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1 day ago | thepopverse.com | Trent Cannon

They put the big climatic song right in the trailer (and title) of Wicked: For Good), so we already know who they are hoping to get on board. Once again, musical theater fans are ready to descend upon cinemas this November to see Wicked: For Good, the second part of Universal Studios’ film adaptation of the classic Broadway musical.

1 day ago | thepopverse.com | Trent Cannon

"Can our company really handle this?" was the first response from Marvel Token Fighting Souls producer when he was pitched the game by a friend at PlayStation. When you think of fighting games, there is one name that feels like the ultimate mark of quality. More than Capcom’s Street Fighter or NetherRealm Studios’ Mortal Kombat, Arc System Works has managed to deliver some of the most exciting, chaotic fighting games in recent years.

3 days ago | thepopverse.com | Graeme McMillan

Days after the season finale of Doctor Who’s 2025 season ended with a surprise regeneration — in the sense of the regeneration itself being a surprise, and the identity of the actor who came out the other side of the regeneration being another surprise, too — a thought occurs: what if there’s a third surprise waiting just around the corner? Namely: what if Billie Piper’s return to the show isn’t what it seems? What if she isn’t the Doctor?

3 days ago | thepopverse.com | Graeme McMillan

For a movie so rooted in the '60s era that the characters were first created during, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps is taking notable influence from a couple of more recent comic book runs featuring the characters, with director Matt Shakman pulling from the work of writers Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction in particular.

3 days ago | thepopverse.com | Graeme McMillan

Ever since its 1963 debut, Doctor Who has earned a place in fans’ hearts as being a kids’ show that could be legitimately scary at times — so much so that the idea that audiences hid behind the sofa while watching has become a common shorthand for the experience amongst the series’ fanbase. When the series was revived in 2005 after being off-air for more than a decade, the question of just how far the show could go was one even its writers would find themselves asking.