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The season finale of Doctor Who reveals the future of Ncuti Gatwa on the show and a cliffhanger likely to excite and enrage fans in equal measure
Were the leaks real? What does the future of Doctor Who look like? We have at least one answer to those questions after the Doctor Who finale 'The Reality War' debuts on BBC and Disney+
Graeme McMillan
Sliding into your DMs: Dimension 20 creator Brennan Lee Mulligan gets chatty ahead of Fantasy High and its Hollywood Bowl debut
Ahead of D20's Battle at the Bowl and Cloudward, Ho premiere, Dropout star and Worlds Beyond Number host Brennan Lee Mulligan sat down with us to discuss, among other things, a chicken fillet with googly eyes
Grant DeArmitt
DC's flagship Batman series delayed a month as Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb's 'H2SH' storyline hits a snag
The next issue of the fan-favorite Batman storyline has been delayed for four weeks, DC has told retailers.
Graeme McMillan
Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon knew that fans needed to hear the right music in the movie to know they were being heard - and the Living Tombstone are grateful he did
The Living Tombstone's Sam Haft and Yoav Landau say their music made it into the Five Nights at Freddy's film due to Cawthon's loyalty, even when the film adaptation was switching studios
Grant DeArmitt
Fox asked Guillermo del Toro to make The Exorcist 4 - but without any exorcisms
Too bad Oscar-winner del Toro had no idea there would eventually be a blockbuster Spider-Man franchise without Spider-Man
Grant DeArmitt
Popverse Picks: LGBTQIA+ movies to watch for Pride month!
Celebrate Pride with these queer romantic comedy films
Jules Chin Greene
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Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld says Marvel Studios "ghosted" him after he asked for better credits
On Mark Millar's Millar Time podcast, Rob Liefeld shared that he believes comic book creators are seen as a "nuisance" by Marvel Studios
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige “didn’t want to make” Deadpool and Wolverine, according to Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld
On Mark Millar's podcast, Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld dished on the turbulence at Marvel Studios stirred by the Merc with a Mouth
Interview with the Vampire icon Lestat isn't getting his own TV spinoff anytime soon, but expect more shows from Anne Rice's Immortal Universe
Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches EP Mark Johnson tells fans what they should (and shouldn't!) expect from the future of the Anne Rice Immortal Universe on AMC
Pedro Pascal teases an "emotionally available" version of Marvel's Reed Richards in Fantastic Four: First Steps
After decades of the character being the worst husband and father imaginable, Pedro Pascal brings "a limitless amount of layers" to The Fantastic Four's big brain.
Popverse Picks: The best trailers that are almost as memorable as the movies they're promoting - The Exorcist, Superman, Friendship, and more
From classics like Alien and The Exorcist to the latest from A24, we have strong opinions about trailers.
Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston predicted the Doctor Who 2025 season finale twist four years before it happened
That big twist? Christopher Eccleston, who played the Doctor in 2005's Doctor Who revival, predicted it was back in 2021
Danny DeVito remembers "lusting after" Catwoman Michelle Pfeiffer on the set of Batman Returns
"I kind of feel like she liked it," Danny DeVito says about his crush on Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman as they filmed 1992's Batman Returns together
Sakamoto Days Part 2 release date: The next chapter of the Netflix hit anime is coming as Season 1 continues to bring the action
The mixture of action and comedy has made Sakamoto Days one of the biggest hits of Netflix's anime catalogue.
Dan Da Dan season 2 release date: We're going full throttle as the supernatural romantic comedy anime returns to Crunchyroll and Netflix
Will Crunchyroll and Netflix play nice with Dan Da Dan season 2? Or they give each other the Evil Eye?
There's an AI currently playing Pokémon Red on Twitch - and it only has 3 badges after almost 150 hours
At this rate, AI will never surpass humanity in the arena of capturing pokémon and forcing them to fight for our amusement.
