Marvel
Sadie Sink Breaks Silence On Jean Grey: X-Men Return Confirmed
Note: Spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day follow. After more than a year of code names and dodged questions, Sadie…
Gaming
Take-Two CEO Defends No GTA 6 Disc: “Who Cares If You Download Digitally?”
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick was handed a golden opportunity on Thursday’s earnings call. An investor asked him point blank about…
Gaming
Why Is GTA 6’s Big Reveal on Netflix? Zelnick Teases: “You’ll Understand More”
The strangest part of the Grand Theft Auto VI marketing campaign now has an official explanation. Sort of. Asked why…
Gaming
GTA 6 Pre-Orders “Vastly” Beat Take-Two’s Own Forecasts — But It Won’t Say By How Much
Take-Two finally opened the books on Grand Theft Auto VI, sort of. Speaking on the company’s first quarter earnings day,…
Movies
William Shatner Fronts Star Trek’s 60th Anniversary Documentary — Hitting Regal Theaters In October
William Shatner executive produces Star Trek 60th anniversary documentary The Sixty-Year Mission, hitting Regal theaters October 9 with in-person Q&As.
Movies
The Odyssey Box Office Crosses $1 Billion: Nolan’s Biggest Movie Ever Is Days Away
The Odyssey crosses $1 billion worldwide, the 65th movie ever to do it, with The Dark Knight Rises' $1.085 billion Nolan record set to fall within
DCU
James Gunn Says The Batman Part III Isn’t Filming With Part II
The internet spent Thursday convinced Matt Reeves is secretly shooting The Batman Part III alongside Part II. James Gunn needed…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Fastest Movie Ever To $500 Million Domestic: Endgame Falls Again
Another day, another Endgame record in the rearview. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now the fastest movie in history to…
DCU
David Ayer Posts From The Warner Bros. Lot The Same Day As Zack Snyder, On Suicide Squad’s 10th Anniversary
One day after Zack Snyder posted from the Warner Bros. lot, David Ayer shared the same water tower set to "Just Another Day," on the 10-year
Movies
Jurassic World: Rebirth Sequel Loses Gareth Edwards Following Franchise-Low Box Office
Gareth Edwards is out as director of the Jurassic World: Rebirth sequel, exiting the Universal follow-up over “creative differences,” per…
Anime
Your Name 4K Stuns Fans With August 14 Return To Theaters For Its 10th Anniversary
Your Name 4K is coming back to theaters, and if you have never seen it on a big screen, this…
Marvel
Kit Connor Is The Choice For Cyclops In Marvel’s X-Men
Marvel has its team captain. Kit Connor is the studio’s choice to play Cyclops in The X-Men, per a new…
Star Wars
Ewan McGregor Says ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Season 2 Is Going Nowhere
Ewan McGregor reveals nothing is moving on Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2, while Anne Hathaway pitches herself as Anakin Skywalker's secret daughter.
Star Wars
Disney Admits ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Flopped, Touts Toys Instead
Disney admits The Mandalorian and Grogu underperformed at the box office, pointing to toys and theme parks as the Star Wars movie ends at $345 million
Marvel
Russo Brothers Congratulate Spider-Man: Brand New Day: “The Gauntlet Has Been Passed”
The dethroned champs conceded with class, and maybe a message. Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors whose Avengers: Endgame just…
DCU
Zaslav Hypes Man of Tomorrow, Says No DC Strategy Shift — The Merger Already Made That Decision
David Zaslav got on the phone with Wall Street this morning, hours after reporting a $96 million quarter for the…
Movies
UK Approves The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: 66 Governments Have Said Yes, 12 States Still Say No
The UK cleared the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, making 66 jurisdictions worldwide. The only thing left is the Oakland courtroom in March.
DCU
Supergirl Blamed As WBD Studio Profits Crash 89% In Q2 — A Batman Game Is The Only Thing Growing
Update: David Zaslav has now responded on the earnings call, hyping Man of Tomorrow and insisting there’s no DC strategy…
Gaming
GTA 6 “Extended Look” Premieres on Netflix August 27 — Six Hours Before YouTube
UPDATE: Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has teased the reason the reveal is on Netflix, saying viewers will understand once they…
DCU
Why Gunn’s DCU Batman Still Isn’t Cast: The Merger Contract Explains Everything
We may now know the real reason why there is no DCU Batman and no Brave and the Bold. It’s…
DCU
David Ellison Already Has Veto Power Over DC’s Future — Before He Even Owns It
David Ellison does not own Warner Bros. Discovery yet. The 12-state antitrust lawsuit has the $110 billion merger frozen until…
DCU
Zack Snyder Posts From The Warner Bros. Lot Set To A Song Called “Home”
Zack Snyder posted a selfie from the Warner Bros. lot set to a song called "Home," on James Gunn's birthday, hours after listing Bruce Wayne's actual
DCU
Supergirl Exits Theaters As The Lowest-Grossing DC Movie Ever — And Gunn Hints ‘It’s Not The End Of The World’
Update: Supergirl is now getting called out in WBD’s Q2 earnings, with studio earnings crashing 89 percent, and David Zaslav…
Marvel
Disney CEO Congratulates Sony: Spider-Man: Brand New Day “Bodes Well” For Avengers: Doomsday
The congratulations are coming from inside the house of mouse. Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro used Wednesday’s quarterly earnings call to…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Sets Biggest Tuesday In Box Office History, Now 2026’s Highest-Grossing Movie
