Grant DeArmitt
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Dwayne Johnson once visited The Rookie set for the sweetest reason imaginable
The Rookie & The Rock-ie: How Dwayne Johnson wound up on the set (but not in the cast) of Hulu's favorite cop drama
July 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Daredevil: Born Again panel with Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Deborah Ann Woll, and Wilson Bethel from Florida Supercon 2026!
With Daredevil: Born Agasin season 3 on the way, Matt Murdock (Cox), Jessica Jones (Ritter), Karen Page (Woll), and Bullseye (Bethel) brought Hell's Kitchen to Florida Supercon.
July 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
I decoded the secret language on Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom jacket from Marvel Studios' Hall H Avengers: Doomsday panel so you don't have to
How Robert Downey Jr.'s Comic-Con jacket sent me down a Doctor Doom rabbit hole.
July 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Kevin Eastman, Rob Paulsen, Barry Gordon, Cam Clarke, Renae Jacobs, and Townsend Coleman from Florida Supercon 2026!
Watch TMNT co-creator Eastman and voice actors Paulsen (Raphael), Gordon (Donatello, Bebop), Clarke (Leonardo), Jacobs (April O'Neil), and Coleman (Michelangelo) at Florida Supercon this year, courtesy of Popverse
July 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Josie & the Pussycats panel with Rachel Leigh Cook and Rosario Dawson from Florida Supercon 2026!
A quarter century after cult classic Josie & the Pussycats made movies better forever, Miami's Florida Supercon wlecomed Josie (Cook) and Valerie (Dawson) to a retrospective panel, where Popverse was filming
July 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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What is the strange armband on Doctor Doom’s Avengers: Doomsday costume? We have questions
What does it MEAN, Avengers: Doomsday star Robert Downey Jr.? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
July 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel Studios' Black Panther 3 is finally happening, and Ryan Coogler is back with a release date and a T'Challa recasting
Kevin Feige just made Black Panther 3 official with a surprise Hall H announcement.
July 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
From Hail Mary to Hell: Marvel Studios finds its Ghost Rider in Ryan Gosling
Barbie Oscar nom and Project Hail Mary frontman Gosling will bring the iconic, Hell-powered hero Johnny Blaze, AKA Ghost Rider, to not just the MCU, but theaters everywhere
July 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Lanterns' Aaron Pierre was massively injured right before the last round of auditions, but he went anyway - "What would John Stewart do"
For John Stewart actor Pierre, pain wasn't going to stop an audition he really, really wanted. Which is pretty 'Green Lantern' of him, I gotta say
July 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Turns out, HBO's Lanterns will be a Ozark reunion: Laura Linney's surprise DCU role revealed at Comic-Con
Linney reunites with showrunner Chris Mundy, who produced Ozark, on the latest addition to the James Gunn & Peter Safran-led DCU
July 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The reports of Celeborn's death were greatly exaggerated; where the Lord of the Rings elf lord really was in Rings of Power season 1 & 2
Jamie Campbell Bower is playing Celeborn in Prime Video's TV prequel - but wait. Didn't Galadriel say her husband was dead?
July 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
DC Studios' Lanterns is giving Sinestro a Silence of the Lambs role
As seen at San Diego Comic Con, Ulrich Thomsen's Sinestro will be the 'mind-behind-bars' of DC Studios & HBO's Lanterns
July 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Lord of the Rings' TV prequel series casts Simon Pegg as the Balrog, raising one big Tolkien question
Are the writers of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 breaking Middle-Earth canon by giving the Balrog lines? Yes and no
July 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
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."
July 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Anime Rap Showcase with NoneLikeJoshua and Mike Drop from Florida Supercon 2026!
NoneLikeJoshua and Mike Drop do it like nobody else; check out their Anime Rap Showcase at Florida Supercon, courtesy of the camera crew at Popverse
July 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Spoilers!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
July 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
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
July 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
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.
July 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The fantasy novels that inspired Critical Role's Thimble, according to Laura Bailey
Bailey's Campaign 4 pixie, Thimble, owes at least some creative DNA to a longstanding pixie warrior character created by Kim Harrison
July 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How Deborah Ann Woll doled out revenge D&D style on Kevin Smith for killing her Daredevil: Born Again character in comics
Kevin Smith's Daredevil run famously did not treat Karen Page well, so when Woll was GM for one of his D&D sessions, you can imagine the feelings
July 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
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
July 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Uncharted panel with Nolan North, Richard McGonagle, and Emily Rose from Florida Supercon 2026!
