Senior entertainment editor
Andrew Webster is the entertainment editor at The Verge, where he oversees the site's coverage of the intersecting worlds of gaming, film, and television. He joined the site in 2012 and has covered major events like E3, TIFF, Sundance, and GDC; served as a judge at The Game Awards and E3; interviewed industry luminaries like Shigeru Miyamoto, Phil Spencer, and Hironobu Sakaguchi; and reviewed countless games, movies, and shows including basically every Pokémon release. He has also edited several special issues covering topics like the history of PlayStation and how creatives get paid online.
Before his time at The Verge, his work was featured in outlets like Ars Technica, Wired.com, Eurogamer, and others. He studied professional writing at York University in Toronto and is currently based in Hamilton, Ontario. (Go Leafs Go.)
In lieu of footage, we at least got this look at the Fantasticar from Fantastic Four, which gives a good sense of the film’s 1960s, retrofuturistic vibe.
Marvel confirmed that the upcoming film will be called The Fantastic Four: First Steps. But don’t get your hopes up about a trailer any time soon, as production doesn’t kick off until next week.
It’s a busy time for Alien fans, with Romulus hitting theaters soon and a TV series in the works. But don’t forget about Rogue Incursion, a promising VR game that got a new trailer at SDCC. It’s launching in holiday 2024.
The fifth — and final — season of the animated Star Trek spinoff hits Paramount Plus on October 24th. Meanwhile, season 3 of Strange New Worlds starts streaming next year, and you can check out an early clip right here.
Shudder’s In a Violent Nature was one of my favorite films at Sundance this year, a slow-burn slasher that took place from the perspective of the killer. And while we don’t know anything about it just yet, the movie is indeed getting a sequel.