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Watch GUNDAM Showcase - featuring Iron-Blooded Orphans, Hathaway, and the Future of Gundam from NYCC 2025
It was the 10th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans at New York Comic Con 2025, but tat didn't mean fans didn't get a glimpse of Gundam's future too
Grant DeArmitt
Secret Wars gives up its mysteries in a new book about the origins of the Marvel epic - and you can help make it happen
A new 300-page retrospective of the comic book run that inspired Marvel Studios' next Avengers movies is launching on Kickstarter November 4
Graeme McMillan
Magic: The Gathering Commander players, steel yourselves: Dockside Extortionist is back for Avatar: The Last Airbender
Magic: The Gathering x Avatar: The Last Airbender will feature Partner Source Material cards that use frames from the animated show as the cards' artwork
Jules Chin Greene
Wolverine writer Benjamin Percy is now writing in the King-verse, thanks to Stephen King and the experimental novel The End Times
Stephen King die-hards will perhaps recognize the name Claudia y Inez Bachman - and they're going to see it again, courtesy of King & Percy's newspaper tale The End Times, published by Bad Hand Books
Ashley V. Robinson
How to watch the big NYCC 2025 panels
Popverse members get to watch the big panels from NYCC 2025 before anyone else, including panels for Hazbin Hotel, Critical Role, the new Game of Thrones prequel, and more.
Chris Arrant
Uncharted voice actors Nolan North, Emily Rose, and Richard McGonagle are coming to Chicago's C2E2 2026
Nathan Drake and family are coming to C2E2 2026 for three days of photo ops and autographs
Graeme McMillan
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Waiting for Stephen King to weigh in on the Running Man movie script was like waiting for a teacher to grade your homework, but Edgar Wright says they passed with flying colors
The Running Man director Edgar Wright says the hardest part of making the film was waiting for Stephen King’s script notes (but it’s okay because King loved it)
Absolute Batman writer Scott Snyder confirms plans for an Absolute DC Comics superhero team book
If you've been holding out hope for a superhero team in DC's Absolute Universe, Scott Snyder has good news for you
George R.R. Martin offers the most human reason why the next Game of Thrones book, Winds of Winter, isn't finished yet
It's time we stop thinking of George R.R. Martin as a Game of Thrones writing machine, and more of him as a human (like us) who writes
Imagine NBC's Friends had a extra season, but it's horror instead of comedy... and that's Joe Hill's new novel King Sorrow
Horror writer Joe Hill shared stories of his new novel King Sorrow at New York Comic Con
Doctor Who star declares that HBO rapture drama The Leftovers was too early for its own good
At Rose City Comic Con 2025, Christopher Eccleston elaborated on how The Leftovers on HBO could have proliferated in a post-COVID world
Star Trek has a new central Klingon actor in Jay-Den Kraag, and he says he got expert prosthetics acting advice from Michael Dorn AND Doug Jones
Worf actor Michael Dorn is helping the next generation of Star Trek Klingons learn how to deal with prosthetics
The Witcher fans drove Yennifer actor Anya Chalotra off social media after season 1
You thought Witcher fandom backlash started with the Liam Hemsworth recast? According to Yennifer AKA Chalotra, the online negativity started way earlier than that
How X-Men: Days of Future Past predicted the future of superhero movies
X-Men’s James McAvoy says Days of Future Past tackled alternate timelines and universes before it was cool
Expect to see Tom Holland in IMAX in 2026 - just not in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey seems to have snatched up all the IMAX theaters that Spider-Man: Brand New Day might've played in. A bittersweet day for Tom Holland fans
Why I switched from Silksong to Hades 2 - I wanted a challenge I could do [Gamify My Life]
Sure, I'm going to die repeatedly and brutally in both games, but Hades 2 has felt like a manageable challenge while Silksong has felt like a punishment.
Mortal Kombat II will feel like a feature-length version of the first film’s intense opening scene
Director Simon McQuoid says Mortal Kombat II will be like a longer version of the Sub-Zero versus Scorpion prologue from the first movie
Marvel Comics gave writer a Death List of potential superhero casualties ahead of Avengers relaunch
Avengers: Disassembled gave Marvel Comics' greatest superteam a shot in the arm - and Marvel Comics gave writer Brian Michael Bendis a list of possible candidates for a shot at the afterlife
Matthew Lillard is excited for a third Five Nights at Freddy's movie - but says Blumhouse is waiting to greenlight it until FNAF 2 becomes the success they all think it will be
Matthew Lillard says if we want to see FNAF 3, we have to support FNAF 2 in theaters
One Piece voice actor Ian Sinclair has a special place in his house for all his character's merchandise, memorabilia, and fan gifts... and of course it's called his Brook Nook
We have a Brook Nook too, but we just really love One Piece.
IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 2 dives deeper into Stephen King's Shining transplant - Here's what's next for Dick Hallorann [Lore Corner]
Famously psychic Dick Hallorann (played by Chris Chalk) has a long road ahead before he nabs the job at the Overlook Hotel. We're investigating what his arc on the King-inspired IT: Welcome to Derry might be ahead of that
After the end of the Ultimate Universe, Marvel Comics promises Armageddon in Summer 2026
The event storyline created by writer Chip Zdarsky will "mpact the entire Marvel Universe, changing the face of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes," per Marvel Comics
Marvel's Disney+ show Loki almost featured the first X-Men lore in the MCU - and it was pretty obscure
2021's Loki series had a pitch where the God of Lies encountered an X-Men foe no one would have seen coming
Watch BlumFest 2025 terrify NYCC 2025, no Halloween costume required!
