Anthony Mackie Is a New Kind of Terminator in the Trailer for Netflix's Outside the Wire

To fight a robot, you might just need a robot. Anthony Mackie and Damson Idris star in the first trailer for Netflix’s Outside the Wire, about a drone pilot tasked with helping his superior officer located a doomsday device. There’s just one tiny detail: His boss is an android.

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Source: io9 – Anthony Mackie Is a New Kind of Terminator in the Trailer for Netflix’s Outside the Wire

The Star Wars Kids YouTube Channel Tries to Condense the Plot of The Rise of Skywalker Into Five Minutes

Star Wars Kids does a great job of making
entertaining, accessibly bite-sized chunks of Star
Wars
that are probably great for children. But this latest time they had
an unenviable task: condensing The Rise of
Skywalker
, which has a… less than simple plot, into a scant five
minutes.

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Source: io9 – The Star Wars Kids YouTube Channel Tries to Condense the Plot of The Rise of Skywalker Into Five Minutes

All the Star Wars, Marvel, and Other Disney News You Might Have Missed

Usually, investor calls are dry, numbers-heavy business meetings intended for people far richer than you or I. But because It’s Capitalism, yesterday Disney turned its 2020 Investor Day call into something that would’ve been right at home screamed from the rooftops of San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H. Here’s all the…

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Source: io9 – All the Star Wars, Marvel, and Other Disney News You Might Have Missed

The Original Power Rangers Get Amazing New Figures, and More of the Morphinomenal Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the latest and greatest toy news online. This week: it’s morphin time in a whole new scale, while McFarlane expands its action figure Bat-family, and a lavish new Enterprise-D warps into view. Check it out!

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Source: io9 – The Original Power Rangers Get Amazing New Figures, and More of the Morphinomenal Toys of the Week

Matt Smith and Olivia Cooke Join Game of Thrones Prequel House of the Dragon

This dance (of the dragons) card is starting to fill up. Ready Player One’s Olivia Cooke, Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, and Truth Seekers Emma D’Arcy have signed onto HBO’s next journey into Westeros: House of the Dragon. It’s about the fall of Targaryen empire, which led to the rise of the Mother of Dragons.

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Source: io9 – Matt Smith and Olivia Cooke Join Game of Thrones Prequel House of the Dragon

The Mandalorian Tempers High Action With Some Rewarding Character Work

After Moff Gideon kidnapped Grogu (Baby Yoda), the Mandalorian and his newfound crew had a singular goal: Find the Child and get him back. That journey took them to a few new places, with a few familiar faces, and through some tense, emotional moments that got to the core of Star Wars as we know it.

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Source: io9 – The Mandalorian Tempers High Action With Some Rewarding Character Work

Disney and Pixar’s New Animation Announcements Were Wild

While most of the news out of this year’s Disney Investor Day was focused on what’s coming next to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and the Star Wars franchise, Disney and Pixar also announced a host of bold, new animated projects revolving around both characters we’ve met before and a variety of fresh faces.

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Source: io9 – Disney and Pixar’s New Animation Announcements Were Wild

Dune Director Slams Warner Bros. for HBO Max Release, Warns It May Doom the Franchise

Fear might be the mind killer, but streaming could wind up killing Dune itself. Director Denis Villeneuve is speaking out against WarnerMedia’s recent decision to give all of next year’s movies simultaneous releases on HBO Max, warning that it could mean the end of the franchise before it’s even begun.

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Source: io9 – Dune Director Slams Warner Bros. for HBO Max Release, Warns It May Doom the Franchise

The Stand Cast and Crew on Updating Stephen King's Classic and Bringing Captain Trips to Life

Production on CBS All Access’ new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand wrapped shortly before the pandemic took hold. With an eerie new context now couching its release, the series aims to update the 1978 novel, which was previously made into the 1994 miniseries and features a new ending written by King himself.

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Source: io9 – The Stand Cast and Crew on Updating Stephen King’s Classic and Bringing Captain Trips to Life