Comics
What Castle in the Sky is based on, in Miyazaki's own account of the film's origins
Studio Ghibli's first release began with a comic Hayao Miyazaki read as a schoolboy, a satirical novel from 1726, and a research trip to South Wales. Where each piece of Castle in the Sky came from, in the director's own account — plus the four titles it nearly had.
September 20, 2026 5:03 pm
James Gunn teased 'the blackest night is yet to come' with three Lanterns episodes left — the comics event where dead heroes rise
Gunn’s post on Threads quoted the Lantern Oath, and fans now expect Sinestro, a bigger Blackest Night saga or Hal Jordan’s return.
September 20, 2026 2:11 pm
Charlize Theron is behind the first live-action Webtoon series in English — a mafia nanny romance with 338 million views
Hulu’s adaptation of Violet Matter’s Webtoon, with 338 million views, follows an elite nanny guarding a Venetian mafia underboss’s son. Max Gill is writing.
September 19, 2026 10:18 am
The Big Bang Theory spin-off gave Amy a new husband instead of Sheldon — the Flash, his favourite superhero
TBBT just tore up the playbook in 'Stuart Fails to Save the Universe', introducing Sheldon's replacement and unveiling Amy’s new husband.
September 18, 2026 1:30 pm
Charlize Theron is turning a hit mafia webcomic into a series — a nanny who babysits for the mob and fights like a spy
Hulu is adapting The Mafia Nanny, the Webtoon about a nanny-academy graduate hired to look after a mafia underboss’s son. Theron is on board as a producer.
September 18, 2026 1:05 pm
Which The Boys actors were in Supernatural? The list runs into double figures — and season 5 put three of them in one scene
Every Supernatural actor who turned up in The Boys — from series regulars to single-scene cameos — with the roles they played in both Eric Kripke shows, the Gen V crossovers, and the season 5 episode that finally reunited the Winchester leads on screen.
September 13, 2026 9:54 pm
Rogue Trooper review: Duncan Jones gets 2000 AD right, and then runs half an hour long
Duncan Jones goes full tilt with Rogue Trooper, an ambitious animated 2000 AD adaptation that dazzles plenty but serves up a wild, uneven ride.
September 13, 2026 8:31 pm
WB initially wanted the new Dark Knight trilogy to stop at two
Warner Bros. initially pushed to end the new Dark Knight trilogy at two films — and the reason for that isn’t quite what you’d expect.
September 13, 2026 7:42 pm
Asa Germann lost Cyclops to Kit Connor, and the X-Men reboot has offered him Angel instead
After missing out on Cyclops, Asa Germann’s potential leap to another X-Men mantle has MCU fans echoing the same sentiment, and it’s already kicking up a fuss.
September 13, 2026 12:24 am
Gen V to MCU, with wings: Asa Germann is playing Angel in X‑Men
A Gen V star is heading to the MCU’s X-Men reboot—taking on the golden-boy mutant with a disturbingly dark past.
September 10, 2026 10:39 pm
Why is he called Mother's Milk in The Boys? The show ducked the question for four seasons
Marvin T. Milk went by M.M. for nearly the entire run of The Boys, and the series spent years avoiding any explanation of the full nickname. Here's where "Mother's Milk" actually comes from — the answer the show finally gave in its last season, the far stranger version in the Garth Ennis comics, and why the writers sat on it for so long.
September 9, 2026 3:26 pm
Marvel has pulled Nova off Disney+ and handed him to the man writing Secret Wars
A Marvel hero with serious Guardians of the Galaxy links is headed for a solo big-screen spin — and it’s probably not who you’ve got in mind.
September 6, 2026 7:00 pm
What year is Batman: Caped Crusader set in? Bruce Timm has chased this exact setting since the '90s
Prime Video's Batman: Caped Crusader never states a date on screen. It doesn't need to. The cars are 1940s models, the men wear double-breasted suits and fedoras, the telephones have rotary dials, and there is not a computer in Gotham.
September 5, 2026 11:18 pm
Why is Alfred fat in Batman: Caped Crusader? He's not the only one redrawn — look closely at Catwoman and Batman too
Batman: Caped Crusader landed on Prime Video on 1 August 2024 with a butler nobody recognised. Jason Watkins voices an Alfred who is squat, round, and clean-shaven — no silver fox, no lean ex-SAS frame.
September 4, 2026 1:15 pm
If you miss Supernatural and Castle, Netflix has the show that does both at once
If 'Supernatural' and 'Castle' are your thing, there’s a fantasy series on Netflix that shares their premise and character dynamics — and it might scratch that itch.
September 3, 2026 11:11 pm
How does The Deep die in The Boys? In the comics he never does
Chace Crawford's Kevin Moskowitz spent five seasons dodging consequences on The Boys. The series finale, "Blood and Bone", landed on Prime Video on 20 May 2026 and stopped letting him.
September 3, 2026 6:15 pm
Robert Pattinson admits it's tough going back to Gotham in The Batman 2
Those repeated delays on 'The Batman — Part II' have made Robert Pattinson’s action scenes trickier — and there’s a specific snag behind it.
September 2, 2026 11:28 pm
MCU nabs A Quiet Place star — Avengers: Secret Wars won’t say who they’re playing
An A Quiet Place favourite is suiting up for a mysterious turn in Avengers: Secret Wars, with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm.
September 2, 2026 10:24 pm
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