Although Season 3 of Smiling Friends finished airing on Adult Swim last year, creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel recently announced that two more episodes were completed but hadn’t been released yet. Now, following confirmation that the show is ending its run on Adult Swim, those final two episodes will premiere on April 12th.
The recent announcement from the animation studio has generated a lot of excitement. WIT Studio, responsible for the first three seasons and the anime’s overall look, shared a post suggesting they’re working on something new. The image shows the main characters dressed up and posing like models, with the caption “Coming Soon.” While some fans think it might be for new merchandise, many believe it hints at a bigger project, possibly a spin-off series.
Look, I love a good fictional story as much as anyone, but let’s be honest: it requires a little bit of willing self-deception. We have to agree to go along with the unbelievable to really enjoy it, and when a story truly works, it’s exhilarating and can push creative boundaries. However, that very same act of make-believe also opens it up to a different kind of criticism. Because we know it’s not real, we tend to hold these stories to an oddly high standard of internal consistency and plausibility, almost as if they could be real. It’s a fascinating paradox.
The show Suits LA, starring Stephen Amell, aimed to capture the same energy as Suits but within the world of Los Angeles entertainment. The first half of the season focused on setting up a complex storyline, but frequent flashbacks made it difficult for viewers to connect with the show. Ultimately, NBC canceled Suits LA before the next television season. While Amell has taken responsibility for the show’s failure, it wasn’t entirely his fault.
The TV show Criminal Minds owes a lot to the work of John E. Douglas, whose book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit was groundbreaking in the field of criminal psychology. Douglas even served as the inspiration for the character Jack Crawford in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels. Mindhunter also inspired the Netflix series of the same name, which explored similar themes but with a unique approach to crime storytelling, particularly how investigators use psychology. Though it premiered after Criminal Minds had already finished its main run, the Netflix series offered a fresh perspective on the genre.
Bridgerton’s creative team still burns for Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page.
Necrophosis is a mind-bending psychological horror game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Originally released on PC in April 2025, the game quickly gained a ‘Very Positive’ rating on Steam thanks to its intriguing puzzles and mysterious story. Now, the developers at Dragonis Games are teaming up with PQube to bring a complete edition of Necrophosis, including new downloadable content, to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
The quick success of The Bluff highlights how much audiences miss the Pirates of the Caribbean series, which has been on hold for a while. When Disney released The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003, it turned a potentially risky theme park ride into a huge blockbuster, earning billions and changing the kinds of movies Hollywood made. For over ten years, the adventures of Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp, were a global hit and heavily influenced pop culture. However, surprisingly, no other studio managed to create a similar, long-lasting success with pirate-themed movies. Even more unexpectedly, Disney let the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise lose momentum after 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales. Although there’s been talk of a new movie or a fresh start for the series, it hasn’t moved forward, and now other studios are proving that pirate stories can still be popular and profitable.
The Netflix series Firebreak, starring Belén Cuesta, Diana Gómez, and Joaquín Furriel, follows Mara as she takes her daughter and family to their summer home in the woods after her husband passes away. They hope to mend relationships and sell the property, but their plans are disrupted when Mara’s daughter, Lide, goes missing amidst a rapidly spreading forest fire. Cut off from outside help, the family desperately searches the woods for Lide, turning to the local forest ranger, Santi, for assistance. However, as the situation intensifies, suspicion rises, and they begin to question everything around them.
It’s not really important that gamers disagree about which Dino Crisis game is best. The fact that they’re still debating it actually shows there’s a continued interest in the series, and perhaps a desire for a complete remake or reboot.