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The Third MTG x Marvel Crossover May Be the Best Yet At NYCC 2026, Wizards of the Coast revealed Marvel: Darkhold Destiny , the third Marvel Universes Beyond set for Magic: The Gathering , due in April 2027 after Marvel: Superheroes and Marvel: Zombies . It's designed to feel like Magic first and Marvel second, with the Magic design team creating its own story and reworking existing characters...

Writer Grant Morrison Takes on James Bond in New Comic Series Announced at New York Comic Con, IDW Comics is publishing a new James Bond comic written by Grant Morrison (known for definitive runs on Superman, Batman, and the X-Men), made in conjunction with the Ian Fleming estate. There is no artist, title, or release date yet, though the opening six-part storyline will be called Sunbreaker and th...

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Astarion Comics Are Coming Soon Dark Horse Comics and Wizards of the Coast will publish all their Baldur’s Gate 3 stories in one ongoing series, with the lead “player character” changing every 6 to 12 issues or so. Issues #1–6 follow Astarion hunting a killer behind a spree of ritual murders in Waterdeep, set after he escapes Cazador Szarr. That arc is written by Alyssa Wong, with...

M&M’s Assemble: A Candy-Coated Marvel Collab Is Here Ahead of Avengers: Doomsday (December 18), M&M’s and Marvel are releasing seven limited-edition candy packs that dress the Spokescandies as Marvel characters: Yellow as Wolverine, Red as Deadpool, Blue as Daredevil, Purple as Elektra, Green as She-Hulk, Brown as Yelena, and Orange as Red Guardian. The packs are in stores now in several s...

Marvel Confirms DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Ends With Third Season At its NYCC 2026 Marvel Television and Marvel Animation panel on October 8, Marvel confirmed that Daredevil: Born Again will end with season three, which is due on Disney+ in March 2027. The decision follows a sharp drop in viewership, reportedly about half, between seasons one and two per Luminate, and the departure of showrunner Dario...

5 Batman Comics You Need to Read This Spooky Season This reading list picks five Batman stories with Halloween ties or genuinely scary content: Batman: The Long Halloween : A murder mystery involving Gotham's Falcone and Maroni crime families. A killer called "Holiday" strikes on holidays, and the story also covers Two-Face's origin. It's available as a $10 DC Compact paperba...

Disney to License Several High-Profile Titles to Netflix Per a Variety report, Disney has struck a licensing deal to put a large batch of its titles on Netflix, including all five Ice Age movies, Percy Jackson and the Olympians , Pixar's Elio and Soul , and catalog series like Felicity , Arrested Development , and Scandal . Disney's strategy is to reach Netflix's roughly 325 million ho...

STAR TREK's Gates McFadden to Write Dr. Crusher Comic in 2027 Gates McFadden, who played Dr. Beverly Crusher, will write Star Trek: Crusher , a limited comic series from IDW with art by Megan Levens and colors by Charlie Kirchoff, due in 2027 around TNG 's 40th anniversary. It will cover the roughly 20-year gap between Star Trek: Nemesis and Picard season three, when Beverly left Starfleet...

LANTERNS Season 2 Might Feature Alien Green Lantern Kilowog Lanterns showrunner Chris Mundy told The Playlist that executive producer and writer Vanessa Baden Kelly has long been pushing to bring the giant alien Green Lantern Kilowog into season two. The author recaps Kilowog's comics history (introduced in Crisis on Infinite Earths , later Hal Jordan's drill instructor, played by Michael...

STAR WARS Author Timothy Zahn to Write First STAR TREK Graphic Novel (Exclusive) Timothy Zahn, creator of Grand Admiral Thrawn and author of Heir to the Empire , will write his first-ever Star Trek story: Star Trek: Roc's Egg , an IDW graphic novel arriving in October 2027 with art by Ángel Hernández. Set on Deep Space Nine, it's a mystery in which a priceless artifact is apparently destro...

Marvel and WEBTOON Launch New Digital Comics App This Fall Marvel and WEBTOON are launching a new Marvel Comics app on November 16, replacing Marvel Unlimited, which shuts down in December. It will offer over 35,000 digital comics, Pull List features, personalized recommendations, and a cover-scroll browser, and will include Star Wars and 20th Century Studios titles like Alien and Predator . A Bas...

MARVEL ZOMBIES Out for Blood in MTG Secret Lair Superdrop Wizards of the Coast announced a Marvel Zombies set in its Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair Corn Maze Superdrop, featuring zombified Captain America, Giant-Man, Scarlet Witch, Thor, Wolverine, and a Zombie Apocalypse card, each reskinning existing MTG cards. It goes on sale at 9 a.m. PT on October 12, priced at $39.99 for foil and $29.99 fo...

