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Jason Stathamstill hasn’t appeared in a James Bond movie — and might never get to — soMechanic: Resurrectionis the closest thing to a Bond film starring Statham. Although he’s never been in a Bond film, Statham’s career has always been tangentially linked to Bond, because he’s a British action star who’s been fan-casted as a very different sort of 007.Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrelsproved he could play a gritty, Timothy Dalton-style Bond, whileThe Megfilms have proven he could play a goofy, tongue-in-cheek, Roger Moore-style Bond....

Stephanie Koenig plays Fran Frask inLessons in Chemistryand eagle-eyed viewers may recognize the actress from some of her other notable roles in movies and television. The Apple TV+ seriesLessons in Chemistryis based on the novelof the same name by Bonnie Garmus and follows a chemist, Elizabeth Zott (Brie Larson), who begins to host her own feminist cooking show in 1960s America. She’s joined inthe cast ofLessons in Chemistryby Stephanie Koenig, who plays Fran Frask, a talented secretary at Hastings lab who strikes up a friendship with Elizabeth....

Marvel Studios may soon recast T’Challa’s Black Panther in theMCU, and this new version of the iconic Wakandan hero could appear as soon as 2025’sThe Fantastic Four: First Steps. T’Challa made his first appearance in the MCU back in 2016’sCaptain America: Civil War, portrayed by the late Chadwick Boseman. Boseman’s tragic and sudden passing in 2020 spurred Ryan Coogler to also write T’Challa out of 2022’sBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever, and whileLetitia Wright’s Shuri stepped up as the new Black Panther, recent reports suggest T’Challa may be returning....

Marvel editor Tom Brevoort has explained why the company has been ignoring aThor-level hero for decades. The cosmic side of the Marvel Universe is replete with powerful heroes and villains, some even capable of challenging the Thunder God. Recently, in a Q and A with fans,Brevoort shed some light on one of these characters, revealing the surprising reason creators pass him over. My guess, Oscar, is that nobody was all that invested in him as a character since his series ended....

WARNING! Spoilers for Ultimate Spider-Man #14 TheFantastic Four’s very first villain just received a major design overhaul as part of Marvel’s Ultimate Universe, and it completely re-imagines the classic character in a shocking way. Mole Man is known to be a goofy character among the Fantastic Four’s vast roster of enemies, but in this new continuity, he fills a different archetype that no one would see coming. InUltimate Spider-Man#14 by Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto, Matt Wilson, and Cory Petit, Kraven hunts Peter Parker and Harry Osborn in a revamped version of theSavage Land that lurks beneath New York, but they aren’t the only ones present in this brutal territory....

One ofStar Wars’most bizarre characters, Jaxxon T. Tumperakki, was introduced in the Legends MarvelStar Warscomics of the 1970s, but he has since become canon. The original MarvelStar Warscomic book series—the very firstStar Warscomic book series to exist—ran from 1977 to 1986. The series consisted of a staggering 107 issues, and it introduced a whole host of brand-new characters. Those comics proved quite popular, but the stories within them are not part ofthe canonStar Warstimeline....

The 2025 release date forThe Life of Chuckhas been revealed. The movie is the latest Stephen King work to be adapted by Mike Flanagan and stars Tom Hiddleston as the titular Charles “Chuck” Krantz.The Life of Chuck’s castalso includes Mark Hamill, Nick Offerman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Karen Gillan. It has already created considerable buzz, especially afterwinning the People’s Choice Award at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Neon has now confirmed thatThe Life of Chuckwill be released in theaters on July 25, 2025....

After the start of a “secret” playtest for an unnamedNintendo Switchgame on October 23, players have already begun to leak actual gameplay, despite significant effort on Nintendo’s part to keep the game’s contents as private as possible. Limited-availability signups for the playtest, which were made available to Nintendo Switch Online members, began on October 10, including stipulations from Nintendo that successful applicants keep details of the playtest private. Predictably, however, these stipulations failed to keep things under wraps even before the start of the playtest, as details were leaked as soon as they became available....

Quick Links Warning: Contains spoilers for One Piece Log: Fishman Islan episode #1.In a surprising twist, not only isOne Piece’s anime going on hiatus until April 2025, but rather than just going off the air for that time,One Piecewill air a remastered version of the Fishman Island arc. The visuals have been redone to be more in line with the modern anime, and the story, itself, will be condensed to just 21 episodes as opposed to the original 58....

Eri’s storyis by far one of the most tragic yet hopeful in theMy Hero Academiauniverse, as few characters in the series have suffered as much as her. Yet, despite all the pain she went through, the white-haired girl found people who cared about her and gave her a new chance at a peaceful and happy life. By the end of the story, she had gone on to live a normal life, going as far as to seemingly start a band with her friends....

It took them two decades to pull it off, butWWEfinally turned John Cena heel. It cannot be understatedhow awesome it wasto see John Cena turn heel, but especially after seeing the former 16-time World Champion excel in the role, some fans are left wondering why it took WWE so long to pull the trigger. In a guest appearance on theB4 the Bellpodcast,WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dammakes some sense of the long wait for John Cena’s heel turn....

Thehorror genreis slightly underrated in the cinema. Despite having many followers worldwide,scary movies often struggle with the low expectationsof the critics and the general public. Sometimes dismissed as “cheap” thrills or gory entertainment, it is easy for cinema enthusiasts to ignore them in favor of more “sophisticated” productions, overlooking the hidden complexities behind or the creative genius required to craft such unusual stories. That also depends on the production of the films....

Red Onehas broken a streaming record that may prove that Dwayne Johnson’s career is undergoing a major shift. Johnson is a star who is very familiar with shifts in his career, as he originally became famous as a WWE wrestler under the moniker “The Rock.” After taking on a role as the antagonist in the 2001 adventure sequelThe Mummy Returns, he began to transition toward acting, and he has become a major movie star with many blockbuster movies and franchises under his belt, including the newJumanjimovies, the Fast Saga, theMoanafranchise,Rampage, and more....