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Marvel Animation’s acclaimed revival returns to Disney+ for a second season that breaks its own team apart, throwing the X-Men across time — from ancient Egypt to the far future — as Apocalypse rises. New head writer Matthew Chauncey takes over from Beau DeMayo, while the legacy voice cast returns for a nine-episode run.

The last 16 has exposed the real dividing line at the World Cup, and it is not talent — it is whether a side can break down a deep, compact defence. Ranked on that single tactical axis, from Spain’s positional machine to a Brazil built for space it no longer gets, the hierarchy of favourites reshuffles.

For Disney’s live-action Vaiana, Lin-Manuel Miranda returns to the franchise he helped define — this time handing the songs to Dwayne Johnson and debut lead Catherine Laga’aia to perform on camera. Thirteen tracks. A composer’s architecture tested against voices built for something other than musical theater.