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New and Ending TV Series & Franchise Updates this week: Marvel Entertainment has restructured its creative leadership, promoting Brad Winderbaum to Head of Marvel; and FX has greenlit ‘Very Young Frankenstein,’ a prequel series to the…

Award Season: Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Other SF/F Finalists this week: This matters for Science Fiction because it gives a concrete current signal to track: Let’s build something; and The finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards, Lodestar…

Star Trek News, Updates, and Rumors this week: Paramount is launching two canon Star Trek webcomics on WEBTOON, marking the franchise’s first major foray into the; and Paramount is launching two new Star Trek webcomic series, ‘Stargazers’…

Streaming Series and New Show Announcements this week: This matters for Science Fiction because it gives a concrete current signal to track: Marvel’s Oddest Show Is; and This matters for Science Fiction because it gives a concrete current…

Film & TV Adaptations and Sequels in Development this week: Warner Bros. is reportedly advancing a long-gestating film project centered on Batman villains Deathstroke and Bane; and Kadokawa has announced a three-week theatrical run in…

Major Franchise Updates: Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter this week: Paramount+ has cancelled ‘Starfleet Academy’ after one season, marking the shortest-lived live-action ‘Star Trek’; and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison cited Star…

Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich are credited as executive producers on Amazon MGM Studios’ new Stargate series, a first for the franchise’s television adaptations. This arrangement stems from U.S.

Star Signals this week: This matters for Science Fiction because it gives a concrete current signal to track: We haven’t seen beloved actors; and This matters for Science Fiction because it gives a concrete current signal to track: Star…

Dean Devlin confirms his and Roland Emmerich’s executive producer credit on Amazon’s new Stargate series is a legal formality, not a creative homecoming. The arrangement stems from a U.S.