UPDATE: The sweep rolled right into the record books again. Brand New Day is now the fastest movie ever to…
Marvel
Sadie Sink Breaks Silence On Jean Grey: X-Men Return Confirmed
Note: Spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day follow. After more than a year of code names and dodged questions, Sadie…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Fastest Movie Ever To $500 Million Domestic: Endgame Falls Again
Another day, another Endgame record in the rearview. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now the fastest movie in history to…
Marvel
Kit Connor Is The Choice For Cyclops In Marvel’s X-Men
Marvel has its team captain. Kit Connor is the studio’s choice to play Cyclops in The X-Men, per a new…
Marvel
Russo Brothers Congratulate Spider-Man: Brand New Day: “The Gauntlet Has Been Passed”
The dethroned champs conceded with class, and maybe a message. Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors whose Avengers: Endgame just…
Marvel
Disney CEO Congratulates Sony: Spider-Man: Brand New Day “Bodes Well” For Avengers: Doomsday
The congratulations are coming from inside the house of mouse. Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro used Wednesday’s quarterly earnings call to…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Sets Biggest Tuesday In Box Office History, Now 2026’s Highest-Grossing Movie
UPDATE: The sweep rolled right into the record books again. Brand New Day is now the fastest movie ever to…
Movies
Devil Wears Prada 2 Streaming Record Shows Why Marvel, Star Wars Tanked On Disney+
The Devil Wears Prada 2 just claimed the biggest live-action movie premiere in the history of Disney+ and Hulu, pulling…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Blows Past $1 Billion: The Second-Fastest Billion In Box Office History
UPDATE: The chase is on schedule. Brand New Day is now 2026’s highest-grossing movie worldwide at $1.155 billion, adding the…
Marvel
Kevin Feige Pokes At DC, Says “There Are None Better Than The Marvel Characters”
Kevin Feige could not resist taking a poke at DC while celebrating Spider-Man: Brand New Day‘s $927 million global opening.…
Marvel
Kevin Feige Confirms Spider-Man: Brand New Day Leads Into X-Men, Explains Why Sadie Sink Stayed Secret
Warning: Spoilers follow for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, now playing in theaters. Kevin Feige finally said where Spider-Man: Brand New…
Movies
Sony Walks Back Spider-Man Spinoff Universe Reboot: Nothing In Development
Tom Rothman says no Sony Marvel spinoff movies are in active development, a sharp walk back from February's confirmed reboot with new actors.
Marvel
Sony Boss Confirms Superhero Fatigue Is A Myth: ‘The Audience Is The Boss’
The man who just banked the biggest opening weekend in the history of the movies has a message for the…
Marvel
Spider-Man 5: Sony Boss Says ‘Yes’ As Tom Holland And Zendaya Want Back In
The biggest opening weekend in movie history comes with an obvious follow-up question, and Sony’s boss just gave the only…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Swings Into IMAX This Week: Tickets On Sale Tuesday
The last domino of the record weekend just fell. IMAX Corporation officially announced that Spider-Man: Brand New Day expands across…
Movies
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Box Office Dethrones Avengers: Endgame With $360M
UPDATE: The record holder didn’t slow down. Brand New Day has now crossed $1 billion worldwide, the second-fastest billion in…
Movies
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Beats All Of James Gunn’s DC Movies Combined In One Weekend
Spider-Man: Brand New Day just passed every DC movie James Gunn has ever made. All of them. Combined. In one…
Movies
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Explodes To $927 Million Global Opening — Second-Biggest Ever With $2 Billion In Sight
UPDATE (Monday): Make it $932 million. Monday’s actuals revised the global debut up, and the domestic number hit $360 million,…
Movies
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Opens To $355 Million — Endgame’s Record Survives By Just $2 Million, For Now
UPDATE 2: The crown FELL. Monday’s actuals came in at $360 million, past Endgame‘s $357.1 million, officially making Brand New…
Marvel
Wonder Man Showrunner Shuts Down Disney Spin: “There Is No Movie In The Works”
Wonder Man showrunner Andrew Guest says there is no movie in the works, no scheduling conflict, and the Season 2 premiere was already written when Disney
Movies
Kevin Feige Interested In Zack Snyder, Rumor Claims — And We Were Told About Marvel vs DC Talks
A new Marvel rumor dropped Sunday claiming Kevin Feige has his eye on the one director DC fans never stopped…
Marvel
X-Men ’97 Season 2 Ratings Flop As Series Fails To Chart Again
X-Men ’97 is back on Disney+, and so are its ratings problems, as Season 2 has failed to make the…
Movies
Avengers: Doomsday Loses IMAX To Dune But Spider-Man Just Proved It Doesn’t Matter
Deadline’s Saturday box office report includes another important acknowledgment of the Christmas showdown: IMAX remains committed to Warner Bros. and…
Marvel
Rosamund Pike Eyed For Ryan Gosling Ghost Rider: Mephisto Returns And A Secret Wars Debut
Ghost Rider does not have a single confirmed cast member beyond Ryan Gosling, and the rumor mill is already working…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review: Tom Holland Delivers His Best Spidey Movie Yet
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now in theaters, bringing back Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon while adding longtime Marvel…
Movies
Alien: Romulus Sequel Shelved As Cailee Spaeny Circles X-Men’s Rogue
