On a near-future Earth, advanced alien technology has made the world a fully automated but pretty dull place. In a generic convenience store, a man (David Quirk) buying ice cream attempts to befriend the “service unit” who rings up his order—triggering an identity crisis for the robot, George (Nick Nemeroff), who…
Source: io9 – A Curious Robot Breaks Out of Its Shell in Clever Sci-Fi Short System Error
Black Widow will 100% be the next movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That certainty wavers, however, when you try and guess when it’s actually going to be released.
Source: io9 – Black Widow’s Release Plan Could Change at the Last Minute
Even if you don’t play one of the biggest video games on the planet, there stands a good chance you’ve heard about Fortnite recently—memetic songs about chug-jugging or otherwise—thanks to the launch of its latest season of content. But the game’s status as this bizarre black hole of media content is growing beyond…
Source: io9 – Fortnite’s Weird Relationship With Directors Is Getting Even Weirder
Right now, Warner Bros. has a lot of DC superhero movies in production, in pre-production, or in production limbo. Ignoring The Batman and The Suicide Squad, both of which we’ve seen actual footage of, this lengthy list includes The Flash, Aquaman 2, Wonder Woman 3, a Shazam sequel, Black Adam, Green Lantern Corps,…
Source: io9 – Warner Bros. Announces an Hourman Movie, Because Why the Hell Not?
Stacked with killer talent both in front of and behind the camera, Shudder’s hit series Creepshow—based on the horror anthology films from Stephen King and George A. Romero—returns soon for season two, with a third installment on the way. Each episode contains two stories, so we’re sharing our favorites from the…
Source: io9 – 6 Essential Creepshow Horror Stories From Season 1
Beyond the functional, protective aspects of a superhero’s costume, the outfits they wear are often extravagant reflections of their personalities, power sets, and most iconic plotlines from classic comics. While the X-Men have all been updating their looks lately as part of Marvel’s Dawn of X, the world’s most famous…
Source: io9 – X-Men’s High Fashion Hellfire Gala Ensembles Are Set to Stun
This week’s Superman & Lois centers the classing superhero story push and pull—whatever is Clark Kent going to do about balancing his life with his family and his life as the Man of Steel? But while the episode has some smart approaches to an age-old trope, it finds itself asking a similar question of the show in the…
Source: io9 – Superman & Lois Is Starting to Realize It’s a Superhero Show
Both Disneyland Resort and California Adventure parks will be accepting new guests at the end of April, along with a phased reopening of their on-site hotels. While Disney has announced that the parks will have a limited capacity based on California state guidelines, April 30 is definitively a date that’s going to…
Source: io9 – Disneyland and California Adventure Will Reopen on April 30
There’s a point about halfway through V for Vendetta when a character is looking at headlines and sees one that reads: “80,000 Dead.” The thought that some singular event could have killed so many people is meant to shock both him and the audience. In 2006, when V for Vendetta was released, it probably did. But in…
Source: io9 – V for Vendetta Might Be Even Better 15 Years Later
Marvel’s Star Wars comics event, War of the Bounty Hunters, is going to set off a galactic free-for-all after the recently frozen Han Solo is stolen from Boba Fett. But the comics are also bringing back a character from the original Clone Wars cartoons, made back in 2003 by Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky: the…
Source: io9 – The Star Wars Comics Are Bringing Back Durge, Fantastic Foe From the First Clone Wars Cartoon
Anyone who asks “Why is Hollywood making a new Mortal Kombat movie?” probably doesn’t follow Mortal Kombat. The first movie was released in 1995, around the same time the third game in the series was sucking up quarters in arcades around the world. In the 25 plus years since, not only have almost two dozen additional Mortal…
Source: io9 – Mortal Kombat’s Director Wanted to Ground His Gory New Adaptation
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Fede Alvarez teases his Texas Chainsaw Massacre follow-up. Work has begun on Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers and The Midnight Club. Henry Golding teases reshoots on Snake Eyes. Plus, what’s to come on Supergirl and The Flash. To me, my spoilers!
Source: io9 – Kevin Feige Teases The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’s Mysterious New Marvel Comics Location
It’s true. Benedict Cumberbatch is getting into magic again. But unlike the other times the Sorcerer Supreme has dazzled us with fascinating illusions, his new project will be much more serious than we’re used to.
Source: io9 – Benedict Cumberbatch Is Getting Into Magic Again
The new DuckTales series is over, but it went out with a giant, epic finale that was wildly overstuffed, mostly satisfying, and contained one massive surprise that somehow wasn’t the reveal that Manny the Headless Man Horse With a Bust of Scrooge McDuck for His Head was actually Manny the Headless Man Horse With a…
Source: io9 – The Epic DuckTales Finale Was, in Fact, a Duck Blur
She’s a demigod who’s taken on almighty powers and the evils of war, and faced threats superhuman and from worlds beyond. But it turns out the simplest way to put a stop to Wonder Woman is let a stack of paper loose in a strong breeze.
Source: io9 – In Wonder Woman 1984’s Blooper Reel, Diana’s Greatest Enemy Is Wind
What is now the biggest animated film in Japanese box office history tore up a storm in the country late last year, but fans of Demon Slayer: Kimestu No Yaiba outside of Japanese shores have had to twiddle their thumbs waiting to see what the country’s gone bonkers for. Now, they won’t have to wait much longer.
Source: io9 – The Demon Slayer Movie Is Finally Coming to the U.S.
In Black Lightning’s third season, the city of Freeland became a new kind of war zone as the American Security Agency and the nation of Markovia set out to turn our heroes’ hometown into a profitable source for the world’s growing demand for living, metahuman weapons. Together with his vigilante daughters Lightning…
Source: io9 – Black Lightning Is Breaking Bad and Burning Bright
The Star Wars Holiday Special is one of the most infamous aspects of Star Wars’ peculiar brand of infamy: a sidestep so achingly terrible that, despite the fact no one wants to actually talk about it, fans can’t stop talking about it. And now, at least part of what was once stricken from history is coming to streaming.
Source: io9 – Boba Fett’s Animated Debut From The Star Wars Holiday Special Is Coming to Disney+
Stranger Things, The Crown, and The Queen’s Gambit may get most of the ink when it comes to Netflix and the streaming wars, but the streamer has also quietly made itself a major player in the food television landscape. Series like Ugly Delicious, A Chef’s Table, and especially Salt Fat Acid Heat are among the best in…
Source: io9 – Come to Waffles + Mochi because your kids will love it, but stay for the food and fever dreams