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What is taking Beyond the Spider-Verse so long? The need to do something new
When you're making the biggest animated Spider-Man movie ever, you need to make sure it looks good on IMAX screens too.
Trent Cannon
Florida Supercon 2026 panel release schedule: Watch Daredevil, Defenders, TMNT, and anime panels online
Watch Charlie Cox, Kevin Eastman, Krysten Ritter, and more at Florida Supercon 2026
Chris Arrant
Image Comics is pulling all new comics from GlobalComix after 3-year partnership changes
The battle to replace ComiXology just took another turn.
Chris Arrant
Are you a Game of Thrones fan/Dragon Egg collector with a spare fortune? Boy, do I have good news for you
Yep, Daenerys Targaryen's dragon eggs from Game of Thrones season 1, episode 1 are going to be up for auction soon. But they'll be a Red Wedding on anyone's wallet
Grant DeArmitt
Todd McFarlane wants to give Spawn the Absolute Batman treatment... and already has a name for it
McFarlane, who is currently working on Spawn '77, has considered launching an alt-universe take on his most popular character, and even has thoughts as to why other comic companies have gone that route
Grant DeArmitt
SCP creeps from the internet into movies with V/H/S partnership
The first SCP movie is coming as part of the V/H/S found footage series.
Trent Cannon
Latest
Kadokawa Editor-in-Chief reveals the top 5 things a successful manga creator should have
Great art doesn't always make a great manga, which is why you need a couple other key skills.
The Vampire Lestat’s Gabriella has been has been waiting 30 years to sink her teeth into a role this good
Jennifer Ehle is eager to grow beyond her role as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice with The Vampire Lestat
The Pitt Season 3 is going to be more political than ever
The Pitt Season 3 is airing in January 2027, but star Noah Wyle explains why the action takes place in November 2026.
Harrison Ford is having the time of his life with Shrinking, and there’s a simple reason why
Harrison Ford has no clue how Shrinking will end, and he wouldn’t have it any other way
Why is The Mighty Nein so much darker than The Legend of Vox Machina? Critical Role's Ashley Johnson has an idea
Johnson, who plays Yasha Nydoorin in Prime Video's second animated Critical Role adaptation, says that the darker tone of the series goes all the way back to the cast's character creation in Campaign 2
Wistoria: Wand and Sword release schedule (Updated July 2026): When Wistoria 67 will be released and where to read it
While we wait for Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 3, here is how to get caught up on the hit manga.
Four months after ousting its founder, Dark Horse Comics has a new (and some old) leadership structure
Dark Horse’s ‘new’ leadership includes promotions that happened months ago.
Paramount+ is so confident about Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, it's releasing three months earlier - in 2 weeks
After an ever-changing release date and minimal marketing, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender finally has a trailer.
The next great Tradd Moore comic won’t belong to Marvel or DC or anyone else, but him (and us!) in 2027
The first big book of 2027 has a name: Touch Me Someplace Nowhere by Tradd Moore.
The Vampire Lestat showrunner believes Sam Reid gives "top 5" iconic TV performances ever
For The Vampire Lestat showrunner and executive producer Rolin Jones, Sam Reid's Lestat is on par with James Gandolfini in The Sopranos
There won't be enough consoles to play GTA 6 this year, warns industry insider
A PlayStation and Xbox console shortage is set to hit right when people will be wanting to play Grand Theft Auto VI.
Zach Braff failed his first Scrubs audition – so he auditioned again, knowing the producers wouldn’t remember him
Zach Braff failed his first Scrubs audition, so he tried again hoping the casting agents had forgotten him (they had)
Why is Matt Damon perfect for The Odyssey? Because of his Martian role
Christopher Nolan says that Odysseus is a bit of an everyman, which is why he cast Matt Damon as the lead in The Odyssey.
Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez blasts Nickelodeon, Paramount & BOOM! Studios as "lizards" for reviving the franchise without telling him (and the new writer is upset too!)
Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez says he was left out of the revival—and the new writer Jim Zub agrees it shouldn’t have happened.
SNL's Ashley Padilla reveals the secret she learned from managing the late Diane Keaton’s Instagram
Ashley Padilla used to manage Diane Keaton’s Instagram, and the experience changed the way she looks at social media
The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 fulfilled a lifelong dream for Critical Role's Taliesin Jaffe
Jaffe has done a lot of things over his Critical Role career - but until this season of The Legend of Vox Machina, he's never been a very specific part of a fantasy heist
Best back-to-school supplies for anime fans in 2026: 16 picks we actually recommend [Pop Shop]
Best back-to-school supplies for anime fans in 2026 (Editor's Picks)
And the 11th Annual Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics nominees are...
We've got the nominees for this year's Dwayne McDuffie Award... and you've got a shopping list!