One Piece Season 2 has finally revealed the Netflix Tony Tony Chopper and now we see why the show was delayed to 2026
Making the character look cute and horrifying isn't enough. Netflix needs to make Chopper feel as real as the rest of the One Piece world they have built.
The next Dimension 20 season could look a lot like Twilight (with a side of Paul Bunyan) as Dropout's Brennan Lee Mulligan explains his adventure wishlist
Ahead of the debut of Dimension 20 season 26, Cloudward, Ho, Brennan casts his DM eye to the future of where the Dropout actual play series could go next
My best game of 2025 so far is a relaxing game about running a purgatory tea shop called Wanderstop [Gamify My Life]
I bought Wanderstop to relax and run my own tea shop, but I fell in love with the existential crisis it gave me.
Doctor Who spin-off The War Between The Land and The Sea gets a first trailer demonstrating how true the title is (and what UNIT is doing about it)
War, huh? What is it good for? Five episodes of a Doctor Who spin-off showcasing UNIT, apparently.
Street Fighter and Mega Man comic publisher apologizes to fans and asks stores to reorder summer stock after cutting ties with struggling distributor
UDON Entertainment, which publishes Street Fighter and Mega Man comics, is asking comic stores to reorder all its material through August after cancelling its arrangement with the troubled Diamond Comic Distributors
Grand Theft del Toro: In order to complete Cronos, Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro once had to escape the cops
During the making of his 1992 vampire film Cronos, del Toro had a run in with a different kind of terror - the possibility of legal repercussions for a traffic incident
Guillermo del Toro's first movies were "bloody," "sadistic" reels of Planet of the Apes action figures
"At the age of eight," says Pan's Labyrinth and Crimson Peak director del Toro, "I was already twisted beyond salvation."
Marvel Studios to skip its traditional Hall H panel for San Diego Comic-Con 2025
With Avengers: Doomsday in production and not ready for release until December 2026, Marvel Studios won't be holding its traditional Hall H extravaganza at SDCC 2025 according to reports
Game of Thrones fans, give George R. R. Martin a break - He knows you're "pissed off" about The Winds of Winter
In a new blog post, George R. R. Martin addressed the anger fans have directed at him for taking so long to write The Winds of Winter Game of Thrones book
Guillermo del Toro said yes to directing Blade 2 because the Marvel vampire hero played by Wesley Snipes was "a freak"
You'll never catch Shape of Water-maker del Toro on a Superman movie, is what he's saying
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Steel Ball Run is so different from every other JoJo's Bizarre Adventure arc that I never thought it would get an anime [Popverse Jump]
When the whole premise of the arc is that is completely unconnected to the rest of the series, it isn't surprising that Steel Ball Run remains one of the most divisive storyline in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Trent Cannon
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Over the Top all deserve the Karate Kid Legends treatment [For Your Consideration]
Why should The Karate Kid be the only '80s teen classic to get a full-scale revival? We have three other all-timers from the genre we'd like to nominate for similar treatment: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Over the Top.
Graeme McMillan
Marvel Comics' original Ultimate Spider-Man reboot writer Donny Cates opens up on where he's been, where he's going, and how he's been
What really happened to Donny Cates, according to Donny Cates.
Dave Buesing
MCM Comic Con May 2025
Iconic horror manga creator Junji Ito has inspired this new DC Comics rendition of Batman villain Two-Face by Artgerm
The body horror and sense of wrongness in the piece is unlike any portrait of Two-Face we've ever seen.
Trent Cannon
Never ask Doctor Who star David Tennant who his favorite Doctor or Companion is - if he answered, he would get "in trouble"
"Not a chance," David Tennant told fans at his panel at MCM Comic Con 2025, showing that he needs to be diplomatic about playing favorites with his co-stars.
Trent Cannon
Epic Marvel & DC cover artist Artgerm says he will "will die on the hill of human art," as AI 'artists' steal his work as a popular AI prompt
The man who has produced some of the most popular DC and Marvel comics variant covers is less worried about AI art than you might think.
