After dominating the tabletop world of actual-play streaming and podcasts, misty-stepping into not just comic series but their very own D&D supplement, and then getting a tell-all book about the long road to getting such a wild place, Critical Role is finally going somewhere it’s never been before: an actual novel.…
Source: io9 – Critical Role’s Sibling Tag Team Is Getting Its Own Prequel Novel
Paramount+ just gave children of the ‘80s and ‘90s a whole new reason to subscribe. Oh sure, the streamer has Beavis and Butt-Head, The Daily Show, all the Star Trek you can handle. But it also just added almost every single classic Nickelodeon show from when you were growing up. And, holy shit, it’s awesome.
Source: io9 – Paramount+ Just Added a Ton of Classic Nickelodeon Content
So just how popular was WandaVision? Weeks after the show paid homage to the classic 1960s sitcom Bewitched, Bewitched is being remade by Hollywood. Again.
Source: io9 – WandaVision…We Mean, Bewitched…Is Coming to the Big Screen. Again.
Get out of the way, Benjamin Franklin Gates. Jess Morales is here.
Source: io9 – National Treasure’s Younger, More Diverse Spin-off Is a Go at Disney+
For DC’s Black Adam, the good doctor is in, apparently.
Source: io9 – Black Adam Adds Pierce Brosnan’s Dr. Fate to Its Curious Cast of DC Heroes
You’ve seen the movie. You’ve seen the show. But unless you live on the other side of the planet, you probably haven’t seen the spinoff. That’s set to change this summer as Wellington Paranormal, the cop-centric What We Do in the Shadows spinoff created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, is coming to the CW and HBO…
Source: io9 – What We Do in the Shadows Spinoff Wellington Paranormal Is Finally Coming to the U.S.
Steppenwolf and Darkseid were two of the biggest changes in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. “Big” as in, they are large beings, but also “big” in that Steppenwolf was completely redesigned for the new film and Darkseid is a crucial character that was almost a completely new addition.
Source: io9 – Justice League’s Godlike Villains Were Brought to Life by VFX, Not Mother Boxes
They’re back, and now more self-referential than ever: Solar Opposites, the animated Hulu series from Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty) and Mike McMahan (Star Trek: Lower Decks) drops its second season this week. With it comes an amplified array of surreal, raunchy, and razor-sharp aliens-stranded-on-Earth shenanigans.
Source: io9 – Solar Opposites Returns With a Wilder, Funnier Season 2
Amazon’s Wheel of Time TV series revealed the first look of Rosamund Pike as Moiraine recently and answered a bevy of questions about the show and the character. They reveal a few interesting details about both.
Source: io9 – Amazon’s Wheel of Time Offers a Glimpse of Rosamund Pike’s Moraine, and More
In 2019, a New Jersey high school made national news when it put on a stage production of Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien. The production even got the attention of Ripley herself, Sigourney Weaver. It was a huge deal because everyone had the exact same thought: “How the hell do you turn Alien into…
Source: io9 – The Alien on Stage Documentary Is Pure Sci-Fi Joy
Slowly but surely, Amazon’s version of Middle-earth is taking shape. Just, y’know, maybe more at Entmoot pace than Shire village meeting pace.
Source: io9 – Your Latest Lembas-Crumb of Lord of the Rings Show News Is Here
Like many of WandaVision’s secrets, the true meaning of the show’s era-specific production values, aesthetics, and practical effects only became clear towards the series finale which properly ushered the Scarlet Witch into the MCU. The story behind some of WandaVision’s use of visual effects goes even deeper than…
Source: io9 – WandaVision’s VFX Team on How Working From Home Brought Unexpected Balance
There are no xenomorphs dripping acid in Netflix’s upcoming movie Stowaway starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, and Toni Collette. There’s no insane computer, no deadly microbes, and no need to use your poop to grow potatoes. All it takes is one unlucky extra person on your shuttle to be faced with a nightmare.
Source: io9 – In Netflix’s Stowaway, Survival Comes at a Steep Price
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Source: io9 – Two of Razer’s Best Gaming Mice Are on Sale, So Paint the Town Black and Green
If you’re like us, the sting of Netflix not renewing The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance still hurts. For a show to be so magical, so unforgettable, and for it to end so unceremoniously was truly a disappointment. It seems, though, that Thra, Gelflings, and Skeksis will continue on, just in a very unexpected way.
Source: io9 – The Dark Crystal Will Return…as a Ballet
With a second season of Solar Opposites arriving on Hulu later this week—and more Rick and Morty eventually!—Justin Roiland, one of animation’s busiest talents, has just announced involvement in another new series: Koala Man, which will join Solar Opposites as part of Hulu’s adult animation slate.
Source: io9 – Rick and Morty’s Justin Roiland Has Yet Another Animated Series in the Works
She may have won an Oscar for starring in The Queen, but Helen Mirren is no stranger to genre films. From Red to the Fast and Furious franchise and Winchester, Mirren has been known to dabble in the weird. Next up, she’s joining a universe befitting of that versatility.
Source: io9 – The Villain of Shazam 2 Will Be Played by Helen Mirren
There have been many, many Baby Yoda toys, but none have really captured the Child’s predominant and yet most morally challenging attribute: his desire to eat virtually anything he can stick in his adorable little mouth. Hasbro plans to correct that this October with this Star Wars Galactic Snackin’ Grogu toy, and we…
Source: io9 – Hide Your Frog Eggs, It’s Galactic Snackin’ Grogu
In just a few weeks, Dwayne Johnson will finally roll cameras on his DC movie, Black Adam. That statement seems almost unbelievable—because if you can believe it, the actor and the role have been inseparable for over a decade. In that time, Johnson has taken great pleasure in teasing fans about what’s to come and…
Source: io9 – An Epic Timeline of the Rock Willing DC’s Black Adam Into Existence
I think HBO’s upcoming “Victorian ladies with superpowers” show The Nevers needs to be updated to “Victorian ladies with superpowers whom people want to control, lock up, kill, exploit, or ignore, and also the lovable Nick Frost is playing some kind of murderous crime lord” show. Because goodness gracious is this…
Source: io9 – The Nevers’ Display of Victorian Superpowers Is Both Exhausting and Intriguing