DCU
Frank Grillo Back Shooting Man of Tomorrow: Seven Weeks After He Wrapped
Frank Grillo is back on Man of Tomorrow, the same movie he said goodbye to seven weeks ago. The Rick…
Movies
Chris Hemsworth Is Even Bigger: Reveals Extraction 3 Training In Costa Rica
Chris Hemsworth reveals Extraction 3 training in a new Instagram workout video from Costa Rica, looking even bigger than in his French Alps videos.
DCU
Landman Star Mitchell Slaggert Rumored For Gunn’s DCU Batman
John Campea says Mitchell Slaggert is one of the names being considered to play Batman for James Gunn's DC Studios.
Movies
The Odyssey Box Office: $117 Million Opening Projected, Best Live-Action Debut Of 2026
The Odyssey is projected for a $117 million opening weekend, the best live-action debut of 2026 and the biggest of Matt Damon's career as a lead.
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
Rumor: Vikings Star Alexander Ludwig Is The New Aquaman In Man of Tomorrow
Another day, another name lands on the Man of Tomorrow cameo pile. This time it’s Aquaman. A new rumor claims…
Movies
The Odyssey Box Office: $17.6 Million Thursday Previews, The Best Of 2026
The Odyssey grossed $17.6 million in Thursday previews, the best of 2026, putting Christopher Nolan's epic on track for a $100 million-plus opening weekend.
DCU
Blue Beetle Star Reacts To Man of Tomorrow Return: Never-Before-Seen BTS Images
Xolo Maridueña has responded to his Man of Tomorrow return, without typing the words “Man of Tomorrow.” Days after the…
Movies
The Odyssey Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Debuts At 96%: Tops The Dark Knight As Nolan’s Best Ever
The Odyssey debuts at 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter, topping The Dark Knight as the best audience score of Christopher Nolan's career.
Marvel
Tom Holland Says Spider-Man: Brand New Day Title Is Explained In The Movie’s Last Frame
Tom Holland says the meaning of Spider-Man: Brand New Day's title is revealed in the movie's last frame, sending fans back to Peter's black eyes and
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Post-Credits Scene Goes Cosmic (Rumor)
Insider Daniel Richtman reports the Spider-Man: Brand New Day post-credits scene deals with space — and the Grey Hulk leaks point to one very famous comics
Movies
Judge Denies First Attempt To Freeze The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
The first attempt to freeze the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. deal is dead. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín officially denied the Paramount+…
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…
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
Adam Driver X-Men Rumor Walked Back: Now It’s Mister Sinister, Not Magneto
That didn’t take long. Three days after Adam Driver was rumored as the villain of the MCU X-Men reboot, with…
DCU
Batgirl Is Now Evidence In Federal Court Against The Paramount-Warner Merger
UPDATE: The push to freeze the deal has hit its first wall, with the judge’s first ruling in the injunction…
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…
Movies
Bonta Grilled Over Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit: ‘That Can’t Be The First Time You Heard It’
Rob Bonta is the California attorney general leading the 12-state lawsuit to block Paramount from buying Warner Bros. Monday night,…
Movies
It’s Official: Danny McBride Directing New G.I. Joe Movie
Danny McBride is officially directing the new G.I. Joe movie for Paramount, his feature directorial debut, hours after insider reports said he would helm the film.
DCU
Matt Reeves Confirms The Batman Part II Batsuit Change — And The Lens Detail Everyone Missed
Matt Reeves spent the hours after dropping The Batman Part II bombshell doing what he’s done all production: confirming details…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Samsung Spot Reveals How Peter Got His Phone, Ned Joins Team Galaxy
Samsung's new Brand New Day spot mixes actual movie footage with easter eggs, introduces the Fabricator, and makes Jacob Batalon its newest Team Galaxy ambassador, with
Movies
Now Paramount’s Own Investors Are Suing: Shareholder Alleges ‘Illegal’ Trump Side Deal Behind Warner Bros. Merger
A Paramount shareholder is suing the Ellisons and the board over an alleged illegal Trump side deal behind the Warner Bros. merger. Paramount denies it flat.
