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Science fiction and fantasy genre
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Eve
Eve is added to Shift Up's mobile game Goddess of Victory: Nikke as part of a cross-promotion, with her regular appearance and skin suit outfit made available through the game's gacha system.
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| June 2025 | Mia Goth joins the cast of Star Wars: Starfighter. |
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LitRPG
Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series was picked up by Ace Books and a television series adaptation was put into production.
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| 2025 |
Kong
Kong appeared in Fortnite Battle Royale
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| 2025 |
Doomguy
Doomguy appears in the prequel game Doom: The Dark Ages, voiced by Matthew Waterson.
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| May 4 2025 |
Asajj Ventress
Ventress appears in multiple episodes of Star Wars: Tales anthology series 'Tales from the Underworld', which aired on Star Wars Day, revealing her resurrection by the spirits of Mother Talzin and the Nightsisters after her previous death.
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Predator
Dutch (from the original 1987 Predator film) is in his late 70s, with his life extended by captured Predator medical technology. He now works as a consultant and mercenary for OWLF, dedicated to hunting down Predators after the Val-Verde incident.
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Predator
Planned release of 'Predator: Killer of Killers' and 'Predator: Badlands', expanding the film franchise.
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| 2025 |
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Apocalypse Hotel debuts, following robot staff in a hotel in Ginza, a century after humanity left Earth due to poisonous air.
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| 2025 |
Jar Jar Binks
Jar Jar Binks was added to Fortnite Battle Royale during the Star Wars-themed 'Galactic Battle' season, depicted as a Sith Lord with Force Lightning abilities.
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| 2025 |
Dante
In Studio Mir's animated series, Dante faces the White Rabbit, a demonic terrorist, and breaks into the Vatican City Museum to steal the Force Edge sword. He is later captured, fights to protect humans, awakens his demon powers, but is ultimately paralyzed and cryogenically imprisoned by the military.
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| 2025 |
Eve
JND Studios produced a 1/3rd scale figure of Eve from Stellar Blade.
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| 2025 |
Venom
Mary Jane Watson, Dylan's foster mother, becomes the new Venom host in All-New Venom
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| April 2025 |
Ghostbusters
Flying Bark Productions was announced as the animation studio for the Netflix Ghostbusters animated series.
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| April 2025 | Tony McNamara was hired to contribute to the script of Taika Waititi's untitled Star Wars film. |
| April 2025 | Ryan Gosling was cast in the Star Wars: Starfighter film, which received a release date of May 28, 2027. |
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Drax
Drax travels with the Guardians and Thor to space, responding to a distress call on Indigarr and learning about the killing of gods on various worlds.
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| 2025 |
Mantis
During a Christmas celebration on Knowhere, Mantis reveals to Quill that they are half-siblings, sharing Ego as their father.
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| 2025 |
Mantis
Mantis and Drax travel to Earth, landing in Hollywood, Los Angeles. They make money as buskers on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and visit a nightclub.
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| 2025 |
Mantis
Mantis uses her powers to obtain a star map and steal money from a map seller. She and Drax capture Kevin Bacon and steal Christmas decorations.
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| 2025 |
Dante
Johnny Yong Bosch is set to voice Dante in an upcoming animated series, continuing his involvement with the franchise after voicing Nero in previous games.
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| 2025 | A new line of My Pet Monster products is set to be launched in Fall 2025 by The Loyal Subjects. |
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Seven Dwarfs
An upcoming live-action adaptation of the original film will feature the Seven Dwarfs, with each character being voiced by a different actor and motion-captured for the film.
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| 2025 |
Smurfette
Rihanna is set to voice Smurfette in an upcoming Smurfs musical movie.
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| March 2025 |
LitRPG
Matt Dinniman's novel 'This Inevitable Ruin' (Book VII of Dungeon Crawler Carl series) reached #2 on the New York Times Audio Fiction best-seller list.
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| 2025 |
Nebula
Nebula and the Guardians purchase Knowhere from the Collector and gain Cosmo as a new team member. She helps refurbish Knowhere after its previous attack.
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| 2025 |
Nebula
Nebula and the Guardians travel to Indigarr for vacation, where they encounter and are initially unable to defeat the Booskans before Thor intervenes.
