Why Adam Sandler would agree to travel to Venus when he’s married to Carey Mulligan, we don’t know—but that’s what happens in a new movie coming to Netflix.
Source: io9 – Carey Mulligan Boards Adam Sandler’s Netflix Sci-Fi Drama Spaceman
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A Teensy Falcon and the Winter Soldier Featurette Salutes the Series' Most Satisfying Fight
So far, at least. It’s certainly reasonable that the Disney+ series has something even grander planned for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s final two episodes, but whatever spectacle is on the way, it’s hard to imagine it being more satisfying than last week’s episode, where Ayo (Florence Kasumba) and the Dora…
Source: io9 – A Teensy Falcon and the Winter Soldier Featurette Salutes the Series’ Most Satisfying Fight
Renegade Rule Follows 4 Queer BFFs Who Become Top-Notch Gamers Together
Described as “a beautiful tale of gaming, LGBT friendship, and joy,” Renegade Rule, from creators Ben Kahn, Rachel Silverstein, and Sam Beck, is arriving from Dark Horse on May 26, but we’ve got an exclusive peek coming at you today.
Source: io9 – Renegade Rule Follows 4 Queer BFFs Who Become Top-Notch Gamers Together
In the Earth's Ben Wheatley on Folk Horror and Post-Pandemic Storytelling
Ben Wheatley’s In the Earth is a folk horror tale and trippy sci-fi story. It follows a park ranger and a scientist who head deep into the woods to find a missing colleague and discover some deeply weird, deeply disturbing forces lurking among (and within) the trees. With the movie arriving later this week, io9 spoke…
Source: io9 – In the Earth’s Ben Wheatley on Folk Horror and Post-Pandemic Storytelling
A Key House of the Dragon Cast Member Was Just Revealed by George R.R. Martin Himself
You’ve heard of the Kingslayer and now you’re about to meet the Kingmaker.
Source: io9 – A Key House of the Dragon Cast Member Was Just Revealed by George R.R. Martin Himself
Marvel's Winter Soldier Success Barely Benefits His Comics Creators
Despite comic book superheroes being some of the biggest moneymakers on screens big and small lately, the creators who brought them to life in the first place rarely get more than a fraction of that financial success coming their way. But as Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier cooks up a storm on Disney+, …
Source: io9 – Marvel’s Winter Soldier Success Barely Benefits His Comics Creators
Out of The Order's Ashes, Netflix Finds The Imperfects
The streaming giant may have canceled the well-regarded The Order last November, but it isn’t done with the show’s creators by a long shot. Netflix has announced The Imperfects, a new sci-fi series from the same team.
Source: io9 – Out of The Order’s Ashes, Netflix Finds The Imperfects
Indiana Jones 5 Adds Mads Mikkelsen to Its List of Priceless Artifacts
It feels like we’ve known about a fifth Indiana Jones movie for years and years at this point (mostly because we have, time’s just exhausting like that). But, at long last, it seems like Harrison Ford’s return to whip-cracking archaeological antics is finally starting to pick up the pace of a perilously large rolling…
Source: io9 – Indiana Jones 5 Adds Mads Mikkelsen to Its List of Priceless Artifacts
Future State: Gotham Will See the Red Hood Rise to Hunt Batman
DC Comics has released a first look at Future State: Gotham #1 today and Jason Todd’s Red Hood is hunting heroes.
Source: io9 – Future State: Gotham Will See the Red Hood Rise to Hunt Batman
Get Mass Effect 2 for $1 So You Can Compare It to the Remaster Next Month
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Source: io9 – Get Mass Effect 2 for So You Can Compare It to the Remaster Next Month
Director Mike Flanagan's Next Project Will Add Sci-Fi Into His Horror Toolkit
Director Mike Flanagan—who rose to the A-list thanks to his pair of Haunting Netflix series and his big-screen take on Doctor Sleep, Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining—has announced his next project. He’ll be tackling sci-fi horror with an adaptation of Christopher Pike’s 1993 novel The Season of Passage.
Source: io9 – Director Mike Flanagan’s Next Project Will Add Sci-Fi Into His Horror Toolkit
The Creepy Doll Film Benny Loves You Could Give Chucky a Run for His Money
Chucky is the king of the creepy doll killers, but there may be new contender in the form of a little red bear named Benny.
Source: io9 – The Creepy Doll Film Benny Loves You Could Give Chucky a Run for His Money
Marvel Brings Back Amazing Fantasy, Emphasis on the Fantasy
In 1962, Marvel Comics released Amazing Fantasy #15, an unassuming comic that happened to debut Spider-Man. The title was canceled immediately afterward so Spidey could move on to bigger and more titular series, but had brief revivals in 1995 and 2004. Now Spider-Man: Reign’s Kaare Andrews is bringing Amazing Fantasy…
Source: io9 – Marvel Brings Back Amazing Fantasy, Emphasis on the Fantasy
Andor Star Stellan Skarsgård Has the Sickest of Burns for the Rest of Star Wars
Stellan Skarsgård is considered a stellar (not sorry) actor for his roles in projects like The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Good Will Hunting, and Chernobyl. But chances are he’ll be best remembered for his genre roles, like whoever he ends up playing in the upcoming Star Wars TV series Andor. That doesn’t mean he’s…
Source: io9 – Andor Star Stellan Skarsgård Has the Sickest of Burns for the Rest of Star Wars
An Epic Space Journey Awaits in This Excerpt From Tade Thompson's New Sci-Fi Tale
The latest from Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Tade Thompson (Rosewater) isn’t out until October, but io9 has a sneak peek today with an exclusive cover reveal and an excerpt from Far From the Light of Heaven. It’s a standalone sci-fi novel that follows a high-stakes mystery that unfolds aboard a colony ship.
Source: io9 – An Epic Space Journey Awaits in This Excerpt From Tade Thompson’s New Sci-Fi Tale
David Oyelowo's The Water Man Trailer Blends Family, Fantasy, and Adventure
Actor David Oyelowo is taking a crack at directing and the trailer for his first film is all kinds of heartbreaking and beautiful.
Source: io9 – David Oyelowo’s The Water Man Trailer Blends Family, Fantasy, and Adventure
Army Of the Dead's Zombies Are Organizing
There are many corporations that work hard to keep workers from unionizing, and Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead appears to be a zombie movie attempting to explain the most important reason why: there’s power in numbers.
Source: io9 – Army Of the Dead’s Zombies Are Organizing
Star Trek: Picard Started Out as a Mere Scene in a Short Trek
Mega-producer Akiva Goldsman has a lot of say about the new era of Star Trek, which stands to reason as he’s one of the people making it. And he’s revealed that the show that eventually became Picard wasn’t supposed to be a show in the first place—hell, it wasn’t even supposed to include Patrick Stewart.
Source: io9 – Star Trek: Picard Started Out as a Mere Scene in a Short Trek
Mortal Kombat's Sub-Zero Casting Informed the Entire Film
When director Simon McQuoid signed on to make Mortal Kombat he was sure of one thing. It was something that eventually trickled down to almost everything else in the video game adaptation. “I knew I wanted Joe [Taslim] as Sub-Zero,” the director told io9. “He was the first picture to go to on my pin-up wall of ‘That’s…
Source: io9 – Mortal Kombat’s Sub-Zero Casting Informed the Entire Film
Mortal Kombat: Mehcad Brooks Speaks on Portraying Jax and 'Transmuting Anger Into Purpose'
Mortal Kombat raised me.
Source: io9 – Mortal Kombat: Mehcad Brooks Speaks on Portraying Jax and ‘Transmuting Anger Into Purpose’