoln Lawyer season 4 release date, Netflix has unveiled a brief plot synopsis for the Manuel Garcia-Rulfo-starring legal hit
December 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The actor behind Stranger Things' new character Tina Turnbow was turned down for two other roles previously, and had the best reaction to finally getting on the show
Caroline Elle Abrams may be the most vindicated actor on the Stranger Things season 5 set, having gone through two other rounds of try-outs before nabbing the role of Erica Sinclair's best friend, Tina Turnbow
December 17, 2025
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A former Marvel Spider-Man artist has created his own R-Rated bootleg version of Peter Parker
Ex-Spectacular Spider-Man artist Jim Mahfood brought The Arachnid Enforcer - an "over-the-top, creator-owned, Halloween-flavored, superhero parody comic book" - to Kickstarter, and there's still time to back it
December 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Mad Max and the power of friendship collide in Dimension 20: Gladlands - and there’s a dream come true for Critical Role GM Brennan Lee Mulligan, too
When GM Brennan Lee Mulligan was asked who he'd like to be in the next season of Dimension 20, he named two Dropout regulars - both of whom appear in the new Gladlands trailer
December 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is secretly a Star Wars riff, says creator Rian Johnson (No, really)
There's a lot more in common between the third Knives Out film and the second movie in the Star Wars sequel series, says director Rian Johnson. And it's got everything to do with belief
December 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role GM Matthew Mercer shared Exandrian secrets even the most die-hard Campaign 2 fan didn't know to help craft Prime Video series Mighty Nein
Any "live play only" Critical Role fans might want to reconsider watching The Mighty Nein, considering there's Exandrian lore we didn't learn about in Campaign 2
December 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Stranger Things core cast hasn't seen the Netflix series finale - but they do know where they'll be when it drops
Will Byers himself, AKA Noah Schnapp, says there's a cast watch party planned for the Stranger Things season 5 finale (Hopefully someone will remember to bring tissues)
December 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Brandon Rogers reveals Hazbin Hotel’s Katie Killjoy was inspired by his viral Bryce Tankthrust character, thanks to VivziePop
Long before Hazbin Hotel was streaming on Prime Video, Brandon Rogers was playing a character called Bryce Tankthrust. But it was series creator that turned her into Katie Killjoy, says the Helluva Boss star
December 16, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Spoilers!IT: Welcome to Derry season 1 ending explained - Who lives, who dies, what's next for Pennywise?
We're diving clown-feet-first into the terrifying and tearjerking(?) episode 8 of IT: Welcome to Derry season 1, AKA Winter Fire. Be warned - lots of blood and spoilers ahead
December 15, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Baldurs Gate 3 producer Larian Studios leans hard into folk horror with the most Wicker Man-coded trailer I have ever seen
We know next to nothing about Divinity - the new RPG coming from Bladur's Gate 3's Larian Studios - but we do wonder if we should watch out for any BEEEEEEEEEES
December 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard doesn't read Byler fan ships (And that's, you know, probably for the best)
No, Mike Wheeler and Will Byers are not going to get together in Stranger Things season 5, Netflix watchers. And furthermore, Finn Wolfhard isn't taking your suggestions as to how that might happen
December 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 may own the 2025 Game Awards, but our hearts belong to Flute Guy
Pedro Eustache, AKA Flute Guy, has been the breakout celebrity star of each Game Awards since 2022. And this year was no exception
December 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Trigun Stargaze brought Yasuhiro Nightow to NYCC '25: Watch it here!
Author Nightow joined director Masako Sato, and producers Yota Shirasu and Yoshihiro Watanabe at New York Comic Con, and Trigun fans who missed it can see it now!
December 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Is Blitzo secretly part-succubus? Helluva Boss star Brandon Rogers weighs in on the fandom’s hottest theory
Brandon Rogers, the actor behind Helluva Boss's titular executive, wants you to keep theorizing - even if he's not confirming whether those theories are correct
December 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson volunteering for the The Hunger Games once again for 2026's Sunrise on the Reaping
Before you ask - yes, they are returning as Katniss Everdean and Peeta Mellark in Sunrise on the Reaping, which is, confusingly, a prequel to The hunger Games
December 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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28 Years Later 3 is a go as Sony puts faith in little-known director Danny Boyle, barely recognizable actor Cillian Murphy
Way to take a chance on the little guy, Sony! Who knows, with the 28 Years Later trilogy getting its final chapter, this whole "zombie movie" thing might just get popular!
