Books

Our sister site just released a new book with Insight Editions called Year of the Ring. It’s an incredibly fun (and totally comprehensive) look at the history of the franchise and its fanbase.

Though it’s a bit mind-boggling to hear Lionsgate refer to American Psycho as “potent and classic IP,” the news that Luca Guadagnino is directing the studio’s new reboot is definitely intriguing. The question now: who’s gonna be Patrick Bateman?

We’ve known for a while now that HBO was aiming to debut its Dune: Prophecy prequel series at some point this fall. But in addition to dropping a new trailer, the network has finally announced that the show will premiere on November 17th.

Darryl Campbell’s new book, Fatal Abstraction, argues that many of Big Tech’s issues are related to “managerialism.” His reporting — some of which he published for The Verge — finds that Silicon Valley’s love of spreadsheets, productivity software, and MBAs has undermined many companies’ ability to ship good products. Or in Boeing’s case, keep doors from flying off planes.

Remember when Joe and Anthony Russo snatched up the rights to adapt Simon Stålenhag’s The Electric State?

While Netflix has yet to officially announce who will be voicing / portraying Tony Tony Chopper in the second season of its live-action One Piece adaptation, the (CGI) anthropomorphic reindeer makes a brief appearance in this new behind-the-scenes video.

Though production on the third and final season of Good Omens was well into production in Scotland, Deadline reports that Amazon has put the project on hold seemingly in response to sexual assault allegations surrounding author Neil Gaiman.

The feature, called Maven, lets you type prompts like, “show me fantasy audiobooks that I can complete on an 8-hour road trip.” Audible will then use AI to come up with matching audiobooks.

Even though you can’t see Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise in this new teaser for HBO’s It prequel series Welcome to Derry, it’s pretty obvious the clown’s going to be up to his regular, degular demonic tricks when he makes his small screen debut.

Interview With the Vampire’s second season finale closed out on Lestat (Sam Reid) getting together a band, and it looks like the group’s going to be the subject of a documentary when the show returns for season three.

Ahead of the season two premiere of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol in September, AMC has renewed the spinoff for third installment. The Walking Dead: Dead City, which debuts in 2025, has also been renewed for a second season, and a new trailer for the series teases how Maggie Green (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) reunite.

If you’ve been wrestling with the recent revelations about Alice Munro, Michelle Dean might have put it down best over at The Cut.

In his latest book, Microsoft software developer turned literature professor Dennis Yi Tenen takes us all the way back to 17th-century apps for a deep dive into computer science and literature’s intertwined history — and, as Tenen says, why it’s important our understanding of AI “become more grounded in the history of the humanities.”

Ahead of the season two finale of its Interview With the Vampire adaptation, AMC has renewed the show for a third season that will see Lestat become a touring rockstar trying to tell his tragic story through music.

HBO is banking on a new Harry Potter adaptation to ensure its future success, and the network announced today that the project will be written / executive produced by Francesca Gardiner (Succession, His Dark Materials) and directed by Mark Mylod (Game of Thrones, The Last of Us).

Say what you will about Marvel’s What If...? Disney Plus series, but it has obviously had at least some influence on Warner Bros.’ new animated Watchmen films that are scheduled to debut some time in the near future.

Comics legend Frank Miller has largely withdrawn from the public eye in recent years. But with the release of Frank Miller: American Genius — director Silenn Thomas’ new documentary — he’s opening his life back up to fans for one night only (June 10th) when the film hits Cinemark theaters across the country. New Yorkers can also catch an earlier screening on June 6th.