DCU
Jimmy Tatro Officially Cast As Gorilla Grodd, And The Jimmy Olsen Series Still Isn’t Greenlit
Jimmy Tatro’s deal is done. One week after entering talks, Deadline reports the American Vandal star will officially play Gorilla…
Movies
Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Walton Goggins Eyed For New G.I. Joe Movie
Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, and Walton Goggins are eyed for main roles in the new G.I. Joe movie, which Danny McBride is now set to write
Movies
The Odyssey Rotten Tomatoes Score Debuts At 98%: The Best-Reviewed Movie Of Christopher Nolan’s Career
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey debuts at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, topping The Dark Knight and Oppenheimer as the best-reviewed film of his career.
Marvel
Tom Holland Says Spider-Man: Brand New Day Title Is Explained In The Movie’s Last Frame
Tom Holland says the meaning of Spider-Man: Brand New Day's title is revealed in the movie's last frame, sending fans back to Peter's black eyes and
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Post-Credits Scene Goes Cosmic (Rumor)
Insider Daniel Richtman reports the Spider-Man: Brand New Day post-credits scene deals with space — and the Grey Hulk leaks point to one very famous comics
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
Adam Driver X-Men Rumor Walked Back: Now It’s Mister Sinister, Not Magneto
That didn’t take long. Three days after Adam Driver was rumored as the villain of the MCU X-Men reboot, with…
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…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Samsung Spot Reveals How Peter Got His Phone, Ned Joins Team Galaxy
Samsung's new Brand New Day spot mixes actual movie footage with easter eggs, introduces the Fabricator, and makes Jacob Batalon its newest Team Galaxy ambassador, with
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…
Marvel
Halle Berry Marks 26 Years As Storm — As Marvel’s Reboot Hunts A New One
Halle Berry spent 26 years as the only Storm in the X-Men movies. Marvel is now looking for the next…
Marvel
Glen Powell As Marvel’s Nova Just Went From Wishful Thinking To The Frontrunner
Now that Nova is officially a Michael Waldron movie he may also direct, there’s one name that makes more sense…
Movies
Nova Movie Confirmed At Marvel Studios: Michael Waldron Writing, Could Direct
Deadline confirms CBN's July 8 reporting: Michael Waldron is developing a Nova movie at Marvel Studios, writing the script with an eye to direct.
Marvel
Avengers: Doomsday Runtime Revealed As Tickets Go On Sale Next Week: Report
Marvel is putting Avengers: Doomsday tickets on sale five months early and locking in a runtime for a movie its…
Marvel
Jacob Batalon’s Ned Keeps Getting Saved by Spider-Man in the New Brand New Day Ad — And Has No Idea
Sony’s marketing machine has found its unlikely MVP for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and it isn’t Tom Holland. It’s Jacob…
Marvel
Adam Driver Rumored As The MCU X-Men Reboot Villain: Magneto
UPDATE: Three days after the role was pegged as Magneto, the scooper is now walking back the Magneto claim, apologizing…
Marvel
Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Description Leaks: ‘One Day You Will Forgive Me’
UPDATE: Avengers: Doomsday tickets go on sale next week, with the runtime revealed, and Adam Driver is said to be…
Marvel
Avengers: Doomsday Reportedly A ‘Mess’ In The Edit: Russos Struggling To Find The Movie
UPDATE: Avengers: Doomsday tickets go on sale next week, which comes with the runtime reveal. Adam Driver is also said…
Marvel
Avengers: Doomsday Art Confirms The Leaked Footage: ‘It’s All Real’
Marvel's first official Avengers: Doomsday artwork matches the leaked Sentinel footage point for point — black-shirt Steve, white-jacket Reed, Doom, Cyclops, Gambit — and fans say
Movies
Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock Rumored For Avengers: Doomsday — And He’s Fighting Magneto
Alfred Molina is rumored to return as Doctor Octopus in Avengers: Doomsday — to fight Ian McKellen's Magneto. And Sam Raimi wrote the loophole for that
Marvel
Millie Bobby Brown Reportedly In Final Talks With Marvel — Is It X-Men?
