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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No-No Power Rangers: New Mighty Morphin' show dead at Netflix
Hasbro Entertainment is seeking a new partner for future Power Rangers projects
June 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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A Scooby-Doo anime is in the works - but without Velma, Daphne, or Fred
Go-Go Mystery Machine will feature Shaggy's and Scooby's adventures in Japan and introduce Scooby's uncle, Daisuke-Doo
June 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch now!Watch the Critical Role cast talk about their upcoming plans and your favorite moments
Matt Mercer and the whole Critical Role gang love a live show - so we brought them to a comic con with thousands of fans
June 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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C'mon, grab your friends: the Adventure Time universe is expanding, and Stephen Universe's creator is helping
Warner Bros. Animation is working on both a film and prequel TV series, the former featuring Rebecca Sugar's name in the credits
June 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Mark my words: Blumhouse's Fear the Spotlight, Grave Seasons, & The Simulation will win the gaming wars
Blumhouse brings years of horror experience into the gaming space, but that's not all they've got going for them
June 11, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Are Marvel's X-Men too powerful? X-Men boss warns of "power-creep" and quotes The Incredibles' villain
"And when everyone's super," pause for evil laugh, "No one will be"
June 10, 2024
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The first Wake Up Dead Man pic is here from Rian Johnson, and Daniel Craig smolders as Benoit Blanc
To solve a murder, one first has to slay
June 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the full panelWatch the new horror film Witch's full MCM May 2024 panel here!
Go back to the Dark Ages with the cast and crew of upcoming horror movie Witch
June 07, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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6 honestly underrated horror movies I am begging you to watch
I'm not gonna say Hereditary! We've all seen Hereditary! I love it but "underrated' is not Hereditary!
June 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Miami horror: Looking at the horror movies filmed in Miami to make your vacation a little scarier
Death is *also* a beach
June 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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New horror movies coming out in 2025 & 2026: A symphony of sinister cinema
Don't go alone - here are the upcoming horror movies coming soon (and the ones a long while away)
June 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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How and where to watch the Hunger Games movie as you prepare for 2026's Sunrise on the Reaping
Ahead of Sunrise on the Reaping allow Popverse to pilot you through Hunger Games' perilous Panem, spoiler-free
June 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The Traitors season 3 cast: Big Brother & Survivors stars meet Real Housewives & Bachelorettes, plus the token British politician, from Peacock
Get ready for Alan Cumming to quote Shakespeare and make fun of the dead - The Traitors is back
June 05, 2024
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Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho is doing his first US project... and it's horror
35th Street is headed to theaters from Yeon and TriStar pictures, but no other details have been released
June 05, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The first full-length Alien: Romulus trailer is here and, once again, the real bad guy is capitalism
20th Century Studios has our hearts a-chestbursting with the first full length trailer of the Alien sequel
June 04, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Did Jean Grey's resurrection after the X-Men's Dark Phoenix saga ruin death in comics? One Marvel editor weighs in
The person leading the X-Men relaunch thinks Jean's resurrection "changed the rules" in comics, but undertsands there's a "flipside" to bringing her back
June 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Rings of Power just lost one half of its romantic subplot, as Nazanin Boniadi is not returning for season 2
Boniadi, who plays the human Bronwyn in love with elf Arondir, made the announcement on her Instagram
June 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the full panelWatch the Back to the Future: The Musical panel & performance from London's MCM Comic Con 2024!
Oliver Nicholas (George McFly) and Cory English (Doc Brown) bring Back to the Future: The Musical to the comic con stage
June 03, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
The Acolyte release date: We now know when the Star Wars prequel is coming out on Disney+
"In an age of light, a darkness rises."
June 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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What We Do in the Shadows has lessons to teach, if The Munsters reboot has ears to hear them
1313, the James Wan-produced "re-imagining" of Universal Horror monsters living together, can be both dark AND fun
May 31, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Miami, Hazbin Hotel is coming for Florida Supercon and bringing the voice actors & a burlesque show with it
A panel, signing, photo-ops, and more to come - it's a hell of a time to be in Miami
May 31, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the full panelWatch One Piece's English voice cast from MCM May Comic Con '24!
Colleen Clinkenbeard, Sonny Strait, Ian Sinclair, Luci Christian, Eric Vale, Mike McFarland, and Christopher Sabat talk everything Straw Hat - watch here!
May 31, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch the full panelWatch Ted Lasso's Billy Harris, Cristo Fernández, Kola Bokinni, Phil Dunster, and Toheeb Jimoh from MCM May '24!
A panel you can believe in! Watch the cast of the Apple TV+ soccer comedy take the Main Stage in London
May 31, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Poll: Which Inside Out emotion are you?