December 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Mummy is rising again - and we have Brendan Fraser & Oded Fehr's reunion panel from Seatle's Emerald City Comic Con '22 to celebrate
We were thrilled about revisiting The Mummy franchise *before* Universal announced their plans to do so. Probably because we got to relive the first movie with stars Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
December 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Is the Supergirl teaser trailer already teasing a Man of Tomorrow connection? Because our Brainiac senses are tingling
Is it just me, or did DC Studios' Supergirl teaser (out now) straight up show us Kandor being bottled? Because if so, you know who's gonna be super interested in that? An alien who collects bottled cities
December 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch as Nickelodeon presents the Avatar: The Last Airbender 20th Anniversary Panel, featuring Dante Basco, Zach Tyler Eisen, Jack De Sena, Mae Whitman, Michaela Jill Murphy, from NYCC 2025
The voices of Prince Zuko (Basco), Aang (Eisen), Sokka (De Sena), Katara (Whitman), and Toph (Murphy) were at New York Comic Con 2025 to mark the special occasion for Avatar: the Last Airbender fans, and Popverse was there with a camera
December 11, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Hannibal creator wants to revive classic series - but not the one you're thinking
While promoting his new movie Dust Bunny, Hannibal's Bryan Fuller revealed a pitch exists for Pushing Daisies season 3
December 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role Campaign 4 has "contingency episodes" in case the story goes long, says Marisha Ray
Campaign 4's campaign through the dangerous realm of Aramán is already the show's largest in scale. And the Critical Role cast is prepared should it get even larger
December 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Want to see more of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey? Head to IMAX screens this weekend
Six minutes of Nolan's next epic adventure, The Odyssey, will show before two Warner Bros-owned IMAX films starting December 12
December 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse star Daniel Kaluuya says "intense" fan reaction is what got Spider-Punk his own movie
Get Out star Kaluuya also provided a (very small) update to the status of his Spider-Verse spinoff movie, Spider-Punk
December 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch as the Dan Da Dan cast - Abby Trott, A.J. Beckles, Aleks Le - creep out NYCC 2025
Watch the stars of DanDaDan - Trott (Momo), Beckles (Okarun), and Le (Jiji) join together for a psychic symphony of anime stars, and you can view the whole thing now
December 10, 2025
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Sinners director Ryan Coogler says that the movie's practical effects were a nightmare for the crew (not the fun kind)
I guess you could say that, even though a lot of filming Ryan Coogler's sanguine sensation Sinners must've been fun, some of it... sucked
December 10, 2025
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Fortnite who? Stranger Things is now part of a REAL video game franchise: Microsoft Flight Simulator
Pilot yourself through the skies above Hawkins, Indiana during the events of Stranger Things with an all-new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 expansion pack
December 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role GM Brennan Lee Mulligan says Jurassic Park played a role in Campaign 4's opening moments
Critical Role's Brennan Lee says that Steven Spielberg's dinosaur classic Jurassic Park teaches storytellers how to open with high stakes
December 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel and DC’s biggest heroes get a rematch in March 2026's Superman/Spider-Man crossover - and it’s all about their secret lives as journalists
Superman/Spider-Man #1 sees DC & Marvel's greatest journalists (who also happen to be superheroes) teaming up to uncover a grand conspiracy
December 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the official Mr. Robot reunion with Rami Malek, Christian Slater, and Sam Esmail from NYCC 2025
Elliot Alderson (Malek) and Mr. Robot (Slater) themselves joined series creator Sam Esmail at New York Comic Con 2025 for a special live episode of Josh Horowitz's Happy, Sad, Confused podcast. Popverse was there too, filming the whole thing
December 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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American Caper is the new crime comic from GTA legends — and Tyler Boss explains how the game’s style shaped his covers
How two GTA masterminds teamed up with cover artist Tyler Boss for American Caper’s wild crime saga.
