Month: October 2026

Dexter: Resurrection season 2 is official: Eric Stonestreet’s Rapunzel returns

Showtime used its New York Comic Con panel to confirm Dexter: Resurrection season 2, and one detail jumped out right away: Eric Stonestreet is coming back as Rapunzel. He was the only serial killer from Dexter: Resurrection season 1 to make it out of Dexter Morgan’s kill room alive, so his return strongly suggests that escape won’t be left hanging. The story stays in New York, where Dexter is dealing with mounting threats, a mid-life crisis, and the fallout from the moment he and Harrison escaped billionaire Leon Prater’s vault trap and lost Angel Batista. The official synopsis says Dexter will be stuck between two killers, one already notorious and another currently terrorizing New York, while Harrison keeps pushing ahead with his own version of justice in what Showtime is calling the darkest chapter yet.

Showtime also says season 2 brings in Brian Cox as Don Framt, the New York Ripper, Dan Stevens as Owen Stark, the Five Borough Killer, and Gabriel Luna as Ray Ballard, the Sleepy-Eyed Stranger. Michael C. Hall, Jack Alcott, Uma Thurman, Bokeem Woodbine, Nona Parker Johnson, and Krysten Ritter are returning or joining as Dexter, Harrison, Charley, Captain Mixon, Fiona, and Mia, also known as Lady Vengeance. Her comeback is the kind of detail that leaves you wondering exactly how, exactly, she’ll make her way back into the story.

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If you’ve stayed with Dexter this far, this one looks worth your time. Showtime has Dexter: Resurrection set to premiere on October 30, 2026.

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WandaVision returns to Disney+ Top 10: Scarlet Witch rumors resurface

More than three years after its debut, WandaVision is back in Disney+’s US Top 10 TV Shows. The 2021 Marvel Studios series stars Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff, and FlixPatrol currently has it at No. 8 in the US, according to the tracking site. That jump has also brought the Scarlet Witch comeback rumors right back with it.

If you’ve been waiting on Wanda Maximoff, there’s a reason this stands out. Her last live-action appearance was in 2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, where she seemed to sacrifice herself while destroying every Darkhold. Marvel Studios, though, never actually showed her dead on screen.

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You can also take this resurgence as a reminder that Wanda is still sitting near the center of Marvel’s larger story. Her path from pawn in Avengers: Age of Ultron to Avenger, then to WandaVision’s grief-stricken lead, and finally to the villain of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, still splits the fan base. Agatha All Along, the upcoming VisionQuest, and Marvel Zombies all keep her connected to the MCU’s supernatural corner. Even Agatha All Along’s mention of Wanda Maximoff’s death was framed as Agatha Harkness’s view of things, not as confirmed fact.

And if you’re keeping an eye on Marvel’s multiverse plans, this is one to watch. There’s already plenty of chatter around Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Secret Wars, The Children’s Crusade, and Doctor Doom, plus Elizabeth Olsen has said she’d return if the story made sense. Kevin Feige has kept the door open too, repeating that in the multiverse, anything’s possible.

You can stream WandaVision on Disney+ now.

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Apple TV+ cancels Dope Thief: Ridley Scott drama ends after one season

Apple TV+ has pulled the plug on Dope Thief after a single season. Producer David W. Zucker said Apple decided not to continue, even though, by his account, there was a workable path for the story to keep going and the Ridley Scott-produced drama had done “relatively well.”

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Scott wasn’t just lending his name to it, either. He produced the series through Scott Free Productions and directed the premiere. Based on Dennis Tafoya’s work, the show centered on two longtime friends from Philadelphia who pose as DEA agents so they can rob drug dealers, then find themselves tangled up in something far more dangerous. It was designed to function either as a one-and-done limited series or as an ongoing drama. Critics were generally favorable, it picked up a Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and Brian Tyree Henry landed an Emmy nomination from the Television Academy.

The production also hit an early bump: Michael Mando exited and Wagner Moura stepped in after what was reported as an on-set clash with a co-star.

If prestige crime dramas are your thing, Dope Thief is still easy to recommend. Even with the strong reviews, the awards attention, and Scott in the mix, it still wasn’t enough to earn a second season. Scott Free, meanwhile, still has Alien: Earth coming to FX and Blade Runner 2099 headed to Prime Video.

You can still stream Dope Thief on Apple TV+.

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ICANN reveals 1,615 new gTLD applications: .chatgpt and .claude move closer

ICANN says 1,615 new generic top-level domain, or gTLD, applications from 481 entities were submitted during its 2026 filing window. That puts strings like .chatgpt, .claude, and .agent one step closer to reality, and it marks the first filing window since 2012.

