Robert Pattinson has pretty much poured cold water on the idea of his Batman folding into James Gunn’s DC Universe, saying it would be “kind of tough” to make his Bruce Wayne fit there, and in doing so he’s also made DC’s Batman setup a lot clearer. Pattinson’s point is that Matt Reeves’ The Batman movies have such a distinct tone and such a fully built-out style of their own that this version of the character feels locked to that world. That lines up with DC’s plan all along: Reeves’ darker, more grounded Batman stays separate, under the Elseworlds banner.
Gunn has said he’s thought about it, but there’s still nothing that suggests a crossover is seriously moving forward. DC seems intent on keeping both lanes open, a shared universe on one side and standalone projects on the other.
At the same time, DC is putting together a different Batman for its main universe in The Brave and the Bold, with Andy Muschietti directing and Christina Hodson writing. That movie is set to focus on Bruce Wayne and Damian Wayne as Robin.
There’s still no actor and no release date, and Creature Commandos already hinted at a more seasoned Batman who doesn’t look anything like Pattinson’s version. So right now the setup looks pretty straightforward: one Batman exists inside the DCU with characters like Superman and Supergirl, and another lives in Matt Reeves’ noir-heavy corner of Gotham.
If you were still holding out hope for a crossover, this seems to be the clearest sign yet that Reeves’ Gotham is staying where it is.
Next up, Pattinson is expected back in The Batman – Part II on February 18, 2028, after the movie slipped from its original 2025 date. Pattinson has described the script as ambitious, dense, and a “real left turn.”
Remedy Entertainment has rolled out hotfix 1.3.3 for Control Resonant, the Dylan-led follow-up to Control, after the game’s September 24 launch. According to Remedy, the patch focuses on combat balance after players pushed back on how fights felt at release.
The studio says less health and lower Falter thresholds, so combat should move along faster. Early bosses The Dancer and The Deserter have also been toned down. Dylan Faden gets a bump too, dealing more damage thanks to scaling increases to maximum Aberrant Strength and Ability Strength as you put points into upgrades.
Assist Mode still lets you adjust enemy aggression, incoming damage, and ability recovery if you want an easier run or a tougher one. Respecs are cheaper now, vendors stock more Reset Items, The Artist gives you two Reset Items, and the English stat text has been cleaned up with wording like “Damage and Falter X%,” which should make builds and menus less of a hassle. Remedy says localized updates are still coming.
If the early melee-heavy action RPG combat in this Dylan-led Control sequel felt rough, this patch is probably worth downloading. That’s especially true since the early response to Remedy Entertainment’s world-building and atmosphere has been strong, while the combat feel and balance have taken plenty of heat. Hotfix 1.3.3 is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store, with GeForce NOW support already in place and a macOS version still planned for later in 2026 after the September 24 launch.
New York has sued Polymarket, the online prediction market. In a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the state says Polymarket has been running an illegal gambling business in New York without the license it would need to do that legally.
The complaint argues that Polymarket’s event contracts are, in practice, unlawful bets on uncertain real-world outcomes, not lighter-touch financial products. James is asking the court to shut down Polymarket’s New York operations and also wants fines , forfeiture of what the state says are illegal gains, and restitution for users. The complaint also says Polymarket let in users between 18 and 20 years old, even though comparable legal mobile sports betting in New York is limited to people 21 and older . The state casts that as a consumer-protection issue tied to gambling-related harm.
If you follow prediction markets, this is part of a much bigger fight over what these platforms actually are. States have been pushing the idea that companies like Polymarket and Kalshi should be treated like sportsbooks, while the other side has argued they belong under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, as financial markets. Polymarket already settled with the CFTC in 2022 over operating an unregistered platform , according to the agency. It later resumed US operations and has also faced reported CFTC scrutiny tied to an attempted fraud involving at least $10 million.
For now, you can still think of Polymarket as an online prediction market. New York is trying to stop it from operating in the state.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle is here, and it comes in swinging: huge stakes, top-tier sword fights, and visuals made for the biggest screen you can find. If you walked out wanting more of that same feeling, six anime movies deserve a spot on your list: Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Sword of the Stranger, Princess Mononoke, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, The Boy and the Beast, and Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel.
Each one hits a different part of the appeal. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 gives you cursed creatures, painful backstories, and flashy action that knows when to go all out. Sword of the Stranger is leaner and meaner, built around brutal swordplay and a final duel that still ranks with the best anime has ever done. Princess Mononoke brings gods, spirits, cursed violence, and real emotional weight.