UPDATE: 20th Century Studios president Steve Asbell has denied the report. Asbell replied “Nope.” to a post on X citing…
DCU
James Gunn Says The Batman Part III Isn’t Filming With Part II
The internet spent Thursday convinced Matt Reeves is secretly shooting The Batman Part III alongside Part II. James Gunn needed…
DCU
David Ayer Posts From The Warner Bros. Lot The Same Day As Zack Snyder, On Suicide Squad’s 10th Anniversary
One day after Zack Snyder posted from the Warner Bros. lot, David Ayer shared the same water tower set to "Just Another Day," on the 10-year
DCU
Zaslav Hypes Man of Tomorrow, Says No DC Strategy Shift — The Merger Already Made That Decision
David Zaslav got on the phone with Wall Street this morning, hours after reporting a $96 million quarter for the…
DCU
Supergirl Blamed As WBD Studio Profits Crash 89% In Q2 — A Batman Game Is The Only Thing Growing
Update: David Zaslav has now responded on the earnings call, hyping Man of Tomorrow and insisting there’s no DC strategy…
DCU
Why Gunn’s DCU Batman Still Isn’t Cast: The Merger Contract Explains Everything
We may now know the real reason why there is no DCU Batman and no Brave and the Bold. It’s…
DCU
David Ellison Already Has Veto Power Over DC’s Future — Before He Even Owns It
David Ellison does not own Warner Bros. Discovery yet. The 12-state antitrust lawsuit has the $110 billion merger frozen until…
DCU
Zack Snyder Posts From The Warner Bros. Lot Set To A Song Called “Home”
Zack Snyder posted a selfie from the Warner Bros. lot set to a song called "Home," on James Gunn's birthday, hours after listing Bruce Wayne's actual
DCU
Supergirl Exits Theaters As The Lowest-Grossing DC Movie Ever — And Gunn Hints ‘It’s Not The End Of The World’
Update: Supergirl is now getting called out in WBD’s Q2 earnings, with studio earnings crashing 89 percent, and David Zaslav…
DCU
Mary Holland Cast As Female Lead In DC’s Jimmy Olsen Series, And It Still Isn’t Greenlit
DC’s ungreenlit gorilla mockumentary just landed its female lead. Deadline reports Mary Holland (Ghosts, Netflix’s The Little House on the…
Marvel
Kevin Feige Pokes At DC, Says “There Are None Better Than The Marvel Characters”
Kevin Feige could not resist taking a poke at DC while celebrating Spider-Man: Brand New Day‘s $927 million global opening.…
DCU
Zack Snyder Posts Henry Cavill: “Always A Good Day When This One Shows Up”
Zack Snyder posted a Henry Cavill throwback set to Smashing Pumpkins' "Today," one day after the Kevin Feige rumor and as the Paramount merger fight shifts.
Movies
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Beats All Of James Gunn’s DC Movies Combined In One Weekend
Spider-Man: Brand New Day just passed every DC movie James Gunn has ever made. All of them. Combined. In one…
Movies
Kevin Feige Interested In Zack Snyder, Rumor Claims — And We Were Told About Marvel vs DC Talks
A new Marvel rumor dropped Sunday claiming Kevin Feige has his eye on the one director DC fans never stopped…
DCU
Booster Gold Claimed Not Canceled As DC Is Replacing David Jenkins Instead
Booster Gold isn’t dead after all? Hours after David Jenkins announced that his version of the series “won’t be moving…
DCU
James Gunn’s DCU Fate Could Be Decided In Court Paperwork By November
The states want Paramount's integration plans in merger trial discovery, meaning James Gunn's DCU fate could be written down, sworn to, and argued in court by
DCU
Booster Gold Is Dead — David Jenkins Says DCU Series ‘Won’t Be Moving Forward’
UPDATE: The Wrap claims that the Booster Gold series isn’t dead and will be moving forward with a new writer.…
DCU
James Gunn Says The DCU Batman Isn’t Cast: ‘De And Bunked’
Update, August 6: There is now a fuller explanation for why nothing is cast. The Paramount merger contract explains the…
DCU
Zack Snyder’s Justice League Introduction Was Supposed To Be Much Different (Exclusive)
The Justice League was never supposed to arrive as email attachments. But that is how Warner Bros. introduced half the…
DCU
DC Fans Do Not Want DC At Netflix, Say Insiders
If Paramount loses in court, everyone in Hollywood knows where the road leads. And I have been told DC fans…
DCU
Christopher Nolan ‘Saved Zack Snyder’ Say Insiders
Christopher Nolan saved Zack Snyder. That is what I have been told by insiders, the same sourcing that has been…
DCU
Adria Arjona Hasn’t Filmed Man of Tomorrow Yet: Why It Points To Wonder Woman
Adria Arjona just dropped the most revealing Man of Tomorrow detail of Comic-Con weekend, and it lines up with what…
DCU
YouTube Restores Cosmic Book News Lanterns Video: WBD Never Filed The Lawsuit
UPDATE: One day after YouTube, X has now restored the struck Cosmic Book News post as well, confirming it forwarded…
DCU
Alan Ritchson Shoots Down Batman At Comic-Con: ‘Conversations About Another Character’
Update, August 6: Why could Ritchson pass on the Cowl but keep talking to DC? The Paramount merger contract explains…
DCU
Alan Ritchson Won’t Deny Batman And Everyone Missed The ‘Detective’ Clue
Update, August 6: Ritchson’s “standards” now have a paper trail. The Paramount merger contract explains the entire Batman stall —…
DCU
Adria Arjona Won’t Deny She’s Wonder Woman At Comic-Con: “I’m With Family”
UPDATE: Arjona has now told Collider she still hasn’t filmed Man of Tomorrow, three months into production. That sinks any…
Star Wars
Ewan McGregor Says ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Season 2 Is Going Nowhere
Ewan McGregor reveals nothing is moving on Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2, while Anne Hathaway pitches herself as Anakin Skywalker's secret daughter.