Could a CLONE SAGA Series Use SPIDER-MAN Actor Lookalikes? Following news of Sony and Prime Video's Clone Saga series, this piece asks whether the show might cast younger lookalikes of Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, or Tobey Maguire. Because Sony can't use the names "Spider-Man" or "Peter Parker" in its live-action series without a deal with Marvel (which is why Nicolas...

DIGGER's Twist, Explained—Not a Musical, But... Despite internet speculation that Digger was secretly a musical, the film's real twist is that it's a play-within-a-movie: it depicts actors in a climate-ravaged dystopian future putting on a parody play called Fossil Fools about Digger Rockwell, the oil tycoon whose greed destroyed the world. The film cuts between the staged "past&q...

Is Nicolas Cage Right to Slam MCU as 'Well-Funded and Glorified WWE'? Nicolas Cage compared the MCU to professional wrestling, criticizing "50-plus" talented actors donning "ridiculous outfits" for storylines that exist mainly to build to a big fight. The author acknowledges the hypocrisy of Cage (star of many poor films, whose own Spider-Noir was just canceled) making...

James Gunn & DCU Safe After Paramount/WB Merger (For Now) Reports indicate James Gunn and Peter Safran will remain in charge of the DCU following the completion of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger (closing October 6) into the new company Skydance. Given the DCU's youth and recent successes ( Superman , Lanterns , Peacemaker , Supergirl ), it reportedly made little sense to dismantle it am...

Skydance Is the New Name of Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Following the completion of their merger (closing October 6), Paramount and Warner Bros. will operate under a new combined company name: Skydance, taken from CEO David Ellison's original production company. Skydance will control an enormous portfolio including DC, Lord of the Rings , Game of Thrones , Star Trek , Mission: Impossible ,...

Bradley Cooper Will Star in Danny McBride's G.I. JOE Reboot Bradley Cooper will star in Paramount's new G.I. Joe reboot, directed by Danny McBride (whose script beat out a competing one by Max Landis). This version replaces the previously planned G.I. Joe/Transformers crossover film, which is no longer moving forward. The article speculates Cooper will likely play team leader Duke, though...

Immersive DUNE: The Experience Launching in Los Angeles Legendary Entertainment, Warner Bros., and Fever are launching DUNE: The Experience, an immersive 60-minute, multi-sensory fan activation in Los Angeles this November, ahead of Dune: Part Three 's December 18 release. Guests can explore Arrakis-themed environments, test themselves against Bene Gesserit-style challenges, sit on Paul Atreid...

A24 Gives Robert Pattinson a Russian Nesting Doll Set To celebrate Robert Pattinson's eclectic career (and his new film Primetime ), A24 released a $42 Russian nesting doll set featuring six of his film characters, including roles from Primetime , The Drama , The Lighthouse , High Life , Good Time , and The Rover . The author praises the novelty item as a fitting tribute to Pattinson's fam...

EBENEZER Releases the Year's Worst Trailer Ti West's A Christmas Carol reimagining Ebenezer , starring Johnny Depp as Scrooge, has released a trailer the author calls one of the year's worst — criticizing its baffling "you don't know this story" marketing angle, its oddly joyless depiction of the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Depp's casting given his public controve...

HBO Brings Its Iconic Shows to BACKROOMS in Hilarious Video HBO Max released a humorous social media promo for the horror film Backrooms that places characters from its biggest shows — including Lanterns (Hal and John), A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (Dunk & Egg), The Sopranos , and The Righteous Gemstones — into the film's iconic yellow liminal-space setting, captioned "Took a wrong...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Santa Claus in THE MAN WITH THE BAG Trailer Prime Video's The Man With the Bag casts Arnold Schwarzenegger as Santa Claus, whose stolen toy bag (taken by a vengeful elf played by Awkwafina) forces him to recruit a reformed thief (Alan Ritchson) to assemble a heist crew and save Christmas. Directed by Adam Shankman, the film also stars Liza Koshy, Kyle Mooney, Jane Krak...

BALDUR'S GATE 3 Comics Are Coming Dark Horse Comics and Wizards of the Coast are teasing a new Baldur's Gate 3 comic book series featuring at least Astarion and Karlach, part of a larger wave of BG3 tie-in media (following an announced TV series and an Astarion prequel novel). Full details will be revealed October 9 at New York Comic Con. The author praises early art previews and expresses...

DOOMSDAY SCREENX Trailer Seems to Confirm Kate Bishop/Hawkeye The wider SCREENX-format trailer for Avengers: Doomsday reveals extra side footage suggesting a scene between Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton) actually takes place in Kate Bishop's apartment, hinting Hailee Steinfeld's Hawkeye may appear in the film. This ties back to The Marvels ' post-credits scene,...