Fans have been waiting to see Invincible explode out of the comics and onto a screen for what feels like forever. Now, finally, at New York Comic Con 2020, co-creator Robert Kirkman revealed the first teaser trailer for the animated adaptation, which comes to Amazon in 2021.
Source: io9 – The First Invincible Teaser Has the Most Epic Game of Catch Ever
California continues to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, and it’s going to keep theme parks closed a little while longer. Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced that Disneyland, Universal Studios, and other theme parks in the state will remain shut for the time being—a decision that Disney CEO Bob Iger is…
Source: io9 – Disneyland Isn’t Reopening Anytime Soon
The last season of Doctor Who ended, after some game-changing revelations about the very idea of who our hero is, on a bit of a weird cliffhanger. Cut off from her friends, the Doctor found herself trapped in a strange, alien prison. Which is naturally the perfect time for her most ancient foes to rise once again.
Source: io9 – The Doctor’s Locked Up in Our First Look at Doctor Who’s Holiday Special
They say that help can sometimes come from the strangest places. A new report says Benedict Cumberbatch is set to join Spider-Man 3, taking on the role of Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) new mentor.
Source: io9 – Spider-Man 3 Gains Doctor Strange as a Mentor
A technology-addicted Brooklyn couple decides to take a week away from their phones and go upstate. The problem is, at the same time they disconnect, aliens invade Earth.
Source: io9 – Meet the Deadly, Adorable Aliens of the New Sci-Fi Comedy Save Yourselves
Star Trek: Discovery’s third season is beaming in hot next week, depositing our heroes in a future unlike anything they’ve seen before—even with last season’s timey-wimey angelic shenanigans. But the landing is going to be a little bumpy for our heroes.
Source: io9 – In Star Trek: Discovery Season 3’s First Clip, Michael Burnham Crash Lands Into the Future
We looked to its coming at first light on the fifth day. At dawn, we looked to the East—and it was there.
Source: io9 – The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Trilogies Are Finally Coming to 4K
One of the biggest and most-universal fears is turning into our own parents. Killing Eve star Sandra Oh is taking that literally, as she’s set to star in and executive produce Sony Pictures’ upcoming supernatural horror film Umma—also produced by Sam Raimi.
Source: io9 – Sandra Oh Will Star in a Supernatural Horror About Turning Into Her Own Mother
Star Wars has some of the most gorgeous posters in the history of cinema. Part of that is because of its beautiful iconography: lightsabers, spaceships, aliens, etc. Another reason is each film has been released and re-released so many times, there are way, way more poster versions to choose from.
Source: io9 – The Best Star Wars Movie Posters of All Time
This year has already given us two brand new Star Trek shows, with a returning third imminently on the way. But of the two that have now come on gone—Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Lower Decks—only one’s grand finale managed to temper gleeful nostalgia with a sense of earned character work…and it’s maybe not the…
Source: io9 – Lower Decks Is the Star Trek Show That Got Its Finale Right This Year
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue, and this month’s selection is “The Ambient Intelligence” by Todd McAulty. You can read the story below. Enjoy!
Source: io9 – LIGHTSPEED Presents: “The Ambient Intelligence” by Todd McAulty
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Got a couple minutes? You got time to scare yourself silly with one of Hulu’s “Bite Size Halloween” micro-short films, a new series you can find on Hulu itself as well as on YouTube in honor of spooky season. There will be 30 shorts in all, so if you like what you see, there’s more where these came from!
Source: io9 – Get a Quick Dose of Horror With Hulu’s ‘Bite Size Halloween’ Shorts
This is (virtual) Halloween, this is (virtual) Halloween. The Actors Fund and the Lymphoma Research Foundation are teaming up to host a digital Halloween benefit concert of The Nightmare Before Christmas, giving all of us a chance to get our spooky holiday groove on from the comfort of our own homes.
Source: io9 – The Nightmare Before Christmas Is Getting a Virtual Benefit Concert for Halloween
Though the ultra-destructive Phoenix Force is most widely known as being a fixture of Marvel’s X-Men comics and the reason that Jean Grey’s been brought back from the dead so many times, the way the publisher’s been setting up this winter’s Enter the Phoenix events has made it quite clear that the firebird’s return…
Source: io9 – Marvel’s Next Major Event Is Already Messing With the Phoenix’s Legacy
Sci-fi movies are fond of exploring the intersection of technology and memory—think Total Recall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and both Blade Runner movies, to name a few. With a limited budget and minimal special effects, Black Box puts a more intimate spin on the idea, with mixed but intriguing results.
Source: io9 – Black Box Offers a Mostly Familiar Sci-Fi Tale About Memory Loss
Everything and everyone has a story. That’s just true in life. The problem is, not everyone has someone to tell those stories. When it comes to Star Wars, though, the franchise can recruit an army of incredibly talented authors to create stories about the smallest, most seemingly insignificant things. And it’s awesome.
Source: io9 – A New Empire Strikes Back Book Answers Fascinating Questions You’ve Never Even Thought Of
Filled with interesting ideas and surprising twists, 2067 has all the elements of a classic sci-fi mystery. Ultimately though, it’s stifled by that ambition, unable to tie everything together in a cohesive, satisfying way and never living up to its full, grand potential.
Source: io9 – Time Travel Film 2067 Can’t Match Its Grand Ambitions
Game of Thrones might have been the most popular show on television for awhile, but nowadays it’s looked at as something of a mixed bag. This is mostly because of the final season, but other decisions in seasons six and seven contributed. Hodor’s swan song was not one of them but it turns out that’s partially thanks…
Source: io9 – Damn, It Sounds Like Game of Thrones Actually Improved on Something From the Upcoming Books
