“It wasn’t like X-Men fans weren’t primed for those yellow spandex suits. Leading up to the movie’s debut, X-Men: The Animated Series was one of the most popular superheroes shows on TV, spawning an entire cinematic universe that included Spider-Man: The Animated Series, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, and The Silver Surfer. And yet, the movies practically pretended the show didn’t exist. That was kids’ stuff. This is serious.” Read more at Inverse Love live the king. Marvel Studios has decided against recasting the role of T’Challa/Black Panther, played by the late Chadwick Boseman. Read more at The Mary Sue Remember this random skull from Return of the Jedi? It’s now going to be an action figure (of sorts) you can purchase. “Truly though, because this is Star Wars and the banalest things can be made incredibly dumb by way of unnecessarily detailed background story, this actually is kind of exciting. It means one of the ultimate heroes of Return of the Jedi, of Star Wars at large even, is finally going to get their due: that’s right folks, one of the included skulls is none other than that of Bidlo Kwerve, the bone that saved Luke Skywalker from certain death.” Read more at Gizmodo From Jim Carrey to Eddie Murphy, see how some comedy icons performed when they attempted to switch their careers towards drama. Read more at The A.V. Club Woah, the campaign mode for Halo: Infinite dropped out of nowhere ahead of its release date. “You might want to dust off your fake sneeze. Halo Infinite’s multiplayer component, which was initially slated for a December 8 release, is available today. Microsoft announced the news during Xbox’s 20th-anniversary stream. And yes, it’s still a separate free-to-play mode. I’m, uh, suddenly not feeling so hot, boss.” Read more at Kotaku Good news, Game of Thrones fans, George R.R. Martin has been in regular communication with the creators of The House of Dragon. Read more at Mental Floss
