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Travelling from a near-apocalyptic Ukraine to a post-apocalyptic United States, Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin has been tapped to produce a TV series based on the PlayStation game The Last of Us. The writer and creative director of the game itself, Neil Druckmann, will also be involved. The Last of Us was a wild success when it was released; it holds

Come Monday, National Geographic will be taking us all on another vast trip across the cosmos. The long-gestating season of Cosmos: Possible Worlds will finally arrive and take us a trip aboard the Ship of the Imagination as various potential futures unfold in front of our very eyes. Ahead of the season premiere, we had

Onward, Pixar’s latest animated feature, hit theaters everywhere today and stars Tom Holland and Chris Pratt as elf brothers who are given a magical staff by their late father, which grants them the magic ability to bring him back for one day. Currently, the movie is up on Rotten Tomatoes with an 86% critics score

Joe Illidge Credit: A Wave Blue World Joseph P. Illidge has joined Heavy Metal as Co-Managing Editor alongside former Senior Editor Ricardo Llarena. Announced via The Hollywood Reporter, Illidge’s hiring comes just after the hiring of fellow DC alum David Erwin as Publisher and Matthew Medney as CEO. “Working with the great team at Heavy

The Xbox Series X is set to release sometime this holiday season. That said, while Microsoft has been more forthcoming about its next-gen console than Sony has been with the PS5, there’s plenty we still don’t know about the machine, including many of the games launching with and along the console. However, this is slowly,

Updates on Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV series have stalled out in the past six weeks, but even after confirming its main cast the new streaming show has added even more to its fellowship. Deadline reports that British actor Maxim Baldry has joined the series in a lead role, though what the role will

This week a pretty wild rumor started burning up social media and the internet, one that suggested that Henry Cavill was being eyed by Marvel Studios to play Wolverine, specifically with him making his big Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the upcoming Captain Marvel 2. It was an intriguing thought, but it’s also one that

Credit: Hero Tomorrow Apama The Undiscovered Animal #12“THE SELLOUT” When Ilyia scopes a personal ad claiming that a grateful citizen wants to pay Apama one-thousand bucks he figures it must be karma for all his super city-saving deeds. Instead, it turns out to be the ultimate guest star — Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman — cast as

An unlikely partnership has been announced by the clothing brand Levi’s. Known best for their denim apparel, Levi’s is apparently teaming up with Nintendo for some sort of Super Mario Bros. collaboration. The company tweeted as much this week with a brief animation that showed the Levi’s logo sitting above the Super Mario name before

Marvel Games has revealed yet another mobile game, but this one stands for its high production value. You can watch a trailer for Marvel Future Revolution below. [embedded content] The trailer features extended in-engine footage of Avengers Captain America, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, and Doctor Strange facing off against what appears to be an alien invasion, eventually

Though the series is built on some big mysteries, and concluded its first season with a giant question mark, The Boys has one major mystery that fans are eager to see play out: Just what is the deal with Black Noir? Though fans of the comic book series know the answer to that question (don’t

Walt Disney Studios and director Kenneth Branagh are set to bring the beloved story of Artemis Fowl to the screen for the first time. Based on the book by Eoin Colfer, the new Disney film looks to take audiences on a journey through the worlds of fantasy and espionage, following a young boy who must

Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel’s popular podcast/panel series Women of Marvel is back here in Chicago for C2E2. Host Judy Stephens is scheduled to lead a conversation with Gail Simone, Leah Williams, Rainbow Rowell and more, talking about X-Factor, Runaways, and more – as well as their own careers. And as part of Newsarama’s coverage of

Pokemon Sword and Shield fans aren’t thrilled about Mewtwo not being catchable in the game. Last week, the Pokemon Company added the Legendary Pokemon Mewtwo to Max Raid Battles to celebrate Pokemon Day. Mewtwo is the hardest Dynamax Pokemon to defeat yet, with Level 100 stats, the health of a 5-Star Pokemon, six moves designed

The threat of the Coronavirus has, based on a number of reports, already created problems for the video game industry, and will likely create more. Those problems don’t compare to the Coronavirus’ effect on the economy and people’s lives, but its impact on one of the world’s most popular forms of entertainment is noteworthy. Over

Every four years, February has a 29th day — and who better to talk to you about the importance of Leap Day than a frog? Well, that’s what the people who thought Sam The Eagle should be talking to you about Presidents Day thought, anyway, and you can see the logic there, if you squint.

