Tatiana Santos

Tatiana Santos

Contributing Writer

Was online: October 20 at 11:51 am Last date of publication: October 20, 2026 12:35 pm Number of publications: 696
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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

Ben Affleck nearly cast ex Jennifer Garner as his wife in Animals — Kerry Washington got the role after a one-line veto
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Ben Affleck nearly cast ex Jennifer Garner as his wife in Animals — Kerry Washington got the role after a one-line veto
File this one under "movies that almost broke the internet before a single frame screened." Ben Affleck's kidnapping thriller Animals hits Netflix October 9, and it very nearly arrived with his actual ex-wife playing his fictional wife.
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Far Cry FX series adds Brendan Gleeson and Jennifer Jason Leigh to its cast — and the Fargo creator won't follow the games
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Tatiana Santos
Far Cry FX series adds Brendan Gleeson and Jennifer Jason Leigh to its cast — and the Fargo creator won't follow the games
Every prestige-TV cycle has its bat-signal, and this week's is Noah Hawley quietly assembling a cast list that reads like an awards-season seating chart. His Far Cry series at FX just added five names, and at least two of them made me put down my coffee.
Wonka's The Golden Ticket controversy explained: Netflix revived Gene Wilder's voice with AI
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Wonka's The Golden Ticket controversy explained: Netflix revived Gene Wilder's voice with AI
Netflix looked at the wreckage of that 2024 Glasgow "Willy's Chocolate Experience" — the one with the meth-lab bouncy castle and the crying children — and thought: what if we did that, but prestige, and with a dead man's voice? Thus, Wonka's The Golden Ticket, premiering September 23.
Brothers on Apple TV: what to know about the McConaughey–Harrelson series premiere
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Brothers on Apple TV: what to know about the McConaughey–Harrelson series premiere
Somewhere between True Detective season 1 and now, Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson stopped being "actors who play best friends" and became "men who might legally be siblings." Apple TV, sensing money, made it a show.
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opening: what's inside the $1 billion building — Star Wars props, Frida Kahlo and 30,000 comics
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opening: what's inside the $1 billion building — Star Wars props, Frida Kahlo and 30,000 comics
Sixteen years, three cities, one very public breakup with San Francisco and Chicago, and roughly a billion dollars later, George Lucas's museum is finally, actually open. The man himself sounds like he barely survived it.
Lanterns episode 6 ending explained: yes, Hal Jordan is dead — and Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner delivers even worse news
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Lanterns episode 6 ending explained: yes, Hal Jordan is dead — and Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner delivers even worse news
HBO's Lanterns has been dangling the "is Hal actually dead" question like a cat toy for weeks, and episode 6, "Bad Optics," finally stops playing. He's dead. Extremely dead. Autopsy-confirmed dead.
Lioness season 3 finale ending explained: Aaliyah Amrohi is back as the villain nobody clocked
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Lioness season 3 finale ending explained: Aaliyah Amrohi is back as the villain nobody clocked
Raise your hand if you spent eight episodes of Lioness season 3 confidently yelling "it's Russia" at your TV. Now keep it raised if you pivoted to "okay, fine, it's Ukraine" somewhere around episode five. Congratulations, you played yourself, and so did the CIA.
One night after an Emmy for the show CBS killed, Stephen Colbert made his first return — on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
One night after an Emmy for the show CBS killed, Stephen Colbert made his first return — on Jimmy Kimmel Live
The revenge arc wrote itself, and Stephen Colbert simply showed up to perform it. On Monday, The Late Show — the program CBS canceled while it was the most-watched show in late night — won the Outstanding Variety Series Emmy, part of a seven-trophy haul for its final season.
Industry season 5 adds Ben Platt and Russell Tovey to HBO's farewell cast
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Industry season 5 adds Ben Platt and Russell Tovey to HBO's farewell cast
Industry, HBO's beloved drama about beautiful people doing cocaine near Bloomberg terminals, is filming its fifth and final season, and the guest list for the funeral keeps getting better. Ben Platt and Russell Tovey are the latest additions.
Primetime trailer: Robert Pattinson's Chris Hansen promises to be "bigger than Lost" — with Ari Aster producing
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Primetime trailer: Robert Pattinson's Chris Hansen promises to be "bigger than Lost" — with Ari Aster producing
Why don't you have a seat, because A24 just dropped the final trailer for Primetime ahead of its September 25 release, and Robert Pattinson's Chris Hansen is somehow both a perfect impression and a jump scare.