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Spider-Man: Brand New Day builds an MCU that is right to fear the X-Men
A teenage mutant brought NYC to its knees without trying. Now imagine what Professor X could do
Trent Cannon
Which of Critical Role's Travis Willingham characters could lift Thor's hammer? Let him tell you
Asked about a match-up between Marvel's Thunder God and The Legend of Vox Machina's Grog, Critical Role's Willingham made the next logical step any TTRPG actual play star would when discussing Thor
Grant DeArmitt
Watch the Defenders panel with Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, and Finn Jones from Florida Supercon 2026!
The Defenders' Jessica Jones (Ritter), Luke Cage (Colter), and Iron Fist (Jones) joined forces again at this year's Florida Supercon, and Popverse was there to catch the action
Grant DeArmitt
The Absolute DC Universe & the DC Universe will meet in 2027 or 2028, says Scott Snyder... and he doesn't mean Batman of Two Worlds
Scott Snyder says the Absolute Universe is meeting the DC Universe, but fans shouldn't panic.
George Marston
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is going off-book but in-canon, with George R.R. Martin contributing previously unpublished material for season 2
Game of Thrones creator Martin shared unpublished Tales of Dunk & Egg with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker, and he's worked it into the second season
Grant DeArmitt
D&D had big plans to make the game easier to play a few years ago, but admits they lost the plot... now they're trying again
D&D Beyond is getting a revamp with new features to make finding a group and playing Dungeons & Dragons easier.
Trent Cannon
Latest
Dune: Prophecy recap: What to remember before the prequel series returns to HBO Max
The series is set before the events of Denis Villeneuve's Dune films.
Ahsoka recap: Everything to remember before Season 2 arrives on Disney+
The series stars Rosario Dawson in the titular role.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3 release date: When the JRR Tolkien series returns to Prime Video
The battle for Middle Earth is underway!
Crystal Lake Season 1 release date: When the Friday the 13th prequel will debut on Peacock
All eight episodes of the prequel's first season will be available to stream simultaneously
Wonder Man cancellation isn’t a stunt and there’s no movie, promises showrunner
Wonder Man showrunner Andrew Guest had written the first episode of season 2 before the Disney+ show was canceled
Spider-Man: Brand New Day's box office success proves it’s Tom Holland’s world, we just live in it
Between his latest outing as the MCU's Spider-Man and The Odyssey, Tom Holland is the bero... er, *hero* of the summer
Magic: The Gathering is moving away from New York City for a while after fan complaints, Hasbro says
After Marvel and TMNT, Magic: The Gathering is leaving New York City behind for more fantasy worlds.
There's already talks about Gunslinger Spawn and Medieval Spawn movies, in case Blumhouse's King Spawn movie works
Image Comics cofounder McFarlane says he's "already talking to people" about more films and TV projects based on other books in the Spawn Universe
Now hiring: Head wizard for MTG & D&D as Wizards of the Coast's commander is taken out of the game
Wizards of the Coast president John Hight has stepped down from his role
Watch the Cosplay Central Showcase from Florida Supercon 2026!
Your favorite heroes and villains took the stage at Florida Supercon this year, and Popverse was there to film all the cosplayers that made it happen
2026’s Obsession it-girl might be in Marvel’s X-Men reboot - and she’s teasing who she wants to play
Inde Navarrette got so into her creepy, possessed role in this summer's Obsession that you might almost say she transformed into a different person... which is great, if you're vying for a certain X-Men role
Lanterns & The Rookie star Nathan Fillion started his career doing his own stunts. Then he starred in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Rookie star Fillion recalls wanting to approach stunts with a "Tom Cruise" attitude - but then again, Tom Cruise never had to go toe-to-toe with Buffy Summers
Scott Pilgrim moviemakers didn't let Toronto homeowners know how famous their houses were, admits Edgar Wright
Toronto residents had no idea their homes were in the Scott Pilgrim comic, which meant Edgar Wright could lowball them to rent out the locations for the movie
House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock says her friendship with Matt Smith helped her survive the show
Milly Alcock doesn’t keep up with House of the Dragon anymore, but she loves what Emma D’Arcy has done with Rhaenyra Targaryen
After Marvel's Silver Surfer: Black, Tradd Moore says everyone assumed he wanted to draw comics about weed
Silver Surfer: Black illustrator Tradd Moore says comic book artists are often typecast based on their most recent project (and artists need to stand their ground)
Dune Messiah ending explained
Dune Messiah: Everything you need to know about ending before watching Dune: Part Three
How FairSquare Graphics stayed alive thanks to comic conventions following Diamond's nightmare meltdown
Fabrice Sapolsky is proving comics still sell best one conversation at a time.
Kentaro Miura says one real person, a childhood friend of his, inspired both Guts and Griffith
Kentaro Miura apparently had one of the most wild childhood friends, who would go on to embody both Griffith and Guts in Berserk.
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Why we should let Dragon Ball end after the death of Akira Toriyama [Popverse Jump]
Dragon Ball shouldn't become the Batman of manga.
Trent Cannon
Ted Lasso returns, Archie Comics gets pied, and Netflix for shut-ins: Popverse Playlist for August 1-7, 2026
Some say football is life, but we think that it's just part of a well-rounded diet that also involves Netflix horror movies and Jughead wanting to eat a lot of pies
Graeme McMillan
How a comic that got posted to social media became my most anticipated anime of the season [Popverse Jump]
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You started as a simple writing exercise and quickly touched a nerve among anime and manga fans around the world
Trent Cannon
Comic-Con International: San Diego
Lanterns & The Rookie star Nathan Fillion started his career doing his own stunts. Then he starred in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Rookie star Fillion recalls wanting to approach stunts with a "Tom Cruise" attitude - but then again, Tom Cruise never had to go toe-to-toe with Buffy Summers
Grant DeArmitt
After Marvel's Silver Surfer: Black, Tradd Moore says everyone assumed he wanted to draw comics about weed
Silver Surfer: Black illustrator Tradd Moore says comic book artists are often typecast based on their most recent project (and artists need to stand their ground)
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Reciting the Green Lantern oath with Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, and thousands of comic con fans
"In brightest day, in blackest night, no Hall H bathroom is in sight..."
Grant DeArmitt
The Rookie cast does actual LAPD training in virtual reality, which Nathan Fillion likens to being on Star Trek's holodeck
The Rookie's VR training has led not just to a more immersive acting experience for the cast, but as star Fillion explains it, a particularly embarrassing moment for one of his costars
Grant DeArmitt
Marvel Studios
Spider-Man: Brand New Day's box office success proves it’s Tom Holland’s world, we just live in it
Between his latest outing as the MCU's Spider-Man and The Odyssey, Tom Holland is the bero... er, *hero* of the summer
Grant DeArmitt
Spider-Man: Brand New Day builds an MCU that is right to fear the X-Men
A teenage mutant brought NYC to its knees without trying. Now imagine what Professor X could do
Trent Cannon
2026’s Obsession it-girl might be in Marvel’s X-Men reboot - and she’s teasing who she wants to play
Inde Navarrette got so into her creepy, possessed role in this summer's Obsession that you might almost say she transformed into a different person... which is great, if you're vying for a certain X-Men role
Grant DeArmitt
Watch the Defenders panel with Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, and Finn Jones from Florida Supercon 2026!
The Defenders' Jessica Jones (Ritter), Luke Cage (Colter), and Iron Fist (Jones) joined forces again at this year's Florida Supercon, and Popverse was there to catch the action
Grant DeArmitt
Berserk
Kentaro Miura says one real person, a childhood friend of his, inspired both Guts and Griffith
Kentaro Miura apparently had one of the most wild childhood friends, who would go on to embody both Griffith and Guts in Berserk.
Trent Cannon
Absolute Batman is Berserk without the Guts [Popverse Jump]
Absolute Batman plays it too safe to really embrace what makes Berserk a generational comic.
Trent Cannon
There's a new, gold foil Berserk skate deck... but you have to get in line behind me at San Diego Comic-Con to get it
Berserk’s Skull Knight is getting an ultra-rare SDCC-exclusive skate deck.
Chris Arrant
When Kentarou Miura began Berserk, he did so with one fear. That fear took six years to get over
Would the world accept a European medieval fantasy from a Japanese creator? That was the question that haunted Berser's Miura until at least the story's 177th (!) chapter
Grant DeArmitt
Todd McFarlane
There's already talks about Gunslinger Spawn and Medieval Spawn movies, in case Blumhouse's King Spawn movie works
Image Comics cofounder McFarlane says he's "already talking to people" about more films and TV projects based on other books in the Spawn Universe
Grant DeArmitt
After Obsession and Backrooms, Todd McFarlane says Hollywood finally understands the kind of Spawn movie he's been pitching for decades
"There's a vibe to those movies," says McFarlane, "That, to me, is some of the stuff I've been saying for ten years about Spawn."
Grant DeArmitt
Jeremy Renner had one condition for joining the King Spawn movie at Blumhouse: approval of not the script or director, but the cinematographer
Hawkeye star Renner will play Twitch Williams in McFarlane's upcoming film version of his Spawn comics, all thanks to one thing the Image Comics cofounder agreed to do
Grant DeArmitt
Blumhouse didn't think Jamie Foxx would sign on for the King Spawn movie... but they didn't know the actor had been pitching Todd McFarlane to do it for 15+ years
Todd McFarlane's upcoming Spawn movie is still a ways away, but Jamie Foxx has been the actor he's had in mind to play Al Simmons for years
Grant DeArmitt