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Jean Grey actress Famke Janssen says Marvel Studios “made a mistake” by not including her in Avengers: Doomsday
Jean Grey actress Famke Janssen insists that she isn’t in Avengers: Doomsday, and says Marvel “made a mistake” by not calling her
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
After four decades away, John Byrne is rewriting X-Men history on his own terms
An extended preview of John Byrne's X-Men: Elsewhen, which pre-release has already sold out and is going back for a second printing.
Trent Cannon
Spider-Man: Brand New Day's new trailer tells so much of the story, is it worth going to see the movie?
Good news for people who want trailers to lay out the basics of a movie's plot
Graeme McMillan
Kagurabachi goes on hiatus to give creator Takeru Hokazono time to "rest".... but is hopeful for a return August release date
Just weeks after the Kagurabachi anime was announced, the manga is going on hiatus for at least four weeks.
Trent Cannon
George Lucas is still making money from Star Wars 14 years after selling Lucasfilm - as Disney's landlord
When Disney bought Lucasfilm, they forgot to buy their office space, which George Lucas still owns, and collects rent for
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Ask Rosario Dawson, the Daredevil: Born Again cast, the Amazing Digital Circus cast, the Hart of Dixie cast and more questions at Florida Supercon 2026!
You can submit questions for select Florida Supercon 2026 panels ahead of everyone else!
Graeme McMillan
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Peacemaker star John Cena is ready to reunite with his castmates for another season – he’s just waiting for the call
John Cena misses his Peacemaker costars, and hopes they can return for another season “soon”
Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman is proud of Isaac’s aroace representation, but says comics, TV, and films still need more
Heartstopper’s Isaac is an important step for aroace representation, but Alice Oseman says we still have a long way to go
DC Comics' Lobo has become synonymous with superhero badassery. Ironically, that's exactly what he was created to spoof
When DC Comics legend Keith Giffen created Lobo, he wanted to make an "indictment" of ultra-violent superheroes. Then, he became the "poster boy" for exactly that
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.
Felicia Day's The Guild, the show that changed how entertainers play video games, is officially returning - and it wants you to be a part of it
The Guild: The Movie reunites Day with castmates Sandeep Parikh, Vincent Caso, Jeff Lewis, Robin Thorsen, and Amy Okuda for an all-new tale of the Knights of Good - and they're counting on you to help it come alive
The Simpsons Season 38: Release date, cast, Disney+ extras, and more
Is it even possible to cancel The Simpsons at this point? (Let's never find out)
Scrubs Season 2: ABC release date, timeslot, and Rachel Bilson's new role
The revival of the fan-favorite medical comedy reunited the show's main cast, including Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke and Donald Faison
Star Trek actor Robert Picardo is worried about the state of the franchise under Paramount, and doesn’t want to see it become “America First in space”
Star Trek actor Robert Picardo says the franchise has always been about diversity and inclusion, and critics are missing the point
Is there too much superhero content? DC Comics' boss Jim Lee thinks so
DC president, publisher, and chief creative officer Jim Lee says that having too many superhero media options can make fans value it less
Phoenix didn't get enough screen time in X-Men: The Last Stand, says on-screen Phoenix Famke Janssen
Jean Grey actress Famke Janssen says she barely had any screentime as Phoenix in Marvel’s X-Men: The Last Stand
Critical Role's Darrington Brigade deserves its own longer story, according to Whitestone Chronicles artist Aviv Or
Aviv Or, the artist on The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods, ponders the future of Taryon Darrington's silly band of adventurers
George Lucas planned a Star Wars television series starring Emperor Palpatine, but it never happened
George Lucas nearly made a live-action Star Wars television series chronicling Emperor Palpatine’s political life
Stranger Things creators the Duffer brothers name the '80s horror franchise they'd reboot (and it's got a lot in common with their show)
Stranger Things pays homage to a whole slew of '80s horror movies, but there's just one classic franchise the series creators would like to tackle
Hulu engineers a Doctor Who reunion as David Tennant and Jodie Whitaker join Only Murders in the Building cast
Two former Doctors join the cast of Only Murders in the Building Season 6 along with an influx of British TV and film talent
Marvel's Paul Bettany was cast in a key role in an Oscar winning film, then unceremoniously recast - and he calls it "amazing"
Actor Paul Bettany says he "learned an amazing lesson" about how easily someone can lose a role they've been promised when he was fired from Braveheart
Forget Harry Potter: Kiki's Delivery Service will be the next big kids fantasy TV show
If you want a coming-of-age magical story without all the political baggage from its creator, Kiki's Delivery Service could be perfect for you.
Alice Oseman hopes Heartstopper makes it easier for queer stories to get made
Alice Oseman says the success of Heartstopper should encourage the comic industry to publish more queer stories
X-Files’s Gillian Anderson was reluctant to return as Scully because she feared typecasting
X-Files actress Gillian Anderson spent years trying to prove she was more than Dana Scully – then she was called to reprise the role
Marvel says there’s still hope for some of its most famous unfinished comics, like Iron Man director Jon Favreau's Iron Man comic with Adi Granov
Marvel's Tom Brevoort says that in the fullness of time, "everything" sees print, even notoriously unpublished comics
The exact moment James Tynion IV retired from superhero comics was while he was writing DC's flagship Batman title
"That was the moment," Department of Truth author Tynion told us at C2E2, "That it was just like, 'I need to lean in to my own worlds.'"
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Somehow, the Witch Hat Atelier anime was worth the wait [Popverse Jump]
Four years and long delays only meant the animators of Witch Hat Atelier could make the anime something truly special.
Trent Cannon
Comic book history is made, Pixar hops to greatness and Superman is back on the small screen: Popverse Playlist for June 13-20, 2026
Superman returns to animated glory, Pixar proves it still has it, and Tillie Walden goes from the Walking Dead to historical love in the next seven days' pick of pop culture's finest
Graeme McMillan
The perfect introduction to Akira Toriyama isn’t Dragon Ball [Popverse Jump]
After he finished Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama had one last masterpiece in him.
Trent Cannon
Popverse Spotlight: Spider-Man
How will Spider-Man: Brand New Day's 'Peter Parker No More' story work? Marvel Comics canon may have the answer
Spider-Man Brand New Day follows a comic tradition of Peter Parker losing everything... and here's how comics brings it all back.
Leon Miller
Inside the death of Paul Rabin and the Spider-Man/Mary Jane Watson/Venom love triangle with Amazing Spider-Man writer & editor
Joe Kelly & Nick Lowe unpack the surprise death of Paul Rabin, Mary Jane's partner and subject of eternal side-eye by some Spider-Man fans.
Chris Arrant
Spider-Man's 'Death Spiral' ends a Spider-Carnage, a killer MJ/Venom moment, and a new Parker family mystery
An Amazing Spider-Man: Death Spiral event post-mortem with writer Joe Kelly & Marvel Spidey-editor Nick Lowe.
Chris Arrant
Jake Johnson wants his own Spider-Verse spin-off about Peter B. Parker getting to be the Spider-Man we know he could be
I mean, Spider-Noir and Spider-Punk are both getting their own Spider-Verse spinoffs. Why can't the most sweatpantsed of the Spider Society join them?
Grant DeArmitt
Berserk
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
Kentaro Miura didn't want Berserk to have a "grim" ending
Could Berserk have a happy ending? Kentaro Miura certainly thought so at once time.
Trent Cannon
Critical Role Productions
Critical Role's Darrington Brigade deserves its own longer story, according to Whitestone Chronicles artist Aviv Or
Aviv Or, the artist on The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods, ponders the future of Taryon Darrington's silly band of adventurers
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role fans are about to see a side of Delilah Briarwood they’ve never seen before
The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods author Marieke Nijkamp teases a less-learned, less-evil (?) Deliliah ahead of the OGN trilogy's deadly conclusion
Grant DeArmitt
The Critical Role cast can’t agree on the franchise’s most misunderstood character, but their picks are eye-opening
In honor of Legend of Vox Machina season 4, Critical Role's Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jafe, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, LIam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel sat down to debate which of their characters was least appreciated
Grant DeArmitt
The Mighty Nein's Caleb Widogast & Essek Thelyss will stay together, says Liam O'Brien.... but may not say exclusive
Critical Role’s Liam O’Brien reveals a surprising new detail about Caleb and Essek’s future.
Grant DeArmitt
Doctor Who
Hulu engineers a Doctor Who reunion as David Tennant and Jodie Whitaker join Only Murders in the Building cast
Two former Doctors join the cast of Only Murders in the Building Season 6 along with an influx of British TV and film talent
Trent Cannon
Doctor Who: Why the BBC is looking to regenerate the show, what is actually happening, and when it'll return
The future of Doctor Who hasn't looked this uncertain in decades - or, perhaps, ever
Graeme McMillan
Doctor Who 2026 Christmas episode is cancelled as the BBC announces the future of series is open to bidding
What will the future of Doctor Who look like? You need a TARDIS to find out at this point.
Trent Cannon
Is Billie Piper the new Doctor Who? If not, who is? We'll know in "a week, two weeks," promises showrunner Russell T. Davies
It's been over a year since Ncuti Gatwa's regeneration, but we still don't know who Doctor Who's Sixteenth Doctor will be. Thankfully, Davies says the wait should be over soon
Grant DeArmitt