Blumhouse commander-in-chief Jason Blum was at New York Comic Con 2025 to tease Five Nights at Freddy's 2, the Mummy, and more!
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Watch GUNDAM Showcase - featuring Iron-Blooded Orphans, Hathaway, and the Future of Gundam from NYCC 2025
It was the 10th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans at New York Comic Con 2025, but tat didn't mean fans didn't get a glimpse of Gundam's future too
Grant DeArmitt
Watch BlumFest 2025 terrify NYCC 2025, no Halloween costume required!
Blumhouse commander-in-chief Jason Blum was at New York Comic Con 2025 to tease Five Nights at Freddy's 2, the Mummy, and more!
Grant DeArmitt
The Dan Da Dan manga is taking the will they-won't they trope to soap opera levels and it doesn't need to [Popverse Jump]
You don't have to convince me that kids are awkward and weird. I remember my teenage years all too well.
Trent Cannon
New York Comic Con
Waiting for Stephen King to weigh in on the Running Man movie script was like waiting for a teacher to grade your homework, but Edgar Wright says they passed with flying colors
The Running Man director Edgar Wright says the hardest part of making the film was waiting for Stephen King’s script notes (but it’s okay because King loved it)
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
George R.R. Martin offers the most human reason why the next Game of Thrones book, Winds of Winter, isn't finished yet
It's time we stop thinking of George R.R. Martin as a Game of Thrones writing machine, and more of him as a human (like us) who writes
Jim McDermott
Imagine NBC's Friends had a extra season, but it's horror instead of comedy... and that's Joe Hill's new novel King Sorrow
Horror writer Joe Hill shared stories of his new novel King Sorrow at New York Comic Con
Jim McDermott
Star Trek has a new central Klingon actor in Jay-Den Kraag, and he says he got expert prosthetics acting advice from Michael Dorn AND Doug Jones
Worf actor Michael Dorn is helping the next generation of Star Trek Klingons learn how to deal with prosthetics
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Critical Role
Exandria, ho! Watch the cast of Vox Machina, Mighty Nein, and Critical Role - Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Liam O’Brien, Ashley Johnson, Taliesin Jaffe, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham - roll for adventure at NYCC 2025
The voices of Vex/Jester (Bailey), Keyleth/Beauregard (Ray), Vax/Caleb (O’Brien), Pike/Yasha (Johnson), Percy/Mallymauk (Jaffe), Scanlon/Nott (Riegel), and Grog/Fjord (Willingham) joined GM Matthew Mercer at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there filming
Grant DeArmitt
Need a last-minute costume? Critical Role and Spirit Halloween have you covered
Just in time for Samhain, two of the most popular characters from Critical Role's Mighty Nein are getting the Spirit Halloween treatment. Hope you like dressing as a tiefling
Grant DeArmitt
After Critical Role & Dimension 20's sweeping success, DMing YouTubers The Dungeon Dudes predict the future of Dungeons & Dragons live play
Kelly McLaughlin and Monty Martin know a thing or two about TTRPG web series, which is one of the reasons they've helped build actual play/escape room hybrid Tales from Woodcreek
Grant DeArmitt
Critical Role Campaign 4 exists because GM Brennan Lee Mulligan LOVES orcs
OK, maybe not *only* because Dimension 20 GM Mulligan loves orcs, but Aramán's history in Critical Role's fourth campaign has a lot to do with the most hated-upon fantasy race
Grant DeArmitt
Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering Commander players, steel yourselves: Dockside Extortionist is back for Avatar: The Last Airbender
Magic: The Gathering x Avatar: The Last Airbender will feature Partner Source Material cards that use frames from the animated show as the cards' artwork
Jules Chin Greene
Yes, your Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair orders will be late - Here’s why
Due to a problem that affected Magic: The Gathering's manufacturing schedule, Secret Lair drops are going to be delayed
Jules Chin Greene
Kpop Demon Hunters will be "one of the best" Magic: The Gathering collabs of 2026, says Wizards of the Coast exec
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks says that the KPop Demon Hunters Secret Lair will go down as one of Magic: The Gathering's best-selling releases
Jules Chin Greene
Magic: The Gathering wants to know if internet hate stopped you from buying its Spider-Man set
A new survey from Magic: The Gathering about its Spider-Man set contains a question stirring controversy online about the role of influencers in the MTG community
Jules Chin Greene
New York Comic Con
Waiting for Stephen King to weigh in on the Running Man movie script was like waiting for a teacher to grade your homework, but Edgar Wright says they passed with flying colors
The Running Man director Edgar Wright says the hardest part of making the film was waiting for Stephen King’s script notes (but it’s okay because King loved it)
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
George R.R. Martin offers the most human reason why the next Game of Thrones book, Winds of Winter, isn't finished yet
It's time we stop thinking of George R.R. Martin as a Game of Thrones writing machine, and more of him as a human (like us) who writes
Jim McDermott
Imagine NBC's Friends had a extra season, but it's horror instead of comedy... and that's Joe Hill's new novel King Sorrow
Horror writer Joe Hill shared stories of his new novel King Sorrow at New York Comic Con
Jim McDermott
Star Trek has a new central Klingon actor in Jay-Den Kraag, and he says he got expert prosthetics acting advice from Michael Dorn AND Doug Jones
Worf actor Michael Dorn is helping the next generation of Star Trek Klingons learn how to deal with prosthetics
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
