Cruella Isn't the Same as Joker, According to Emma Stone

When the Cruella trailer dropped in February, we were suddenly aware of the possibility that there could be a striking resemblance between a Disney villain origin story and a Batman villain origin story. But Emma Stone, who plays the stylish, dog-hating protagonist, says her movie and Joker aren’t all that alike.

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Source: io9 – Cruella Isn’t the Same as Joker, According to Emma Stone

James Cameron Explains Avatar's Success to…Marianne Williamson?!

You don’t make some of the most successful movies in history without making some interesting friends. James Cameron, for example, was recently a guest on the Marianne Williamson Podcast. Williamson, as you may recall, is a former presidential candidate and best selling author who tends to get into some very weird…

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Source: io9 – James Cameron Explains Avatar’s Success to…Marianne Williamson?!

The Handmaid's Tale Season 4 Trailer Looks Like a Completely New Show

A few years ago, The Handmaid’s Tale was one of the biggest shows in the world. It was dominating awards shows with its eerily timely tale of a near-future America transformed into a misogynistic, barbaric new society. Since then, though, the show has lost a bit of its public momentum—and many viewers, myself…

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Source: io9 – The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 Trailer Looks Like a Completely New Show

How Star Wars' Biggest Fan Wiki Found Itself in a Fight Over Trans Identity

If you’re a Star Wars fan online, there stands a high chance that you’ve not only heard of Wookieepedia—the Fandom-owned community resource archiving eons of material from the franchise—but spent more time than you’d like to admit looking up everything from Ickabel G’ont to the history of the Grysk Hegemony. But an…

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Source: io9 – How Star Wars’ Biggest Fan Wiki Found Itself in a Fight Over Trans Identity

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier's Creative Team Opens Up About Their Process

Though The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’s unabashedly the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first attempt at something akin to a buddy-cop action series, the show’s also been very pointed in its rather lacking, though still important, exploration of issues relating to race and class as real elements that shape Sam and…

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Source: io9 – The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’s Creative Team Opens Up About Their Process

Rick and Morty's Season 5 Trailer Raises a Little Hell

Fans of Rick and Morty know that part of loving the show is being patient enough to wait agonizing years between seasons. But with the Adult Swim series’ epic renewal back in 2018, production is now on what appears to be a more consistent schedule. What does that mean? Season five arrives in June and there’s a new…

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Source: io9 – Rick and Morty’s Season 5 Trailer Raises a Little Hell

A Game of Thrones Broadway Show Will Bring a Key Book Moment to Life

Though the show is long gone, fans of Game of Thrones have plenty to look forward to. There will be more George R.R. Martin books (hopefully), multiple new HBO shows, and now there will be a stage production that’ll go back in time to fill in a key part of Westeros history.

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Source: io9 – A Game of Thrones Broadway Show Will Bring a Key Book Moment to Life

American Gods Is Dead, Starz Has Killed It After 3 Seasons

In time, all good things must come to an end, and in American Godscase, that time came at some point after the first season finale when Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, American Gods’ original showrunners, promptly exited the series, citing issues with budgeting and creative decisions. American Gods ran for two more…

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Source: io9 – American Gods Is Dead, Starz Has Killed It After 3 Seasons

In Spiral: From the Book of Saw's New Trailer, Chris Rock Is Having a Pretty Bad Day

Who’s ready for some frights? Lionsgate’s Spiral: From the Book of Saw has a brand new trailer today, and it reveals a bit more about what we can expect to see from Darren Lynn Bousman’s reboot of the horror franchise.

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Source: io9 – In Spiral: From the Book of Saw’s New Trailer, Chris Rock Is Having a Pretty Bad Day

Falcon and the Winter Soldier Takes Marvel's Inevitable 'Wait and See' Approach to Queerbait

For years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s textual approach to LGBTQ+ characters has been heavy on speculation and light on actual representation. Fans have spent years and years shipping Avengers with other Avengers in romantic crossovers to rival Endgame, while the studio has either asked them to wait, or offered…

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Source: io9 – Falcon and the Winter Soldier Takes Marvel’s Inevitable ‘Wait and See’ Approach to Queerbait

Comic-Con Shrugs Its Shoulders at Bad Thanksgiving Convention Idea

Over the weekend, Comic-Con International—the folks behind San Diego Comic-Con—made a more-than-surprising announcement that they’d be holding an in-person convention from November 26-28 of this year. Now, if you don’t have a calendar in front of you, that’s Thanksgiving weekend, one of the busiest travel weekends of…

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Source: io9 – Comic-Con Shrugs Its Shoulders at Bad Thanksgiving Convention Idea