News Archive

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 teaser confirms a November 20 Disney+ premiere, adapting The Titan's Curse with a darker tone.

Pixar's D23 slate: Gatto (new film, March 2027), Incredibles 3 (June 2028), Lilo & Stitch 2 (May 2028), and Coco 2 (November 2029) — everything revealed.

Frozen 3 got its first look at D23: Anna and Kristoff's wedding, a new villain, and a girlfriend for Olaf named Samantha. In theaters November 24, 2027.

Lucasfilm showed the first Star Wars: Starfighter footage at D23 — Ryan Gosling as pilot Kade Auberon, five years after The Rise of Skywalker. May 28, 2027.

Marvel debuted the first VisionQuest trailer at D23: Paul Bettany's Vision on the run, James Spader's Ultron returning, and an October 14 Disney+ premiere.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day quietly answered a question Marvel dodged for years — are there X-Men in the actual MCU? Here's what Jean Grey's arrival means for Avengers: Doomsday.

Ahsoka Season 2 finally has a date: January 20, 2027 on Disney+. The teaser reunites Ahsoka with Anakin's Force ghost and confirms Thrawn is back.

LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian gets its official trailer at D23 — a brick-built retelling of all three seasons, premiering September 2 on Disney+.

Kingdom Hearts IV's D23 showcase trailer reveals a full Coco-based world, a late 2027 release, and a Kingdom Hearts anime for Disney+.

Week 33, 2026: we reviewed all eleven remaining X-Men and Wolverine films ahead of Avengers: Doomsday, D23 drops a new trailer, three Halo novels get reviewed, two LEGO sets from Patrick's own 1980s-90s collection return, and Minecraft finally confirms its Switch 2 date.

Marvel unveiled the X-Men reboot's full cast at D23: Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Cyclops, and Adam Driver as the villain Nathaniel Milbury. May 5, 2028.

Insomniac's Marvel's Wolverine closed out its D23 showcase with a sizzle reel confirming Sentinels, Omega Red, Sabretooth and Mystique — launching September 15.

Prime Video dropped the Neagley trailer and locked September 16. All eight episodes land at once, the same day the Reacher season 4 finale airs.

LEGO's 3,491-piece Ministry of Magic Collectors' Edition (76476) celebrates 25 years of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, with 14 minifigures and a Lynx Patronus. $449.99, September 1.

Reacher season 4 landed with three episodes at once. It adapts Gone Tomorrow, moves the story to Philadelphia, and the opening hour is a statement.

LEGO's Nike Air Force 1 x LEGO Set (43026) is a 1,093-piece brick tribute to the 1982 sneaker, with a spaceman minifigure that hits a 360 dunk. $99.99, September 1.

Marvel TV head Brad Winderbaum confirmed X-Men '97 Season 3 arrives in 2027 and Season 4 in 2028, with annual releases the explicit goal going forward.

Robert Downey Jr. is playing the villain in Avengers: Doomsday. Here's the real Doctor Doom comic history, and how to explain the switch to your kids.

Rockstar and Netflix team up: a GTA 6 extended look premieres on Netflix August 27, six hours before it hits YouTube.

Week 32, 2026: Spider-Man: Brand New Day earns a perfect 5/5 and the #1 spot on our Marvel ranking, three LEGO Star Wars sets get reviewed, GTA 6 gets a Netflix reveal date, and Avatar Aang, X-Men and The Running Man round out a huge movie week.

Sony has confirmed Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse for June 18, 2027 — the final chapter of the trilogy, with Miles hunted by the Spider Society and racing to save his family.

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse finally has a date, and every reason we've had to wait for it — the cliffhanger, the animation, the stakes for Miles' family — is about to pay off.

Week 31, 2026: LEGO's biggest wave of the year lands August 1, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avatar Season 2 hit screens, Halo: Campaign Evolved earns a 9, and a 4-year Ring Alarm verdict.

Jumanji: Open World's first trailer is here — the game breaks into the real world for the trilogy's finale, in theaters December 25, 2026.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters this week. Before or after your trip, here's everything to remember and everything the multiverse ending actually meant.

