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            <news:title>HBO Won&#x27;t Release House of the Dragon Season 4 as Next Game of Thrones Show (Confirmed)</news:title>
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          <image:caption>Rose Mclver in Ghosts.</image:caption>
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            <news:title>Disney+ Makes MCU History With Marvel&#x27;s VisionQuest Villain</news:title>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/seeking-persephone-season-2-series-angel-sarah-m-eden-amazon-prime-video</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-03T00:13:24Z</lastmod>
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                <news:language>en</news:language>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-02T23:37:00Z</lastmod>
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            <news:title>Stephen Graham Explains His Nocturne Killer&#x27;s Twisted Game With Rory Culkin: &quot;Whatever I Need To Do To This Little Mouse, I Will Do&quot; (Exclusive)</news:title>
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            <news:keywords>Apple TV+, Thriller</news:keywords>
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          <image:caption>Stephen Graham in Nocturnal.</image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-02T21:53:28Z</lastmod>
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                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:title>Clayface Movie Concept Art Proves Matt Hagen’s Monstrous Final Form Almost Looked Way Different (Photos)</news:title>
            <news:publication_date>2026-11-02T21:53:28Z</news:publication_date>
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          <image:caption>Tom Rhys Harries as Matt Hagen.</image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-02T21:11:10Z</lastmod>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-11-02T21:11:10Z</news:publication_date>
            <news:keywords>Animation, Warner Bros</news:keywords>
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          <image:caption>The Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 and Thing 3.</image:caption>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-studios-best-look-namor-avengers-doomsday</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-02T21:04:31Z</lastmod>
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                <news:name>The Direct</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:title>Marvel Studios Reveals Best Look Yet at Namor’s New Avengers: Doomsday Suit (Photos)</news:title>
            <news:publication_date>2026-11-02T21:04:31Z</news:publication_date>
            <news:keywords>Avengers: Doomsday, Namor, Doctor Doom, Tenoch Huerta, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Superhero, Robert Downey Jr.</news:keywords>
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          <image:caption>Tenoch Huerta as Namor in Avengers Doomsday vs Wakanda Forever.</image:caption>
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        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-studios-storm-training-photo-mcu-x-men-daredevil</loc>
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            <news:title>Marvel Studios’ New Storm Actress Releases Training Photo Prepping For MCU X-Men Movie With Daredevil’s Trainer</news:title>
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            <news:keywords>Marvel Studios, X-Men (Team)</news:keywords>
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            <news:title>Avengers: Doomsday Officially Features 7 Pre-MCU Marvel Actors</news:title>
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          <image:caption>Professor X, Magneto, and Doctor Doom behind the Avengers: Doomsday logo.</image:caption>
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            <news:title>DC Studios Confirms a Familiar DCU Villain Joins Creature Commandos Season 2’s Main Cast</news:title>
            <news:publication_date>2026-11-02T16:05:40Z</news:publication_date>
            <news:keywords>The Suicide Squad (Movie), Creature Commandos (Series), HBO Max, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Superhero</news:keywords>
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          <image:caption>Creature Commandos heroes, DC Studios logo.</image:caption>
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                <news:language>en</news:language>
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          <image:caption>Disney originals.</image:caption>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-11-02T05:39:59Z</news:publication_date>
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          <image:caption>MCU Netflix heroes, Marvel Studios logo</image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-11-02T04:45:26Z</lastmod>
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                <news:name>The Direct</news:name>
                <news:language>en</news:language>
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            <news:publication_date>2026-11-02T04:45:26Z</news:publication_date>
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                <news:name>The Direct</news:name>
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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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          <image:caption>Sebastian Stan, Bat Signal, Gotham city skyline</image:caption>
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          <image:caption>Carrie series Summer H. Howell as Carrie, Thalia Dudek as Emaline</image:caption>
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      <url>
        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/star-wars-starfighter-ryan-gosling-character-lucasfilm-spin-offs-movie</loc>
        <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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          <image:caption>Ryan Gosling</image:caption>
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      <url>
        <loc>https://thedirect.com/article/james-gunn-dcu-nerf-superman</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-11-01T18:22:46Z</lastmod>
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            <news:publication>
                <news:name>The Direct</news:name>
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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>
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          <image:caption>James Gunn&#x27;s Superman</image:caption>
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