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Reacher spinoff starring Frances Neagley heading to Amazon Prime
Maria Sten will reprise the role of private investigator Frances Neagley, which she made famous during her stint on Prime's hit spy thriller Reacher
October 01, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Who is Knull in Venom: The Last Dance? Looking at who the actor is for Venom 3's big bad
Rhys Ifans is rumored to play the villain Knull in Venom: The Last Dance, so what's his story?
October 01, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
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A slew of Chucky movies are leaving Netflix at the end of spooky season
Say goodbye to Bride of Chucky and other Child's Play films, which will leave Netflix on October 31st
October 01, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
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Marvel Studios didn't expect Beast's surprise cameo on The Marvels to be as well-received as it was, says Kelsey Grammer
"Conversations are happening" says the Frasier star said about his potential future in Marvel films
October 01, 2024
Trent Cannon
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Marvel and DC no longer own the trademark for the term 'super hero' in the US
Following a legal challenge from a UK comic creator, Marvel and DC have seemingly voluntarily surrendered co-ownership of the term 'superhero' in the United States
October 01, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Nosferatu or Santa Claus? New trailer proves Robert Eggers's new vampire film is guaranteed to become a Christmas staple
"He sees you when you're sleeping" means something very different in he latest trailer for Robert Eggers's Nosferatu, but we can't help but see why Focus Features chose a Christmas release date for the film
September 30, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The Karate Kid movie trilogy is coming to Netflix this October ahead of the conclusion of Cobra Kai
Watch the entire Miyagi universe movies before Cobra Kai season six finishes in 2025
September 30, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Samuel L. Jackson's favorite Nick Fury MCU moment was the "bad*ss sh*t" he pulled in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The actor has played Nick Fury since 2008's Iron Man, so he's got lots of cool scenes to choose from.
September 30, 2024
Trent Cannon
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Body-swapping sci-fi thriller It's What's Inside kicks off spooky season on Netflix with an October release date
The trailer makes it feel like a horror film, even if the director insists it isn't.
September 30, 2024
Trent Cannon
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Designing the MCU K.E.V.I.N. AI based on Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige was the "most intimidating assignment" ever says visual development supervisor Jackson Sze
There was a big to do about the hat, apparently
September 30, 2024
Tiffany Babb
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Our Flag Means Death cast are ready to visit Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and other fantasy classics
Asked about their dream roles, actors including Rhys Darby and Vico Ortiz know exactly where they want to go next
September 30, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Thunderbolts* doesn't have a six-fingered hero, and Marvel isn't playing around with AI, says Lewis Pullman
Responding to online questions, Pullman says that, no, he only has five fingers in Marvel's first Thunderbolts* poster, and there's no AI in play
September 27, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
For a big-screen Hellboy to live, Guillermo del Toro's version must die
Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy saga is a masterpiece. But for movies like Hellboy: The Crooked Man to succeed, they must leave it behind
September 27, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Who is High Potential’s Kaitlin Olson?
Here’s where you already know High Potential’s Kaitlin Olson from
September 27, 2024
Avery Kaplan
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Here’s who’s in the cast of High Potential on ABC
We’ve got the intel on the cast of ABC’s High Potential right here
September 27, 2024
Avery Kaplan
Features
Our Flag Means Death's Kristian Nairn partially credits drag persona Revvlon for his career - "She provided the safety and the confidence"
While promoting his memoir, Beyond the Throne, Kristian Nairn said his drag persona Revvlon was the key to getting "myself into my final form"
September 27, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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We'll never get a sequel to Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, or The World's End, and here's why
Simon Pegg has laid out his reasons why the Cornetto Trilogy won't be getting any sequels, and somehow, Alien 3 is involved
September 27, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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David Harbour discusses the "profound" table read for Netflix's Stranger Things season 5 final episode
The final season of Stranger Things is coming to Netflix in 2025
September 27, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Don't have Paramount Network? You can still watch the Yellowstone season 5B premiere, now coming to CBS
CBS will air the premiere of the second half of Yellowstone's season 5 on November 10, two hours after the Paramount Network debut
September 27, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Dame Maggie Smith, one of the most enduring women of stage and screen, has died at age 89
Her most famous roles in recent years were Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey.
