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Halloween fans are starting to see the various signals that let them know we’re finally heading towards the spooky season, with stores beginning to feature fall-themed tchotchkes and seasonal treats, including some fans seeing signs that Spirit Halloween locations are preparing to open in formerly shuttered locations. Another sign that Halloween is approaching imminently is Spirit Halloween announcing a new contest to find the “Chief Spirit Officer,” seeking a passionate fan whose love of Halloween is evident all year long and will represent everything Spirit embodies, with the winner also earning a $10,000 prize....

Tiger & Bunny has shared a first look at new hero suits and character designs coming in Season 2 of the series. Although the first season of the fan favorite hero series premiered back in 2011, the franchise is coming back with a vengeance in celebration of its tenth anniversary. This includes a new season of the anime, which is being approached as a sequel series, dubbed Tiger & Bunny 2....

Jeff Hardy was suddenly released from the WWE on Dec. 9, days after he was pulled from the road following a bizarre scene at a WWE live event in Edinburg, Texas. Hardy has yet to officially comment on the situation, though a conspiracy theory has already emerged on social media that he somehow deliberately got himself fired. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful put an end to that theory on Monday night, writing on Twitter, “It seems silly to address this at all, but according to those close with him I spoke to — Jeff Hardy wasn’t trying to get fired from WWE....

Mattel and WWE’s Ultimate Edition line of action figures is cruising along nicely, and soon fans will get to add a classic Hulk Hogan and Mr. T to their collections thanks to Ultimate Edition 13. The next Ultimate Edition wave has yet to be officially revealed, but thanks to Mattel’s booth at WrestleMania 38 (and @RobertIn3D who caught the photo), it seems that we have our first look at one of the next releases in the line, which is none other than the Tribal Chief himself Roman Reigns....

This week’s Monday Night Raw ended with Asuka getting a roll-up victory over Charlotte Flair thanks to an outside assist by Rhea Ripley. This sent Flair into a rage, repeatedly attacking the referee as a group of other refs repeatedly told her to leave the ring. WWE kept the angle going on Raw Talk by having Adam Pearce appear and announce that not only is “The Queen” suspended indefinitely, but she’s been hit with a whopping $100,000 fine....

Respawn Entertainment has finally detailed what the Apex Legends Season 8 Legend, Fuse, is capable of by revealing the full details on the character’s abilities. Fuse comes with a Passive, Tactical, and Ultimate ability just like every other Legend, and as you might’ve gathered from his name, personality, and what we’ve seen of him in previous gameplay previews, he’s all about blowing stuff up with some impressive firepower. His abilities reflect that by giving him more control over the grenades he finds throughout the game’s maps and imbuing him with the power to cover areas in walls of flames to trap his opponents....

A critically acclaimed Star Wars game is coming to Nintendo Switch very soon. Over the last few years, Aspyr Media has been working to bring a ton of classic Star Wars games to modern platforms, ensuring they’re accessible to a new generation of gamers. Although Xbox and Disney have been able to successfully make a number of games like Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith backward compatible, Aspyr’s efforts are essentially restoration projects....

Date A Live has now reached the halfway point of its fourth season run as part of the Spring 2022 anime schedule, and has released the first look at what to expect from the next episode of the season! The fourth season of the anime has been challenging Shido more so than ever before as while he has had experience with getting to know and romancing the Spirits he has met over the course of the series so far, the two he’s met so far in the fourth season have had some tougher outer layers that they need to break through....

Disney+ has released a trailer for Fauci, an upcoming feature documentary about the top infectious disease expert in the United States Dr. Anthony Fauci. The film will debut on the streaming platform on Wednesday, October 6th. Fauci is set to offer viewers a look into the life and career of Dr. Fauci, exploring not only his work navigating the nation through the COVID-19 pandemic, but also his work overseeing the response to four decades of outbreaks, including HIV/AIDS, SARS, and Ebola....

Dune director Denis Villeneuve said that he supports Scarlett Johansson’s decision to sue Disney over the Black Widow release. In an interview with La Presse, the filmmaker explained that the entire film industry is in uncharted territory right now. Streaming releases alongside theatrical debuts has complicated matters even further. Villeneuve has been adamant about people seeing Dune in theaters because he believes the movie should be experienced on the big screen first....

