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The Critical Role creators are opening up about potential crossovers between The Legend of Vox Machina and the upcoming spinoff The Mighty Nein. Based on their hit Dungeons & Dragons streaming show, these Prime Video franchises focus on bringing their games to life with characters and stories lifted directly from their campaigns.

The Vox Machina adaptation premiered on January 28, 2022, and is still ongoing. Its spinoff is set to premiere on November 19, 2025, and is expected to feature the classic Critical Role cast members returning in new roles, including Fjord (Travis Willingham), Jester (Laura Bailey), Caleb (Liam O'Brien), Nott (Sam Riegel), and others.

In an interview with ScreenRant's Ash Crossan at San Diego Comic-Con, several creators spoke about a potential crossover between the two shows. While they do not promise a "mix-'em-up episode" in the foreseeable future, they do expect several elements to exist in both shows. Check out their responses...

It was clear from the outset that the success of The Last of Us Season 2 would hinge on the actress cast to play Abby, the antagonist who murders Pedro Pascal's Joel and kicks the story off in a different direction. Eventually Apple Cider Vinegar star Kaitlyn Dever was cast, and fans praised her performance. But what does the original Abby think?

In the original The Last of Us game series, Abby is played by Laura Bailey. She offered her opinion on Dever's acting to Entertainment Weekly at Comic-Con - and she was all positive about it. "She's just phenomenal, every moment that I saw that she was in, I just loved how much she brought to the character and made it her own," she said. "It's kind of like watching your child get up and start walking for the first time. Once you put it out there it's somebody...

The Legend of Vox Machina's future is getting exciting updates as San Diego Comic-Con unfolds, and that includes a release date for its Mighty Nein spinoff series. And the November 2025 premiere date isn't the only news to surface regarding The Mighty Nein. The Prime Video series' star-studded voice cast was also unveiled, as was a teaser trailer showing off the new characters.

As part of Screen Rant's Comic-Con coverage, Brandon Howard attended Thursday's "Critical Role on Prime Video: The Mighty Nein and The Legend of Vox Machina Cast Panel." There, executive producers and cast members Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Liam O’Brien, Ashley Johnson, Taliesin Jaffe, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham teased what to expect from the franchise's future.

And they noted that the upcoming spinoff will make one big shift from its predecessor: although The Legend of Vox Machina comprises 30-minute installments, The Mighty Nein's episodes will...

It's been a couple of months since The Last of Us season 2 finished airing on HBO, and fans are still processing the emotional fallout and wondering what's going to happen next for Abby, Ellie, and the rest of the characters as the series heads into its highly anticipated third season.

Amid all the speculation, Laura Bailey, the original voice and motion-capture actress for Abby in the game, has finally spoken out about Kaitlyn Dever’s portrayal of the character in the show. In her reaction, she offers high praise for the Emmy-nominated performance and shares her heartfelt reaction to seeing the character come to life on screen.

Laura Bailey At The Game Awards 2015 - Arrivals | Allen Berezovsky/GettyImages

During a Comic-Con interview with Entertainment Weekly, which was focused on her animated projects The Legend of Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein, Bailey talked about Dever’s performance as Abby on the hit HBO series.

Critical Role had some major announcements at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The team behind the hit animated fantasy series The Legend of Vox Machina revealed that the show has been renewed for a fifth season, but it will also be the last. Season 4 is still on the way too, but fans will have to be patient. It’s not coming to Prime Video until 2026.

While fans wait for the next Vox Machina episodes, they can look forward to something new. The Mighty Nein, Critical Role’s next animated series, is officially set to premiere on November 19, 2025. Both shows will stream on Prime Video.

Oh, and one more thing, The Legend of Vox Machina has been renewed for a fifth and final season! pic.twitter.com/kIwsAF21tB

— Amazon MGM Studios (@AmazonMGMStudio) July 24, 2025

The Legend of Vox Machina is based on Critical Role’s very first Dungeons & Dragons campaign,...

Critical Role fans are in for some big updates. At San Diego Comic-Con, the group announced that their animated fantasy series The Legend of Vox Machina has been renewed for a fifth and final season. That’s not all, Season 4 of the show is coming too, but fans will have to wait until 2026 to see it on Prime Video.

While the wait might be long, there’s something else to get excited about. Critical Role’s next animated series, The Mighty Nein, is officially set to premiere on November 19, 2025. Both shows are set in the world of Exandria, a fantasy setting created by Matthew Mercer, the Dungeon Master behind Critical Role.

Oh, and one more thing, The Legend of Vox Machina has been renewed for a fifth and final season! pic.twitter.com/kIwsAF21tB

— Amazon MGM Studios (@AmazonMGMStudio) July 24, 2025

The Legend of Vox Machina brings to life the characters...

