The latest trailer for Avengers: Doomsday gave fans a fresh look at the X-Men, starting with Professor X, played by Patrick Stewart, in his classic silver wheelchair. This version of the chair is different from the yellow, hovering chair seen in X-Men: The Animated Series and more recently depicted in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
A recent post by Alex Perez from My Cosmic Circus explains that the X-Men appearing in Avengers: Doomsday won’t be the same characters we’ve seen in the Fox films. Instead, they’ll be alternate versions from a different reality. Perez says this reality experienced events similar to those in the original X-Men trilogy and Days of Future Past.
Our TV experts at Ebaster have rounded up the top shows to watch this week on popular streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Peacock, and Paramount+. Check out what everyone’s talking about, plus some timeless favorites!
As a huge Marvel fan, I’ve really enjoyed seeing Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel! She’s popped up in a few places now – the first season of Ms. Marvel, the movie The Marvels, and even in the animated Marvel Zombies series. There’s been a lot of buzz about her possibly being in Avengers: Doomsday, but so far, Marvel hasn’t officially said if that’s happening.
This season of Potomac featured some major off-screen developments for the cast, including Wendy’s indictment and Karen’s DUI conviction and sentencing. While I’m a bit frustrated by the decision, I get why the finale will be an exclusive one-on-one interview with Karen, led by Andy Cohen, rather than a separate special or an appearance on Watch What Happens Live. It makes sense given the significance of these events.
While the rest of Run Amok doesn’t hit quite as hard as this particular scene, its unsettling atmosphere lingers throughout the film. What’s striking is that the adults are the ones most deeply affected by the tragedy, not the children—even Meg, who eventually learns she was at school during the shooting. The teachers carry orange toy guns and some are disturbingly quick to use them. Mr. Hunt, the woodworking teacher (Bill Camp), obsessively shoots at squirrels to protect the birds in a birdhouse he built, a heavy-handed symbol that becomes even more obvious as the film goes on. Mr. Shelby (Patrick Wilson), who lost his hand and killed the shooter, is overly supportive of Meg, seemingly trying to atone for what he feels he failed to prevent. Ultimately, all the adults are haunted by their inability to protect the children.
Bloys hinted that a fourth season isn’t off the table, but it depends on what creator Sam Levinson wants to do with the show and his career. He’s currently focused on season three, and they’ll need to discuss his plans next. A bigger question is whether the main cast – including Jacob Elordi, Zendaya, and Sydney Sweeney – would be willing to return for another season. It might be best to wait and see how season three is received before making any decisions.
Although plans for a third Spider-Man movie starring Andrew Garfield were scrapped, there’s still a chance the storyline from Spider-Man: Brand New Day could happen. This story would start a fresh direction for Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and could introduce the character Black Cat. If you’re curious about how Spider-Man and Black Cat might interact, Marvel’s ongoing Spider-Man comic series offers a preview.
Marvel movies and shows often feel the need to finish with a large-scale battle, even when the story doesn’t necessarily call for it. However, in Wonder Man, Simon Williams only uses his powers to fight bad guys once, midway through the series. The other character with powers, DeMarr Davis, doesn’t fight at all – instead, he rescues people from a fire and goes through a dramatic personal journey that involves a missing celebrity. Despite ending with a powerful display of Wonder Man’s abilities, the show doesn’t conclude with a typical finale fight.
Rishi Ramdani, a sharp and often crude trader played by Radia on HBO’s Industry, thrives on risky situations – the kind he’d definitely bet on. He’s a fan favorite, despite being older and more abrasive than the recent college graduates he works with at a London investment firm. In the show’s first season, Rishi was known for his outrageous and sexually explicit comments on the trading floor. While Radia initially received more praise for those lines (many added in post-production) than for his acting, the series evolved beyond simple workplace drama. Rishi’s relentless pursuit of more – both financially and personally – came to represent the excesses of the wealthy and the show’s growing complexity. We see him engaging in reckless behavior, like doing drugs and having an affair with a colleague at his own wedding. A particularly memorable episode showed his attempt to adapt to a quieter life in the countryside while struggling with a large gambling debt, ultimately ending tragically with the murder of his wife. The show’s creators deliberately create difficult situations for their characters at the end of each season, and season four pushes Rishi’s story to its darkest point yet.