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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.

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.

Earlier this year, I published my second book, Mỹ Documents. It’s a work of fiction but Verge readers will recognize a lot of things we’ve covered here: the Department of Homeland Security, the legacy of the Vietnam War, and how Google has warped the incentives of the internet. If you want to know more about a novel full of Verge themes (should my next book be about a morally bankrupt FCC chairman?), you can see me talking about it with Ronny Chieng on The Daily Show. Clip below!

Though all of Oz is atwitter in Wicked: For Good’s final trailer, there’s a (literal and metaphorical) storm on the horizon that’s going to pop off when Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) are reunited.

The latest trailer for HBO’s Welcome to Derry series is chock full of alarming new scenes from the It prequel, but the most intriguing thing about it are its shots of what seems to be Pennywise’s arrival on Earth from space(?) in a massive ball of fire.

There’s no truer sign of the times than romance novel readers breaking the Goodreads recommendations algorithm to suggest On Tyranny to people checking out A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune.

Though the third season of Apple TV Plus’ Foundation adaptation is set to wrap this Friday, the series won’t be coming to an end. Apple announced today that it has renewed Foundation for a fourth season whose production will kick off some time in early 2026.

After months of teasing us all with snippets from It: Welcome to Derry, HBO has finally given the prequel series an October 26th premiere date.

Production on the second season of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem adaptation is now underway, and the show has added Alfie Allen, Claudia Doumit, and Ellie De Lange to its cast.

The Folio Society has chosen Stephen King’s horror opus as the latest book to get one of its stunning collector’s editions. This one features artwork by Jim Burns and a foreword from Guillermo del Toro. It’ll also be both rare and expensive: it’s limited to 500 copies, which cost $825 each. You can grab one here.

The distribution rights to Warner Bros. Japan’s animated adaptation of All You Need Is Kill — Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s 2004 sci-fi novel that inspired Edge of Tomorrow — have been acquired acquired by Gkids. The company plans to put the film in theaters “soon.”

The first lady has announced that the new audiobook version of her self-titled (and suspiciously robotic) memoir was entirely narrated using an AI clone of her own voice created by ElevenLabs.

Co-writer / director Matt Palmer’s Fear Street: Prom Queen is the first of Netflix’s new trilogy of horror features inspired by R.L. Stine’s books, and the movie’s first trailer makes it look like it’ll be a teen-friendly (albeit R-rated) riff on classic slashers when it debuts on May 23rd.

According to Deadline, Netflix has greenlit and is now looking to cast competitors for The Golden Ticket, Eureka Production’s new Willy Wonka-inspired reality series that “will challenge players not just physically, but mentally as they navigate games, tests, and temptations designed to probe their instincts, resilience, and ability to thrive in chaos.”

It’s also the third best-selling book on Amazon. Meta, meet the Streisand effect!

Netflix’s upcoming remake of Stephen King’s Cujo feels poised to tap into people’s newfound fondness of taking their dogs everywhere, and the film might wind up being directed by Darren Aronofsky according to The Hollywood Reporter.