LEGO's Olivia Rodrigo collection launches 1 August: five sets led by a 1,228-piece Dual Guitar, plus a flower bouquet built from tiny purple guitars.

LEGO's first full One Piece wave arrives 1 August: seven sets from $29.99 to $179.99, led by Garp's Marine Battleship with 1,705 pieces and 8 minifigures.

LEGO is giving away the 221-piece Scully's Lab (40896) with every Ideas X-Files purchase - but only from 1 to 10 August 2026, and only direct.

Our personal picks for August 2026 streaming: Reacher season 4, Ted Lasso's return, HBO's Lanterns, Star Wars Visions, and a stack of 90s classics worth revisiting.

Marvel's first Hall H panel in two years delivered: Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider, Black Panther III for 2028, and Endgame back in cinemas in September.

Insomniac's Marvel's Wolverine got a full story trailer at SDCC 2026, confirming Jean Grey, Lady Deathstrike and Sabretooth ahead of its September 15 PS5 launch.

The Rings of Power season 3 teaser landed out of SDCC 2026: Sauron forges the One Ring, and Prime Video confirms a November 11 premiere.

Week 30, 2026: San Diego Comic-Con swallowed the news cycle whole — Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider, Wolverine dated for September, a second LEGO Star Trek set, and an Avatar film that quietly moved up two months.

HBO's Lanterns has a premiere date — August 16, 2026 — and a new trailer, with Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as Hal Jordan and John Stewart.

LEGO's SDCC 2026 booth is a 'SMART Play Gateway' — a portal into a LEGO Pokemon Trainer Centre or a Mos Eisley Cantina, powered by new LEGO SMART Brick tech.

Motor City, Alan Ritchson's nearly wordless 1970s Detroit revenge thriller, hits theaters today. Here's what critics are saying, and whether it's worth a dads' night out.

Correction: the Avatar Studios film, retitled Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, isn't an October release — it moved up to Paramount+ tomorrow, July 25.

Avatar: Seven Havens just got its first teaser and a confirmed premiere date: October 9, 2026 on Paramount+ — its own date, separate from the Aang film.

LEGO's second Star Trek set is here: the 1,701-piece U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge (11385), with 8 minifigures and a working transporter. $199.99, ships Sept 1.

Star Wars: Zero Company's cast is revealed ahead of SDCC — Matt Lanter and Dee Bradley Baker reprise their Clone Wars roles for the Aug 27 tactics game.

LEGO's Donkey Kong Arcade (72051) is a 1,367-piece playable retro cabinet — pull the lever, dodge the barrels, jump Jumpman. Pre-order now, ships August 1.

Splatoon Raiders is here on Switch 2 — a full solo campaign at last. But local co-op still isn't couch co-op, and that one stings for dads.

LEGO Architecture unveils Tower Bridge (21067) — 3,745 pieces, $349.99, pre-orders live, shipping from August 1.

LEGO Ideas unveils The X-Files (21369) — 1,478 pieces, Mulder's office, a UFO scene, and 8 minifigures. $199.99, releasing August 4.

San Diego Comic-Con 2026 kicks off this week — Marvel returns to Hall H, LEGO brings a Helicarrier to the show floor, and we're genuinely excited.

Avengers: Doomsday's trailers, updated: the July reveal plus D23's new Special Look — X-Men, Fantastic Four, Captain America and Doctor Doom, all facing off December 18.

Netflix dropped the first teaser for LEGO One Piece, a two-part LEGO-animated special voiced by the live-action cast, premiering September 29, 2026.

Everything officially confirmed about Spider-Man: Brand New Day — release date, cast, rating, and what it means for family movie night.

Week 29, 2026: Nolan's The Odyssey posts his biggest opening ever, Halo: Campaign Evolved nears launch, Spain meets Argentina in the World Cup final, plus our own huge week of AI-agent and GTA 6 coverage.

The LEGO Technic Aston Martin Aramco AMR25 (42240) joins the 1:8 F1 grid: 1,547 pieces, $229.99, working DRS, gearbox and suspension — available now.