Star Wars
Disney Admits ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Flopped, Touts Toys Instead
Disney admits The Mandalorian and Grogu underperformed at the box office, pointing to toys and theme parks as the Star Wars movie ends at $345 million
Movies
Devil Wears Prada 2 Streaming Record Shows Why Marvel, Star Wars Tanked On Disney+
The Devil Wears Prada 2 just claimed the biggest live-action movie premiere in the history of Disney+ and Hulu, pulling…
Star Wars
Star Wars: The Experience First Look Reveals Carbon Freeze Capture, Amidala’s Throne Room And 50 Years Of Kenner Figures
The first look at Star Wars: The Experience landed at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, and the official 50th anniversary…
Star Wars
Hasbro Reveals Star Wars Comic-Con Lineup: Battle Of Geonosis Figures, Luke’s Red Five X-Wing, Rotta The Hutt And More
Right on schedule. As I reported from the show floor on Thursday, a Hasbro rep told me the company had…
Star Wars
Star Wars Going Big For 50th Anniversary With Original Trilogy, Clone Wars And More (Exclusive)
Next year's Star Wars Celebration marks the 50th anniversary, and a Hasbro rep tells me Lucasfilm is going big with the Original Trilogy, Clone Wars, and
Star Wars
Hasbro Rep Reveals Book Of Boba Fett Disappointment, Says The Acolyte Looked Awesome On Paper (Exclusive)
The Acolyte looked awesome on paper, but The Book of Boba Fett brought disappointment on the internal communications side, a Hasbro rep tells me at Comic-Con.
Star Wars
Lucasfilm More Open To Pitches And Video Games Following Kathleen Kennedy Exit (Exclusive)
A Hasbro rep tells me Lucasfilm is more open to pitches and video games following the exit of Kathleen Kennedy, which means more video game figures
Star Wars
Hasbro Teases Big Star Wars Reveal At Comic-Con As Booth Steals The Show (Exclusive)
Hasbro says a big Star Wars reveal is coming at Friday's Comic-Con panel, and its booth featuring Battle of Geonosis, Mandalorian and Grogu, and Maul displays
Star Wars
Ryan Gosling Heavily Involved With Star Wars: Starfighter Just Like Ryan Reynolds With Deadpool (Exclusive)
A Hasbro rep tells me at San Diego Comic-Con that Ryan Gosling is heavily involved with Star Wars: Starfighter, similar to Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool, and
Star Wars
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Hits Digital in Just 60 Days Following Record-Low Star Wars Box Office
Disney sets The Mandalorian and Grogu's digital release for July 21, just 60 days after the lowest-grossing live-action Star Wars movie ever hit theaters.
Marvel
Marvel and Star Wars May Be Worth More Outside Disney+, Wall Street Says
Disney built its streaming empire around Marvel and Star Wars. Now Wall Street is arguing those franchises may be worth…
Star Wars
Massive Star Wars Reboot Incoming Hints Marvel’s Own Reset (Exclusive)
A massive Star Wars reset is coming, and Disney has all but said so. It just said it through Marvel.…
Movies
Why Captain America, Fantastic Four, Mandalorian & Grogu And Supergirl All Bombed The Same Way
Update: The follow-up connecting what the safe era was actually for is now live: massive Star Wars reboot incoming, hinted…
Star Wars
Star Wars: Kathleen Kennedy Blamed For Mandalorian & Grogu Flop
Update: The Kennedy era’s endgame comes into focus: a massive Star Wars reboot is incoming, and Marvel’s own reset spells…
Movies
Hollywood Does A 180: Studios Now Courting The Very Fans They Shunned
For the better part of a decade, Hollywood had a message for its core audience: this isn’t for you anymore.…
Star Wars
Star Wars: The Experience Sets 2027 World Premiere For Franchise’s 50th Anniversary
The Franklin Institute will host the world premiere of Star Wars: The Experience, the official 50th anniversary exhibition, opening February 13, 2027 in Philadelphia.
Star Wars
Star Wars: Starfighter Leak Reveals Ryan Gosling’s Cade And Eva Mendes’ Wild Role
A fresh batch of Star Wars: Starfighter leaks hit X this week, and this time the source is MakingStarWars, one of the…
Movies
David Ellison’s Paramount Has The Receipts On Woke Hollywood As Fans Declare Independence (Exclusive)
Happy Fourth of July! And fittingly enough, word is the revolution at Paramount isn’t being fought with muskets. It’s being…
Movies
Hollywood Did The ‘Guardians’ Formula To Death, And The Box Office Is Sending The Bill
Op-ed: The quippy sci-fi blockbuster was fresh exactly once. Ten years of rinse-and-repeat later, audiences have stopped showing up, even…
Movies
Disney Targets Lionsgate To Win Back Males And Families (Exclusive)
Following our exclusive that Disney is eyeing Lionsgate as it prepares for the coming Paramount-Warner Bros. war, insiders have now…
Movies
Disney Preps Paramount-WBD War: Eyes Lionsgate, Resetting Legacy IP (Exclusive)
Last month, Disney made more moves at Marvel, eliminating Marvel’s visual development team, including legendary artist Andy Park, who helped…
Movies
Toy Story 5 Buries A Star Wars Movie’s Entire Run In One Weekend
Here’s a stat that says everything about where the Star Wars brand sits in 2026: Toy Story 5 is about…
Star Wars
Star Wars Has Lost 85% Of Its Audience, And Lucasfilm’s Fix Sounds Worse
Editor’s note: The following is editorial analysis. Lucasfilm reportedly has a new fix for Star Wars, and somehow it sounds…
Movies
Hollywood Keeps Blaming Fans For Star Wars, Marvel, DC Failures
Update: Following the Supergirl movie’s failure, fans are now being blamed for the backlash to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, even…
Marvel
Marvel Masterworks Returns — But Not From Marvel, Just Like Our Insiders Said
Marvel Masterworks is coming back, and Marvel Comics has nothing to do with it. That combination tells you everything about…
Comics
Comic-Con Interview: Metal Ninja Studios Turns Any Idea Into a Professional Comic
We talk with Metal Ninja Studios at SDCC 2026 about Concept to Comic, the service turning novels, screenplays, and napkin ideas into pro comic books.