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The biggest plays, based on ICANN’s published applications, come from major tech companies that see custom domain endings as a way to control brand identity, signal trust, and tighten security. OpenAI filed for 15 strings, including .chatgpt and .gpt. Google filed for more than 30, among them .api, .mcp, and .agent. Meta went after .superintelligence, .agent, and .wearables, while Anthropic applied for .anthropic and .claude.

It’s a crowded field. ICANN’s application list shows 13 applicants for .agent alone, and .agi drew multiple bidders too. Any contested string can still run into objections, private settlements, or auctions before a single operator comes out on top.

If you track AI platforms, browsers, or online security, this deserves a look. ICANN says 333 of the applications are brand-related, and the base application fee starts at about $227,000 before legal, technical, and operating costs. That goes a long way toward explaining why the list is packed with big corporations.

The round was concentrated geographically too. ICANN reports that North America accounted for 864 applications and Europe for 506, roughly 85% combined. At the same time, 21 internationalized domain name bids used non-Latin scripts, including Arabic and Chinese.

Don’t expect any of these domains to go live soon. ICANN’s next major phase begins in 2027, and the first uncontested launches aren’t expected until late 2027 or early 2028.

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Phoenix Cyclops will arrive imminently in MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls

The first details of the first DLC character in the Year 1 Pass for MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls have already been announced. As was already announced, this character will be Phoenix Cyclops, voiced by Ray Chase, and he will feature a unique fighting style by combining Cyclops’s optic blasts with the power of the Phoenix Force. Making him a fearsome fighter to watch out for.

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But who is Phoenix Cyclops? He is a version of Cyclops possessed by the Phoenix, an entity of pure cosmic energy. This happened in X-Men vs. Avengers, between issues 5 and 11, where the Phoenix Force possessed Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus, and Magik, giving them cosmic powers in addition to their own powers, and leading them to pursue a new goal: building a new utopia for mutants, even at the cost of humans. Something the Avengers sought to prevent as the Phoenix Force was succumbing to its dark side.

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Because of the brevity of his appearance in the comics, Phoenix Cyclops is a very unusual character choice. Which makes us think that future DLC characters could be just as unusual. But if you want to know all the details about the character, just head to the PlayStation Blog to learn more. Or wait for its release November 2, when you’ll be able to try it for yourself.

James Gunn lashes out at the criticism of Clayface: “who the hell asked for Back to the Future?”

Clayface, the new DCU film based on Batman’s legendary villain, is getting criticism from some fans who think it makes no sense when many popular DC heroes still haven’t received a movie. James Gunn, the man in charge of DC Studios, responded to that bluntly on Threads after being questioned about it.

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Not everything has to be as popular as possible

“Who the hell asked for Back to the Future? Casablanca? There’s Something About Mary? Pan’s Labyrinth? Mad Max: Fury Road? Weapons? The Matrix?” the director replied angrily. “Although sometimes it may seem like it, in Hollywood movies aren’t made simply by letting the audience vote on which franchise it wants to see again, even after seeing it countless times“.

While it’s true that Clayface is a niche choice compared to some superheroes who perhaps haven’t had a chance yet, the film is being eagerly awaited by fans. And the character is hardly unknown. Having made his debut in 1940, he has appeared regularly ever since both in the comics and in all kinds of adaptations, so he’ll at least be somewhat familiar to anyone who knows DC. That makes him a very suitable character for an adaptation.

In another response Gunn stated that “sometimes someone —in this case, first Mike Flanagan and then James Watkins and Hossein Amini— gets inspired by a relatively little-known fictional character and builds what, in my opinion, is a very special story around that character. I’d much rather have that inspiration than some screenwriter trying to make money by writing a bland script about a tremendously popular character he has no passion for or connection to“. And for that reason, Clayface will arrive in theaters on October 23.

Resident Evil Requiem’s screenwriter accidentally reveals the plans for its future DLC

That Resident Evil Requiem would get DLC is something we already knew. A couple of months after its release it was announced that the game would have a second DLC, which they surprise-launched for free on May 8 called Leon Must Die, but since then we haven’t learned any more details. We only know that it will continue the game’s main story in some way, building on what we saw in the game. But it seems that now we have a few more details.

A DLC centered on a repentant man

In an interview at Meadowlark Comic Com, Haris Orkin, writer, narrative designer, and novelist, spoke about his work on Requiem. He also talked about what’s still to come in the DLC. “We have a narrative arc for Spencer in Requiem. More or less, you’ll understand it better, and in the DLC you’ll understand it even more. So yes. I probably shouldn’t say that, but oh well,” suggesting that everything will center on this particular villain whose story we thought had already ended.

