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Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Valnet has some questions to answer.

Valnet, the Canadian media conglomerate that owns a number of entertainment blogs like Screen Rant, MovieWeb, Collider, and Comic Book Resources, is the subject of a damning new report from The Wrap detailing how some of the sites have been turned into “borderline like almost sweatshop-level” content mills where underpaid employees who speak up about their working conditions often wind up being put on blacklists.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Kirbyvision will dive deep into the life of comics giant Jack Kirby.

Jack Kirby, the iconic comics artist who co-created Marvel’s X-Men and Avengers, and originated DC’s New Gods, is the subject of Kirbyvision, a new documentary from director Ricki Stern (Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, UFOs: Investigating the Unknown).

According to Stern, the doc is her way of pushing for Kirby to finally receive some of the recognition he deserves as the creative wellspring companies like Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are still drawing from.

Daredevil: Born Again is a rough reboot with a promising future

Disney Plus’ new Daredevil series is an uneven reboot that’s fighting to leave its past behind.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Punisher is getting his own Disney Plus one-shot special.

After making his Disney Plus debut in Daredevil: Born Again, Jon Bernthal’s take on Frank Castle / The Punisher is coming back for his own MCU special à la Werewolf by Night and Guardians of the Galaxy. Per Entertainment Weekly, Bernthal will co-write the special’s script with Reinaldo Marcus Green (We Own This City), who will also direct. Details about the special are thin, but Marvel TV head Brad Winderbaum teased it as “a shotgun blast of a story.”

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Starfire and the Green Lantern are getting some new animated adventures of their own.

It seems like Warner Bros. Discovery has been pleased with My Adventures with Superman because the studio has kicked off production on a Green Lantern-centric spinoff series as well as a new show revolving around Teen Titans mainstay Starfire according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Clayface has seemingly found its director.

DC has yet to make it official, but James Watkins (Speak No Evil) is reportedly the studio’s pick to direct its new Clayface feature that’s being written by Mike Flanagan.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Gwen Stacy is linking up with Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

Peter Parker only had eyes for Pearl Pangan in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’s first season, but that might change when the show returns with a new version of Gwen Stacy in tow.

Captain America: Brave New World is trying twice as hard to be half as good

Marvel’s latest Captain America movie.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
What we do as shadows.

It has been a good long while since Marvel debuted a villain with some real pizzaz to them, but the shots of Thunderbolts’ big bad turning people into shadows in the movie’s latest trailer looks promising as hell.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man gets community justice right

Disney Plus’ new animated Spider-Man series wants you to appreciate what being a community-focused hero looks like.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Fantastic Four are clear for liftoff.

Ahead of Fantastic Four: First Stepsnew trailer debuting tomorrow, Marvel has dropped a kitschy teaser hyping up the team’s launch into space.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
It’s an announcement. It’s a trailer. It’s an announcement about the Superman trailer.

In a sensible world, studios would just post trailers rather than appointment viewing events that need grand proclamations about their imminent arrival. But we live here and DC Studios wants you to know that the trailer for James Gunn’s Superman is dropping this Thursday.

Kraven the Hunter is the flimsiest strand in Sony’s spider-free web

Sony has made bad Spider-Man spinoff movies before, but Kraven the Hunter is another level of terrible.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Harley Quinn is moving to Metropolis.

Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco) is getting the hell out of Gotham in the upcoming fifth season of her animated Max series premiering on January 16th. And a new trailer teases how her plan to start a new life with Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) is going to go a little left as they cross paths with Lena Luthor (Aisha Tyler), Lois Lane (Natalie Morales), and Brainiac (Stephen Fry).

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Phoenix. Gaga. Max.

If you’ve been waiting to stream Joker: Folie à Deux like a sensible person, the time is almost here because the film is coming to Max on December 13th.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
How about a little Kraven to kick off the week?

Though none of Sony’s ads for Kraven the Hunter have done a great job making clear what the film’s appeal is meant to be, this lengthy new clip suggests that Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s smolder might be the whole point.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Sony wants its next live-action Spider-Man movie to hit theaters in 2026.

Variety is reporting that the next live-action Spider-Man movie has been given a tentative July 24, 2026 premiere date. That isn’t necessarily when the movie will end up coming out, but it definitely tells us that Marvel and Sony are bullish about getting the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed feature into theaters.

An unmasked Spider-Man crouching down.
Sony / Marvel
Venom: The Last Dance stays firmly in its ridiculous lane

Sony’s third Venom feature feels like another throwback to when comic book movies kept things short and silly.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Marvel’s Blade reboot has been sheathed.

Marvel’s new Blade movie seemed less and less likely like it was coming together as the project lost its director and was put on indefinite hold. And now the studio has officially taken the film off of its production slate.

2019 Comic-Con International - Marvel Studios Panel
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Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
And then there’s Hal.

There was still time for HBO to make its Lanterns show all about Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart, but the network has just officially cast Kyle Chandler to co-star as Hal Jordan.

A photo of Kyle Chandler, and an image of a man in a green and black superhero costume wearing a green ring.
HBO / Warner Bros.
Joker: Folie à Deux can barely hold a tune

Todd Phillips’ new Joker sequel is a pitchy mess that wants to explore what happens when villains become folk heroes.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
The cameras are ready to roll in The Franchise’s new trailer.

Though everything about The Franchise’s big budget superhero movie production makes the fictional project seemed doomed to fail, its crew has no choice but to soldier forward in the show’s latest trailer.

Agatha All Along’s practical effects were key to bringing its magic to life

To make the show’s spells feel real, showrunner Jac Schaeffer prioritized practical effects over green screens.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Agatha All Along is a whimsical road trip through Marvel’s world of witchcraft

Disney Plus’ new WandaVision spinoff series steers clear of the franchise’s multiversal messiness to do its own thing.

Charles Pulliam-Moore