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It's that time of year again when we all start to enjoy revisiting some of our favourite Christmas movies, whether it's Die Hard (let's not get into that debate right now...), Elf, The Nightmare Before Christmas, or even Love Actually. 

However, for superhero fans, there really aren't that many options. It's rare to see any comic book adaptation set during a specific point in time as, like the comics themselves, avoiding that ensures they have a timeless feel. However, there are a handful of examples we think finally deserve to be recognised as Christmas classics in their own right!

Some might be a little more obvious to you than others, but there are a few here that we think finally deserve to be recognised among the greats mentioned above. While we list them here in no particular order, rest assured they all have that much-needed holiday feel. 

So, as the holiday season draws near,...

There was so much to love about the '90s "X-Men" animated series that creating a revival show in 2024 seemed like a risky maneuver. But Disney's legacy sequel series, "X-Men '97," debuted to great reviews, providing '90s kids everywhere with a straight shot of animated nostalgia. Of course, the 2024 version of the show was a lot cleaner than the Og series, which originally ran from 1992 to 1997 on Fox Kids. "X-Men" debuted during a time when hand-drawn animation done under a tight budget and often shipped overseas for coloring gave all our favorite cartoons a charmingly janky aesthetic. That same feel was missing from the revival show, but that was really the only thing that felt different.

To make sure this particular nostalgia-fest hit properly, Disney and Marvel ensured they did everything they could to make "X-Men '97" feel as close to the original series as possible. The show was...

Joss Whedon's large-scale action picture "Avengers: Age of Ultron" was released in theaters in the spring of 2015, and it featured a gaggle of Marvel superheroes teaming up to fight the eponymous evil super-robot. Ultron (voiced by James Spader) was an artificial intelligence accidentally created by Iron Man while he was constructing a global, spacebound security system intended to make superhero-ing easier. Upon achieving consciousness, Ultron spends about two minutes on the internet and instantly decided that humanity needed to be wiped out, shunting its own consciousness into a series of robot bodies and going about its wicked business. The Avengers, naturally, smash up all the Ultron bots.

Ultron is destroyed at the end of that film and has only shown up in additional Marvel Cinematic Universe entries in smaller roles since then, including the animated TV show "What If...?" However, Spader will reportedly reprise Ultron for the upcoming "WandaVision...

Jeff Goldblum Hilariously Reacts to Robert Downey Jr.'s MCU Return as Doctor Doom - Main Image

Thor: Ragnarok star Jeff Goldblum offered his take on the news of Robert Downey Jr.'s MCU return as Doctor Doom, and the response is everything you were hoping it to be.

During last month's San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios officially announced that the Oscar winner is making his grand comeback to the MCU as the iconic villain Victor Van Doom in the upcoming Avengers movies.

The news was met with mixed reactions from fans as some of them were excited to see the actor appear in the MCU again while some questioned the creative decision on the casting choice.

Jeff Goldblum Responds to Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom Return

In a recent interview, Goldblum was asked to weigh in on the news of Downey's return as Doctor Doom in the upcoming Avengers movies.

Marvel Studios' Marvel Animation panel just wrapped up at D23 and we’re disappointed to report that none of the footage shown to fans at the event has been shared online. It’s not all bad news, though, as we do have some big MCU updates for you.

An X-Men '97 season 2 sizzle reel kicked things off and confirmed the team will wear the black and yellow uniforms from Grant Morrison’s New X-Men run.

The preview then revealed plans for characters like Apocalypse, Bishop, Danger, Mariko, Polaris and Warlock to appear when the critically acclaimed revival returns to Disney+ in the not-too-distant future.

It was also confirmed that What If...? season 3 will be the show’s last. Oscar Isaac is set to reprise his role as Moon Knight, with Ironheart and White Vision now set to appear. One episode will see a team led by Captain America control Gundham-style mechs to battle Gamma Monsters.

X-Men '97 Taps What If...? Writer as the New Showrunner for Season 3 - Main Image

X-Men '97 has finally tapped a new writer who will take over as the showrunner for season 3, which is currently in development.

Before the series premiered, the original head writer Beau DeMayo was notably fired by Marvel Studios after working for two seasons. Up to this day, it is still unknown why he was let go from the position.

