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    Marvel’s Wanda has a future, but “WandaVision” fate unclear

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    This image provided by Marvel Studios shows Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in a scene from "WandaVision." (Marvel Studios via AP)

    By Lynn Elber, Television Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    When "WandaVision" wraps its initial run next month on the Disney+ streaming service, Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda will make her next appearance in the big-screen "Doctor Strange" sequel.

    It's storytelling that determines how and when characters from the Marvel Comics universe hopscotch between TV and movies, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige said Wednesday.

    "All of the crossover between series, between films, will always vary based on the story," Feige said. "Sometimes (a series) will go into a season two, sometimes it'll go into a feature and then back into a series."

    Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch, plays opposite Benedict Cumberbatch's title character in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," planned for a 2022 release.

    Feige wouldn't say whether "WandaVision," Marvel Studios' first original series for Disney+, has a future after its March 5 season finale. The riff on generations of TV sitcoms — with the added superhero twist — brought Wanda and Paul Bettany's character, Vision, to the fore from the "Avengers" movie franchise.

    "I've been at Marvel for too long to say a definite no or definite yes to anything," Feige replied when asked about the show's future during a virtual panel discussion held by the Television Critics Association. But second seasons are being considered and planned for series, he said, without giving away details.

    There's a flurry of potential new Disney+ candidates, including "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," debuting March 19 with Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprising their roles from "Avengers: Endgame." 

    "Loki," starring Tom Hiddleston revisiting his character following the events of "Endgame," debuts June 11. After "Ms. Marvel" arrives on the streaming service (with the date yet to be announced), the character will move to the next "Captain Marvel" movie, Feige said.

    He was asked if shifting Marvel stories and characters between film and TV might end up cutting into the potential audience.

    "I always say when the lights go down and and a movie starts, it's a clean slate — forget everything that's come before and be able to enjoy something that's its own self-contained story line," Feige said. He acknowledged that as the studio makes more shows and films and introduces new characters, it "becomes harder and harder" to meet that goal.

    "But it is something that all of our writers and filmmakers pay great attention to, to make sure that fans can follow" the latest chapter and that newcomers can enjoy it too, he said.

    When the Walt Disney Co. acquired Marvel Entertainment for about $4 billion in 2009, prior deals left some of its properties with other studios. Asked if Marvel Studios might be able to regain them, Feige said he believes it could happen, but added that "rumors online about things reverting" to Marvel aren't always true.

     

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    EU accuses TikTok of “addictive design” that harms children, seeks changes to protect users

    Friday, February 6, 2026
    The icon for the TikTok video sharing app is seen on a smartphone in Marple Township, Pa., Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

    The European Union on Friday accused TikTok of breaching the bloc's digital rules with "addictive design" features that lead to compulsive use by children, in preliminary charges that strike at the heart of the popular video sharing app's operating model.

    EU regulators said their two-year investigation found that TikTok hasn't done enough to assess how features such as autoplay and infinite scroll could harm the physical and mental health of users, including minors and "vulnerable adults."

    The European Commission said it believes TikTok should change the "basic design" of its service. The commission is the EU's executive arm and enforcer of the 27-nation bloc's Digital Services Act, a sweeping rulebook that requires social media companies to clean up their platforms and protect users, under threat of hefty fines.

    TikTok denied the accusations.

    "The Commission's preliminary findings present a categorically false and entirely meritless depiction of our platform, and we will take whatever steps are necessary to challenge these findings through every means available to us," the company said in a statement.

    TikTok's features including infinite scrolling, autoplay, push notifications, and highly personalized recommender systems "lead to the compulsive use of the app, especially for our kids, and this poses major risks to their mental health and wellbeing," Commission spokesman Thomas Regnier said at a press briefing in Brussels.

    "The measures that TikTok has in place are simply not enough," he said.

    The company now has a chance to defend itself and reply to the commission's findings. Regnier said "if they don't do this properly," Brussels could issue a so-called non-compliance decision and possible fine worth up to 6% of... Read More

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