September 27, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Star Trek or Cowboy Bebop? John Cho chooses the most likely sci-fi future
The actor who's starred in reboots of both Trek and Bebop was asked which space age he thought was more likely at Rose City Comic Con
September 27, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
True Blood's Stephen Moyer is back, this time solving fine art, foul play, and murders in Art Detectives series
A killer art collection.
September 27, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
The best zombie horror movies, in honor of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 2
Are six Walking Dead spinoffs still not enough zombies for you? First of all, we like how you think; second, here are the best zombie horror movies to fill that hunger
September 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Velma: This Halloween Needs to Be More Special release date: When the special debuts on Max
Here’s the release date for Velma: This Halloween Needs to Be More Special on Max
September 26, 2024
Avery Kaplan
Guides
Win or Lose: When Pixar's new franchise debuts on Disney+
Mark your calendar with the release date for Win or Lose on Disney+
September 26, 2024
Avery Kaplan
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Dream Productions release date: Here's when Pixar's Inside Out TV series debuts on Disney+
Mark your calendar with the release date for Pixar Animation’s Dream Productions on Disney+.
September 26, 2024
Avery Kaplan
News
There’s a hidden romance in one Deadpool & Wolverine deleted scene, and Marvel Studios is finally going to make it public
Unveiled alongside a press release for the Deadpool & Wolverine Blu-ray and DVD release, the deleted scene will feature not one, but FOUR fan-favorite characters
September 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Knives Out and Blade Runner 2049's Ana de Armas is the new John Wick in first Ballerina trailer
From the world of John Wick comes a new John Wick, but this one is in the mood for dancing (and killing). Ana de Armas is Ballerina
September 26, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
One star of Netflix hit Uglies reflects on the "degrading" process of upgrading her character's appearance
Brianne Tju says the process of creating her character's final appearance was an eye-opener for unrealistic beauty standards
September 26, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
New trailer makes Peacock's HYSTERIA! look like Modern Family meets The Evil Dead... with the stars of Modern Family and The Evil Dead
Sure, the teens of Peacock's heavy-metal, Satanic Panic horror series are the stars. But Modern Family's Julie Bowen and Evil Dead's Bruce Campbell headlined the newest trailer
September 26, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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HBO's The Last of Us gives us a first look at five years of peace, quiet, and Catherine O'Hara (and, of course, plant zombies) in new season 2 trailer
Things are not looking great for Pedro Pascal or Bella Ramsey in the return of HBO's video game adaptation The Last of Us season 2
September 26, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
Chicago One: When the next episode of Chicago Fire, Med, and P.D. return to NBC and Peacock in 2025
With more than 650 episodes and counting, there is plenty of One Chicago drama to dive into.
September 26, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Did the Thunderbolts* trailer finally answer one of the biggest MCU mysteries? We're not convinced
The new owner of Avengers Tower remains an unknown until Marvel shows us more evidence.
September 24, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
The secret origin of Tiny Tina's yellow raincoat in the Borderlands movie revealed
Ariana Greenblatt and costume designer Daniel Orlandi talk about Tiny Tina's Borderlands movie get-up.
September 24, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Thunderbolts* poster asks how many fingers Bob is holding up, and risks restarting an AI conversation
Does actor Lewis Pullman have odd fingers, is there a bad photo manipulation technique going on, or did Marvel use AI for its new movie poster?
September 23, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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In Brightest Day, In Friday Night Lights - Kyle Chandler is the DCU's Green Lantern Hal Jordan
Kyle Chandler, 59, will play an aged up version of Hal Jordan, who mentors an as-yet-uncast younger John Stewart in HBO's Lanterns
September 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Friends gets its own fan gameshow on Max, recommended for fans who are always stuck in second gear
As of writing, it's unclear whether contestants of Fast Friends on Max will be required to have love lives that are DOA
September 23, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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Sebastian Stan defends recent MCU missteps - "The intention is really f*cking good"
The actor has played Bucky Barnes in Marvel movies since 2011.
September 23, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
According to Sebastian Stan, there's a 1970s movie classic at the heart of Marvel's Thunderbolts*
No, Thunderbolts* isn't Marvel's version of The Suicide Squad; there's something much older acting as the inspiration for 2025's misfit team movie
September 23, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Move over y'all, Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova is the star of Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*
Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova makes Thunderbolts* the MCU movie for moody kids
September 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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The Thunderbolts* trailer puts the MCU anti-hero group dynamics at its heart while Sebastian Stan's Bucky takes a backseat
David Harbour's Alexei, Florence Pugh's Yelena, and Wyatt Russell's John Walker feel ready for the spotlight.
September 23, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Despite what Superman says, Netflix is still making its Magic: The Gathering animated series
Brandon Routh might consider the project cancelled, but Netflix has confirmed that Magic: The Gathering is still in production
September 20, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Guides
Here’s everything we know about Marvel Studios’ Blade
The Daywalker has been promised in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; here’s what we know so far.
September 20, 2024
Avery Kaplan
Guides
Here’s everything we know about Dune: Prophecy on Max
From the cast to the inspiration, here’s everything we know about the upcoming prequel on Max.
September 20, 2024
Avery Kaplan
Guides
Dune prequel cast: Here's the actors in the Dune: Prophecy TV series coming to Max
There’s a lot of talent on the call sheet for the upcoming prequel to Dune.
September 20, 2024
Avery Kaplan
Guides
Dune prequel release date: Here is when Dune: Prophecy debuts on Max
The upcoming Dune streaming series is headed to Max, and here’s when you can expect to watch it for yourself.
September 20, 2024
Avery Kaplan
News
Dog Man cast: Who's joining Pete Davidson on the animated movie based on Dav Pilkey's hit comic series
The 2025 Dog Man movie from Dreamworks Animation has announced its main cast.
September 20, 2024
Metaverse team
Features
Stream the best witch horror movies now that Agatha All Along is on Disney+
Travel even further down the witches' road with Popverse, now that Marvel's Agatha All Along has debuted
September 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power season 2 has opened the door (literally) to Fellowship of the Ring's Moria and the Balrog, with a surprise appearance by one of Tolkien's most important dwarves
Did you catch one of Tolkien's most important dwarves in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2?
September 19, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Warner Bros. is tired of some elements of the classic Penguin from DC Comics, with some calling him "the Monopoly man"
The Penguin is the star of his own live-action show and the major villain of the new Batman cartoon - but in both, they are taking liberties with who the DC Comics villain is
September 19, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Breaking Bad's cast feel as if the show's afterlife on streaming helps a new audience discover it (and an existing audience understand it)
Speaking at Rose City Comic Con 2024, cast members talked about the AMC series' continued success on Netflix
September 19, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
What can we learn from the brief life of Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi's Time Bandits reboot from Apple TV+?
The Taika Waititi-produced (and starring) remake of the cult classic Time Bandits has been cancelled after one season, so what does that say about where streaming TV is right now?
September 18, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Marvel Comics, House of the Dragon, Blumhouse, and SNL added to full New York Comic Con 2024 line-up
The full NYCC 2024 panel schedule has been unveiled.
September 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Prison Break's success on Netflix has me excited for the Disney relaunch sequel
Netflix has gotten me (and a million or so others) interested in Prison Break again.
September 18, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
Pete Davidson is the ideal casting for Dog Man's kinda-sorta arch nemesis...?
We'll see for ourselves if it is a purrfect match in January 2025
September 17, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Good Guy Steve and Dustin prepare to ride again in Stranger Things season 5 on Netflix
All good heroes need a sidekick, after all
September 17, 2024
Trent Cannon
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Is the prequel to The Crown still happening at Netflix? Here are all the rumors we've heard so far
We just need one more season of adoring those costumes. Please, Netflix. Just one more taste.
September 17, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Anatomy of a Vampire’s Lair: Inside the exquisite production design of AMC's Interview with the Vampire
Why Interview with the Vampire has the best production design on TV
September 17, 2024
Gavia Baker Whitelaw
Features
Marvel hopes we're ready to root for the villain as Agatha All Along swoops onto Disney+
Remember: she killed Sparky too.
September 16, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck wins Toronto International Film Festival's People's Choice Award, but still doesn't have a distribution deal
The award is often seen as a harbinger of Academy Awards success, but audiences in the US won'e be able to see the movie unless someone buys the distribution rights
September 16, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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As Agatha All Along nears, Elizabeth Olsen doesn't rule out the Scarlet Witch's return to the MCU if they can "use her well"
The Scarlet Witch is certainly a complicated character inside the MCU.
