Harley Quinn and Elvira's Halloween Bash Starts This August

Dynamite Entertainment, DC, and Queen "B" Productions today announced the official full details and launch for the hotly anticipated crossover between two cherished superstars, Harley Quinn and Elvira Mistress of the Dark. Harley Quinn X Elvira #1 releases this August!

Two of the biggest icons across pop culture, and inspirations to everyone who is a bit quirky, funny, macabre, and daring, are crossing paths this year and are joined by a who's who of top creators and veteran contributors to their tales.

As the scintillating story begins, readers will meet a bored Harley Quinn — this is very bad news for everyone else! While Elvira is faced with an uncertain future as her TV show is under siege by suits and corporate cuts. When these two peerless pariahs cross paths, what follows will be the most ridiculous Halloween party ever seen — and never wanted!

CHROMA + FANTASTIC FEST to Fund Indie Film with "Fantastic Pitches"

Chroma, a newly formed genre film label dedicated to the global distribution, acquisition, and production of bold, visionary genre cinema, is proud to announce its official launch. Leading the charge is Ahbra Perry, who has been named Vice President of the company, supported by a team of experienced distribution executives. In her new role, Perry will oversee Chroma’s slate and spearhead production efforts, with a focus on elevating filmmakers working with smaller budgets and creative visions.

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum

DC today announced a new five-issue DC Black Label comic book series, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum, by W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo and Chris O’Halloran, on sale August 13, 2025.

The visionary minds behind the critically acclaimed and Eisner Award-nominated Ice Cream Man comic book series from Image Comics, W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo and Chris O’Halloran, are set to bring their signature storytelling sensibilities to DC this summer with a comic book series about one of the most iconic figures in pop culture: Superman. Genre-bending creators Prince, Morazzo and O’Halloran lend their signature blend of existential superhero fantasy/horror to the world of Superman in a new series that brings the Man of Tomorrow into contact with every flavor of Kryptonite under the yellow sun. The creative team will launch an all-new limited series that reimagines Superman through a daring, genre-defying lens.

Critical Role Is Coming to Theatres Exclusively from Fathom Entertainment

Critical Role, a leader in storytelling and world-building, officially announced its largest-ever theatrical distribution agreement, an exclusive theatrical engagement with Fathom Entertainment, the leading specialty distributor of content to theatrical partners worldwide. As part of the engagement, four of Critical Role’s 2025 live shows will be rebroadcast in approximately 800 theaters in the United States and Canada.

Kirkman & Moore’s BATTLE POPE Returns

Today Skybound and Image Comics announced the Battle Pope 25th Anniversary HC from the superstar creative team of visionary Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible) and acclaimed artist Tony Moore (Punisher), collecting their iconic series in one collection for the very first time. Readers worldwide can CALL BATTLE POPE once again in September 2025. 

“I swear we had this planned months ago! Full disclosure, we did try to time this announcement around the conclave but it happened so fast! And the first American Pope? Seems suspicious, right?” said Kirkman. “Well, regardless of all that, I couldn’t be more thrilled to see my earliest professional(ish) work collected in a deluxe and downright heavenly format! And Tony Moore came back to do a new cover, how cool is that? I can’t believe I’ve been in this business for a whole 25 years. I mean, I’m still having fun and all but man... it sure does make someone feel old. That someone is me!

PAX East: Particle Hearts Shares Developer Walkthrough Video

First Break Labs, a collective of video game industry veterans dedicated to bringing a bright future to the indie scene by empowering developers, and developer Underwater Fire Games revealed a new developer walkthrough video of the upcoming puzzle game Particle Hearts at PAX East. Today's video shows the vibrant particle art style, reveals the sinister and beautiful world, unlocks challenging puzzles, and hints at the game's lore and mysteries.  

NEW Trailer for How To Train Your Dragon

From three-time Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, comes a stunning live-action reimagining of the film that launched the beloved franchise. 

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup (Mason Thames; The Black Phone, For All Mankind) stands apart. The inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, reprising his voice role from the animated franchise), Hiccup defies centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society. 

EVENT HORIZON Prequel Comic Announced from IDW DARK

For the first time in almost 30 years, fans can board the Event Horizon for a twisted new tale…

EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT is the first expansion of the cult horror favorite since it was released in theaters by Paramount Pictures in 1997. The terrifying cinematic universe was originally created by director Paul W.S. Anderson and writer Philip Eisner, and now an innovative crew of acclaimed comic book creators – multiple Eisner Award-winner Christian Ward (writer of Batman: City of Madness), powerhouse sci-fi artist Tristan Jones (Aliens: Defiance), and rising star colorist Pip Martin (That Texas Blood) – proudly present the official prequel to the unforgettable film that has haunted fans for decades.

