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‘Doctor Who’ is Borrowing a Secret Weapon From Marvel’s Best Sci-Fi Show

— BBC Studios Doctor Who Season 14 (or Season 1 if you’re on Disney+) is doubling down on the pop culture references. Not only will this season contain a British invasion-themed episode featuring the Beatles, The Doctor singing a musical number, and Ruby Sunday tied up by musical notation, but there’s also a Regency-set episode […]

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Theory Reveals a Dark Twist for a Fan-Favorite Character

— Netflix Fans of Netflix’s Marvel universe had cause to celebrate when Jon Bernthal joined the cast of Daredevil: Born Again. As Frank Castle (aka the Punisher), the actor stole the show in the second season of the original Daredevil series. His own solo adventures in The Punisher were similarly engrossing, so it only made […]

9 Years Later, Marvel Still Hasn’t Outgrown Its Worst Instincts

— Marvel Studios It took an entire decade for Marvel’s Cinematic Universe to put a female hero center stage. As the story goes, that was largely due to skepticism from Ike Perlmutter, then-CEO of Marvel Entertainment. Perlmutter served as the head of Marvel through and a storm of anti-woke controversy. Iger’s attitude in the wake […]

The Oldest Sci-Fi Show is Chasing a Modern Trend

— BBC Doctor Who is the longest-running sci-fi series, which means the show has gone through quite a few regenerations. From its original run as a low-budget sci-fi serial to its glossy 60th anniversary specials that premiered on Disney+, Doctor Who has morphed and changed with the times. That’s not changed with the new season, […]

19 Years Later, the Next Star Wars Show May Finally Unmask the Most Mysterious Sith Lord

— Lucasfilm The Acolyte might finally make Star Wars feel new again. Not only is it a Sith-focused story set a century before The Phantom Menace, but it’s also a mystery following a Jedi investigating the murder of their comrades. We still don’t know who the victims are, who the assassin is, and just how […]

52 Years Later, The Oldest Sci-Fi Show Ever Is Finally Addressing A Tricky Time-Travel Trope

— BBC/Disney+ The oldest science fiction series — that still produces new episodes — is easily Doctor Who. In 1963, the inventive time travel series debuted on the BBC, and on Friday, May 10, this venerable show relaunches anew with a brand-new set of adventures featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th Doctor. But this Doctor […]

Does ‘The Acolyte’ Retcon the Star Wars Prequels? It’s More Complicated Than You Think

— Lucasfilm The Acolyte is bridging the gap between two different eras of Star Wars, both in its universe and ours. The upcoming Disney+ series, which takes place between the prequel trilogy and the recent High Republic novels, is set about 100 years before The Phantom Menace. Those are two very different chapters of Star […]

Will There Be an ‘Acolyte’ Season 2? Star Wars’ New Show Could Replace ‘The Mandalorian’

— Lucasfilm Star Wars television is currently all about the “Mandoverse,” the term coined by Lucasfilm president by Kathleen Kennedy at Star Wars Celebration Europe to define The Mandalorian and its various spinoffs. An upcoming movie entitled The Mandalorian and Grogu will join Ahsoka and The Book of Boba Fett on the list of projects […]

The Next Star Wars Show is Repeating ‘Ahsoka’s Riskiest Decision

— Lucasfilm Streaming platforms vary, but most tend to follow the same simple rule: new episodes drop late at night, usually midnight Pacific time, making them available at the same time worldwide. But in August 2023, one platform shook this convention up. Mere days before Ahsoka Season 1 was set to premiere on Disney+, the […]

X-Men Is Bringing Back the Most Badass Marvel Supervillain You’ve Never Heard Of

— Disney+ X-Men ‘97 is bringing the classic Saturday morning cartoon to Disney+, and with that comes all the hallmarks of the original animated series: multi-part stories, a fun variety of villains, and tie-in action figures galore. But the show is also introducing a new character from the comic books, and he’s an obscure baddie […]