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Sam Barsanti is a Staff Writer at The A.V. Club and has covered pop culture news for a decade. He will happily talk to you about superhero movies and mecha anime, whether you want him to or not.

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R.I.P. Vangelis, legendary composer behind <i>Blade Runner </i>and <i>Chariots Of Fire </i>

R.I.P. Vangelis, legendary composer behind Blade Runner and Chariots Of Fire

The iconic electronic musician also had a long and successful solo career

Meet the Sparrows in the first trailer for season 3 of <i>The Umbrella Academy</i>

Meet the Sparrows in the first trailer for season 3 of The Umbrella Academy

Season 3 of Netflix's superhero comedy premieres in June

Trailer for season 2 of <i>Only Murders In The Building </i>serves up a slew of celebrity suspects

Trailer for season 2 of Only Murders In The Building serves up a slew of celebrity suspects

The Hulu series returns at the end of June for season two

Kit Harington to play the monster in new Mary Shelley biopic

Kit Harington to play the monster in new Mary Shelley biopic

Yes, this Mary Shelley biopic is going to have a monster in it

Don’t tell Alan Moore, but Hulu is making another <i>League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen </i>adaptation

Don’t tell Alan Moore, but Hulu is making another League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen adaptation

It's time to take another wild swing at what should be a pretty easy adaptation

Tatiana Maslany SMASHes the legal system in the first trailer for Disney Plus’ <i>She-Hulk: Attorney At Law</i>

Tatiana Maslany SMASHes the legal system in the first trailer for Disney Plus’ She-Hulk: Attorney At Law

Disney Plus' latest Marvel show premieres in August

Diego Luna teases the story of Cassian Andor in his <i>Rogue One </i>prequel show

Diego Luna teases the story of Cassian Andor in his Rogue One prequel show

Weirdly, Cassian's arc on the Disney Plus show sounds a lot like his arc in the movie it's based on

<i>The Office</i>’s Paul Lieberstein is making a workplace comedy with an amazing cast for Comedy Central

The Office’s Paul Lieberstein is making a workplace comedy with an amazing cast for Comedy Central

The film will star Ken Jeong, Leslie Jones, Jason Alexander, Paul F. Tompkins, and many more

Ron Howard is going to Netflix to make his first animated feature film

Ron Howard is going to Netflix to make his first animated feature film

Howard is going to turn The Shrinking Of Treehorn into a musical set in New York during the holidays

Meet Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy in the new trailer for season 3 of <i>The Boys </i>

Meet Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy in the new trailer for season 3 of The Boys

The dark superhero series returns to Prime Video on June 3

<i>Heartstopper</i>’s Yasmin Finney joins <i>Doctor Who </i>as… the new Rose Tyler?

Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney joins Doctor Who as… the new Rose Tyler?

Perhaps the Doctor isn't the only one getting a new regeneration in 2023

Here are the winners from the 2022 Billboard Awards

Here are the winners from the 2022 Billboard Awards

Big winners include Doja Cat, Glass Animals, Taylor Swift, and... Morgan Wallen

It is now <i>The Staircase</i>’s turn to catch flak for being a TV show and not a documentary

It is now The Staircase’s turn to catch flak for being a TV show and not a documentary

The new HBO Max version of the story features the documentary filmmakers as part of the story

<i>Firestarter </i>can’t even singe <i>Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness </i>at the weekend box office

Firestarter can’t even singe Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness at the weekend box office

Marvel Studios reigns supreme, but Everything Everywhere All At Once is still making money

David Tennant and Catherine Tate will be coming back to <i>Doctor Who </i>next year<i></i>

David Tennant and Catherine Tate will be coming back to Doctor Who next year

Doctor Donna is coming back to the TARDIS at some point in 2023

AMC has picked up the adaptation rights to excellent video game <i>Alan Wake</i><i></i>

AMC has picked up the adaptation rights to excellent video game Alan Wake

For once, somebody is adapting a video game that actually makes sense for an adaptation

The CW guts its lineup, replaces the canceled shows with <i>Supernatural </i>and <i>Walker </i>spin-offs

The CW guts its lineup, replaces the canceled shows with Supernatural and Walker spin-offs

It's the end of the run for Dynasty, 4400, Charmed, Naomi, and more

Francis Ford Coppola assembles an incredible cast and also Jon Voight for his epic <i>Megalopolis </i><i></i>

Francis Ford Coppola assembles an incredible cast and also Jon Voight for his epic Megalopolis

Adam Driver! Nathalie Emmanuel! Forest Whitaker! Laurence Fishburne! And also Jon Voight.

Sophie Turner suspects she’ll have some “trauma down the road” from a few <i>Game Of Thrones </i>scenes

Sophie Turner suspects she’ll have some “trauma down the road” from a few Game Of Thrones scenes

Turner also says that her coping mechanism during filming is to have "the most fun between takes"

Netflix’s new <i>Resident Evil </i>show looks a whole lot like the old <i>Resident Evil </i>movies

Netflix’s new Resident Evil show looks a whole lot like the old Resident Evil movies

The latest attempt to make Resident Evil into something other than a video game comes out on July 14