Since then, fans have been curious to find out which new writer Marvel will hire to take over the daunting task of continuing the show's acclaimed run in its upcoming seasons.

Matthew Chauncey Set as New Writer for X-Men '97 Season 3

It was recently confirmed that What If...? writer Matthew Chauncey has been tapped to serve as the new head writer/showrunner for X-Men '97 season 3.

DeMayo already wrote the scripts for the second season, which has reportedly been revised,...

Following X-Men '97's season 1 finale, What If...? season 3 is likely up next from Marvel Animation. Marvel Zombies updates have been few and far between, but Marvel Studios executive Brad Winderbaum has shared new Eyes of Wakanda and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man details.

The latter was unveiled during the San Diego Comic-Con in 2022, while news of the Black Panther spin-off came our way last December. 

We've previously heard that the animated series will follow brave warriors tasked to travel the world retrieving dangerous Vibranium artefacts throughout Wakandan history. Thanks to ComicBook.com (via Toonado.com), we now have some specifics. 

"Eyes of Wakanda is an MCU show," Winderbaum confirmed. "This is the history of Wakanda as told through the War Dogs, and it is some of the best animation we've ever done. Todd Harris is the creator of that one. That's just such a cool show."

None of Marvel Studios' animated...

Marvel Studios has drastically reduced its output since Bob Iger returned as Disney CEO, with the hope being to get back to quality over quantity. That's led to fewer TV shows on Disney+, but at least two more Marvel Animation titles will reportedly be released this year. 

According to What's On Disney Plus (via Toonado.com), the streamer has sent out an updated 2024 slate which names Black Panther spin-off Eyes Of Wakanda and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (previously known as Spider-Man: Freshman Year) as being among the platform's 2024 offerings. 

Other Marvel titles mentioned include Hit-Monkey season 2 (a Marvel Television leftover), Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, and Deadpool & Wolverine. Only Hit-Monkey has a confirmed launch date of July 15; the rest are currently undated.

It's interesting that Marvel Zombies isn't listed, as we'd expected that to hit in 2024 as well. It could be that no final decision has been made on the series,...

Marvel's "What If..." has employed a mix of reprisals and recasts from the movies. Captain Peggy Carter may have the super soldier serum, and Strange Supreme went down a darker path, but they're still played by Hayley Atwell and Benedict Cumberbatch like the originals. Tragically, T'Challa-as-Star-Lord also went down as Chadwick Boseman's final performance.

On the other hand: Mick Wingert fills in for Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Lake Bell plays Black Widow instead of Scarlett Johansson, and season 1 big bad Infinity Ultron was voiced by Ross Marquand, not James Spader.

"What If..." season 2 brings in two characters not seen in season 1, Hela (the villain of "Thor: Ragnarok") and Wenwu (the villain of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"), and pairs them up in episode 7: "What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?" The episode splits the difference on recasting: Wenwu is voiced by Feodor Chin,...

Season 2, Episode 3 of What If..? saw Happy Hogan take on an entirely new form for the MCU — and while it is not quite new to Marvel Comics fans, it has not appeared for multiple decades.

What If...? has introduced plenty of new versions of familiar characters, from Captain Carter to Star-Lord T'Challa.

But for Happy Hogan, What If...? brought to the screen one identity of his that has not been seen for many decades - The Freak.

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is filled with majestic superheroes, each with a unique set of powers and an origin story to explain why they became the hero they are. But what if the stories you knew about these heroes changed? That’s the premise behind “What If…?” which debuts its second season on Disney+ on Friday, Dec. 22. The animated series shows what might result if small changes were made in the origin stories of fan-favorite heroes like Iron Man, Captain America and Thor. You can watch What If…?: Season 2 with a subscription to Disney+.

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In Jon Favreau's 2008 film "Iron Man," the title hero (Robert Downey Jr.) was assisted in his high-tech superhero lab by an artificially intelligent butler-like presence named J.A.R.V.I.S. Iron Man's digital butler not only wrangled the hero's complicated engineering projects, but also controlled the even-higher-tech devices in his lab. When Iron Man went out on patrol, J.A.R.V.I.S.'s voice could be heard inside his helmet. J.A.R.V.I.S. was voiced by Paul Bettany. As the Marvel Cinematic Universe continued to grow, so too did Iron Man's computerized friend. Eventually, J.A.R.V.I.S. was shunted into an indestructible android body and renamed Vision (also Bettany). 

