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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Druski will reportedly be the first creator to host SNL.

Druski, a comedian and actor, will host on November 7th, according to Puck and Variety. He has more than 6 million subscribers on YouTube, 13.6 million followers on Instagram, and 15.6 million followers on TikTok.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Here’s the first trailer for Netflix’s Narnia movie.

Greta Gerwig’s take on The Magician’s Nephew looks promising, though it might have a bit too much CG for my taste. The film debuts February 12th in theaters and will stream starting April 2nd.

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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Hulu picks up Ryan Coogler’s take on The X-Files for a full series.

The show will star Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel as the leads, but a source tells Variety they will play new characters, not Dana Scully and Fox Mulder.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
GTA VI is reportedly launching on PC in Q1 of 2027.

GamesBeat is reporting the timeline, citing “four industry sources familiar with the studio’s plans.” That would be much quicker than the PC launch for GTA V, which came out more than a year and a half after the game’s console release.

Meredith Haggerty
Meredith Haggerty
Breaking Bad’s RJ Mitte dead at 34.

The actor, best known for playing Walter White’s son Walt Jr. on the hit AMC series, was also a passionate disability rights activist; he shared a cerebral palsy diagnosis with his most famous character.

An investigation into Mitte’s death is on-going.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Greta Gerwig is bringing the heat to Narnia.

As much as haters not might not be willing to admit it, the more we see of Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew movie, the more the looks like it might be a generational banger when it premieres on February 12th, 2027.

A Narnia poster depicting the silhouette of a lion as well as two children riding on the back of a. winged horse.
Image: Netflix
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Major book publishers are embracing generative AI.

Publishing staffers told Wired that bots are being used to make cover art, emails, rejection letters, copy for back covers, and marketing materials, including AI-generated promotional videos. While the unhappy staffers have expressed legal, ethical, and environmental AI concerns to execs, these are reportedly being dismissed as “the cost of doing business.”

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
More Naruto is coming — believe it!

A four-episode Naruto x Ninkū crossover anime has been announced, supervised by both Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto and Ninkū creator Koji Kiriyama. There’s no release date, but it’s “now in production,” and you can check out the teaser trailer below. Kishimoto says he’s also working on a new Naruto manga called Shadow Rising, with more details coming in December.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Dungeon Crawler Carl is getting a live-action series.

At Comic-Con this weekend, it was revealed that Peacock’s adaptation is set to begin filming in 2027. Very little is known about the show, but Universal Global Television’s Kelsey Balance said more details are coming “very soon, within the next few weeks.”