ArchiveMay 02, 2025Magic: The Gathering looks set to escape a tariff price hike, says Wizards of the Coast parent company HasbroRandom House tried to buy Magic: The Gathering publisher Wizards of the Coast from Hasbro more than twenty years agoMarvel Studios wanted a second season of Disney+ hit Hawkeye, but didn't want to pay for it, says star Jeremy RennerNnedi Okorafor says her new novel Death of the Author "most personal autobiographical work" yet, while still being her trademark science fiction and fantasyRyan Reynolds is working on a Deadpool/X-Men movie treatment, according to reports - but Marvel Studios hasn't signed off yetNetflix hit Stranger Things originally had a different setting (and title) to honor the series creators' favorite movie: Steven Spielberg's JawsMarvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movie puts the final nail in the coffin for the Joss Whedon-era superhero filmThe new Marvel Studios movie asks the existential question, 'What's in a name?' (Or, to Thunderbolts* or not to Thunderbolts*?)What the asterisk in Thunderbolts* means, and where the name comes from (No, it's not the Red Hulk, or any other Marvel Studios connection)Yes, Marvel spoiled a major Thunderbolts* moment in the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement, but hoped no-one would noticeThunderbolts* resurrects a longstanding Marvel Studios tradition (with a Sentry-inspired twist)The gold standard of a comic book artist for DC & Marvel and more, Jackson 'Butch' Guice dies at age 63Popverse Jump: A love letter to the Yu Yu Hakusho English dub - the first great dub Funimation madeMarvel Studios' Thunderbolts* creator credits include special attention to two of the Sentry creatorsLivestream all of Boston's PAX East 2025 free with PopverseEvil Dead icon Bruce Campbell is "so in" to be on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, despite not exactly knowing what Star Trek: Strange New Worlds isRockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto VI release date delayed a year- and goes right after Avengers: Doomsday and Star Wars' Mandalorian & GroguM3GAN 2.0 release date: The mean girl robot meets her match with a new spy bot this summerFrom Vader to Palpatine, Sam Witwer drew on every villain in the Star Wars universe to find the voice of The Son in The Clone Wars animated series28 Years Later release date: Horror sequel is ready to eat your brains (and everything else) this JuneHow to Train Your Dragon release date: Toothless and Hiccup are reborn on the big screen as DreamWorks beloved animated series moves to live-actionMay 01, 2025Hazbin Hotel's Alex Brightman talks Broadway, Beetlejuice, and whether or not he has an extra vocal cord at Emerald City Comic Con! For Krysten Ritter, what's the difference between writing a novel and acting? Beyond the obvious, not muchMarvel's Hawkeye, Jeremy Renner, claims he died briefly during the 2023 snowmobile accident that broke 38 of his bonesThunderbolts* ending explained: What happens, who dies, and what's next after Marvel Studios' latest filmWithout naming Trump's Tariffs as the cause, Microsoft has increased the price of the Xbox consoles, games, and controllers by around 20%With Clown in a Cornfield headed to theaters, creator Adam Cesare is already teasing the fourth book in the seriesA Different Man's Adam Pearson will play Joseph Merrick in a new Elephant Man movieLilo & Stitch release date: Disney's live-action remake of the 2002 animated classic smashes into theaters this MayFinal Destinations: Bloodlines release date - Death finds a way back into theaters this MayGuy Ritchie becomes the busiest director in streaming after joining Road House 2 at Prime VideoThe Netflix You season 5 ending was originally very different (and a lot more final for Joe), teases showrunnerExquisite Corpses gets deadlier as Image Comics and Popverse unveil the latest Oak Valley killer from James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh's serial killer comicYou've been getting an Army of Darkness quote wrong for 33 years, says Bruce CampbellThere's an urgency to writing queer genre fiction today says The House in the Cerulean Sea author TJ Klune: "We have to speak up" The director of 2025's I Know What You Did Last Summer has a simple explanation for why Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt's characters are still aliveWingspan board game creators Stonemaier Games join lawsuit seeking to lift Trump's Tariffs Mads Mikkelsen had never seen a Star Wars movie prior to being cast as the creator of the Death Star in Rogue OneSonic Wings Reunion release date: Return to the classic arcade shooter when it flies back onto PlayStation, Switch, and PC this MayFantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time release date: The popular RPG/life-simulator hybrid arrives on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC this MayThe Midnight Walk release date: The cozy horror stop-motion game inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas comes to PS5 and PC this MayAfter a string of bad & canceled DC Comics games, Warner Bros. (and Hollywood) need to trust independent game studios more (without having to own them)Star Wars: Andor actor Denise Gough says her Dedra character arc is showing how someone can become a fascistApr 30, 2025Thunderbolts* dark tone demonstrates the MCU's attempt "to grow" beyond what fans have seen before, says Marvel Studios boss Kevin FeigeMads Mikkelsen wants to team up with his brother Lars in a Hollywood movie, but they'd both be the "nice" guysMarvel's Thunderbolts* trailers are full of "little moments that aren't in the movie," says star David HarbourThe inside scoop on the hotel poker games played by the cast during James Bond's Casino Royale, according to Mads MikkelsenThe comics & games distro giant Diamond just got bought (again), and the new owners are cleaving it in twoChris Evans's rumored Avengers: Doomsday return to the MCU is in the news again thanks to X-Men legend Chris ClaremontStephen King's never-made Castle Rock season 3 would have focused on the niece of The Shining's Jack Torrance, reveals star Jane LevyDC Studios benches Sgt. Rock as the Colin Farrell war movie from Challengers director is pulled from the production schedule"One cool element" from Star Wars Expanded Universe to be "remixed and remastered" back into canon with Marvel's new Star Wars comicThere's a very straightforward reason why that Star Wars character has been recast for Andor season 2, says showrunnerElden Ring Nightreign release date: Return to the Lands Between this May 2025Gaming controller company 8BitDo has stopped shipping to the US because of, you guessed it, Trump's tariffsOne-time comics & gaming distro giant Diamond is nervous about its bank (and its future) as it urges courts to hurry up bankruptcy sale while spending $5m+ a monthSuperman's Pal Jimmy Olsen's actor had to "freestyle" his way through the role to manage the weight of expectations he feltFYC: Before Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*, here are some great stories of bad guys turned goodWho created Marvel's Sentry? The simmering Marvel Comics (and Marvel Studios) drama deepens as Paul Jenkins weighs in amid Thunderbolts* theatrical debutEA has reportedly cut hundreds of jobs and cancelled an upcoming Titanfall game as Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment is hit hardest"Horrible": Star Wars' Acolyte villain Manny Jacinto said that Stranger mask didn't let him see or breatheActually, the new Sherlock Holmes LEGO set from Barnes & Noble DOES count as a business expenseStar Wars' Ahmed Best got to be the voice of Jar Jar Binks because his voice made Jake Lloyd laughWhy all Star Wars villains have a British accent, according to Andor season 2 villain Ben Mendelsohn ABC's The Bachelor can't be saved from its "archaic form" unless it adapts to audience tastes, says former Bachelorette Rachel LindsayApr 29, 2025You've been wondering why the MCU Bucky Barnes is a Congressman, and Sebastian Stan has an explanation (thankfully)Archie Comics wants fans to jump onto the cover of Archie meets Jay & Silent Bob this summer in limited-edition cover exclusivesMonkey Man creator Dev Patel is still on revenge mode, but his follow-up movie is a period piece The Last of Us Part II ending explained: What happens - and who survives - in the game that inspired HBO's post-apocalyptic hit?Michael J. Fox recalls filming Back to the Future’s iconic Johnny B. Goode scene The company behind Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons is dropping a major distributor after 25 years; here's what that means for youHere's every Sherlock Holmes story that's been used in CBS's Watson (so far)How Star Wars and Luke Skywalker helped me learn to live with my mother's addiction and her deathThe Twilight Zone episode that inspired Ryan Coogler to make SinnersLore Corner: Who are the Washington Liberation Front, and what do they mean for The Last of Us season 2?Disney and Fortnite make my dream of fighting someone while watching Star Wars a realitySentry co-creator Rick Veitch calls Marvel "the House of Stolen Ideas" after his stake in the character overlooked for past 25 years - including in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* movieTop Gun: Maverick's Joseph Kosinski is tackling a new Miami Vice, but he's making a UFO thriller firstA multi-million dollar fraud involving Magic: The Gathering & D&D just blew up the bankruptcy sale of former comics and gaming distribution giant Diamond, according to a new lawsuitDespite what the finale of Cobra Kai suggested, there isn't going to be a Back to the Future prequel, sequel, or spin-off - and you have Steven Spielberg to thank for thatClassic comics anthology Heavy Metal returns with new fantasy strip Millstone, and you can get a sneak peek nowSony pushes anime movie Scarlet into the award season spotlight by giving Mamoru Hosoda's highly anticipated follow up to Belle a December release dateMarvel Matters: After Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*, I see Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom assembling his own team with the CabalThe co-creator of Black Lightning returns to DC (and comics) with their true story in June's DC Pride 2025 special issueThe Princess Bride musical adaptation is apparently still going ahead after being in development for an inconceivably long timeMarvel Rivals developers seem to be buffing Strategists in response to the community Support StikeStar Trek villain Khan help inspire the portrayal of Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, according to the actor who played himMatthew McConaughey & Christian Bale made a ferocious dragon movie 2 decades ago - and it's time you saw itApr 28, 2025Former comics and pop culture distribution monopoly Diamond might be liquidated after it delays bankruptcy paperworkThe Life of Chuck is the latest proof that Stephen King isn’t ‘just’ a horror writerThe Last of Us season 2 continues the tradition of breaking our hearts in the creditsSinners box office barely drops for second weekend, the second best for a horror film after 2017's ItDon't look now, but an Alien: Earth teaser just confirmed our prediction about Weyland-YutaniHow Netflix's Stranger Things influenced Star Wars: Starfighter, according to director Shawn LevyRelive the action: VIZ Media's Ninjas, Samurai & Roosters panel from ECCC '25 is available to watch nowJohn Lithgow isn't put off from playing Dumbledore in HBO's Harry Potter series due to J.K. Rowling's anti-rhetoric, despite a "very good friend" and mother of a trans child asking him to walk awayHollywood isn't in the market for original movies or TV shows, so Marvel's Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter is creating her own as books firstFrom Golden Boy to Stuntman actor & 'Serious' actor: The three eras of Tom Cruise movies across his careerNico Robin from the Netflix series explains perfectly why we're so excited for One Piece season 2Sorry, Charli XCX: It'll be Barbie's Emma Mackey trying to kill Aslan in Greta Gerwig's Netflix Narnia movie