Prepare for adventure as you relive the Uncharted panel with voice actors Nathan Drake (North), Sully (McGonagle), and Elena (Rose), filmed by Popverse Florida Supercon.
July 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
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
July 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Follow along live to Prime Video's Blade Runner 2099 and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power from San Diego '26!
Join Prime Video at Prime Video's Blade Runner 2099 and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power at SDCC 2026 remotely, thanks to Popverse.
July 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
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.
July 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
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
July 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Watch the Amazing Digital Circus panel with Alex Rochon, Amanda Hufford, and Michael Kovach from Florida Supercon 2026!
Hot off the record-breaking Amazing Digital Circus finale, the voices of Caine (Rochon), Ragatha (Hufford), and Jax (Kovach) shared series insights and memorable moments with the Florida Supercon crowd, plus Popverse's camera crew
July 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role has discussed doing Marvel-style 'What If...?' stories for their campaigns, says Travis Willingham
What if Yasha never met The Mighty Nein? What if Taryon Darrington wasn't a fan of Vox Machina? What if Essek wasn't as hot? If Critical Role's MCU-esque idea gets off the ground, maybe we'll get answers...
July 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Daredevil: Born Again cast answers: Which animal would your character be?
Deborah Ann Woll, Wilson Bethel, and Charlie Cox have ideas about what animals best represent their Daredevil characters. And I'll tell you right now, some are better than others
July 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Why Daredevil's season 1 suit will always be Deborah Ann Woll's favorite
"I don't like superhero suits," said Woll, who plays crimefighter and sometimes Matt Murdock love interest Karen Page, "It looks like underwear."
July 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Marisha Ray would love to see Laura Bailey on House of the Dragon, but Bailey has another fantasy franchise in mind
The Legend of Vox Machina's Ray & Bailey are already icons in the fantasy genre, but when asked to fancast each other in different franchises, the OG Critical Role stars had other sword & sorcery stories in mind
July 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Daredevil: Born Again's WIlson Bethel reveals the Punisher comic he'd like to see adapted
Bethel, who's played beloved baddie Bullseye ever since Daredevil's Netflix days, did his homework to get into character. And there was one assignment, apparently, that he liked the most
July 17, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
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
July 17, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Legend of Vox Machina's Marisha Ray & Liam O'Brien thought it would be so cool to write a heist. Then they got to De Rolo's Eleven
Writing The Legend of Vox Machina's season 4, episode 5 was harder than the Keyleth and Percy voice actors thought it was going to be
July 17, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Surprise! Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is making it to theaters after all... just not that many
Yes, it is cool that Paramount is giving the next chapter of the Avatar: The Last Airbender saga room on the big screen - but unless you live in NYC or LA, it's going to be very hard for you to catch it
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Todd McFarlane hasn’t named his new (and the first!) Spawn yet.. and hopes fans will come up with a meme name he can "borrow"
McFarlane's latest project in the image Comics Spawn-Verse hasn't gotten to the "assigning a codename" stage quite yet
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How does Critical Role's Ashley Johnson get into character? Sometimes, by watching a really messed-up true crime doc
Critical Role's Johnson has gone to some dark places in media like The Killing and The Last of Us. So maybe it isn't a surprise that, for inspiration, she's worked her way through Netflix's true crime category
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Studios picks Spider-Man: Brand New Day captain Stephen Wacker as new boss for Marvel Comics editorial
It's the beginning of a 'Brand New Day' era at Marvel Comics editorial.
