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X-Men ’97’s Director Talks Mutant Circuits, Morph, and More
Gizmodo sits down with X-Men ’97 director Jake Castorena to talk fastball specials and revisiting one of X-Men: The Animated Series’ unsung heroes.
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No One’s Having a Good Time on Star Trek: Picard, and That’s Great
Star Trek: Picard season three has so far been, even with the promise of greater stakes to come, something of a relaxing, almost idealistic venture. It’s been about our heroes being the heroes we want them to be, getting things done consequences be damned, about the discovery of legacy, and so on. This week however…
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Chess Star Sues Netflix Because Queen’s Gambit Erased Her Accolades
Female Soviet chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili is suing Netflix for $US5 million after a scene in the hit show Queen’s Gambit falsely claimed she had never played against men. In fact, she claims to have played and beaten dozens of men. In the suit, Gaprindashvili called the incorrect dialogue “grossly sexist”. The lawsuit was filed…
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DC’s Madame Xanadu Is Getting a TV Series From Angela Robinson
We might not be getting a Gambit movie anytime soon, but at least we’ve got another card-wielding superhuman on the way: DC Comics’ Madame Xanadu. True Blood writer and executive producer Angela Robinson is heading to HBO Max with a new TV series based on the immortal clairvoyant, with J.J. Abrams serving as producer.