Just because highly-anticipated new movies and shows aren’t out yet doesn’t mean we can’t talk about them, right? And trust us — there’s plenty to talk about!
From the return of a beloved anime to an intense legal battle over everyone’s favourite alien, here’s what you need to know about these upcoming blockbusters!
“Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” Confirmed For January 2026 Release
Brace yourselves, fantasy lovers, as “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” finally has a release window. The hit adventure series of 2023 is making its way back onto our radars and will continue the journey of the lovable elven mage and crew.
For those who are unfamiliar with the series, “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” follows the story of Frieren, a powerful mage who is seeking to reunite with her old companion and flame. She and her merry band travel across the land, helping people along the way, as a means to keep the memory of her deceased friend alive. Fans and even casual viewers immediately fell in love with the series, which is filled with tender moments, hilarious gags, and intense action in a well-paced narrative that everyone will get hooked on.
Ever since the Season 1 finale, fans have been begging for more – but they’ve grown quite pessimistic due to the repeated delays and the series creator going on an indefinite hiatus. Season 2 was supposed to premiere in 2026, but we never knew the proper timeframe for it. You can relax now, because it has been confirmed to drop in January – a very early date.
Though the specific date has not been announced, the animation studio has been kind enough to give us a teaser trailer and tranquil key art for us to turn into our next wallpaper.
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If you are looking to catch up, you can stream the series on Crunchyroll or Netflix. If you’re itching to know more, however, you can read it online on sites like Viz Media. The manga is still on hiatus, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t much content for us to catch up on.
Warner Bros. Fights “Superman” Lawsuit
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Warner Bros., more specifically the DCEU, is not in good shape right now. After back-to-back flops and cancellations, the studio needs a massive W to pull themselves out of an early grave, and many executives are hedging their bets on James Gunn’s upcoming “Superman” movie. The highly-anticipated flick needs all the assistance it can get to run smoothly and make the most money possible so that it can finance more projects. This of course means that it needs to be released in as many nations as possible.
However, due to some legalities, we might not be able to get that. According to Variety, Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Comics are in a dispute over whether the “Superman” movie could be released in key countries – and the studio is fighting tooth and nail over it.
The key countries are the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Ireland. The issue concerns copyrights in other countries to the original Superman story and character. The lawsuit was filed in January by Mark Peary, the nephew of late Superman co-creator Joe Shuster, who aimed to invalidate the studio’s copyrights under the laws of the UK, Canada, Australia, and Ireland. If it goes through, the lawsuit might prevent James Gunn’s and David Corenswet’s “Superman,” which is slated for release in July, from happening.
Though Shuster and co-creator Jerome Siegel assigned worldwide rights to DC’s predecessor in 1938, the copyright laws in the aforementioned countries contain “provisions automatically terminating such assignments 25 years after an author’s death, vesting in the Shuster Estate the co-author’s undivided copyright interest in such countries.”
In a motion to dismiss filed Wednesday, Warner Bros. noted that courts have already and repeatedly rejected Peary’s claims, as his mother, Jean Peary, had already signed away all the rights to the Superman character after Shuster’s death in 1992. The studio’s attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, said that the complaint “fails on every ground.”
Marc Toberoff, the estate’s attorney, contended that copyright assignments in foreign countries automatically expire 25 years after the author’s passing. He filed the lawsuit in federal court in New York, claiming that because the United States is a signatory to the Berne Convention, U.S. courts have jurisdiction over the matter.
Petrocelli responded by claiming that the case ought to be dismissed due to the court’s lack of jurisdiction and that the Berne Convention is unenforceable in American courts. Additionally, the studio contended that a federal judge in Los Angeles had previously rejected the Shuster estate’s claims, and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal had upheld those decisions in 2013.
Furthermore, Warner has cited previous legal disputes the studio had with the Shuster and Jerome Siegel estates. One of which is when Jean Peary signed away the character’s rights in an agreement that “fully settles all claims” related to the titular figure, which is quite a substantial leverage Warner can use. The studio has also asked that if the judge does not dismiss the case, it should be transferred to the Los Angeles judge who dealt with the matter previously.
This is, without a doubt, a tricky situation for the studio. Though they are likely to win with the cited evidence, they still need to succeed in this battle, as blocking the film in four major countries is incredibly damaging to the studio’s bottom line. Sure, it is almost impossible to believe that the four countries will block the movie; we can imagine Warner Bros. doing everything in its power to avoid such an outcome. Whether or not the lawsuit will proceed is anyone’s guess.
Sources: GamesRadar, AnimeTV, Screen Rant, Variety