Johnny Depp has been allowed to move forward with his $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard. The long legal battle between the two will now have another wrinkle as a Virginia judge has denied Heard’s supplemental plea to dismiss the case according to People. The Aquaman actress believed that the recent ruling in the U.K. libel lawsuit that Depp lost would help speed the process along. However, Fairfax County Chief Judge Penney Azcarate wasn’t willing to throw the former Pirates of the Caribbean star’s lawsuit out....

Fans of Locke & Key and The Sandman shouldn’t hold out hope for a crossover between the two Netflix live-action adaptations. Locke & Key returned recently for its second season on the streaming service, and Netflix is gearing up to debut The Sandman in 2022. The idea of a crossover is likely in part due to the comic book crossover Locke & Key/ The Sandman Universe: Hell & Gone. But anyone expecting that comic to bear should probably give up on that idea....

Lovecraft Country fans were shocked and disappointed this week by the news that the series would not be continuing with a second season. This was especially surprising considering HBO’s Casey Bloys said earlier this year that they were “very hopeful” about continuing the show. Since the news broke, the show’s creator, Misha Green, has been sharing some information about her plans for the second season. “THE NEXT GENERATION… Season two of Lovecraft Country begins in a new world, and that new world is a country that sits precisely where The United States used to sit – Welcome to the SOVEREIGN STATES OF AMERICA,” Green shared on Twitter yesterday....

Biomutant will release in just under a month, and to build hype, THQ Nordic has released a brand-new trailer for the game. This time around, the focus is on the world that players will explore in the title, which features a strange mash-up of post-apocalyptic elements and lush greenery. Developer Experiment 101 hasn’t gone into too much detail about the game’s backstory just yet, but there are a lot of details that fans can likely determine based on the video....

Anyone purchasing a new Chromebook will get Google Stadia too. This comes after the company made the decision to shutter their in-house studio for game development on the platform. Google is trying to get Stadia into as many hands as possible this year. Having it rolling on any and all units sold right now. The official Twitter account for Made By Google discussed how they came to this decision. But, the messaging is clear, for this cloud gaming gambit to work, it’s going to take a lot more users....

Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for THe Matrix Resurrections. Accompanying the trailer is confirmation that tickets for the fourth Matrix movie go on sale on December 6th. Lana Wachowski returns to write and direct the film The Matrix Resurrections. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprise their respective roles as Neo and Trinity from the original Matrix trilogy. The new trailer references a line from the original The Matrix by repeating the phrase, “What happens when they change something?...

National Wrestling Alliance president Billy Corgan broke the news late Wednesday night that NWA wrestler Joseph Hudson, known as Jocephus and The Question Mark, had passed away. Corgan wrote on Instagram, “It’s with a heavy heart that I share that my friend and brother in wrestling, Joseph Hudson, has passed away suddenly from an as-yet undiagnosed medical issue. NWA fans would know him as Jocephus as well as The Question Mark; where thanks to the great fans at GPB Studios in Atlanta, Joseph was able to receive the kind support in the ring he’d always dreamt of....

SpongeBob SquarePants is getting another spinoff with The Patrick Star Show. Nickelodeon announced the new program in a press release and on social media. Friday, July 9th will get things started at 7 PM ET/PT. From then on, the beginning of the weekend will mark a new episode of The Patrick Star Show and Middlemost Post. Paramount+ users that watch SpongeBob SquarePants and Kamp Koral will have a lot to look forward to as the year stretches on....

Last year, James Gunn helmed The Suicide Squad for DC and he’s already back with a spin-off series, Peacemaker, which debuted on HBO Max this week. Of course, Gunn is not the first director to make a Suicide Squad movie. Suicide Squad was released in 2016 and directed by David Ayer, who has been very open about wanting Warner Bros. to release his version of the film, similar to HBO Max’s release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League....

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has inspired some amazing creativity from Nintendo Switch fans, and one decided to create a design based on WandaVision’s Scarlet Witch! Twitter user @okayshima created the look following WandaVision’s recent wins at the MTV Movie and TV Awards, and fans of the Disney+ series should check out how faithful it is. @okayshima says that WandaVision is one of their favorite shows of the year, and that passion really shines through in this Villager design....