September 16, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
DC Studios is bringing Colin Farrell and the Penguin cast & creatives to NYCC 2024
HBO's The Penguin is coming to roost at New York Comic Con 2024.
September 16, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
From The First Omen to Quiet Place: Day One to Apartment 7A, 2024 horror movies are all about the power of the prequel. But why?
What about this year's franchise horror movie fare has Hollywood winding the clocks back? Let's figure it out
September 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Inside the music of the DAN DA DAN anime movie First Encounter with composer Kensuke Ushio and producer Aoi Hiroyuki
Speaking to Hiroyuki and Ushio at Anime NYC 2024, Popverse got a behind-the-scenes window into the making of the ghosts vs. anime film that predates the anime of the same name coming to Crunchyroll and Netflix
September 13, 2024
Veronica Valencia
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What scares Constantine 2 producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura? Right now, it's reading the script
For di Bonaventura, who's producing the sequel to Keanu Reeves's cult outing as John Constantine, the most terrifying kind of Hell may be "development"
September 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The best horror remakes, in honor of Speak No Evil hitting theaters
The James McEvoy-starring remake of Christian Tafdrup's 2022 Danish horror is the latest in a long list of brilliant horror movie remakes - here are just a couple
September 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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If The Penguin season 2 does happen, Colin Farrell's going to want a wardrobe change
The Batman actor spoke about the hours of makeup he needed to play Oswald Cobblepot - "I never want to put that f—ing suit and that f—ing head on again"
September 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Here’s the Shark Tank season 16 release date on ABC
Find out what we know about when ABC’s long-running reality series Shark Tank is returning.
September 12, 2024
Avery Kaplan
Guides
Here’s the Survivor season 47 release date on CBS and Paramount+
Mark your calendars, because the long-running reality show is heading back to the islands of Fiji.
September 12, 2024
Avery Kaplan
Guides
Warm-up time: Here’s the release date for The Voice season 26 on NBC
Season 26 of The Voice is just around the corner, and here’s when you can expect to watch it yourself.
September 12, 2024
Avery Kaplan
News
Summon your coven, Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches series is coming to New York Comic Con 2024
Alexandra Daddario and AMC's Mayfair Witches are returning to NYCC.
September 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
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DC Studios' James Gunn is coming to NYCC 2024, and he's bringing his Creature Commandos with him
DC is bringing out the big guns - James Gunn, Frank Grillo, David Harbour, Zoe Chao, Sean Gunn, Dean Lorey and Steve Agee - for New York Comic Con 2024.
September 12, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Tolkien writes of a mysterious pair of "Blue Wizards." Are they the real identities of the Stranger and the Dark Wizard in Rings of Power season 2?
Tolkien writes of a mysterious pair of "Blue Wizards." Are they the real identities of the Stranger and the Dark Wizard in Rings of Power season 2?
September 12, 2024
Ashley V. Robinson
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The final Venom: The Last Dance trailer reveals Knull as its big bad
Created by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman in their storied Venom comics run, Venom: The Last Dance's Knull is the creator of symbiotes
September 12, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Free your mind, The Matrix returns to theaters this month
Make the choice: Red pill or blue pill.
September 11, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Rebel Ridge director wanted to see if he could write a screenplay without killing everyone in the Netflix hit
Sometimes you have to try something new to grow as an artist.
September 11, 2024
Trent Cannon
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Who is Sophie Baek, Yerin Ha's Bridgerton season 4 lead?
Netflix revealed the casting of Sophie Baek September 11, along with a Bridgerton season 4 teaser
September 11, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Netflix's Magic: The Gathering animated series is no longer in the cards, says Brandon Routh
Brandon Routh, who would have provided a voice in the animated Magic: The Gathering show, says the series is no longer happening
September 11, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things creators' next project for Netflix includes some pretty impressive names
Stranger Things but with old people seems like a pretty fair assessment of the show so far.
September 11, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Surely it's time to let superheroes be silly again.... what say you, Marvel & DC?
We've had enough modern mythology; can superheroes be over the top dumb fun once more?