When Vision became sentient and autonomous, that meant Tony Stark had to program a new computer helper, and invented F.R.I.D.A.Y. (voiced by Kerry Condon...

There's been much talk of late about how the Marvel Cinematic Universe is on the decline, that superhero movies have become oversaturated, and that the general public has been fed at least one multiverse too many.

There's truth to that statement if box office numbers are any indication. And I'd argue that some of that decline is in the over-bloated plotlines that fans got tired of keeping straight. But there's an upside to the multiverse phenomenon: Setting stories in different worlds with different rules opens the door to fresh storytelling. Even more so, telling a tale in one of these alternative realities unshackles the writer from being beholden to the machinations of the overarching sagas the MCU likes to tell.

That's been the appeal of Marvel's animated series, "What If...?" The show takes the multiverse premise and is given the freedom to create fantastical situations that would never occur on...

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The action figures from Hasbro's Marvel Legends line deliver collectible toys from the pages of Marvel Comics and the many worlds of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With the ever-expanding roster of Disney+ TV shows, there are even more characters beyond The Avengers to fill up shelves, and the latest wave borrows from a variety of Marvel Studios shows, stretching back to "WandaVision," stopping by "Hawkeye," and coming up through the disappointing "Secret Invasion" and the yet-to-be-released second season of Marvel's "What If...?" animated series.

For better and worse, these new Marvel Legends figures are not unlike the very shows they're based on, in that they're a mixed bag of seeming cool, with some of them being rather disappointing. While all of the figures offer stellar likenesses of the actors who bring the various superheroes and villains to life in Marvel's shows,...

The first season finale of Marvel's "What If...?" animated series debuted earlier this week, finally bringing together the superhero team known as the Guardians of the Multiverse. After the episode premiered on Disney+, we spoke with director Bryan Andrews and head writer A.C. Bradley about the season finale and what it could mean for the future of "What If...?" in the second season of the series. Plus, we talk about the rules of the Infinity Stones, crafting the slick action sequences, and more. 

This interview has been edited for clarity.

So you guys obviously blew the multiverse open in...

The post Marvel's What If...? Head Writer and Director Tease Season 2 Plans and Talk Infinity Stones Rules [Interview] appeared first on /Film.

Marvel's "What If...?" season finale finally had all of the show's different universes come together by having The Watcher assemble a new superhero team called the Guardians of the Multiverse. The team was comprised of all the superheroes we'd been introduced to in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's recently opened multiverse, giving us alternate takes on familiar stories and characters. However, there was one character recruited by The Watcher who didn't get their own episode in the first season of "What If...?" before the finale. 

Gamora was snagged by The Watcher in a universe where she had somehow teamed up with Tony Stark,...

The post Marvel's What If...? Season 2 Will Give a Proper Introduction to the Alternate Gamora appeared first on /Film.

This week brought the first season finale of Marvel's "What If...?" animated series. After starting off as an anthology series exploring alternate timelines in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's newly unfurled multiverse, the series finally brought several different timelines together, giving us the first assembly of the superhero team known as the Guardians of the Multiverse. But what does the "What If...?" season finale mean for the second season that's already in the works? 

There are a couple things we know, and a couple things we can speculate on. Plus, in case you didn't hear, there's a mid-credits scene in the season finale that...

The post Marvel's What If...? Finale and Credits Scene: What Does This Mean for Season 2? appeared first on /Film.

What if ... there were more of Marvel's "What If...?" And what if ... it featured characters from Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

That seems to be the thought process going on over at Marvel Studios these days. The animated Disney+ series is winding down its first season, with the finale, "What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?" set to air today. According to showrunner A.C. Bradley, all the episodes for "What If...?" season 2 have already been written, and it sounds like some of them will feature heroes that moviegoers have just met or will soon meet, like Shangi-Chi and the Eternals.

Bradley recently spoke...

