Future Fest
Features
The future is a big scary place and that's why it is so exciting [Future Fest]
We can't tell you with any real certainty what the next big thing is going to be. Isn't that wonderful?
September 19, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Hollywood finally embraces the true silliness of fighting games with 2026's Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat II
The time of the fighting game adaptation is now and we couldn't be happier.
September 19, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
The future of Star Wars in 2026 is a new era for movies, an old villain getting his own show, and an innovative new take on the Jedi [Future Fest]
Star Wars heads back to the big screen in 2026, but the most interesting experiment is happening on Disney+
September 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Want to know the future of horror movies? Just check your YouTube and Twitch [Future Fest]
Horror's next monsters (and monster-makers) are likely in your pocket right now
September 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The opening of Paul Anderson's Event Horizon feels suitably alien... but could use more humanity [The Coldest Open]
Horror is predicated on you feeling the same fear that the characters on screen are feeling - but as the futuristic (and otherwise brilliant!) Event Horizon begins, I find myself struggling to connect
September 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The biggest movies of 2026 [Future Fest]
Two MCU movies, one horror flick, and the kind of film they write prophecies about - here's what we think will hit cinemas the hardest come next year
September 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Supergirl, (more) Superman, and a trio of Lanterns: The future of DC Studios DCU looks like this [Future Fest]
DC Studios is ready to pivot to what the audience wants and what filmmakers are ready to make - which means more Superman, some Supergirl, and a Mike Flanagan-written Clayface horror movie
September 19, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Here's what the future of anime (and anime fandom) looks like according to us and Anime Herald boss Samantha Ferreira [Popverse Jump]
The future of anime, from someone who has seen a lot of its past.
September 19, 2025
Trent Cannon
Guides
The 2026 biggest book releases from your favorite authors (Veronica Roth, Cassandra Clare, Freida McFadden, and more)
Though 2025 isn't over yet, we are starting our engines and taking a look ahead at the biggest book releases out in 2026
September 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The best TV series of 2025 (so far) [Future Fest]
From the crime-ridden streets of New York City in Daredevil to the unknown galaxies of Strange New Worlds, here are the places we had the most fun exploring in 2025 TV
September 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The best movies of 2025 (so far) [Future Fest]
Unicorns dying and supermen taking flight - 2025 was a big one for movies, and your Popverse pals are shouting out their favorite here
September 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Popverse predicts the biggest TV shows of 2026, from Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy to Lanterns on HBO and beyond
Say goodbye to The Boys in 2026, but hello to one more Game of Thrones spinoff! Here are the most anticipated TV shows of 2026, as we see them
September 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The best anime of 2025 (so far) [Future Fest]
With My Dress-Up Darling, Dan Da Dan, and Witch Watch all out this year, romantic comedy anime fans have been truly spoiled.
September 18, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
How Akane-banashi, Jujutsu Kaisen, Oshi no Ko, and Frieren are all going to shape the future of anime [Future Fest]
Plus a truly unique Ghost in the Shell anime and Trigun Stargaze to keep us all loving anime in 2026.
September 18, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
The best fiction books of 2025 (so far) [Future Fest]
Stephen Graham Jones, Kylie Lee Baker, Virginia Feito, Lavinia Greenlaw, Daphne Woolsoncroft, and Daniel Kraus gave us books we couldn't put down in 2025.
September 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Marvel's X-Men have an even darker future, the Spider-Man replacement syndrome, and Captain America vs. Doctor Doom redux: The future of Marvel Comics
There's a lot happening in the Marvel Universe in the near future - including a literal glimpse into the world 10 years away, multiple Spider-Men, and Captain America dealing with Doctor Doom's mess
September 17, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
New DC Absolute reboots, Batman vs. Batmen & more Marvel-style hero vs. hero fights in DC K.O, Darkseid for the win: The future of DC Comics & All In
DC K.O. is about to turn the DCU into an all-out brawl, while the Absolute Universe is about to become busier and maybe more evil as the future of DC Comics looms large
September 17, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Look out One Piece - the biggest manga of 2026 might be Captain Underpants (and I don't think that's a bad thing) [Future Fest]
Whatever gets more kids reading manga is a good thing, in my book.
September 17, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Femgore and femme body horror will continue to reign in fiction thanks to real-world violence [Future Fest]
The femgore subgenre has caught the attention of Hollywood, and shows no signs of slowing down
September 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
[Future Fest] Horror lit's next big trend is Appalachian horror, blending the best of both folk horror and eco-horror
Thanks to books like Memorials by Richard Chizmar and Smothermoss by Alisa Alering, Appalachian horror shines a light on the specific horrors that this region has experienced
September 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The future of horror novels lies in unlikeable queer characters [Future Fest]
Books like Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin and Wretch by Eric LaRocca are part of a larger vibe shift in horror lit
September 16, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Daredevil, Punisher, Spider-Man, Marvel Zombies, and all-new Avengers: The future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe looks like this [Marvel Matters]
There's more Marvel coming your way in the next couple of years than you might have thought, and it's all leading up to the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the MCU
September 16, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
The best games of 2025 (so far) [Future Fest]
In a year with some massive game releases, it is indie titles that dominate our list of best games of 2025.
September 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Welcome to Future Fest at Popverse
Join us this week for Popverse Future Fest: It's time we begin writing the first draft of our pop culture future.
September 15, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
The future of gaming is single-player games, just like it always has been [Future Fest]
No matter what anyone tells you, single-player games have a bright future.
September 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
The big 2026 games to look forward to - GTA6, James Bond, Fable reboot, and more [Future Fest]
What will be the biggest games of 2026? GTA VI, Resident Evil, whatever Nintendo decides to release, and more!
September 15, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Batman, Netflix's Wednesday, NYCC pre-sales, the Witcher prequel, and more: This September at Popverse
Join us here in September as we are your tour guide and pop culture BFF, telling you what's good, what's bad, and why things are so great in the worlds of comics, movies, tv, games, and fiction lit.
August 29, 2025
Chris Arrant