Vic Mignogna Kicked Again, Dark Sun D&D, Disney+ Is Dying - Fandom Pulse Daily Briefing
It’s pretty shocking to see there’s almost no Disney+ shows in develompent for live action. Everything has already filmed. They really screwed the whole MCU and Star Wars universes. Meanwhile, I’ve set up my own. Hopefully you’ve seen my notes on Valiant Frontiers and I really am so proud of this series and want you to start reading this weekend!
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New Mexico Comic Expo Drops Vic Mignogna, Offers No New Reason Why
Vic Mignogna is out as a guest at New Mexico Comic Expo, and the convention’s own statement makes clear they still have nothing on him beyond the same 2019 allegations that never produced a single finding against him in court. The Albuquerque event had announced Mignogna for its September 26-27 show at the Marriott Uptown, covering his work as Broly in …
Elizabeth Moon Set for a Rare Convention Appearance at ArmadilloCon 48
Elizabeth Moon will appear at ArmadilloCon 48 in Austin, Texas, September 11-13, and for a writer who almost never works the convention circuit, that alone makes the show worth circling on the calendar. The con’s announcement read in full:
The Only Star Trek Novel Harlan Ellison Ever Approved: Peter David’s Imzadi
Peter David’s 1992 novel “Imzadi” holds a distinction no other Star Trek tie-in book can claim. Harlan Ellison, the notoriously litigious writer behind “The City on the Edge of Forever,” personally signed off on it before a word was written, and he kept it out of his decades-long war with Paramount over royalties, all because Peter David called him first and asked.
I Fixed Everything Doctor Who And Star Trek Got Wrong About Time Travel
Time travel used to mean something in science fiction. When Captain Kirk slingshot around the sun in “Tomorrow is Yesterday,” the audience felt the struggle of a crew stranded in the wrong century with no guarantee of getting home. When the Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS, he carried the burden of a civilization he could never save.
Dark Sun Is Coming Back, And Fans Think Wizards Turned A Legend Into Anime Gore
Wizards of the Coast confirmed at Gen Con 2026 what fans had suspected for months: Dark Sun, one of Dungeons & Dragons’ most beloved campaign settings, is returning in early 2027 as part of the game’s “Season of Survival.” The official D&D account posted the reveal trailer with its own content warning attached: “Viewer Discretion is Advised - This trailer contains violent content some may find offensive or disturbing. Beneath a fractured sun, bear witness to the bloodshed and carnage that defines a dying world.” That a company is putting a discretion warning on its own promotional trailer for its own product is itself a strange enough choice to draw attention before anyone’s even gotten to the actual content.
Marvel Just Cancelled A Show It Already Renewed, And It Exposes How Empty The Disney+ Pipeline Actually Is
Wonder Man got a second season order from Disney+ back in March. This week, Marvel pulled it. Variety confirmed the cancellation, and the reason given wasn’t creative or ratings-driven in any public sense, the writers’ room for Season 2 was never even opened, and the writing staff has already been released to find other work. That’s a stranger kind of c…
Strange New Worlds’ ‘The Griffin Incident’ Ditches Star Trek’s Problem-Solving Soul For A Haunted House Gimmick
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds spent its fourth season’s second episode, “The Griffin Incident,” locking Kirk, Spock, and La’an aboard a derelict starship for an hour of jump scares that never gets explained. The episode barely squeaks a 5 out of 10. After a solid season premiere the week before, this is Strange New Worlds taking three steps back for eve…
Sanderson Breaks Down What Fantasy Really Is, and What Makes Epic Fantasy Different
Brandon Sanderson stood at Oxford’s Tolkien Lecture and did something most authors avoid: he tried to define fantasy. He did so very specifically, with rules, categories, and a direct line from Tolkien to every epic fantasy novel published since.
Marvel Brings Kang Back In X-Men ‘97, Weeks After Cutting the Actor Who Built Him
Kang the Conqueror is back at Marvel, though not the Kang from the shelved Multiverse Saga, and not played by Jonathan Majors, the actor who spent three years building the character into the next Thanos before his career collapsed. X-Men ‘97 season 2 has introduced a Rama-Tut variant of Kang, voiced by Star Trek veteran John de Lancie, in a show that ex…
Paramount Nukes Axanar’s Gathering Storm Days After It Beat Starfleet Academy’s YouTube Numbers
Axanar: The Gathering Storm is gone from YouTube. Paramount Pictures Corporation and CBS Studios filed a copyright removal request against the fan film days after its July 26 world premiere at San Diego Comic-Con, the second chapter in a trilogy nine years in the making. Before the takedown landed, the film pulled in 110,000 views in a matter of days, a number that beat Paramount’s own YouTube premiere for Starfleet Academy months earlier.