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Just like the best parts of Star Wars, Andor season 2 episode 1 shows how easy it is to give in to fascism
Star Wars has always been about rebellion, but Andor season 2 is set to show us how easy it is to give into fascism.
Trent Cannon
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Popverse Picks: From Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man to Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel, our favorite all-time MCU castings
Who knew that Batman would make the perfect Spider-Man villain? Or that we'd fall in love with Peggy Carter in all her multiversal appearances.
Trent Cannon
The Donald Trump tariffs could scare off Halloween (and the costume industry) as we know it, with your favorite Halloween costumes set to double in price
Pixar's Inside Out characters were a big hit for Halloween 2024, and now in 2025 we may need to DIY it with these tariffs come October 31, 2025.
Chris Arrant
Ortegas or Melissa: We play Who Is More Likely To? with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Melissa Navia
Beam aboard with Popverse video producer Ashley V. Robinson for a conversation on the difference between actor Melissa Navia and her Starfleet character, helmsman Erica Ortegas
Ashley V. Robinson
Michigan town assembles 300 person human chain to help local bookstore move 9,100 books
The people of Chelsea, Michigan came out in full force to help Serendipity Books move their inventory to a new location across town
Jules Chin Greene
Watch the Breakfast Club reunion, Lord of the Rings cast, Critical Role panel, and more from Chicago's C2E2 2025
Did you miss C2E2 2025? Be there from anywhere and anyWHEN as Popverse filmed all the big panels from the Main Stage guaranteed by CGC x JSA - our official authenticator & grading partner.
Chris Arrant
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J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis? Shades of Magic author V.E. Schwab reveals the two kinds of fantasy fiction, and which she writes
Watch Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil author V.E. Schwab's spotlight panel from London's MCM x EGX 2024.
New Alien: Earth teaser could hint at FX's biggest canon change yet: Is Weyland-Yutani studying other aliens besides the xenomorph?
A blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in FX's latest teaser for this summer's Alien: Earth hints that the xenomorph is only one of the creatures the infamous Weyland-Yutani is studying
Netflix's Stranger Things season 5 series finale was almost spoiled by The First Shadow, until the writers changed the script midway through rehearsals
In the Netflix documentary Behind the Curtain, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Broadway's Stranger Things chapter, we see (censored) footage of a reveal that the high-ups decided needed to wait for the series
Marvel Matters: The cursed chalice of Marvel Studios' success, and the broken cinematic universe dreams it gave Hollywood
The Icarus effect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and how cost Warner Bros., Sony, Universal Pictures and more billions of dollars.
Bethesda reveals Oblivion remaster available now; but still no word on Elder Scrolls VI
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster is available to order now, but the announcement probably didn't feature the news that some Elder Scrolls fans really wanted - that is, a release date for Elder Scrolls VI
The Boys' Garth Ennis imagines a nuclear war future in New York City with Becky Cloonan called The War
"As the world around us slides further into ruin, what better time to revisit the cheery subject of atomic obliteration?," Garth Ennis tells Popverse when talking about The War.
John Boyega expected The Star Wars sequel trilogy to have a big plan "like Kevin Feige... at Marvel" (and was surprised when it didn't)
“That was whack”: John Boyega feels Star Wars: The Last Jedi should have had a more consistent plan
Ahead of Netflix reboot, here's how the historical fiction anime Rose of Versailles helped me revisit my own history as a 'tomboy' and my "gender troubles"
How the Rose of Versailles anime helped me overcome being typecast as a teenage tomboy and encouraged me to question my gender identity.
Amid tariffs hitting the gaming industry, Steve Jackson Games CEO Meredith Placko resigns
Meredith Placko is resigning from her role as CEO of Steve Jackson Games in order to focus on miniature paint company, Turbo Dork
Easter is for Sinners: Ryan Coogler's vampire flick dethrones Minecraft, gets a record CinemaScore, and outperforms a Jordan Peele opening at the box office
Nosferat-who? The Black Panther director's first completely original film has accomplished at least one thing a horror movie never has
Andor star on why Cassian makes the ultimate sacrifice in Rogue One: “There’s something romantic behind every revolution”
At Star Wars Celebration 2025, Andor's Diego Luna shed some light on how the television show helped him understand his character's sacrifice
Sorry X-Files fans, but I think Ryan Coogler's Gillian Anderson comments are being blown out of proportion
The way the internet is talking about it, you'd think that Dana Scully is in talks to return for the Sinners director's next project. But let's add some context to what Coogler recently said about the project
The six Star Wars movies Lucasfilm says is still in development, and the six they avoided talking about at Star Wars Celebration 2025
These's aren't the Star Wars movies you're looking for - or are they?
Red Dead Redemption 2 was made using real horses, but the actors reveal they didn’t get to ride them
Rockstar Games brought real horses into the studio to make Red Dead Redemption 2
You heard right, Critical Role fans, that was Ashley Johnson in the most recent episode of The Last of Us season 2
Johnson, whose voice is familiar to millions and who did the motion capture/voice work for the original Ellie, got a moment to shine in HBO's Last of Us. Technically, though, it wasn't the first
Five Nights at Freddy’s creator Scott Cawthon has asked the voice actors to stop participating in fan projects including even voice actor memes
FNAF creator Scott Cawthon has a rule for the voice actors regarding memes, fan films, and other projects
John Boyega reveals a Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker alternate scene exists where he reveals he's a force-user and Jedi
John Boyega confessed that he was a Jedi in an unused take from Rise of Skywalker’s quicksand scene
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J.R.R. Tolkien or C.S. Lewis? Shades of Magic author V.E. Schwab reveals the two kinds of fantasy fiction, and which she writes
Watch Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil author V.E. Schwab's spotlight panel from London's MCM x EGX 2024.
