Max Fist is lost. He claims to be a superhero from another dimension who mistakenly found himself on Earth, where he conveniently has no powers. He’s also not sure what he can do to help people anymore. That is, until he has an unexpected meeting, which you can watch in io9’s exclusive clip from Adam Egypt Mortimer’s…
Source: io9 – Joe Manganiello Finds His Superhero Purpose in an Exclusive Clip from Archenemy
Godzilla’s no stranger to the comic book world, but a new deal between Toho and comics publisher IDW is bringing him back to the forefront—and the King of all Kaiju is bringing some friends (and frenemies) with him.
Source: io9 – Godzilla Stomps Back Into Comics With a New Kids Series
The Net, starring a post-Speed Sandra Bullock, was made in 1995, so it’s a given the technology it depicts will look outdated 25 years later. But some of the broader ideas the film pokes into—amid many, many, many scenes of Bullock’s character being chased around by bad guys—are actually surprisingly insightful.
Source: io9 – The Net Is Somehow Both Outdated and Prescient
Begun, the ending has. Or so we think. This week brings chapter 14 of The Mandalorian, meaning only two more episodes remain after this. And following last week’s jam-packed episode, “The Jedi,” we’re thinking this week is going to start a chain of events leading us to whatever the season’s conclusion will be.
Source: io9 – The Mandalorian Chapter 14 Spoiler Discussion Zone Is Right Here
Who doesn’t love a good crafting sidequest? Well, apparently one of its biggest fans is Monster Hunter director Paul W. S. Anderson, who thinks it’s one of the reasons why a world filled with giant, killer monsters is better than the one we live in.
Source: io9 – Monster Hunter’s Director Prefers the Film’s World…Because of Its Giant, Lootable Corpses
Despite all of the small steps that institutions within Hollywood have taken to address the industry’s well-documented issues with diversity, representation, and inclusion, it’s no secret that only so much has substantially changed in the grand scheme of things—even if they are technically better than they used to be.
Source: io9 – Nielsen Report Finds Sci-Fi, Horror, and Streaming Services Leading the Slow Push For Diversity
One former and one current (and soon to be solo) companion of the Doctor will be teaming up in the next special Doctor Who episode, “Revolution of the Daleks.” But the actors behind them are teasing that there just might be something that the two of them share when it comes to feelings about the Doctor that’s very…
Source: io9 – Doctor Who’s Captain Jack and Yaz Tease Some Interesting Character Connections
Twenty-twenty hasn’t been good for much, but it has been given us bountiful free time— time you hopefully used to finally make good on that statement “Oh, I’d love to watch that but I don’t have time.” Well, in 2020 you did. As a result, many of us revisited and once again fell in love with old favorites, or finally…
Source: io9 – The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror Movies io9 Rewatched in 2020
Step aside, Hawkguy. Hawkeye is here!
Source: io9 – Hawkeye’s Hailee Steinfeld Is Bringing Some Notable Friends to Disney+
In addition to bringing Shadow Moon to Lakeside, American Gods’ third season is poised to introduce a handful of new manipulative deities into the mix as its story gets into the meat of Neil Gaiman’s original novel, and its anthropomorphic deities continue to plot against one another in the buildup to their oncoming…
Source: io9 – American Gods’ Latest Trailer Introduces New Worlds of Pain
Each entry in Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda franchise has been a discrete story following the Hero of Time and Hyrule’s legendary princess as they fight to keep the ultimate evil at bay. At the same time, all of the different games also fit together as pieces of a larger overarching narrative that spans multiple…
Source: io9 – Age of Calamity Is a Zelda History Lesson That Echoes Across Time
Keeping in-theme with the first PSA’s self-awareness, the newest Steven Universe short features Pearl of the Crystal Gems as she breaks character while recording an educational video about the inventive minds behind the lightbulb. While most everyone knows Thomas Edison to be the inventor of the light bulb, the…
Source: io9 – Steven Universe’s Latest Anti-Racism PSA Is for All the History Buffs Out There
The Second Age of Middle-Earth has received a bit of a population boost, but the One Bezos to Rule Them All isn’t saying just what a ton of new arrivals in the Lord of the Rings streaming Amazon series are actually going to be doing.
Source: io9 – Lord of the Rings Adds 20 Cast Members, and We Have No Idea What They’re Doing
It’s time for Sabrina Spellman to close the spellbook, but only after the Eldritch Terrors have been dealt with. In the first trailer for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 4—the final chapter in showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s horror series based on Archie Comics—things get apocalyptic as Lovecraftian myths…
Source: io9 – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Casts a Final Spell in Part 4’s Trailer
Scream producer William Sherak says the fifth movie is going to weird lengths to keep its ending under wraps. After Wonder Woman 1984, Warner Bros. is considering more streaming debuts for its future films. Plus, get a look at Nancy Drew’s second season, and No Time to Die might take even longer to come out than it…
Source: io9 – Hawkeye Set Footage Teases the Arrival of Marvel’s Next Avenging Archer
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Source: io9 – These Pokémon Holiday Plushies Are Just Dang Cute
It’s been a wild few weeks on Star Trek: Discovery. The Federation has been found, our hero has tried to figure out whether she wants a new life or her old one, and after a few quorum conventions, she’s been allowed to have both. But in examining one side of Michael Burnham’s happy new normal, the show returns to an…
Source: io9 – Star Trek: Discovery Re-Focuses Itself on the Power of Ties That Bind
Season one is book one. Season two is book two. That’s the way it usually is with fantasy adaptations. But Amazon’s upcoming adaptation of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series is taking a different approach.
Source: io9 – Amazon’s Wheel of Time Will Take a Blended Approach to the Series’ Many Stories