Marvel
Marvel Comics Brings Back Woke Nova Just As Stephen Wacker Returns As EIC
Well, that didn’t take long. One day after Stephen Wacker was named the new Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics, Marvel announced…
Marvel
Marvel Comics Abandons NYC For Hollywood As Feige Relocates After Nearly 90 Years
Marvel Comics is leaving New York. Not opening a second headquarters. Not sending a few executives west. After nearly 90…
Marvel
Marvel Comics Names Stephen Wacker Editor-in-Chief As C.B. Cebulski Steps Down, But Is That A Good Thing?
UPDATE: The Marvel Comics overhaul just escalated dramatically, as the entire Comics division is relocating to Burbank, ending nearly 90…
DCU
DC Reveals SDCC 2026 Plans: Silver Age Booth, Jim Lee & Friends, Absolute Universe Exclusives
DC has announced its lineup for Comic-Con International: San Diego, and the publisher is turning the clock back to the…
Comics
Rob Liefeld: Big Entertainment Is Going All-In On Tech, ‘Bottom Line, Period’
After Rob Liefeld answered the report that Marvel is phasing its publishing over to Webtoon by 2030 with a simple…
Comics
DC’s Absolute Universe Leads 2026 Eisner Awards, Set for Comic-Con Friday Night
The 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards hit Comic-Con on Friday, July 24, with DC's Absolute line dominating the nominations. Here's the full rundown — and
Marvel
Marvel Comics Moving To Webtoon By 2030? Rob Liefeld: ‘Believe It’
UPDATE 7/26: More evidence out of San Diego Comic-Con: Marvel Masterworks is coming back in 2027 from Clover Press via…
Marvel
X-Men Were Never Created As A Civil Rights Allegory Confirms Marvel Writer
UPDATE: The reboot’s own writer has now landed on a similar read, with the MCU’s Lee Sung Jin saying the X-Men are…
DCU
Did Greg Capullo Tease Absolute Batman?
Update: Greg Capullo shared more art, seemingly confirming Absolute Batman: “Yes. Absolutely! 🤘🏻✏️🤘🏻 #Batman #dccomics.” Scott Snyder reacted to the art on…
DCU
Zack Snyder Joins Frank Miller Tour Amid ‘Dark Knight Returns’ Movie Buzz
Zack Snyder is teaming up with the creator of The Dark Knight Returns. Snyder has been announced as the moderator…
DCU
DC’s Absolute Line Tops Marvel, Drives Absolute Batman Animated (Exclusive)
While Disney cuts staff and restructures Marvel around AI, the story over at DC is the opposite. Insiders tell me…
Marvel
Disney Less Interested In Marvel Comics, Eyes Licensing (Exclusive)
UPDATE 7/26: The licensing play is now out in the open. Marvel Masterworks, the nearly 40-year-old archival hardcover line Marvel…
Comics
Batman Writer Andrew Farago Arrested Over Hidden Bathroom Camera Involving Children
Andrew Farago, longtime curator of San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum and a well-known pop culture author who also wrote for…
DCU
Absolute Batman Anime Rumor Heats Up Before Comic-Con
Update: At the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios announced the Absolute Batman animated series,…
Comics
Robert Kirkman Rumored To Bring Turok, Solar and Magnus To Skybound
Robert Kirkman may have another major comic book move in the works, this time involving the classic Gold Key characters…
Comics
Stan Lee Brought Back From The Dead By AI — And Fans Aren’t Having It
AI audio company ElevenLabs — valued at $11 billion — announced a partnership with Stan Lee Universe to bring the…
Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #1000 Revealed By Marvel: Ravage Debuts In Biggest Issue In Spider-History
Marvel Comics has announced The Amazing Spider-Man #1000, with Joe Kelly, Pepe Larraz, John Romita Jr., and a long list…
Marvel
Marvel Comics Rocked Again As Dan Buckley Exits, Brad Winderbaum Takes Control
Marvel Comics is going through another major shake-up. Following the exit of longtime sales boss David Gabriel and three Marvel…
Marvel
Marvel’s Midnight Universe Revealed: Hickman Launches Horror X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four
Marvel Comics has revealed new details about its Midnight Universe, confirming the new horror publishing line launches in August 2026…
Marvel
Spider-Man and Hulk Team Up For Kevin Smith’s Fire & Brimstone Comic Series
Right in time for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Marvel Comics is pairing Spider-Man and the Hulk for a new five-issue…
DCU
DC Announces Kingdom of Zod Superman Crossover For August
DC has announced Kingdom of Zod, a new Superman crossover that brings the full Super-Family into a major battle against…
Marvel
Marvel Comics Teases New Midnight Universe For Fall 2026
Marvel Comics is teasing a new Midnight Universe, and it looks like the publisher may be setting up a horror-focused…
Comics
Rippaverse Lands Major Hachette Deal As Eric July’s Comics Push Goes Global
Rippaverse Publishing is getting a major retail boost. Hachette Book Group announced Wednesday that Rippaverse Publishing will join its third-party…
Star Wars
Ewan McGregor Says ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Season 2 Is Going Nowhere
Ewan McGregor reveals nothing is moving on Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2, while Anne Hathaway pitches herself as Anakin Skywalker's secret daughter.
