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For nearly 40 years, Link has traversed the Kingdom of Hyrule to rescue Princess Zelda from the terrible power of Ganon. As the hero of Hyrule, Link was an inseparable staple of what made The Legend of Zelda series special, but that time has come to an end. With the release of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment , the latest canonical Zelda storyline, the series has passed a threshold there’s no going back from. 2024’s The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was the first ma

The sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie , which premiered in 2023, is almost here. Titled The Super Mario Galaxy Movie , the upcoming animated film has officially released the first trailer. Two years after The Super Mario Bros. Movie crossed the $1 billion mark at the box office, Chris Pratt is almost back as the titular character, Mario. Peach, Luigi, and Toad are also back. At the same time, the trailer also introduces the fierce princess Rosalina, played by MCU's Brie

Excitement continues to build for Avengers: Doomsday with fans scrambling to learn anything they can about the highly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe entry. Channing Tatum, who reprises his role as Gambit in the film, recently dropped some hints about the project and gushed over his character. "Look, everyone in the world is going to see this movie," Tatum said in an interview with Deadline . "And it's hard to say this because, I mean, you hear these things and go, 'O

Warner Bros. is officially reviving the Gremlins franchise after decades on the shelf, with a new installment set for release on Nov. 19, 2027. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the news was announced by Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav during the company's third-quarter earnings call. Zaslav confirmed that Steven Spielberg will return as executive producer through his company Amblin Entertainment, while Chris Columbus, who wrote the original 1984 film, is set to produce

One Piece Season 2 Release Date Announced - Netflix's Live-Action Series Returns in 2026 Netflix's One Piece Season 2 continues where Season 1 left off, with Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates sailing towards the Grand Line. Much like the anime and manga, the Straw Hats' first pitstop will likely be Loguetown, the birthplace and execution site of Gol D. Roger, the legendary pirate who kicked off the great age of piracy with the global search for the One Piece. The mai

New York Comic Con is a monumental event in pop culture, occurring every year in the fall to mirror San Diego Comic Con, which takes place every year in the summer. With hundreds of thousands of attendees walking its halls, the convention is on the bucket list of anyone invested in manga, films, shows, merchandise, and, of course, comics. Time can be spent flitting through the show floor, getting memorabilia signed, admiring the cosplays of others, showing off your own costu

Star Wars fans have had it pretty good over the past few years, with a whole host of hit titles such as The Book of Boba Fett , The Mandalorian , and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew opening up entire new avenues to be explored in the Galaxy Far, Far Away. Even beyond live-action productions, animated series like Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy have broken entirely new ground in ways that more traditional films or shows likely never could. Now, the other breakout Star Wars animated

Change is in the air for The Simpsons , with one of the animated show's creative minds stepping down behind the scenes. Al Jean, writer and showrunner of The Simpsons , announced on X (formerly Twitter) that next week's episode will be the last one that he will showrun... at least for now. "Thank you for watching @TheSimpsons tonight … next week the last ( Simpsons ) episode I’ll showrun (at least for now) although as always I’m still thrilled to work on the show," Al Jean w

At this point in the cycle of rampant speculation, rumors and reports of who will or will not make an appearance in upcoming MCU films, it’s impossible to know who might be daring enough to tell the truth versus who is devilish enough to toy with fans’ emotions. That said, it’s time to let the star of Daredevil and Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+ give it a shot. Charlie Cox, a.k.a. Matthew Murdock in the series, the blind superhero that protects Hell’s Kitchen against all c

It has been nearly three years since the DC Universe's upcoming Batman solo movie, The Brave and the Bold , was personally announced by James Gunn in Jan. 2023, and the project still remains in development. As the case usually tends to be at a time like this, comic book fans are becoming curious about the fate of the highly anticipated superhero movie, especially after its latest update. Charlie Schneider from the YouTube channel Emergency Awesome posted a video featuring c

This week with Fonseca on Your Nerd Side Omri Katz American retired actor. His television and film credits include the television series  Dallas and Eerie, Indiana , and the movies Matinee , Adventures in Dinosaur City , and Hocus Pocus We talk about Tron Aire Toys and the movie, Video games and we play Your Nerd Side Trivia!

