James Whitbrook
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X-Men ’97 Is Now One of Disney+’s Biggest Animated Series
The X-Men have landed on Disney+ with all the force of a particularly well-crafted optic blast. Disney has revealed that X-Men ‘97’s premiere on the streamer last week has smashed records for the platform—and it’s not just helping out the new show, either. This week Disney confirmed (via Deadline) that the opening two-episode premiere of…
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Cyclops Has Always Been This Good
When X-Men ‘97 hit Disney+ last week, enrapt viewers all shouted one thing—other than “To me, my X-men!”—as they saw Marvel’s mutants back in action: “Where has this Cyclops been?” The comics. He’s been in the comics. X-Men ‘97 has already proven to be a smash hit for Marvel, throwing audiences back to the heady…
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X-Men ’97 Gives a Classic Cartoon a Fresh, Familiar Coat of Paint
The X-Men never die. In the comics, that’s sometimes more literal than metaphorical, more meta text than actual text. But it always means that, for the most part, no matter how long the X-Men wane, they always come back: the same but different, adapted to the latest age of a world that hates and fears…
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The Acolyte’s First Trailer Plunges Star Wars Into Twilight
Star Wars’ next live-action project is one of its most ambitious yet—a series that will bring a previously unexplored era to the small screen, and with it darkness. The Acolyte, a story that will foretell the downfall of the Jedi Order from its highest highs and examine the rise of the Dark Side, is nearly…