Julie Muncy, Author at Gizmodo

Krypton Will Feature Some Prominent and Not-So-Prominent DC Faces in Its Second Season

When Krypton returns for its second season, it’s going to be bringing with it some familiar faces, along with some deep cuts from far back in the DC Comics universe. The most notable addition to the show, for the long-term DC fan, will be Lobo, who in the comics is a violent, scenery-chewing bounty hunter…

Television Julie Muncy Jul 21

Steven Universe’s Garnet, Teen Titans’ Raven, and More Join Forces for an Epic OK K.O. Crossover Special

OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes is about to get even more, uh, heroic, because some of Cartoon Network’s best and brightest are going to be joining the characters in a special television event. Dubbed the “Crossover Nexus,” the televised collision will feature characters from Cartoon Network’s entire stable of TV shows. In the released image,…

Television Julie Muncy Jul 21

Batman: Hush Is Finally Getting a DC Animated Movie Adaptation

One of the biggest Batman stories of the modern era is coming to animation. Batman: Hush, the storyline created by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee in 2002 and 2003, is getting the cartoon film treatment as a DC Universe Original Movie. Hush, originally a twelve-issue arc in Batman, follows the story of a new villain…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 21

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Is Getting Rebooted, With an Emphasis on Diversity

In a move that should be concerning for vampires everywhere, Buffy is coming back, According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot is in the works at 20th Century Fox, with creator Joss Whedon attached to executive produce. What may be weirdest is that this is not news that…

Television Julie Muncy Jul 20

Star Wars Ventures Back to the Prequel Era With a Bunch of New Books and Comics

The Star Wars printed universe marches on, with comics and books covering the whole timeline, including the franchise’s first major return to the prequel era since Disney restarted the canon back in 2014. But before we head back to Phantom Menace times: First off, Amy Ratcliffe is writing Women of the Galaxy, a guidebook featuring…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy Jul 20

Finn and Jake Gear Up for the Great Gum War in the Adventure Time Series Finale Trailer

All adventures have to end, and this one looks like it’s going out with a full-scale war. The war, between Princess Bubblegum’s Candy Kingdom and the kingdom of Gumbaldia, looks to be the situation that spurs Finn the Human and Jake the Dog, adventure friends until the very end, onto one last quest. After ten…

Trailers Julie Muncy Jul 20

Invader Zim Returns With Enter the Florpus, and Here’s the First Trailer

You can’t keep a good alien dead set on world domination down, even if he’s a bad alien who is in fact very bad at world domination. Because Invader Zim is finally returning to TV in a brand-new movie titled Enter the Florpus. Based on Jhonen Vasquez’s alien creation, Zim channeled equal parts moody and…

Trailers Julie Muncy Jul 20

DC Announces Several New Young Adult Books, Including a Cassandra Cain Graphic Novel

This morning, DC announced that DC Ink and DC Zoom, their newest comic imprints aimed at teens and those a bit younger, will be releasing a lot of new graphic novels, with a heavy focus on the ladies of the DC universe—including often overlooked yet awesome ex-Batgirl Cassandra Cain. Nice! First, for the Ink imprint,…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy Jul 19

Lego DC Super-Villains Lets You Wreak Havoc With the Baddies as a Custom Villain

The newest trailer for Lego DC Super-Villains has arrived, which will star a custom-created supervillain of the player’s choice alongside DC’s deep catalog of bodacious bad guys. The San Diego Comic-Con trailer, which dropped today, lays out the plot, featuring a group of impostor heroes, familiar to DC Comics fans as the Justice Crime Syndicate…

Trailers Julie Muncy Jul 19

Simon Pegg Has Some Great Ideas About His Mission: Impossible Character’s Hobbies

At the recent premiere of Mission: Impossible—Fallout, Simon Pegg was asked a question about what his character does during his spare time. He had some fun answers. Pegg plays Benji, an IMF technician introduced during Mission: Impossible III, graduated to series regular in the later movies, and now he’s a full-fledged field agent helping out…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 15

Either Someone Goofed, Or There Are Only 48 States in the Justice League Movie

This is certainly an unusual error. Or… worldbuilding? (Probably an error.) An eagle-eyed redditor, u/st1tchy, found something interesting in a frame of Justice League: that, during a moment right after Commissioner Gordon is introduced, we see a United States flag—with only 48 stars. Here’s a low-def capture of it: You can clearly see that the…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 15

It Sure Sounds Like Duncan Jones Is Making a Rogue Trooper Movie [UPDATE: He Is]

Duncan Jones just posted a tease on his Twitter about his previously revealed comic book movie—and it’s enough of a tease that we’re pretty sure we know what it is. Did you catch it? After zeroing in on a place—Britain—and a specific universe—2000AD—Jones removes his hat to reveal… a blue mohawk. Look familiar? (No, it’s…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 15

Meet Your New Doctor in the First Teaser for Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor Who