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Alternate timeline scenarios are getting stranger and stranger as a new mid-season sneak peek at Marvel Studios' "What If... ?" gives us a glimpse at the final four episodes of Disney+'s MCU animated series. It all looks like it may culminate in a finale that could be teasing possibilities for Sam Raimi's forthcoming "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness." 

Whether this is connected to forthcoming movies or not, we know you want to catch a glimpse at some of these hypothetical team-ups! Watch the trailer for the final stretch of season 1 below.

As you can see, there's a recap of Episode 4 featuring Stephen Strange's evil...

The post Marvel's What If...? Mid-Season Trailer Teases Madness in the Multiverse appeared first on /Film.

On the September 1, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler-filled discussion about the fourth episode of Marvel's "What If...?"

Opening Banter:

In The Spoiler Room: What If Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?

Feedback

Brief reactions

Breakdown

Speculation

Also mentioned:

All the other stuff you need to know:

You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.

/Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from...

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Sneak Peek more new footage from "What If...?" , the upcoming Marvel Studios animated TV series reuniting 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' actors, streaming 23 new PG-13 episodes starting August 11, 2021 on Disney+:

"I am the Watcher. I am your guide through these vast new realities. Follow me and dare to face the unknown, and ponder the question... 'What if?'..."

Voice cast includes Jeffrey Wright as 'Uatu'/'The Watcher', Hayley Atwell as 'Peggy Carter'/Captain Carter', Michael B. Jordan as 'Erik Killmonger'...

...Sebastian Stan as 'Bucky Barnes', Josh Brolin as 'Thanos', Tom Hiddleston as 'Loki', Chris Hemsworth as 'Thor', Chadwick Boseman as 'T'Challa', Karen Gillan as 'Nebula'...

...Jeremy Renner as 'Clint Barton', Paul Rudd as 'Scott Lang', Michael Douglas as 'Hank Pym', Neal McDonough as 'Dum Dum Dugan', Dominic Cooper as 'Howard Stark', Sean Gunn as 'Kraglin Obfonteri'...

...David Dastmalchian as 'Kurt',...

"What If...?" is the upcoming Marvel Studios animated TV series reuniting 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' actors, streaming 23 new PG-13 episodes exclusively Summer 2021 on Disney+:

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"I am the Watcher. I am your guide through these vast new realities. Follow me and dare to face the unknown, and ponder the question... 'What if?'..."

Voice cast includes Jeffrey Wright as 'Uatu'/'The Watcher', Hayley Atwell as 'Peggy Carter'/Captain Carter', Michael B. Jordan as 'Erik Killmonger'...

...Sebastian Stan as 'Bucky Barnes', Josh Brolin as 'Thanos', Tom Hiddleston as 'Loki', Chris Hemsworth as 'Thor', Chadwick Boseman as 'T'Challa', Karen Gillan as 'Nebula'...

...Jeremy Renner as 'Clint Barton', Paul Rudd as 'Scott Lang', Michael Douglas as 'Hank Pym', Neal McDonough as 'Dum Dum Dugan', Dominic Cooper as 'Howard Stark', Sean Gunn as 'Kraglin Obfonteri'...

...David Dastmalchian as 'Kurt', Stanley Tucci as 'Abraham Erskine', Taika Waititi as 'Korg',...

"What If...?" is the upcoming Marvel Studios animated TV series reuniting 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' actors, streaming 23 new PG-13 episodes exclusively Summer 2021 on Disney+:

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"I am the Watcher. I am your guide through these vast new realities. Follow me and dare to face the unknown, and ponder the question... 'What if?'..."

Voice cast includes Jeffrey Wright as 'Uatu'/'The Watcher', Hayley Atwell as 'Peggy Carter'/Captain Carter', Michael B. Jordan as 'Erik Killmonger'...

...Sebastian Stan as 'Bucky Barnes', Josh Brolin as 'Thanos', Tom Hiddleston as 'Loki', Chris Hemsworth as 'Thor', Chadwick Boseman as 'T'Challa', Karen Gillan as 'Nebula'...

...Jeremy Renner as 'Clint Barton', Paul Rudd as 'Scott Lang', Michael Douglas as 'Hank Pym', Neal McDonough as 'Dum Dum Dugan', Dominic Cooper as 'Howard Stark', Sean Gunn as 'Kraglin Obfonteri'...