Then there’s Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, with its moonlit battles, monsters, and gothic style. The Boy and the Beast leans into mentorship, growth, inner strength, and big, satisfying action. Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel goes darker and more mature, with stunning animation, intense combat, and plenty of supernatural lore.
What ties these six together is also what makes Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle land so well: stylish combat, intense emotion, memorable villains, and supernatural worlds that sit just a step away from ordinary life. The fights don’t just look good. They hit harder because they carry grief, hope, desperation, or the kind of mythic stakes that make everything feel bigger.
If you want the closest overall match, start with Jujutsu Kaisen 0. If what you care about most is blades and choreography, go straight to Sword of the Stranger. And if Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle pulled you in mostly through its darker fantasy atmosphere, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust or Princess Mononoke should be next.
You can find these movies on the usual streaming or digital rental platforms, depending on where you live. And they’re a good reminder that even if Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle is the big headline right now, anime movies have been turning out breathtaking supernatural epics for years.
Capcom came to Tokyo Game Show with Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies VR, a 2027 virtual-reality version of its 2013 courtroom adventure built for Meta Quest platforms and Meta VR Glasses. What it didn’t have was the Ace Attorney 7 reveal a lot of fans wanted.
The game is being developed by Amata Games and is set for 2027. This version adds voice-activated objections and hand-tracking for presenting evidence.
So yes, Tokyo Game Show passed on Ace Attorney 7 yet again. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice was the last mainline entry in 2016, and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve was the last brand-new game in 2017. Since then, Capcom has mostly stayed with ports and collections like The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, which is why disappointment hit pretty quickly once this was announced, especially after rumors tied to Capcom’s 2020 data breach kept sequel hopes alive.
If you’ve been waiting for a proper sequel, this really shouldn’t be treated as one, even with Ace Attorney still mattering a lot to Capcom. The trilogy has sold 5 million copies, the series as a whole had reached 15 million by mid-2026, and Capcom’s 2025 report put it alongside Mega Man and Devil May Cry as a key IP, according to Capcom.
You’ll be able to pick it up on Meta’s VR platforms in 2027. Until then, fans looking for actual sequel news will probably have one eye on the Ace Attorney 25th anniversary event on Oct. 12 and the other on The Game Awards.
Rockstar Games has revealed Grand Theft Auto VI: The Goodtime State , Vice City Collection, a $400 luxury fan box due out on November 19, 2026. Don’t go in expecting a regular collector’s edition with Grand Theft Auto VI packed in. Rockstar is selling the game separately, so if you’re already set on buying GTA 6 digitally , or you’ve got another pre-order locked in, this could still be an appealing add-on.
The box comes with a Macca the Gator figure, Oakley Frogskins sunglasses, a Leonida Keys crossbody bag, a New Era 9FORTY snapback hat, a magnetic mirror, a Chunkee the Manatee shot glass, a collectible swizzle spoon, a razor blade keychain, an enamel pin set, a sticker pack, and a double-sided poster featuring a map of Leonida. Rockstar also says several of the pieces pull from Leonida’s hit TV show, Macca the Gator.
Selling the box without the game fits a broader publisher move toward digital sales and easier merch releases across platforms. The reasoning is pretty clear, especially after Red Dead Redemption 2: one box can be marketed to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC players alike, without needing separate physical editions for each platform.
Reaction has been mixed. Some fans like the flexibility. Others think $400 is steep without GTA 6 included, even with analysts calling it one of the biggest launches of the decade and promo GTA 6 T-shirts reportedly reselling for more than $200. If you want it, pre-orders for the Vice City Collection are live now through Rockstar Games.
You can make a lot of excuses, but Gremlins 3 being pushed to 2028 is due, quite simply, to the terror of going up against other heavyweights. And if you thought 2026 had been packed with the kind of huge movies that keep theaters full nonstop, just wait until you see what’s coming in the next few years, because we’d almost be better off buying a tent and moving into a movie theater. Yes, really. Don’t believe it? Then grab pen and paper and pay very close attention.
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5 February – Ice Age: Boiling Point. We’d gone more than 10 years without an Ice Age movie, and at last Disney has decided to correct course by giving us the seventh film in the saga. We’ll have to see whether the combination of nostalgia and quality is enough for it to survive expectations!
