In Crunchyroll’s upcoming anime-inspired series Onyx Equinox, a young boy named Izel sets out with an unexpected group of friends on an adventure to save the world from the gods—who take pleasure in the idea of toying with humanity just for shits and giggles. As the chosen one, Izel has both fate and magic on his side…
Source: io9 – Onyx Equinox’s New Trailer Is an Absolute Bloodbath
Much like Lewis Carroll’s fantastical heroine, the trio of slackers at the center of Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Alice in Borderland are a group of people whose imaginations are almost too big to fit into their current realities, and so they delight in flights of fancy that pull them out of the humdrum of their…
Source: io9 – Netflix’s Alice in Borderland Trailer Is an Invitation to Play the Deadliest Game
Y: The Last Man has had a long, long, long journey to a screen near you and now, finally, it’s actually happening. FX announced that the newly reimagined Y: The Last Man TV series has begun production in Toronto, and a few new cast members are along for the ride.
Source: io9 – Y: The Last Man Is Back With a New Agent 355 and Hero
Our first look at Adam Mason and Michael Bay’s coronavirus movie Songbird is here. Vivica A. Fox is leading another remake of Night of the Living Dead. Plus, sneak peeks as Spider-Man 3 starts filming and the CW wants to make a Nancy Drew spinoff with a black, queer protagonist. Spoilers get!
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Anakin, Luke, and Rey Skywalker may be the respective stars of each Star Wars trilogy, but they all pale in comparison to Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Source: io9 – Obi-Wan Kenobi Reflects on His Past in This Badass Star Wars Short
A new generation of heroes are rising—well before their time. HBO Max and Cartoon Network have announced Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, the latest animated series from Samurai Jack and Primal creator Genndy Tartakovsky, all about ancient heroes who’ve been reincarnated into the bodies of teenagers.
Source: io9 – Genndy Tartakovsky’s Unicorn: Warriors Eternal Is Heading to HBO Max
In the very first episode of Dino Stamatopoulos’ Moral Orel, 11-year-old Orel Puppington resolves to bring the dead back to life by reading from the Necronomicon because of his sincere and naive belief that the deceased are “rejecting” Orel’s God’s greatest gift: life. Terrifying as it is when zombies start rising…
Source: io9 – Let Moral Orel’s Halloween Episode Remind You That People Are the Scariest Thing of All
Like so many other series in production, Amazon’s The Wheel of Time was brought to a halt by the onset of the covid-19 pandemic. At this point, it doesn’t seem at all likely it’ll launch in 2020 the way it was originally meant to. That being said, The Wheel of Time’s team wants people to know that things are actually…
Source: io9 – Give a Chaotic First Listen to Amazon’s Wheel of Time Series
As Halloween approaches, it is paramount that we all take a moment to remember—or discover—Tim Curry’s “Halloween Song” from The Worst Witch. Since HBO aired its extremely low-budget, TV movie adaptation of Jill Murphy’s children’s books in 1986, it has remained one of the most wonderful, terrible, bizarre videos of…
Source: io9 – Tim Curry’s Gloriously Bad Halloween Song From The Worst Witch: A Scholarly Analysis
They’re tiny, they’re toony, they’re all a little, well, Looney Tunes. HBO Max and Cartoon Network have announced Tiny Toons Looniversity, the latest ‘90s animated series revival from executive producer Steven Spielberg.
Source: io9 – Tiny Toons Is Returning for More Adventures on HBO Max
Hellboy has a long history in comics, but it’s one that’s splintered—tales that dip in and out of timelines and jump around his history of fighting to keep his adopted home safe from the supernatural. It’s understandable if you might be unsure just where to start, or what the best stories are. But a new collection is…
Source: io9 – These New Collections Are the Perfect Place to Start Reading Hellboy
Tales From the Loop creator Simon Stålenhag has a knack for playing on our greatest hopes and fears, combining the innocence of youth with science fiction’s fascinating, yet terrifying, unknown. Now, the storyteller is back with a new art book, The Labyrinth, and io9 has an exclusive look inside the maze.
Source: io9 – Check Out This Exclusive Peek at Simon Stålenhag’s Journey Into The Labyrinth
The Craft has become a cult classic thanks to its indelible portrayal of misfit teen witches gone wild, with an appealing dose of 1990s nostalgia baked in. The Craft: Legacy aims to capture the spirit of the original, and while it definitely succeeds in putting a modern spin on the story, it comes up lacking in most…
Source: io9 – The Craft: Legacy Has Good Intentions But Fails to Cast a Spell
The 1996 cult classic The Craft was a microcosm of peak ’90s pop prominence from its now-cyclical fashion to its roster of go-to young actors. By the time of the film’s release, three of the starring quartet—Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, and Neve Campbell—were already tending to their rather active careers. Campbell was…
Source: io9 – The Craft’s Rachel True on Rochelle’s evolution and the little white lie she kept on set
Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor pierced the veil a few weeks ago, but you wouldn’t be alone if you were having trouble getting its spooky, heartfelt story out of your mind. A new video essay digs into the Henry James-inspired series, examining how it both taps into and repurposes some familiar horror tropes.
Source: io9 – This Haunting of Bly Manor Video Essay Digs Into the Series’ Unique Approach to Horror
Christina Ricci and Bill Pullman led 1995’s Casper, a film that mixed live-action and CGI that also crossed genres. It was comedy! It was fantasy! It was sci-fi! And, if you were a tween, it was also a very complicated romance. But enough about ghost kisses, let’s talk about the film’s ridiculous amount of cameos.
Source: io9 – Casper Had the Most Ridiculous Cameos
As often as comic book publishers bring characters back from the dead, you would think comics themselves wouldn’t feature personifications of death as major players just a rule. It’s one thing to resurrect a person in order to make any particular series or story feel impactful, but when you bring in walking, talking…
Source: io9 – Comics Personifications of Death Ranked in Order of How Overused They Are
You might be forgiven for thinking that we last saw the heroes of UA’s legendary Class 1-A on the big screen a few years ago at this point. But no: it just feels like it. The release of Funimation’s My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising was one of the last Normal Things to happen before 2020 decided to 2020 itself all over…
Source: io9 – My Hero Academia’s Biggest Rivals Look Back on Heroes Rising’s Wild Journey