Grant DeArmitt

Grant DeArmitt
Staff Writer
Grant DeArmitt: Grant DeArmitt (he/him) likes horror, comics, and the unholy union of the two. As Popverse's Staff Writer, he criss-crosses the pop culture landscape bringing you the news and opinions about the big things (and the next big things). In the past, and despite their better judgment, he has written for Nightmare on Film Street and Newsarama. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, Kingsley, and corgi, Legs.
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James Gunn's Superman trailer gives us our first look at Metamorpho in the DC Universe and hints at his importance
Anthony Carrigan is in the Superman teaser trailer in heavy makeup as Rex Mason AKA Metamorpho. And another clip hints that his origin story may be important to the plot
December 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What to Watch January 2025: See what Netflix, Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and more are bringing you in the new year
Severance season 2, The Traitors season 3, and the first season of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man are all kicking off 2025 with January release dates. We'll tell you when and where you can check them out
December 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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See Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and the Daily Planet staff ahead of the Superman trailer debut
A teaser for the upcoming first trailer of James Gunn's Superman gives us a glimpse at Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Beck Bennett as Steve Lombard, and Mikaela Hoover as Cat Grant
December 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Whatever happened to the pre-Marvel Fantastic Four movies? The MCU's new first family goes from failure to franchise and back again, with a cameo stint in the middle
Unlike many superhero franchises, the Fantastic Four got to run, climb, stumble, and fall before their First Steps
December 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Once Upon a Time's Lana Parrilla, Sean Maguire, & Rebecca Mader are coming to ECCC 2025!
Storybrooke's own Evil Queen, Robin Hood, and Wicked Witch are coming to Seattle as Once Upon a Time's Lana Parrilla, Sean Maguire, and Rebecca Mader head to Emerald City Comic Con
December 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Dune: Prophecy's shapeshifters: Who are the Face Dancers, how do their powers work, and what do they have to do with Dune Parts 1 and 2?
We're pulling back the mask (skin?) on Dune: Prophecy's wildest lore pull yet, as we explore who the Face Dancers are in Frank Herbert's original story
December 16, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Dexter: Original Sin & And Just Like That… have Sarah Michelle Gellar rethinking stance on Buffy the Vampire Slayer return
Sarah Michelle Gellar, who has famously said she would not return as Buffy Summers in a reboot, is rethinking her stance after seeing how the Dexter and Sex and the City stories continued
December 16, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Sam Rechner's Scream 7 casting points toward a new group of teens, after the Carpenter sisters' (Melissa Barerra & Jenna Ortega) exit
After Melissa Barrera's and Jenna Ortega's very public exits from the franchise, Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott has a new gang of teens to protect from Ghostface
December 14, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's implicit romance between Bashir and Garak is now officially real - sealed with a kiss
Deep Space Nne's Dr. Julian Bashir and Mr. Elim Garak have long been seen as a couple by fans. Thanks to Lower Decks season 5, episode 9, their romance is canon
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Think Keanu Reeves’s Shadow is “too edgy?” Tell that to the box office projections
Sonic's dark, brooding, traditionally firearm-wielding family member Shadow has gotten a lot of hate over the years, but the box office projection for his cinematic debut (when he'll be voiced by Keanu Reeves) tells a different story
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Harrison Ford endorses the next Indiana Jones actor to pick up the fedora and whip (well, the next *voice* actor)
At the Game Awards 2024, Harrison Ford praised Troy Baker, who plays the titular character in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. I guess you could say his performance... belongs in a museum
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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HBO's Game of Thrones characters reuniting to help you get bad taste of the ending out of your mouth with (mobile) game Kingsroad
Yep, that's Jon Snow, Jaime Lannister, and Cersei Lannister in the Game of Thrones: Kingsroad trailer, looking exactly like the actors that portrayed them in the HBO show
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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After Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston is coming home with a Malcom in the Middle revival, along with Frankie Muniz and Jane Kaczmarek
Contrary to what They Might Be Giants's has told us, sometime life *is* fair. Disney is bringing back Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston back for a Malcolm in the Middle revival alongside Frankie Muniz and Jane Kaczmarek
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Matthew Mercer is changing the game (literally) with the Daggerheart TTRPG. At PAX Unplugged 2024, he explained why
Probably the most anticipated game showcased at PAX U this year was Daggerheart, in part because Critical Role's own Matthew Mercer not only helped design it, but actually introduced it to an assembled crowd in Philadelphia.