Stranger Things is over, and Millie Bobby Brown may have already found her next franchise. Brown is reportedly in “final…
Marvel
Andy Park Reveals Avengers: Doomsday Art Is His Final Marvel Work After Layoff
The artwork Marvel unveiled in Shanghai has a signature and a story. Andy Park revealed on X that he created…
Marvel
Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Coming At Comic-Con: Shanghai Was Just The First Wave
UPDATE: Ahead of the expected July 25 Hall H debut, tickets go on sale with the runtime revealed, and a full beat-by-beat…
Marvel
Marvel Confirms Comic-Con Hall H Panel: Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Expected
UPDATE: Tickets go on sale the week of Comic-Con, with the runtime revealed. And before Marvel could unveil the trailer in…
Marvel
New Avengers: Doomsday Art Puts Cyclops Front And Center As Doom Looms
Update: The Avengers: Doomsday art is officially released, and it’s the last by Andy Park. Details here. Marvel Studios unveiled…
Marvel
Robert Downey Jr. On Doctor Doom: ‘I Played The Best Hero… I Can Play The Best Villain’
Kevin Feige told the BilibiliWorld crowd in Shanghai how Robert Downey Jr. reacted to being offered Doctor Doom, and the…
Marvel
Kevin Feige Teases Yelena In Spider-Man: Brand New Day: ‘A Little Bit Sooner’
Kevin Feige handed Yelena Belova fans two headlines in one sentence. Speaking on stage at BilibiliWorld in Shanghai, the Marvel…
Marvel
Kevin Feige Confirms It: X-Men Movie Arrives After Avengers: Secret Wars
Kevin Feige finally put the X-Men reboot on the calendar. Speaking on stage at BilibiliWorld in Shanghai, the Marvel Studios…
DCU
Frank Grillo Back Shooting Man of Tomorrow: Seven Weeks After He Wrapped
Frank Grillo is back on Man of Tomorrow, the same movie he said goodbye to seven weeks ago. The Rick…
DCU
Landman Star Mitchell Slaggert Rumored For Gunn’s DCU Batman
John Campea says Mitchell Slaggert is one of the names being considered to play Batman for James Gunn's DC Studios.
DCU
Rumor: Vikings Star Alexander Ludwig Is The New Aquaman In Man of Tomorrow
Another day, another name lands on the Man of Tomorrow cameo pile. This time it’s Aquaman. A new rumor claims…
DCU
Blue Beetle Star Reacts To Man of Tomorrow Return: Never-Before-Seen BTS Images
Xolo Maridueña has responded to his Man of Tomorrow return, without typing the words “Man of Tomorrow.” Days after the…
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
Batgirl Is Now Evidence In Federal Court Against The Paramount-Warner Merger
UPDATE: The push to freeze the deal has hit its first wall, with the judge’s first ruling in the injunction…
DCU
Matt Reeves Confirms The Batman Part II Batsuit Change — And The Lens Detail Everyone Missed
Matt Reeves spent the hours after dropping The Batman Part II bombshell doing what he’s done all production: confirming details…
DCU
Jimmy Tatro Officially Cast As Gorilla Grodd, And The Jimmy Olsen Series Still Isn’t Greenlit
Jimmy Tatro’s deal is done. One week after entering talks, Deadline reports the American Vandal star will officially play Gorilla…
DCU
Gunn’s Last Hurrah Confirmed? Blue Beetle Returns In Man of Tomorrow
Xolo Maridueña is returning as Blue Beetle in Man of Tomorrow. Scooper Daniel Richtman had it first, and TheWrap has…
DCU
Zack Snyder Breaks Nine-Month Twitter Silence With Justice League Music — Six Minutes After Frank Miller Breaks His
Frank Miller and Zack Snyder both returned to X on Tuesday after nine months of silence, six minutes apart, on the day Miller's memoir Push the
DCU
The Batman Part II ‘Delay’? Insiders Say It Was James Gunn — Not Matt Reeves (Exclusive)
Update: A day after this article was published, Warner Bros. delayed The Batman Part II again, to February 18, 2028,…
DCU
James Gunn Teases Nathan Fillion’s Guy Gardner In Man of Tomorrow — Middle Finger Included
James Gunn posted a video from the Man of Tomorrow set Monday: a lighter built like a Green Lantern power…
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…
DCU
James Gunn Fired? Not Yet — But Insiders Say It’s Open Season As Snyder, Affleck & McQuarrie Circle DC (Exclusive)
Rumors are flying on X that James Gunn and Peter Safran have already been fired from DC Studios. So let…
DCU
Maxima Spotted On Man of Tomorrow Set? It Might Be Wonder Woman
A rumor is making the rounds on social media that Maxima may have been spotted on the Atlanta set of…
DCU
