Fantasy television is entering a new era, and Apple TV+ may have just secured its biggest genre franchise yet. After years of speculation, the streaming platform acquired the rights to Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere universe, with plans to adapt The Stormlight Archive as a television series. The announcement immediately sparked excitement among readers who have long
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Los Angeles author Larrian Gillespie was a child actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood, grew up to become a surgeon, and wrote books about her area of expertise, urology. Following retirement, and entirely by coincidence, she became enthralled by the story of Harry Houdini’s death after she noticed significant gaps in official accounts of
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Reviews for The Death of Robin Hood compared it to Logan, and rightfully so. Both movies see Hugh Jackman playing an older, more hardened and reflective version of very iconic characters. They also both feature absolutely brutal action. However, when it came to filming these two projects, they were quite different, which the director revealed
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Today’s literary headlines include a trailer for the new Spider-Man movie, an experiment with mass-market paperbacks, the return of The Wheel of Time to screens, and more. Watch the Trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day The trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day has dropped, with Tom Holland as a Spider-Man that the world has forgotten.
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Curious about what all creatures great, small and microscopic are getting up to? These two far-ranging and eye-opening books take an in-depth, often irreverent look at animal sex and reproduction with an eye toward evolution, biodiversity and the vitality of life on Earth. ★ Poking the Squid Fans of Perrin Roosevelt Ireland’s “Thirsty Science” short-form
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Bright music and an ode to love stories from author Katherine Center set the tone for the audiobook of The Shippers (11 hours), a delightful romance narrated by Patti Murin. Life is anything but smooth sailing for JoJo Burton, who has found her plans repeatedly thrown into chaos by Cooper, her childhood best friend. Cooper
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In the audiobook of Mikki Brammer’s Good Joy, Bad Joy (11 hours), Joy Bridport is a woman who has always chosen stability and respectability, steering clear of the chaotic way of being practiced by her outgoing lifelong best friend, Hazel. At 89, Joy is content with her careful life—until Hazel delivers devastating news that forces
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Every time I hear an Avengers: Doomsday cast member hype the movie up, my excitement for the film on the 2026 movie schedule increases exponentially. Case in point, Ebon Moss-Bachrach just obsessed over working with Robert Downey Jr. on this upcoming Marvel movie, and it was the best. Unlike a good chunk of the Doomsday
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The sci-fi hit Project Hail Mary finally arrives on streaming this month. Releasing in mid-March, the Amazon MGM Studios blockbuster has experienced a lengthy, circuitous path to streaming. MGM’s He-Man feature, currently in theaters, may follow a similar distribution path, though with a different motivation. Project Hail Mary is a cinematic adaptation of Andy Weir’s
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