Graeme McMillan

Graeme McMillan
Editor
Graeme McMillan: Popverse Editor Graeme McMillan (he/him) has been writing about comics, culture, and comics culture on the internet for close to two decades at this point, which is terrifying to admit. His work has appeared in The Hollywood Reporter, Wired, Polygon, Inverse, Time Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times, and he also co-hosts the Wait What podcast three times a month and writes the Comics, FYI newsletter. He completely understands if you have problems understanding his accent.
Features
Spider-Man isn't the first Marvel hero turned into a vampire... Storm, Wolverine, Jubilee, Captain America, and more beat him to the blood punch
Marvel has a surprisingly long history of turning characters into vampires, what's up with that?
June 13, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Doctor Who, The Acolyte, and the lessons of Lost: Let's have more mysteries on television, please
It's fun to not have all the answers (Well, within reason)
June 12, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Forget about your troubles, because Paddington is back (and even better, he's bringing Olivia Colman with him)
Pack your marmalade sandwiches for the trip
June 12, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The Acolyte's third episode is a big swing, and whether you liked it or not might say what you want from Star Wars
Time jumps! Jerk Jedi! Alternate lore! Pretty ambitious, Acolyte
June 12, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Marvel's Blood Hunt is over - here's what you need to know about the 59-part superhero vs. vampire crossover
Now that it's wrapped, here's everything you need to know about Marvel's big summer 2024 event Blood Hunt
June 12, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
The Acolyte's reveals Mae and Osha's backstory, and asks a really big Star Wars question that might tie the show to Darth Vader
What if Mae and Osha were so much more important to overall Star Wars lore than anyone saw coming?
June 12, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
How trustworthy are the Jedi, really? The latest Star Wars: The Acolyte episode brings the controversial question to light
What do the Brendok Jedi know, and when did they know it?
June 12, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Anne Rice's Immortal Universe expands with the official announcement of Interview with the Vampire spinoff, The Talamasca
The new series will debut on AMC and AMC+ in 2025
June 11, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Doctor Who's Bridgerton episode was an accidental but perfectly loving advertisement for Netflix's period romance
Whovians might not have wanted to watch the hit Netflix show... until last week
June 11, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
How to watch the One Piece anime in chronological and release order (All 1,100+ episodes plus the movies!)
Get ready to garner some pirate booty with our guide to watching One Piece on Crunchyroll, Netflix, and even the BBC!
June 10, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
The producer behind Barbarian, Late Night with the Devil, and It is teaming with the editor of Preacher and Hellraiser to create the future of horror
AWA and Vertigo Entertainment have teamed up to create new horror comics and movies together
June 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
For our latest trick, Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock might get back together again for Practical Magic 2
How many unfortunate curses can two sisters have to deal with?
June 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Bless Bill Cipher! Disney is talking to Alex Hirsch about reviving Gravity Falls, says House of Mouse exec
The tease comes a month ahead of the release of the upcoming 'Book of Bill' spin-off from the beloved animated series
June 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
Christmas horror movies: Ho Ho Horror awaits with 9 of the best holiday horror flicks, from Santa Claws and Krampus to Gremlins and Black Christmas
It's not just the weather that's frightful this holiday season - check out these scary Christmas horror movies.
June 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The Acolyte is the show that dares to ask 'What is Star Wars without a war?' (And then answers that question, too)
Creator Leslye Headland knows that it's not easy to make a show about war in a time of galactic peace
June 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The Bridgerton episode of Doctor Who has arrived, and it's the most fun (and loving) episode of the show this year
The Doctor adores Bridgerton, just like you (and some homicidal shape-changing aliens)
June 07, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
From Iron Man to Agatha: How to watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies & series in order by release date and chronologically)
How to watch Marvel Studios' movies, TV shows, and specials in order - from Iron Man to Agatha All Along, with every single project in between.
June 07, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
John Wick, The Killer's Game, Netflix's Hit Man: why are we so into movies about guys who kill people for a living?
