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Veronica Roth's Divergent series is back with the first new novel in 8 years, The Sixth Faction
The Sixth Faction will be the sixth entry into Roth's Divergent novel series, but will take place in an alternate timeline than her previous works.
Grant DeArmitt

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The Live Action One Piece has fixed one of the manga's worst characters - Sanji [Popverse Jump]
Toning down Sanji's unbearable horniness and giving him some much-needed emotional vulnerability makes the live action One Piece from Netflix infinitely more watchable.
Trent Cannon

BookCon 2026 panels are coming to Popverse — here’s how to watch them all
Missed BookCon? Popverse is bringing the biggest panels online for free.
Chris Arrant

The origin of Absolute Harley Quinn is coming this July
Absolute Batman's unlikely ally Harley Quinn is getting ready for her tell-all.
Jules Chin Greene

Supergirl will go “more John Wick than John Wick” in her DC Studios film, says director
Anyone who hurts Krypto the Superdog has Supergirl to answer to
Jules Chin Greene

BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity headed to movie theaters, thanks to VIZ Media and Fathom
Want to see the next chapter of BLEACH before it debuts on streaming? VIZ Media and Fathom Entertainment want to bring you to the movies
Graeme McMillan
Latest

Jodi Picoult confirms Netflix's The Book of Two Ways TV adaption with Outlander's Matthew B. Roberts: "It'll have two really hot men: there's no downside to this story"
Netflix to adapt Jodi Picoult’s The Book of Two Ways with Outlander showrunner attached.

Watch Game Changing TV: Celebrating Heated Rivalry with Rachel Reid & Jacob Tierney from BookCon 2026!
Game Changers author Rachel Reid and Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney brought steam to melt a whole city full of hockey rinks, and Popverse was there to catch their BookCon spotlight

BookCon 2026 just started, but we have the BookCon 2027 dates & location (and who is getting first dibs on tickets)
BookCon 2027 dates and location revealed ahead of 2026 event kickoff.

One Chicago release schedule April 2026: Next episode dates for Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med
Wondering when the next episodes of NBC's hit emergency service shows are airing, and when they'll be available to stream? We have answers.

Superman needs your help - as long as you're on Burbank's Warner Bros. Studios tour, that is
The Superman Experience: Defenders Unite attraction at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank lets you fight Darkseid alongside Superman

Marvel keeps adding to its already over-stuffed Doomsday cast list
Two new actors have been added to the Avengers: Doomsday cast. How big is this movie going to get?

Avengers: Doomsday can't screen in IMAX, so Disney has created its own IMAX-style giant-screen format
"If you can't join 'em, beat 'em," seems to be the new approach for Disney after it couldn't get Avengers: Doomsday onto IMAX screens

Marvel releases Avengers: Doomsday trailer - but only for CinemaCon attendees
In the latest (maybe secret) Avengers: Doomsday trailer, Thor and Doctor Doom clash while Steve Rogers and the X-Men's Cyclops

DC has created a new Deathstroke and he is out to kill everyone (including Slade Wilson)
Deathstroke: The Terminator #5 from Tony Fleecs and Carmine Di Giandomenico will feature a fight between Deathstroke... and himself

What Jon Favreau asked himself before making Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu: "What could we do that we couldn’t do before?"
To accompany the new trailer, writer/director Jon Favreau has talked about his process in bringing the hit show to the big screen

Paramount's Street Fighter movie drops its first trailer, complete with Eric Andre screaming
The upcoming Street Fighter movie centers on Ryu teaming up with his old buddy Ken Masters for a World Warrior Tournament

Ghosts Season 6 pushed to 2027 - but there's good news for fans, as well
There won't be a new season of the CBS comedy in fall 2026, but that's not actually a bad thing after all as it turns out

We're not ready to name a new James Bond just yet, says Amazon MGM Studios boss
Who will replace Daniel Craig as 007? The agent remains secret in latest update

DC revamps Clayface back to his actor-turned-body-horror roots in comics ahead of his solo DC Studios horror movie
The six-issue series combines the glamor of Hollywood with the horrific imagery that has made Clayface one of the the most enduring figures in Batman comics.

Critical Role's Weird Kids, starring Ashley Johnson & Taliesin Jaffe, returns this May!
Former child actors turned actual play legends Johnson & Jaffe are back for 24 all-new episodes of Weird Kids, streaming on Critical Role's Beacon.tv next month

Iron Man #7 will bring back War Machine and an old school Iron Man villain - but which one?
Take a look at the covers and solicit info for July's Iron Man #7 from Joshua Williamson and Von Randal

Marvel’s uncensored ’70s horror comics resurface in Best of Vampire Tales with Dark Horse, Chris Ryall, and John Lind
Blade, Morbius, and more stories you've probably missed are coming back - in deluxe, hardcover, archival form.
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The Live Action One Piece has fixed one of the manga's worst characters - Sanji [Popverse Jump]
Toning down Sanji's unbearable horniness and giving him some much-needed emotional vulnerability makes the live action One Piece from Netflix infinitely more watchable.
Trent Cannon

Manga’s global boom isn't slowing down, so BookWalker is rewriting the rules & revamping itself for the future [Popverse Jump]
BookWalker CEO talks the difficulty of publishing manga in the West, why the platform just split from itself, and how to become an "ascended weeb"
Trent Cannon

Re-live C2E2 2026's Cosplay Central Costume Showcase!
Watch as C2E2's finest cosplayers walk the Main Stage catwalk.
Chris Arrant
Bookcon

Jodi Picoult confirms Netflix's The Book of Two Ways TV adaption with Outlander's Matthew B. Roberts: "It'll have two really hot men: there's no downside to this story"
Netflix to adapt Jodi Picoult’s The Book of Two Ways with Outlander showrunner attached.
Chris Arrant

Watch Game Changing TV: Celebrating Heated Rivalry with Rachel Reid & Jacob Tierney from BookCon 2026!
Game Changers author Rachel Reid and Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney brought steam to melt a whole city full of hockey rinks, and Popverse was there to catch their BookCon spotlight
Grant DeArmitt

Veronica Roth's Divergent series is back with the first new novel in 8 years, The Sixth Faction
The Sixth Faction will be the sixth entry into Roth's Divergent novel series, but will take place in an alternate timeline than her previous works.
Grant DeArmitt

BookCon 2026 panels are coming to Popverse — here’s how to watch them all
Missed BookCon? Popverse is bringing the biggest panels online for free.
Chris Arrant
Bookcon

Jodi Picoult confirms Netflix's The Book of Two Ways TV adaption with Outlander's Matthew B. Roberts: "It'll have two really hot men: there's no downside to this story"
Netflix to adapt Jodi Picoult’s The Book of Two Ways with Outlander showrunner attached.
Chris Arrant

Watch Game Changing TV: Celebrating Heated Rivalry with Rachel Reid & Jacob Tierney from BookCon 2026!
Game Changers author Rachel Reid and Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney brought steam to melt a whole city full of hockey rinks, and Popverse was there to catch their BookCon spotlight
Grant DeArmitt

Veronica Roth's Divergent series is back with the first new novel in 8 years, The Sixth Faction
The Sixth Faction will be the sixth entry into Roth's Divergent novel series, but will take place in an alternate timeline than her previous works.
Grant DeArmitt

BookCon 2026 panels are coming to Popverse — here’s how to watch them all
Missed BookCon? Popverse is bringing the biggest panels online for free.
Chris Arrant
The Boys

What time do new episodes of The Boys come out? Here's the season 5 schedule
We have the dates and times for the final season of Prime Video's superhero satire
Graeme McMillan

The Boys season 5 is the bullet America didn't dodge, says showrunner Eric Kripke
Eric Kripke and The Boys writers room wrote the final season of the authoritarian allegory before Donald Trump won re-election in 2024. Now, says the showrunner, their script has become a reality
Grant DeArmitt

The Boys' boss made a point to get Mother's Milk as dirty as possible, against actor Laz Alonso's wishes
At Emerald City Comic Con 2026, MM actor Laz Alonso revealed his aversion to getting dirty while filming The Boys
Jules Chin Greene

The Boys season 5 had to film episodes out of order to accommodate Jensen Ackles' schedule
Jensen Ackles, who plays Soldier Boy on The Boys, was shooting another television show at the same time as the Prime Video show
Ashley V. Robinson
Absolute Batman

The origin of Absolute Harley Quinn is coming this July
Absolute Batman's unlikely ally Harley Quinn is getting ready for her tell-all.
Jules Chin Greene

How Absolute Batman #19 homages one of Frank Miller’s most iconic Dark Knight Returns scenes
Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, and Frank Martin's Absolute Batman #19 features a scene that wonderfully subverts the first page of The Dark Knight Returns
Jules Chin Greene

DC’s Absolute Universe turns Robin into mech pilots in wild Absolute Batman twist: and here's how they revealed themselves
Absolute Batman #19 marks the first appearance of the Absolute Robins in DC Comics
Jules Chin Greene

Why [Spoilers] died in Absolute Batman #19, and how their death sets up the series' future
Absolute Batman #19 features a shocking death that will have consequences for the next arc of Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, and Frank Martin's series
Jules Chin Greene