Star Wars: Eclipse , the controversial video game that has been stuck in development since 2021, has received an official update from its studio. The action-adventure game is being handled by Quantic Dream, the studio behind Detroit: Become Human . In a press release shared on Quantic Dream's official blog, Founder David Cage gave fans an encouraging update on the Star Wars project in a short, but sweet message: "Of course, development of Star Wars: Eclipse continues, and w

Still one of the biggest anime and video game franchises in the world, Pokémon is now set to reach a major milestone in the coming months. To celebrate this, the brand is putting its best foot forward with a pending collaboration that will make fans want to "wear 'em all." Pokémon turns 30 in 2026, and this occasion is being celebrated by a mash-up with major shoe brand Adidas. Some of the company's most notable varieties of footwear will be given the Pocket Monster makeover

The Harry Potter series continues to separate itself from the beloved films. At least, this is based on several leaked set photos. After the initial backlash for the similarities with the eight Harry Potter films, original fans started coming around as filming indicated the show would include many scenes that weren't in the movies but deepened or reflected the scenes from the book . Per new set photos, it looks like the Harry Potter TV show is changing the Voldemort lore b

Netflix's mega sensation follows Wednesday Addams as she attends Nevermore, a school for outcasts. The amateur sleuth investigates local murders and writes a series of crime-fiction novels in her downtime. Wednesday stars Jenna Ortega as the titular character. It was created by Smallville 's Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, with the distinct visual fingerprints of director Tim Burton. At the heart of Wednesday is a story about otherness, friendship, found family, and being una

Marvel is ready to take Tony Stark's legacy into its next chapter. The publisher will officially be releasing a new Iron Man series in early 2026. Announced at the Marvel's Next Big Thing Panel at this year's New York Comic Con , Marvel revealed that Joshua Williamson and Carmen Carnero will take the lead for Iron Man #1, releasing on Jan. 28. Described as a new era for Tony Stark, it will kick off when Iron Man's plan to shape his legacy is twisted into a more sinister opp

The following contains major spoilers for Peacemaker Season 2, Episode 8, "Full Nelson," currently available for streaming on HBO Max. Peacemaker just hit a whole new low with its Season 2 finale. Per ComicBookMovie , the recently released Peacemaker Season 2 finale, "Full Nelson," has officially become the lowest rated episode of the series to date. As of the time of writing, "Full Nelson" holds a mere 6.8/10 rating via the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), whereas previous e

The following contains spoilers for Tron: Ares. Fans were delighted when Tron: Ares finally hit theaters. The good news is that director Joachim Rønning already has a vision for Tron 4. Speaking to GamesRadar+, Rønning revealed how the post-credits scene in the new film hints at what's to come. "To be able to shoot the scene [where we] bring back Sark... everybody at Industrial Light & Magic was like, 'Oh my God!' It was going back to the original Tron Grid, which is kind of

Fast & Furious has been one of the most popular franchises in cinematic history, but the epic saga of Dominic Toretto and his family may already be at an end. Beginning in 2001 with The Fast and the Furious , a Point Break -inspired action film about street racing, the series grew bigger with each successive installment, going so far as to see a car being driven in space in F9 . With an increasingly strong cast built around Vin Diesel, featuring countless great performers wh

There is a classic webcomic that shows a comic book writer and artist doing a panel at a convention. The writer talks about how comic books are much cooler than movies because while it would be super expensive to draw a giant alien armada in a movie, you can just write it into your script in a comic, and it can all be done. The artist then attacks him, mocking the idea that all of that extra detail is "easy" for the writer, but it isn't for the artist. It's a very funny bit,