Today, Prime Video announced that the highly popular and critically acclaimed series, The Legend of Vox Machina, from Critical Role and Titmouse, has been renewed for a fifth and final season. Additionally, Season 4 is set to return in 2026.

Prime Video also announced that the highly anticipated new series, The Mighty Nein, from Critical Role and Titmouse, will premiere on November 19, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

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News of The Legend of Vox Machina renewal and The Mighty Nein premiere date was revealed during the “Critical Role on Prime Video” panel at the San Diego Comic-Con. A new Vox Machina episodic clip was shown that gave audiences a sneak-peek into the upcoming fourth season.

For The Mighty Nein, Critical Role revealed episodic clips, character art designs, and the guest stars joining the new season.

In The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3, the Chroma Conclave’s...

The Legend of Vox Machina has been renewed for a fifth and final season at Prime Video, well ahead of the Season 4 debut.

The creative team announced the news during the animated series’ panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, when it was also revealed that the series will return for Season 4 in 2026. Audiences were treated to a first look at the upcoming fourth season, which you can watch above.

If the sneak peek is any indication, audiences will be treated with plenty of debauchery when the series returns next year.

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In Season 3, the Chroma Conclave’s path of destruction spreads like wildfire while the Cinder King hunts down Vox Machina. Our lovable band of misfits must rise above inner (and outer) demons to try and save their loved ones, Tal’Dorei, and all of Exandria.

“A huge congratulations to our creative collaborators at Critical Role and Titmouse...

Prime Video treated fans to an exciting first glimpse of The Legend of Vox Machina Season 4 during the Critical Role panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2025. The sneak peek teases high-stakes battles, darker magic, and the looming presence of one of the franchise’s most infamous villains. The panel featured the main cast of Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Taliesin Jaffe, Sam Riegel, and Matthew Mercer, who shared behind-the-scenes anecdotes and confirmed that the upcoming season will push Vox Machina into their most perilous adventure yet. Prime Video also confirmed a release window for Season 4, so fans can officially start looking forward to the next chapter in the adventure with some certainty.

A Dark Turn Ahead for Vox Machina

The exclusive footage shown at San Diego Comic-Con teases the party’s mounting challenges as they move into the climactic “Vecna arc” from Critical Role’s first campaign.

Fans of Critical Role have reason to celebrate: the first official footage from the animated adaptation of Campaign 2, titled The Mighty Nein, has just debuted, alongside the announcement of its long-awaited release date. Revealed during Critical Role’s panel at San Diego Comic‑Con 2025, the new clip blends moody visuals with trademark character-driven storytelling, offering an exciting glimpse at what’s to come on Prime Video this fall.

The Mighty Nein Comes to Life

The clip introduces several core members of the Mighty Nein – Nott the Brave, Caleb Widogast, Jester Lavorre, Fjord Stone, Beauregard Lionett, and Mollymauk Tealeaf – in their animated incarnations, each imbued with the familiar quirks and chemistry that made them fan favorites. The visuals hint at a darker, more mature tone than The Legend of Vox Machina, with strong emphasis on secrecy, trauma, and fractured relationships that will gradually evolve into bonds of necessity throughout the runtime.

Prime Video has renewed The Legend of Vox Machina for a fifth and final season. The pickup was announced Thursday at San Diego Comic-Con, well ahead of the animated series’ Season 4 premiere in 2026.

What’s more, the streamer revealed that Vox Machina spinoff The Mighty Nein will debut Wednesday, Nov. 19 (more on that below).

“A huge congratulations to our creative collaborators at...

Critical Role’s animated fantasy series “The Legend of Vox Machina” has been renewed for a fifth and final season, the group announced at San Diego Comic Con. The upcoming Season 4 will also premiere on Prime Video in 2026. But Dungeons and Dragons fans will have Critical Role’s new series, “The Mighty Nein,” to hold them over while they wait; it will premiere on Nov. 19.

Both series star Critical Role founders and cast members Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham. In “The Legend of Vox Machina,” they bring their fan-favorite Dungeons & Dragons characters to life from their first Critical Role campaign. Bailey plays half-elf ranger Vex, O’Brien is her twin brother Vax, Willingham is the lovable barbarian Grog, Johnson is the holy gnome cleric Pike, Jaffe is the royal gunslinger Percy, Ray is magical half-elf druid Keyleth and...

Critters everywhere can once again enter the fantasy world of Exandria this fall with the arrival of The Mighty Nein. Announced today during their panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Critical Role’s second animated series will begin streaming Nov. 19 on Prime Video. Members of the cast and media company that comprise Critical Role took the stage to reveal the show’s upcoming release date with a first-ever look at the series by way of a short clip that showcases many (but not all) of its tabletop fantasy-based characters.