TV
Henry Cavill Confirms He’s Still Starring In Warhammer — His Character Remains A Secret
Henry Cavill has finally said it himself. Hours after Variety made the Deathwatch animated series official on Monday, Cavill posted…
DCU
Mary Holland Cast As Female Lead In DC’s Jimmy Olsen Series, And It Still Isn’t Greenlit
DC’s ungreenlit gorilla mockumentary just landed its female lead. Deadline reports Mary Holland (Ghosts, Netflix’s The Little House on the…
TV
Dave Bautista In Talks to Play Kratos in Amazon’s God of War — And Atreus Is Getting Recast Too
The internet cast Dave Bautista as Kratos four years ago. Amazon is finally catching up. Deadline reports Bautista is in…
TV
Henry Cavill Now Has Two Warhammer 40K Series at Amazon — Deathwatch Animated Show Official
UPDATE 8/4: Henry Cavill has now confirmed it all himself, posting a statement to Instagram hours after this story broke.…
Marvel
Wonder Man Showrunner Shuts Down Disney Spin: “There Is No Movie In The Works”
Wonder Man showrunner Andrew Guest says there is no movie in the works, no scheduling conflict, and the Season 2 premiere was already written when Disney
Marvel
X-Men ’97 Season 2 Ratings Flop As Series Fails To Chart Again
X-Men ’97 is back on Disney+, and so are its ratings problems, as Season 2 has failed to make the…
DCU
Booster Gold Claimed Not Canceled As DC Is Replacing David Jenkins Instead
Booster Gold isn’t dead after all? Hours after David Jenkins announced that his version of the series “won’t be moving…
Movies
George Kittle Makes Acting Debut in Dinosaurs of the Wild West — With His Own Dinosaur
George Kittle finally got his dinosaur role. The San Francisco 49ers tight end and seven-time Pro Bowler will make his…
DCU
Booster Gold Is Dead — David Jenkins Says DCU Series ‘Won’t Be Moving Forward’
UPDATE: The Wrap claims that the Booster Gold series isn’t dead and will be moving forward with a new writer.…
Marvel
Wonder Man Canceled Despite Season 2 Renewal — The Nielsen Numbers Called It In February
Marvel has canceled Wonder Man at Disney+, reversing a Season 2 renewal it announced in March. The Nielsen data said this was coming six months ago.
TV
Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40,000 Is Still Happening — Mike Flanagan Boards Amazon Series
UPDATE 8/4: Henry Cavill has now confirmed everything himself in a statement posted to Instagram — Flanagan writing, United Artists…
DCU
YouTube Restores Cosmic Book News Lanterns Video: WBD Never Filed The Lawsuit
UPDATE: One day after YouTube, X has now restored the struck Cosmic Book News post as well, confirming it forwarded…
TV
Blade Runner 2099 Sets November Premiere, Reveals First Teaser At Comic-Con
Blade Runner 2099 officially has a premiere date. Prime Video announced during San Diego Comic-Con that all eight episodes of…
TV
The Rings of Power Season 3 Trailer Reveals Simon Pegg As The Balrog, November Premiere
Prime Video brought The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power to San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, revealing the…
Star Wars
Hasbro Rep Reveals Book Of Boba Fett Disappointment, Says The Acolyte Looked Awesome On Paper (Exclusive)
The Acolyte looked awesome on paper, but The Book of Boba Fett brought disappointment on the internal communications side, a Hasbro rep tells me at Comic-Con.
TV
RoboCop Series Officially Ordered at Amazon for Prime Video
Amazon MGM Studios has officially ordered a RoboCop series for Prime Video. The studio made it official on Monday, confirming…
DCU
Clayface Synopsis Gets A Rewrite: Matt Hagen Now A Victim, Not A Monster
UPDATE: WB has now released the full official Clayface trailer, and its description carries this new synopsis word for word,…
TV
Star Trek’s Original Enterprise Model, Lost For 45 Years, Beams Into Comic-Con
The original 33-inch Enterprise model, lost for 45 years and found in a storage unit, makes its first public display at San Diego Comic-Con for Star
TV
Stargate Atlantis Star Joe Flanigan Backs #SaveStargate: “People Do Change Their Mind”
The quietest chair at the #SaveStargate table finally has a voice, and he’s telling fans their fight can actually work.…
DCU
Hollywood Weaponizes The DMCA: The Odyssey Memes Join The Lanterns Takedowns
Hours before The Odyssey opens in theaters, NBCUniversal has started firing DMCA takedown notices at memes. Not leaked footage. Not…
DCU
Jimmy Tatro Officially Cast As Gorilla Grodd, And The Jimmy Olsen Series Still Isn’t Greenlit
Update 8/4: The casting keeps rolling on the ungreenlit show. Deadline reports Mary Holland (Ghosts) has closed her deal as…
DCU
Matt Reeves’ Arkham Asylum Series Back In Play At HBO — The Project James Gunn Killed (Exclusive)
The Arkham Asylum series at HBO — the project we are told that James Gunn killed — is back in…
TV
Paramount Fires Back: States’ Merger Lawsuit ‘Wrong On Both The Facts And The Law,’ Delay ‘Only Benefits Big Tech’
UPDATE: While Paramount’s legal team was calling the states’ suit wrong on the facts and the law, its CEO was…
TV
Stargate Atlantis Stars David Hewlett And Rachel Luttrell Back #SaveStargate At Shore Leave 46
The #SaveStargate campaign just added two more names to its banner, and they belong to a pair of Stargate Atlantis…
Gaming
Take-Two CEO Defends No GTA 6 Disc: “Who Cares If You Download Digitally?”
