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io9Toys and Collectibles
The New Monopoly Has a Voice Controlled AI Banker That Will Never Cheat
There are few activities that can turn the polite and civil discourse of a family gathering into a shouting match faster than a game of Monopoly. The latest edition replaces the designated banker with an intelligent, voice-activated top hat that handles all of the game’s financial transactions, giving players an outlet for their frustrations, without … Continued
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io9MoviesMarvel
Avengers: Endgame Is Returning to Theaters Real Soon, and With New Footage
Kevin Feige really wants that Avatar record. This week Avengers: Endgame came within just $50 million of toppling Avatar’s domestic box office record, after a $3.51 million weekend brought it to an eye-watering $2,742,491,359 global gross. While it came close to Avatar’s record-holding $2,787,965,087, it seemed like Endgame just wouldn’t be able to top it, … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning Spoilers
Updates From Spider-Man: Far From Home, Titans, and More
Peter Parker inducts Mysterio into the Avengers in new Spider-Man: Far From Home footage. Get your first look at Titans’ Superboy. Noah Centineo talks the responsibility of becoming He-Man. Plus, new clips from Child’s Play and Annabelle Comes Home, and filming begins on the next chapter of the Game of Thrones universe. Spoilers now! Blithe … Continued
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io9ComicsDC Comics
Swamp Thing Fucks and We Deserve to See It
Swamp Thing fucks. This is not me being crude or trying to be salacious. This is a fact, made clear, repeatedly, in the pages of the many Swamp Thing comics over the last 48 years. Swamp Thing, a mass of sentient plant matter that identifies as male, fucks. And because the DC Universe show has … Continued
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io9Trailers
There’s an Awesome New Infinity Train Trailer, But You Have to Work for It
Cartoon Network’s promising new animated series, Infinity Train, finally has a new full trailer. But, much like our science geek hero Tulip, solving a puzzle to watch it is part of the adventure. This brief and obscure teaser recently debuted on Cartoon Network’s YouTube page. It starts with an infinity symbol and the sound of … Continued
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io9Animation
DC Universe’s Harley Quinn Series Reportedly Adds Sanaa Lathan as the New Voice of Catwoman
While DC Universe has shown that it can execute live-action adaptations of DC’s comics well, we’re still a few months out from the premiere of Harley Quinn, the platform’s first original animated series. And as it turns out, Harley will have someone else from Batman’s rogues’ gallery joining her. The series is set to follow … Continued
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io9MoviesDC Universe
New Poll Finds People Are Excited About Robert Pattinson as Batman, But Screw That, They Forgot Adam West
How dare you, Hollywood Reporter and Morning Consult. How. Dare. You. The lauded industry publication just announced the results of a new poll it conducted with Morning Consult, charting fan reaction to Robert Pattinson replacing Ben Affleck as the DC movieverse’s Dark Knight. Given that the internet isn’t quite as abjectly on fire as it was … Continued
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io9Games
The Original NES Console Had a Motion Control Joystick 15 Years Before the Nintendo Wii Did
Remember how the Wii’s groundbreaking motion controls helped Nintendo sell over 100 million consoles? Well, it turns out it wasn’t actually the first Nintendo console you could play by flailing around a joystick. Thanks to a third party accessory called the Hot Stik, the original NES had rudimentary motion controls too, but there’s a good … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
The Troubled Y: The Last Man TV Series Gets a New Showrunner
When last we heard about FX’s live-action Y: The Last Man series, every indication seemed to point toward it being dead in the water. Showrunners Aïda Mashaka Croal and Michael Green announced that they were parting ways with the adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s comic in April. Now, though, it seems as … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
Jessica Jones‘ Surprising Cameos Leave the Door Open for Potential Future Opportunities
With Jessica Jones’ final season, the age of Marvel’s Netflix heroes has come to an end, and all things considered, the series’ finale did a solid job of giving its characters the space to leave some excellent, lasting impressions. But there are two moments in Jessica Jones’ very last episode suggesting that the antihero’s adventures … Continued