12 February – Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew. Barbie director Greta Gerwig is once again adapting one of the most important young-adult sagas in the history of literature. It looks incredible, Netflix has pinned all its hopes on it being a hit, and it’d be strange, frankly, if the start of this new trilogy sank.
5 March – Gatto. Anything Pixar does is worth celebrating. But if on top of that it’s made with carefully crafted animation, love for detail, and loads of fresh visuals, even more so. After Hoppers, there shouldn’t be any doubt. They’re still the kings.
12 March – The Exorcist: Martyrs. You may be asking yourself, “Another Exorcist movie?”. And yes, but with a twist: Mike Flanagan, the master of horror in American cinema, is writing and directing. For that alone, it’s already worth seeing what promises to be an absolute delight.
19 March – Sonic 4. Look, it’s Sonic 4. By now we know the deal.
26 March – Godzilla x Kong: Supernova. Same as with Sonic 4: it’s the third time these two monsters have teamed up, this time facing a new threat. Guaranteed hit.
30 April – The legend of Zelda. Until we see the first trailer, it’s understandable to have doubts about how they’ve brought the magic of Nintendo and Hyrule to the big screen. Personally, I trust the universe the Big N is building… even if they have no choice but to make Link talk at some point (or give it a justification)
6 May – The Resurrection of Christ: Part 1. People have been talking about this movie for years, including a psychedelic script written by Nick Cave, but what we’ll get will be a respectful Mel Gibson version that will try to hook Christian audiences with what many have described as an acid trip with Jesus as the lead. We’ll see.
28 May – Star Wars: Starfighter. Star Wars’ last chance in theaters before surrendering to the obvious reality of a new trilogy. We’ll have to see whether the combined power of the saga, Ryan Gosling, and Shawn Levy is enough to keep audiences from feeling the usual fatigue that sank The Mandalorian and Grogu.
4 June – John Rambo. Have you ever wanted to see the prequel to First Blood, with Rambo played by Noah Centineo? Well, that’s what we’re getting. We’ll see whether it turns out horrible or something worth watching.
11 June – How to Train Your Dragon 2. The sequel to the live-action film and remake of the animated sequel from 13 years earlier. The first one was, honestly, wildly entertaining as a mere carbon copy so, well, why not?
18 June – Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. At last the third part of the animated fantasy starring Miles Morales is here! Yes, they promised it years ago, but better late than never. If you ask me, this is the highlight of the year without a second’s hesitation.
30 June – Shrek 5. Nobody liked the trailer and it’s rumored that DreamWorks has changed the entire movie because Twitter guessed the ending right. 1 billion guaranteed at the box office.
9 July – Man of Tomorrow. It could be the end of James Gunn’s DC Universe or a new beginning. The only thing we know is that, from the look of it, they’re going to cram in characters like crazy in the hope that one of them sticks and the superhero universe survives instead of dying for a second time.
23 July – A Minecraft Movie: Squared. Well, I mean, it was inevitable, right? If the first one was a smash hit, the logical thing is to bring the whole team back again to once more deliver a message about how beautiful imagining is from one of the least imaginative adaptations in history.
30 July – A Quiet Place III. The end of the saga (at least the one directed by John Krasinski) arrives 7 years after the second installment. You already know the deal: monsters that attack when they hear noise, a more or less united family, and a new character or two to close out the franchise before it’s too late.
13 August – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2. The original was wildly fun, original, groundbreaking, and has sadly been left behind. With any luck, this sequel will bring back the urge to see more Turtles. The years go by for them, but they’re still younger than ever. Cowabunga!
3 September – The Simpsons, the new movie. Are people excited? I don’t know, honestly. It’s arriving late, when the series is in a slump, and nobody really knows whether it’s going to serve as a celebration, a closing, or a definitive change. In any case, we’ll be there to see it, because it doesn’t look like they’re going to make any more for a good long while.
24 September – The Blair Witch Project. After years with the franchise forgotten about (despite a couple of reboot attempts), it seems they’ve finally gotten their act together to genuinely terrify us by remembering the beginnings and forgetting sequels, remakes, and even video games. In the end, it was all simpler than that.
1 October – The great beyond. 8 years after the ninth Star Wars installment (oof), JJ Abrams returns to cinema, with his first original movie since 2011. He’s doing it with an elite cast led by Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega. Science fiction, fantasy, and that trademark quality. I’m sold.
15 October – The Mummy 4. One of the most anticipated movies of the year: Brendan Fraser’s return to The Mummy after many years away from Hollywood. The creators of the new Scream saga are at the helm, so, with any luck, they’ll know what they’re doing.
