James Whitbrook

io9 Lead Editor

James Whitbrook is the Deputy Editor at io9. Starting his career in entertainment journalism joining io9 in 2014 as an intern, and then a staff writer shortly thereafter, he's now been writing at the site for over 10 years, with areas of expertise including Doctor Who, comics, games, Star Trek, and having way too many thoughts about Star Wars. When not explaining some esoteric lore about a Star-based franchise or comic book character online, James spends his time playing too many JRPGs and MMOs, taking elaborate photos of action figures, and building Gundam model kits.

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Updates From Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, and More

Plus, get another new look at Avatar: The Way of Water .

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The Mandalorian Season 3 Will Begin Next March

You're going to be waiting a little while yet for The Mandalorian 's return to Disney+.

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Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power Adds a New Fellowship of Cast Members

At least this time you won't have to try and guess which one of them is secretly Sauron.

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Updates From the Mario Movie, The Flash, and More

Plus, Elizabeth Banks talks about wanting to bring a Fast and Furious energy to... Cocaine Bear ?

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The Legendary Artwork of Frank Frazetta Is Coming to Magic: The Gathering

The latest artist series for Wizards of the Coasts' "Secret Lair" initiative pays tribute to an icon of fantasy art.

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Updates From Indiana Jones 5, Supernatural Spinoff The Winchesters, and More

Plus, get a look at the new Night at the Museum animated movie.

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Celebrate 40 Years of Return of the Jedi With Some Familiar Star Wars Faces

The first wave of Hasbro's retro-carded Star Wars Black Series anniversary figures collects a few friendly (and unfriendly) characters from Return of the Jedi .

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Transformers: Earthspark Twists the Franchise In a Great Way

The latest take on the robots in disguise is less of a reboot, and more of an intriguing exploration: What if life went on after the Transformers came to Earth?

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Chris Hemsworth Discusses What It Would Take For Him to Return as Thor

Plus, Vincent D'Onofrio hypes up expectations for Daredevil: Born Again .

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The 25 Greatest Moments From Andor‘s Incredible First Season

As we have a long, long time to wait for season two, let's look back at the best of the latest Star Wars show.

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Rian Johnson Wouldn’t Mind If His Return to Star Wars Was For a TV Show

Johnson might be busy at the minute, but he's not done letting us know he's willing to return to a galaxy far, far away.

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Doctor Who Celebrates Its 59th Anniversary With Hype for Its 60th

And a reminder for us all to consider: it's going to be very weird seeing David Tennant on those "Every Doctor Ever" mashups twice over.

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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Will Have a Lot of Riker

Plus, get a new look at Spider-Gwen in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

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Watch Power Rangers‘ Touching Tribute to Jason David Frank

The star, who passed away this past weekend, played Tommy Oliver across multiple Power Rangers generations.

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Hideaki Anno’s Ultraman Fan Film Is Now Officially Streaming

Shin Ultraman is preparing to grow beyond its Japanese release, but on Amazon Japan, you can get a glimpse of Anno's earliest Ultra fandom.

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More Details About Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Mysterious Indiana Jones 5 Character

Plus, Brandy's Cinderella will return for Disney's new Descendants movie.

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Get a Look Inside Star Wars: The High Republic Phase 2’s First Adult Novel, Convergence

Meet the Path of the Open Hand, a mysterious new group in the second phase of Star Wars: The High Republic .

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I Have No Idea What’s Happening in the First Gridman/Dynazenon Crossover Movie Trailer, But I Love It

Gridman Universe is mashing up two of Trigger's best anime, and I cannot wait.

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Marvel’s Thunderbolts Movie Might Have Found Its Villain

Plus, Greta Gerwig teases outfits galore for the Barbie movie.

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Millie Gibson Is Doctor Who‘s New Companion

Millie Gibson will star alongside Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor when Doctor Who returns for a new season in 2024.

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