In 2023, Patty Jenkins will deliver (pending future ramifications of the world in which we live) Rogue Squadron, the next major theatrical release in the Star Wars saga: a tale of the bravest squadron of pilots in the galaxy far, far away. The Rogues have a long history within canon and a longer one out of it—and…
Source: io9 – The Rogue Squadron Pilots We Want in Patty Jenkins’ Star Wars Movie
It’s not quite the day-and-date drop that Warner Bros. is doing for its entire theatrical slate this year, but next month you’ll be able to see beloved animation house Studio Ghibli’s first feature-length CG movie from the comfort of your own home just days after it hits theaters.
Source: io9 – Studio Ghibli’s New Movie Will Stream on HBO Max as It Hits Theaters
Congratulations to Disney classic Bedknobs and Broomsticks, not just for making it to the half-century mark, but for having a tone of oddball whimsy that feels just as weird today as it probably did in 1971. Witchcraft, orphans, Nazis, dance routines, animated animals, Angela Lansbury? Just a few of its extraordinary…
Source: io9 – Bedknobs and Broomsticks Turns 50 This Year and It’s Way Weirder Than You Remembered
Kevin Feige’s arrival in the Star Wars galaxy still seems quite a way off, especially while he’s still wielding the Infinity Gauntlet over at Marvel Studios. But he’s apparently bringing some very interesting Marvel talent with him to begin tackling his Star Wars adventure.
Source: io9 – Report: Loki Showrunner Michael Waldron Will Write Kevin Feige’s Star Wars Movie
The Doctor’s next Parisian adventure isn’t quite what they expected, nor as romantic as a chance encounter in the city of love might suggest. After all, most Cybermen don’t take too kindly to the idea of feelings, anyway!
Source: io9 – The 10th and 5th Doctors Are Teaming Up to Fight Cybermen
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Hey, y’all. Yesterday was…not great. While we all take time to process what the hell happened, it’s also smart to take a step back and appreciate the little things. So let’s watch a bunch of teen witches on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina flunk up their lines.
Source: io9 – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Blooper Reel Shows Off Some Wacky Witches
Paramount wants to bring Spamalot to the big screen. Doom Patrol returns to filming. Get new looks at Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead. Plus, a sneak peek at Solar Opposite’s return, and what’s to come on Legacies and The Stand. Spoilers away!
Source: io9 – Updates From Halloween Kills, Riverdale, and More
Star Trek: Discovery is three seasons in now, and we have a sense of the sort of big stakes and dramatic action it likes to hang its endgame scenarios on. So far, they’ve been an uneven affair, leaning heavily on big, explosive action, gambling on big shocks at the expense of really satisfying the ideas each season…
Source: io9 – Star Trek: Discovery Earned Its Sound and Fury This Time
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Sometimes you watch a movie trailer and think “I have no idea what the hell I just watched, but I’m totally here for it.” That’s probably about to happen to you with the trailer for The Wanting Mare.
Source: io9 – The Wanting Mare Looks Like a Lyrical Sci-Fi Dreamscape
One by one, the archaeologists stumbled upon pieces of junk. Using techniques typically reserved for documenting stone tools and bones, the team recorded such items as plastic spoons, eye glasses, bottle caps, straws, mobile phone batteries, paint can lids, candy wrappers, and plastic wrap. By the time the experiment…
Source: io9 – Archaeologists Uncover Disturbing Amount of Plastic Waste at Iron Age Site
What I wouldn’t give to travel again. To see someplace new. Visit someplace exotic. In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy may say “There’s no place like home,” but she didn’t have to stay home for almost a full year during a pandemic.
Source: io9 – The Best Sci-Fi Trips to Help You Escape…at Least for a Little While
Whatever the future holds for the DC Extended Universe, it is unlikely to feature Ray Fisher’s version of Cyborg.
Source: io9 – Ray Fisher’s Cyborg Will No Longer Be Appearing in The Flash
Last year, the first trailer for Korean sci-fi adventure Space Sweepers made waves over social media for its over-the-top approach to space action. While the ongoing coronavirus pandemic meant it never got to hit theaters, Netflix picked up international distribution—and it’s on the way very soon.
Source: io9 – Wild-Looking Korean Sci-Fi Epic Space Sweepers Is Coming to Netflix Next Month
We’ve already seen Anthony Mackie as a soldier who becomes super with a little help from technology. Next, we’ll see technology make him a different kind of super-soldier—an android, to be precise.
Source: io9 – Anthony Mackie’s Existence Is Classified in the New Trailer for Outside the Wire
You can check out, but you can never leave. IFC Midnight has released the first trailer for director Kourosh Ahari’s horror debut, The Night, about a couple forced to confront their secrets while trapped in a haunted hotel.
Source: io9 – In The Night’s Ominous Trailer, a Family Is Trapped Inside a Frightful Hotel
The Trump administration is trampling on the Arctic on its way out. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management will auction off the drilling rights for plots on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain on its eastern North Slope, an area currently untouched by developers. The move will encourage more oil…
Source: io9 – Trump Administration Issues Last-Minute Blows to the Arctic
Pixar is responsible for some of the greatest animated films of our time…and then some of them were milked into franchises. For a time, it seemed like the studio cared more about repeating past successes than creating new ones. But it looks like Pixar’s latest studio head is ready to get down to brass tacks, even if…
Source: io9 – Pixar’s Pete Docter Reminds Us Sequels Help Keep the Lights On
It feels like it’s been forever since we had something new from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so thank god Wanda Maximoff and the Vision are about to show up and serve us some premium ham.
Source: io9 – The First WandaVision Clip Is a Campy, Retro Delight