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Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Netflix is doubling down on One Piece.

Before Netflix’s live-action One Piece adaptation returns for a third season in 2027, the streamer will also debut a new One Piece Lego animated special this September, which will make a good companion for WIT Studio’s upcoming The One Piece anime remake series.

The title card for <em>One Piece: The Battle of Alabasta</em>
Art from Wit Studio’s <em>The One Piece.</em>
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The title card for One Piece: The Battle of Alabasta
Image: Netflix
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Here Piggy, Piggy.

If you thought writer Jack Thorne’s Adolescence was a stressful watch, the new trailer for his take on Lord of the Flies might be a bit much to take in before the series hits Netflix on May 4th.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
What do you think Ryan Coogler’s favorite animal is?

It was already exciting enough to know that Ryan Coogler was working on an X-Files revival, but The Wrap reports that he is also set to produce a new Animorphs reboot for Disney Plus.

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

J.K. Rowling has made it abundantly clear that she will continue using her fortune to harm transgender people.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Hello, Motoko.

There’s a new teaser out for Science Saru’s upcoming The Ghost in the Shell animated series, and it looks like we’re in for an absolute banger when the project premieres this July.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
A gambler on illegal vs legal gambling.

In this personal review of Everybody Loses, Jonny Auping recalls his time with a bookie: “thank God it was illegal bookies who got their hooks in me first. If it was the NFL and NBA peddling this stuff straight into my veins before I had any experience with my compulsions, I really can’t say how far it would have gone.”

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Everybody Loses

[My Time Back]

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Handmaid’s Tale, but make it YA.

Hulu has dropped a trailer for its upcoming Handmaid’s Tale spinoff, The Testaments, and when the series premieres on April 8th, it looks like it will be a harrowing reminder of much violence the girls of Gilead were forced to endure.

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Audible’s new subscription option is less expensive, but lacks a major perk.

The new “standard” Audible subscription announced on Tuesday costs $8.99/month, compared to $14.95/month for the existing premium plan. Users on the standard plan get one audiobook each month, but unlike premium subscribers, don’t keep access to those audiobooks if they cancel their subscription.

Correction: Audible’s “standard” tier does not issue audiobook credits.

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Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Spotify launches audiobook charts and a lot of people are still listening to Atomic Habits.

Wuthering Heights being number one makes sense; it just got a blockbuster adaptation. But why is the 8-year-old self-help book from James Clear number two?

Spotify’s new lists also include genre-specific charts, so you don’t have to scroll past 37 steamy thrillers just to find your next dystopian sci-fi.

Spotify’s Audiobook charts showing Wuthering Heights at number 1 and Atomic Habits at number 2.
Image: Spotify / The Verge
Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu is getting a biography this fall.

Uematsu has created music for countless Square Enix games, including classics like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, and Final Fantasy VII. Now he’s going to be the subject of a biography by James Mielkem, Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
A dragon queen of the seven kingdoms.

Though HBO still hasn’t announced a firm release date for House of the Dragon’s upcoming third season, there’s a new trailer teasing out Rhaenyra’s plan to make her enemies pay using her squad of newly-tamed dragons. The new season drops some time in June.

Animal Crossing started life as a dungeon crawler

One of Nintendo’s biggest success stories began as a very different game.

Keza MacDonald
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Wicked: For Good is a soaring second act that brings it all full circle

Turns out splitting the musical into two movies was a pretty solid idea.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Dudes rock.

The new trailer for Amazon MGM’s adaptation of Alex Weir’s novel Project Hail Mary teases a bit more of the catastrophe that’s imperiling Earth, but it’s mostly about the friendship that’s going to develop between astronaut Dr. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) and an alien that looks like a pile of rocks.

The Running Man is a propulsive tribute to ‘80s action movies

The new movie stays true to Stephen King’s original novel to tell a story that doesn’t feel all that farfetched in 2025.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
John Higgins
John Higgins
The long awaited (in the audio world) Sound Reproduction 4th Edition by revered researcher Dr. Floyd Toole has been released.

This new edition includes chapters by fellow acclaimed Harman researchers Dr. Sean Olive (on headphones) and Todd Welti (on subwoofers and room acoustics). It’s 20 percent off until next Tuesday.

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The 4th edition of Sound Reproduction by Floyd e. Toole, Sean Olive, and Todd Welti on a wooden table.
Photo by John Higgins / The Verge
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Pennywise is coming over for Halloween.

Rather than waiting for Sunday, HBO now plans to drop It: Welcome to Derry’s second episode on October 31st just in time for the end of spooky season.

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Charles Pulliam-Moore
Ring’s CEO says his cameras can almost ‘zero out crime’ within the next 12 months

Jamie Siminoff’s new book, Ding Dong, charts how his video doorbell startup turned into a home security behemoth.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
HBO’s Welcome to Derry series just ain’t it

The It prequel series is a half-hearted attempt at crossing Stephen King’s opus with Stranger Things.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Rebecca Sugar is headed to Moominvalley.

It was already exciting to know that Rebecca Sugar is making a Steven Universe follow-up series for Amazon, but Annapurna just announced that Sugar has also signed onto a new Moomin feature that will adapt a number of Tove Jansson’s classic stories for the big screen.