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' Eowyn actor Miranda Otto reveals how she connected with War of the Rohirrim's lead Hera
Shield-maidens of Rohan are not to be trifled with in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendairum. Éowyn, AKA Miranda Otto, ought to know, making her perfect to tell hero Hera's story in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Oops: Denzel Washington wasn't supposed to tell us about the Marvel Studios role he got from Black Panther's Ryan Coogler
Turns out that the most surprising Marvel Cinematic Universe news since Robert Downey Jr.'s return was supposed to be, well, more of a surprise.
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Spoilers!No, there isn't a Kraven the Hunter post-credits scene - but it does set up a sequel - SPOILERS!
Perhaps the Hunt has Begun, but we'd prefer Cutting to the Chase. Here's everything you need to know about the lack of post-credits scene in Kraven the Hunter, full spoilers for the ending, and the unlikely sequel set-up
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
The Andor saga ends with season 2 and Visions returns for season 3: Everything you can expect from Star Wars in 2025
More Star Wars is coming not so long from now, and not so far away, with Disney's and Lucasfilm's Andor season 2 and Visions season 3 coming 2025. We've got everything you need to know (including release dates) right here
December 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Firefly's Nathan Fillion, Morena Baccarin, Gina Torres, Summer Glau, Jewel Staite, and Sean Maher are coming to ECCC 2025!
You can't take the sky from me! Or for that matter, from Mal (Nathan Fillion), Inara (Morena Baccarin), Zoë (Gina Torres), River (Summer Glau), Kaylee (Jewel Staite), or Dr. Tam (Sean Maher), all of whom will be at Emerald City Comic Con in 2025!
December 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool casts DC as the Grinch of a Marvel/DC crossover in new Christmas charity short
"It's probably the same guy that got Cavill," Deadpool cracks in a Christmas charity ad starring Ryan Reynolds, Inez Reynolds, and "wondrous woman" Lynda Carter, " And that other Batman."
December 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Mike Flanagan's Clayface movie will probably not be a part of James Gunn's DC Universe... but will he be in Matt Reeves's Batman saga?
Clayface is coming to the big screen with a script from one of the masters of modern horror, Mike Flanagan. But which DC Studio's several holding cells will the classic Batman villain be contained in?
December 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Is Max's Harley Quinn adapting Batman: Under the Red Hood? The season 5 trailer seems to say yes, albeit with some tweaks
Harley Quinn season 5 will introduce us to The Red X, a character originally created for the Teen Titans animated show. But the story it sees him act antagonist in might actually have roots in Under the Red Hood, one of the most pivotal Batman stories in modern comics
December 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Netflix's new Lindsay Lohan Christmas flick Our Little Secret has already topped "the Citizen Kane of Christmas Movies" (her last one)
More people are tuning in to Netflix's Our Little Secret, starring Lindsay Lohan, than 2022's Falling for Christmas. Don't call it a comeback - call it a Christmas miracle
December 11, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Is Amazon Prime Video's Secret Level responsible for finally manifesting the Warhammer 40K project from Henry Cavill? Maybe, but it could be a rights issue as well
At long last, the Warhammer 40K series of Henry Cavill's dreams has been confirmed. And the news just so happens to drop on the same day as Amazon Prime Video released the hotly-anticipated Secret Level
December 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The MCU's Chris Evans return for Avengers: Doomsday has been in talks for over a year
First it was Robert Downey Jr., now it's Chris Evans - things sure seem to be lining up with a year-old rumor about Marvel bringing the original Avengers lineup back
December 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was in Stranger Things star Winona Ryder's Netflix contract... seven years before it was greenlit
When Netflix and the Duffer Brothers came knocking on Winona Ryder's door about Stranger Things, she had only one condition: let her take a break to film a Beetlejuice sequel. It would be close to a decade until that condition was fulfilled
December 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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K-Dramas don't have Hollywood money. Is that why they're so successful?
