In one universe, Marvel’s Eternals came out this past November. In another universe, it’s coming out next week. In our universe, it’s currently scheduled for this November. And if you’re annoyed and frustrated by all that, imagine what it’s like to be part of it.
Source: io9 – Salma Hayek Is as Anxious for Eternals to Come Out as You Are
Not that we ever suspected the villains of The Suicide Squad to have an easy time of it—it’s always a bummer when the U.S. government puts bombs in your head, after all—but Warner Bros. has released the official plot synopsis for the movie, and, well, now we know the reason why some characters aren’t going to make it…
Source: io9 – The Suicide Squad Movie Reveals the Squad’s Suicide Mission
Why does every werewolf movie have to be so similar? Is there a law that states the creature only comes out during a full moon, must be super hairy, and can only be killed by silver bullets? Of course not. And Eight for Silver, the new film by writer-director Sean Ellis, purposefully throws most of that out the…
Source: io9 – Eight for Silver Is a Gory, Mostly Successful Reinvention of the Werewolf Movie
“I have no idea!” Mrs. Quimby yelled, trying to bat the stew-covered demon away with her mixing spoon.
Source: io9 – ‘Pardon Me, Dear, But Why Is the Devil in Our Dinner?’
The new film sci-fi Bliss is so open to interpretation and discussion, star Salma Hayek changed her entire approach to it three days into filming. In Mike Cahill’s latest film, which hits Amazon Friday, Hayek plays Isabel, a mysterious woman who claims to have created the reality she and a stranger named Greg (Owen…
Source: io9 – Salma Hayek and Mike Cahill on Teaming Up for the Reality-Warping Bliss
The lengths that Iuli Gerbase’s The Pink Cloud goes to in order to show you parallels between its fictional story about quarantining and the countless tales of real people living through our ongoing covid-19 pandemic may strike you as excessive. It could also be seen as the movie’s attempt to tap into our reality just…
Source: io9 – The Pink Cloud Is a Beautiful Pandemic Nightmare About What’s Lurking Inside
Despite what you might have assumed when you heard the title, the first trailer for the upcoming German-made post-apocalyptic sci-fi series Tribes of Europa reveals that it is not set on the moon of Jupiter. Instead, the show takes place in post-apocalyptic Europe and is thus titled because Europa is the German word…
Source: io9 – PSA: Netflix’s Sci-Fi Series Tribes of Europa Does Not Take Place on Europa, But Still Looks Wild
Will he let you see it, though? Absolutely not.
Source: io9 – George R.R. Martin Promises He Got a Lot of Winds of Winter Written in Quarantine
It’s that time, Expanse fans, when the finale we’ve been dying to see arrives—and then leaves us dying to know what happens next once it’s over. Season four ended with Marco Inaros (Keon Alexander) preparing to attack Earth, but season five’s “Nemesis Games” ended with something even more terrifying.
Source: io9 – The Expanse Ended Its Best Season to Date With a Hell of a Ride
The Golden Globe award nominees were announced this morning, and although it’s been a pretty quiet year for entertainment in general, as an io9 reader, there are still a few choices that should pique your interest—especially since Baby Yoda and Cthulhu are finally getting the Hollywood recognition they’ve deserved.
Source: io9 – The Mandalorian and Lovecraft Country Nominated for Best TV Series at the Golden Globes
Did you think 1) HBO Max was only for movies and shows, and 2) the only Batman-related project coming to it was Zack Snyder’s Justice League? Think again! HBO has announced Batman: The Audio Adventures, a comedy podcast from Saturday Night Live writer Dennis McNicholas, starring Jeffrey Wright as the Dark Knight—yes,…
Source: io9 – Batman’s New Comedy Podcast Is Basically Saturday Knight Live
There are a bunch of great articles out there that will help you build your fantasy world from the ground up. The true world builder’s toolkit has a lot in common with a terraformer’s to-do list: crops, ocean currents, trade winds, rain shadow, best locations for cities. This is not one of those articles.
Source: io9 – How to Set Up an Intergalactic Empire Without Really Trying
On the surface, Censor—which had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival—is about a person we’re predisposed to hate: a film censor. A person who watches a movie and decides what’s appropriate for other people to watch. How dare they, right? What makes them so freakin’ special?
Source: io9 – Censor’s Layers of Horror Make for a Creepy Meta Narrative
Yesterday Westworld’s Evan Rachel Wood publicly alleged that the singer Marilyn Manson (also known as Brian Warner) abused her in a prior relationship. As more women have come forward, Starz and AMC have announced an immediate termination of their relationships with Manson as they pertained to TV series American Gods …
Source: io9 – Marilyn Manson Removed From American Gods, Creepshow Following Evan Rachel Wood’s Abuse Allegations
Fantasy author Terry Goodkind passed away in September, but he left behind a long legacy of books, including the Sword of Truth series. Today io9 is excited to share an excerpt from The Children of D’Hara, a posthumous release collecting five of his serial novels that continue the story of the Sword of Truth.
Source: io9 – Terry Goodkind’s Posthumous Release Features a Most Unusual Demand for Surrender
The Nevers, HBO’s upcoming “Victorian ladies with superpowers” series, has released its first trailer chockful of the aforementioned ladies, some fun 19th-century fight scenes, and what seems to be just a dash of steampunk.
Source: io9 – In Spite of Itself, The Nevers’ First Trailer Actually Looks Extremely Good
I’m kidding, these things are awesome. They were briefly spotted in the wild back in 2019, but Hot Toys has finally released official pics of its 1:6-scale action figures of Batman and Robin from 1995’s Batman Forever, and, as usual, they’re preternaturally good—right down to the nipples.
Source: io9 – Finally, the Batman Forever Toys Someone Somewhere Probably Dreamed Of
Prisoners of the Ghostland, the English language debut of Japanese director Sion Sono, works in two ways. First, it works as an elevator pitch. The film’s simple, captivating concept quickly grabs your attention. It also works as a fever dream. An impressive collection of cool visuals and sequences that don’t really…
Source: io9 – Nic Cage’s Prisoners of the Ghostland Is a Sensory Overload That Doesn’t Make Much Sense
With the Scarlet Witch and Vision’s romantic history in Marvel’s comics being the enthralling, convoluted mess that it is, there was a wealth of source material for WandaVision’s creative team to draw from while conceiving the story for Disney+. Because there’s been relatively little of the Scarlet Witch or Vision in…
Source: io9 – These ’80s West Coast Avengers Comics May Be the Key to Solving WandaVision’s Mysteries
We love ourselves a monster fighting hero robot, and Godzilla’s new anime series is ready to give us that in spades.
Source: io9 – Godzilla: Singular Point’s New Trailer Is All About That Jet Jaguar, Baby