Characters

During our conversation, Brian Michael Bendis explained that if a comic creator has a shot at adding to beloved comic canon, the rewards are numerous. The positive part of "creating something in a shared universe," he said, "is that there's already a bedrock of love and appreciation for where we are." Decades of comic book history have created a committed fan base that is greatly invested in a creator's creations.  As a consequence, "If you can find it within yourself to add something that brings a lot…

A Plague Tale: Requiem — out Tuesday on PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch via the cloud — is set six months after the events of the previous game, A Plague Tale: Innocence. Having survived the grasp of the Inquisition and with the Black Plague rat swarm off their scent, the de Rune family has found some respite in the outskirts of the Provence region. However, a chance encounter with bandits pushes Hugo to his limits, and it is now up to elder sister Amicia to search for a cure for the mysterious Macula…

The last few years have been huge for Jonathan Majors. Since his breakout 2019 film, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, the actor has been on a trajectory toward another level of star power. From his Emmy-nominated role in HBO's Lovecraft Country to being cast as the next Thanos-level big bad, Kang the Conqueror, in a slew of already announced upcoming Marvel movies, it seems there's no part too big for the actor. Perhaps one of his most anticipated parts is in the forthcoming Creed III. Since set photos leaked of The…

Image via Universal Pictures You know an actor is devoted to their character when they build up a hefty supplementary headcanon for them in order to bring said character to a unique life. Of course, there was never any question that Jamie Lee Curtis was devoted to Laurie Strode, the perennial protagonist of the Halloween franchise, considering she’s been portraying the character for 44 years. Still, 44 years on, and Curtis is still managing to find news ways to add depth to the queen of the final girls, and one…

Tower of Fantasy's first major content update is right around the corner, and it's a doozy. We recently got a sneak peak at everything coming as part of the game's Vera update on October 20, and used the opportunity to learn more about the future of developer Hotta Studio's anime-inspired, free-to-play MMORPG.The Vera update is undoubtedly huge. It will not only continue the game's main storyline, but also add the new region of Vera (which itself is comprised of two distinct zones), introduce a new…

Overwatch 2 has been plagued with issues since launch day on October 4, and has now been hit with another DDoS attack as well as having been forced to temporarily remove two heroes to fix bugs. Since the day of release, Blizzard’s latest instalment for the Overwatch series has had to struggle through DDoS attacks which battered the servers, rendering many fans unable to enter the game, and leaving others in queues lasting hours. A DDoS attack, or a distributed denial of service attack, is the process of maliciously…

Image via Warner Bros. Pictures DC Comics’ collection of live-action endeavors just might be the frontrunner for the most under-utilized cast of characters at one’s disposal; we’ve gotten more Batman and Superman films than we can shake a chunk of kryptonite at, and it doesn’t help that the likes of Warner Bros. and The CW have been feeling particularly axe-happy of late. e.g. Batgirl, Legends of Tomorrow, among others. So our hopes continue to ride on the DC Extended Universe, which has Black Adam gearing up…

It usually doesn’t take too long for an actor in Hollywood to find themselves fit into a mold. Whether it’s Jason Statham making action movies or Mads Mikkelsen playing villains, it’s not uncommon to see actors go through similar experiences on screen with very different characters. Sean Bean has been known as the actor who dies on screen, but apparently that’s been the case with Queen Latifah as well, and she’s done with that.Sean Bean, the actor who dies on screen a lot, has said in the past that he’s started turning…

Image: Nintendo Nintendo is still one of the biggest names in the gaming world, even despite their arguably limited back catalog compared to competitors like Sony and Microsoft, but their characters have a far bigger reach. The result of having so many recognizable brands within your portfolio is the urge to make movie adaptations. With the likes of Detective Pikachu and soon-to-be The Super Mario Bros. Movie coming out, there’s a whole new world ahead of adaptations ahead for one of gaming’s first publishers.…

Screenshot: LucasfilmStar Wars has long had a rocky history with textual queerness—while LGBTQ characters have slowly but surely begun to thrive in the pages of books, games, and comics, on screens big and small the results have been decidedly mixed. It’s fitting then that Andor, a shock to Star Wars’ system as of late, is emboldened in its own approach.This week’s episode, “The Axe Forgets,” largely follows the rebel cell that Cassian (akaClem) has been inserted into on Alhdani by Luthen, as they all prepare for a…