Speaking at the Red Sea International Film Festival, Okja producer Woo-sik Seo explained how Korean film and television differs from Hollywood's
December 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel's Civil War almost had Captain America & Iron Man's roles reversed
Somewhere in a parallel universe, Chris Evans' Steve Rogers and Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark were on the opposite sides of the Sokovia Accords in Captain America: Civil War
December 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Dune: Prophecy seemingly makes a major change to the canon regarding humanity's greatest enemy, the Thinking Machines
Is Dune: Prophecy is willing to contradict (or at least, cast new light on) an idea that was consistent in both Frank Herbert's Dune novels and Denis Villeneuve's movies?
December 09, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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HBO's The Penguin tops the entire MCU in 2024 Golden Globe nominations
HBO's gripping crime drama The Penguin has received a Golden Globe nomination in every category for which it was eligible, topping a scant nomination apiece for Deadpool & Wolverine and Agatha All Along
December 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How horror movies helped me find my love of tabletop gaming at Philadelphia's PAX Unplugged
Unplugged & Undead: A horror hound at PAX
December 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Wizards of the Coast retcons back a beloved & funny mistake from the early days of Magic: The Gathering back into the game (and tells the whole story behind it all)
There's a difference between Lemures (chaotic elemental spirits) and lemurs (adorable primates), but one of the artists of the early Magic: The Gathering didn't catch hat. Now, the mix-up features as a meta joke in an all-new card
December 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How to win friends and teach people to play Magic: The Gathering, according to Wizards of the Coast & Good Luck High Five
At the Magic: The Gathering Foundations Power Hour (hosted by Gavin Verhey and Maria Bartholdi in Philadelphia), PAX Unplugged 2024 went through a kind of mystic initiation, one that will allow them to initiate friends of their own
December 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Wizards of the Coast designer reveals three Magic: The Gathering mechanics that they've wanted to do (but haven't figured out a way to make it work)
At PAX Unplugged 2024, Magic: The Gathering designer Gavin Verhey (who led the Final Fantasy edition of Universes Beyond) told attendees which mechanics they can expect never to see in a game
December 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Greetings from Krampus (and Ravensburger AG's Horrified!) at PAX Unplugged 2024!
Horrified, the hugely successful horror board game from Ravensburger AG, is adding Krampus to their Monster Menagerie. At PAX Unplugged 2024, Popverse got all the deets
December 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Matt Mercer gave us the dark and dour deets on his Daggerheart campaign
When Critical Role's Matthew Mercer got to talking about the campaign he designed for 2025's Daggerheart TTRPG, he was all too happy to make us all less happy
December 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role created its own Delicious in Dungeon TTRPG with an upcoming Daggerheart campaign
At PAX Unplugged 2024, Critical Role cast members and Daggerheart creators introduced us to BeastFeast, a campaign built on a "defeat then eat" mentality toward monsters
December 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
A brand new Lord of the Rings card game is coming to the US in 2025, and Popverse got a first-look at PAX Unplugged 2024
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game is a cooperative adventure through J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, set to release in January 2025. But at PAX Unplugged 2024, Popverse got to play a hand
December 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Not into Netflix and chill? Try Peacock's Crime & Unwind (if you're in NYC)
Peacock's Crime & Unwind, an exclusive spa experience in SoHo, New York, offers you the chance to receive spa treatment while binging true crime shows
December 05, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Aliens' practical effects were shockingly dangerous for one of the movie's stars (No, not the xenomorph)
The flamethrowers used in James Cameron's 1986 classic Aliens meant business
December 05, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
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Chad Michael Murray's new Netflix Christmas stripper movie was the "most fun I've ever had making a movie," along with A Cinderella Story
He played Nice in A Cinderella Story, Naughty in Netflix's new The Merry Gentleman, but apparently, both experiences were at the top of Chad Michael Murray's list
December 04, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel Studios' Daredevil: Born Again will take place before Avengers: Endgame in the MCU timeline, according to Bullseye actor (but we somehow doubt it)