JAPAN NIGHT May 9th at the Edison Ballroom

Japan Night Reception & Concert, Friday, May 9 at the Edison Ballroom (240 W. 47th Street), the day before celebrating the 4th Annual Japan Parade and Street Fair, allows artists, creatives, performers, organizations, and companies to showcase their expressions of modern and traditional Japanese culture. Prior to the Japan Night concert, guests will first enjoy traditional Japanese sake brewing and craftsmanship  Performers at the Japan Night concert include: J-pop superstar Sayaka Yamamoto, the cast of the 2.5D Musical ATTACK on TITAN: The Musical, and others. NBC Correspondent Emilie Ikeda hosts.

KOOL KEITH + Z2 Take Us on a Cosmic Trip in New Graphic Novel

He is the hip-hop legend with a million monikers. Now Kool Keith rallies his myriad personas together for the first time in The Krossover of the Flower Kosmic, an original graphic novel. Strap in for a universe-hopping journey as Keith uses the Flower Kosmic to unite the legendary alternate incarnations of himself to defeat the sole incarnation that threatens the very fabric of reality, GERBIK!  Written by Seamus “Esoteric” Ryan of CZARFACE and illustrated by Sean Von Gorman of Comics, this book includes Dr. Octagon, Dr. Dooom, Black Elvis and many more Keiths in an adventure that brings the surreal and eccentric nature of Kool Keith to psychedelic life on every page! “This book ain’t just stories” shares KOOL KEITH “it’s bars in motion. Flipped like a verse… sharks, gators, chaos — all facts.”

ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE Chums the Water for ‘GREAT BITES’ Summer-Long Shark Celebration

From the shores of Lake Travis to the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard, this summer the iconic dine-in theater company Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will launch Great Bites, a season-long celebration of creature cinema. 

Naturally, it kicks off with 50th anniversary celebrations of the one that started it all, Steven Spielberg’s iconic Jaws. Events include Alamo Drafthouse’s fan favorite Movie Parties, the return of the fan-favorite Jaws on the Water event, and a once-in-a-lifetime Rolling Roadshow screening in Martha’s Vineyard with live orchestral accompaniment

There’s something wrong in Maybrook in the WEAPONS Official Trailer

From New Line Cinema and Zach Cregger, the wholly original mind behind Barbarian, comes a new horror/thriller: Weapons.  

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

NetEase Games Reveals “Planet Party Time”

NetEase Games, the online games division of NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES, HKEX: 9999), is proud to announce Planet Party Time, the free-to-play interstellar social simulation/party game that’s coming to PC in 2025. The game has also revealed its first gameplay test on Steam that will give players around the world their first chance to experience it from May 15-19 (PT). 

IDW's TMNT: SHREDDER Series Arrives This Summer

The first and most iconic TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (TMNT) villain, Oroku Saki aka SHREDDER, is making his terrifying return this summer and he wants one thing: revenge.

IDW Publishing is proud to announce TMNT: SHREDDER, a thrilling new comic book series from celebrated writer Dan Watters (Batman: Dark Patterns) and rising star artist Michele Bandini (Spider-Man: City at War), featuring primary covers and a fearsome new character design by fan-favorite TMNT artist Mateus Santolouco.

Prepare for the rags-to-revenge story of the ultimate ronin. Returned forever changed by a maddening ordeal beyond imagining, betrayed by all around him, and no longer with the Foot Clan, Shredder will quest deep into New York’s criminal underworld as a former protege has formed their own rival clan with sinister plans for the city. In his deadly mission for vengeance, enemies both old and new will brutally discover what defiance will bring them at the end of the Shredder’s blades. 

Action Horror PRIMAL GAMES Trailer Drop

Uncork’d Entertainment will release the action sci-fi horror PRIMAL GAMES on Digital and On Demand on May 6, 2025.

From the producers of Army of One (starring Ellen Hollman), PRIMAL GAMES follows a newlywed couple whose honeymoon turns into a waking nightmare when they are thrust into a sadistic survival game created for the world’s thrill-seeking elite. Hunted and outnumbered, they must fight to survive and uncover the truth about the twisted reality they’ve been dragged into.