Trent Cannon
Who do you think of when you see Batman? For City of Madness writer/artist Christian Ward, it's Kevin Conroy - for his kindness
The writer of Batman: City of Madness and Two-Face had the same formative experience with Kevin Conroy's voice that we all did.
Trent Cannon
Doctor Who
Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston predicted the Doctor Who 2025 season finale twist four years before it happened
That big twist? Christopher Eccleston, who played the Doctor in 2005's Doctor Who revival, predicted it was back in 2021
Graeme McMillan
Doctor Who spin-off The War Between The Land and The Sea gets a first trailer demonstrating how true the title is (and what UNIT is doing about it)
War, huh? What is it good for? Five episodes of a Doctor Who spin-off showcasing UNIT, apparently.
Graeme McMillan
Doctor Who faces an uncertain, speculation-filled future ahead of this year's season finale of the BBC/Disney+ sci-fi series
Could the long-running science-fiction series be facing cancellation (or at least a long hiatus)? That's one rumor doing the rounds ahead of the intentionally-shrouded-in-secrecy season finale of the BBC/Disney+ hit Doctor Who
Graeme McMillan
Never ask Doctor Who star David Tennant who his favorite Doctor or Companion is - if he answered, he would get "in trouble"
"Not a chance," David Tennant told fans at his panel at MCM Comic Con 2025, showing that he needs to be diplomatic about playing favorites with his co-stars.
Trent Cannon
NYCC 2025
NYCC 2025 is growing to 5 days - with a special Wednesday just for professionals again
A full day of pro-only panels, signings, giveaways, and more at New York Comic Con 2025.
Chris Arrant
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Chris Arrant
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Chris Arrant
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Chris Arrant
MCM Comic Con May 2025
Iconic horror manga creator Junji Ito has inspired this new DC Comics rendition of Batman villain Two-Face by Artgerm
The body horror and sense of wrongness in the piece is unlike any portrait of Two-Face we've ever seen.
Trent Cannon
Never ask Doctor Who star David Tennant who his favorite Doctor or Companion is - if he answered, he would get "in trouble"
"Not a chance," David Tennant told fans at his panel at MCM Comic Con 2025, showing that he needs to be diplomatic about playing favorites with his co-stars.
Trent Cannon
Epic Marvel & DC cover artist Artgerm says he will "will die on the hill of human art," as AI 'artists' steal his work as a popular AI prompt
The man who has produced some of the most popular DC and Marvel comics variant covers is less worried about AI art than you might think.
Trent Cannon
Who do you think of when you see Batman? For City of Madness writer/artist Christian Ward, it's Kevin Conroy - for his kindness
The writer of Batman: City of Madness and Two-Face had the same formative experience with Kevin Conroy's voice that we all did.
Trent Cannon
Donny Cates
"I'm not the bad boy of comics anymore": Inside the life of Donny Cates
Donny Cates revamped Marvel's Venom and almost did the same for Ultimate Spider-Man - but instead he spent the last two years rebuilding himself.
Chris Arrant
God Country isn't dead - as Netflix movie deal was just renewed, and Donny Cates has ideas for a sequel
Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw created a otherworldly Texas fantasy in God Country - and Netflix is (still) developing a movie on it.
Chris Arrant
After two years, Marvel Comics' Knull co-creator Donny Cates begins his comeback this summer with a "very, very weird book" that is "the biggest thing I've ever done in my entire life"
Donny Cates talk about his Marvel past, his comics future - and if DC and Marvel are a part of it.
Chris Arrant
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man reboot is a "weird and lonely experience" for Donny Cates as its original writer because he now sees himself as its star Peter Parker
Donny Cates says he was developing the Ultimate Marvel reboot for five years before a near-fatal car accident took it away from him, and there's unresolved feelings seeing it now without him.
Chris Arrant