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2025 is almost over, and it's going out with one final Big Bang Attack. The Dragon Ball franchise is officially returning to U.S. TV screens, right before the franchise makes its major announcement in January 2026. Cartoon Network has updated its TV schedule for the remainder of 2025, which includes Adult Swim's early-morning schedule for December. Dragon Ball Z Kai , the recut and remastered version of Dragon Ball Z , is returning to Adult Swim for a one-hour morning weekda

Comic book fans seem to be enjoying what DC Studios has been putting out under the leadership of James Gunn so far. However, one cannot help but notice that the marketing for its next major superhero flick, Supergirl , appears to pay homage to one of the filmmaker's previous hits. On Dec. 10, 2025, the official Twitter (or X) account of Supergirl shared a link to a YouTube page counting down the online premiere of the DC movie's first trailer , which will be available to wat

Google has revealed the top 10 trending video games of 2025, which come with some surprising picks, especially the #1 spot, as it involves a latecomer to the gaming calendar. Many assumed that Grand Theft Auto 6 was going to be the biggest title of 2025, but it got delayed to 2026. This left a vacuum that was filled by some surprising titles, with indie games and AA titles stealing the spotlight, becoming some of the best-selling media of the year. Google’s Top 10 Trending

Skydance isn't lying down while Netflix attempts its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery . Last week, Netflix shocked Hollywood when the streamer announced it had reached an agreement to purchase Warner Bros . Paramount was believed to be in the driver's seat, but WB decided to take Netflix's offer. Now, Paramount is firing back. Per Variety , Paramount's new bid for Warner Bros. Discovery includes an all-cash tender offer for all of WB's outstanding shares at $30 per sha

Zack Snyder is relentless , as James Gunn is discovering on a daily basis after taking over the creative process of DC Studios . The 2025 summer blockbuster Superman sent fans of the Snyderverse and Henry Cavill's Man of Steel into an uproar, in large part due to Gunn's decision to reverse The Rock's efforts to return Cavill to the DCEU for Black Adam (and beyond) after a contentious split from the studio. Fong's relationship with Snyder stretches back to their time togeth

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IO Interactive gives Hitman fans the update they have been waiting for by confirming the eventual release of a fourth video game in the series. CEO Hakan Abrak opened up about the company's work on the James Bond franchise, as well as what branching out to licensed games means in the long term. "We've created other original IPs from the ground up — Bond is actually the only external, licensed IP that we’re working on," Abrak noted. "And I would say that's probably the only

Another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action movie from Paramount is on the way, with a bit of a twist this time. Per Deadline , "The project was already announced with Neal H. Moritz producing. Under Paramount, the three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies (two live-action, one animated) have grossed close to $913 million worldwide. The brand alone cleared $1 billion in retail for Paramount in calendar year 2023, as Deadline first told you." There's little known about t

One returning X-Men star opens up about his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, and his astonishing co-stars. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Kesley Grammer, who will be reprising his classic X-Men role as Doctor Hank McCoy, aka Beast, opened up about his time on the set of Avengers: Doomsday , as well as his favorite co-stars. "I'm a big of Robert Downey Jr. I love him and he's just a terrific fella," Grammer stated. "We... sort of share a scene. I don’t wanna go too into t

Few industries benefit from technical leaps as much as video games . Not only do games look better than ever, but it’s possible to make and publish titles on digital storefronts, allowing anyone to become a successful creator if they have the time and skills for the job. Graphics and performance aren’t everything, as the lower barrier to entry means that there’s also a ton of garbage on the market. Quality lasts forever, which is why games like Space Invaders and Pac-Man are

One of the easiest ways to get an argument going amongst DC fans is to bring up the Black Adam movie. You'll instantly see two things happen simultaneously amongst the crowd: faces light up with memories of a film they think was unfairly bashed by critics and fans, or faces turn to scowls ready to reinvigorate their disdain for it; but there's at least one thing nearly everyone can agree on, and that's the fact Pierce Brosnan was superb in debuting Dr. Fate to the masses bef

The new Moana is here. The two films have been massive successes for Disney, so it will now sail towards its live-action adaptation, which will star a different actress as the titular Disney Princess. The Moana franchise kicked off in 2016 with the same-titled animated musical film. Auliʻi Cravalho voiced the character, who became the first Polynesian Disney princess. The original was a massive success, but it took Disney almost a decade to give it a sequel. Moana 2 came out

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