When Daredevil returns to the MCU with Born Again airing on Disney+, he'll enter a world still recovering from Thanos's Snap. At least, that's what Bullseye actor Wilson Bethel's comments seem to indicate
December 04, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Dune: Prophecy episode 3 took us to the planet that's the exact opposite of Arrakis. Here's what to know about Lankiveil
Lankiveil might not be the homeworld of House Harkonnen, but it is very, very important to their history (and the future we see in the Dune movies)
December 02, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Jim Lee was worried about being "blacklisted" after leaving Marvel for Image
In 1992, artist Jim Lee left Marvel Comics to found Image Comics — a decision he did not make lightly, as he revealed at Baltimore Comic Con
November 27, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
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Max is about to stream the 1978 animated Lord of the Rings, and Tolkien fans should check it out
The Ralph Bakshi animated Lord of the Rings (streaming December 1 on Max) is absolutely unlike the Peter Jackson films, but it does feature the scariest orcs you'll ever see and two science-fiction icons in its cast
November 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What to Watch on Peacock for December 2024: From murder comedy Laid to a Girls Gone Wild expose to James McAvoy's Speak No Evil, Peacock is plumbing the darkness this winter
You can explore both real-world and fictional horrors with Peacock this December, but if you want something light, The Office Superfan Episodes are back for season 8 as well
November 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What to Watch on Apple TV+ for December of 2024: Programming for your animal-loving kids, and a rom-com for your conspiracy-loving uncle
Fly Me to the Moon makes (fakes?) its landing on Apple TV+ this most festive of months, along with Wonder Pets, Eva the Owlet, and a free viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas
November 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What to Watch on Hulu for December 2024: Laugh the year out with Ilana Glazer, Joe Mande, & Don't Tell comedy specials
We could all use a good laugh as this year is winding down, and Hulu's got us covered. Or, if you prefer a good scream instead, the Dav Stevens-starring Cuckoo is available too...
November 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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"That'll take years": Netflix's Arcane showrunner says the next League of Legends series (movie?) won't be here anytime soon
With Netflix's Arcane season 2 just having wrapped, showrunner Christian Linke opened up about what's next for League of Legends adaptations. Whether or not that's a TV series or movie is still up in the air
November 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Rick and Morty’s voice actors make the case for why the anime wasn’t all bad at LACC
Rick and Morty: The Anime may not have been a hit among fans, but the original show's voice actors still find some good in it
November 26, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
News
In the war of the popcorn buckets, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim has decided to produce an actual weapon, and Nosferatu went with an actual grave
Seems like you could actually do some damage (or bury it?) with The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim and Nosferatu popcorn buckets, respectively. Still better than what Deadpool wanted you to do with that Wolverine bucket
November 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Dune: Prophecy's evil House Harkonnen has a shockingly tragic, even heroic, origin
The one member of Dune's villainous House Harkonnen that tried to do something good got screwed for it, and his descendants Tula and Valya are making that everyone else's problem
November 25, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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With Ryan Reynolds’s future as Deadpool uncertain, the actor is swapping Mickey for Mighty Mouse
Ryan Reynolds's production company has joined forces with Paramount Animation for a Mighty Mouse feature
November 25, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Spoilers!Gladiator III would take inspiration from The Godfather: Part II, says Ridley Scott [SPOILERS!]
Ridley Scott is already discussing after Gladiator III, but be warned: what he says will spoil the Gladiator sequel - and, we suppose, 1972's The Godfather
November 25, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Ryan Reynolds just posted a mysterious Christmas video in full Deadpool garb, and it is very frustrating
Heads up Marvel fans, Deadpool & Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds just handed us all a Christmas gift, but is keeping it tightly wrapped
November 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
2025 movies from A24: After Luca Guadagnino's Queer, movies like The Legend of Ochi & Parthenope get their chance to shake up the indie scene
Every season is movie season if your movies are A24.