24 November – Frozen 3. Another 1 billion guaranteed, if not more. They’re so sure of its success that the movie will form a diptych with Frozen 4. It’s still not clear what they’re going to tell, but with any luck it makes us forget the terrible Frozen 2. Because, now we can say it, wow is it bad.
17 December – Avengers: Secret Wars. Is there really anything else to say? Analysts believe it’ll be the first movie to go past 3 billion dollars at the box office, although it’ll depend, of course, on how much (or how little) we like Avengers: Doomsday. We want 3 billion for them either way.
17 December – The Lord of the Rings: The hunt for Gollum. Is there an appetite for more Middle-earth, even if it’s practically made up? We’ll know in a bit over a year. I, frankly, wouldn’t count on Andy Serkis being capable of making a good movie, but nostalgia is very, very powerful.
17 December – The Housemaid’s Secret. The third one competing on this day is the second installment of The Housemaid. The first one was a wild ride as fun as it was absurd, and it has every chance of becoming a successful franchise in Hollywood. Please and thank you.
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14 January – Longlegs 2. On this list I’ve very consciously skipped over Paranormal Activity and Conjuring movies, because at this point they’re taken for granted. But Longlegs 2 has something special: the first part was a small, misunderstood masterpiece, after all.
18 February – The Batman II. We’ve been talking about it for years, and in a year and a half we’ll finally get it. Everyone has promised that it’ll make a 180-degree turn from the first part and that it’s going to surprise us in every way. At this point, though, Pattinson will already be getting up there in age to keep playing the “young” Bruce Wayne.
3 March – Elden Ring. With the great Alex Garland at the helm, I can already hear the whining from fans of the saga because they didn’t include one encounter or they skipped one story line. With any luck, Garland will do the same as Zach Cregger with Resident Evil and they’ll get used to the fact that not everything has to pander to fans.
10 March – Ghost market. We still know little about Pixar’s new movie, but… a ghost story put through their filter? Then of course I want to see it.
17 March – Fast Forever. If I had to bet on one movie that’s never going to come out, it’d be this one. They haven’t started shooting, they’ve been talking about the script for years, and it seems like nothing is really fully locked down. Vin Diesel says he cries every time he reads it, but I think he cries because he knows he’ll never be able to finish his franchise.
7 April – The Beatles. Four Beatles movies released at the same time. As an experiment, it’s incredible. As a way of making the studio lose a huge amount of money, too.
5 May – X-Men. Is there life for Marvel after Secret Wars? Do people want to see X-Men again? With what team? With what tone? The truth is I’m pretty excited: after the Multiverse disaster, maybe they can get back on track.
12 May – Final Destination 7. I never would’ve said it, but the sixth installment is the best in the saga thanks to singular black comedy and wildly fun twists shot with tremendous effectiveness. Having hype for a seventh installment wasn’t in my plans, but look.
26 May – Lilo & Stitch 2. Nobody knows whether Disney has adapted the direct-to-video animated sequel or whether they’ve finally decided to do something original. The only thing that’s clear is that after the success of the first one they weren’t going to sit still.
26 May – The Resurrection of Christ, Part 2. God help us.
2 June – Days of Thunder 2. Nobody knows whether Tom Cruise will manage to pull off a Top Gun: Maverick or whether, on the contrary, his star power will start to fade with the sequel to a movie that’s neither a cult classic nor especially nostalgic. If the rumor that Brad Pitt will play his F1 character is confirmed, though, it’ll make billions.
16 June – The Incredibles 3. The second installment didn’t come close to the first, but who knows? Maybe instead of making just one more sequel because of a contract with Disney, Pixar has decided to show its creators’ pride with a worthy third installment. Yes, I don’t really believe it either.
30 June – Call of Duty. The “Look, why not” of video-game adaptations for the big screen. If Super Mario Bros made a pile of money, maybe Call of Duty will too, right?
28 July – Ghost Rider. Ryan Gosling taking Nicolas Cage’s place in Marvel’s adaptation of an iconic character. The idea came from Gosling himself, who after Barbie and Project Hail Mary is, basically, a box-office draw. If we make it to the movies without our heads burning from the heat, we’ll see him light up the big screen.
8 September – Gladys. Who wants to see the prequel to Weapons, with Cregger having stepped away from the director’s chair? Exactly, what I thought: nobody.
