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Marvel’s Brad Winderbaum has stated that Daredevil: Born Again will be different from other streaming series, intended as a yearly event on Disney+. While they’re already planning future seasons, including a third, the fast production schedule might be creating challenges during the editing and finishing process.

In the fifth season of Stranger Things, Jamie Campbell Bower returns as both Vecna and Henry. We learn Henry was once Holly Nell Fisher’s imaginary friend, a guise he used to find and manipulate children for his sinister plans. Meanwhile, Vecna has recovered his strength after almost being defeated by Steve, Nancy, Robin, and Eleven. The season’s first volume ends with Vecna revealing his goal: to connect a group of children to his mind, allowing him to transform the real world into the terrifying Upside Down.

The latest season of Stranger Things continues the show’s pattern of dividing the characters into smaller groups, but this time, they’re more united. The fifth and final season picks up 18 months after a catastrophic event devastated Hawkins. It’s now fall 1987, and the town is under strict military quarantine, making it nearly impossible to leave. The group has been secretly exploring the Upside Down to locate Vecna, unaware that he’s been hiding in plain sight, disguised as a friendly figure named Mr. Whatsit to Holly Wheeler. In the fourth episode of Season 5, titled “Sorcerer,” the search for Holly intensifies alongside a mission to rescue Vecna’s other victims.

The movie The Life of Chuck will start streaming on Hulu on December 26th. It’s been available to buy or rent digitally on platforms like Prime Video since July 29th, but this is the first time viewers can watch it through a streaming service.

Since its release in Japan on November 21st, the movie Scarlet hasn’t resonated well with viewers, currently holding a 2.9-star rating on Filmarks. This is significantly lower than other popular anime releases this year, like Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc (4.3 stars) and Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle (4.2 stars). Reports also indicate a weak opening weekend, with theaters less than 5% full on the first day. Even on the first Saturday – usually a busy time for anime – many screenings were more than half empty. Despite being released in a large number of theaters – the third-highest of any anime in Japan this year after Demon Slayer and Detective Conan – Scarlet only earned 61 million yen on its opening day.