December 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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WATCH: Matrix stars Laurence Fishburne and Joe Pantoliano reunited at NYCC 2025!
Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus) and Joe Pantoliano (Cypher) joined fans revisit The Matrix at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to film
December 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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If A24 made The Last Starfighter, it might've looked a bit like CORVUS, a new trade paperback from Dead Sky Publishing
Written by Buddy Beaudoin, drawn by Christopher Sassman, and colored by Allison Hu, Dead Sky Publishing's CORVUS is headed for a March 2026 collected TPB with a brand new cover from Rebecca Sotira
December 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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WATCH: Toei Animation presents the Digimon Beatbreak panel featuring Megumi Han from NYCC 2025
The voice of Gekkomon herself, Megumi Han, was at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to catch the franchise's next Evolution!
December 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Could James Wan's new Paranormal Activity gig and Blumhouse's Wolf Man misfire spell doom for Creature from the Black Lagoon?
Wan, who may be leaving The Conjuring franchise and is definitely working on the next Paranormal Activity movie, is set to helm the newest Universal Monster remake. But that may be dead in the water...
December 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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It sure seems like Percy Jackson's Olympian role for Kate McKinnon is more than meets the eye
Kate McKinnon is playing Percy Jackson's Aphrodite, right? Well, according to Olympians author Rick Riordan, the story might be a bit more complicated than that
December 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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For Batman/Deadpool, DC & Marvel Comics nixed the only character jointly owned by both comics publishers, says Grant Morrison
Access, a character that both DC and Marvel have claim over and was created during the famous 1990s Amalgam crossover, didn't make the Batman/Deadpool final cut, says Grant Morrison
December 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Mike Flanagan has a very specific purpose in making Stephen King's epic The Dark Tower
Life of Chuck filmmaker and frequent adapter of Stephen King stories Flanagan wants to make sure The Dark Tower has a better cinematic legacy than its *ahem* current one
December 04, 2025
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Marvel's Wonder Man has a special talent, but it's not his superpower, says Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who stars as Simon Williams in the upcoming MCU genre-bender, is more interested in what makes him human rather than metahuman
December 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Alien: Earth creator Noah Hawley reveals why his Star Trek movie was killed
At a staggering level of irony, Noah Hawley's Star Trek movie appears to have been axed by Paramount for, um, exploring new territory
December 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Banned game Carmageddon is on the streets again with Rogue Shift, coming in 2026
Hyper-violent vehicular combat franchise Carmageddon, the first edition of which was banned in Brazil and censored in the UK, is launching a new entry with less-human, more zombie adversaries
December 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch The Lost Boys musical panel featuring Patrick Wilson, Zachary Quinto, and Michael Arden from NYCC 2025
Before The Lost Boys sunk their teeth into Broadway, producer Patrick Wilson and director Michael Arden joined Zachary Quinto at New York Comic Con 2025 to talk about adapting the cult horror film
December 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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WATCH: From Hocus Pocus to Shape of Water, monster maker Doug Jones shared creature career secrets at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
He's been in What We Do in the Shadows, Star Trek: Discovery, and was freaking ABE SAPIEN in the Hellboy movies. But at ECCC '22, Doug Jones needed no SFX to make a sensation
December 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Spoilers!What kind of wine does Stranger Things' Karen Wheeler drink? Actress Cara Buono knows
Anyone who's already watched Stranger Things season 5, chapter 1, knows that Karen Wheeler needed a whole lot of courage. Her actor Cara Buono knows how much of that courage is liquid
December 04, 2025
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Stranger Things season 5 features a look inspired by Josh Brolin in The Goonies
And here you thought that Vecna would be pulling the most from Thanos for Stranger Things' final season
December 04, 2025
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After handing the baton to Destin Daniel Cretton for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, director Jon Watts is open to returning to the MCU. He just won't say for which superhero
