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Horror stories & cozy lit come from the same place, according to Better in Black author Cassandra Clare
Author Cassandra Clare, who has created her own dark fantasies in The Shadowhunter Chronicles, believes that there's a need we have as modern readers, and that both horror and cozy fiction fill it in different ways
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Adam Hughes steps back from comics & cons to face cancer with family by his side
Comics legend Adam Hughes confronts colorectal cancer, a disease Peanuts creator Charles Schulz also faced.
April 24, 2026
Chris Arrant
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These fantasy tropes need to die, according to fantasy authors Cassandra Clare, Sarah Mughal Rana, & Chelsea Abdullah
There were plenty of discussions at BookCon 2026 about the worst fantasy tropes, but none of them probably held the weight of the one between authors Clare (Shadowhunters), Rana (Dawn of the Firebird), & Abdullah (Sandsea)
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Thor’s construction worker era is about to collide with a corporate monster in Mighty Thor #11
Here is your first look at preview pages from The Mortal Thor #11 by Al Ewing and Juann Cabal from Marvel Comics
April 24, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Mobile Suit Gundam fans have been missing the series' anti-war message for nearly 50 years
Yoshiyuki Tomino is tired of Gundam fans who just think it is about cool space battles
April 24, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Mortal Kombat 2 is "a purposeful swing into the crazy" that embraces the weirdness of the games
When Karl Urban joins Mortal Kombat 2, he'll have to deal with bigger, more ridiculous fights
April 24, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Watch The Language of Love with Jasmine Guillory, Casey McQuiston, & Tia Williams from BookCon 2026!
Authors Guillory (The Wedding Date), McQuiston (Red, White, and Royal Blue), and Williams (A Love Song for Ricki Wilde) dissected what makes the romance genre work at BookCon '26, and Popverse was there to learn (and film)
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch The Importance and Impact of Dystopian and Fantasy Fiction with Tahereh Mafi and Chloe Gong from BookCon 2026!
Mafi, author of the Shatter Me series, and Gong, author of the StrangeLoom series, shared their experience with the reigning champion of YA subgenres, and Popverse was filming their panel
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Into the World of Romantasy with Adalyn Grace, Stacia Stark, & Elise Kova from BookCon 2026!
You've read All the Stars and Teeth, We Who Will Die, & A Deal with the Elf King. Now hear what their authors - Grace, Stark, & Kova, respectively - had to say at BookCon '26, where Popverse was filming their panel
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch The Alchemy of YA and New Adult Fantasy with Amélie Wen Zhao, Analeigh Sbrana, Jordan Ifueko, Tracy Deonn, & Claribel A. Ortega from BookCon 2026!
Popverse was there to record series authors Zhao (Blood Heir), Sbrana (Lore of the Wilds), Ifueko (Raybearer), Deonn (Legendborn), and Ortega (Witchlings) as they spoke about their history with and the future of YA Lit
April 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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DC’s Absolute Universe was born out of a desire not to sell the most books, but to help the comics industry "be healthier" (but it's doing both)
Absolute Green Arrow writer Pornsak Pichetshote was drawn to DC Comics' Absolute Universe because of the "generous" spirit behind it
April 24, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Before he redefined Batman and Daredevil, comic book legend Frank Miller says there's one piece of advice he wish he'd been told sooner
Having the guts to stick to your unique vision is something that even Frank Miller had to learn while working in comics.
April 24, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Iron Man director Jon Favreau tried to stop Marvel killing Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame
Jon Favreau, the director of the first two Iron Man movies, was scared fans were going to be depressed after seeing Avengers: Endgame
April 23, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Silent Hill f is getting a new ending written by Ryukishi07, but only in the manga
Konami has already given us 5 endings to Silent Hill f, so what would one more hurt?
April 23, 2026
Trent Cannon
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The Disney April 2026 layoffs cut so deep at Marvel even the editor of the Daily Bugle got hit, and the series canceled
Artist Ty Templeton has confirmed that editor Devin Lewis was one of the people laid off at Marvel Comics recently, which has likely put an end to this fun, whimsical feature.
April 23, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Clayface is "very connected" to the mainstream DCU, says James Gunn - but it's also a first for DC Studios
October's Clayface movie is part of the wider DCU storyline, says DC boss... but it still stands apart from Superman and Supergirl
April 23, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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The Mandalorian and Grogu movie isn’t just an edited season 4, says director Jon Favreau
The Mandalorian and Grogu had to make some significant changes to transition from a planned Season 4 into a cinematic Star Wars release
April 23, 2026
Trent Cannon
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The Boys’ Starlight says the show’s finale is “heartbreaking” but fulfilling
Erin Moriarity can't wait for everyone to see the final episode of The Boys Season 5, but she suggests it is going to hit fans hard
April 23, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Robert Downey Jr.’s Oscar-winning Oppenheimer role won him the Doctor Doom part in Avengers: Doomsday
"[Robert Downey Jr.] played the most iconic hero. Let's have him play the most iconic villain," said Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige
April 23, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Critical Role Campaign 4: Halandil Fang is Liam O'Brien's desperate attempt to break his sad boi streak
O'Brien, who played such traumatized characters as Vax, Caleb, & Orym in Critical Role's campaigns past, once heard that he didn't need tragedy to build a strong character. So he's testing that out
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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The Boys Season 5 features an unexpected appearance by an actor best known for playing Superman
We didn't have Superman making an appearance in The Boys Season 5 on our bingo card but we're not upset by it
April 22, 2026
Trent Cannon
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The first teaser for DC Studios' Clayface movie is here with the most diabolical needle drop of all time
The Flaming Lips have never been more eerie than in the Clayface teaser from DC Studios
April 22, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' season 2 release date hasn't moved - despite the set being literally underwater
A flood has wrecked the sets for the HBO spin-off from Game of Thrones, but the show remains on schedule nonetheless
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the Penning the Perfect Atmosphere panel with Alexis Henderson, Alix E. Harrow, & Olivie Blake from Bookcon 2026!
At BookCon 2026, the creators of The Year of the Witching, Starling House, and The Atlas Six - Henderson, Harrow, and Blake, respectively - presented a masterclass in setting the literary mood. Popverse was there to film it
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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The Boys cast hint that Season 5 has plenty more "Oh shit" moments coming before the final episode
Two members of The Boys cast discuss how they expect fans to react to some of the upcoming episodes in Season 5
April 22, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Plus Ultra! My Hero Academia in Concert announces US tour dates starting September 2026
My Hero Academia in Concert is hitting 35 US cities this fall, with tickets set to go on sale later in the year
April 22, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Watch You Had Me at Hockey with Rachel Reid, Ngozi Ukazu, Emily Rath, Bal Khabra, Stephanie Archer, & Kate Cochrane from Bookcon 2026!
Ice has never been hotter, as the authors of Heated Rivalry; Check, Please; Pucking Around; Collide; Behind the Net; and Wake Up, Nat and Darcy attested at BookCon, where Popverse was filming their panel
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko was a "gentle, friendly" guy who “did not suffer fools gladly," according to Gerry Conway
Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko had a lot in common with his character the Question (and he didn’t suffer fools gladly)
April 22, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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The Marvel Studios Hall H panel at SDCC this year won’t be about Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Marvel Studios SDCC panel this year will focus on Avengers: Doomsday, according to reports
April 22, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Heartstopper recasts a fan-favorite role ahead of its big Netflix finale
The bad news: Olivia Colman will not be returning as Sarah Nelson for Heartstopper Forever
April 22, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Slam Dunk creator Takehiko Inoue pays tribute & shows his caring to his former assistant Yasuhisa Hara on the 20th anniversary of the Kingdom manga
"Please take good care of yourself and enjoy the journey ahead," Takehiko Inoue said to Kingdom manga creator Yasuhisa Hara on the 20th anniversary of the manga's serialization.
April 22, 2026
Trent Cannon
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How Taylor Swift helped convince Veronica Roth to revive the Divergent series after almost a decade
Roth explained that she had a revelation when Swift played her old music at the Eras Tour - and that it led to the process that produced The Sixth Faction, the alt-reality return to Divergent
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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SpoilersSpider-Man's ex Mary Jane is officially entering her villain phase with Death Spiral finale
As Venom, Mary Jane Watson has embraced what it means to be a Lethal Protector in Marvel Comics
April 22, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Horror is about making the reader uncomfortable, according to Bat Eater writer Kylie Lee Baker
Sure, seeing a dead body is scary, but finding yourself in an uncomfortable, almost alien situation is far worse, explains the Japanese Gothic author.
April 22, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Disney layoffs hit Marvel's podcast department and key audio producer Jasmine Estrada
Marvel Comics has laid off audio producer Jasmine Estrada, who worked on podcasts like The History of Marvel Comics, Marvel's Pull List, and more
April 21, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Diabolical: The Boys pilot director Dan Trachtenberg was sneakily plotting Predator SFX on set
In both The Boys episode one and Prey, there's a very similar invisibility effect. And that's no mistake - Predator chief Dan Trachtenberg is behind them both
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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The Heated Rivalry season 2 rumors of a drastically bigger budget are wrong, says showrunner Jacob Tierney
Don't get your hopes up: Heated Rivalry season 2 won't have the budget to take Ilya and Shane to outer space.
April 21, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Watch the Beaches, A New Musical - From Page to Stage panel with Iris Rainer Dart and Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso from Bookcon 2026!
Four decades after the novel Beaches hit shelves, author Dart was at BookCon to talk about its Broadway adaptation, alongside producer Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso. The Popverse gang was there too, and we brought our cameras along
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Victoria Aveyard had to ask her parents not to comment on her Goodreads reviews
At BookCon 2026's Romantasy panel, Red Queen author Victoria Aveyard revealed that she lurks on her Goodreads page
April 21, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Just two movies in, Super Mario is one of the 10 biggest animation franchises ever
With more than $2 billion at the box office over two films, Super Mario Bros. is proving that the Nintendo icon isn't just for gaming anymore
April 21, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Netflix Gundam starring Euphoria's Sydney Sweeney goes into production, thanks to Godzilla x Kong studio
Noah Centineo from Street Fighter and Black Adam joins Sydney Sweeney in Australia as the Mobile Suit Gundam film goes into production this month.
April 21, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Critical Role's Liam O'Brien refuses to create headcannon for Caleb & Essek's romance: "I don't want to limit the future"
We know that Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss get together at the end of Campaign 2, which is where we get the story of The Mighty Nein. But what happens next? Liam O'Brien doesn't want to narrow down the possibilities
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Hey New Line, give The Mummy's Lee Cronin the Lord of the Rings movie he wants to direct
Remember, before Peter Jackson adapted J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings for film, he was an experienced horror director - we're pretty sure that means that The Mummy and Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin deserves a shot, too
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Get a first look at Ravenloft: The Horrors Within in the only official D&D actual play series, Dungeon Masters
Wizards of the Coast is dropping previews of their upcoming Ravenloft: The Horrors Within sourcebook into Dungeon Masters' first two episodes.
April 21, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Watch The Depths of Darkness: An Exploration of Dark Fantasy with Holly Black and Marie Lu from Bookcon 2026!
Authors of The Spiderwick Chronicles (Black) and the Legend series (Lu), explored the side of the fantasy left out of most fairy tales - and Popverse was there to film it
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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The beauty of horror is in the empathy that it inspires in us, says boundary-pushing author Chuck Tingle
The Bury Your Gays and Camp Damascus author believes that fear is universal, even if what causes fear isn't.
April 21, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Why HBO couldn't do much marketing for Heated Rivalry, according to showrunner Jacob Tierney: "Just be grateful there’s some horny people at HBO.”
Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney explains why HBO didn't do more press for the episodes as they were airing during a BookCon 2026 panel.
April 21, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Part of Avengers: Doomsday will be in theaters earlier than you thought, as Endgame rerelease to include new footage of next MCU mega-event
At Cinemacon 2026, Endgame director Joe Russo revealed that Marvel Studios will be rereleasing the film "with footage that is set in the Doomsday story."
April 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Top Gun flies back into cinemas for its 40th anniversary as Paramount tries to make theater owners happy
Tom Cruise is bringing his 1986 classic (and its sequel) back into theaters this May
April 20, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Charlie Cox knows you think Daredevil is in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but he swears he isn't, really
Don't expect to see Daredevil teaming up with Spidey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
April 20, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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2000 AD's animated Rogue Trooper movie releases its first teaser
Future war gets underway in the first glimpse of footage from the 2000 AD animated adaptation
April 20, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel Studios April 2026 layoffs included the director of visual development of Avengers: Doomsday
Andy Park, who'd been working in visual development at Marvel since 2010, has been laid off by the company as part of wider cutbacks
April 20, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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The hockey crowds in Heated Rivalry are VFX and the raw footage looked like "COVID hockey" because no one was in the stands
Heated Rivalry was sold to HBO before the show's VFX had been finalized.
April 20, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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The pending Warner Bros and Paramount deal could clear the way for a Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter crossover film, says Liu Kang's actor
The pending deal would make clear at least one hurdle for a potential Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter crossover film, but Ludi Lin admits we should all "just live in the moment for now."
April 20, 2026
Trent Cannon
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The latest Dragon Ball Super: Beerus trailer hints at a return of Frieza and a future Resurrection F arc remake
Frieza pops up at the end of the trailer, which shows that a future Dragon Ball Super anime might be in the works after all.
April 20, 2026
Trent Cannon
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The Poppy War and Yellowface author R.F. Kuang writes fiction because it's "cheaper than therapy" and she gets paid for it
Sure, you could pay a therapist to help you process your trauma, or you could write a couple of bestselling novels instead.
April 20, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid opens up about how the TV series adaptation news buoyed her Parkinson's diagnosis just 3 or 4 days before
3 or 4 days after Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid was diagnosed with Parkinson's, she got the call to turn it into a TV series from Jacob Tierney
April 20, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Watch the Heroines of Romantasy panel with Victoria Aveyard, Rachel Gillig, Carissa Broadbent, & Scarlett St. Clair from Bookcon 2026!
Aveyard (Red Queen), Gillig (Two Twisted Crowns), Broadbent (Crowns of Nyaxia), and St. Clair (Touch of Darkness) brought their romantasy expertise to NYC, and Popverse was there to record it
April 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the Page to Screen panel with Andy Weir, Emily St. John Mandel, Robinne Lee, & May Cobb from Bookcon 2026!
Weir, Mandel, Lee, & Cobb - the minds behind Project Hail Mary, Exit Party, The Idea of You, & the Hunting Wives, respectively - talked having their prose adapted to screen with BookCon '26, and Popverse was filming
April 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Shadow and Bone / Ninth House author Leigh Bardugo from Bookcon 2026!
Grishaverse creator and Six of Crows author Leigh Bardugo made BookCon '26 a must-quest for fantasy fans... and Popverse caught her panel on tape
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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R.F. Kuang wrote the first draft of Yellowface in a month because as a digital native, she didn't have to do any research into how mean people could be on Twitter
For Yellowface, R.F. Kuang already knew the plot and the characters, plus she had already seen how nasty people could be on Twitter so she didn't have to do much research.
April 19, 2026
Trent Cannon
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From book to screen fast: Heated Rivalry’s unusually quick path to TV success
It was only three years ago that Heated Rivalry writer/director/producer Jacob Tierney contacted Game Changers writer Rachel Reid about adapting her books to the screen
April 19, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Veronica Roth has already finished the sequel to dystopian romance Seek the Traitor's Son
Roth's dystopian romance series, The Burning Empire, is not only getting a second entry after Seek the Traitor's Son, but at BookCon 2026, the author confirmed it was complete
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the Horror as a Mirror, Horror as Escape panel with Chuck Tingle, Tananarive Due, Kylie Lee Baker, & Bethany C. Morrow from Bookcon 2026!
Fright fans at BookCon came out in droves for Horror as a Mirror, Horror as Escape: How Lived Experiences Shape Fictional Fears - featuring Tingle (Lucky Day), Due (The Reformatory), Baker (Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng), and Morrow (The Body) - and Popverse filmed it
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch Then/Now: The Evolution of Your Career Since That 1st Book with Melissa de la Cruz, Meg Cabot, Ann M. Martin, Libba Bray, & Kami Garcia from Bookcon 2026!
Cruz, Cabot, Martin, Bray, and Garcia (authors of the Blue Bloods, Princess Diaries, Baby-Sitters Club, Gemma Doyle, and Beautiful Creatures series, respectively) looked back on their decades=spanning careers at NYC's BookCon
April 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Watch the Spotlight on R.F. Kuang from Bookcon 2026!
Ground-breaking author of Babel and Katabasis R.F. Kuang came to NYC for this year's BookCon, and Popverse was there to film her panel
April 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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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.
April 18, 2026
Ashley V. Robinson
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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
April 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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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.
April 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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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.
April 18, 2026
Chris Arrant
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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
April 17, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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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?
April 17, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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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
April 17, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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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
April 17, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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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
April 17, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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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
April 17, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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The origin of Absolute Harley Quinn is coming this July
Absolute Batman's unlikely ally Harley Quinn is getting ready for her tell-all.
April 17, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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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
April 16, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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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
April 16, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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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
April 16, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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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
April 16, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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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.
April 16, 2026
Trent Cannon
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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
April 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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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
April 15, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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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.
April 15, 2026
Chris Arrant
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Daggerheart's romantasy campaign is a "testing ground" to see what TTRPG audiences want, says Critical Role mastermind Matt Mercer
Daggerheart's new campaign, With Love and Magic, is expected to be a digital-first release sometime in 2026. And according to Critical Role's Mercer, it's a test to see how interested players are into that kind of release
April 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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The most famous sex scene in Baldur's Gate 3 was as much a shock to Halsin actor Dave Jaries as it was to you (and not in a bad way)
Honestly, if we found out we were going to be playing a bear in a sex scene, we'd probably be shocked as well.
April 15, 2026
Trent Cannon
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One of Marvel Comics' most influential behind-the-scenes leaders, David Gabriel, leaves as 2026 Disney layoffs begin to unfold
Marvel Comics loses key architect as David Gabriel exits amid sweeping Disney cuts
April 15, 2026
Chris Arrant
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A 2023 GTA 6 hack was blamed for a release date delay, but the ShinyHunters security breach won't says Rockstar Games
The cybersecurity attack on Rockstar Games' servers is the second in just a few years but the company seems to imply that far less sensitive material has been taken.
April 15, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Marvel layoffs hit around 7% of staff, impacting movies, TV, and comics amid broader Disney cuts
Marvel is laying off between 7 and 8% of its workforce across all divisions of the company as a result of wider Disney cost-cutting moves
April 15, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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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
April 15, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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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
April 15, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Spoilers 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
April 15, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Marvel is adding a new villain plot to the next Spider-Man movie in reshoots, says Tom Holland
Tom Holland revealed that one villain's plotline is getting "layered in" in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Who could it be?
April 14, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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Andor star joins DC Studios' Man of Tomorrow as Superman's sometime love interest, sometimes enemy Maxima
Adria Arjona will play Maxima in 2027's follow-up to Superman
April 14, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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Avatar studio 20th Century Studios has bought the film rights to one of the most popular games on Roblox
99 Nights in the Forest is one of the most played games on Roblox and soon it will be terrifying folks on the big screen as well
April 14, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Sony Pictures teases the "most-emotional" Miles Morales story in 2027's Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
CinemaCon 2026 saw exclusive footage screened, and new preview images released, for the final movie in Sony Pictures Animation's Miles Morales trilogy
April 14, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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The Mandalorian & Grogu is a new beginning for Star Wars - and a stealth sequel to The Clone Wars series
The Star Wars franchise loves its callbacks and references, but this one that has caught even Lucasfilm president Dave Filoni off guard
April 14, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Shooting Daredevil: Born Again was like "making the most gangster independent film you’ve ever seen in your life," says Bullseye
Bullseye actor Wilson Bethel dished on what it was like filming the Daredevil: Born Again diner fight scene all in one day
April 14, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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The original Fairy Tail Manga is returning for new chapters with a August 2026 release date, concurrent with the 100 Years Quest sequel
Hiro Mashima seems to be involved in the new Fairy Tail story, though it isn't clear where in the story these new chapters will take place.
April 14, 2026
Trent Cannon