If you didn’t know that Knives Out and Star Wars: The Last Jedi were both written and directed by the same person, you may not know it at a glance. Though both movies feature big ensemble casts and deconstructions of these larger narrative archetypes, one being an original movie and one being part of a

Credit: Mark Brooks (Marvel Comics) Marvel Comics has announced its long teased summer 2020 X-Men event as X of Swords. The announcement was made at Marvel’s X-Men panel during C2E2 2020, following yesterday’s teaser . The 15-part event’s full plot is not yet revealed, but in the story 10 mutants will wield legendary swords from the Marvel

In 2015, Supermassive Games released Until Dawn, a delightful survival horror game that essentially tasked players with making the kind of decisions typically found in a horror movie. The experiment was a critical and commercial success, which has led to the creation of The Dark Pictures Anthology series. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is

It was previously revealed that the Image Comics horror series Ice Cream Man was in development for television via Universal Content Productions and now the series has a home. The new streaming service Quibi has picked up Ice Cream Man, ironic since the name is a portmanteau of “quick bites,” and will add it to

The Matrix 4 has fans expecting a lot of high-octane action as they return to the series, but some San Francisco residents probably weren’t expecting that in real life. NBC Bay Area is reporting that multiple people are voicing their displeasure at the filming going in their cities right now. A group of workers, in

Credit: Image Comics 20XX #6WRITER: Lauren Keely, Jonathan LunaARTIST / COVER A: Jonathan LunaMAY 27 / 32 pages / BW/ M / $3.99Mer seeks revenge. Nuon chooses between love and loyalty. With casualties on both sides, things don’t look good for reconciliation between the East and West Side gangs. A MAN AMONG YE E#1WRITER: Stephanie

Over the years, the Mass Effect series has become one of gaming’s most highly-regarded franchises, thanks to its deep storylines. While Minecraft is also a highly-regarded game, the similarities between the two pretty much end there. However, fans that want to create their own Mass Effect adventures within Minecraft are in luck, as Mojang has

In January, Hank Azaria revealed that he will no longer provide the voice of Apu in The Simpsons. The producers of the long-running animated series have now provided a statement to The New York Times in regards to Azaria vacating the role. “We respect Hank’s journey in regard to Apu. We have granted his wish

Over the past few years, the Paddington film franchise has taught audiences important lessons about friendship, kindness, and the power of orange marmalade. The fruit preserve has almost become synonymous with Paddington Bear at this point, which recently led to a delightful crossover on social media. Little Women and Black Widow star Florence Pugh captivated

Credit: Dark Horse Comics/Berger Books Credit: Dark Horse Comics/Berger Books Peter Milligan’s newest creator-owned series, Tomorrow, debuts this Wednesday from Dark Horse Comics – and in it, he and artist Jesus Hervas imagine a world where the adult population is wiped out and children inherit what’s left. But the world’s not just made up of

During a recent stream on Twitch, Dr Disrespect was overcome with anger after a frustrating death during his return to Fortnite for the launch of Chapter 2 Season 2. As you may know, the popular streamer isn’t the biggest fan of the free-to-play battle royale game on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile

With Animal Crossing: New Horizons in catching distance, Nintendo launched a Direct to get players excited about the upcoming return to the franchise (as if they weren’t already). Adorably, it’s framed entirely as a Nook Inc. promotional video for the Deserted Island Getaway package, with nary a real-life human in sight. It was a dense 25

The world of Riverdale has gone through self-righteous serial killers, Evel Knievel-inspired cults, and quite a lot of other drama, but it looks like the series is about to endure a major casting change. According to a new report from TVLine, Skeet Ulrich will not be returning to the hit The CW series in its

Earlier this month actor Brad Pitt finally took home an Academy Award for his acting work, winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. During his acceptance speech the actor chose to spotlight a political issue, singling out the United States Senate for not allowing