How Pokemon turned VIZ into a manga powerhouse and gave birth to the manga boom
The amount of money VIZ made off of Pokémon manga in one year is absurd.
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Stardust Crusaders is where JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure finally becomes JoJo [Popverse Jump]
The introduction of Stands to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure suddenly gives the series its identity while still having enough threads to its past.
Trent Cannon
Zombies, wrestlers, and reality show hosts reviving their careers are all like sharks, but how? They’re all in Popverse Playlist for July 4-10, 2026
What could make your July 4 celebrations so much better? Jaws, of course - and the three recommendations we have for your next week of pop culture
Graeme McMillan
Akane-banashi is what happens if the world took comedy as seriously as it took sports [Popverse Jump]
Hit anime Akane-banashi is, basically, a shonen sports anime about a stand-up comedy set
Trent Cannon
New York Comic Con
Star Wars, Superman, Scream stars and more headline the first wave of NYCC 2026 guest announcements
Want to see Hayden Christensen, Clair Obscur's Jennifer English, Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan, and comic book legend Frank Miller all in one place? Get yourself to New York Comic Con 2026 this October
Graeme McMillan
In honor of 20 years of NYCC, we're opening the Vault (and Popverse Superfans get 10% off and first access!)
We are opening the NYCC Vault with classic merch & first dibs on 2026 exclusives, like official Crocs.
Chris Arrant
NYCC 2026: Guests, dates, ticket pre-sale info and everything you need to know about October's hottest pop culture event
With the first wave of guests announced, here's everything you need to know about the year's biggest pop culture event ahead of its October debut at the Javits Center
Grant DeArmitt
New York Comic Con 2026 is already on its way, and we have the dates for the big show
Clear your second week of October 2026, because New York Comic Con is coming back to the Javits Center
Graeme McMillan
Image Comics
Image Comics is pulling all new comics from GlobalComix after 3-year partnership changes
The battle to replace ComiXology just took another turn.
Chris Arrant
Todd McFarlane stepped away abruptly from writing Spawn & 3 spinoff comics for one simple reason: to draw more
Don't worry, Spawn fans. There was nothing negative about McFarlane passing the pen to other writers in the Spawn Universe. In fact, says the Image Comics cofounder, it was for extremely positive reasons
Grant DeArmitt
After reinventing Transformers, Daniel Warren Johnson is finally releasing the comic he spent nine years creating
The creator who made Transformers comics cool again is back with a chainsaw-wielding sci-fi epic.
Chris Arrant
Todd McFarlane wants to give Spawn the Absolute Batman treatment... and already has a name for it
McFarlane, who is currently working on Spawn '77, has considered launching an alt-universe take on his most popular character, and even has thoughts as to why other comic companies have gone that route
Grant DeArmitt
Five Nights at Freddy's
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 movie drops Scott Cawthon from script duties, replaces him with Annabelle writer
Cawthon, who created Five Nights at Freddy's and had script credits for the first and second Blumhouse films, is stepping aside for Gary Dauberman to write the script
Grant DeArmitt
Five Nights at Freddy's peels back the mysteries of movie-making with new book co-written by Scott Cawthon
FNAF creator Scott Cawthon will be contributing to a behind-the-scenes book about the making of the Blumhouse Five Nights at Freddy's movies
Graeme McMillan
How a FNAF movie leak "disheartened" creator Scott Cawthon, but the FNAF fans helped him regain his faith in humanity
Learning that the Five Nights at Freddy's movie was leaked online left FNAF creator Scott Cawthon feeling "really, really disheartened."
Jules Chin Greene
A Five Nights at Freddy’s star thought she was auditioning for a Freddy Krueger movie, even after she got hired
Kat Conner Sterling thought that Five Nights at Freddy’s was a Freddy Kruegger movie, and couldn’t understand why fans kept sending her bear emojis
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Mighty Nein
Why is The Mighty Nein so much darker than The Legend of Vox Machina? Critical Role's Ashley Johnson has an idea
Johnson, who plays Yasha Nydoorin in Prime Video's second animated Critical Role adaptation, says that the darker tone of the series goes all the way back to the cast's character creation in Campaign 2
Grant DeArmitt
The real inspiration behind Sam Riegel's Mighty Nein character? Parenting
Parenting is tough, but parenting in the middle of a Critical Role campaign is something else entirely.
Trent Cannon
The Mighty Nein season 2 release date schedule (Updated June 2026): When the Critical Role series returns to Amazon's Prime Video
What time do new Mighty Nein episodes come out? Here's what we know so far about the season 2 schedule
Grant DeArmitt
The Critical Role cast can’t agree on the franchise’s most misunderstood character, but their picks are eye-opening
In honor of Legend of Vox Machina season 4, Critical Role's Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jafe, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, LIam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel sat down to debate which of their characters was least appreciated
Grant DeArmitt