It's not just a Grosse Point Blank fetish, I swear (Well, probably not)
June 06, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
All 17 modern DC movies in order, across the DCEU from Superman's Man of Steel to Aquaman's Lost Kingdom
Now that the dust is settling on the decade-long DC Extended Universe era, it's time for a reappraisal
June 06, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew - Release date, trailer, cast, and more
Have you ever wondered what Goonies would look like in the Star Wars universe? Skeleton Crew promises to deliver those tween 80s vibes - complete with Jude Law
June 05, 2024
Jim McDermott
News
Marvel's X-Men: From the Ashes era starts early with not just one, but TWO, comics out now (which might not be good news for Cyclops and Jean Grey)
The first From the Ashes era X-Men comic is a digital series that is available right now
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Image Comics' Petrol Head gets optioned for a movie from the company behind X-Men: Days of Future Past's VFX
Rob Williams and Pye Parr's future dystopian post-apocalyptic racing comic is headed for the big screen
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
How to watch Godzilla, King Kong, and Rodan's MonsterVerse movies & TV shows in order
Want to catch the Monsterverse but don't know where to begin? Let Popverse be your monster-hunting guide for King Kong, Godzilla, Rodan, and more
June 05, 2024
Avery Kaplan
Features
Disney+'s The Acolyte dives into the past of Star Wars mythos to show the way forward for the franchise (plus, lots of Jedi!)
The latest Star Wars show (from the creator of Netflix's Russian Doll) feels like the freshest Star Wars story in years
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
How & where to watch the Star Wars movies and series in chronological or release order
All you need to know to watch all of Star Wars, in both chronological and release order
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Okay, so you've watched the new Star Wars show, The Acolyte - what next?
Looking for more Star Wars stories? We're here for you
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Star Wars: The Acolyte season 2 planning is already underway, with showrunner teasing some familiar faces
Yes, The Acolyte was pitched as a multi-year show - and there's a reason we don't see too many familiar faces in the first season
June 05, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Now we know why Jeremy Renner wasn't in the last Mission: Impossible movie (and why that might've been a good thing)
Don't make a man travel just to meet his fate, Hollywood
June 04, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Marvel's X-Men Krakoan Age 2019 - 2024: An Obituary
Marvel's mutant Krakoa era: an ambitious, flawed experiment that built the X-Men back up
June 04, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Max increases monthly subscription costs just before House of the Dragon season 2, because dragon war is expensive
Only the ad-free tiers are impacted by the increase, which is good news for fans happy to watch fantasy with plenty of interruptions
June 04, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Disney is working on another Predator movie from the people behind Prey - and they want Super 8's Elle Fanning to star in it
Forget AVP; now it's ElleVP
June 03, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Star Wars: The Acolyte's secret inspiration is one specific episode of The Clone Wars, says creator Leslye Headland
The Russian Doll creator is a big fan of the animated Star Wars show, and especially one fifth season episode
June 03, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Doctor Who: The season's big themes are getting clearer in what might be the most misanthropic season of the show
Doctor Who salvages a disappointing episode with an unexpected twist, as powerful as it is depressing
May 31, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Starfleet Academy is a show about rebuilding the future from a broken past, says Star Trek boss
The series will be optimistic, funny, and speak to where kids are today, says Alex Kurtzman
May 31, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Star Wars: The Acolyte ushers in "inclusion and safety for Black nerds," according to star Amandla Stenberg
Diversity on screen was an important part of the show for those responsible for making it
May 31, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Justice League's Zack Snyder in talks to make a TV show based on Frank Miller's 300
This is Sparta... on a weekly basis?