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick was handed a golden opportunity on Thursday’s earnings call. An investor asked him point blank about…
Gaming
Why Is GTA 6’s Big Reveal on Netflix? Zelnick Teases: “You’ll Understand More”
The strangest part of the Grand Theft Auto VI marketing campaign now has an official explanation. Sort of. Asked why…
Gaming
GTA 6 Pre-Orders “Vastly” Beat Take-Two’s Own Forecasts — But It Won’t Say By How Much
Take-Two finally opened the books on Grand Theft Auto VI, sort of. Speaking on the company’s first quarter earnings day,…
Gaming
GTA 6 “Extended Look” Premieres on Netflix August 27 — Six Hours Before YouTube
UPDATE: Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has teased the reason the reveal is on Netflix, saying viewers will understand once they…
TV
Dave Bautista In Talks to Play Kratos in Amazon’s God of War — And Atreus Is Getting Recast Too
The internet cast Dave Bautista as Kratos four years ago. Amazon is finally catching up. Deadline reports Bautista is in…
Gaming
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero NEO DLC Splits Steam Over $35 Price
The Sparking Zero NEO DLC has been out for hours on the US West Coast, and Steam has already split…
Gaming
Sparking ZERO New DLC Is Out Now: $34.99, Full PC Specs, And What To Expect
It is out. Sparking ZERO New DLC Super Limit-Breaking NEO is live on Steam right now for $34.99, and the…
Gaming
Every Character, Stage, And Mechanic In Sparking! ZERO’s Super Limit-Breaking NEO DLC, Out Now
UPDATE: The price is now official. The Super Limit-Breaking NEO DLC is live at $34.99, higher than the $29.99 the…
Gaming
Every Vegeta In Sparking! ZERO Just Got Nerfed: Breaking Down The Massive July 29 Patch
The Sparking Zero July 29 patch landed ahead of the Super Limit-Breaking NEO DLC, and it is a lot bigger…
Marvel
Marvel’s Wolverine Story Trailer Hijacked By Disc Backlash: “I’ll Buy It ON PHYSICAL DISC”
Marvel’s Wolverine finally got its story trailer Thursday, and on paper it’s everything Insomniac needed: Jean Grey confirmed, Team X…
Star Wars
Lucasfilm More Open To Pitches And Video Games Following Kathleen Kennedy Exit (Exclusive)
A Hasbro rep tells me Lucasfilm is more open to pitches and video games following the exit of Kathleen Kennedy, which means more video game figures
Marvel
Marvel Contest Of Champions Brings Towers Mode, Tournaments And Giveaways To Comic-Con 2026
Marvel Contest of Champions is returning to San Diego Comic-Con 2026 with playable demos, daily tournaments, giveaways, and an early…
Gaming
Sony Thinks PlayStation Fans Will Cave: Report Reveals Why It’s Ignoring the Disc Backlash
For a week, everyone asked the same question: why did Sony go completely dark after announcing the end of physical…
Marvel
Marvel Rivals Season 9 Officially Revealed — Vampire Jubilee Is Apocalypse’s Horseman Of Famine
NetEase made it official today, and the leak only told half the story. Marvel Rivals Season 9: The Mystery of…
Marvel
Marvel Rivals Season 9 Rewrites The Rules — Regenerative Shields, Team-Up Overhaul, Vanguard Deadpool
The Mystery of Thebes reveal got the headlines, but the adjustment sheet NetEase dropped alongside it is the real earthquake.…
Marvel
The Hood Leaked For Marvel Rivals Season 9 — From Ironheart Villain To Vanguard
UPDATE: Vampire Jubilee officially revealed, and we go over the Season 9 details. Jubilee leaked, but she isn’t traveling alone.…
Gaming
Sony PlayStation Breaks Week-Long Silence And Gets Obliterated
Six days. That’s how long the official PlayStation account on X went dark after Sony announced it’s ending physical disc…
Marvel
Jubilee Leaked For Marvel Rivals Season 9 — And She’s Not A Duelist
UPDATE: NetEase has officially confirmed Season 9 as The Mystery of Thebes, revealing Jubilee as a vampiric Strategist and Apocalypse’s…
Gaming
Xbox Bloodbath: Microsoft Cuts 3,200 Jobs, Dumps Four Studios
Microsoft has confirmed the layoffs Xbox insiders spent all summer bracing for. In a memo to staff on Monday, new…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Countdown Gets Buried By PlayStation Disc Backlash
Sony’s movie division just learned what happens when you post through a firestorm that your gaming division started. Maybe they…
DCU
‘Suicide Squad’ Game Devs Surprised By Flop
The developers behind Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League say they were surprised the game flopped. Fans weren’t. Bloomberg’s Jason…
Gaming
Domino’s, KFC, and GameStop Are Roasting Sony Over the Death of PlayStation Discs
Sony wanted its move to digital-only to look like progress. Instead, it handed the internet a piñata. Within hours of…
Gaming
PlayStation Ending Physical Disc Production in January 2028, Sony Confirms
UPDATE 8/7: Asked directly about Sony’s decision on Take-Two’s earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick declined to comment on Sony but…
Gaming
GTA 6 Price Confirmed: $80 Standard, $100 Ultimate — and No Disc in the Box
UPDATE 8/7: The $80 price hasn’t slowed anything down, as Take-Two now says pre-orders have “vastly” beaten its internal forecasts.…
Gaming
GTA 6 Pre-Orders Confirmed for June 25, Official Cover Art Revealed
UPDATE 8/7: Take-Two says GTA 6 pre-orders have “vastly” beaten its own internal forecasts, with CEO Strauss Zelnick calling the…
Marvel
Sadie Sink Breaks Silence On Jean Grey: X-Men Return Confirmed
Note: Spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day follow. After more than a year of code names and dodged questions, Sadie…
Movies
William Shatner Fronts Star Trek’s 60th Anniversary Documentary — Hitting Regal Theaters In October
William Shatner executive produces Star Trek 60th anniversary documentary The Sixty-Year Mission, hitting Regal theaters October 9 with in-person Q&As.
Movies
The Odyssey Box Office Crosses $1 Billion: Nolan’s Biggest Movie Ever Is Days Away
The Odyssey crosses $1 billion worldwide, the 65th movie ever to do it, with The Dark Knight Rises' $1.085 billion Nolan record set to fall within
DCU
James Gunn Says The Batman Part III Isn’t Filming With Part II
The internet spent Thursday convinced Matt Reeves is secretly shooting The Batman Part III alongside Part II. James Gunn needed…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Fastest Movie Ever To $500 Million Domestic: Endgame Falls Again
Another day, another Endgame record in the rearview. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now the fastest movie in history to…
DCU
David Ayer Posts From The Warner Bros. Lot The Same Day As Zack Snyder, On Suicide Squad’s 10th Anniversary
One day after Zack Snyder posted from the Warner Bros. lot, David Ayer shared the same water tower set to "Just Another Day," on the 10-year
Movies
Jurassic World: Rebirth Sequel Loses Gareth Edwards Following Franchise-Low Box Office
Gareth Edwards is out as director of the Jurassic World: Rebirth sequel, exiting the Universal follow-up over “creative differences,” per…
Anime
Your Name 4K Stuns Fans With August 14 Return To Theaters For Its 10th Anniversary
Your Name 4K is coming back to theaters, and if you have never seen it on a big screen, this…
Marvel
Kit Connor Is The Choice For Cyclops In Marvel’s X-Men
Marvel has its team captain. Kit Connor is the studio’s choice to play Cyclops in The X-Men, per a new…
Star Wars
Disney Admits ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Flopped, Touts Toys Instead
Disney admits The Mandalorian and Grogu underperformed at the box office, pointing to toys and theme parks as the Star Wars movie ends at $345 million
Marvel
Russo Brothers Congratulate Spider-Man: Brand New Day: “The Gauntlet Has Been Passed”
The dethroned champs conceded with class, and maybe a message. Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors whose Avengers: Endgame just…
DCU
Zaslav Hypes Man of Tomorrow, Says No DC Strategy Shift — The Merger Already Made That Decision
David Zaslav got on the phone with Wall Street this morning, hours after reporting a $96 million quarter for the…
Movies
UK Approves The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: 66 Governments Have Said Yes, 12 States Still Say No
The UK cleared the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, making 66 jurisdictions worldwide. The only thing left is the Oakland courtroom in March.
DCU
Supergirl Blamed As WBD Studio Profits Crash 89% In Q2 — A Batman Game Is The Only Thing Growing
Update: David Zaslav has now responded on the earnings call, hyping Man of Tomorrow and insisting there’s no DC strategy…
DCU
Why Gunn’s DCU Batman Still Isn’t Cast: The Merger Contract Explains Everything
We may now know the real reason why there is no DCU Batman and no Brave and the Bold. It’s…
DCU
David Ellison Already Has Veto Power Over DC’s Future — Before He Even Owns It
David Ellison does not own Warner Bros. Discovery yet. The 12-state antitrust lawsuit has the $110 billion merger frozen until…
DCU
Zack Snyder Posts From The Warner Bros. Lot Set To A Song Called “Home”
Zack Snyder posted a selfie from the Warner Bros. lot set to a song called "Home," on James Gunn's birthday, hours after listing Bruce Wayne's actual
DCU
Supergirl Exits Theaters As The Lowest-Grossing DC Movie Ever — And Gunn Hints ‘It’s Not The End Of The World’
Update: Supergirl is now getting called out in WBD’s Q2 earnings, with studio earnings crashing 89 percent, and David Zaslav…
Marvel
Disney CEO Congratulates Sony: Spider-Man: Brand New Day “Bodes Well” For Avengers: Doomsday
The congratulations are coming from inside the house of mouse. Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro used Wednesday’s quarterly earnings call to…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Sets Biggest Tuesday In Box Office History, Now 2026’s Highest-Grossing Movie
UPDATE: The sweep rolled right into the record books again. Brand New Day is now the fastest movie ever to…
Movies
Devil Wears Prada 2 Streaming Record Shows Why Marvel, Star Wars Tanked On Disney+
The Devil Wears Prada 2 just claimed the biggest live-action movie premiere in the history of Disney+ and Hulu, pulling…
Movies
Insidious: Out of the Further Is August’s Tracking Frontrunner — And It’s Slowly Losing Its Lead
New Quorum tracking has Insidious: Out of the Further at 47% awareness and 48% interest, second only to Resident Evil on the board, but drifting for
Movies
Coyote vs. Acme Tracking Flatlines: Zero Movement As Ketchup’s Window Shrinks
New Quorum tracking has Coyote vs. Acme frozen at 27% awareness and 41% interest, zero movement in two weeks, as Ketchup's marketing window shrinks to 24
Movies
JJ Abrams’ The End of Oak Street Climbs Again, Now A Contender For August’s Surprise Hit
New Quorum tracking has The End of Oak Street up again to 32% awareness and 44% interest, its second straight chart of gains, with the firm
Movies
Resident Evil Tracking: Zach Cregger’s Reboot Is Now The Hottest Movie On The Board
New Quorum tracking has Zach Cregger's Resident Evil at 51% awareness and 52% interest, the highest scores of all sixteen films on the chart six weeks