Spotlight
Don't expect Resident Evil's main character to be a Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield, or Jill Valentine. According to Weapons' Zach Cregger, he is just "an idiot"
Resident Evil's Bryan "not your typical game character," much like how Barbarian's Zach Cregger is not your typical game movie director
Grant DeArmitt
A decade before the X-Men movies even began, Jim Lee confirms he was making Charles Xavier Patrick Stewart
We've uncovered an old Marvel Age article in which artist-turned publisher Lee makes a bang-on prediction about the cinematic future of the X-Men's leader. And something about 'Geoffrey the Human Shark?' (Just kidding)
Grant DeArmitt
The original Green Arrow would hate DC’s new Absolute version according to writer Pornsak Pichetshoke... or would become someone like him
DC says the original Green Arrow would hate Absolute Green Arrow.
Chris Arrant
Why does Supergirl the movie end the way it does? Because the screenwriter misunderstood the comic
Supergirl screenwriter Ana Nogueira had a different interpretation of the ending of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow than writer Tom King
Jules Chin Greene
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 movie drops Scott Cawthon from script duties, replaces him with Annabelle writer
Cawthon, who created Five Nights at Freddy's and had script credits for the first and second Blumhouse films, is stepping aside for Gary Dauberman to write the script
Grant DeArmitt
Star Wars, Superman, Scream stars and more headline the first wave of NYCC 2026 guest announcements
Want to see Hayden Christensen, Clair Obscur's Jennifer English, Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan, and comic book legend Frank Miller all in one place? Get yourself to New York Comic Con 2026 this October
Graeme McMillan
Latest
A Morbius/Batman crossover? Sony made sure that didn’t happen
Matt Smith tried to sneak a reference to Jack Nicholson's Joker from the 1989 Batman movie into Sony Pictures' Morbius, but, in his words, "they fucking cut it out"
Why Kentaro Miura believed Berserk’s giant sword could express human emotion
The Dragon Slayer is one of the most famous sword in pop culture and was a point of pride for the Berserk creator.
The My Hero Academia superhero manga competitor Lady Justice was forced to be straight-up "erotic content" to get published by Shonen Jump, says creator
The Lady Justice creator says Shonen Jump editors demanded more fanservice before they would publish the manga.
X-Men '97 will launch a collaboration with Dave's Hot Chicken to celebrate season 2 of the Disney+ show
Select locations of Dave's Hot Chicken will be serving an X-Men '97 meal beginning July 1 to coincide with the release date of season 2
Fist of North Star creator Buronson hasn't had a new manga in three years because no one will publish him... but he's "still not ready to lose to the youngers"
Despite creating one of the most influential manga of all time, Fist of the North Star's Buronson can't get his more recent manga published.
Attack on Titan creator has stopped drawing manga completely (even for fun!), and doesn't think he'll ever top the work he's most known for
When your first work is as big as Attack on Titan, it is easy to feel intimidated by trying anything new, which is how Hajime Isayama feels.
American Dad Season 23: Release date, timeslot, cast and more
The animated series from Seth MacFarlane is back on the Fox Network
Family Guy Season 25 on Fox: Release date, time slot, and Stewie spinoff
Peter Griffith and family will return in early 2027 as Seth MacFarlane's animated sitcom returns for its 25th season
Bob's Burgers Season 17: Fox release date, timeslot and midseason debut
The beloved animated series returns for more hilarious and musical adventures in January 2027
Marvel still hasn’t revealed the projects that brought Brian Michael Bendis back... but they are "special projects" and none are ongoing comics
Back at Marvel, Brian Michael Bendis has some "exciting" projects (plural) there but says no ongoing series.
How saying goodbye to a pet shaped Marvel’s latest The Sentry series by co-creator (and cat friend) Paul Jenkins
A Marvel creator turned the grief of losing his cat into a superhero comic, and we all kind of need it.
The Ultimate Black Panther story Bryan Hill never got to tell was a horror story (no, not a Marvel Midnight book, but now that you mention it...)
The Ultimate Black Panther story that never happened would have been horror.
James Gunn’s DC Universe is taking a “graphic novel approach” to differentiate it from the MCU
Don't expect DC Studios' DC Universe to rely on the same interconnectivity as the MCU
WWE star Cody Rhodes wants a real-life superhero-style funeral inspired by a DC comic... with his wrestling co-workers coming as their characters
Cody Rhodes wants his funeral inspired by one of DC Comics’ most (in)famous moments.
The MCU's Daniel Brühl returns as Baron Zemo to build his own MTG Marvel Super Heroes deck
Daniel Brühl, the actor who plays Baron Zemo in the MCU, throws down with a Villain deck in Magic: The Gathering's German language trailer
Imagine a world where Avengers didn't find Captain America on ice, but he woke up in the far-flung future
What if Captain America had woken up in the year 2099? That's the question at the core of What If...? Captain America #1
MarriageToxin creator is "hella grateful" that anime Season 2 has been announced for 2027
MarriageToxin season 2 is coming in 2027 to give us more chaotic action and love connections.
How the NY Times Best Sellers list became tired of Naruto always being the top manga, and why manga veteran Dallas Middaugh now distrusts the whole system
Manga industry veteran Dallas Middaugh shares why he has very little respect for the New York Times Best Sellers list.
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Akane-banashi is what happens if the world took comedy as seriously as it took sports [Popverse Jump]
Hit anime Akane-banashi is, basically, a shonen sports anime about a stand-up comedy set
Trent Cannon
Party like it’s X-Men ’97, dance like the Queens of the Dead, and mourn the end of Absolute Martian Manhunter: Popverse Playlist for June 27-July 3, 2026
In this week's pop culture picks, a critically acclaimed DC comic comes to a close as a fan-favorite Marvel cartoon returns after two years - and zombies are trying to ruin everyone's night out
Graeme McMillan
Why does the One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda keep defending sexual predators? [Popverse Jump]
As much as I admire Eiichiro Oda's work, I cannot understand his unwillingness to condemn the creators of Rurouni Kenshin and Toriko for their actions.
Trent Cannon
New York Comic Con
Star Wars, Superman, Scream stars and more headline the first wave of NYCC 2026 guest announcements
Want to see Hayden Christensen, Clair Obscur's Jennifer English, Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan, and comic book legend Frank Miller all in one place? Get yourself to New York Comic Con 2026 this October
Graeme McMillan
In honor of 20 years of NYCC, we're opening the Vault (and Popverse Superfans get 10% off and first access!)
We are opening the NYCC Vault with classic merch & first dibs on 2026 exclusives, like official Crocs.
Chris Arrant
NYCC 2026: Guests, dates, ticket pre-sale info and everything you need to know about October's hottest pop culture event
With the first wave of guests announced, here's everything you need to know about the year's biggest pop culture event ahead of its October debut at the Javits Center
Grant DeArmitt
New York Comic Con 2026 is already on its way, and we have the dates for the big show
Clear your second week of October 2026, because New York Comic Con is coming back to the Javits Center
Graeme McMillan
Five Nights at Freddy's
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 movie drops Scott Cawthon from script duties, replaces him with Annabelle writer
Cawthon, who created Five Nights at Freddy's and had script credits for the first and second Blumhouse films, is stepping aside for Gary Dauberman to write the script
Grant DeArmitt
Five Nights at Freddy's peels back the mysteries of movie-making with new book co-written by Scott Cawthon
FNAF creator Scott Cawthon will be contributing to a behind-the-scenes book about the making of the Blumhouse Five Nights at Freddy's movies
Graeme McMillan
Macaulay Culkin and Optimus Prime were the inspiration for two Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach characters
According to Marta Svetek and Kellen Goff - who play Gregory and Glamrock Freddy, respectively - the 90s inspired Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach in more than just the Chuck E. Cheese way
Grant DeArmitt
The "Gregory is a robot" fan theory from Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is something his voice actor loves
Marta Svetek, who plays both Gregory and Roxanne in Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, thinks the internet is onto something with the RoboGreg idea
Grant DeArmitt
Berserk
Why Kentaro Miura believed Berserk’s giant sword could express human emotion
The Dragon Slayer is one of the most famous sword in pop culture and was a point of pride for the Berserk creator.
Trent Cannon
A Berserk live-action movie would be great, but a Berserk video game would be best says longtime Berserk editor
A great Berserk video game has been a pipedream for fans for years, but it could be better than any anime or movie adaptation.
Trent Cannon
Only four people know Berserk’s ending, and they say fans won’t see it coming
When the final chapter of Berserk finally comes out, it is going to be something fans never saw coming.
Trent Cannon
The next Berserk chapter was so difficult to make that its new writer apologized to fans
With Berserk chapter 384 finally coming out after months of delays, Koji Mori has explained how difficult this chapter was to write.
Trent Cannon
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Brent Spiner has heard your Tom Hiddleston/Data fancasts, and he doesn’t see it (but he does have someone else in mind)
Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Brent Spiner isn’t sure about the Tom Hiddleston/Data fancast, but he likes the idea of Tilda Swinton in the role
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Star Trek: The Next Generation star Gates McFadden reveals the iconic Dr. Crusher quote she still uses as a personal mantra
“If there’s nothing wrong with me, maybe there’s something wrong with the universe”: Gates McFadden says this Star Trek: The Next Generation quote is one she lives by
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Gates McFadden says her early conventions were "scary" because fans wanted original Trek
Gates McFadden loves meeting Star Trek fans at conventions, but says it wasn’t easy during her early days on TNG
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Star Trek: The Next Generation is iconic now, but few were impressed when it first debuted
The initial critical and fan response to the second Star Trek television series was not a good one, based on the reviews for its 1987 pilot episode
Graeme McMillan