You can see the full clip below.

Get ready, bees…a Mighty chaos crew is coming to Prime Video this fall! During today’s San Diego Comic-Con, Prime Video and Critical Role — the minds behind the hit animated series Legend of Vox Machina — announced that their highly anticipated upcoming Mighty Nein series will officially premiere on November 19, 2025. Based on Critical Role‘s second tabletop campaign that streamed on Twitch and YouTube from 2018-2021, The Mighty Nein follows a group of outcasts and misfits: tiefling Jester Lavorre (Laura Bailey), half-orc warlock Fjord Stone (Travis Willingham), goblin Nott The Brave (Sam Riegel), wizard Caleb (Liam O’Brien), Cobalt Soul monk Beauregard Lionett (Marisha Ray), barbarian/mercenary Yasha Nydoorin (Ashley Johnson), and tiefling bloodhunter Mollymauk Tealeaf (Taliesin Jaffe). Like the members of Vox Machina, they learn to put aside their differences and distrust to come together to save the world when a powerful relic called “The Beacon” becomes a threat, but...

A Star Wars icon and Taylor Sheridan actor are confirmed to be among the cast of Prime Video's The Legend of Vox Machina spinoff The Mighty Nein. Based on Critical Role's Dungeons & Dragons campaign of the same name, The Mighty Nein TV series follows a group of outlaws and outcasts seeking out "The Beacon" to save their realm.

Now, at San Diego Comic-Con, Prime Video has confirmed a list of guest stars who will be showing up in The Mighty Nein. The casting list includes Mark Strong, Alan Cumming, Tim McGraw, Anika Noni Rose, Ming-Na Wen, Auli'i Cravalho, Rahul Kohli, Robbie Daymond, and Jonathan Frakes. In addition, the series has been confirmed to premiere worldwide on November 19.

ScreenRant's Brandon Zachary was in attendance at the panel where the announcement took place. Check out an exclusive photo showing off the guest cast below:

What The Mighty Nein's Guest Cast Says...

Ever since Critical Role gained internet success, the Dungeons & Dragons group has provided various ways for fans to enter the world of Exandria. The first is their online livestreams that air on a weekly basis. The next is the Prime Video series, The Legend of Vox Machina, based on their D&d web series, with a fourth season already on the way, as well as the first installment based on their second campaign, Mighty Nein. Additionally, there are various books, graphic novels, and a D&d sourcebook called "Explorer's Guide to Wildemount." Now, Critical Role is teaming up with a video game company, AdHoc Studio, to bring Exandria to life via a video game.

"Project Exandria" is an upcoming video game based on the hit D&D web series. According to AdHoc Studio's Twitter/X account, it's currently in development. Details for this latest title have yet to be revealed.

Amazon Prime Video is expanding its Legend of Vox Machina universe with a bold new animated sequel: The Mighty Nein. Based on Critical Role’s beloved second campaign of Dungeons & Dragons, the show features a ragtag group of troubled heroes, Nott, Caleb, Beauregard, Jester, Fjord, Mollymauk, and later Yasha, venturing into the darker, more mature territories of Exandria’s Wildemount.

Taking place years after the events of Vox Machina, which is about to get its fourth season, the upcoming series features the same cast reprising their iconic roles and a narrative that is just as deep but darker and more mature than the Og series.

Mighty Nein is Tonally Different, More Mature than Vox Machina Mighty Nien | Credits: By Ariana Orner / critrole.com

Where The Legend of Vox Machina leaned into high-adventure, comedic camaraderie, The Mighty Nein promises depth, drama, and nuance. In an exclusive to Entertainment Weekly published...

San Diego Comic-Con is shaping up to be an epic gathering for Critical Role fans. Prime Video is bringing the cast and creators of both Mighty Nein and The Legend of Vox Machina to the Indigo Ballroom on Thursday, July 24, from 11:15 Am to 12:15 Pm Pst for a panel that promises exclusive reveals, cast insights, and a glimpse at what’s next for the ever-expanding universe.

The Critical Role on Prime Video: The Mighty Nein and The Legend of Vox Machina Cast Panel will feature Critical Role’s core team of executive producers and actors: Laura Bailey, Matt Mercer, Marisha Ray, Liam O’Brien, Ashley Johnson, Taliesin Jaffe, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham. Known for their infectious energy and storytelling expertise, the cast will offer updates that will only help to build “Critters'” (the fanbase’s name) excitement for what’s to come.

Highly Awaited News on ‘Mighty Nein’

The...

