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io9BooksScience Fiction
Annihilation Author Jeff VanderMeer Tells Us How He Makes His Sci-Fi Feel Authentic
Science fiction author Jeff VanderMeer doesn’t just envision a better world. He hopes to live in a less stupid world. VanderMeer is famously known for his novel, Borne—the universe in which his most recent novel, Dead Astronauts, is set—and his Southern Reach trilogy, the first book of which was adapted into the 2018 Alex Garland … Continued
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io9MoviesFantasy
The First Monster Hunter Movie Posters Are Here, and Giant Sword Giant Sword Giant Sword Giant Sword
Look: this movie is probably gonna be a hot mess. It’s Paul W.S. Anderson taking on a Capcom video game again, and we’ve just gotta hope it’s a Resident Evil: Retribution hot mess rather than a Resident Evil: The Final Chapter hot mess. But, I will say this: that sword continues to look great. The … Continued
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io9ComicsIndies
A Ducking Sweet Look Inside Archie Comics New Superhero Pastiche, Super Duck
While we live in an age of superhero mania, Archie Comics’ exploits in Riverdale have managed to stay relatively distant from the spandex-clad hype—much more content to dabble with witches, werewolves, vampires, and the most fantastical topic of all, high-school drama. But they’re going to riff on it by bringing back a classic character from … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning Spoilers
Our First Look at Kevin Feige’s Simpsons Cameo Is Here
Amblin’s getting into a new sci-fi comedy. Shudder’s new documentary wants to investigate cursed and haunted film productions. Get a look at the new season of Future Man. Plus, what’s to come on the DC/CW universe shows, a glimpse of Westworld season three’s new and returning characters, and aliens invade St. Patrick’s Day in the … Continued
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io9Animation
On The Clone Wars, Everyone’s a Little Tired Of Being a Tool of War
The Clone Wars has been with us for six—now seven—seasons, and while it has remained consistently delightful, the Clone Wars themselves have dragged out to a point that our heroes are really starting to feel the costs of all this fighting. Costs that, for some at least, became distressingly literal in this week’s episode. Off … Continued
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io9MoviesHorror
How to Make the Other Universal Monsters Scary Again
Dracula. The Wolf Man. The Mummy. The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Frankenstein(’s monster) and the Bride of Frankenstein(’s Monster). They’re all icons of cinematic horror, many for nearly a century—and that’s the problem. It’s hard to be scared by things you’ve been looking at for 90 or so years, which are so omnipresent in … Continued
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io9Books
Parasite‘s Gorgeous Storyboards Are Being Translated and Turned Into a Truly Cinematic ‘Graphic Novel’
Parasite director Bong Joon-ho is known for visualizing the scenes in his films in fine detail, and pouring his ideas into meticulously crafted storyboards that read almost as cinematically as the final product. Given Parasite’s widespread critical acclaim, it’s no surprise that the movie’s storyboards are getting a wider international release in book form. Though … Continued
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io9Animation
The Proud Family’s Back in New Disney+ Series Concept Art
All it really takes for an animated show to become forever stuck in the minds of a generation of young viewers is a damn good theme song and a memorable cast. Case in point: the Disney Channel’s The Proud Family, the too-short series that’s getting a second life on Disney+. While we’ve known for a … Continued
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io9Games
Stadia’s Unrealized Potential Is Why Baldur’s Gate 3 Developers Are Obsessed With It
Earlier this week, the developer behind Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios, invited press to watch hours of gameplay in which a developer died over and over again in the difficult isometric RPG based on Dungeons and Dragons. I went because the Baldur’s Gate series is one of my absolute favorite ever made—and also because the … Continued
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io9Animation
Star Wars’ Dee Bradley Baker Tells Us What He Loves About Ahsoka, Rex, and Clone Wars‘ Enduring Legacy
The Clone Wars is back, which can only mean a few things: One, some of our favorite Star Wars characters in the galaxy have returned. Two? It’s all about to end rather tragically for most of them. But Rex and Ahsoka will come out of the Clone War…mostly unscathed, and for the voice behind the … Continued
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io9Trailers
The Tales From the Loop Trailer Has All the Sci-Fi and Whimsy You Could Want
Tales From the Loop has assumed its final form and holy crap does it look amazing. Based on the art of Simon Stålenhag, which was then turned into a book followed by an RPG game, Tales From the Loop is coming to Amazon on April 3. It’s the first show to be based on digital … Continued
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io9Toys and Collectibles
What’s Up, Danger? Hot Toys’ New Into the Spider-Verse Figure Is Outstanding
He knows what’s up. Danger, that’s what’s up. We might be waiting for Into the Spider-Verse 2 at this point, but Hot Toys is still out here reminding us just how much the first movie ruled (it’s not the best superhero movie of the last decade for no reason) with this utterly glorious rendition of … Continued
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io9MoviesAnimation
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution‘s Uncanny Aesthetics Feel Like a Step Backwards
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution is a remake in the truest sense of the word. If you’ve seen the animated film from 1998, Evolution’s story of a vengeful Mewtwo seeking to assert its dominance over humanity and naturally born Pokémon will ring familiar, as it more or less recreates every scene from the original shot for … Continued
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io9Trailers
The First Candyman Trailer Provides New Terrors and Buckets of Blood
Hollywood did it with Freddy and they did it with Jason. They did it with Michael, Chucky, and Leatherface too. Now, finally, Hollywood is reimagining Candyman and your terrifying first look is here. Produced by Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) and directed by Nia DaCosta (Little Woods), a new vision of Candyman will be released … Continued
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io9Toys and Collectibles
You Can Pretend to Murder This Adorable Robotic Balloon Dog
Unless artist Jeff Koons, known for his giant balloon dog sculptures, decides to get litigious, Moose Toys will be introducing some competition for Sony’s Aibo later this year with Squeakee, the world’s first robotic balloon dog that could potentially put clowns and birthday party entertainers out of business. Robotic toys have become a driving force … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning Spoilers
The Latest Attempt at the Lost Boys TV Show Has Found Its Potential Stars (Again)
The Matrix 4 keeps adding to its mysterious cast. Get a new look at The Hunt’s attempt to return. NBC has found a star for its “doomsday drama” La Brea. A peculiar Mandalorian rumor discusses some intriguing guest directors. Plus, Wally West returns to The Flash and the latest wild goings-on in Riverdale. Spoilers now! … Continued
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io9Sci-Fi
Everyone on Star Trek: Picard Is Finding Their Traumas at the Worst Possible Time
Star Trek: Picard is heading into the endgame of its first season, but it feels as if it’s only really just started spinning up the biggest wheels of its arc. That’s good for us because it means major momentum on the show’s most intriguing storylines. It’s bad for the heroes of Star Trek: Picard because … Continued
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io9Sci-Fi
Octavia E. Butler’s Sci-Fi Novel Dawn May Be Coming to Amazon
Centuries after humanity has been all but destroyed by nuclear holocaust, a woman wakes up on an alien spaceship. She finds out the aliens that saved her want to help bring back the human race. That’s the basic plot of Dawn, a 1987 novel by Octavia E. Butler, and Variety reports Ava DuVernay is teaming … Continued