Whether it hails from Pixar or Disney Animation, an animated feature film from Disney is never the same at the end as it is at the beginning. The production model is such that, in the years it takes to make a movie like Raya and the Last Dragon, anything and everything can change—as long as that change makes it…
Source: io9 – The One Thing About Raya and the Last Dragon That Never Changed
Fantasy author Peter V. Brett returns to the world of his very popular Demon Cycle novels with The Desert Prince, which kicks off a new series that’s aimed at both seasoned Brett fans and newcomers alike. Today, io9 has a sneak peek at the cover and one of the book’s opening chapters, so read on for more!
Source: io9 – Get an Exclusive Peek at Peter V. Brett’s Return to the Demon Cycle World With The Desert Prince
Star Trek: Picard presented the first chance to explore what the franchise’s “contemporary” post-Nemesis timeline actually looked like. It delved into the ramifications of a galaxy shook by the devastating implosion of the Romulan Empire and the loss of its homeworlds. But for all the Romulan intrigue, Picard’s…
Source: io9 – Star Trek: Picard’s Showrunner Just Dropped a Distressing Amount of Information on Romulan Romance
WandaVision spent the majority of its season referencing and revering 70 years of sitcom history, including Bewitched, Family Ties, and Full House, among others. But there were other classic TV series considered to serve as inspiration for Wanda’s magical reality—and one wasn’t a sitcom at all.
Source: io9 – WandaVision Had 2 Very Different TV Show Homages Planned
Thirty-five years ago, a new phrase first entered the pop culture lexicon: “There can be only one.” It’s from Highlander, a 1986 sci-fi fantasy from director Russell Mulcahy. The film stars Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod, a Scottish warrior who learns he’s an immortal being destined to battle across the…
Source: io9 – Highlander’s Endless Imagination Gives It an Enduring Legacy
Way back in season five of AMC’s The Walking Dead, there was an episode where Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Carol (Melissa McBride) journeyed through Atlanta together in an attempt to rescue Maggie’s sister Beth. It’ll go down as one of the show’s best.
Source: io9 – The Walking Dead’s Daryl and Carol Power Hour Returns, Minus the Power
The Snyder times grow ever closer, and as the premiere date approaches, Zack Snyder is dropping enough breadcrumbs to make a panzanella.
Source: io9 – Zack Snyder Drops Four Character Teasers for Justice League
Hear me out on this: guns, but for womenfolk. Can you believe it!
Source: io9 – ‘Girls Just Want to Have Guns’—The Boys Will Arm the Girls
Neil Gaiman is Neil Gaiman in the role of a lifetime.
Source: io9 – Neil Gaiman Stars as Neil Gaiman in an Audible Original About Neil Gaiman
Cher Horowitz? More like Shark Gore-owitz. (I’m assuming you all already noped out after the header image, I’m playing for an audience of one here.)
Source: io9 – Alicia Silverstone Is Gonna Fight a Shark, Y’all
After more moves than Patrick Swayze, A Quiet Place 2 has an official release date, and it’s way sooner than we thought.
Source: io9 – Let’s Get Loud! A Quiet Place 2 Finally Has a Release Date
After essentially creating a show made of pure Spielberg-King fanfic, Matt and Ross Duffer will go from honoring their heroes to working with them.
Source: io9 – Steven Spielberg and the Duffer Brothers Will Take on Stephen King’s The Talisman
Shared over at Short of the Week—definitely a spot to bookmark if you love short films across a wide variety of genres—Aaron Cohen’s 14-minute horror comedy And Then! He Kissed Me, is a dialogue-less film made in Russia that follows a first date that begins with a screening of zombie classic Night of the Living Dead …
Source: io9 – Being Undead Can’t Stop Young Love in Sweet Yet Gory Short And Then! He Kissed Me
Star Wars Rebels, which came to a close three years ago today, left a huge impact on the galaxy far, far away as we know it. Questions its finale raised back in 2018 are still being tackled by the Star Wars media that came after it, and its characters have become icons of the wider series at large. But there’s one…
Source: io9 – Star Wars Rebels’ Hera Syndulla Is the Show’s Most Enduring Legacy
The Good Guy doll who is anything but is coming to TV and we now know who he’s gonna sharing the screen with. Devon Sawa, star of Idle Hands and Final Destination, returns to his horror roots for the USA/Syfy series, led by franchise creator Don Mancini. Jennifer Tilly will, indeed, reprise her role as Tiffany…
Source: io9 – The Chucky TV Show Is Lining Up Victims Young and Old
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s round up of all things good and plastic. This week: Hot Toys returns to The Mandalorian with a Clone Wars and Rebels fave, Lego banks big on Christopher Robin with a glorious new diorama set, and Netflix’s Pacific Rim anime already has merch stomping its way onto shelves. Check it out!
Source: io9 – Lego Heads to the Hundred Acre Wood, and More of the Most Splendiferous Toy News This Week
As we approach the one-year mark for the covid-related shutdowns of Disneyland and other California amusement parks, including Universal Studios Hollywood, there’s finally an update on what was often a very contentious situation: re-opening will begin April 1, with new safety guidelines in place.
Source: io9 – California Theme Parks May Start Reopening as Early as April 1 [Corrected]
There were as many ways that Marvel’s WandaVision series finale could have ended as there are different ways to process grief. Each of the season’s nine episodes teased this out—new plot twists that threw audiences for loops all meant to obscure, but not erase, the reality that despite all her strength she’s put on…
Source: io9 – WandaVision’s Finale Was What You Made of It
We’re sad, of course, that the final episode of the magical tour through television that has been WandaVision is here. At the same time, the show’s been such a delight that we can’t help but do a happy little dance that something so great arrived to help get us through 2021’s rough start. So let’s celebrate the show…
Source: io9 – Let the Magic of the Gif Party Transport You Into the Weekend
In all the hubbub around the new looks at Space Jam: A New Legacy yesterday, you might have missed something. The sequel isn’t just taking place in the world of Looney Tunes, but in the wider Warner Bros. Intellectual Property-verse, where LeBron James needs to track down the Tune Squad team. Now we have our first…
Source: io9 – Space Jam 2 Has Relocated Lola Bunny to Wonder Woman’s Themyscira