...David Dastmalchian as 'Kurt', Stanley Tucci as 'Abraham Erskine', Taika Waititi as 'Korg',...

"What If...?" is the upcoming Marvel Studios animated TV series reuniting 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' actors, streaming 23 new PG-13 episodes exclusively Summer 2021 on Disney+:

"I am the Watcher. I am your guide through these vast new realities. Follow me and dare to face the unknown, and ponder the question... 'What if?'..."

Voice cast includes Jeffrey Wright as 'Uatu'/'The Watcher', Hayley Atwell as 'Peggy Carter'/Captain Carter', Michael B. Jordan as 'Erik Killmonger'...

...Sebastian Stan as 'Bucky Barnes', Josh Brolin as 'Thanos', Tom Hiddleston as 'Loki', Chris Hemsworth as 'Thor', Chadwick Boseman as 'T'Challa', Karen Gillan as 'Nebula'...

...Jeremy Renner as 'Clint Barton', Paul Rudd as 'Scott Lang', Michael Douglas as 'Hank Pym', Neal McDonough as 'Dum Dum Dugan', Dominic Cooper as 'Howard Stark', Sean Gunn as 'Kraglin Obfonteri'...

...David Dastmalchian as 'Kurt', Stanley Tucci as 'Abraham Erskine', Taika Waititi as 'Korg',...

Bill Maher has a suggestion for the Republican Party: change their symbol from the elephant to… the troll. “Because that’s all they are now, trolls — people who get off on provoking other people who are trying to have an adult conversation,” the “Real Time” host said Friday night. There is a whole lot of mean spirited people out there and not just on social media. Maher was quick to point out that the White House, in fact, seems to have childish fights when we have so many big problems that should be getting the focus. Also Read: Bill Maher...

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Star Trek 4, or Star Trek 14 if you prefer, is no sure thing, says the current Mr Spock...

Even though Paramount Pictures got moving on a further Star Trek outing just as Star Trek Beyond was docking in cinemas last year, the incumbent Spock, Zachary Quinto, has played down just a little talk of a further film.

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Star Trek Beyond ultimately grossed $343m in cinemas worldwide, over $100m down on the takings for Star Trek Into Darkness. Critically, it fared better, and Star Trek is heading back to the small screen in the next 12 months, with Star Trek Discovery.

But whilst we’d been promised another screen adventure, one that would bring...

Rob Leane Apr 17, 2017

Neil Gaiman’s much-loved novel American Gods has finally made it to the screen, with a lush adaptation from Bryan Fuller...

Having never read Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, I was assigned by my Den Of Geek overlords with a curious task: to attend the European Premiere of the incoming TV adaptation and judge it purely on the merits of what was put on screen, paying no heed (since I really couldn’t) to what it did and didn’t borrow from the much-beloved book.

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The episode was being screened in an old church in London, and after being baffled by an entryway that was half red carpet and half bark-on-the-floor ‘immersive experience’, I sat myself down...

Louisa Mellor Apr 10, 2017

Major Line Of Duty spoilers ahead if you’re not up to date with episode 3 as we attempt to untangle the final scene…

Warning: contains spoilers.

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An eyewitness’ ability to accurately recall key details of an event can be adversely affected by anxiety. If said event was stressful to watch, testimony can become unreliable. Additionally, if a weapon was employed during said stressful event, eyewitnesses are more likely to concentrate on details of that than, say, the hair colour of the person brandishing it. It’s called Weapon Focus and it’s a totally legitimate, actual, true, real-life thing.

All of which goes to explain why a TV reviewer of otherwise mostly sound mind might...

Caroline Preece Apr 10, 2017

It's one trope too many in the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory season 10. Here's our review...

This review contains spoilers.

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10.20 The Recollection Dissipation

There are certain sitcom tropes every show has to cover at some point - the It’s A Wonderful Life episode, the episode when the most intolerable character learns to be tolerable, the one where they tackle mental illness or addiction for half an hour before never speaking of it again and - straight out of the 90s - the one where the protagonist has to be in two places at once.