With the Pixar sequel headed to theaters, we're asking which adorably anthropomorphized feeling you are. Most of the time, at least
May 30, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Blumhouse enlists Mike Flanagan for new Exorcist... but it won't be a Believer sequel
The Exorcist world is expanding
May 29, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The bad news? Max is ditching The Conjuring films. The good news? Now they're easier to watch
Both Netflix and free-with-ads streamer Tubi are the ghosts' new hosts - we'll tell you which Conjuring films you can watch there
May 29, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the full panelWatch the official Star Trek: Discovery panel from London's MCM Comic Con - free!
The crew steering this latest voyage of the USS Discovery headed to London ahead of their final season together
May 29, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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No, Wolverine is not a swinger. At least, according to Marvel's top X-Men editor
Sorry fanfic readers, but we're not getting an official Cyclops, Wolverine, and Jean Grey episode of Couple to Throuple anytime soon
May 28, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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All the best costumes, cosplay, and creativity from London's MCM Comic Con May 2024!
Heroes, villains, and more showed up to this annual May London event
May 28, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the full panelWatch now: Oxventure's full MCM Comic Con 2024 (They will also all be Kobolds)
Corazon, Dob, Egbert, Merilwen and Prudence are back for a D&D session on the MCM stage - but with very similar character stats
May 26, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch the full panelWatch Oxventure's full MCM Comic Con from London (They will also all be Kobolds)
Corazon, Dob, Egbert, Merilwen and Prudence are back for a D&D session on the MCM stage - but with very similar character stats
May 25, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Give Scooby Doo to Rian Johnson, you cowards
Critically speaking, the Scooby Doo franchise is in a bit of a rut right now. The Knives Out and Poker Face director can save it
May 24, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Wake Up Dead Man: New Knives Out title describes how I feel learning Benoit Blanc is back
Daniel and Rian, we've missed you so much.
May 24, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Michael Keaton's Beetlejuice is finally coming into the real world in latest sequel trailer
"The juice," we can confirm, is indeed "loose"
May 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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And the 2024 Eisner Award winners are...
SDCC 2024 hosts the biggest night in comics - the Eisner Awards.
May 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How & where to watch the Baki the Grappler (and Baki Hanma) fighting anime in order
Don't get yourself in a Pickle, you can follow this guide for a blissful Baki binge
May 22, 2024
Dion Dassanayake
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The Munsters are coming back to TV, thanks to James Wan with the "darker" reimagining 1313
The Conjuring producer is taking the "more silly than scary" formula of the original Munsters and inverting it
May 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel's real-life Rise of X continues as the MCU hires Hunger Games screenwriter to tackle the X-Men
Welcome to the X-Men, Michael Lesslie - hope you survive the experience!
May 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The role Hannibal's Bryan Fuller offered to David Bowie
"It's the freakiest show," indeed
May 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The best Miami beach dining options for when you're here for Florida Supercon
Wondering where to grab a meal around Miami's Florida Supercon? We've got you covered and smothered
May 21, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the full panelWatch Dicebreaker builds a cursed warhammer with Dicebreaker at MCM London Comic Con 2024!
Join the Dicebreaker crew as they work with a London audience to build a magic, murderous weapon
May 21, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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Watch the full panelWatch Dungeons & Dragons spells, as ranked by Dicebreaker from MCM London Comic Con 2024
This very special edition of the Dicebreaker Podcast Live plumbs the D&D universe for the biggest and spells your warlock, wizard, or sorcerer could cast
May 21, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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If you're wondering if Marvel's R-rated editions of Blood Hunt are in continuity, its editor says you're over-thinking it (but an explanation is coming)
"If you watch the director’s cut of a film," writes Tom Brevoort, "are you worrying about how it fits into canon? Relax!"
May 20, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Waiting for Jason: Hope for Crystal Lake lovers, beyond the next Friday the 13th
Voorhees's absence has left a hole in our hearts (not stab-related). But Horror Inc's new Jason Universe may be cause to love again
May 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Poll: Who's your favorite Bridgerton?
They're Netflix's current first family thanks to the period drama that shares their name. But which of the Bridgertons is best?
May 16, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How to watch every Batman movie (and spin-off) in order
As The Penguin sets up Robert Pattinson's big-screen Batman return, here's how to watch every Batman movie (and spin-off) so far
May 15, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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How one of India’s top cosplayers broke onto the international scene: the Sameer Tikka Masala story
Sameer Bundela, known in cosplay as Sameer Tikka Masala, spoke with Popverse about "stumbling into" a global profession
May 14, 2024
Veronica Valencia
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 trailer is here, and it's all about the bad guys
Amazon Prime Video subscribers will be able to return to Middle Earth August 29, but they'd better be careful
May 14, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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American Horror Story's font: What tea and Sam Raimi mean to the title card of terror
From Murder House to Delicate, the slightly altered ITC Willow has been the (type)face of fear - but how it it get to be that way?