There's an upcoming psychological horror game coming out on Steamand Epic Games at the end of the month called Dead Take that should be on every horror enthusiast's radar. It will feature an absolutely star-studded cast of renowned video game actors, including stars from best-selling RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Dead Take could easily be a breakout hit in the genre.

The official cast for Surgent Studio's Dead Take has been confirmed YouTube for the brand-new psychological horror game releasing at the end of the month, and it features a star-studded lineup including Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon and Jane Perry, as well as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Ben Starr. The game is set in the Hollywood Hills and explores the dark side of the film industry with some of the top-line video game actors of the moment.

Everything We Know About Dead Take Ben Starr...

Surgent Studios and Pocketpair Publishing’s psychological horror title Dead Take will arrive sooner than you think on July 31 for Steam and the Epic Games Store. In addition to the release date news, the devs have announced the full lineup of cast members, which includes more notable actors from the world of video games. We also get a new trailer coinciding the new release date.

“Dead Take is about actors. So we needed actors who’ve lived it,” said Abubakar Salim, Creative Director of Dead Take. “It’s a game about the high of ambition and the rot underneath it. The lies we tell ourselves to get in the spotlight, and the monsters we become to stay there. Everyone in this cast has felt that pressure. This was a chance to bleed it out.”

The full lineup now includes Jane Perry (Baldur’s Gate 3, Dragon Age: The Veilguard), and Alanah Pearce...

Prime Videoreveals its slate of panels for San Diego Comic-Con 2025, promising new reveals for Gen V, adult animation hits, and a farewell to Upload. Amazon's streaming service is home to many hit series, including The Boys, Good Omens, and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. 2025 will see the return of Gen V to Prime Video, alongside Fallout season 2.

Prime Video has announced their full line-up of panels at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, giving fans a glimpse at what to expect from the event. Thursday, July 24 will fittingly feature Critical Role on Prime Video: The Mighty Nein and The Legend of Vox Machina Cast Panel, followed by The Hellaverse on Prime Video: Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss Cast Panel. Check out each Thursday panel's description below:

11:15-12:15 Pm: Critical Role on Prime Video: The Mighty Nein and The Legend of Vox Machina Cast Panel —It’s Thursday with Critical Role and Prime Video!

Poster for ‘Outlander: Blood of my Blood’ season 1 (Photo Credit: Starz)

The San Diego Comic-Con lineup of films and television panels may never return to its pre-Covid level, but the 2025 schedule has enough of both to keep Sdcc attendees hopping between Hall H, Ballroom 20, and the Indigo Ballroom. TV panels once again outnumber movie panels, with the casts from series including Peacemaker, Outlander (the original and its prequel), Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Resident Alien, Revival, Gen V, Ghosts, and Abbott Elementary making their way to downtown San Diego for the sold-out pop culture convention.

The Anne Rice Universe will be represented by Interview with the Vampire and Talamasca. Plus, the stars of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Upload, NCIS: Tony & Ziva, Alien: Earth, Dexter: Resurrection, Spartacus: House of Ashur, and Paradise are scheduled to attend the 2025 Sdcc.

For animation fans, scheduled panels include Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons,...

San Diego Comic-Con is rolling out its schedule for the 2025 convention this week, which runs from July 24–27. It will likely be a quieter convention this year, since neither Marvel Studios nor DC Studios are planning a major panel covering their upcoming projects. But for the first time in its history, “Star Wars” creator George Lucas will appear in person at the largest annual fan gathering in North America, to give a first look at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which is expected to open in Los Angeles in 2026. He’ll be joined in Hall H by director Guillermo del Toro, visual designer Doug Chiang and moderator Queen Latifah.

“We are beyond thrilled to welcome George Lucas to Comic-Con for the very first time,” said Comic-Con’s chief of communications and strategy David Glanzer in a statement. “Nearly five decades ago, ‘Star Wars’ made one of its earliest public appearances at our convention,...

Supergirl has flown across our screens for decades, donning the cape with courage, hope, and some serious Kryptonian girl power. While Superman has often stolen the spotlight, Kara Zor-El—his equally super cousin—has carved out a fierce legacy of her own. From big-screen debuts to long-running TV sagas, Supergirl has been portrayed by a variety of talented actresses, each bringing something unique to the character.

Whether it’s a hopeful farm girl learning to control her powers or a hardened warrior ready to face apocalyptic threats, every version of Supergirl has reflected the era and universe she belonged to. Her journey through live-action has taken fans from the cult classic 1984 Supergirl movie to the CW’s Arrowverse hit series, to DC’s multiversal chaos in The Flash (2023).

