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>X-Men ‘97 doesn’t close out its second season with a funeral for Kurt, nor does a sense of mournful dread fill the air. This was a deliberate choice by the show’s storytellers. “It’s a different kind of sad,” Castorena says. “It’s almost a hopeful thing.”

>“We boarded that at least three or four different ways – and I mean truly completely different ways,” explains the supervising producer. “There was one instance where [the X-Men] were all having dinner at the family table together and we cut to reveal that there was an empty chair that was for Kurt. They make him a plate even though he’s not there.”

>Kurt’s fate on the animated show has been set in motion for a while. “Nightcrawler was supposed to die in Season 1 instead of Gambit,” Castorena reveals. “And then fast-forward to Season 2, we got Gambit back, [but] we lost Kurt.”

>“As of right now, we already shipped the last episode of Season 3 to go get animated,” Castorena shares. “We’re already getting animation back for Season 3 and we are well underway in pre-production for Season 4. We’re storyboarding, [doing] animatic, and editing in Season 4.”

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>Jake Castorena: She(Randall Carpetner) was game from the get-go, which is great. That's the best part about a lot of our legacy cast that we are able to reach out to. They want to play! It's like, "Oh hell yeah, I'm back in, let's go." And the best part about her voicing Mystique again is that she's like, "These are old shoes." It's just so great watching our legacy cast just fall right back into that groove. That being said, you'll just have to watch season 3 to see if she does become as prominent of a character as people may or may not hope or ponder. I'm answering the question without really answering the question, I'm aware. That being said, I don't think Mystique fans will be disappointed.

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> I think technically, she’s not responsible for any deaths. But you come away with the impression, certainly, that she’s caused a lot of destruction in mayhem. Even if you’re going to have a villain who really is redeemed at the end or goes through a transformation, you have to start them off in a place where they feel formidable. If it doesn’t feel like this is going to be someone who is a challenge to our hero, physically, emotionally, mentally, then you don’t really buy it.

>What we were really excited about was this villain got to be a mystery for so long in the movie. We were in Peter’s shoes. We were not putting the audience ahead of him, so he was reacting to everything, and we were with him reacting.

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>We at The Cosmic Circus have been able to confirm from sources that a portion of this film will be set in the underwater nation of Talokan, which made its debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever back in 2022.

>With the inclusion of Talokan in the upcoming installment of the Black Panther franchise, it is expected that Tenoch Huerta will return as Namor, as well as other Talokans, including Mabel Cadena as Namora and Alex Livinalli as Attuma. We have also been informed that casting processes have already begun, with Marvel and agencies looking for both Wakandan and Talokan extras for the movie. As for the role of the underwater nation in Black Panther 3, that information is not yet known. However, given the unsteady alliance that Wakanda and Talokan have following Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the upcoming test of their alliance in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, we can expect the next Black Panther outing to build upon those tensions.

>Now, what happens in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars with Namor, Shuri, Talokan, and Wakanda is still very much up in the air. But from what sources have told us, it’s looking as though Namor may be forced to bend the knee once again, but this time towards another ruler in order to save his people. (Shuri will remember that. And so will certain Talokans.)

>one rumor that I heard as of late from one source, which I ask that readers take with a grain of salt. That said, the rumor involves the return of a popular character from the Black Panther franchise back for the upcoming installment…That is Queen Mother Ramonda, portrayed by Academy Award winner Angela Basset, who was nominated for the role for her portrayal in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. How exactly she would fit into this movie still is a mystery, given her death in the last film. However, with the Ancestral Plane, which we have been informed will play a more prominent role in this film (as opposed to the last two), we suppose anything is possible.