The Recollection Dissipation sees Sheldon pulling a Mrs Doubtfire on Amy and Leonard, but the twist is that...

Marc Buxton Apr 5, 2017

A twisted alternate universe is revealed as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns and blows the roof off everything you know...

This review contains spoilers.

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4.16 What If...

Well, we're back, and it’s a very strange time in the history of Marvel’s Agents Of Shield. On one hand, the series has never been stronger. Perhaps the best episode to date aired before the hiatus (and can we please stop with the freakin’ gaps between episodes, it’s almost as absurd as having Roman Reigns be the guy to retire Undertaker and yes, I’m still bitter). I mean, in the cliffhanger at the end of the last episode, we saw our agents enter the Matrix-like world of Doctor Radcliffe’s Framework. I mean in that cliffhanger,...

Hail Hydra?

On Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 16, Daisy and Simmons entered the Framework to find and save their friends. This marked the end of the Lmd story arc and the beginning of a new one – Agents of Hydra.

Just as I thought there was no way Lmd could top Ghost Rider, only to almost immediately be proven wrong, it already looks like Agents of Hydra is going to be a wonderfully wild way to end what has been Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s best season. (Let's just hope it isn't the last.)

"What If..." was chock full of emotionally draining moments, plenty of disturbing irony, and some surprisingly prescient references to topics currently of heated political debate in the United States

First thing's first: while my confident prediction of Lmd Ward may not have come true, I wasn't entirely wrong either! Does that mean I get half a prize?

That's right,...

Sneak Peek new promotional 'Hydra'-centric illustrations supporting the upcoming "Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D." episode "What If...".airing April 4, 2017 on ABC:

"...in 'What If...', with guest star Grant Ward, 'Hydra' has won and the world is upside down. 'Daisy' and 'Simmons' uncover secrets and lies in a world gone mad. With Hydra in control, they are our only hope to save everyone..."

"In light of the 'Sokovia Accords', and with Hydra obliterated, 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' has been legitimatized again and no longer needs to operate in the shadows.

"Since the world presumes that 'Coulson' is dead, the organization needed a new 'Director' (Jason O’Mara) to be the face of the organization.

"Coulson finds himself back in the role as an agent and teamed with 'Mack' (Henry Simmons), together they are tasked with tracking down and confirming the presence of 'Enhanced' people, aka 'Inhumans'.

"They have...

We all thought we saw Mace Windu die in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith when his arm was cut off and he was thrown out of a window high above the city on the planet Coruscant during an altercation with Anakin Skywalker and Darth Sidious. But maybe he didn't die, maybe Windu lives! Samuel L. Jackson believes that it would take a lot more than just cutting off an arm and throwing him out the to kill the Jedi Master.

During a Q&A on Twitter, the actor explained that "Jedi can fall from extremely high heights." He expanded on that during an interview with EW on SiriusXM, saying:

"Of course he is! Jedi can fall from amazing distances. And there's a long history of one-handed Jedi. So why not?" 

He's right! There's really no reason why Windu wouldn't be alive. Jackson goes on to say...

The time machine has taken many forms over the centuries: Dr. Who, Bill and Ted all ventured through the fourth dimension in a phone booth; Doc Brown used a Delorean; Homer Simpson a toaster; and an illegal Russian energy drink was all it took to send a certain hot tub hopping through the spacetime continuum. When Broad City stars Ilana Glazer and Paul W. Downs, and writer/director Lucia Aniello, decided to put a stoner spin on the genre, they centered their time travel pipe dream around the only logical choice: A bong.

I think it's safe to say that Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor was everyone's least favorite aspect of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. The cold and calculating figure was turned into someone closer to the Joker, with a plan that didn't seem the least bit foolproof from the start. Was Lex betting on Batman to kill Kal-el? What if Superman took out the Dark Knight? What if... Read More...

Sometime between spring and summer my work wardrobe seemed to lose its luster. My once pretty '50s-style floral dresses appeared faded (and not in the purposefully retro sense) and if I showed up to the office in skinny jeans and a Breton tee on one more Monday, I feared I might get kicked out of the fashion department. Being the Style photo editor, I spend most of my days gazing (longingly) at celebs on the red carpet and big city streets. So naturally the pieces I really want are way out of my budget. And I don't even mean the Peter Pilotto, Roksanda Ilincic and Monique Lhuillier get-ups. I'd gladly add a Cushnie et Ochs, Thakoon or Matthew Williamson number to my closet. Then, I had a thought: What if......

