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Marvel unveils Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom voice—but still won't show his face
Iconic villains should be heard and not seen, if the new Avengers: Doomsday trailer is anything to go by.
Trent Cannon
Watch the Chainsaw Man panel with Ryan Colt Levy, Derrick Snow, and Reagan Murdock from Florida Supercon 2026!
The voices of Denji (Levy), Beam (Snow), and Aki (Murdock) brought all the chaos and calamity of Chainsaw man to Florida Supercon, and Popverse was there with a camera.
Grant DeArmitt
Follow Marvel Studios, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and more panels live from San Diego Comic-Con with Popverse
Get inside Popverse's live, minue-by-minute reporting of the key panels of San Diego Comic-Con.
Chris Arrant
Spoilers!
Critical Role's Laura Bailey recalls finding out she and Marisha Ray's characters were married... on stage at a live show
The cast of Critical Role are used to having GM Matt Mercer throw surprise monsters their way, but surprise matrimonies? That's a step too far for Laura Bailey
Grant DeArmitt
DC's Absolute Batman cartoon will be an "expansion" of the comic, says Scott Snyder
Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder said the show "stays true to the core values and aesthetics" of the DC Comics series
Jules Chin Greene
The Amazing Digital Circus cast says bringing Jax back would ruin the story
Is Jax’s abstraction reversible on The Amazing Digital Circus? Michael Kovach gives his thoughts
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Latest
After Olympic fears and relocation rumors, San Diego Comic-Con is staying in the city through 2030
San Diego Comic-Con signs deal to remain in San Diego through 2030.
San Diego Comic-Con 2027 dates, Preview Night, and badge sale dates announced
The first piece of SDCC 2026 news is about SDCC 2027.
Edgar Wright gives an update on the Barbarella film he’s making with Sydney Sweeney
Edgar Wright says his Sydney Sweeney Barbarella movie is still in the script stage
No, Critical Role's Travis Willingham does not blame Laura Bailey for what happened in Campaign 4, episode 30
Heads up: We're going to spoil some things taht happened between Laura Bailey's & Travis Willingham's characters in a very recent Critical Role episode. We're also going to spoil that no one's sleeping on the couch because of it
DC's Absolute Universe has a long-term plan looking 3 years ahead the 'New 52' never did, says architect Scott Snyder
Scott Snyder thought DC’s New 52 was rushed, so he made sure the Absolute Universe had two years of lead time
Supergirl actress Milly Alcock was told to “be more drunk” during her Superman cameo
DC Studios head James Gunn had one note for Milly Alcock during her Superman cameo – “be more drunk”
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
Slow Horses Season 5 recap: What you need to remember before Season 6 debuts on Apple TV
The acclaimed British spy series starring Gary Oldman will be returning with new episodes this fall
Ted Lasso Season 3 recap: What you need to know before Season 4 arrives on Apple TV
The fourth season of the fan-favorite series brings Jason Sudeikis back to the UK with a new team and a new mission
Follow Marvel Comics' Fanfare panel from SDCC live with Popverse
The biggest unanswered questions about Marvel Comics may be answered here.
Marvel Studios is about to reveal what's next for the MCU—follow along live
Kevin Feige takes the Hall H stage: Follow Marvel's biggest SDCC panel live.
Follow along to the official Marvel Midnight Universe panel live from San Diego '26!
If Midnight Universe is Marvel's next big swing, this is where it begins.
Follow along to DC's Absolute Batman & Absolute Universe panel from San Diego '26!
Scott Snyder and DC are ready to reveal what's next for the Absolute Universe.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Nana Visitor explains why it’s easy for Trekkies to become friends (It makes total sense)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Nana Visitor says it’s easy for Trekkies to become friends because they instantly know they have the same values
Follow along to AMC's The Vampire Lestat panel from Hall H San Diego '26!
Is it time for Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned? Find out in the Vampire Lestat Hall H panel from SDCC 2026.
Follow along to DC's Next Level panel from San Diego '26!
DC's future won't just be Absolute—and this panel will prove it.
Monty Python demonstrates why comedy is at its best when it's smart, says Scott Pilgrim and Shaun of the Dead's Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright says one of the reasons Monty Python has endured is because it encouraged its audience to be smarter
Follow along to DC's Gotham City panel with Batman & more from San Diego '26!
Batman, Absolute Batman, and Gotham's future collide at SDCC—follow along live.
How Dan Buckley changed Marvel Comics' stance on long runs and embraced regular relaunches
At least one Marvel executive is known for his approach to ending comics series when the creators depart, says Brian Michael Bendis
More manga-ka are accusing Kodansha and other manga publishers of abuse after Cells at Work! creator Akane Shimizu spoke out
Multiple manga creators have since come forward with stories about the abuse and neglect they suffered from editors and publishers.
The intro sequence for Supergirl had to be cut down because Kara was getting too drunk
DC Studios was nervous about how much partying Kara was doing during the Supergirl intro
Rent-a-Girlfriend release schedule (Updated July 2026): When new chapters of the hit romance manga come out
The Rent-a-Girlfriend manga remains one of the most popular romance manga out there, so here is how to get caught up on all the love.
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Follow Marvel Comics' Fanfare panel from SDCC live with Popverse
The biggest unanswered questions about Marvel Comics may be answered here.
Jules Chin Greene
Marvel Studios is about to reveal what's next for the MCU—follow along live
Kevin Feige takes the Hall H stage: Follow Marvel's biggest SDCC panel live.
Graeme McMillan
Follow along to the official Marvel Midnight Universe panel live from San Diego '26!
If Midnight Universe is Marvel's next big swing, this is where it begins.
Jules Chin Greene
Comic-Con International: San Diego
After Olympic fears and relocation rumors, San Diego Comic-Con is staying in the city through 2030
San Diego Comic-Con signs deal to remain in San Diego through 2030.
Chris Arrant
Follow Marvel Comics' Fanfare panel from SDCC live with Popverse
The biggest unanswered questions about Marvel Comics may be answered here.
Jules Chin Greene
Marvel Studios is about to reveal what's next for the MCU—follow along live
Kevin Feige takes the Hall H stage: Follow Marvel's biggest SDCC panel live.
Graeme McMillan
Follow along to the official Marvel Midnight Universe panel live from San Diego '26!
If Midnight Universe is Marvel's next big swing, this is where it begins.
Jules Chin Greene
Image Comics
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
Todd McFarlane's new Spawn doesn't need to make bank to be a success for him... it's up to fans, and if he can find the creators to continue it
McFarlane's latest addition to the Image Comics Spawn-Verse is slated to be a three-issue miniseries. Here's how that might change
Grant DeArmitt
The secret origin of the Todd McFarlane cape as seen in Batman and Spawn, according to Todd McFarlane
At this point in comicdom's history, a Todd McFarlane cape is recognizable from a mile away. Now, the Spawn co-creator explains how those dynamic shapes came together
Grant DeArmitt
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
How a FNAF movie leak "disheartened" creator Scott Cawthon, but the FNAF fans helped him regain his faith in humanity
Learning that the Five Nights at Freddy's movie was leaked online left FNAF creator Scott Cawthon feeling "really, really disheartened."
Jules Chin Greene
A Five Nights at Freddy’s star thought she was auditioning for a Freddy Krueger movie, even after she got hired
Kat Conner Sterling thought that Five Nights at Freddy’s was a Freddy Kruegger movie, and couldn’t understand why fans kept sending her bear emojis
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Mighty Nein
Why is The Mighty Nein so much darker than The Legend of Vox Machina? Critical Role's Ashley Johnson has an idea
Johnson, who plays Yasha Nydoorin in Prime Video's second animated Critical Role adaptation, says that the darker tone of the series goes all the way back to the cast's character creation in Campaign 2
Grant DeArmitt
The real inspiration behind Sam Riegel's Mighty Nein character? Parenting
Parenting is tough, but parenting in the middle of a Critical Role campaign is something else entirely.
Trent Cannon
The Mighty Nein season 2 release date schedule (Updated June 2026): When the Critical Role series returns to Amazon's Prime Video
What time do new Mighty Nein episodes come out? Here's what we know so far about the season 2 schedule
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