May 31, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Eating Fish and Chips, visiting the Tower, and more: what MCM Artist Alley celebrity creators want to get up to in London
Hamish Steele, Khary Randolph, Kit Buss, Marc Laming, and Rachael Smith have some extra-curricular plans for the UK capital
May 31, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Star Wars' fandom is "male dominated," and the franchise needs "to be representative of all people" says Lucasfilm boss
Women "can be attacked in ways that can be quite personal," says Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy
May 31, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Move over, Dune - Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket is even more "crude and lewd" than Kevin Feige teased
Two heroes, one bucket (What, too much? Clearly you haven't actually looked at the bucket itself)
May 31, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Despite Furiosa's stalled start, the summer box office is not collapsing (at least, not yet)
Yes, Furiosa didn't break records - but that isn't a sign that disaster is right around the corner
May 30, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Yes, there's going to be a DOGE movie
underDOGE is coming, and it's going to explain everything you want to know (and more) about the iconic meme
May 30, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Dog Man returns with an unexpected announcement of a second book in 2024, just weeks before the movie
Big Jim Begins will hit shelves this December
May 30, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
DC Comics creators Dustin Nguyen, Tini Howard, Jackson Lanzing & Jeff Parker reveal the one and only time you a comic creator should work for free
If anyone offers to pay you in exposure, don't forget "you can expose yourself," said creators at ECCC 2024
May 30, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
George Clooney and Brad Pitt rekindle that Ocean's Eleven magic in new crime comedy Wolfs
The first trailer for the fall movie really hopes you loved those Ocean's movies
May 29, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Star Wars: Here's how the new Disney+ series The Acolyte fits into The High Republic, and the timeline of the Skywalker Saga
The new Star Wars story takes place in a familiar, but unexplored part of the history of a galaxy far, far away
May 29, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
DC's Batman: The Long Halloween gets a new sequel that doubles as tribute to the late Tim Sale
DC and writer Jeph Loeb are extending the hit storyline with a new 10-part comic with an all-star art team
May 25, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Doctor Who gets political (almost) and perhaps just a little contradictory in the process
'73 Yards' dumps the Doctor and focuses on Ruby in a horror story with a hidden monster
May 24, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
When does the world end? An incomplete timeline of the many world-ending moments in apocalyptic movies & TV shows
Across the history of science fiction, there have been a lot of stories about how humanity might meet its fate
May 24, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Todd McFarlane is working with Marvel again (just not how you might expect)
McFarlane Toys has partnered with Marvel for a new line of posed figures based on iconic artwork (including Todd's, of course)
May 24, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Delicious dysfunction is back on FX's menu, thanks to The Bear's new trailer
The third season of the show drops June 27
May 24, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Either Emily in Paris is getting a fifth season, or someone in Europe just got scammed hard at a charity auction
Netflix hasn't officially renewed the show ahead of its fourth season premiere, but someone has paid real money to appear in the next season anyway
May 24, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Please, please, please celebrities: stop making us feel dumb for liking your work
Yeah, we get it: you're as cynical about this stuff as we are, but maybe that's... too cynical?
May 23, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Is Marvel's Doctor Strange coming to an end this August?
Marvel's solicitation text for August's 18th issue of the series sounds suspiciously final
May 23, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Spider-Man + Spider-Boy + Radioactive blood = A brand new relationship this summer, teases Marvel
Get ready for Spider-Boy to meet the Spider-Warriors (and Spider-Society!) and things to get... bloody
May 23, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel teases a return for its original West Coast superteam in August's Spider-Woman
The Champions might be about to make a comeback this summer (Yes, really)
May 23, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel's Avengers vs. Star Wars' Mandalorian vs. Steven Spielberg as the famed director returns with a mystery UFO 'event' movie in May 2026
The movie will see him reunite with Jurassic Park and War of the Worlds collaborator David Koepp
May 23, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Dystopian future movie music keeps sounding like the past, and that's getting old