November 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What to Watch on Disney+ for December 2024: Star Wars' Skeleton Crew, Marvel's What If...? and a full feast of festive features
Sure, Disney+ is unleashing two of the biggest tentpole series on you this December, but it hasn't forgotten the holidays, as Mickey, the Simpsons, and the CMAs are here to prove
November 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What to Watch on Prime Video for December 2024: Stay in the game with Secret Level, Beast Games, and Pop Culture Jeopardy
Play the winter blues away with Amazon's Prime Video, and even if competition isn't your thing, you can get sucked into the glitter & greed of the Lisa Frank brand or learn the sticky truth behind the great Canadian maple syrup heist
November 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What to Watch on Netflix for December 2024: Sabrina Carpenter's Nonsense Christmas, Angelina Jolie's Maria, Jamie Foxx's What Happened Was, and more
Netflix is trimming their tree with some of the brightest stars in pop culture, plus a holiday edtion of the Great British Baking Show, the final season of Beastars, and an adaptation of timeless novel One Hundered Yearsfo Solitude. Plus, Squid Game
November 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
What to Watch on Max for December 2024: DC Studios' Creature Commandos, Juror #2, a Friends game show and more
When it's not kicking off the DCU, bringing a Hollywood legend back to screens, or testing to see who streamed the most 90's sitcoms during the pandemic, Max has also got Christopher Reeve, Beetlejuice, and a couple prime documentaries in its December 2024 menu
November 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
First no HBO spinoff, and now he might not be in The Batman: Part II? Barry Keoghan's Joker is having One Bad Day™
Just days after James Gunn shut down rumors of a Joker HBO spinoff à la The Penguin, Barry Keoghan revealed to Josh Hororwitz that he has "not heard anything" about a role in The Batman: Part II
November 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Daniel Craig might've found his place at DC Studios, in a role that was almost Arnold Schwarzenegger's in the 90's
He's been James Bond, he's been Benoit Blanc, and now, Daniel Craig may well be donning the WWII fatigues of Sgt. Rock in the James Gunn & Peter Safran-led DCU, a role that Arnold Schwarzenegger was once up for
November 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Milhouse lives! What will happen to The Simpsons after voice actor Pamela Hayden's retirement?
Pamela Hayden is a Simpsons cornerstone, having provided the voices of Milhouse Van Hoten, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, and more. Now that she's announced her retirement, we scour Simpsons history to guess what comes next
November 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Creature Commandos at NYCC '24: The weirdest, wildest & Weasel-est moments from DC & Max's James Gunn-led panel
New York Comic Con attendees got a special look at the upcoming, Max-streaming, James Gunn-obeying series Creature Commandos. But why should they have all the fun? get your own look at the best moments here
November 20, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Mother Earth is expecting, and now we have a delivery date (window) for FX and Noah Hawley's new Alien: Earth
Proud parents Noah Hawley and FX invite you to celebrate a new era of terror when Alien: Earth comes to Hulu summer 2025
November 20, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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For his next move, Cobra Kai star and OG Karate Kid Ralph Macchio wants to explore Mr. Miyagi’s origins
Original Karate Kid Ralph Macchio waxes lyrically on about plans for Mr. Miyagi origin story
November 20, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Yellowstone: John Dutton's fate, Kevin Costner's exit, and season 5's biggest surprise revealed
November 19, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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"Eat your heart out": Showtime's Yellowjackets season 3 release date arrives February 2025
The third season of Showtime's hit cannibal horror series, Yellowjackets, takes aim at a release date of Valentine's Day, February 14, 2025
November 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Saddle up: Red Dead Redemption 2's Roger Clark and Rob Weithoff are coming to C2E2 2025!