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| February 9 2025 |
Pillsbury Doughboy
Appeared in an Instacart advertisement during Super Bowl LIX, alongside other iconic marketing characters like the Jolly Green Giant, Mr. Clean, and Kool-Aid Man.
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| January 2025 | Confirmation that the Rian Johnson Star Wars trilogy is still in open development. |
| January 2025 |
SCP Foundation
SCP: Fragmented Minds launches Chapter 1, a first-person action adventure game set on Mars' Site-113.
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| January 2025 |
Gremlins
Deadline reported that Warner Bros. was developing a third Gremlins movie, with Chris Columbus writing the script. No official confirmation has been made by the studio.
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| January 2025 |
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Michal Štefaňák publishes 'Dusk of Solarpunk - Scavenger's Life', a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world where The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plays a crucial role in survival.
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| 2024 | Majaland Gdańsk in Osowa, Gdańsk opened with a TMNT-themed ride 'Lot Żółwiem' after an agreement between Nickelodeon and Momentum Leisure. |
| 2024 |
DC Universe
DC announced a comprehensive line-wide relaunch of ongoing monthly superhero comic book titles, including multiple miniseries and one-shots. This initiative is positioned as a follow-up to the previous 'Dawn of DC' relaunch.
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| 2024 |
Toad
Samantha Kelly's final year voicing Toad in video games, concluding with Mario & Luigi: Brothership.
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| 2024 |
Aaravos
Battles the Archdragons Zubeia, Rex Igneous, and Domina Profundis. Summons Avizandum's shade and kills Igneous.
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| 2024 |
Kong
Kong featured in video games Godzilla x Kong: Titan Chasers, Lords Mobile, and Kong: Survivor Instinct
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| 2024 |
Kong
Appeared in two comic series: 'Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted' and 'Which is Stronger!? Godzilla x Kong', continuing to expand his comic book presence.
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| 2024 |
Kong
Kong appears in 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire', continuing his storyline in the Monsterverse.
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Aaravos
Ultimately defeated when Zubeia brings Avizandum back to his senses, and they sacrifice themselves to destroy Aaravos's mortal form in a massive explosion.
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Aaravos
Seizes the Sun Forge's Sun Orb, corrupts the sun, and brings forth Eternal Night. Summons the shade of Avizandum as a puppet and kills Archdragon Rex Igneous.
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| 2024 |
Aaravos
Aaravos helps Claudia and Terry create a primal moonstone at the Garden of Innocence, a cemetery for dead unicorns, by killing a mother Shimmercrow to manipulate Terry.
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Aaravos
Ambushed by King Ezran and the Katolis army, Aaravos is brought down with fire ruby ballista bolts and chained to the ground, where he reveals the existence of the Nova Blade.
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| 2024 |
Aaravos
Engaged by Archdragons Zubeia, Rex Igneous, and Domina Profundis. Attempts to escape by sending Claudia to the Storm Spire through a portal.
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| 2024 |
Aaravos
Stalls Ezran until sunset, allowing a horde of shades to overwhelm Katholian forces and free him. Travels to Lux Aurea and kills Karim by crushing him.
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| 2024 |
Aaravos
Successfully inverts the Moon Nexus with Claudia, releasing the spirits of the dead and revealing his true motivation of bringing Eternal Night as revenge for Leola's death.
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| 2024 |
Aaravos
Aaravos is freed and assumes a human form, joining Claudia in her quest to invert the Moon Nexus and bring back Viren, while secretly planning to unleash Eternal Night by corrupting the sun.
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| 2024 |
Sephiroth
Tyler Hoechlin continues to voice Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Seven Dwarfs, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Asajj Ventress, LitRPG, Predator (fictional species), Ghostbusters (franchise), Doomguy, Star Wars, Drax (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pillsbury Doughboy, My Pet Monster, SCP Foundation, Mantis (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Kong (Monsterverse), Venom (character), Aaravos, Eve (Stellar Blade), Sephiroth (Final Fantasy), Dante (Devil May Cry), Nebula (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Toad (Mario), Gremlins, DC Universe, Smurfette & Jar Jar Binks, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.