Everybody knows it takes a while to make a CG animated movie. After the storyboards are done, there’s a lengthy process that begins with rough animatics and ends with finely detailed models flowing through a gorgeously lush environment. Pixar’s fantastic Coco is no different.
Source: io9 – Watch Pixar’s Coco Evolve From Pencil Sketches to CG Magnificence
April 5—42 years from now—it’s “First Contact Day” in the Star Trek universe. It’s the day that, give or take some attempted intervention by the Borg, humanity’s Zefram Cochrane meets Vulcans for the first time, catapulting humanity into a galactic standard way beyond Earth. To mark the momentous day, we can…
Source: io9 – Star Trek Celebrates First Contact Day Decades Early With New Panels and Marathons
We think this is it. After a year of delays, July 9 seems to be the day Black Widow will be released, in theaters and on Disney+. And though there was a “Final Trailer” last year, Marvel has cut a “New Trailer” for the new release date, and this one feels much more epic.
Source: io9 – A New Black Widow Trailer Has Major Avengers Vibes
When Disney reset the Star Wars canon, the old canon didn’t die, it just got…reprinted. Or such is the case with three classic, beloved Star Wars novels, which are getting some snazzy new editions this June with some truly phenomenal artwork.
Source: io9 – Classic Star Wars Novels Are Coming Back With Some Gorgeous New Covers
People have basically been talking about a Space Jam sequel with Lebron James for as long as Lebron James has been in the NBA. Slowly but surely that finally came together and now, 25 years after the first film was released, there’s a trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy.
Source: io9 – Space Jam 2’s First Trailer Is a Looney Slam Dunk
Disney animated films are famous for changing radically during production. Whole storylines, characters, anything can be scrapped at any moment if they’re deemed to not be working. Once that happens though, it’s rare you ever get to see the earlier versions. But you’re about to see just that from Raya and the Last…
Source: io9 – A Raya and the Last Dragon Deleted Scene Hints at a Whole Other Version of the Film
In the grand pantheon of DC Comics characters with decidedly uninspired names (see: Superman, Batman), the Japanese assassin-turned-antihero Katana—codename of Tatsu Yamashiro—has always stood out as being a prime example of how comics have a long history of conceptualizing heroes and villains of color in rather…
Source: io9 – The Other History of the DC Universe Sheds a Crucial Light on Katana’s Interior Life
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the coolest merchandise on the internet lately. This week: head back to Middle-earth’s Second Age, Lego strikes out on DC and Marvel with classic Batman and Venom sets, the perfect Star Trek Rubik’s Cube, and more. Check it out!
Source: io9 – This Week’s Toys Feel Like They’re Wearing Nothin’ at All, Nothin’ at All, Nothin’ at All…
While not everyone celebrates Easter, there are two things about Easter we can all agree on: candy and rabbits rule.
Source: io9 – Hop Into the Weekend With This Adorable Gif Party
Queen, senator, wife of the future Darth Vader, mother of Luke and Leia Skywalker, tragic figure in Star Wars history—pretty much everything we know about Padmé Amidala is epic and oversized when it comes to her role in shaping the galaxy far, far away.
Source: io9 – Padmé’s Personality (and Sense of Style) Get the Spotlight in This Short Star Wars Video
Fandom, the host of Wookieepedia and countless other fan wikias, has announced the ban of two longtime admins from the fan-run Star Wars wiki after several complaints from other admins accused the pair of a campaign of “bullying and intimidation.” In addition, the admins of Wookieepedia have finally spoken out.
Source: io9 – Fandom Bans 2 Wookieepedia Admins for ‘Bullying and Intimidation’
Well, we didn’t see that coming. Or that coming. Or that coming. The third episode of Disney+ and Marvel’s The Falcon and The Winter Soldier saw our heroes hot on the trail of the super-soldier serum—and their investigation was filled with some pretty excellent surprises that helped to cover the fact the rest of the…
Source: io9 – The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’s Solid Surprises Bolster an Otherwise Repetitive Episode
It’s Friday, so that means it’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier day, y’all! With the series reaching its halfway point, we figured it was the perfect time to drop part two of The Root’s interview with Anthony Mackie, a.k.a the Falcon.
Source: io9 – Anthony Mackie Gives the Final Word on Who Won: Falcon or Ant-Man
This week, Godzilla vs. Kong stomped into theaters and onto HBO Max to pit two of cinema’s most beloved giant monsters against each other (while some very annoying humans get in the way). It’s not the first time they’ve fought of course—and likely not the last. But the first time these titans clashed, no matter the…
Source: io9 – King Kong vs. Godzilla Never Hides Its True Victor, Even in Defeat
If you’ve seen The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, or Wolf Children, you know a Mamoru Hosoda film is something to get excited about. This gorgeous trailer for Hosoda’s upcoming movie Belle, a.k.a. Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime, will do absolutely nothing to dispel you of this notion.
Source: io9 – Behold Mamoru Hosoda’s New Anime Film Belle, Which Looks Both Bold and Beautiful
With author Timothy Zahn’s recent Thrawn novels, the titular Chiss strategist was brought back into the heart of the Star Wars franchise’s current canon that largely erased other parts of the expanded universe established prior to Disney acquiring the rights to Star Wars back in 2012. While his story may be long from…
Source: io9 – Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil Will Dig Even Deeper Into the Chiss’ Past
Here’s the pitch: LaKeith Stanfield is an ancient samurai warrior who’d hoped to leave that world behind him. However, he’s forced to reemerge when a young girl is hunted by unspeakable, unexplainable evil.
Source: io9 – Yasuke’s Intense First Trailer Is Here, and It’s Gory and Awesome
The real-world coronavirus is gradually starting to release its grip on our lives just as another fictional project about a devastating pandemic is ramping up production. HBO Max’s long-awaited adaptation of Emily St. John Mandel’s acclaimed novel Station Eleven has just added a ton of new cast members.
Source: io9 – HBO Max’s Station Eleven Adaptation Adds Tank Girl’s Lori Petty and More
Comic books and the movies, shows, and other media based on them aren’t always explicitly political, but both forms of art and their stories about heroes and villains are crafted by people whose worldviews are shaped by the political realities of the world we all live in.
Source: io9 – Coates’ Captain America Wants to Ask You the Important Questions