What if... We can dream, and thanks to computers, we can make those dreams real. Sort of. I was tipped off yesterday on a video going around YouTube that remixes and edits the latest Spectre trailer so that James Bond is played by Roger Moore, not Daniel Craig. It's not as bad as you think, and it actually uses some very creative editing to pull off the feeling that this could actually be real. As a huge Bond fan myself, I was skeptical about this and whether it would be jittery or smooth, and it actually works well together. The shots he found of Moore fit rather perfectly. Makes me more excited for Spectre. "Q - have I ever let you down?" Below is the new trailer for Roger Moore Back as Bond! What if... Spectre Trailer: / see the original trailer From YouTube: "Roger Moore is back as James Bond!

"What if..." Disney-Pixar has finally debuted the teaser trailer for Peter Sohn's The Good Dinosaur, the next animated movie from Pixar due out in theaters later this year. Pixar's Inside Out is coming up in just a few weeks, and it's likely this teaser is attached to that release. This is the same teaser that Disney has been showing, setting up the basic backstory for the movie. What if the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs didn't actually hit Earth, and they went on to live for years, what would be different? Well, people would be pets, dinosaurs would be the dominate species. There's a hint at that story in the footage at the end. Fire it up! Here's the first teaser trailer for Pixar's The Good Dinosaur, originally from Yahoo: The Good Dinosaur is directed by Peter Sohn (director of Partly Cloudy, animator on The Incredibles and Wall-e). Dinosaurs...

Fans of the Buffy/Angel franchises got a double helping of crossover episodes in late November 1999. With Angel skulking in the shadows in Sunnydale for Pangs, Buffy repaid the compliment by going to La to yell at her former squeeze. If the lacklustre Pangs kept the two apart, then I Will Remember You sees them finally achieve their goal of being a regular, loved-up couple.

At least for 20-ish minutes, any road. This is Angel, don't forget. The man doesn't brood without good reason, given that he's a walking bad luck magnet. I Will Remember You sums up Angel's somewhat hapless existence in that he has to give up the one thing that he's ever wanted in order to be the champion for good. For the more weepy of Angel fans, be warned: you may flood your own lounge by crying rivers in the last five minutes of this episode.

Today marks the final day of the first half of 2014. That flashed by, didn't it? Here are five highlights from this past week while you wait for this afternoon's Smackdown (squeeeeeeeee!)

• Ten Best Dragons - from Toothless to Vermithrax

• Test Interview - filming dance sequences

• What's Wrong With Musicals? - it isn't the talent pool

• What If... The Academy had loved Do The Right Thing 25 years ago? Fight the Power!

• Welcome to the Academy - 271 new invites went out... and, as always, some are headscratchers and some are deliciously welcome

Coming In July

Oscar Chart Updates are in progress and we'll post tomorrow when we start "Halfway Mark" festivities surveying the Best of the Year (thus far).

What else? July's Year of the Month is 1973... so get to watching / rewatching some of the movies from that vintage especially Paper Moon, The Exorcist, Cries and Whispers, and The Way We Were.

Artist Peter Stults pondered "the films of a certain era belonging to another era and everything that would follow." Who would be stars? Who would be the director? How would the film be marketed? From "Unbreakable" by Francis Ford Coppola to "Trainspotting" by Jean-Luc Godard, check out these brilliant entries from his "What If..." series. The "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Fritz Lang poster is especially cool. (Follow the link for more.)...

'Questions' and 'Probabilities' are two things that effect our daily lives in general. This also includes the comic books and CBMs that we hold dear. So with each choice a comic book character may make a choice or action he may take their is always a possible 'What if?' In all honesty, these possibilities  These questions aren't viable when it comes to the comic books themselves. It may involve the actors who embody the characters in movies and studios behind the films. Below, you will find the questions that have troubled me the most in recent years. What if... The Abomination had joined The Avengers instead of The Hulk? In the 2011 Marvel One Shot, 'The Consultant'  it was revealed that the World Security Council wanted Emil Blonsky (The Abomination) to be released from prison in order for him to join The Avengers Initiative. Weirdly, they blamed the destruction...

