Space Jam has always been about bringing worlds together, but we’ve never seen anything like this. The first trailer dropped for Space Jam: A New Legacy, the sequel to the ‘90s film, and while it focuses primarily on the stars (aka LeBron James and the Looney Tunes), the world of the film is also filled to the brim…
Source: io9 – Space Jam: A New Legacy’s Most WTF Cameos From the New Trailer
It’s been 50 long years since Takeshi Hongo put on the grasshopper-themed mask and fought the terrorist organization Shocker. Since there, that have been more than 30 TV Kamen Rider series, over 60 movies, and countless specials, videos, and more. Now, for the Japanese superhero franchise’s 50th anniversary, Kamen…
Source: io9 – Kamen Rider Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary With a New Movie, Anime Series, and More
Break out the phasers and Vulcan ears. Star Trek is coming to Chicago and this time, it’s a whole new “Khaaaaaaannnn!”
Source: io9 – Chicago Will Host an Official New Star Trek Convention in 2022
Grab a pot of coffee and raise a cup in celebration: Kathryn Janeway is back, and she’s here to teach a whole new generation of heroes how to lead.
Source: io9 – Star Trek: Prodigy Reveals a First Look at Captain Janeway’s Surprising Return
In the season three finale of Star Trek: Discovery, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) finally received her much-deserved promotion to captain. But now that she’s in charge, she’s the one who’s going to have to keep the Discovery together…and its crew alive.
Source: io9 – Star Trek: Discovery’s Season 4 Teaser Sees Burnham Take Command
We might currently be in the midst of one Marvel television project in Disney+’s The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, but the House of Ideas wanted to remind us all of what’s on the horizon today. Our latest look at Loki, the mind-bending spinoff that throws the god of tricks into a temporal mess of his own making,…
Source: io9 – Marvel Secrets in the New Loki Trailer: The Avengers, Time-Keepers, and More
Jean-Luc’s most belligerent, enduring frenemy is back.
Source: io9 – Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Will See John de Lancie’s Q Return
One of the joys of the Mortal Kombat video games is seeing all the characters on the screen together and getting to choose your fighter. The below video isn’t quite that, but the character roll call and look behind the scenes of the action approximates that feeling of infinite possibility.
Source: io9 – The Mortal Kombat Cast Comes to Life in a New Featurette
When we last left the intrepid, lower-ranked crewmembers of the USS Cerritos, Mariner’s secret had been exposed, Boimler had been promoted to Riker’s ship, Rutherford’s memory had been wiped, and Tendi had made a bad robot. Now that we’ve finally got a look at the next season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, and clearly,…
Source: io9 – Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Beams Aboard Its First Teaser
So, the vaccines are finally getting into arms. This spring, many Americans will actually be able to get their doses just in time for summer. However, don’t expect things to return to normal just yet. It’s going to take a long time for everyone to get vaccinated, so there’s no guarantee we’ll be back at 100% even by…
Source: io9 – What’s the Best Office Chair Under 0?
Original trilogy, prequel trilogy, sequel trilogy, it’s all just one story: the Skywalker Saga. From the very beginning of Star Wars, George Lucas’ tale from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away has been almost singularly about one family whose fate would change the universe. Now, with that story complete,…
Source: io9 – Star Wars’ Skywalker Family History Uncovers Ben Solo and Rey’s Childhoods
Somehow, it’s been 10 years since Game of Thrones premiered on our televisions. To celebrate one of its biggest hits, that last season notwithstanding, HBO has launched a month of “Iron Anniversary” shenanigans designed to reignite fan passions, conveniently just as House of the Dragon prepares to begin production.
Source: io9 – Game of Thrones’ 10th Anniversary Celebrations Hope You’ve Forgotten the Final Season
Watching The Nevers—HBO’s new epic fantasy series created by Joss Whedon, who’s no longer involved with the show—can be overwhelming. “Victorian ladies with superpowers” is already a high-concept idea, but The Nevers, while entertaining, somehow finds a way to make things even busier.
Source: io9 – The Nevers Is Entertaining But a Tad Overstuffed
Here’s what I know about Godzilla vs. Kong: Two iconic monsters have beef for some reason, it made a lot of money in the box office over the weekend (by pandemic standards), and Millie Bobbie Brown plays an… ecoterrorist? OK, sure. I also know that these legendary mutants don’t kiss, not once.
Source: io9 – Godzilla and Kong Should Kiss
Godzilla vs. Kong has been out for nearly a week at this point, but even then, you were likely enough to have already gotten glimpses of the film’s “twist” well beforehand—and not through leaks, but in either keeping up with the film’s marketing or walking down a toy aisle in Target. A surprise to be sure, but for…
Source: io9 – Godzilla vs. Kong’s Director Talks Spoiler Culture and Those Big Villain Leaks
Space Jam: A New Legacy’s Toon Squad recruits a Spider-Man star. Emerald Fennell hopes she might get the chance to direct Zatanna as well as watch it. Ryan Murphy wants your help deciding American Horror Story’s thematic future. Plus, what’s to come as Wynonna Earp reaches its final end. Spoilers, away!
Source: io9 – Obi-Wan Kenobi Set Footage Reveals Exactly What You’d Expect
As The Walking Dead’s only villain-turned-protagonist, Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) has always been one of the series’ richest characters. Giving us a look at his life before he led the Saviors, before he wielded his baseball bat, and even before the zombie apocalypse could have made him even more fascinating. Instead, …
Source: io9 – On The Walking Dead, There’s Not Enough Origin in Negan’s Origin Story
David Duchovny has had a long and varied career, but his best-known role will likely always be the one that made him famous: Fox Mulder on The X-Files. But the actor is quick to point out that there’s one big trait that he and his signature character do not have in common: the belief in bonkers conspiracy theories.
Source: io9 – Perhaps Unsurprisingly, X-Files Star David Duchovny Is Not a Conspiracy Theory Junkie
Not as the weird snake goop thing that was ‘90s VFX gone wild. But…y’know, just Eric Roberts going to town on a scenery buffet in the way all great Master performances do.
Source: io9 – Doctor Who Revives Eric Roberts’ Master in a New, Dalek-Filled Audio Drama
In the final moments of The Umbrella Academy’s second season, the Hargreeves siblings—never ones to find themselves that far from an apocalypse—were surprised to wind up in a rather familiar reality that, all things considered, seemed quite normal save for a few key differences.
Source: io9 – Umbrella Academy’s Tom Hopper Says Season 3 Is Not Exactly Coming Soon