Each performance added layers to Kara’s story—reimagining her personality, powers, and purpose. And now, even James Gunn’s Dcu has...

The late Princess Diana would have been 64 years old today on July 1. The young and beautiful Princess passed away on August 30, 1997. Her death occurred after a high-speed car crash in Paris. Resulting from being chased by the paparazzi with a drunk driver behind the wheel.

Princess Diana Passed Away at Age 36

Diana was 36 years old on the day of her untimely death, and much of the world still remembers where they were when they found out about her tragic passing.

After Diana’s separation from Prince Charles, the royal was often alone as her two young sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, were away at boarding school.

Diana was lovingly known as “The People’s Princess,” a title that was never more evident than on her final birthday. She had received cards by the truckloads and at least 70 bouquets of fragrant flowers before her staff had to stop counting.

Royal...

It's been nearly a year since Season 3 of The Legend of Vox Machina finished airing on Prime Video. While the release date for Season 4 has yet to be revealed, Travis Willingham shared a production update for both this show and its upcoming series, The Mighty Nein.

During the IGN Live event for Critical Role's 10-Year Celebration, Willingham revealed that not only has the recording of The Legend of Vox Machina Season 4 already begun, but also Seasons 1 and 2 of The Mighty Nein. He teased that The Mighty Nein adaptation will feature moments fans want to see while keeping it fresh for the newcomers. Additionally, he promised more updates in the summer.

"We’ve recorded the entire first and second season and we're going to hit all the moments you as fans and we as players and GMs want to see...

... It's a wild thing, especially for the multiple personality characters in our heads,...

Grog Strongjaw, a hulking barbarian warrior who once helped save the realm by splitting a terrible dragon’s skull in twain with a mighty cleave of his axe, did not expect to find himself dancing, doing the worm for the amusement of a fiendish emcee. As he writhed his body on the stage in front of a sold-out arena crowd, it’s fair to say that Travis Willingham didn’t expect this either. He and the rest of the cast of Critical Role were the ones who were actually dancing,...

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In a week of constant gaming news, with big, little, and everything in between announced, it’s easy to miss some of the diamonds in the rough. Revealed at The Game Awards 2024, Dispatch could definitely be characterised as such.

Featuring Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul, The Last of Us 2’s Laura Bailey, and more besides, Dispatch puts players in the boots of a former superhero, Robert Robertson, better known as Mecha Man. Robert is now in charge of a rehabilitation program for ex-supervillains and must manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes.

Per Adhoc Studio:

Players’ task is to dispatch this chaotic crew on missions across Los Angeles while balancing their superpowers with their quirks, flaws, and personal baggage. Every choice affects the outcome, and oftentimes in an unpredictable way.

The cast of the game isn’t the only heavyweights involved, though, with...

This post contains spoilers for Season Two of The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II PlayStation game.

With another wave of shocking twists, Season Two of HBO’s The Last of Us has come to an end. Over the course of seven episodes, the adaptation of the PlayStation game has charted a bloody path through its apocalyptic take on Seattle, killing off characters left and right — some having a greater impact than others.

And while the first season of the show was no slouch in axing...

The first time that Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin’s HBO adaptation of “The Last of Us” majorly deviates from the game is also the first time the show begins to find its voice.

The heartbreaking Season 1 episode “Long, Long Time” tells the intimate 20-year love story between Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett) as the two fall for each other, despite Bill’s more controlling, masculine nature, and even through Frank’s sickness. But in the game, their relationship is merely hinted at when Joel and Ellie discover Frank’s body hanging with a note.

It’s a notable expansion from the game, and the kind of narrative detour your average post-apocalyptic show wouldn’t dare devote an entire episode to. But in a world that has completely left hope behind, watching two men still find a rare form of connection is what gives this show its unique edge.

The conclusion to season 2 of The Last of Us is just around the corner, and with season 3 already confirmed, it’s safe to say there’s going to be a lot to unfold after the finale. Although some suspected the adaptation might shift things around compared to the game, especially after the initial focus on Abby, for the most part, barring some changes, the showrunners have been true to the original’s structure.

Unsurprisingly, season 3 will follow suit, as, according to Craig Mazin, the next season in question will be entirely about Abby.

Abby will be the central focus moving forward Kaitlyn Dever as Abby | Credit: HBO

To say that Tlou 2’s narrative is relegated to a revenge tale would be a disservice to the writers. The structure itself, while controversial, was important for the story that Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross realized with the Award-winning game. And according to Craig Mazin,...

[Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for “The Last of Us” Season 2 and “The Last of Us Part II” video game]

Anyone who’s played the “Last of Us” games — or, to put it in Regina George parlance, been personally victimized by the “Last of Us” games — might have anticipated seeing Joel (Pedro Pascal) in flashback even after his demise at the hands of Abby (Kaitlyn Dever). His perfectly planned trip for Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) 16th birthday occurs as a flashback at around this point in “The Last of Us Part II,” after the player has secured the Seattle theater as a base of operations to hunt the young Washington Liberation Front member down.

Our favorite immune survivor/Sally Ride fangirl’s joyful trip to a science museum is covered with the same warm glow by cinematographer Ksenia Sereda as it’s rendered in the game, and Joel’s pièce de birthday résistance, the space launch...

If you were shocked by Joel’s (Pedro Pascal) brutal death at the hands of Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) in Episode 2 of The Last of Us Season 2, you weren’t alone — and according to showrunner Craig Mazin, your reaction might have been healthier than the fanbase’s first time around. In a new interview with Collider’s Christina Radish, Mazin opened up about the response to Joel’s death in the show compared to the backlash that followed the same event in the game.

“Yeah, a little bit,” Mazin said when asked if he was surprised by how many people didn’t know it was coming. “Neil [Druckmann] and I had a lot of discussions about this because this presumption was that everybody’s going to know. A lot of people played the game, and people talk online constantly. I remember in the early days of social media, whatever the Harry Potter movie was where Dumbledore died,...

If you asked me what the finest adaptation of the Marvel Universe is, the 2010 cartoon "Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" would have to be up there.

It was the second attempt at an Avengers cartoon, after the best forgotten "Avengers: United They Stand." "Earth's Mightiest Heroes," from the moment it premiered on Disney Xd, was much better. Developed by Marvel animation veterans Christopher Yost and Joshua Fine with director Ciro Nieli, "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" did what the (sadly short-lived) "Spectacular Spider-Man" did. It took the whole of "Avengers" comics, picked out the most famous stories and what worked, and streamlined a messy publication history into an epic saga.

Yost and Fine, as adult fans of Marvel Comics, were clearly writing with people like themselves in mind. But that wasn't to the detriment of young viewers! What kids got in "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" was a show that respected their intelligence and attention.

The Last of Us is one of the most popular video game franchises ever, and it is not just for the flashy visuals and emotional storytelling. Naughty Dog wanted to give the gaming community a cinematic, yet interactive experience that could rival major Hollywood blockbusters and passed with flying colors. Unfortunately, in every tale of success comes a fair share of trials and hardships.

The studio’s name will forever be part of the online hate discussion. Director Neil Druckmann learned that the online community is vocal and will deliver their message even if it is aggressive. To that end, Druckmann has been preparing Tati Gabrielle, the lead of his new project, for the hate they will face.

After The Last of Us, Neil Druckmann Took Extra Steps To Prep Tati Gabrielle

After witnessing the hate and online backlash Laura Bailey received for her performance in The Last of Us...

Critters rejoice! Fans of Critical Role, the popular Dungeons & Dragons-inspired role-playing group, will be able to catch rebroadcasts of four live shows on their 2025 world tour in 800 movie theaters in the U.S. and Canada.

The Critical Role live shows are coming to theaters under an exclusive pact with Fathom Entertainment, a distributor of specialty content to partner cinema chains. According to Cr, it’s the company’s largest-ever theatrical distribution agreement. The four shows, part of Critical Role’s tour celebrating its 10-year anniversary, will be recorded in Sydney (June 19) and Melbourne (June 25), Australia; Indianapolis (Aug. 2); and New York (Oct. 7). They’ll hit theater screens shortly after the Critical Role shows have ended.

Ticket info and theater locations for the Critical Role rebroadcasts will be available starting Friday, May 16, on the Fathom Entertainment site (via this link).

Critical Role’s founders performing in the shows are veteran voice actors Matthew Mercer,...

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Blood of Zeus is an adult animated fantasy action adventure series created by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides. The Netflix series is set in mythical ancient Greece, and it follows Heron, the illegitimate son of Zeus, who must save Olympus and Earth, which is made harder because of a few gods and a massive demonic army. Blood of Zeus’s voice cast includes Derek Phillips, Elias Toufexis, Jessica Henwick, Mamie Gummer, Jason O’Mara, Claudia Christian, Chris Diamantopoulos, Adetokumboh M’Cormack, Fred Tatasciore, Lara Pulver, Cissy Jones, and Alfred Molina. So, if you loved the fantastical world, a captivating story, and compelling characters in Blood of Zeus, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Castlevania is an adult animated dark fantasy action-adventure series created by Warren Ellis. Based on the...

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is Naughty Dog’s highly anticipated title. It’s the first new original IP in the developer’s catalog since 2013’s The Last of Us, and gamers can’t wait to see how this sci-fi journey manages to take forward the legacy of Naughty Dog.

Right after Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’s reveal, some angry commentators bombarded it with hate, calling it “woke trash” that was destined to fail. The hate was even directed against The Last of Us 2 actress Tati Gabrielle, who plays the game’s protagonist, Jordan.

However, Naughty Dog isn’t backing down from such a hateful campaign as studio head Neil Druckmann has been himself “bootcamp-ing” The Last of Us 2 actress.

The Last of Us 2 actress got coached by Neil Druckmann

While chatting with Entertainment Weekly, Gabrielle opened up about the mixed reactions to Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet‘s announcement. She stated...

This article contains spoilers for "The Last of Us" season 2, episode 5.

The Cordyceps brain infection is fairly straightforward. Both in "The Last of Us" games and on the show, it got its origin from tainted crops but soon started spreading on its own, courtesy of infected individuals. After this initial infection, the poor person with the mutated Cordyceps now growing in their brain is slowly taken over, leading them to a hellish life cycle of various types of Infected zombies on "The Last of Us."

Up to now, however, the show has omitted a key component of the Cordyceps infection. In the games, all non-immune characters have to keep a gas mask ready whenever they're exploring confined areas in case they stumble upon a spot where the air is contaminated by Cordyceps spores. Breathing them in is a surefire way to become infected, which makes the spores a dangerous (and fairly common) environmental threat.

The Last of Us is deep into its second season, and so far it's doing a shockingly faithful job of adapting the critically acclaimed video game The Last of Us Part II. The season kicked off with a brutal twist when the new character Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) came to the settlement of Jackson and murdered Joel, the hardened smuggler played by Pedro Pascal. Joel was the main character of The Last of Us season 1, but now he's off the board, clearing the way for his surrogate daughter Ellie (Bella Ramsey) to come to the forefront for season 2.

When The Last of Us Part II came out, the backlash to Joel's death was severe; things reached such an unhinged level that people were sending death threats to Abby actor Laura Bailey and her family. The show hasn't faced quite the same amount of controversy, but it's still had its share. It's...

After the recent release of the fourth episode, we’re now more than halfway through The Last of Us Season 2. Although Pedro Pascal’s role as Joel has been cut shorter than Season 1 after his tragic death in Episode 2, other characters like Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Tommy (Gabriel Luna) have stepped into larger roles. Kaitlyn Dever is one of the many new additions to the Season 2 cast, and while her role as Abby has been small thus far, she’s certainly making the most of her limited screen time. Lifestyle Asia recently caught up with Dever for an interview to chat about The Last of Us Season 2, and she was asked if she had spoken with Laura Bailey, who plays Abby in the game:

"I actually didn’t, mostly because Neil Druckmann really wanted me to just focus on the scripts and not the game."

Dever then went into her experience with the game,...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Last of Us” Season 2, Episode 4.

That was not a trick of the light, Josh Peck did in fact have a quick cameo in “The Last of Us.”

The actor appeared in a quick scene to open up Season 2, Episode 4 of the HBO adaptation. Like many people in the post-apocalyptic landscape of “The Last of Us,” the “Drake and Josh” alum is not long to survive but his appearance is likely to turn some heads and raise some eyebrows.

Here’s what you need to know about Peck’s cameo.

Who does Josh Peck play in “The Last of Us”

Peck is part of a flashback to 2018 and plays an unnamed Fedra soldier. He spends most of his screen time telling a crude story to the other members of his squad while riding in the back of a military vehicle. This isn’t just...

While HBO has dominated the small screen for the last 25 years, for a brief period, AMC did threaten the network’s crown with some of the finest pieces of television with Breaking Bad, followed by its spin-off, Better Call Saul. With HBO once again rocking the medium with The Last of US season 2, interestingly, there’s one common link when it comes to the departure of some of its most popular characters.

The scene in question is the nursing home, which finally brings Gus’ empire down, and the brutal execution of Joel in the HBO retelling of the revered Naughty Dog gem.

Face Off still remains an explosive gem with its climax Through the Valley | Credit: Max

On the surface level, both scenes revolve around bringing a murder plot to fruition, whether it’s Walt’s desperation to get rid of his rivals or Abby’s obsession with bringing her dad’s killer to justice.

Early in The Last of Us Part II, Joel, the main character from the first video game, dies. He is brutally murdered by a new character named Abby while his surrogate daughter Ellie watches. For the rest of the game, players switch between playing as Ellie and Abby, as the one goes on a quest for revenge and the other recovers from her own.

Critics loved the game, but players went berserk. There was an online backlash so loud you could not avoid it if you were even passingly interested in gaming and owned a phone. Offended fans raged and ranted; the low point may have been when Laura Bailey, the actor who voiced Abby, received death threats not only against herself but her 2-year-old son.

The Last of Us Part II was released in 2020, and time has vindicated it. It sold less than the original game, but it still sold over 10 million copies,...

Bella Ramsey's Ellie is leading The Last of Us after Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) died in the last episode. It was a painful and prolonged death, and the characters are all feeling the after effects.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Ramsey said that the scene where Ellie cries over Joel's jacket was the most taxing. "Oh God, in the closet, that was the hardest," the actor said. "So I really struggle with crying in scenes. I can get a tear out - but that's different to crying. And even getting the tear, it doesn’t come easy for me. I don't cry in front of people in my everyday life. A very, very limited amount of people in my life will see me cry."

"And so having to do that on a set full of people with the monitor and then more people watching the monitors…it's virtually impossible for me.

Much like the video game that it is based on, The Last of Us Season 2 has been made a victim of review-bombing. This is when a bunch of internet trolls collectively manipulate ratings on aggregator websites, mainly to vent their frustration at a story's elements, often times in a political sense.. Several platforms such as Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb have taken measures to prevent this sort of thing, but there's only so much that can be done to keep trolls at bay. They've really been at it with the second season of The Last of Us, which continues to be critically acclaimed, but has also seen its audience score on Rotten Tomatoes plummet to unreasonable lows over the last couple of weeks. That said, this appears to be somewhat unique to Rotten Tomatoes, as the IMDb user score for the episode sits at an impressive 9.5 out of 10.

Having once stood...

This article contains spoilers for both "The Last of Us" on HBO, particularly Season 2 Episode 2, "Through the Valley," and the 2020 video game "The Last of Us Part II." If you don't want to read any game spoilers, stop reading now!

In "Through the Valley," the second episode of the sophomore season of HBO's adaptation of "The Last of Us," fans of the original Naughty Dog game series got the moment they've been waiting for (and likely dreading). Joel Miller, the protagonist of the story played by Pedro Pascal, meets a bloody, grotesque end at the hands of Abby Anderson (Kaitlyn Dever), the daughter of a man Joel once killed to save his own (surrogate) daughter, Ellie (Bella Ramsey). I'm not saying anyone should be happy about this. The scene is, to put it lightly, gutting to watch. Ramsey's performance as Ellie, who's pinned to the floor and begging for Joel's life,...

This story contains Major Spoilers for The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 2.

The most recent shocking twist in The Last of Ussaw Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) murder fan favorite Joel (Pedro Pascal) in revenge for the murder of her father. This will spark a cycle of hideous violence as Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Joel's surrogate daughter, tracks down Abby and her companions.

Unfortunately, the killing off of a beloved character often sparks online trolling, and this time is no exception. Kaitlyn Dever has already had abusive messages posted on her social media account - including, bleakly, on the pinned Instagram post where she discussed the loss of her mother. But her co-stars aren't having it.

Bella Ramsey is in fact friends with Dever in real life - the hatred between their characters does not remotely translate to reality - and when Ramsey appeared on Capital Buzz they made it a point to condemn the trolling.

The following contains spoilers for The Last of UsSeason 2, Episode 2, "Through the Valley."

Mark Mylod knew exactly what he wanted viewers to see when bringing the most controversial scene from The Last of Us Part II video game to the HBO series. According to the director, the way Abby kills Joel played out just like he hoped.

"I wanted to avoid overt torture," Mylod told The Hollywood Reporter about The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 2. "I don't have much interest in showing violence itself." Instead, his approach to the scene was driven by understanding. "But what motivated Abby to a place where she was doling such extraordinary violence - that is endlessly fascinating. So after establishing the brutality and, hopefully, exploring some of the context to why this young person was driven to such extraordinary violence and cruelty, I wanted to keep most of it off-screen."

Just like the game,...

There’s no moment more controversial — or more emotionally charged — in The Last of Us franchise than Joel’s (Pedro Pascal) death. And in HBO’s Season 2, Episode 2, that moment finally arrived in all its horrific, grim and unrelenting brutality. But while the world reeled from losing Joel, the creators and cast were equally focused on the impossible challenge placed on one actor’s shoulders: Kaitlyn Dever, who plays Abby. Now, we have to be honest about things here. Abby doesn’t just kill Joel. She mercilessly beats him to death, one of TV’s most beloved father figures, in front of Ellie (Bella Ramsey) — and in front of millions of viewers. Stepping into that role? It took guts.

“Just like Laura [Bailey - who played Abby in the PS4 game] I would say Kaitlyn, knowing what she’s signing up for, in many ways, is as Laura Bailey was for the game,...