We've heard it all before, and that's a problem when filmmakers are trying to convince us we're watching the world to come
May 23, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel's Vision is set to return in 2026, thanks to the man behind the last season of Star Trek: Picard
Remember how much you loved that Next Generation reunion? The mind behind that is now reviving Paul Bettany's Avenger for Disney+
May 22, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Netflix reveals what Liam Hemsworth looks like as The Witcher (Don't worry, he turns around)
The first look at Hemsworth's version of Geralt has been unveiled, and we have video
May 22, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
How to watch the Conjuring movies (as well as Annabelle, The Nun, and other spinoffs) in order
Spend those cold, dark winter nights revisiting the Warrens' and their favorite monsters in the Conjuring movie universe
May 22, 2024
Mason Downey
News
Archie magics a forgotten comic book hero back into the spotlight with Kardak the Mystic this August
The spooky one-shot will reintroduce a character who originally appeared in the 1940s
May 22, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Holly Hunter boards the latest Star Trek series, Starfleet Academy
The Oscar-nominated actress will play the Captain and Chancellor of the new school for the next generation of Trekkers
May 21, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
X-Men: Dark Phoenix writer/director Simon Kinberg is in talks to take on Star Trek
Kinberg is in talks to produce the in-development prequel, and future movies if it does well, according to reports
May 21, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
DC Studios to release Superman actor Christopher Reeve documentary in theaters this fall
Super/Man, about the real life of cinema's finest Man of Steel Christopher Reeve, to come to theaters for 2 nights in September
May 20, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Netflix's Sandman reveals the remaining Endless (and maybe some teases of what to expect in season 2 of the Neil Gaiman adaptation, too)
What does it mean if we're seeing the Prodigal in the second season of the adaptation of Neil Gaiman's DC comic?
May 20, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Apocalypse how?: Vote for your favorite dystopian, post-apocalyptic movie in our poll!
It's the end of the world as we know it, and we want to know which movie makes you feel fine
May 20, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Fallout Boy's Pete Wentz is back with a suicide-turned-magical-salvation story in Dying Inside
Dying Inside artist Lisa Sterle opens up her sketchbook to look at designs and character art
May 20, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Spoilers!Doctor Who deepens the show's central mysteries, and repeats one very high profile old trick
The new season of the long-running sci-fi drama is very playfully calling back to the show's own history
May 17, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Absolute Power takes on Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, and more of DC's comic book line this summer
The big summer event comes from the World's Finest team of Mark Waid and Dan Mora
May 17, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman find new partners and new hope in August's Absolute Power titles from DC
As Amanda Waller takes over the DCU, the world's mightiest heroes have to learn new methods to save the day without their powers
May 17, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
How did Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman first meet and team-up? DC is finally going to tell that story
Batman/Superman: World's Finest #30 will tell the first team-up of DC's three iconic characters this summer
May 17, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
DC is ending the long-delayed Justice Society of America series after 12 issues
The title, intended to headline a New Golden Age line at the publisher, has been plagued by delays throughout its run
May 17, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Here's how One Tree Hill could (and should) return for a new show, according to star Chad Michael Murray
One Tree Hill's Chad Michael Murray has an idea on how to keep the show's legacy alive for fans and new audiences
May 17, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Let love rule: Give Archie Comics the Bridgerton treatment, you cowards
If period romances are all the rage, then surely we can let Archie Andrews be the All-American dreamboat he was originally intended to be?
May 16, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Come meet Popverse at MCM London May 2024!
Want to find Popverse video producer Ashley V. Robinson during the three-day UK event? Here's where to look
May 16, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Downton Abbey walked so that Bridgerton could f***
Yes, the classic period drama seems like history when compared with contemporary takes on romance and soap opera from tales of yore
May 15, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
DC Studios' Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow now has a 2026 release date - here's what that might mean for the new DCU
What can we take from the new Supergirl movie's release date?