Chris Arrant
Marvel Matters: The cursed chalice of Marvel Studios' success, and the broken cinematic universe dreams it gave Hollywood
The Icarus effect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and how cost Warner Bros., Sony, Universal Pictures and more billions of dollars.
Chris Arrant
Popverse Picks: From Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man to Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel, our favorite all-time MCU castings
Who knew that Batman would make the perfect Spider-Man villain? Or that we'd fall in love with Peggy Carter in all her multiversal appearances.
Trent Cannon
C2E2 2025
John Boyega expected The Star Wars sequel trilogy to have a big plan "like Kevin Feige... at Marvel" (and was surprised when it didn't)
“That was whack”: John Boyega feels Star Wars: The Last Jedi should have had a more consistent plan
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Red Dead Redemption 2 was made using real horses, but the actors reveal they didn’t get to ride them
Rockstar Games brought real horses into the studio to make Red Dead Redemption 2
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
John Boyega reveals a Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker alternate scene exists where he reveals he's a force-user and Jedi
John Boyega confessed that he was a Jedi in an unused take from Rise of Skywalker’s quicksand scene
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Star Wars’ John Boyega reveals his own con fandom: Pokémon conventions
John Boyega would have Pokemon voice actors sign his Shiny Pokemon cards
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Breakfast Club
John Cusack & Joan Cusack were in the original Breakfast Club cast - and Molly Ringwald explains why John Hughes changed it all up
John Hughes’s original plans for The Breakfast Club cast were different, but things shifted when the studio asked him to film Sixteen Candles first
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
John Hughes made a four-hour raw cut of The Breakfast Club, and the cast have seen it (but Emilio Estevez calls it “unreleaseable”)
There’s a longer version of John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club out there, and Judd Nelson says watching it feels like being in detention
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
How The Breakfast Club gave Bart Simpson one of his iconic catchphrases, years before he even existed
The Simpsons took some inspiration from John Hughes’s 1985 classic The Breakfast Club
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Breakfast Club cast pay tribute to John Hughes: "I didn’t know how rare it was going to be for a director to like actors"
"It was really truly a joy to say those lines, and I always felt like we would usually do it as written and then we would kind of do whatever we wanted," remembered Molly Ringwald
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Critical Role
You heard right, Critical Role fans, that was Ashley Johnson in the most recent episode of The Last of Us season 2
Johnson, whose voice is familiar to millions and who did the motion capture/voice work for the original Ellie, got a moment to shine in HBO's Last of Us. Technically, though, it wasn't the first
Grant DeArmitt
The Critical Role cast tease body piercing, edging, and more for their darkest campaign yet: Age of Umbra
The Critical Role cast is about to embark on a dark new campaign, and they’ve given us some hints about who their new characters will be
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Critical Role's Ashley Johnson enjoyed making a fake porno for the show, but that doesn't mean it was a success
The cast of Critical Role once had their characters pretend to make a porno during a campaign (and it failed)
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Critical Role’s Marisha Ray thinks the show should do a Spider-Verse style crossover with Fantasy High and other adventuring parties
The Critical Role cast is intrigued by the idea of doing a crossover event with their past guest stars
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
C2E2 2025
John Boyega expected The Star Wars sequel trilogy to have a big plan "like Kevin Feige... at Marvel" (and was surprised when it didn't)
“That was whack”: John Boyega feels Star Wars: The Last Jedi should have had a more consistent plan
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Red Dead Redemption 2 was made using real horses, but the actors reveal they didn’t get to ride them
Rockstar Games brought real horses into the studio to make Red Dead Redemption 2
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
John Boyega reveals a Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker alternate scene exists where he reveals he's a force-user and Jedi
John Boyega confessed that he was a Jedi in an unused take from Rise of Skywalker’s quicksand scene
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Star Wars’ John Boyega reveals his own con fandom: Pokémon conventions
John Boyega would have Pokemon voice actors sign his Shiny Pokemon cards
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Magic: The Gathering
Final Fantasy XVI's adorable dog Torgal gets his own Magic: The Gathering card at MagicCon 2025
With the new Torgal, Clive's Companion promo card, you can finally say, "Sic 'em, Torgal!" while playing Magic: The Gathering
Jules Chin Greene
Magic: The Gathering's Secret Lair has a new boss in town - and he's someone ultra familiar with Marvel & comics
Fresh off the heels of the Secret Lair x Deadpool drop, Wizards of the Coast has hired a gaming expert to join the team who's also a comics expert.
Chris Arrant
Wizards of the Coast just unbanned High Tide & more for Pauper format, leading all us Pauper players to add them to our decks (and prepare for the others who will too)
If you've got $3 and a dream to play Magic: The Gathering, it's a good time to start playing Pauper
Jules Chin Greene
Marvel and Magic the Gathering drop a surprise Deadpool set for April Pool's Day (No, that's not a typo)
The Secret Lair X Marvel’s Deadpool set is available for order now and ships April 3
Graeme McMillan