Tatiana Santos

Tatiana Santos

Contributing Writer

Was online: September 30 at 8:54 am Last date of publication: September 30, 2026 9:38 am Number of publications: 569
Team Startefacts

I'm no Aja Romano, but I try.

Marvel, Supernatural, Star Trek, and everything fandom-related in between. If it's worth reading, watching, or listening to — I'm on it, and telling you about it.

I've been at Startefacts since the actual beginning back in 2022.

One of my early assignments was covering CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where I sat in a dark hall geeking out over Doctor Strange footage and thought: God, this is a dream job for me.

Well, turns out — not THE dream job, per se. Entertainment journalism is hard, harder than ever in 2026, with AI threatening your integrity and your work ethic at every turn. But hey: I still try. I love what I do, and I love writing about the MCU, however shitty their movies have gotten over the last few years. I'm still in my chair in a movie theater when a new Nolan movie comes out, or a Guy Ritchie movie, or frankly any Statham movie.

What I cover: the MCU and superhero cinema, long-running genre TV (Supernatural, Star Trek, and their fandoms), fan culture and how it shapes what gets made, action filmmaking and the directors who take it seriously.

How I work: I watch the thing before I write about it — the whole thing, not the recap. I rewatch scenes when my memory isn't reliable, which is often. I check release dates, credits, production history, and source material against primary sources — press notes, the books, the people who made it — not the top-ranking aggregator. If I got something wrong, I fix it and say so in the piece.

Where else to find me: Twitter/X — tips, corrections, and complaints about my Statham opinions all welcome.

Latest News by Tatiana Santos

House of the Dragon is missing from tonight's Emmys, and it isn't a snub — season 3 premiered 21 days past the cutoff
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
House of the Dragon is missing from tonight's Emmys, and it isn't a snub — season 3 premiered 21 days past the cutoff
The 78th Emmys go out tonight from the Peacock Theater, and Westeros is in the Outstanding Drama Series race — just not with the dragons. House of the Dragon's biggest season isn't on a single ballot, and the reason is a date on a calendar rather than a vote.
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Netflix's next Arcane is the dark fantasy a lawsuit kept buried for 8 years
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Netflix's next Arcane is the dark fantasy a lawsuit kept buried for 8 years
On Saturday, Blizzard president Johanna Faries walked onto the BlizzCon stage in Anaheim and said a sentence fans have been begging to hear since 2018: a Diablo animated series is officially in development at Netflix.
Bob Mackie has died at 87 — he sketched Marilyn's "Happy Birthday" dress and didn't see it in person for 54 years
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Bob Mackie has died at 87 — he sketched Marilyn's "Happy Birthday" dress and didn't see it in person for 54 years
The statement went up on his own Instagram on Monday and it was short: Bob Mackie lived his 87 years to the fullest. He is why Cher turned up at the 1986 Oscars in a feathered Mohawk and why Carol Burnett came downstairs wearing a curtain rod. He also drew a dress you have absolutely seen.
Modern Family cast net worth, ranked: the gap between #1 and everyone else is over $100 million
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Modern Family cast net worth, ranked: the gap between #1 and everyone else is over $100 million
Eleven seasons, 22 Emmys, and one of the fattest syndication packages in television history: everybody on Modern Family got paid. By the final seasons the adult cast was pulling around $500,000 per episode, the kids had Coogan accounts that could make a hedge fund blush, and the reruns will be printing residuals until the heat death of the universe.
Kutner's death on House explained: why season 5 killed him with zero warning — the real reason wasn't in the script
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Kutner's death on House explained: why season 5 killed him with zero warning — the real reason wasn't in the script
April 6, 2009. A completely normal Monday episode of House called, with staggering nerve, "Simple Explanation." Thirteen and Foreman swing by Lawrence Kutner's apartment because he's late for work, and find him dead by suicide.
Supernatural filler episodes you can skip: trim these and save a full day of the 327-episode marathon
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Supernatural filler episodes you can skip: trim these and save a full day of the 327-episode marathon
Let's do the math that Netflix autoplay doesn't want you to do. Supernatural ran 15 seasons and 327 episodes, at roughly 42 minutes apiece. That is about 229 hours, or nine and a half days of your one wild and precious life spent watching two beautiful men die and un-die in flannel.
The A24 SCP Foundation V/H/S movie backlash, explained: the studio bought "worldwide rights" to something no one can own
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
The A24 SCP Foundation V/H/S movie backlash, explained: the studio bought "worldwide rights" to something no one can own
There is something deeply, cosmically funny about a studio announcing it has secured exclusive rights to a fictional universe whose entire premise is "some things cannot be contained." A24, the tastemaker factory that turned liminal hallways into a nearly $400 million hit with Backrooms, boarded V/H/S: SCP on Friday.
Emmy Awards 2026 predictions: Mariska Hargitay hosts as the first woman in 15 years — and she's already won twice this month
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Emmy Awards 2026 predictions: Mariska Hargitay hosts as the first woman in 15 years — and she's already won twice this month
Tonight's the night, and for once I'm not dreading the monologue. The 78th Emmys go down at the Peacock Theater, and the person holding the microphone is not a stand-up doing contractually obligated jokes about streaming.
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story cast and true story: Netflix's premiere puts Charlie Hunnam under the axe this time
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story cast and true story: Netflix's premiere puts Charlie Hunnam under the axe this time
Ryan Murphy's Monster machine has run through Dahmer, the Menendez brothers, and Ed Gein, and on Thursday, September 17, it finally hands the franchise to a woman — all eight episodes at once, because Netflix knows exactly what we are.
What to expect from Reacher spinoff Neagley: premiere date, cast, Alan Ritchson's return — and why this story isn't in any Lee Child book
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
What to expect from Reacher spinoff Neagley: premiere date, cast, Alan Ritchson's return — and why this story isn't in any Lee Child book
This Wednesday, September 16, Prime Video pulls off a genuinely unhinged scheduling flex: the Reacher Season 4 finale airs, and the same day, all eight episodes of Neagley drop at once.