May 15, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Dune: Prophecy's first teaser trailer doubles down on blaming it all on the Bene Gesserit
The sisterhood at the center of things are also at the heart of the new spin-off show coming to Max this fall
May 15, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
Spider-Man: How to watch Marvel's wall-crawler movies from the MCU to the Spider-Verse in release and chronological order
With great power comes great rewatchability with Marvel's Spider-Man movies
May 15, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Daredevil: Born Again gets a release date (and a reduced episode count) from Disney+ and Marvel in 2025
Our radar sense is saying that Charlie Cox's return as Marvel's hornhead is going to be a big deal
May 14, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The best Post-Apocalyptic Comics: From nuclear fallout to gender-centric genocide, comics love to end the world in big ways
Y: The Last Man, Kamandi, Judge Dredd and more show up on our list of the best dystopian comic book stories
May 14, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
James Tynion IV's First Decade at Boom! Studios Kickstarter is now live... and there's a brand new book as part of the campaign
The Art of Something is Killing the Children is a previously unannounced addition to the anniversary campaign
May 14, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
It's been 25 months since DC Comics had a proper Justice League comic - here's all the big DC comics missing in action
Justice League, Supergirl, and Aquaman didn't get a Dawn of DC revival, and they're not alone
May 14, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Roger Corman should be remembered as the model that filmmakers should try to emulate from now on
Unexpectedly, Corman may have been the most important man in movies across the past half century
May 13, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Doctor Who returns... and Doctor Who returns, along with it (No, that's not a spoiler)
What one longtime fan makes of the first two episodes of the new era of Doctor Who
May 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
SpoilersThe other mystery woman of Doctor Who revealed - but its spoilers
There's a surprisingly familiar face in 'The Devil's Chord'
May 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Spoilers!Doctor Who: Look for the twist inside the twist at the ending of 'The Devil's Chord'
Pay more attention to the end of the second episode of the new season than you otherwise would...
May 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Red, White & Royal Two: Amazon's hit romcom is getting a sequelbecause happily ever after doesn't mean no follow-ups
A second Red, White & Royal Blue is on its way - and original novelist Casey McQuiston is co-writing it
May 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
The Five Nights at Freddys-esque game Poppy Playtime is bringing Huggy Wuggy to your local bookshelf
Poppy Playtime Orientation Handbook is out now, launching a line of books bringing Huggy Wuggy to a new (terrified) audience
May 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The five best Doctor Who episodes to revisit as the show's 2024 generation materializes on Disney+
We're not going to spoil anything, but there's a few old Who episodes you might want to take a look at...
May 10, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Screw the high concept! Let's make 2024 the year where subtlety becomes a thing of the past in movies once again
Twisters? We salute you (and want more like you)
May 09, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Batman: Caped Crusader: Now we know when it'll be released, and what it'll look like
The animated series will reimagine DC's Dark Knight as a 1940s-set period noir adventure, say producers
May 09, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
After DC and Marvel's team-up, now Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are partnering to offer a combined streaming bundle
Want Max, Hulu, and Disney+ all together at one lower price? It'll be available this summer
May 08, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel Studios is partnering with ILM on a trip inside the Marvel Cinematic Universe
What If...? An Immersive Story will let users bring Marvel to real life
May 08, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Fallen kingdoms: The crossovers (real and imagined) between Planet of the Apes and Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth
Did Jack Kirby's 1972 comic book classic come about as a result of the 1968 Planet of the Apes movie?
May 08, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Do Marvel's Red Band Blood Hunt comics actually fit into the regular comic book universe?
Two weeks into Blood Hunt, and are the cracks already beginning to show between the regular Marvel Universe and the adults only version?
May 08, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
The Lord of the Rings and Middle-earth as a whole is about to begin its Golden (Second) Age
With Prime Video's Rings of Power returning and a new movie due this holiday season, everything is coming up Tolkien
May 07, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Disney is slowing down Marvel Studios' release schedule: Here's what that could mean
Disney CEO Bob Iger wants to see two Marvel movies a year, with two Marvel shows on Disney+
May 07, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Joker: Folie à Deux: Everything we know so far about the Joker sequel, from music to cast (and more!)
Make sure you're up to date on everything you need to know about the follow up to 2019's R-rated Joker reboot
May 07, 2024
Kevin Wong
News
DC's new Superman is a man just like us, who puts his bright red boots on one at a time
James Gunn releases the first look at David Corenswet as DC's new cinematic Superman
May 06, 2024
Graeme McMillan