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Henry Cavill isn’t the only big name joining the new “Highlander” movie! Russell Crowe will play Ramirez in the reboot and recently shared a photo on X (formerly Twitter) showing off his training. The post, with the classic line “There can be only one…”, quickly went viral, racking up over a million views. The photo reveals Crowe has gotten noticeably fit for the action-packed remake.

The Spider-Noir series draws inspiration from both the Spider-Man version featured in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and the original comic book character. The story centers around a down-on-his-luck private investigator, played by Nicolas Cage, who is forced to face his history as a superhero and consider if he should become one again.

Though it first aired nearly ten years ago, Counterpart is still considered by many to be one of the best science fiction shows of recent times. Starring J.K. Simmons, the series received high praise for its depiction of alternate realities and strong acting. Sadly, despite two fantastic seasons, it was canceled prematurely.

Val is right to be concerned – there are serious issues happening behind the scenes. After accidentally sending a voice note to the studio, Brandon Wollack appears on the set of How’s That?! to tell Valerie that Josh and Mary have been fired. His explanation – that the studio owns the actors’ names and their silence, so everything is fine – isn’t very comforting, and it’s even worse to learn that the showrunner position has been given to the clearly unqualified Marco. Brandon claims they don’t need a head writer because AI can simply copy the work of others, which feels like a step backward. He’s a disturbing figure, as you’d expect from a studio executive, and he expertly manipulates Val to keep her compliant. He appeals to her ego and desire for approval by praising the pilot’s test scores and thanking her for keeping the show from becoming a bigger problem for NuNet. (It’s almost like he’s studied past seasons of The Comeback.) However, Brandon offers Val no advice on how to tell the actors about the changes, especially since she’s not allowed to reveal that the show is being written by AI.

The movie version of the character is just as endearing as fans remember from the video game. And the story behind Shadow in Sonic 3 adds depth, making him a more sympathetic and compelling character.