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Deborah Ann Woll misses one thing about Netflix’s Daredevil: Karen Page’s quiet moments
Woll, who has been playing Karen Page in Marvel's TV sector since 2015, looks back fondly on the show's Netflix era for one particular character-focused reason
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Daredevil's Wilson Bethel originally thought playing Bullseye was "a stretch." Then they handed him a vacuum
During a recent fan Q&A, Daredevil star Bethel revealed the moment when he first connected to Bullseye, now one of the most beloved villains in the MCU
July 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
When Daredevil was at Netflix, Charlie Cox felt it was Marvel Studios' "unwanted stepchild"
These days, Daredevil feels like more of a priority at Marvel Studios than it did during its Netflix era, said Matt Murdock actor Charlie Cox
July 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How the Spider-Verse movie helped Venom co-creator Todd McFarlane realize there weren't enough Spawns in comic books
Spawn creator and Image cofounder McFarlane wanted to make sure Al Simmons and other characters were rare in their universe. But now, he knows fans are willing to accept a lot of variants
July 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
James Gunn’s DC Universe already has one eager Poison Ivy candidate: Marisha Ray of Critical Role
Ray, who plays The Legend of Vox Machina's similarly plant-loving druid Keyleth, would portray DC's most eco-conscious villain in any medium she can
July 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Laura Bailey explains why no other Vox Machina members were at Percy & Vex's wedding
Bailey, who plays The Legend of Vox Machina's Vex'ahlia, revealed the between-season shenanigans that got her and costar Taliesin Jaffe's character Percival de Rolo to the altar
July 14, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role is so successful because they were an adventuring party before they were a business, claims Laura Bailey
Before they were the folks producing The Legend of Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein, the Critical Role cast were the kind of plucky, ragtag team those adventures are about. And according to Bailey, that's the secret to their success
July 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stranger Things' season 5 finale meant the end of the Hawkins saga. And for Millie Bobby Brown, it meant a month of depression
For "the whole of January" this year, Eleven actor and Stranger Things star Brown went into a dark place
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Why X-Men legend Chris Claremont made Wolverine's claws a "natural" ability - and how it relates to Stan Lee
In an old interview with Jim Lee, Claremont recalled "taking Wolverine through moderate degrees of hell along the way, making him a more totally natural character just because this is one of the things that always bugged everybody"
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Spawn '77 will feature the very first cover Todd McFarlane ever drew. He's also considering publishing the first comic he ever completed
Spawn '77 is McFarlane's tribute to his work as a 16-year-old comics artist. So one of the book's variant covers will be, well, his work as a 16-year-old comics artist
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Laura Bailey has been reading Dungeon Crawler Carl, and is already fancasting Marisha Ray and herself
Dungeon Crawler Carl fan and OG Critical Role cast member Bailey has the perfect role for Ray in Peacock's upcoming animated adaptation. Well, I guess 'perfect' is a rather subjective term...
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
M3GAN spin-off SOULM8TE is happening after all, and sooner than you think
Originally slated for theatrical release, Universal Pictures is unleashing SOULM8TE to viewers even before other VOD sites
July 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Apple TV's Pluribus is about how happiness isn't everything. Which is great, because we're not getting season 2 for a while
Vince Gilligan's Rhea Seehorn-starring scifi thriller Pluribus is getting a season 2, says Apple's programming head. But not for a minute
July 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Todd McFarlane's original Spawn mythos was heavily Star Wars-coded, explains Image founder - more "Silver Surfer" than Satan
At just 16, comic creator Todd McFarlane created a character called Spawn who sold his soul for the love of his love. In 1977, though, that deal was made with more of an Emperor Palpatine-type than Malebolgia
July 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
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
July 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 fulfilled a lifelong dream for Critical Role's Taliesin Jaffe
Jaffe has done a lot of things over his Critical Role career - but until this season of The Legend of Vox Machina, he's never been a very specific part of a fantasy heist
July 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Todd McFarlane stepped away abruptly from writing Spawn & 3 spinoff comics for one simple reason: to draw more
Don't worry, Spawn fans. There was nothing negative about McFarlane passing the pen to other writers in the Spawn Universe. In fact, says the Image Comics cofounder, it was for extremely positive reasons
July 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
For Critical Role's Marisha Ray, recording The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 meant revisiting the "really bad day" of Campaign 1
Critical Role cast member Ray revisited one of the hardest days of her TTRPG actual play career in The Legend of Vox Machina season 4
July 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Lord of the Rings newcomer Anya Taylor-Joy feels like her Hunt for Gollum role is "validating"
Taylor-Joy, who joins the Andy Serkis-directed Lord of the Rings in-betweequel as elven warrior Seren, said "I feel like I've been an elf my whole life"
July 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Vin Diesel knows you've been waiting years for the last Fast and Furious movie (and he's grateful)
Fast Forever's release date is currently slated for early 2028. And Diesel, AKA Dom Toretto, knows that's a long way away from Fast X