Zack Snyder Teases ‘Hope Rises’ With Black Suit Superman a Week Before Frank Miller Event
Zack Snyder is at it again. A week out from his sit-down with The Dark Knight Returns creator Frank Miller…
DCU
The Batman Part II Rumor: Scarlett Johansson Is Really Playing Poison Ivy
Scarlett Johansson’s mystery role in The Batman: Part II may finally have a name, and it’s not Gilda Dent. A…
DCU
Supergirl Loses 1,018 Theaters And Posts DC’s Second-Worst Third Friday In 20 Years
Exhibitors have seen enough. Theaters pulled Supergirl from 1,018 locations heading into Friday, and the film’s $1.1 million third-Friday gross…
DCU
WBD Content Protection Files Second DMCA Strike On Cosmic Book News — Claiming A ‘Spoiler’ As Copyrighted Text
The professionals have entered the chat. One day after HBO Max’s brand social team filed DMCA strikes over “people discussing…
Movies
Wall Street Says Superman and Batman Can Turn Paramount-Warner Into a Netflix Rival
Morgan Stanley says the combined HBO Max–Paramount+ jumps to the Netflix tier on the back of Superman, Batman, and Harry Potter — with AI cutting production
DCU
‘House of the Dragon’ Star Abigail Thorn Wants To Play Wonder Woman For Free — But Gunn May Have Already Cast Diana
House of the Dragon star Abigail Thorn says she'd play Wonder Woman in James Gunn's DCU for free — but insiders say Adria Arjona already has
DCU
Lanterns Takedowns Go Cross-Platform: WBD Vendor Strikes Our YouTube, Facebook Pulls Our Video
UPDATE: A second X strike has landed — this one from WBD’s actual Content Protection department, designating the infringing content…
DCU
HBO MAX’s Social Team Filed The Lanterns DMCA Strikes: ‘People Discussing The Spoilers’
UPDATE: The takedowns have gone cross-platform. WBD’s enforcement vendor MarkScan has issued a copyright strike against the Cosmic Book News…
DCU
DMCA Strike Locks Cosmic Book News X Account Over Lanterns Hal Jordan Leak
UPDATE: We’ve obtained the DMCA notice behind the lock. It was filed by a social strategist on HBO Max’s own…
DCU
WB Takedown Of Lanterns Meme Convinces Fans The Hal Jordan Death Leak Is Real
UPDATE: We now know who filed the strikes. The DMCA notice, obtained by Cosmic Book News, came from HBO Max’s…
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…
Sports
Fans Ditch Marvel, Star Wars For Sports — And They’re Paying $10K To Do It
Fans keep being told that Marvel, Star Wars, and Hollywood are still as big as ever. The numbers keep saying…
Star Wars
Star Wars: Leslye Headland Wants The Acolyte Season 2 Despite Fan Rejection
Leslye Headland still wants to return to The Acolyte, even though the numbers continue to show Star Wars fans never…
Star Wars
George Lucas Takes On Art Snobs As Star Wars Founder Opens New Museum
George Lucas is opening the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and the Star Wars founder sounds ready for a fight…
Star Wars
Star Wars: Starfighter Rumors Tease Ryan Gosling’s Washed-Up Pilot After Mandalorian Tanks
Update: A newer wave of leaks has since arrived from MakingStarWars, naming Ryan Gosling’s character and revealing a hidden Jedi…
Marvel
Emilia Clarke Laughs Off Marvel’s Secret Invasion, Star Wars, and Terminator Flops
Emilia Clarke is being blunt about her rough run through some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises, including Marvel, Star Wars, and…
Star Wars
The Mandalorian and Grogu Bombs — Disney Needs To Stop Avoiding Luke Skywalker
Variety has now confirmed what the weekend numbers already made clear: The Mandalorian and Grogu is collapsing, and the fix…
Star Wars
Star Wars Falls to #3 Behind Two Horror Movies — The Box Office Numbers Disney Can’t Spin
UPDATE: The box office trouble has now been quantified into an 85 percent audience collapse since the Disney-era peak, and the editorial…
Star Wars
Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning Star Wars Editor, Dies At 80
Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning editor who helped shape Star Wars and was formerly married to George Lucas, has died at…
Star Wars
Star Wars Loses #1 to Obsession: What Mandalorian & Grogu’s Second Weekend Really Mean
Disney Star Wars just lost the top daily box office spot to a low-budget R-rated horror movie. The Mandalorian and…
Star Wars
The Mandalorian And Grogu Opens Below Solo In Lowest Star Wars Debut Ever
UPDATE: The film’s freefall continues — Variety confirms a 70% drop and a $25 million second weekend — and it’s…
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: Liefeld kept talking, and explained why he believes it. He says big entertainment corporations are going all-in on tech…
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: Fandom Pulse is now hearing similar from its own industry insider, who says Marvel will phase out publishing to…
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…
Comics
Absolute Batman #19 ‘DropGate’ Controversy: Heavy Mental Responds To Backlash
The Absolute Batman #19 Dan Quintana variant has turned into one of the bigger comic book collecting controversies of the…
Comics
Newsarama Is Gone: Why GamesRadar Killed the Comics News Pioneer
Newsarama is effectively over as a dedicated comics journalism outlet. Popverse editor-in-chief and former Newsarama editor Chris Arrant reported that…
Marvel
Gerry Conway, Co-Creator Of The Punisher, Dead At 73
Comic book creator Gerry Conway has passed away at the age of 73. Marvel announced the news on behalf of…
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
Jimmy Tatro’s deal is done. One week after entering talks, Deadline reports the American Vandal star will officially play Gorilla…
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…
DCU
WBD Content Protection Files Second DMCA Strike On Cosmic Book News — Claiming A ‘Spoiler’ As Copyrighted Text
The professionals have entered the chat. One day after HBO Max’s brand social team filed DMCA strikes over “people discussing…
DCU
Lanterns Takedowns Go Cross-Platform: WBD Vendor Strikes Our YouTube, Facebook Pulls Our Video
UPDATE: A second X strike has landed — this one from WBD’s actual Content Protection department, designating the infringing content…
DCU
HBO MAX’s Social Team Filed The Lanterns DMCA Strikes: ‘People Discussing The Spoilers’
UPDATE: The takedowns have gone cross-platform. WBD’s enforcement vendor MarkScan has issued a copyright strike against the Cosmic Book News…
DCU
DMCA Strike Locks Cosmic Book News X Account Over Lanterns Hal Jordan Leak
UPDATE: We’ve obtained the DMCA notice behind the lock. It was filed by a social strategist on HBO Max’s own…
DCU
WB Takedown Of Lanterns Meme Convinces Fans The Hal Jordan Death Leak Is Real
UPDATE: We now know who filed the strikes. The DMCA notice, obtained by Cosmic Book News, came from HBO Max’s…
DCU
Lanterns Leak: Hal Jordan Killed Off In Episode 1, Manhunters Are The Villains
UPDATE: The fallout has escalated — a fan’s meme about the leak was hit with a DMCA takedown, and fans…
TV
Star Trek’s 60th Anniversary Takes Over Comic-Con — And William Shatner Isn’t On The List
Star Trek is going all-in on San Diego Comic-Con this year, and Paramount+ and CBS Studios just laid out the…
DCU
Lobo’s Next DC Role Revealed, And It’s Not The Solo Movie
The Lobo solo movie may be sitting in limbo, but DC keeps finding work for the Main Man. It fits…
TV
AMC Brings Walking Dead: Dead City, Vampire Lestat And YAGA To Comic-Con 2026
AMC is bringing The Walking Dead: Dead City, The Vampire Lestat, and its new mystery series YAGA to San Diego…
DCU
HBO Passes On James Gunn’s ‘V For Vendetta’ Series — The Red Flags Were Right
HBO has passed on the V for Vendetta series script from writer Pete Jackson, according to Jeff Sneider, meaning the…
TV
Lanterns Comic-Con Plans Revealed: Hall H Panel, Green Lantern Training Experience
HBO Max reveals Lanterns Comic-Con plans: a Friday Hall H panel with Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre, plus a Green Lantern Training Headquarters experience, ahead of
TV
Star Trek Doubles Down On Physical Media For Its 60th Anniversary — Right As Sony Ditches Discs
Paramount announces Star Trek: The Original Series 60th Anniversary Blu-ray, DVD and an Amazon exclusive gift set for Star Trek Day, September 8, as the Ellison
TV
MobLand Season 2 Date Set As Tom Hardy Season 3 Question Lingers
Paramount+ has finally set a return date for MobLand, and it comes with a familiar face still attached. The Tom…
DCU
American Vandal’s Jimmy Tatro In Talks To Play Gorilla Grodd In Gunn’s Jimmy Olsen Series
Update 7/15: It’s official. One week after the talks reported below, Deadline says Tatro has closed his deal to play…
DCU
James Gunn Celebrates Peacemaker Emmy Nomination — For The Stunts, Not The Show
James Gunn is celebrating an Emmy nomination for Peacemaker Season 2, just not for anything he wrote, directed, or cast.…
TV
Taylor Sheridan Said He’s Not Trying To Win Emmys — The TV Academy Just Made Sure Of It
Taylor Sheridan went on “The Bill Simmons Podcast” and told Hollywood exactly what he thinks of it: studio executives know…
Reviews
X-Men ’97 Season 2 Episode 4 Review: Apocalypse Delivers A 10/10 Marvel Gut Punch
After the 10/10 perfect first three episodes of Season 2, X-Men ’97 keeps rolling with another awesome episode. Episode 4…
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.…
DCU
Gunn’s Jimmy Olsen Series Is A ‘Weird Superhero Spinal Tap’ Smokescreen (Exclusive)
Update 7/8: That didn’t take long. One day after this story published, Deadline reported American Vandal star Jimmy Tatro is…
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
It’s official, and it’s the end of an era. Sony has confirmed that physical disc production for all new PlayStation…
Gaming
GTA 6 Price Confirmed: $80 Standard, $100 Ultimate — and No Disc in the Box
The question that’s hung over Grand Theft Auto VI for years finally has an answer. Rockstar Games has confirmed that…
Gaming
GTA 6 Pre-Orders Confirmed for June 25, Official Cover Art Revealed
Rockstar Games has set a date. Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI open June 25 across digital storefronts and “select…
Movies
Jason Momoa Exits Helldivers Movie — And Maybe He Was Never The Right Fit
Jason Momoa is officially out of Sony’s Helldivers movie, and while the reason for his departure hasn’t been revealed, the…
Gaming
TMNT: The Last Ronin Game Debuts As Paramount Makes Big Gaming Push
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin is back from the dead, and the most important thing about its new teaser…
Gaming
God of War Creator David Jaffe Calls New Laufey Game ‘Uninspired and Dull’
God of War: Laufey has been officially announced, and the backlash is already here. Sony Santa Monica revealed the new…
Marvel
Marvel’s Wolverine First Look Reveals Jean Grey — and a Surprise Callisto
Marvel’s Wolverine is already making noise after the State of Play 2026 gameplay trailer, and now fans have a better…
Marvel
Marvel’s Wolverine Gameplay Finally Goes Full Savage At State of Play
Marvel’s Wolverine finally showed off its first extended gameplay footage at State of Play 2026, and Insomniac Games isn’t holding…
Gaming
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Officially Announced With Korean Peninsula War, Trailer, Pre-Orders
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has officially been announced, confirming the Korean Peninsula tease was exactly what fans thought…
Gaming
Call of Duty Teases New Modern Warfare Reveal: Korea Setting
Activision has officially announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, trailer and details released. Call of Duty is teasing something…
Gaming
GTA 6 Delay Fears Shut Down By Take-Two Boss: ‘We Feel Really Good About It’
UPDATE: Rockstar has now backed up the no-delay assurances with a confirmed June 25 pre-order date, locking in the November 19 release…
Gaming
Helldivers 2 Announces Warhammer 40,000 Collaboration
Helldivers 2 is teaming up with Warhammer 40,000. Arrowhead Game Studios announced the upcoming crossover in a new video featuring…
Marvel
Sony State Of Play Returns June 2 With New Look At Marvel’s Wolverine
Sony has announced its next State of Play, and Marvel’s Wolverine is kicking things off. The new PlayStation presentation will…
Gaming
James Bond Game Adds Lennie James As John Greenway
The James Bond video game 007 First Light has added Lennie James to the cast as John Greenway. James plays…
DCU
Frank Grillo Back Shooting Man of Tomorrow: Seven Weeks After He Wrapped
Frank Grillo is back on Man of Tomorrow, the same movie he said goodbye to seven weeks ago. The Rick…
Movies
Chris Hemsworth Is Even Bigger: Reveals Extraction 3 Training In Costa Rica
Chris Hemsworth reveals Extraction 3 training in a new Instagram workout video from Costa Rica, looking even bigger than in his French Alps videos.
DCU
Landman Star Mitchell Slaggert Rumored For Gunn’s DCU Batman
John Campea says Mitchell Slaggert is one of the names being considered to play Batman for James Gunn's DC Studios.
Movies
The Odyssey Box Office: $117 Million Opening Projected, Best Live-Action Debut Of 2026
The Odyssey is projected for a $117 million opening weekend, the best live-action debut of 2026 and the biggest of Matt Damon's career as a lead.
DCU
Rumor: Vikings Star Alexander Ludwig Is The New Aquaman In Man of Tomorrow
Another day, another name lands on the Man of Tomorrow cameo pile. This time it’s Aquaman. A new rumor claims…
Movies
The Odyssey Box Office: $17.6 Million Thursday Previews, The Best Of 2026
The Odyssey grossed $17.6 million in Thursday previews, the best of 2026, putting Christopher Nolan's epic on track for a $100 million-plus opening weekend.
DCU
Blue Beetle Star Reacts To Man of Tomorrow Return: Never-Before-Seen BTS Images
Xolo Maridueña has responded to his Man of Tomorrow return, without typing the words “Man of Tomorrow.” Days after the…
Movies
The Odyssey Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Debuts At 96%: Tops The Dark Knight As Nolan’s Best Ever
The Odyssey debuts at 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter, topping The Dark Knight as the best audience score of Christopher Nolan's career.
Marvel
Tom Holland Says Spider-Man: Brand New Day Title Is Explained In The Movie’s Last Frame
Tom Holland says the meaning of Spider-Man: Brand New Day's title is revealed in the movie's last frame, sending fans back to Peter's black eyes and
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Post-Credits Scene Goes Cosmic (Rumor)
Insider Daniel Richtman reports the Spider-Man: Brand New Day post-credits scene deals with space — and the Grey Hulk leaks point to one very famous comics
Movies
Judge Denies First Attempt To Freeze The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
The first attempt to freeze the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. deal is dead. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín officially denied the Paramount+…
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…
Marvel
Adam Driver X-Men Rumor Walked Back: Now It’s Mister Sinister, Not Magneto
That didn’t take long. Three days after Adam Driver was rumored as the villain of the MCU X-Men reboot, with…
DCU
Batgirl Is Now Evidence In Federal Court Against The Paramount-Warner Merger
UPDATE: The push to freeze the deal has hit its first wall, with the judge’s first ruling in the injunction…
Movies
Bonta Grilled Over Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit: ‘That Can’t Be The First Time You Heard It’
Rob Bonta is the California attorney general leading the 12-state lawsuit to block Paramount from buying Warner Bros. Monday night,…
Movies
It’s Official: Danny McBride Directing New G.I. Joe Movie
Danny McBride is officially directing the new G.I. Joe movie for Paramount, his feature directorial debut, hours after insider reports said he would helm the film.
DCU
Matt Reeves Confirms The Batman Part II Batsuit Change — And The Lens Detail Everyone Missed
Matt Reeves spent the hours after dropping The Batman Part II bombshell doing what he’s done all production: confirming details…
Marvel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Samsung Spot Reveals How Peter Got His Phone, Ned Joins Team Galaxy
Samsung's new Brand New Day spot mixes actual movie footage with easter eggs, introduces the Fabricator, and makes Jacob Batalon its newest Team Galaxy ambassador, with
Movies
Now Paramount’s Own Investors Are Suing: Shareholder Alleges ‘Illegal’ Trump Side Deal Behind Warner Bros. Merger
A Paramount shareholder is suing the Ellisons and the board over an alleged illegal Trump side deal behind the Warner Bros. merger. Paramount denies it flat.
Movies
Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Walton Goggins Eyed For New G.I. Joe Movie
Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, and Walton Goggins are eyed for main roles in the new G.I. Joe movie, which Danny McBride is now set to write
Movies
The Odyssey Rotten Tomatoes Score Debuts At 98%: The Best-Reviewed Movie Of Christopher Nolan’s Career
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey debuts at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, topping The Dark Knight and Oppenheimer as the best-reviewed film of his career.
DCU
Gunn’s Last Hurrah Confirmed? Blue Beetle Returns In Man of Tomorrow
Xolo Maridueña is returning as Blue Beetle in Man of Tomorrow. Scooper Daniel Richtman had it first, and TheWrap has…
DCU
Zack Snyder Breaks Nine-Month Twitter Silence With Justice League Music — Six Minutes After Frank Miller Breaks His
Frank Miller and Zack Snyder both returned to X on Tuesday after nine months of silence, six minutes apart, on the day Miller's memoir Push the
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.
Movies
The Odyssey Calls Elliot Page’s Sinon ‘The Greatest Soldier I’ve Ever Known’
Film Threat's Chris Gore names Elliot Page's Odyssey role as Sinon and reveals the film calls the character "the greatest soldier I've ever known."