Having directed the first three MCU Spider-Man movies, we understand how Watts could feel slightly unsettled watching Brand New day as "a fan on the sidelines" - but don't think that means he's out of the MCU for good
December 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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You're not imagining it - Critical Role's Mighty Nein characters have more realistic proportions than The Legend of Vox Machina's
Original Critical Roler Sam Riegel says that the (slight) difference between Legend of Vox Machina's and Mighty Nein's visuals stems out of the tone of the show
December 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Behind the Codec: The Voice Cast of Metal Gear Solid with David Hayter, Jennifer Hale, Christopher Randolph, Cam Clarke, and Tasia Valenza from NYCC 2025
Hear Solid Snake (Hayter), Naomi Hunter (Hale), Otacon (Randolph), Liquid Snake (Clarke), and Sniper Wolf (Valenza) like you never have before, from New York Comic Con 2025
December 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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WATCH: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. reunited as Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen and Chloe Bennet came together for NYCC 2025
Gregg (Phil Coulson), Wen (Melinda May), and Bennet (Quake) were at New York Comic Con 2025 to chat about MCU's first TV series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Popverse was there to listen in
December 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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From The Walking Dead to Guts & Glory: Greg Nicotero breaks down his live-shot, no-second-take horror series for Shudder
Walking Dead director Greg Nicotero wants to capture authentic reactions when he scares his Guts & Glory contestants
December 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Norman Reedus reveals how he wants The Walking Dead to end — and his idea is absolutely brutal
Norman Reedus wants the Walking Dead franchise to end with Daryl and Carol as the last survivors of the walker outbreak
December 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Alien stars Sigourney Weaver and Veronica Cartwright reunite at NYCC 2025
Four decades after their landmark film changed horror forever, Alien stars Weaver (Ellen Ripley) and Cartwright (Joan Lambert) crashed New York Comic Con 2025 for an unmissable panel... that Popverse just happened to film
December 01, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Why was Jean Claude Van Damme really fired as the Predator? No one quite remembers
Was it that Bloodsport star Van Damme broke a Predator head prototype? Or was it that he passed out too much?
November 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Apple TV+ sneak the cast of Slow Horses - Saul Metzstein, Ruth Bradley, Nick Mohammed, James Callis, Christopher Chung - to NYCC 2025
The actors behind Emma Flyte (Bradley), Zafar Jaffrey (Mohammed), Claude Whelan (Callis), and Roddy Ho (Chung) joined director Saul Metzstein to chat about Apple TV+'s hit spy thriller at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to film it
November 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role just broke the rules of villain design in Daggerheart — now the whole table builds the dragon queen
Forlorn, the central antagonist of upcoming Daggerheart campaign Reign of the Weredragon, is a creation not just of the GM, but of the whole table. We asked Elise Rezendes, Rowan Hall, and Spenser Starke t explain more
November 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Twenty-Sided Tavern proves live D&D is unbeatable — especially in an age when we’re not sure who’s human online
Why The Twenty-Sided Tavern is selling out: D&D, theater magic, and the power of real human connection.
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Hoist the colors high and watch the Our Flag Means Death panel, featuring Con O'Neill, Nathan Foad, and Kristian Nairn from ECCC '22!
Izzy Hands (O'Neill), Lucius Spriggs (Foad), and Wee John Feeney (Nairn) were on-deck at Emerald City Comic Con 2022, and Popverse is offering you a looking glass back in time
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Daggerheart romantasy campaign With Love and Magic is coming “fast” as Critical Role tests a digital-first release strategy
After Critical Role's Matt Mercer announced it earlier this year, we've been waiting on details regarding Daggerheart's With Love and Magic campaign. And at PAX unplugged 2025, we got to ask for details from the developers
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
To me, my X-Men cast! Watch as Professor X star James McAvoy and Kitty Pryde Eliot Page reunite at NYCC 2025
Kitty Pryde (Page) and Charles Xavier (McAvoy) made New York Comic Con 2025 their own X-Mansion, and Popverse was there to record it
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The future of live play isn’t “another Critical Role” or Dimension 20 says Anjali Bhimani— it’s whatever wild new thing creators dare to try
Why the next era of TTRPG live play will reward the weird, the risky, and the unapologetically original.
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Predator was defined by the man behind the effects of Aliens, Terminator and Jurassic Park
The only monster ugly enough to make a xenomorph look cuddly could've have had an entirely different (and probably worse) design. Thankfully, the man who designed the Terminator, Stan Winston, had other plans
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Is Predator a horror franchise? The original filmmakers had to keep it from slipping into a different genre
Predator producers did not want audiences thinking they were watching a war movie despite hiring actual soldiers, the A-Team stunt guy, and the folks that did Commando
November 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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WATCH: Tubi presents Breaking Bear, starring Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Annie Murphy, and Elizabeth Hurley, at NYCC 2025
Before they star in Tubi's newest animated adult comedy, Breaking Bear, Fraser, Gellar, Murphy, and Hurley were at New York Comic Con 2025 to tell fans all about it. Popverse was there too, and we were filming
November 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Inside Date Everything: Ms. Marvel co-star Anjali Bhimani on voicing a bathtub woman in the year’s weirdest romance game
Bhimani, who plays Bathsheba in the game where you get to... well, Date Everything, figures she probably got a similar call to all of the other Critical Role and Dimension 20 stars that are in the dating sim
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How MCU and Overwatch star Anjali Bhimani avoids revealing spoilers — even for her own characters
Miss Marvel star Anjali Bhimani isn't worried about getting in trouble for spoiling her many, many voice acting projects. I guess that's a benefit of being able to "Men in Black" yourself
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role's Darrington Press turns limitation into invitation with new TTRPG - "If it doesn't fit on a card, it's not Daggerheart"
I'm quoting producer Elise Rezendes and lead codesigner Rowan Hall here - both of whom explained Daggerheart's less is more philosophy at PAX Unplugged this year
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role’s Daggerheart team explains what makes a great TTRPG adversary in new monster pack reveal
Specifically, we asked designers Rowan Hall and Spenser Starke, plus producer Elise Rezendes, what makes for the best beast. And it isn't the "tiny numbers" on their stats page
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role's Daggerheart is perfect for horror, say the Dungeon Dudes (which is why they're moving Dungeons of Drakkenheim over to it)
Dungeons of Drakkenheim, the longrunning 5e campaign that's been core to the Dungeon Dudes' YouTube channel, is officially coming to Critical Role's D&D rival. And apparently, it's got a lot to do with the fear factor
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Dungeon Dudes' Kelly McLaughlin has already run a cozy TTRPG campaign in D&D's Forgotten Realms - you'll just never see it
The Dungeon Dudes' next campaign, Seasons of Silence, will start their characters in a cozy, Shire-like setting. And for McLaughlin, that won't be an unfamiliar place at all
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Tales from Woodcreek creators want a bigger, bolder season 2... if the show can secure a budget for it
Dungeon Dudes Kelly McLaughlin and Monty Martin would love to team up with Deborah Ann Woll for another adventure in Woodcreek, but even a high Charisma modifier won't change real-world production expenses
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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D&D icons are rebooting Acquisitions Incorporated with a fresh Daggerheart-powered adventure
Dungeons & Dragons titan Jeremy Crawford announced at PAX Unplugged '25 that the first real actual play show (arguably) is switching TTRPG systems to Critical Role's own Daggerheart
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Inside the chaotic rise and fall of The Lost Boys TV series that never made it to air
From the creator of Veronica Mars and the director of the first Twilight film - The CW almost reimagined cult hit The Lost Boys for the small screen. Here's what went wrong
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch Marvel's Fantastic Four movie reunion with Ioan Gruffudd & Michael Chiklis from NYCC 2025
New York Comic Con 2025 obviously took place in the hometown of the Fantastic Four, and while Gruffudd and Chiklis were there to reminisce about their time in the blue suits, Popverse was there to capture the conversation
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Predator producers killed Shane Black’s character because he was too busy acting beside Arnold Schwarzenegger to rewrite the screenplay
That is, they killed Rick Hawkins, Shane Black's role in the OG Predator movie, who wasn't so much a victim of Yautja bloodthirstiness as he was studio necessity
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The surprising low-tech genius behind the original Predator movie's shimmering camouflage reveal
The Predator filmmakers wanted to give their titular monster an 'almost invisible' power, leaving the audience just a bit more cued in that Arnold Schwarzenegger and the gang. Hynek explains how they pulled it off
November 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the Bob's Burgers team - H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman, Dan Mintz, Larry Murphy and creator Loren Bouchard - grill up memories at NYCC 2025
The Belchers - that is Bob (Benjamin), Linda (Roberts), Louise (Schaal), Gene (Mirman), Tina (Mintz), and pal Teddy (Murphy) - joined creator Loren Bouchard at New York Comic Con 2025 to talk about what's coming to Bob's Burgers, and Popverse was there too, hungry for more
November 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is giving us all a free RPG in 2026, as Darrington Press' Dying Spire comes to Free RPG Day next year
The Critical Role team is bringing more Daggerheart to Free RPG Day in 2026, continuing the story that began with Marisha Ray & Grant Howitt's one-page adventure, A Familiar Problem
November 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is taking their love of John Constantine, Castlevania and more gothic horror into new Daggerheart campaign
An addition to Daggerheart's first expansion book, Hope & Fear, Dark Heart of Andaluria will tie together some of your favorite monster tropes into a hauntingly beautiful world, says co-designer Rowan Hall
November 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role has listened to your request, Daggerheart players: A GM fear tracker is coming in 2026
Keeping track of your players' Fear is going to get a lot easier if you're a Daggerheart GM, and it's all thanks to the fans who have been bugging Critical Role's Darrington Press about a special GM screen
November 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is bringing its Delicious in Dungeon-style Daggerheart campaign to life in liveplay with Viva la Dirt League
Beast Feast, which Critical Role's Daggheart has described as a campaign similar to fantasy anime Delicious in Dungeon, is coming to Viva la Dirt League.
November 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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GET OVER HERE and watch the Mortal Kombat II panel from NYCC 2025, featuring Adeline Rudolph, Ed Boon, Jeremy Slater, Karl Urban, Martyn Ford, Simon McQuoid, and Tati Gabrielle!
Kitana (Rudolph), Johnny Cage (Urban), Shao Kahn (Ford), and Jade (Gabrielle) joined writers Boon and Slater and director McQuoid at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to film the action
November 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Cross-eyed: Watch Prime Video's hit detective series investigate NYCC 2025
As the team is hard at work on Cross season 2, the creatives behind the series were at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there with a camera
November 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Heal your inner child by watching longtime Blue's Clues host Steve Burns at Emerald City Comic Con 2022
Laughter, memories, and more than a few tears were all there for Steve Burns legendary ECCC '22 spotlight panel. And now, you can relive the heartwarming moments for yourself
November 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Star Trek Universe panel celebrate Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy at NYCC 2025!
Space may be the final frontier, but Popverse knows you ain't done exploring. Watch our footage of the Star Trek Universe panel at New York Comic Con 2025 right here
November 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch The official Vampire Lestat, Talamasca & Anne Rice Immortal Universe panel from NYCC 2025
Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches are making their return to AMC quite soon, along with the debut of Talamasca: The Secret Order. Popverse was at New York Comic Con 2025's Anne Rice panel to snatch up all the secrets the creatives were there to tease
November 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss could be eyeing an Earth-based spinoff — here’s what Brandon Rogers thinks it could be about
Vivienne Medrano has gone on record hinting at WHERE third Hellaverse series could be set. And now Brandon Rogers, star and cowriter of Helluva Boss, is talking about WHO he could see it being about
November 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
The new Buffy the Vampire Slayer "is not a reboot, it's a sequel" says executive producer (and Hamnet director) Chloe Zhao
Eternals director Zhao says a new show "can never replace" the characters Buffy fans fell in love with, and that the new Hulu series "bridges two generations"
November 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Wicked: For Good tie-in margaritas have people feeling Wonderful and Defying Gravity... but the hangovers are Something Bad
What is This Feeling? Too many Wicked puns in an article about Chili's? I guess No Good Deed goes unpunished, or maybe it's just that I'm Not That Girl. Shiz.
November 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt