Graeme McMillan

Graeme McMillan
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Graeme McMillan: Popverse Editor Graeme McMillan (he/him) has been writing about comics, culture, and comics culture on the internet for close to two decades at this point, which is terrifying to admit. His work has appeared in The Hollywood Reporter, Wired, Polygon, Inverse, Time Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times, and he also co-hosts the Wait What podcast three times a month and writes the Comics, FYI newsletter. He completely understands if you have problems understanding his accent.
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Lewis Pullman jumps from Marvel to MGM, following up Thunderbolts* with talks to appear alongside dad Bill in Spaceballs 2
Mel Brooks' second sci-fi satire will also star Josh Gad and Keke Palmer
June 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Despite good reviews, Thunderbolts* continues Marvel Studios losing streak at the box office
Estimates suggest that Thunderbolts* won't break even on theatrical release, just as Captain America: Brave New World similarly failed to - is the MCU in trouble?
June 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The real reason the original Dewey won't be returning to Malcolm in the Middle is surprisingly wholesome, Bryan Cranston reveals
The Wilkersons patriarch shared on a recent podcast that Erik Per Sullivan is concentrating on his education instead of returning to acting in Disney+'s Malcolm in the Middle revival
June 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Clark Kent isn't the only Daily Planet staffer with an alter ego in the new Superman movie, says Lois Lane actor
Sure, there's Lois Lane the person, but there's also "Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lois Lane," and she wants a story from Superman...
June 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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45 years ago, The Death of Phoenix changed the X-Men (and superhero comics) forever - or at least, until the next Marvel retcon changed everything all over again
Amazingly, the X-Men creators' original plan wasn't even to kill off Jean Grey for the Phoenix's genocidal actions - but then Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter stepped in
June 13, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Celebrate Friday the 13th with limited edition killer NYCC 2025 Pizza Rat merch
Want a t-shirt of Pizza Rat acting like a slasher movie villain? You'll have to act quick in this limited edition NYCC 2025 sale
June 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC Studios announces animated Mister Miracle, adapting Tom King and Mitch Gerads' award-winning comic - with King attached as showrunner
The series will be created in collaboration between DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation, but no network has been announced yet
June 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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A new Doctor Who animated series is in the works from the BBC, but Disney+ isn't part of the plan
A pre-school spin-off of the main series has been announced, signaling a potential split from Disney for the future of Doctor Who
June 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Superman flies free of legal restriction as New York judge declines to issue an injunction to halt international movie release
DC Studios first release will be permitted in the UK, Australia, Ireland, and Canada after a second US judge declines to prevent release on copyright grounds
June 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Popeye, Scooby Doo, and Speed Racer walked (and drove) so that How to Train Your Dragon could fly [For Your Consideration]
Breathing live-action life into animated classics is hard. Here are three movies that did it even before How To Train Your Dragon: Popeye, Scooby-Doo and Speed Racer
June 11, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Big Bang Theory boss says he can't resist making fun of DC hero Green Lantern in scripts: "Even when I was 10, I knew that stunk"
In brightest day, in bazinga night, no Green Lantern crack can escape Big Bang Theory co-creator Chuck Lorre's sight
June 10, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC boss James Gunn confirms: A Wonder Woman movie is in the works
The as-yet-untitled Wonder Woman movie is currently being written, James Gunn says
June 10, 2025
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The Boys is a superhero satire on today's politics and Donald Trump by accident, says showrunner, but "we had to run in that direction"
"I don't really have control over this," Eric Kripke says about the direction of Prime Video's superhero satire The Boys
June 09, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Legend of Zelda movie jumps from 2027 Godzilla clash into the void left by Marvel's Avengers: Secret Wars
There's a new date for Sony's The Legend of Zelda, and fans should be excited about the shift
June 09, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two companies in 2026: Here's what that'll mean for DC, HBO Max, and you
You might have questions about the news that DC and HBO parent company Warner Bros Discovery is splitting in two in 2026 - we have answers
June 09, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Prepare to visit the MCU of 1,000 BC and meet a brand new Iron Fist in the new Marvel Black Panther spin-off series Eyes of Wakanda
Black Panther spin-off series Eyes of Wakanda will go deeper (and further) into the history of the MCU than ever before, teases show creator Todd Harris
June 09, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Maxxxine star Mia Goth jumps from Marvel's Blade to Star Wars: Starfighter
The Pearl and Infinity Pool actress will play one of the bad guys in Shawn Levy's 2027 Star Wars movie, Starfighter, opposite star Ryan Gosling
June 06, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Batman: Dark Patterns feels both impossible and impressive
The current Dark Patterns miniseries from DC and creators Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman is a future classic Batman comic
June 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige teases there's more to that Thunderbolts* post-credit scene than you thought
Not everything about the Avengers: Doomsday tease at the end of the most recent Marvel movie might have been as it looked, according to studio boss Kevin Feige
June 05, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Who owns Jumanji? The author of the original book is looking for Sony to give him the rights back, but the studio says no
According to reports, Chris Van Allsburg - who wrote Jumanji in 1981 - wants rights to the property back, but Sony doesn't like that idea
June 04, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Coming to San Diego Comic-Con? Maybe you'd want to watch a Sumo show with Godzilla as a guest-star
Godzilla will officially be joining the Super Power Show!, a sumo and Japanese culture live event coming to SDCC 2025 (and then going to New Jersey afterwards)
June 04, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Superman's new cinematic Lex Luthor names his most inspirational predecessors: Gene Hackman and Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum
Nicholas Hoult, who'll play Lex Luthor in James Gunn's upcoming Superman, says that Gene Hackman and Michael Rosenbaum inspired his performance
June 04, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Hit horror game Phasmophobia is headed for the big screen, courtesy of Five Nights at Freddy's studio Blumhouse
The movie will be co-produced by Blumhouse, James Wan's Atomic Monster, and the company that publishes the Phasmophobia game itself
June 04, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Before The Life of Chuck, Stand By Me, The Running Man, and The Shawshank Redemption showed another side to Stephen King [For Your Consideration]
Stand By Me, The Running Man, and The Shawshank Redemption showed just how versatile movie adaptations of Stephen King books could be decades before The Life of Chuck wowed audiences
June 04, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Eat like a cosmic entity intent on destroying our planet with the new Fantastic Four: First Steps promotion move: a Galactus popcorn bucket (Thanks, Marvel)
Yes, there's a Galactus popcorn bucket (sorry, vessel) on its way, to keep your hunger sated during The Fantastic Four: First Steps' summer runtime
June 04, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Billie Piper's surprise return to Doctor Who is a twist hidden in plain sight (we think)
Sure, that regeneration seemed to end with a surprise... but what if not everything was as it seems in a season of Doctor Who that's been playing with reality reboots?
June 04, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Fantastic Four: First Steps director names the comic writers who've had the most influence on the next Marvel Studios movie: Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction
The Hickman run on Marvel's First Family has proven to be a primary influence on how the movie approaches Reed and Sue Richards, according to Fantastic Four: First Steps director Matt Shakman
June 04, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Doctor Who’s Daleks almost weren’t allowed to exterminate in 2005 revival of the series, says writer
As the 2005 revival of Doctor Who was being worked on, it wasn't clear how scary the family-friendly show was going to be allowed to be, says the writer who brought the iconic Daleks back to the screen
June 04, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel Studios' Captain America: Brave New World director wishes they could have kept the Red Hulk reveal a secret, but even Kevin Feige couldn't prevent those spoilers so they gave up & made it marketing
Julius Onah would have loved it no-one knew about the Red Hulk in Captain America 4 ahead of time, but admits, "it's just so hard to keep anything secret in today's day and age"
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road no more: Elton John to provide foreword fora Wizard of Oz reboot comic (Don't call it Wicked)
Elton John is returning to the yellow brick road for a foreword to Ultimate Oz Universe this November
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Netflix is adapting the Sandman spinoff comic Death: The High Cost of Living - as a surprise new episode of the Sandman TV series
The Sandman series may be ending, but not before Death can take one final bow at Netflix
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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NBC's Hannibal tastes so good because of Bryan Fuller, according to Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy
Series creator and showrunner Bryan Fuller was the secret ingredient that made NBC's Hannibal so beloved by fans, say series stars Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The best horror out there, according to Hannibal stars Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy
When it comes to favorite spooky stories, Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen both lean into the classics
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The best kills of NBC's Hannibal, according to our favorite duo Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy
Which of the killings in NBC's Hannibals were the greatest? Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy tell all
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Sir Patrick Stewart exists in Star Trek - and Jean-Luc Picard read up on him during The Next Generation thanks to an easter egg
What if Star Trek characters knew they weren't real? A Next Generation prop suggests that Jean-Luc Picard might have cottoned onto that fact
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Discover (or Rediscover!) the origins of the Critical Role's Mighty Nein before Amazon's Prime Video TV series in a new boxed set coming this fall
The upcoming Mighty Nein Origins Boxed Set collects eight hardcover graphic novels revealing the backstory of fan-favorite Critical Role characters, celebrating the series' 10th anniversary
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel star Lewis Pullman explains why the MCU's New Avengers are fine with the Sentry couch-surfing in Thunderbolts* post-credit scene
Lewis Pullman thinks that the former Thunderbolts are wanting to keep the all-powerful Sentry close, knowing how dangerous he is ahead of Avengers: Doomsday
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The secret to Steven Spielberg's success? Shpilkes, from Jaws to Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg knows when to listen to his nervous stomach, and it's why his movies turn out so good... or so he thinks, at least
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise and Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld almost did a project together in the 90s
The two collaborated on a potential project for years, while Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld was also working with Steven Spielberg and the team behind Independence Day
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston predicted the Doctor Who 2025 season finale twist four years before it happened
That big twist? Christopher Eccleston, who played the Doctor in 2005's Doctor Who revival, predicted it was back in 2021
June 02, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Danny DeVito remembers "lusting after" Catwoman Michelle Pfeiffer on the set of Batman Returns
"I kind of feel like she liked it," Danny DeVito says about his crush on Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman as they filmed 1992's Batman Returns together
June 02, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Doctor Who spin-off The War Between The Land and The Sea gets a first trailer demonstrating how true the title is (and what UNIT is doing about it)
War, huh? What is it good for? Five episodes of a Doctor Who spin-off showcasing UNIT, apparently.
May 31, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Spoilers!The season finale of Doctor Who reveals the future of Ncuti Gatwa on the show and a cliffhanger likely to excite and enrage fans in equal measure
Were the leaks real? What does the future of Doctor Who look like? We have at least one answer to those questions after the Doctor Who finale 'The Reality War' debuts on BBC and Disney+
May 31, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Street Fighter and Mega Man comic publisher apologizes to fans and asks stores to reorder summer stock after cutting ties with struggling distributor
UDON Entertainment, which publishes Street Fighter and Mega Man comics, is asking comic stores to reorder all its material through August after cancelling its arrangement with the troubled Diamond Comic Distributors
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel Studios to skip its traditional Hall H panel for San Diego Comic-Con 2025
With Avengers: Doomsday in production and not ready for release until December 2026, Marvel Studios won't be holding its traditional Hall H extravaganza at SDCC 2025 according to reports
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC's flagship Batman series delayed a month as Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb's 'H2SH' storyline hits a snag
The next issue of the fan-favorite Batman storyline has been delayed for four weeks, DC has told retailers.
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Invisible Woman Vanessa Kirby is dropping unsubtle Franklin Richard teases for the next Marvel Studios outing
If Vanessa Kirby's teases are to be trusted, we can tick off the 'Franklin's powers will be important in The Fantastic Four: First Steps' box, then
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Severance is set to expand on Apple TV+ with potential spin-offs being discussed, says producer Ben Stiller... including multiple shows, and perhaps even a video game
Never doubt the power of Lumon Industries, as Apple TV+ hit Severance is looking to expand with spinoffs, admits executive producer Ben Stiller
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Doctor Who faces an uncertain, speculation-filled future ahead of this year's season finale of the BBC/Disney+ sci-fi series
Could the long-running science-fiction series be facing cancellation (or at least a long hiatus)? That's one rumor doing the rounds ahead of the intentionally-shrouded-in-secrecy season finale of the BBC/Disney+ hit Doctor Who
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Indie comic company Vault bought by Aethon Books to create "one-stop shop" next-gen sci-fi super-publisher
Aethon Books has purchased a majority stake in comic publisher Vault Comics, creating an full-service independent sci-fi all-rounder that can handle prose, audiobooks, and comics
May 30, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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After a decade off the air, Phineas and Ferb are returning to Disney entirely unchanged (well, almost)
The hit Disney show is coming back because streaming audiences demanded it, and it's business as usual - except for one small thing (Clue: check out what Phineas looks like now)
May 29, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Wednesday Addams would hate being a pop culture icon, says Jenna Ortega - and the star of the Netflix hit kind of feels the same way as she prepares for season 2
"I’ve become a pop actor," Jenna Ortega said in a recent interview about her Netflix series Wednesday, "And that’s something I never saw for myself"
May 28, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Top Gun 3 will have to wait: The first post-Mission: Impossible on-screen gig for Tom Cruise will be watching soccer with David Beckham, somehow
Before he makes Top Gun 3 or Days of Thunder 2, Tom Cruise will be paying tribute to the Beautiful Game on Paramount+ on May 31.
May 28, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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The Netflix adaptation of DC classic The Sandman will focus on its main character in its final season - and skip some fan-favorite storylines altogether
Bad news for fans of 'A Game of You' - it won't be adapted for the second and final season of Netflix's The Sandman
May 28, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Over the Top all deserve the Karate Kid Legends treatment [For Your Consideration]
Why should The Karate Kid be the only '80s teen classic to get a full-scale revival? We have three other all-timers from the genre we'd like to nominate for similar treatment: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Over the Top.
May 28, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC sneaks the new Batman logo reveal into the Deadpool/Batman announcement
Hey, that Batman logo looks pretty unfamiliar, doesn't it...?
May 27, 2025
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Marvel has deputized Deadpool as its top star (Sorry, Spider-Man!) for a rare crossover with DC Comics opposite Batman
This year will see big names from both Marvel and DC work on two Deadpool and Batman crossovers - and more
May 27, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Save the date: London's MCM Comic Con returns this October, and we have the official dates
If you're looking for something to do in late October 2025, we have a suggestion for anyone in the UK - head to MCM London Comic Con at the ExCel
May 27, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Fargo showrunner's new series Alien: Earth will build out an idea from James Cameron's Aliens and show humanity at its worst
The new series based on the fan-favorite series of Alien movies will "navigate two kinds of monsters," says Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley. (Spoilers: one of them is humanity.)
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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When Tom Cruise started Mission: Impossible, he turned to Marvel Comics and Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld to get the whole thing going
Rob Liefeld provided the cover art (and some of the interior artwork) for a 1996 Marvel Mission: Impossible comic at Tom Cruise's request
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Prime Video cancels The Wheel of Time after three seasons
The fantasy series, based on the Wheel of Time novels by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, proved too expensive for Prime Video to continue with, according to reports.
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Fresh from his MCU Daredevil: Born Again revival, Marvel Comics resurrects Frank Castle in comic books for adults-only series Punisher: Red Band
Two years after replacing him with a new incarnation of the anti-hero, Frank Castle is back as Marvel Comics' Punisher for a new miniseries published under the Red Band 17+ imprint
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Don't just watch Top Gun, live it - Paramount is planning a Las Vegas experience based on the high-flying Tom Cruise pilot movies
Are you Maverick enough to visit a live Top Gun experience in Las Vegas? Come 2028, you'll have the chance to find your inner Tom Cruise for yourself
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Yes, Disney has pushed out the release dates for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars - but this shows that Marvel is serious about regaining its mojo
Fans will have to wait longer for the next two Avengers movies, but it's a sign that the wait will be worth it
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning ending explained: What happens, who dies, and what's next after the latest M:I movie
Big spoilers ahead for the latest Tom Cruise actioneer. Don't read on unless you've already seen Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (or want it all spoiled for you)
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Tom Cruise slips up as Mission: Impossible gets lost in fan service with The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning plays out like a movie where filmmakers have become self conscious about the reaction to the last movie in the series and want fans' approval too much
May 23, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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It's Lilo & Stitch versus Tom Cruise versus Tom Cruise as the Disney remake takes on not just Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning but also Top Gun: Maverick this Memorial Day weekend
What if Disney's remake of Lilo & Stitch beats Tom Cruise's 2025 and 2022 movies at the box office at the same time? It looks like it's going to happen
May 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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How an unplanned second take and set change gave Netflix hit Adolescence its emotional climax
Show co-creator and star Stephen Graham has revealed that the Netflix phenomenon didn't originally end with Eddie crying in Jamie's room
May 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Even as the publishing industry comes to terms with AI fakery, Melania Trump announces "the future of publishing": her AI-narrated audiobook autobiography
The First Lady of the United States is all aboard the AI train with her new announcement, even as the NLRB reviews the use of AI voices in gaming
May 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Layoffs rock Transformers, GI Joe and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collectibles company Super7 after its "best [six months] since the inception of the company"
"These are people who were doing the best work in the industry, none of whom deserved to be let go," the Super7 founder says of the staff members pushed out of the company as it faces an uncertain future
May 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Superman co-creator's estate files a second lawsuit to block international release of James Gunn's big-screen reboot of the DC hero
The estate of Joe Shuster has now asked the New York State Court to block release of DC Studios' Superman on international copyright grounds
May 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Squid Game season 3 will "bring out the bottom parts of human nature," promises the Netflix hit's creator
Despite new games that will play to the worst parts of the human condition, Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk wants to focus on how to remain human in the face of capitalist horror
May 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Every Mission: Impossible movie has been its own Mission: Impossible to make, says series star Simon Pegg
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning may have been the most freeing movie to make to date for Simon Pegg, but each one has come with seemingly impossible challenges, he revealed during a recent interview
May 22, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Penguin Random House pulls distribution access to key publishers from Diamond (including Marvel, Boom! Studios, and Dark Horse Comics)
If your comic store has been relying on Diamond Comic Distributors to get your Marvel comics every week, there's a new wrinkle they'll have to deal with starting at the end of June
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel's latest Fantastic Four comic drops an unexpected reference to much-shared online speculation about The Fantastic Four: First Steps: coincidence, or a glimpse of things to come?
Whether it's by accident or something else, Marvel is tweaking a popular online theory surrounding The Fantastic Four: First Steps with this week's issue of its Fantastic Four comic.
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Transformers and Armageddon director Michael Bay is making a Skibidi Toilet movie, with the help of the VFX supervisor from Avatar, and I promise this is real
No, this isn't a very delayed April Fool's joke: Michael 'Bad Boys' Bay is making a Skibidi Toilet movie, and he's got the man behind the Avatar special effects involved as well
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Is Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning the final M:I movie? Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie have their say
"I’m pretty confident that people are going to feel that the title was appropriate," teases director McQuarrie about the next Mission: Impossible's new name
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Exorcisms, half-demons and queer Victorian romance collide in Oni Press's 2026 graphic novel The Demon of Beausoleil
The fan-favorite webcomic from Brazilian cartoonist Mariana Costa will come to print in January 2026 from Oni Press
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Minecraft's Jason Momoa and WWE champion Roman Reigns might be Legendary and Capcom's new Street Fighter stars
Jason Momoa and Roman Reigns are amongst the actors reportedly close to signing on for the upcoming cinematic reboot of fan-favorite fighting game Street Fighter
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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For Your Consideration: Before Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, we uncovered perfect spy movies in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Skyfall, and... Confessions of a Dangerous Mind?!?
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning might put Tom Cruise into spy retirement, but we have some other agents worth your attention
May 21, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Severance's Ms. Casey is signing in to work on Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender remake, and she's not alone
Dichen Lachman, Dolly de Leon, and Terry Chen are just some of the actors newly revealed to be joining the Netflix remake of the animated classic, as it moves into production on its third and final season
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Onetime comic distribution monopoly Diamond is hit by layoffs, department closures within hours of being sold
Ad Populum, which bought Diamond Comic Distributors and Diamond Book Distributors at auction, started layoffs within "minutes" of the sale being announced as final
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Godzilla writer/artist James Stokoe takes on kung-fu revenge stories with Dark Horse's Orphan and the Five Beasts: Bath of Blood this fall
The second series of Alien and Godzilla cartoonist James Stokoe's kung-fu craziness hits the stands (literally) this September
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC plays Willy Wonka with 'Krypto's Golden Biscuit' sweepstakes for Superman movie premiere tickets
Want to get the Golden Ticket (I mean, biscuit)? Head to your comic store on June 18 for the chance to fly to LA and see Superman at the world premiere
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Sadly, you will never be able to read Andy Weir's 'The Last Algorithm,' one of multiple non-existent books recommended by the Chicago Sun-Times in major AI snafu
The Sun-Times has just offered the best argument against using generative AI in journalism, publishing a recommended summer reading list filled with books that aren't actually real
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Thrills, chills, and a 50th anniversary shoutout to Steven Spielberg's Jaws - the new Jurassic World: Rebirth trailer has it all
It's time to go back to an island filled with dinosaurs, wonder, and the sense of joy you had when you saw Jurassic Park as a kid
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Final Destination: Bloodlines test screenings revealed that moviegoers were "bloodthirsty" and want way more gore than filmmakers expected
"Whatever’s happened in the last 14 years, people have become incredibly bloodthirsty and just wanted way, way, way, way more gore than they did before," says one of the directors of the latest Final Destination movie
May 20, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Part of the mission of the final Andor episodes was to make sure no-one could misinterpret character relationships elsewhere in Star Wars canon, says showrunner
"Before anyone else defines it, I’m going to define it," Tony Gilroy said about revelations and decisions baked into the final episodes of the acclaimed Star Wars drama Andor
May 19, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Fortnite is facing potential federal censure over its new AI Darth Vader, after the Screen Actors Guild lodge an official complaint
SAG-AFTRA has filed an official unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board over the conversational AI Darth Vader now appearing in Fortnite
May 19, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Don’t expect another TikTok viral dance moment from M3GAN 2.0, warns director - it's a whole new type of movie, he says
“I hate it when movies do that," says Gerard Johnstone about the prospect of M3GAN 2.0 repeating the same beats from the original
May 19, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel’s X-Men comics are broken, says Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld, but he knows who can fix them (No, it's not him)
"Whatever the check is, whatever the number is, go write it and give it to one Scott Snyder," Rob Liefeld says about the one man he believes can make Marvel's X-Men great again
May 19, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Alien and Ghostbusters star Sigourney Weaver was in line to play iconic X-Men character Emma Frost, but it never happened
When director Bryan Singer left Fox's X-Men movie franchise, he took our dreams of Sigourney Weaver's Emma Frost with him - we just didn't know it until now
May 17, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel's Infinity Stones originally came from Thanos creator Jim Starlin's religious schooling and wondering what an evil God would want
"I started questioning as to what a god who is not benevolence, but malevolence would be like," Jim Starlin told Popverse about the origin of the Infinity Stones
May 17, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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A Complete Unknown director James Mangold is drawn to Swamp Thing's "abject deformation [and] loneliness" as his next movie ... and of course that Bernie Wrightson art
James Mangold admits that he loves the "gothic Horror, kind of Frankenstein legend, whole concept of man plant" behind DC's Swamp Thing
May 17, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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DC have created a new Justice League spin-off team that Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman don't know about - so don't share this article with them
Who watches the watchmen? We'll leave that to Alan Moore, but there's a Justice League inside the Justice League that even the big three don't know about
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Finally, Superman's The Daily Planet is looking into the weirdness that is Gotham City (Who is that bat guy, btw?)
Jimmy Olsen is moving to Gotham City to expand the Daily Planet - which might not be the best news for Jimmy Olsen or Gotham City, considering the bat guy flying around as a result
May 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Benjamin Bratt loved his Star Wars: Andor role so much he tried to do more but was told it was too "expensive"
The actor had an idea how Bail Organa could have fit into earlier episodes of the show, but showrunner Tony Gilroy nixed the thought because of its price tag in a season already trying to cut costs
May 16, 2025
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