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        <lastmod>2026-11-02T17:05:16Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Avengers: Doomsday Officially Features 7 Pre-MCU Marvel Actors</news:title>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-02T16:05:40Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>DC Studios Confirms a Familiar DCU Villain Joins Creature Commandos Season 2’s Main Cast</news:title>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-02T15:27:55Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Disney Officially Confirms Sequel Plans For Classic 2000&#x27;s Animated Movie With Original Cast And New Songs</news:title>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-02T05:39:59Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Marvel Studios Confirms Big Time Jump for Phase 6&#x27;s Netflix Crossover</news:title>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-02T04:45:26Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Marvel Retcons Avengers: Age Of Ultron&#x27;s Ending With New Iron Man Sequel</news:title>
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            <news:keywords>Avengers: Age of Ultron, VisionQuest</news:keywords>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-02T03:13:17Z</lastmod>
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                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:title>The Batman 2: New Photo Seemingly Confirms Sebastian Stan Will Be Playing DC Arkham Supervillain Victor Zsasz And Brian Tyree Henry Will Portray Harvey Dent aka Two-Face</news:title>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/carrie-season-2-emaline-summer-h-howell-mike-flanagan-story-amazon-prime-video</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-02T00:44:51Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Carrie Season 2&#x27;s Emaline Story Gets Teased By Amazon Prime Video Series Star Summer Howell: &#x27;You Can See Why Mike Flanagan Decided To Do It This Way&#x27; (Exclusive)</news:title>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-01T21:27:24Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Star Wars Announces Ryan Gosling&#x27;s Starfighter Character Will Appear In 3 Spin-offs Before Lucasfilm Even Releases His Movie</news:title>
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            <news:keywords>Star Wars: Starfighter, Ryan Gosling</news:keywords>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/james-gunn-dcu-nerf-superman</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-01T18:22:46Z</lastmod>
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                <news:name>The Direct</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:title>James Gunn&#x27;s DCU Just Nerfed Its 4th Major Superhero After Superman</news:title>
            <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T18:22:46Z</news:publication_date>
            <news:keywords>Lanterns (Series), James Gunn, Green Lantern Corps (Team), Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Superhero, Superman (2025), DCU Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters, Superman, Supergirl</news:keywords>
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          <image:caption>James Gunn&#x27;s Superman</image:caption>
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      <url>
        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/james-gunn-dcu-warner-bros-skydance-dc-studios-future</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-01T17:56:59Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>James Gunn&#x27;s DCU Future After Warner Bros-Skydance Merger Gets Clarified By DC Studios Boss</news:title>
            <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T17:56:59Z</news:publication_date>
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          <image:caption>James Gunn, Paramount and Warner Bros logos</image:caption>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/spider-man-brand-new-day-sadie-sink-follow-up-movie</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-01T12:04:32Z</lastmod>
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                <news:name>The Direct</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:title>Sadie Sink Chooses Perfect Follow-Up Movie to &#x27;Spider-Man: Brand New Day&#x27;</news:title>
            <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T12:04:32Z</news:publication_date>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/lanterns-dc-james-gunn-aaron-pierre-john-stewart-superman-2-man-of-tomorrow</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-01T11:38:31Z</lastmod>
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                <news:name>The Direct</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:title>DC&#x27;s Lanterns Showrunner Admits James Gunn Didn&#x27;t Actually Tell Them That Aaron Pierre&#x27;s John Stewart Would Be Returning In Superman 2: Man Of Tomorrow At First</news:title>
            <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T10:45:12Z</news:publication_date>
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          <image:caption>Aaron Pierre, Green Lantern background</image:caption>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/spider-man-beyond-the-spider-verse-sony-summer-2027</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-01T08:30:58Z</lastmod>
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                <news:name>The Direct</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:title>Sony Officially Confirms New Spider-Verse Release 7 Months Before &#x27;Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse&#x27; Hits Theaters And Takes Over Summer 2027</news:title>
            <news:publication_date>2026-11-01T08:30:58Z</news:publication_date>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-studios-deadpool-avengers-doomsday-cameo</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-01T07:58:01Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Marvel Studios Finally Confirms Deadpool&#x27;s Return, Right As Ryan Reynolds&#x27; &#x27;Avengers Doomsday&#x27; Appearance Speculation Hits A New High</news:title>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-01T07:45:34Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Marvel Studios Announces First-Ever &#x27;Guardians of the Galaxy&#x27; Revival Without James Gunn</news:title>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/spider-man-brand-new-day-mark-ruffalo-hulk-beard</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-01T00:52:20Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>New &#x27;Spider-Man: Brand New Day&#x27; Photo Proves Mark Ruffalo&#x27;s Hulk Nearly Got His Own First-Ever Beard In The Movie</news:title>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/dc-henry-cavill-superman-legacy</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-10-31T23:35:07Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>4 Years Ago, DC Tainted Henry Cavill&#x27;s Superman Legacy Forever</news:title>
            <news:publication_date>2026-10-31T23:35:07Z</news:publication_date>
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          <image:caption>Henry Cavill as Superman</image:caption>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/nickelodeon-tv-series-skydance-merger</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-10-31T21:38:22Z</lastmod>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/ahsoka-season-2-live-action-fallen-jedi-star-wars-disney-series</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-10-31T21:17:55Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Ahsoka Season 2 Spoilers: First Look at Live-Action &#x27;Fallen Jedi&#x27; In Star Wars&#x27; Next Disney+ Series Possibly Revealed, Connecting To Obi-Wan Kenobi Lightsaber Canon (Photos)</news:title>
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