Cosmic Book News

Absolute Batman Animated Series Confirmed, Joker Anime Series In The Works

Matt McGloin — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:31:19 GMT

It's official. The Absolute Batman adaptation that has been rumored is real, and it landed at Annecy rather than at San Diego Comic-Con.

Batman Writer Andrew Farago Arrested Over Hidden Bathroom Camera Involving Children

Matt McGloin — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:05:21 GMT

Andrew Farago, longtime curator of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum and a well-known pop culture author who also wrote for Batman and The Comics Journal, was arrested earlier this month on 20 counts of invasion of privacy after allegedly hiding a phone to record guests in his bathroom during a birthday party, according to Berkeley police and court records.

BBC Doubles Down On Woke Doctor Who: ‘Circuit Breaker’ Launches With Jo Martin’s Fugitive Doctor

Patrick Scanlon — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:43:13 GMT

Even as the show's television future hangs in the balance and the series was recently canceled on Disney+ due to poor ratings, the BBC is launching a sprawling new multi-platform Doctor Who story event with Circuit Breaker.

Supergirl Villain Revives James Gunn’s Old Marvel Problem

Matt McGloin — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:27:07 GMT

If there's one criticism in the Supergirl reactions and reviews that should worry DC, it isn't "messy" or "uneven." It's the one that keeps coming up about the villain: bland.

Warner Bros. Quietly Lowers The Bar For A Supergirl ‘Win’

Matt McGloin — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:21:07 GMT

Warner Bros. is already lowering expectations for Supergirl, with insiders now framing anything above $300 million worldwide as a “win.”

GTA 6 Price Confirmed: $80 Standard, $100 Ultimate — and No Disc in the Box

Patrick Scanlon — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:45:08 GMT

The question that's hung over Grand Theft Auto VI for years finally has an answer.

Ghostbusters: Night Shift First Look & 2027 Netflix Details

Will Harrigan — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:22:35 GMT

Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation pulled the sheet off Ghostbusters: Night Shift at the Annecy animation festival on Wednesday, dropping the first key art for the 2027 series and a slightly clearer picture of what the next official Ghostbusters project actually is.

New James Bond: August Auditions Locked as Elordi, Turner, Dickinson Fit Villeneuve’s ‘Prototype’

Will Harrigan — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:13:41 GMT

The hunt for the next James Bond finally has something resembling a date on the calendar, sort of.

Variety Rips Supergirl’s Script — Just Like Our Insiders Warned

Matt McGloin — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:41:37 GMT

The major trades have weighed in on Supergirl, and the reviews are rough, with Variety delivering an outright evisceration that lands right on something our insiders told us back in December.

Zack Snyder Courts India As Gunn’s ’12-Year-Old’ Comment Lingers

Matt McGloin — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:56:53 GMT

Zack Snyder and James Gunn have taken very different approaches to one of the biggest moviegoing audiences on the planet, and Snyder's fans think the contrast says everything.

Disney Turns Avengers: Endgame Encore Into Its IMAX Workaround

Will Harrigan — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:01:48 GMT

Disney's Avengers: Endgame re-release finally has an official title, and the announcement doubles as the clearest sign yet of how Disney plans to fight a premium-screen war it's partly losing.

Supergirl Reviews Rotten At 56% As Critics Say Milly Alcock Deserves Better

Matt McGloin — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:20:42 GMT

Supergirl reviews are in, and the verdict echoes what the first reactions hinted at: critics can't agree on the movie, but they almost universally agree on Milly Alcock.

Tom Holland Says Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s Villain Is ‘Unlike Anything’

Will Harrigan — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:48:13 GMT

Tom Holland is once again building up Spider-Man: Brand New Day's biggest mystery — its hidden villain — and this time he's promising something genuinely new.

House of the Dragon Season 3 Premiere Review: HBO’s Dragon Drama Returns A Messy, Woke Dud

Matt McGloin — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:16:56 GMT

House of the Dragon finally returned Sunday night after a two-year wait, and Season 3 Episode 1 did not exactly come roaring back like a dragon.

‘Save Stargate’ Takes Times Square: Fans Plan June 27 Rally As Amazon Stays Silent

Matt McGloin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:39:01 GMT

The #SaveStargate campaign isn’t slowing down, it’s expanding. After putting a banner plane in the sky over Amazon MGM’s Culver…

Film Threat’s Chris Gore Trashes Supergirl: ‘This Is Terrible’

Matt McGloin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:09:46 GMT

Update: Gore is not alone as the Supergirl reviews are in and the Rotten Tomatoes Score is "Rotten."

Batman: Knightfall Trailer Debuts R-Rated Animated Trilogy

Patrick Scanlon — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:44:36 GMT

DC and Warner Bros. Animation pulled the wraps off the first trailer for Batman: Knightfall – Part 1: Knightfall today, the opening chapter of a three-part, R-rated animated event that finally brings the "breaking of the Bat" to the screen.

Paramount’s David Ellison Has Already Met With James Gunn On DC’s Future

Matt McGloin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:07:33 GMT

Is there still hope for James Gunn and his DCU? The week of the Supergirl release, THR,runs a story that…

Toy Story 5 Posts Best Monday Of 2026 At The Box Office

Will Harrigan — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:50:02 GMT

Toy Story 5 isn’t slowing down. After delivering the biggest opening of 2026, the Pixar sequel just posted the year’s…

Deadline Confirms Supergirl Loses Its Opening Weekend To Toy Story 5

Matt McGloin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:40:34 GMT

UPDATE: The gap is only widening. In its latest preview, Deadline now pegs Supergirl for an opening in the upper $40 million range based on presales — below even the $50M+ its own tracking had recently shown — while noting the film's "first choice" interest is running at half the level of Thunderbolts, Mandalorian & Grogu, and Wonder Woman. Toy Story 5, meanwhile, passed $200 million domestically on Tuesday and is still tracking for an $88M-$96M second weekend — roughly double Supergirl's debut. Deadline now frames the matchup bluntly: "There's a snake in Supergirl's boot, and it's the second weekend of Toy Story 5."

Save Stargate Petition Hits 100k As Robert Patrick Says ‘Some Things Are Worth Getting Loud About’

Matt McGloin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:25:07 GMT

The #SaveStargate campaign just cleared a number Amazon can’t pretend not to see. The “Save Stargate with Martin Gero” petition…

David Corenswet Goes Viral For ‘Saving’ Milly Alcock At Supergirl Premiere

Matt McGloin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:10:04 GMT

If you were to believe some of the mainstream press and the DCU fans, it would seem as if David Corenswet saved Milly Alcock from certain death.

The Odyssey Ticket Frenzy Is Real — But Audience Interest Is Stuck

Will Harrigan — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:40:48 GMT

For all the noise around The Odyssey — crashed ticketing systems, sold-out 70mm shows, and resale seats going for thousands — the latest audience tracking suggests the broader public hasn't fully caught the fever yet.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is Tracking Like The Movie Of The Summer

Will Harrigan — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:28:23 GMT

Spider-Man: Brand New Day isn't just on track for a big opening, it's shaping up as the movie of the summer.

Supergirl Marketing Finally Worked — But Fans Still Aren’t Sold

Matt McGloin — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:07:36 GMT

The latest Supergirl tracking is in via Puck and The Quorum, and Warner Bros. finally has one good number to point to.