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Todd McFarlane wants to give Spawn the Absolute Batman treatment... and already has a name for it
McFarlane, who is currently working on Spawn '77, has considered launching an alt-universe take on his most popular character, and even has thoughts as to why other comic companies have gone that route
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Buffy the Vampire Slayer's new era starts with a "big status quo shift" surprise, but one Redditor seems to have almost solved it
Comics staple Kelly Thompson is doing big things with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer mythos over at Dynamite... and fans are getting worryingly close to figuring out what
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Are you a Game of Thrones fan/Dragon Egg collector with a spare fortune? Boy, do I have good news for you
Yep, Daenerys Targaryen's dragon eggs from Game of Thrones season 1, episode 1 are going to be up for auction soon. But they'll be a Red Wedding on anyone's wallet
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Playstation gamers, the countdown has started. In less than two years, you won't own all the games you buy
PlayStation's phasing out of physical games by 2028 brings up a question of ownership that's all over the internet these days and, in some cases, in court rooms
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Critical Role writers have discussed a Taryon Darrington spinoff. Wayne Brady would reprise the role "in a heartbeat"
Does The Legend of Vox Machina's human artificer Darrington have a future beyond the climactic season 5? Brady isn't confirming that, but he is saying he'd be down
July 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
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
July 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Yellowstone inspired a cinematic universe, but Taylor Sheridan can't stand Marvel Studios' storytelling: "You know nothing."
From a cinematic perspective, Marvel's many interconnected films are "breaking all the very basic, fundamental rules of storytelling," said TV vet and Yellowstone creator Sheridan.
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Star Wars fired Lanterns' Damon Linedlof, he says, for an idea that "didn't feel necessarily that risky" - that is, the Protestant Reformation in Star Wars
Why was Damon Lindelof hired to make a Star Wars movie in 2022, then fired in 2023? According to The Leftovers creator, the answer to both questions is the same
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Dropout's Sam Reich reveals Game Changer season 9 will film this fall, has "short list" of episode ideas
From 15 ideas of how to torture his players, Dropout's Sam Reich will cut down to a list of 10. Maybe because 5 of them are too nice?
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Hellraiser has been added to Universal theme parks for Halloween, because people don't remember how horny Hellraiser was
Line up, folks! Take the family to the most BDSM-coded Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights yet, courtesy of Clive Barker's Hellraiser
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How creative burnout on Marvel's Punisher led Jim Lee to one of comics’ greatest runs: X-Men
Legend of Marvel Comics art turned legend of DC Comics publishing Lee says that there are only so many ways you can draw a vigilante in a van before getting tired
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
House of the Dragon's Olivia Cooke auditioned for Rey in Star Wars: the Force Awakens. It did not go well
"I was really bad," says Cooke in regards to her audition for a major Star Wars character. Maybe she forgot to switch off her targeting computer
July 01, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Don't expect Resident Evil's main character to be a Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield, or Jill Valentine. According to Weapons' Zach Cregger, he is just "an idiot"
Resident Evil's Bryan "not your typical game character," much like how Barbarian's Zach Cregger is not your typical game movie director
June 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
A decade before the X-Men movies even began, Jim Lee confirms he was making Charles Xavier Patrick Stewart
We've uncovered an old Marvel Age article in which artist-turned publisher Lee makes a bang-on prediction about the cinematic future of the X-Men's leader. And something about 'Geoffrey the Human Shark?' (Just kidding)
June 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
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
June 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Studios is heavily involved with the X-Men '97 season 2 prequel over at Marvel Comics, including stuff they couldn't fit in the cartoon
X-Men '97 Season Two comic writer Steve Foxe said Marvel Studios were "were incredibly generous with their time and insight, as well as with all sorts of scenes and character background that didn’t make it into the show"
June 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Invincible has already been renewed for Season 6 - and adds a veteran of The Boys to the cast
Invincible's at Annecy Animation Festival, and it's got some exciting news - The Boys star Quaid (AKA Hughie) is coming back to violent super-spoofs
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Spoilers!House of the Dragon's Ewan Mitchell always knew his character was capable of *that* scene with Alicent Hightower (but it was still "weird")
Spoiler warning, in case you haven't seen House of the Dragon season 3, episode 1, featuring Mitchell's Aemond and Olivia Cooke's Hightower. Heck, this is a warning even if you have seen it
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
That's not Matrix in the new Supergirl comic, despite DC's advertising text... but she is coming
The cover to DC's Supergirl #14 is misleading, but writer Sophie Campbell is clearing things up
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
DC's hit Absolute line isn't about being dark and edgy; Architect Scott Snyder explains the "core set of values" any Absolute pitch needs
"The overarching thesis of Absolute," says Absolute Batman's Scott Snyder, was not to just do DC but grittier and with indie artists. Although, as he admits, "All those things are there."