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io9Sci-Fi
Alex Kurtzman’s Plan for More Star Trek Than Ever Before: Keep It Varied
Star Trek: Discovery is already charting itself a bold new course going into season three. Picard is on the way. And that’s before we get to the animated shows and the seemingly zillions of other Star Trek projects in the works. In an age with more Trek than ever before, how does its architect plan … Continued
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io9BooksStar Wars
Alphabet Squadron Is the Closest Thing to an X-Wing Book Star Wars Has Had in Years, and I Love It
When you announce a new Star Wars novel about a ragtag team of hypercompetent pilots, it’s hard not to immediately draw connections to Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston’s work on some of the best Star Wars books of all time: the X-Wing series. Alphabet Squadron, this Disney-canon successor to the throne, is the closest … Continued
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io9MoviesSci-Fi
Robert Rodriguez Breaks Down How Much the Manga Inspired Alita: Battle Angel
Alita: Battle Angel was a film over a decade in the making, with director Robert Rodriguez eventually stepping in for James Cameron to complete his dream project. Both Cameron and Rodriguez had big plans for how the film would pay tribute to Yukito Kishiro’s manga, and in this latest behind the scenes featurette we get … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning Spoilers
Another Familiar Face Says They Could Be Back for the Next Ghostbusters
Rumors swirl about potential Shang-Chi casting. Ray Fisher doesn’t think he’s done as the DC movieverse’s Cyborg just yet. Get a look at what’s to come on The Handmaid’s Tale. Plus, new details on Pennyworth, and wild rumors about a new Justice League movie. Spoilers, assemble! Ghostbusters In a recent interview with KTLA 5, Annie … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
4 Things We Loved, and 3 We Didn’t Like So Much About Jessica Jones Season 3
Every so often, you come across a season of a television show that’s so generally strong that even the things you don’t particularly like about it are still rather solid. Jessica Jones’ third and final outing is precisely that kind of season. With a murderous lunatic believing themselves to be righteous on the loose, Jessica … Continued
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io9Animation
This Behind-the-Scenes Peek at Archer: 1999 Confirms That After 10 Seasons, the Cast Is Still Having a Blast
Archer: 1999 is just a few episodes in, but the FXX series’ shift to space has already injected fresh energy into what was once a show about secret agents but has since changed forms quite a few times. Also full of energy after 10 seasons: the ensemble cast, who apparently rarely record their lines together … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
Batwoman‘s Beginnings and Arrow‘s End Start This October
Looking forward to basically every show in the DC-CWniverse except Legends of Tomorrow (although, why would you not look forward to Legends, you monster)? Then clear your October schedule, because you’re going to be very busy. The CW has announced its roster of returns for this year’s fall TV slate, with a host of returning … Continued
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io9MoviesHorror
Get Out, There’s Another Amityville Movie in the Works?
Forget Freddy and Jason. There’s one horror villain that’s inspired more sequels and spinoffs than any other, and it’s not a masked killer—it’s a goddamn house. By my count, the just-announced Amityville 1974 will be the 24th film with ties to the Amityville series, and that’s not even counting doc My Amityville Horror or the … Continued
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io9ComicsMarvel
No, That Marvel Spider-Man Announcement Isn’t a Spider-Man 4 Comic
Not all number fours are created equal. Not even all of them are fantastic. But a certain digit sent Marvel fans into a tizzy this weekend, only for it to be all for naught. Or maybe that should be four naught? Yesterday, Marvel Comics’ official Twitter account dropped a cryptic teaser image of a spider … Continued
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io9MoviesMarvel
Dark Phoenix Didn’t Understand Who the X-Men Are
All you have to do is take one look at the box office totals for Fox’s X-Men films to see that, even when the movies weren’t particularly good (see: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Apocalypse), people were still clamoring to see them. So where did Dark Phoenix go wrong? While it’s difficult to succinctly … Continued