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Given the game’s ending, it’s to be expected that the DLC will take place before the events of the game or in parallel with them. But we’ll have to wait to find out until Capcom decide to reveal this long-awaited DLC, and we at least now have a few new details about it that make us even more excited than before.

Gods Don’t Give Gifts gets MPA rating: machine-generated movie eyes the Oscars

Fable says its four-part sci-fi horror anthology “Gods Don’t Give Gifts” has received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association ahead of its limited theatrical opening in the U.S. and UK on Dec. 4, 2026. If that stands, it would be what Fable calls the first MPA rating ever given to a fully machine-generated feature.

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The company says “Gods Don’t Give Gifts” will open in limited U.S. and UK theaters on Dec. 4, 2026, after moving from October to better fit awards season. Fable also plans to submit the film for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

The story is set on a dystopian planet where bodies are disposable and consciousness has been digitized. The film has a photorealistic look and comes from YouTuber Zack London, better known as Gossip Goblin, along with Edward Saatchi’s Fable. The visuals were generated with AI, while the voices and creative work came from human talent.

The MPA rating matters for a simple reason: it clears a path to theaters and turns “Gods Don’t Give Gifts” into a real test case, not just a novelty upload.

Reaction to the trailer has split on social media. Some people are struck by the imagery and by how quickly generative AI is advancing. Others are pushing back on what they see as familiar aesthetics, a weak artistic voice, and, bluntly, “slop.”

Edward Saatchi has compared the potential impact of “Gods Don’t Give Gifts” to “Toy Story,” even though the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences still bases its rules on human authorship rather than the tools used to make a film.

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If you follow AI filmmaking, this is one to keep an eye on. Still, with no release announced beyond those markets, and with the conversation so far shaped mostly by marketing, social media, and the lack of reviews, there’s still no real critical consensus going into the film’s Dec. 4 U.S. and UK run.

Sony plans to integrate anime into PlayStation 5 starting in 2027

At the first Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum, which focused on the future of anime, especially the Crunchyroll platform (which Sony acquired in 2021 for $1.1 billion), there was a surprise no one expected: the appearance of Hideaki Nishino, CEO and president of PlayStation. He was there to announce the integration of anime more fully into PlayStation 5 on the main menu with a “dedicated space,” starting in spring 2027.

PlayStation and Crunchyroll more integrated than ever

According to Nishino, the goal is «to make it easier for the PlayStation community to discover and explore the anime content it enjoys». That doesn’t change the fact that the console already has a dedicated Crunchyroll app that lets you access the service, but the goal is for anime to have a more consistent, front-and-center presence on the console.

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The idea behind this change is that “anime and video games have very passionate and closely connected fan communities, and this new experience will bring those worlds even closer together on PS5. Anime and video games have very passionate and closely connected fan communities, and this new experience will bring those worlds even closer together on PS5″. Which is why they wanted to put more emphasis on this connection.

Given that anime has been one of Sony’s biggest growth drivers in the last decade, it’s natural that they want to integrate it into one of their most popular products at present. This strengthens those ties and further boosts two of its most engaged communities.

Netflix’s BioShock movie is still in the works: the script is nearly finished

Netflix’s BioShock movie is still moving forward. The latest update on the streamer’s take on the BioShock game series comes from director Francis Lawrence, who says the script is “pretty close” to being finished.

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The project was announced back in 2022 and is still in development at Netflix. Justin Rhodes is currently writing the screenplay, taking over from Michael Green, and the version in the works is expected to adapt the first BioShock game and its trip into Rapture.

Lawrence has said he feels “really good” about the movie, that he wants to get it made, and that he sees the original BioShock as one of the best games ever made. He’s also been clear about wanting the film to hold on to the things that made the game stand out in the first place.

So if you’ve been waiting on this one, this is probably the strongest sign yet that the BioShock adaptation made it through the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, along with Lawrence’s time spent on The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

Netflix is reportedly steering BioShock toward something smaller in scale, darker, and more personal after budget cuts. That may actually fit a series so tied to mood, ideology, and environmental storytelling. Earlier attempts involving director Gore Verbinski, plus discussions with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, never came together. The BioShock games have sold 39 million copies, and the success of HBO’s The Last of Us and Amazon’s Fallout has only pushed interest in game adaptations higher. Even so, there’s still no cast attached and no release date.

For now, the BioShock film is still in development at Netflix.

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