That's right, partner. Roger Clark and Rob Weithoff (the voices for Arthur Morgan and John Marston, respectively), are bringing Red Dead Redemption to C2E2 2025, and Popverse Superfans get special access
November 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Stranger Things' David Harbour created a Dungeons & Dragons character to promote the show before it was a Netflix hit
In 2016, the newly-introduced Jim Hopper himself took to a Reddit AMA to promote the first season of Stranger Things. One of his answers had attendees wondering if David Harbour was a Dungeons & Dragons player
November 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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What We Do in the Shadows' Matt Berry gives dialogue advice at the Comic Con in... NeEw yOorK CitaAay
Speaking at New York Comic Con 2024's What We Do in the Shadows panel, Matt Berry describes his iconic line delivery as vampire Laszlo Cranvensworth.
November 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Like it or not, the MCU changes Marvel Comics - Look at Agatha Harkness, as Marvel's executive editor points out (and dislikes)
Writing in his weekly substack, Marvel's Tom Brevoort discusses the impact that the MCU (and in this case, Kathryn Hahn), has on what happens in comicdom
November 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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"More than one" R-rated DCU film being considered for greenlight, says DC Studios boss James Gunn
"If a story is going to be R-rated, we're totally okay with that," said The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker director James Gunn. And if the co-president of the DCU says it, odds are its true
November 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Dune: Prophecy isn't just a Bene Gesserit origin story. It's essential viewing before Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three
Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Messiah adaptation is still a long way away (in our universe and theirs), but the Bene Gesserit's origins in Dune: Prophecy begin a moral arc that will culminate in what Frank Herbert called the "bottom line"of the saga
November 18, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Yellowstone director knows you're outraged about that season 5B premiere, but that was the point
Christina Voros, who directed Yellowstone season 5, episode 9, knows that the internet is upset at what happened in episode 9. She also knows that, well, it was supposed to upset you
November 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The Star Trek fandom gets significantly hotter as Outlander's Sam Heughan reveals he's a Trekkie
Speaking at New York Comic Con 2024, Heughan revealed his favorite Enterprise captain, his favorite Star Trek series, and what role he'd play if he got to be part of the Star Trek universe
November 18, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Despite the entire internet begging them, The Oscars still won't let the Muppets host. But they got Conan O'Brien for 2025, which is kinda similar!
Take it as the compliment it is, Conan O'Brien. You hosting the Oscars in 2025 is the closet thing we've gotten to our dream of a Muppet-populated Academy Awards
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Animation just revealed its Marvel Zombies voice cast... and one mystery character?
Every voice actor appearing in Marvel Zombies is playing their live-action MCU counterpart. So just who the hell is Todd Williams going to be?
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Baldur's Gate 3 comes to Seattle as Neil Newbon, Jennifer English, Devora Wilde, and Aliona Baranova join the Emerald City Comic Con 2025 guest list!
That's right - the actors of Baldur's Gate 3 are coming to the PNW staple, ECCC 2025!
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Predator: Badlands has a killer difference for the franchise: audiences will root for the monster (finally)
Sure, we know the Predator has a code (and presumably a diligent oral hygiene regime), but Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg is setting up his Prey sequel with an outright Yautja protagonist
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Godzilla Minus One director's English language debut is headed to Sony, with J.J. Abrams producing
Grandgear, which is both the title and the only thing we know about Takashi Yamazaki's first English-language film, is a collaborative effort between the Godzilla Minus One director and J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
No big deal, but The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunners may have just proved Popverse right about Ciarán Hinds's Dark Wizard
We told you that a Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power villain called the Dark Wizard was *not* what he appeared to be, and J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay just confirmed as much. We were super wrong about The Stranger though
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Newly-released Deadpool & Wolverine deleted scene proves Wade Wilson loves Nickelback, and you can't take that away, internet
Deadpool & Wolverine might've been *the* box office success for 2024 (and certainly for Marvel, but a newly released deleted scene dares to ask... can you take me higher?
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner might be Lara Croft in the new Amazon Tomb Raider reboot from Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge
A Sophie Turner Lara Croft in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Tomb Raider would be the prestige TV combo we didn't know we needed
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Yellowstone co-creator's success is due to "human stories" audiences crave above "superhero things," says Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton, who will star in Taylor Sheridan's upcoming Landman drama, discusses the creator's success just after the season 5, part 2 premiere of neowestern Yellowstone
November 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Star Wars' Rosario Dawson says that Anakin's treatment of Ahsoka Tano defined the character
Speaking at LA Comic Con, Star Wars actor Rosario Dawson got into her dynamic with Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker and explained how it represented a trait core to her character
November 14, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel's TV head says there's "absolutely" a future for Jon Bernthal's Punisher after his Daredevil: Born Again appearance
In a recent interview, head of Marvel TV Brad Winderbaum teased what awaits the characters on Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again, and for Jon Bernthal's murderous antihero The Punisher, what waits beyond it
November 14, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Kevin Costner didn’t know what happened to his Yellowstone character, even after season 5 part 2 aired
Spoiler warning: be careful if you're someone who hasn't seen Yellowstone season 5 episode 9 yet. Which may, apparently, describe former series star Kevin Costner
November 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Oscar Isaac would *love* to do Ru Paul's Drag Race, and even has his drag name already picked out
You may know Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron or Moon Knight, but the actor says he also goes by another name, one he's had since he started doing drag years ago
November 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Denzel Washington has a role in Marvel's Black Panther 3, which will be one of the actor's last before retirement (if it gets greenlit)
Great news for the Black Panther films directed by Ryan Coogler, but it's bittersweet for fans of Denzel Washington, currently starring in Gladiator II
November 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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In the 1990s, Marvel tried (and succeeded!) to create their own Teen Titans with the New Warriors
Marvel's editor-in-chief recounts the formation Marvel's New Warriors, which got off to a bumpy start but eventually became a cool clique of "Heroes for the 90's!"
November 11, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Storm enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe (wielding Mjolnir!) in the first trailer for What If...? season 3
"I am Storm!" says the Goddess of Thunder in Marvel Animation's What If...? season 3 trailer, and, well, *we* are excited
November 11, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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From the Paris Olympics to the first Final Reckoning trailer - Mission: Impossible’s Ethan Hunt is back, baby
Sorry Smile 2, Mission Impossible is the king of viral marketing campaigns now.
November 11, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
A Fool's Hope
"Is there any hope, Gandalf?" Pippin asks in The Return of the King. The answer he's given is a truth that extends beyond Middle-Earth
November 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Starship Troopers stars Denise Richards, Casper Van Dien, Michael Ironside, and Dina Meyer to reunite at Seattle's ECCC and Chicago's C2E2 2025
They're doing their part! The Starship Troopers cast will celebrate almost three decades of the scifi classic at ECCC and C2E2 2025, respectively, and Popverse Superfans will have the edge in getting to meet them
November 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Ridley Scott says he's trying to "embrace" A.I., despite, you know, Blade Runner
In a recent interview promoting Gladiator II, Ridley Scott declared "I want to do animation" using A.I., and got some pushback about it taking jobs
November 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
New York Comic Con talks back - See what fans at the Javits Center voted as their favorite parts of NYCC '24
Using the Play NYCC app, attendees to this year's New York Comic Con voted on their favorite booths, panels, exclusive merch and more. Learn the results here
November 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17 is moving to the Michael Jackson biopic's old release date, and IMAX could be part of the reason why
Does Parasite director Bong Joon-ho have another hit in store with the Robert Pattinson-starring Mickey 17? Warner Bros. seeems to be betting on the idea, shifting its release date schedule to make a better fit for an IMAX release
November 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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James Cameron's secret to making the Aliens movie? Duct tape
Director James Cameron is an action film visionary, and he brought a scrappy attitude to the set of Aliens.
November 07, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
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Why Batman is the world's most popular superhero, according to DC's Tom King
When asked why Batman continues to be relevant, Tom King points to the Dark Knight's roots in detective fiction at Baltimore Comic Con
November 06, 2024
Jules Chin Greene