It’s finally happening! After a long wait, it’s finally time to get our first look at the upcoming season of Doctor Who, which features the first lady Doctor in the form of Jodie Whittaker, who was announced as replacing Peter Capaldi in the Doctor’s newest regeneration about a year ago. She will have three companions…

Trailers Julie Muncy Jul 15

Bogus Production Problems Might Stop Bill & Ted 3 From Happening

The adventures of Bill S. Preston and Theodore Logan might not be continuing after all, in some of the least radical news we’ve gotten in a while. Just a couple months ago, word was that a third Bill & Ted movie, Bill & Ted Face the Music, was a sure thing, with the main cast…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 15

This Fan Edit Puts All the Crystal Gems Together for a New Steven Universe Intro

The core crew of Steven Universe keeps getting bigger. It’s time we got an intro to match. One of the most beautiful elements of Steven Universe is its focus on redemption—on its ability to turn enemies into allies, to showcase the Crystal Gems not just as a group of rebels but as a growing family…

Television Julie Muncy Jul 14

TaleSpin‘s Swashbuckling Villain Is Going to Cameo on DuckTales

Out of the whole block of Disney-centric cartoons from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, TaleSpin, which used a version of Baloo from The Jungle Book as a protagonist, was probably the most distinct. Transposing Disney characters and vibes to a 1930s-style caper about air pirates in a lush tropical setting. It was an unusual,…

Television Julie Muncy Jul 14

George Jenson, Production Illustrator for Return of the Jedi and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Has Died

You may not have heard of him, but his work is far more influential than you realize. George Jenson, born in 1930 in Calgary, worked on art for some of the most important science fiction and fantasy films of the 20th century. He did production illustration or storyboards for Close Encounters of the Third Kind,…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 14

The First Images of Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Show the Enterprise, a New Alien Design

The first two official, non-production images of Star Trek: Discovery are out in the wild, and they showcase a new alien design as well as hint at a season that will begin, at least, with the meeting of the past and the present of Trek. Both of these images come from Entertainment Weekly, who’s doing…

Television Julie Muncy Jul 14

Once Upon a Time, Steven Spielberg Apparently Helped Save the Child’s Play Franchise

Being one of the biggest directors ever brings with it a lot of power. There are a lot of ways to use that power. Fortunately, Steven Spielberg has opted to use that power to help good actors get good roles and, apparently, save cult classic film franchises. That story comes from Bloody Disgusting, sharing a…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 14

Logan Director James Mangold Warns That Fandom Backlash Will Push Talent Out of Genre Films

Fans nowadays are angry. Oh, are they angry. And director James Mangold is worried about the effect it’ll have on the culture industry. Taking to Twitter, Mangold (who always has interesting, if not uncontroversial, thoughts on pop culture media) shared his thoughts about the direction fandom has taken in 2018 and what the results of…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 8

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Krypton Will Feature Some Prominent and Not-So-Prominent DC Faces in Its Second Season

Steven Universe’s Garnet, Teen Titans’ Raven, and More Join Forces for an Epic OK K.O. Crossover Special

Batman: Hush Is Finally Getting a DC Animated Movie Adaptation

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Is Getting Rebooted, With an Emphasis on Diversity

Star Wars Ventures Back to the Prequel Era With a Bunch of New Books and Comics

Finn and Jake Gear Up for the Great Gum War in the Adventure Time Series Finale Trailer

Invader Zim Returns With Enter the Florpus, and Here’s the First Trailer

DC Announces Several New Young Adult Books, Including a Cassandra Cain Graphic Novel

Lego DC Super-Villains Lets You Wreak Havoc With the Baddies as a Custom Villain

Simon Pegg Has Some Great Ideas About His Mission: Impossible Character’s Hobbies

Either Someone Goofed, Or There Are Only 48 States in the Justice League Movie

It Sure Sounds Like Duncan Jones Is Making a Rogue Trooper Movie [UPDATE: He Is]

Meet Your New Doctor in the First Teaser for Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor Who

Bogus Production Problems Might Stop Bill & Ted 3 From Happening

This Fan Edit Puts All the Crystal Gems Together for a New Steven Universe Intro

TaleSpin‘s Swashbuckling Villain Is Going to Cameo on DuckTales

George Jenson, Production Illustrator for Return of the Jedi and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Has Died

The First Images of Star Trek: Discovery Season Two Show the Enterprise, a New Alien Design

Once Upon a Time, Steven Spielberg Apparently Helped Save the Child’s Play Franchise

Logan Director James Mangold Warns That Fandom Backlash Will Push Talent Out of Genre Films

Bose SoundLink Max Bluetooth Speaker Quietly Drops to Its Lowest Price, Now Cheaper Than Last Week’s Low

The Wicked Stepmother of ‘The Testaments’ Is So Much Fun to Hate

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Allbirds Is Getting Out of the Shoe Business and Pivoting to AI Infrastructure

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Axiom Space Is Ready to Test Its Next-Generation Spacesuit in 2027

Astronomers Just Dropped the Largest High-Res 3D Map of the Universe

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