May 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Paul Giamatti returns to co-star in third Downton Abbey movie
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 actor (just kidding, The Holdovers actor) will reprise his role as Harold Levinson
May 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Doctor Who: Prepare for Disney+'s Christmas Special episode with this guide to watching the sci-fi show in the order you wish
Before Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan joins the show, here's how to catch up with the long-running sci-fi series
May 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Daredevil: Born Again - Did Jon Bernthal just tease his return as Punisher?
On Instagram, The Bear actor posted a picture that was definitely a reference to Frank Castle
May 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Who should John Malkovich play in Marvel's Fantastic Four? You tell us
Who should Being John Malkovich's Malkovich be?
May 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Sorry nerds, Marvel is Cinema™ now - Fantastic Four has cast John Malkovich
Get those impressions ready gang, Gen Z will finally understand them
May 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum - Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth with Smeagol-centric spinoff
Somebody get Andy Serkis a lozenge
May 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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How Freddie Prinze Jr. and Vanessa Marshall found out they were going to be parents... on Star Wars Rebels
During C2E2, the pair of actors talked about when they learned Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla were having a child
May 08, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Livestream!Watch the Supernatural panel with Mark Sheppard, Alaina Huffman, and DJ Qualls from C2E2 '23
Mark Sheppard, Alaina Huffman, and DJ Qualls are at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2023 to talk Supernatural, and you can livestream it here.
May 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
PollWhich Star Wars movie is the best? You tell us!
The Last Jedi fans welcome.
May 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
All 8 of DC's Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month variant covers for 2024
Characters Cassandra Cain, Monkey Prince, Kong Kenan, and more are part of DC's celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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To me, my X-Men '97 fans - the X-Mansion is on Airbnb
Superhost Jubilee has put together an iconic fan experience/getaway
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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American Horror Story's Ryan Murphy almost made an Audrey Hepburn rom com... with Steven Spielberg
The movie, titled Why Can't I Be Audrey Hepburn, would have followed a recently dumped news achor kindling romance with her ex-fiance's friend
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
A Rick and Morty voice actor just teased season 8
During a panel at C2E2 2024, Rick's vocal actor Ian Cardoni revealed which plot that appeared in season 7 will have repercussions for the future
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Marvel's X-Men plans mapped out through fall 2025 - including a major Marvel event and more
Tom Brevoort, who's captaining the From the Ashes relaunch, revealed a (temporary) schedule via his substack
May 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Hannibal's Mads Mikkelsen & Hugh Dancy want more for Hannibal and Will - here's what we know about season 4
After the actors expressed their hope for a renewal at C2E2 2024, we're trying to forecast that comeback
April 30, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How to watch Yellowstone (and its spinoffs) in order ahead of the season 5 finale
From 1883 to 1923 to the original series and beyond, Popverse has all you need to know to get into the neo-western franchise
April 30, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
One Piece: Monkey D. Luffy voice actor confirms that, yes, the Gear 5 scene was her favorite to record
At C2E2 2024, Colleen Clinkenbeard describes a scene in the recording booth that was just as high-energy as the one in the anime
April 30, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Would A Very Potter Musical work today? We asked Darren Criss
The Glee and StarKid star had a lot to say about how certain things become popular on the internet
April 29, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch now!WATCH: Ted Lasso's Phil Dunster & Cristo Fernández were at C2E2
Believe it! Jamie Tartt and Dani Rojas themselves came to Chicago, and we recorded the panel
April 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch now!Watch the Hit the Stage: K-Pop Dance Contest, hosted by K!Junkies, from C2E2 2024!
Dancers from across the US were in Chicago to cover acts like Seventeen, Girls' Generation, BTS and more
April 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch now!Watch the Cosplay Central Costume Showcase from C2E2 2024!
See the best outfits in Chicago strut their stuff live on the Main Stage!
April 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch now!Watch the Cosplay Central Crown Championship Regionals, Finals, and Global Finals from Chicago's C2E2 '24!
The best cosplayers from the USA and the world gathered on a single stage at this year's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo - watch it here!
April 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch now!Watch the C2E2 2024 Rick and Morty cast panel with Spencer Grammer, Ian Cardoni, Harry Belden, and Chris Parnell from C2E2 '24
Wubba Lubba dub-dub! Join the voice cast of Adult Swim's most popular scifi comedy at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2024
April 28, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Brandon Sanderson tried (very hard) to change one character arc on the Wheel of Time show
At C2E2 2024, the Mistborn author revealed that he wrote a different beginning for Perrin Aybara
April 27, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch now!Christopher Lloyd, star of The Addams Family and Back to the Future, was at C2E2 - watch it here!
Uncle Fester from The Addams Family and The Addams Family Values was in Chicago for an unmissable panel
April 27, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch now!Watch Hannibal's Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy reunite from Chicago's C2E2 2024!