One film in today's bulletin was able to appeal itself out of an R-rating and into a PG-13, another is Laika's latest stop-motion animated effort and it received a PG-rating and three others land an R. First up is Laika's The BoxTrolls, receiving a none-too-surprising PG rating for the quirky little animated studio and the film that now has a PG-13 on appeal is the Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann comedy The Other Woman. First up for those receiving an R is Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys, which I must admit, while I've never seen the play I'm surprised it's an R-rated movie, I would have put money on it being a family-friendly PG-13, but what do I knowc Next is Luke Greenfield's buddy cop movie, Let's Be Cops, earning an R rating for pretty much everything it can and, to no surprise, Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West...

This week HitFix is revisiting some of the key turning points in recent entertainment history and considering what would have happened if history had turned a bit differently. What if...? My first contribution for "What If?" week here at HitFix asked a very simple question. That's an easy one because it's an either/or proposition, and honestly, it's something I've thought about so many times in the last 20 years that it seemed like the most immediate and obvious topic to cover. There's another question that I've been turning over for a while now, and it's a little more complicated. Part of...

This week HitFix is revisiting some of the key turning points in recent entertainment history and considering what would have happened if history had turned a bit differently. What if...? At the turn of the millennium things were looking up for actor Dougray Scott. He had been hand selected by Tom Cruise to be the villain in the anxiously awaited sequel to the megastar's 1996 blockbuster "Mission: Impossible" and he was all set to follow that up with what might have been a breakout role as Wolverine in Bryan Singer's big screen adaptation of the X-Men comic book series. But when...

This week HitFix is revisiting some of the key turning points in recent entertainment history and considering what would have happened if history had turned a bit differently. What if...?   In October 1986, comedian Joan Rivers debuted her own late night talk show on Fox. It was a move based on Rivers' work as the permanent guest host for Johnny Carson on NBC's "The Tonight Show," which was strong enough for most people to think Rivers might be a logical choice to take over when Carson retired. But that idea fell apart after a confidential memo for NBC executives was...

This week HitFix is revisiting some of the key turning points in recent entertainment history and considering what would have happened if history had turned a bit differently. What if...? In 2003, The Dixie Chicks were on top of the country world, garnering airplay and selling out venues around the world for their tight, strong melodies, lead by Natalie Maines’ strikingly strong, compelling vocals. They were a new breed of country star: completely contemporary and modern. They appreciated the past, but had no desire to revisit it. Then, while on tour in London in March 2003, as the U.S. was preparing...

This week HitFix is revisiting some of the key turning points in recent entertainment history and considering what would have happened if history had turned a bit differently. What if...? In the late '90s, HBO executives had to decide what original drama series would be selected to follow the prison series "Oz." According to HBO executive Carolyn Strauss, the choice came down to two ideas: David Chase's New Jersey mob drama "The Sopranos," and a drama about a female business executive from "My So-Called Life" creator Winnie Holzman. HBO picked "The Sopranos," which became an enormous commercial and critical hit, transformed...

This week HitFix is revisiting some of the key turning points in recent entertainment history and considering what would have happened if history had turned a bit differently. What if...? In the long and luridly storied history of Hollywood breakups, you'd be hard pressed to find an uglier one than the nuclear meltdown that occurred between Woody Allen and his longest-serving muse, Mia Farrow, in 1992. The quintessential New York writer-director and the Beverly Hills-born actress -- an industry princess who had already been married to Frank Sinatra and Andre Previn -- were an unlikely match when they got together in...

This week HitFix is revisiting some of the key turning points in recent entertainment history and considering what would have happened if history had turned a bit differently. What if...? By the time Radiohead had prepared and released their October 2007 album “In Rainbows,” the band had released six albums prior. All but one reached platinum status and they’d earned three top 3 albums on The Billboard 200. Radiohead had split with their record home Emi after 2003’s “Hail to the Thief” and yet continued to dominate on tour. Various members including Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood had also released solo...