22 September – Dynamic Duo. Two Robins, Dick Grayson and Jason Todd, in the first Batman movie of the DC Universe. That said, it’ll be animated and nicely detached from the rest of what James Gunn has done, just in case heads need to roll ahead of time.
6 October – Gremlins 3. We had agreed that ’80s nostalgia had already gone stale, right? Well, we’ll have to see whether Chris Columbus is capable of reviving interest in a saga that has been dead and buried for far too long.
15 December – Black Panther 3. Marvel has decided that if X-Men and Ghost Rider fail, at least it’ll still have its faithful T’Challa. It’ll work for them, ending 2028 on a high note, make no mistake.
And now don’t start calculating how much you’re going to spend on popcorn, because yes, it might add up to the down payment on a flat.
Zach Cregger’s unmade Gotham City script Henchman is back in the mix this week after the breakout debut of Resident Evil. That’s put fresh attention on his Batman-adjacent project, even if DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran still haven’t officially said anything about it, and Cregger said in September 2026 that there had been “no action” on the script.
The renewed buzz isn’t hard to understand. Resident Evil reportedly became the highest-rated video game adaptation yet, opened to $60 million, and reached $108 million worldwide in less than a week. Coming after Barbarian and Weapons, it also added to the case that Zach Cregger can turn out studio genre hits with a distinct, character-driven edge.
Henchman reportedly centers on an ordinary Gotham City man, described in different accounts as either a pharmacist or a low-level criminal, who gets pulled into chaos involving Batman and the Joker. That gives the story a street-level angle, rather than another Batman origin story or a larger-than-life villain epic.
If you follow DC Studios projects closely, this is the kind of update you keep in the back of your mind, even with Zach Cregger saying in September 2026 that there had been “no action” on the script and with James Gunn and Peter Safran still not officially acknowledging it.
For now, Henchman is only a possibility. DC Studios already has a packed slate, Zach Cregger is developing The Flood at Amblin for an Aug. 11, 2028 release, with casting and soft prep reportedly underway, and he’s also talked about ideas for a possible Resident Evil sequel.
Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us ends at the theater showdown, and that’s the setup for Season 3. The story shifts hard toward Abby, picking up her side of The Last of Us Part II and jumping back three days to Abby waking up at the Washington Liberation Front (W.L.F.) base in Seattle.
So yes, the show is keeping Part II’s most divisive structural swing. Viewers are going back through Seattle from Abby’s point of view, while Ellie’s revenge story is still moving in the background, just split across seasons now. That matters because Abby won’t be framed only as Joel’s killer.
Her arc is about what comes after revenge, specifically after she avenges her father. Lev and Yara are the people who start pulling her away from violence and toward something like responsibility. That also sets up Abby and Lev as the next emotional center in the Joel-and-Ellie mold, and Kaitlyn Dever with Kyriana Kratter will have to make that relationship feel real enough to carry the shift.
If you’ve been following HBO’s The Last of Us, or you played The Last of Us Part II, this is the part to keep an eye on. TV can’t put you inside Abby the way the game could, so the writing, the pacing, and the performances all have to do more of the heavy lifting. Season 3 is also opening up more of the Seraphite material, with Peter Sarsgaard as Amon, Li Jun Li as Miriam, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Manny, and showrunner Craig Mazin still dangling the Rat King out there.
You can watch The Last of Us on HBO and Max. Now Season 3 has to do the hard part: make Abby and Lev connect with viewers the way Joel and Ellie once did.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has reportedly started pilot runs of its 1.4nm process ahead of the volume production target it has set for 2028. For you, that means the company is in the early validation stage, checking tools, measuring yields, and working through the manufacturing flow on the node expected to come after 2nm.
Apple, AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm all depend on TSMC’s most advanced fabs, so the company’s 1.4nm process could eventually shape phones, gaming laptops, handhelds, premium mobile chips, next-generation GPUs, and even more efficient data center and AI hardware used for cloud gaming. “1.4nm” is just the process name, though, not the literal size of a chip feature.
If you follow gaming hardware, this is the kind of update to keep an eye on. Smaller nodes can, over time, bring more transistors, better efficiency, faster performance, cooler-running systems, and longer battery life. How quickly any of that reaches you will depend on yields, costs, customer adoption, and demand.
There’s nothing for you to download yet: TSMC’s 2nm family is still the nearer-term battleground, and the 1.4nm process will likely be the technology after that for your future devices.