Chicago's largest pop culture event had Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham themselves on the menu.
April 27, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Watch now!Kevin Smith & Jason Mewes celebrated 30 years of Clerks at C2E2 '24 - and you can watch it here
That's right, Jay and SIlent Bob themselves were in the windy city, and you can watch their panel now
April 27, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Fallout: From the games to the TV and back again (including the Great War), the timeline of the show explained
For anyone wondering about the Prime Video series, here's your guide to the history of Fallout's nuclear post-apocalypse
April 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch now!WATCH: Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn & Stormlight Archive author, took fan questions and read an excerpt at C2E2 '24
Ahead of his latest novel, Wind and Truth, Brandon Sanderson was at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo - and you can view his panel here!
April 26, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Funko at C2E2: See what exclusives are landing in Chicago this weekend!
This year's Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo will feature an all-new airline themed Funko interactive experience and, of course, some exclusive merch
April 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Transformers 40th anniversary theatrical event to open with comic book trailer
This is one nostalgia trip that's... more than meets the eye
April 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch now!One Piece's Colleen Clinkenbeard, Luci Christian, Ian Sinclair, & Sonny Strait were at C2E2 '24 - watch it here!
Hop aboard the Going Merry and join the Straw Hat Pirates for an unmissable panel from Chicago's Comic & Entertainment Expo 2024
April 26, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Remembering Jonesy, the best-written cat in film, on this Alien Day
Stacked against other felines in film, Ellen Ripley's cantankerous companion is unarguably the most realistic
April 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Follow along with Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy's Hannibal panel - LIVE from C2E2!
The two stars of the cult classic will be onstage together, and you can read it all right here
April 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch now!UPDATE: Josh Brolin will not attend Chicago's C2E2 2024
Unfortunately, the star of Dune 2, Deadpool 2, and Avengers: Infinity War has had to cancel his appearance
April 25, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Ryan Murphy's Grotesquerie creeps toward FX, starring Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance & Lesley Manville
American Horror Story season 12 might be over, but more terror is on the way in Grotesquerie
April 25, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
American Horror Story fans have Glee to thank, says Ryan Murphy
Start singing (screaming?) the a-capella teen drama's praises - Murphy wouldn't have created FX's hit horror anthology without it
April 25, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Livestream!Watch the Star Wars: Clone Wars reunion with Ashley Eckstein, Dee Bradley Baker, and more live from ECCC '23
Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Matthew Lanter, and Dee Bradley Baker talk about Star Wars: Clone Wars' 15th Anniversary at Emerald City Comic Con 2023, and you can watch it live.
April 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Pope's Exorcist star Russell Crowe is making an Adaptation-style meta movie about exorcism movies
Produced by Miramax, The Exorcism will be in theaters June 7, and then head to streaming on Shudder
April 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
American Horror Story: Delicate - What should you watch after the finale? Let us help
Finished season 12 of FX's anthology series and need more horror? We've got six other shows you might like
April 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Marvel hopes to launch one new X-Men series every single month starting July 2024
That's according to X-Men relaunch captain Tom Brevoort. But what would it take to make that happen, and how does it stack up against the Krakoan Age?
April 22, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How to watch Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden (both anime and movies) in order
We've gathered each chapter of Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, and the 11 Naruto movies in order for your binging pleasure
April 22, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Spoilers!Curb Your Enthusiasm is over - has Larry David paid for his sins?
The season 12 finale has aired - did comedy's favorite antihero get what he deserved?
April 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Jujutsu Kaisen's Yuji Itadori just snuck into the DCU
Eagle-eyed anime fans can spot Yuji in the pages of Nightwing #113
April 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Wait, Chris Evans's brother was in Barbie? Yes, he was!
No one is *just* Ken
April 16, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Poll: What's the best Spider-Man movie of all time?
Is Spider-Man 3 your #1?
April 15, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
It took 24 years, but Hugh Jackman finally looks like Marvel's Wolverine (with white eyes even!)
Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine did the one thing Fox never could - get Hugh Jackman in a Wolverine suit
April 11, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Is Stephen King ever nervous about movies adapting his books? Mike Flanagan can tell you
Flanagan, who's adapted stories like Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep, revealed the writer's brilliant philosophy in approaching movies inispired by his novels
April 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
See the geek inherit the earth at MCM Birmingham 2023's Nerd Bingo!
Can a person "B2" obsessed?
April 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Doctor Who trivia nuts prove their Time Lord bonafides at MCM Birmingham's Timey Wimey Pub Quiz
Watch the most liberal usage of Dalek impressions on a quiz show right here
April 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Cosplayers give it their all at MCM Birmingham's Cosplay Karaoke!
Sure, you've *seen* your favorite Disney princess at Comic Con. But have you *heard* her?
April 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt