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New ‘Daredevil’ Comic Launches March 2026 With Stephanie Phillips and Lee Garbett
Big news for Marvel’s Daredevil as Marvel Comics has announced a new era for Daredevil as writer Stephanie Phillips and artist Lee Garbett are set to take over the series starting with Daredevil #1 in March 2026. The relaunch arrives with a fresh direction for Matt Murdock and will be sold in Marvel’s new “True…
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Star Wars: Why Disney Was Right To Kill The Ben Solo Movie And Why It Shouldn’t Come Back
A fan campaign is popping up in the skies and on the streets, pushing Disney to resurrect a scrapped Star Wars movie centered on Adam Driver’s Ben Solo. They are using the hashtag #TheHuntForBenSolo, complete with missing-person flyers taped to poles in Los Angeles and planes circling Burbank with banners demanding the movie’s revival. The…
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Disney Drops Woke ‘Diversity’ and ‘DEI’ From Annual Report: First Time In Years
Via Fox News, Disney removed the woke terms “diversity,” “inclusion,” and “DEI” from its 2025 Form 10-K filing, marking the first time since 2019 the company has omitted the language from its annual business report. The filing appeared after its recent Q4 meeting. In last year’s report, Disney included a full DEI section outlining goals…
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Labyrinth Returns to Theatres for 40th Anniversary with 4K Remaster and New Fan Featurette
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth is heading back to theatres for its 40th anniversary as Fathom Entertainment teams with The Jim Henson Company and Sony Pictures for a special four-day run from January 8–11. The returning release includes a full 4K remaster of the 1986 film along with a new fan celebration featurette. A New Featurette for…
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MARVEL Cosmic Invasion Unleashes Movesets for Captain America, Spider-Man & Venom
The latest update from MARVEL Cosmic Invasion gives fans a deep dive into the movesets of Captain America, Spider-Man, and Venom, showcasing how each hero fights in the upcoming arcade-style brawler. Marvel dropped the new info via social media with the caption: “Prepare for some shield-bashing, web-slinging, symbiotic action as we give you another peek…
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Paramount Cancels Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Dora Animated Series
Paramount has canceled both the Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series and the current Dora the Explorer revival as the company restructures following the Paramount-Skydance merger. TMNT Ends Next Month With Season 2 The InSneider first reported that Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will wrap up with Season 2. Paramount…
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Man of Tomorrow: Villain Said To Be Confirmed as Brainiac
It is now reported that Brainiac is the villain of Man of Tomorrow, confirming the long-running speculation about James Gunn’s next Superman film. According to The Wrap, Superman and Lex Luthor team up against the classic DC villain, setting the tone for a bigger, more ambitious sequel. The update lines up with the tease Gunn…
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Predator: Badlands Is A Disney Indoctrination Movie — Just Like 28 Years Later
Disney’s Predator: Badlands plays less like a traditional Predator story and more like a stealth indoctrination film, the same way Sony’s 28 Years Later flipped its own narrative into a “find a new family” message. The signs are hard to ignore once you look closely. A Heavy Feminist Messaging Pattern One of the clearest criticisms…
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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey First Look: Damon Calls It ‘Massively Entertaining’
New images from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey have been released by Empire magazine, offering a detailed look at what Nolan and Matt Damon are calling a massive theatrical experience. The photos show Damon as Odysseus, armored and weathered, leading his men through the woods and on the beach beside Greek warships. One shot highlights the…
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Marvel Zombies Bombs on Disney+, Fails to Chart on Nielsen
We nearly missed this one, but Marvel Zombies has landed as another Disney+ miss for the MCU. Surprise! It’s another MCU project starring Ms. Marvel that nobody watched. Despite Marvel dropping all four episodes at once, the animated series still failed to chart on Nielsen, an increasingly common outcome for Marvel streaming projects, especially the…
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Death Stranding Animated Series Heads to Disney+ in 2027
Death Stranding is expanding again, and this time it’s heading to Disney+. Hideo Kojima stepped on stage at the Disney+ Originals Preview to confirm Death Stranding Isolations (working title), a new hand-drawn animated series set to stream in 2027. The project marks Kojima Productions’ first partnership with a global streaming platform and brings the franchise…
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Frank Grillo Confirmed for Man of Tomorrow, James Gunn’s Superman Sequel
Frank Grillo confirmed he’s returning as Rick Flag Sr. in Man of Tomorrow, James Gunn’s sequel to Superman. In a new interview with THR, Grillo said his character is “a big part of the sequel’s story,” which tells you Gunn plans to pull directly from the events set up at the end of Peacemaker Season…
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Marvel’s Silence on Deadpool & Wolverine Makes No Sense: Where Are The Follow-Ups?
Disney’s latest financial filings make one thing undeniable: Deadpool & Wolverine is easily the company’s biggest modern box office win. The quarter-over-quarter drop in Entertainment earnings – following the release of Fantastic Four – is almost entirely due to the fact that this year had no equivalent blockbuster. Last year’s results were inflated by two…
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Disney’s Marvel Drought Begins: Fantastic Four Flops Against Last Year’s Hits
Disney’s latest earnings show the Entertainment segment taking a significant hit, with operating income falling to $691 million, down sharply from $1.067 billion during the same quarter last year. The company pointed directly to theatrical comparisons as the main reason for the decline. Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps opened in the quarter, but the film…
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Disney Caught ‘Padding’ Disney+ Numbers With Free Subs
Disney’s latest earnings report showed stronger-than-expected growth for Disney+, but much of that momentum came from wholesale distribution deals rather than consumers signing up on their own. CFO Hugh Johnston told CNBC that about half of the quarter’s Disney+ subscriber additions came through partners, with the Charter Communications agreement playing the biggest role. Charter Customers…
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Zack Snyder Shares New Ben Affleck Batman Photo, Says ‘More to Come’
Zack Snyder isn’t done just quite yet and has posted yet another new image of Ben Affleck as Batman, continuing his steady stream of DCEU-era photos that have dominated his Instagram feed for the past several weeks. Snyder shared the black-and-white portrait while thanking fans for bringing him to 300,000 followers, noting that he has…
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Predator: Badlands Already a Box Office Disaster? Tracking Now Points to Trouble
Predator: Badlands looked like it might break the franchise curse after a stronger-than-expected opening, but early second-week numbers now show the film slipping into dangerous territory. Despite a $40 million domestic debut and $39.2 million international for a $79.2 million worldwide total ($88,535,677 as of Tuesday), the movie’s high $105 million production budget has put…
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Shogun Season 2 Sets Cast, Writers, Directors as Production Begins in January
FX confirmed production on Shogun Season 2 starts in January in Vancouver. The Shogun team also revealed the full cast lineup, writing staff, and directors as the series moves ten years past the events of Season 1. New and Returning Cast FX added Asami Kizukawa as Aya, Masataka Kubota as Hyūga, Sho Kaneta as Hidenobu,…