September 11, 2024
Graeme McMillan
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It Appears Venom 3's rating won't be what Tom Hardy hoped, and goes PG-13 instead of Rated-R. Read on: https://www.thepopverse.com/movies-venom-the-last-dance-rating-3-tom-hardy-us-uk-mpa-bbfc-pg-13-r-15
When your hero literally eats people, you can expect an adult rating to follow.
September 11, 2024
Trent Cannon
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Andrew Garfield is already squashing rumors that he will return to the MCU in Spider-Man 4 (just like he did for Spider-Man: No Way Home)
We feel like we've heard this before.
September 11, 2024
Trent Cannon
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Lost showrunners confirm one fan theory about what Hurley did after the show ended
We'd watch this spin-off, honestly.
September 11, 2024
Trent Cannon
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HBO's Dune: Prophecy prequel series is coming to New York Comic Con 2024
Beginnings are such delicate times, and so begins the Dune prequel Prophecy.
September 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
How Emma Myers got the part (and the British accent) to star in Netflix's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
How a Florida girl like Emma Myers turned into a convincing British teen detective named Pip for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
September 11, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Our Flag Means Death's Kristian Nairn says season 3 is "down to the fans," and that "they're doing exactly the right thing"
The Game of Thrones actor and Beyond the Throne author was also careful "not to give any false hope" of a revival being officially greenlit by Warner Bros. Discovery
September 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
It's official: Josh Brolin will NOT be Green Lantern Hal Jordan in the new DCU
In brightest day, in blackest night; he doesn't want the part, alright?
September 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2 will spend more time in Camp Half Blood
We're going back to camp!
September 10, 2024
Tiffany Babb
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Amazon shelves Good Omens season 3 until this rough Neil Gaiman business is sorted out
The production has been halted after Tortoise Media's podcast Master: the Allegations Against Neil Gaiman, which heard accounts from different women accusing Gaiman of sexual misconduct
September 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Twilight of the Oddballs: The sad side of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Don't get me wrong, I was excited to see Tim Burton, Michael Keaton, and Winona Ryder together again on screen. But as I went to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this weekend, a hunk of my horror heart was heavy
September 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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James Earl Jones dies - the iconic Darth Vader, Mufasa voice actor was 93
James Earl Jones, whose voice was as powerful as the presence he commanded on screen, passed away in his home in Dutchess County, NY
September 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Amazon's Spider-Man Noir series just added Brendan Gleeson, but who's he playing?
No official word has come down from Prime Video revealing Brendan Gleeson's Spider-Man Noir character, but that won't stop us from speculating
September 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
A Buffy the Vampire Slayer experience is coming to Chicago just in time for Halloween this year
Fancy a fight against vampires in a cemetery? You've come to the right place.
September 09, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Don Cheadle's reaction to Robert Downey Jr.'s MCU return as Doctor Doom was basically the same as ours
We all had a little moment of not believing it was real
September 09, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
Peacemaker season 2's release date will be in the second half of 2025, after Superman, says James Gunn
James Gunn, who will be directing select episodes of Peacemaker season 2, gave a curious fan on Threads a release date window
September 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Grey's Anatomy's Chandra Wilson & Kim Raver share the real-life surgeries they observed as training for their roles
Some were more bloody than others
September 09, 2024
Tiffany Babb
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Disney is rebooting Phantom of the Opera as a YA movie - 24 years after trying with Phantom of the Megaplex
The waiting begins now for the YA fantasy that is Phantom (of the Opera).
September 06, 2024
Chris Arrant
News
For one KAOS star, the Netflix show marked a truly special moment for trans representation
Nothing beats lived experience for bringing these characters to life.
September 06, 2024
Trent Cannon
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Universal's Wolf Man trailer follows horror rule #1 and hides its monster in plain sight
The less we know about the monster, the better.
September 06, 2024
Trent Cannon
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George Clooney & Brad Pitt seek to pull off a new heist in Ocean's 14, despite the fact that Danny Ocean is supposedly dead
The Ocean's 11 stars are trying to nab a new director in Edward Berger, who will apparently help explain Danny's resurrection after his reported death in Ocean's 8
September 06, 2024
Grant DeArmitt