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Are you loving Wayne Brady in The Legend of Vox Machina season 4? You have Disney Junior to thank
OG Taryon Darrington Sam Riegel met current Legend of Vox Machina breakout star Wayne Brady not on the Critical Role set, but as a voice coach on a Disney princess series
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Traitors host Alan Cumming had his own moment of revelation off-set: He's playing Liberace in the Peacock reality hit
Cumming, who is bringing a dramatized rendition of Liberace's life to the stage this fall, connected with the entertainer while he was in Las Vegas for research
June 25, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
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
June 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Is Critical Role taking a break after Campaign 4, episode 31? Yes and no
Go to any Critical Role Campaign 4 forum and you'll see an upcoming change in what's been a pretty regular release schedule. We're here to explain that
June 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Spoilers!Marvel said the Ultimate Universe was ending "forever" (including telling stores it'd be a lie if they didn't). Now, somehow, "The Ultimate Universe will return"
Ultimate Universe: Finale #1 is out now and, well, let's just say what we got and what Marvel Comics delivered are arguably pretty different
June 24, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
John Brick: Keanu Reeves might be making a new LEGO movie
Reeves is said to be circling the film, which will combine CGI and live-action
June 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Supergirl has Bilquis Evely to thank for her movie. Bilquis Evely has Supergirl to thank for her career
Evely's Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is the bedrock of the DCU's second film. And had the artist not found Kara Zor-El at a pivotal point in her life, neither the comic or the film would've been the same
June 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
They've tackled Critical Role's Briarwoods, Cassandra, & Ripley - now Marieke Nijkamp wants to write Percy & Vex's kid
With Dark Horse's The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods wrapping up their prequel OGN trilogy, Mijkamp is thinking of which Critical Role character would be the most fun to write next
June 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Amazing Digital Circus cast jumps from the Void to a Dungeons & Dragons one-shot with Caine as the DM (Updated)
[UPDATED JUNE 23] The Amazing Digital Circus cast might be done in the recording booth, but if the cast has their way, not at the TTRPG actual play table
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Horror comics legend James Tynion IV recounts the inhuman nightmare that haunted his childhood: Steven Spielberg's ET
"The scream that ET makes is like the least human noise that I've ever seen in a movie or heard in a movie." - Eisner-winning horror storyteller James Tynion IV
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The tragedy at the heart of Supergirl may date back to her creator’s real life and the death of his daughter
Kara Zor-El, the titular hero of both Craig Gillespie's 2026 DCU entry and the Woman of Tomorrow comic, is a character rooted in the fictional destruction of Krypton and, as Tom King recounts, the real-life tragedy of co-creator Otto Binder
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Still going up, up, up: K-Pop Demon Hunter has spent 52 full weeks in the Netflix Global Top Ten
Happy one year in Netflix's Top Spot, KPop Demon Hunters fans!
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Critical Role cast agrees: Out of every Campaign, Exandria Unlimited: Calamity is most deserving of a TV show
"It's some of the the best storytelling we've ever had" - says Travis Willingham, who just happens to play Calamity's fan-favorite birdperson Cerrit Agrupnin
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role’s Whispered One is even more dangerous than Vox Machina has shown
Nijkamp, who is wrapping up their Exandrian prequel trilogy with Dark Horse's The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods, has insight into The Legend of Vix Machina's big bad
June 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Why are Critical Role’s Briarwoods always associated with purple? One creator has a theory
Anime, real history, and good ol' magic went into the titular characters of The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods. And artist Aviv Or told us how
June 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
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
June 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
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
June 18, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
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
June 17, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
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.'"
June 17, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
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
June 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
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
June 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Why is queer hockey romance having a moment? Check, Please author Ngozi Ukazu knows, and can even predict which sport is next
Yeah, yeah, the TV world is talking about Heated Rivalry, but go to a book store and you'll find *way* more queer hockey romance than just that. At BookCon 2026, I asked expert Ukazu why
June 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt