“My immediate response was ‘I don’t want to do a sequel’,” laughs director, actor and writer John Krasinski. “The first one was so personal to me – as crazy as it sounds, it was a love letter to my kids. So how do you beat that?” Evidentially he thought he could because here we are
All of time, all of space, at your fingertips. That’s the promise of the TARDIS. And despite a strong predilection for London, Earth, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the Doctor has certainly gotten about a bit. But the thing about the universe is, there’s a lot of it, and there are still
If the pandemic was good for something, it was giving folks time to catch up on or get reacquainted with the best television series from the modern era. Are you someone who promised you’d watch The Wire if you only had the time? Well, time found you. Were you dying to revisit Breaking Bad now
This article contains Marvel Cinematic Universe spoilers. It’s been well over two years since the events of Avengers: Endgame, and you’d be forgiven for forgetting exactly what went down during the climax of the Infinity Saga and some of the entries that led to it. There were plenty of Easter eggs and nods to other
Due to be released next January, Tom Beckerlegge’s The Carnival of Ash is a lyrical literary fantasy about a city of poets and librarians and we are exclusively revealing the cover! The Carnival of Ash is Becklerlegge’s first book for adults: “The Carnival of Ash is a ten-year labour of love, frustration and outright stubbornness
Tor Books & Den of Geek Present: TorCon 2021 In partnership with Tor Books, we are thrilled to announce the return of TorCon, a virtual convention launched in 2020 to bring the entertainment and excitement of live book conventions into the virtual space. From Thursday, June 10 through Sunday, June 13, Tor Books, Forge Books,
While the recent confirmation that God of War: Ragnarok won’t be released until at least 2022 shouldn’t surprise anybody, the news that the PlayStation Studios team may release the game for both PS4 and PS5 has come as quite a shock to those who expected the much-anticipated sequel to be one of Sony’s biggest next-gen
This Army of the Dead article contains spoilers. Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead packed a punch on Netflix the weekend of its release. By the following Monday, the Justice League director’s zombie heist epic was well on its way to becoming one of the streaming service’s top 10 most watched movies of all time.
If you haven’t already heard, NFT marketplace Terra Virtua has just launched the world’s first NFT-only graphic novel – Bloodlines from Nick Percival (Judge Dredd and Slaine). The series follows the journey of four characters as they fight to survive in a disorientating and bleak world, which sees human emotions take on physical forms such as fierce
This article contains SUPERMAN & LOIS episode 8 spoilers. Superman & Lois has done so many things right in its first season, using familiar comics characters to explore an uncharted onscreen corner of the Superman mythos, focusing on the struggles of small town businesses in an increasingly corporate America, and embracing bold and risky storytelling decisions like
There’s no doubt that Danny Pudi’s character Abed was a favorite of Community fans everywhere. Despite a lack of social skills explained through an unspoken understanding that the character was on the autism spectrum, Abed’s charm sprung from his ability to relate reality to pop culture narratives that were easier for him to comprehend. However,
Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 episode 8: Testimony. With June out of Gilead, the premise of The Handmaid’s Tale has shifted. A drama about resistance and endurance has become a drama about recovery and survivorhood, and those new themes are being treated with characteristic complexity. Over the years, this show could be accused of lacking
Barrie Condon’s The Tethered God follows Khafre, a mighty Egyptian God-King, who died four and a half thousand years ago. When he died he expected an eternity in paradise but instead, he found himself in modern-day Cairo, trapped inside the lowliest of creatures, a police dog who earns its living by sniffing out bombs. Yet,
Hosts discuss Black Mirror for the episode “Hang the DJ.” AFTERBUZZ TV — Black Mirror edition, is a weekly “after show” for fans of BBC’s Black Mirror. In this episode hosts Olivia Gabaree, Adrian Snow, Steve Kaufmann, and Erika Edwards discuss season 4’s episode 4. ABOUT BLACK MIRROR: Featuring stand-alone dramas — sharp, suspenseful, satirical
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic is finally here, and unless Blizzard has figured out something about server overload that the rest of the video game industry hasn’t, the return of one of WoW‘s most popular expansions ever will likely also mean the return of server issues that prevent some from playing the game.
This article contains Cruella spoilers. Disney’s latest live-actioner, Cruella, is a prequel to 101 Dalmatians which sees Emma Stone’s budding fashion designer Estella begin to grow into her villainous alter-ego Cruella de Vil. By the end of the film ,she hasn’t yet reached the depths of Disney’s puppy-skinning diva – there’s time yet – but
Well, this might just be the final Thor: Love and Thunder set photo story we publish. Not because you, our readers, haven’t devoured these and clamored for them every time we published ’em, but because there simply won’t be any more set photos to report. You see, folks, Thor: Love and Thunder has wrapped filming.
Author: Stark Holborn Publisher: Titan Books Released: Out now Ten Low follows the eponymous character as she atones for a series of undisclosed sins, earned from her time as a soldier of the ‘Free Limits’ when they resisted the unstoppable empire of ‘The Accord’. Finding herself on the losing side of a bloody rebellion, The
From space opera to near future speculation, science fiction brings us futures beautiful and frightening. Take a look at our top picks for the best new science fiction books to read in June 2021 … Star Eater by Kirsten Hall Type: NovelPublisher: TordotcomRelease date: June 22 Den of Geek says: Perhaps Octavia Butler started it,
Fantasy novels provide escape, new perspectives, and some of the most inventive and diverse work happening in genre spaces today. Take a look at what’s coming up in June 2021 … The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo Type: NovelPublisher: TordotcomRelease date: June 1 Den of Geek says: One of the buzziest fantasy releases
Today’s young adult books bring romance, adventure and social commentary. Take a look at our best bets for what to read this June. A Chorus Rises by Bethany C. Morrow Type: NovelPublisher: Tor TeenRelease date: June 1 Den of Geek says: Morrow’s A Song Below Water was a fun, fierce mermaid story on the borders
Despite what Marvel might have you believe, not all film franchises are perfectly serialized. Take, for example, another kind of cinematic superhero: James Bond a.k.a. 007. The MI6 spy created by Ian Fleming and brought to screen by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli is timeless in the most literal sense of the world. Since
It’s almost cruel to talk about the best RPGs ever made. Not only is it the kind of topic that inspires especially heated debates, but even a shortlist of the greatest RPGs ever may leave you desperately trying to find the time to somehow play them all. Then again, the thing that separates the best
Warning: contains Inside No. 9 spoilers. Right at the start, Bev told us she was celebrating a birthday. The significance of that indefinite article passed us by until she protested in the final minutes, “I never said it were my birthday.” Bev was celebrating on behalf of Ryan, the baby she’d snatched from his pram two decades ago as
Author: Andy Weir Publisher: Del Ray Released: Out now When an amateur astronomer discovers that the sun is getting dimmer, forecasting the next ice age and the end of all life on Earth, the world’s scientists are put to work to understand why in Andy Weir’s latest sci-fi, Project Hail Mary. It soon becomes clear
After the success of 2015’s The Martian (directed by Ridley Scott no less) it’s little wonder that the world is hyped to read the next novel from The Martian’s author, Andy Weir. Luckily, the wait is now over and Weir’s latest novel, Project Hail Mary is out this month (and already optioned for a movie
TV had the run of the place for awhile there during the pandemic. But now that vaccinations are speeding up and the weather is warming, it’s film’s time to shine. At least that’s the conclusion that can be drawn from HBO Max’s list of new releases for June 2021. There are no real original TV
You know what everyone could use in the sweltering summer months? A nice, cold glass of…anime. At least that’s the particular theme that comes up in Netflix’s list of new releases for June 2021. Netflix has been quietly expanding their anime offerings for awhile now but June is a particularly anime-heavy month. The absolutely metal
When Bosch first premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2014, the streaming world was in a very different place. Netflix had only House of Cards and Orange is the New Black under its belt. Hulu was still a joint venture owned by multiple conglomerates. Disney+, HBO Max, and Peacock didn’t even exist. Now, in June
Certificate: 12A Director: Doug Liman Writer: Patrick Ness, Christopher Ford Cast: Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, David Oyelowo, Mads Mikkelsen Distributor: Lionsgate Running Time: 109 mins Based on the YA series by Patrick Ness, Chaos Walking has an intriguing premise: on a faraway planet that is populated only by men, every man’s every thought is broadcast