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Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender faces a common problem with shows featuring young actors: how they’ll age as the series continues. Fans worried about this from the start, and the recent trailer for Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 seems to confirm those concerns. It’s a reminder that even with a lot of effort and care, the natural process of actors growing older can be difficult for long-running live-action shows.

Horror is still thriving, and next year looks particularly exciting. We’ll see more films entering the public domain, like The Dark Domain: Mickey vs Winnie, alongside highly anticipated sequels such as Scream 7, DC’s Clayface, and a new Evil Dead movie. Beyond these, several upcoming titles have the potential to become major hits, reaching a wide audience and possibly even achieving classic status.

On December 10, 2025, SNEG unexpectedly released a completely revamped version of the classic game, The Temple of Elemental Evil, exciting Dungeons & Dragons fans. The original Temple of Elemental Evil was released by Atari in 2003 and was the first video game to utilize the 3.5 edition rules. It also marked the first time players could explore the Greyhawk campaign setting, based on the tabletop campaign of the same name originally published by TSR, Inc. in 1985, but using the older 1st edition rules. Now, after over 20 years, the game has returned with all known issues fixed.

Despite being a compelling villain, the Reverse-Flash hasn’t appeared in comics for five years, and that was the right decision. His retirement was a powerful and definitive conclusion, providing closure for both his story and Barry Allen’s time as the main Flash. This happened in the “Finish Line” storyline, which marked the end of Joshua Williamson’s impressive 101-issue run on The Flash (2016).

1984 was a significant year for film adaptations, with both Dune and Nineteen Eighty-Four hitting theaters. These movies were based on influential books that had a huge impact on how people envisioned the future. Authors Frank Herbert and George Orwell inspired countless writers and helped establish the science fiction genre. Translating these complex novels to the big screen was a challenge, and directors David Lynch and Michael Radford were chosen to bring these stories to life visually. Despite high expectations and years of anticipation from fans, both films ultimately disappointed audiences.

Besides the six main characters, Gunther—the barista at Central Perk—appeared in more episodes than anyone else, showing up over 100 times. That’s significantly more than the next most frequent guest star, Jack Geller, who appeared 21 times. However, Gunther was mostly a background character and often wasn’t even credited. He didn’t speak his first line until the 33rd episode (his 24th appearance), in Season 2’s “The One With Phoebe’s Dad.”

By comparing what happens on screen – how the monsters behave and what affects them – to their established strengths and weaknesses, you can predict how the story will end, how powerful the heroes (like Will, who’s become a skilled sorcerer) will become, and exactly what it will take to permanently seal the gate to the Upside Down.

Many anime series have highlighted a strong year for the medium, including popular fall releases like My Hero Academia. However, not every show lived up to expectations, and three in particular were especially disappointing, each failing in its own way.

Although it’s not official, rumors are circulating that Tom Holland will reprise his role as Spider-Man in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars films. Some fans believe this would be an ideal opportunity to give his Spider-Man the Venom symbiote upgrade. An artist on Instagram, @spdrmnkyxxiii, recently created fan art depicting this possibility with a unique twist: a Venom Spider-Man designed to resemble Vecna, the powerful villain from Stranger Things. Many think this design would be a great fit for the Venom character within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

This guide focuses on playing alone, but the skills and strategy work just as well when playing with a group. If you’re good at quickly defeating enemies on your own, you’ll be able to do the same for bosses with your team.