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A New Hacker Hero Rises in a Look Inside the Next Comixology Original, Quarter Killer

Last month, Comixology announced that throughout September it would drop four brand new miniseries in its ongoing, creator-owned original series line. Well, September is here, and we’ve got an exclusive look at the next miniseries kicking off in just a week’s time: the cyberpunk hackstravaganza Quarter Killer. Penned by Vita Ayala and Danny Lore, and…

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New Titans Set Pictures Reveal Our First Glimpse of Nightwing

Another familiar face is back in action for Arrow’s last season. Jessica Lange is pretty much done with American Horror Story at this point. The CW has set its sights on The Archive for its next YA adaptation. Plus, what’s to come on The Purge and Nancy Drew, and Batman hunts down the deadliest game…

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Image: Sara Pichelli, Elisabetta D’Amico, Dave Stewart, and Joe Caramagna

J.J. Abrams’ Spider-Man Comic Is Incredibly J.J. Abrams, For Better or Worse

It feels glib to cast Spider-Man—the simply titled miniseries that represents J.J. Abrams and his son Henry’s foray into comics writing, alongside legendary Ultimate Spider-Man artist Sara Pichelli—as “The Force Awakens but with more Spandex.” But, for all his love of mysteries, Abrams’ venture into the web of Peter Parker is as much about his…

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So, What Can a Force Ghost Do?

In the mythos of Star Wars’ cosmic energies, the ability to exist after death as a Force Ghost is one of the most rare and powerful abilities a wielder of the Force can master. Or rather, attempt to master. Because if anything, despite its importance to the Star Wars saga at large, what we think…

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Jamie Lee Curtis Teases Familiar Faces and Traumas for Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends

Sony teases that “famous people” want to do a remake of The Princess Bride. No, Rihanna has not been cast as Batman’s Poison Ivy, but she’d like to be. Plus, production wraps on The Invisible Man, what to expect when The Flash and Van Helsing return, and another batch of footage from Maleficent: Mistress of…

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I Have No Idea What’s Going On in Lego’s Bonkers New Ad, But I Kinda Love It

I’m not sure Lego fully intended that its new advertising campaign elicit a reaction that is pretty much just “uh, what?” but if it was? Mission accomplished. Today Lego announced “Rebuild the World,” a new marketing initiative that is, well, actually intentionally vague and esoteric. According to press material from the company, the nebulous idea…

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8 Cool Details About Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance From Its Incredible Documentary

A wonderful thing happens when you roll the credits on the final episode of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance: you’ve finished watching one of the best TV shows of the year. But then another wonderful thing happens: The Crystal Calls, an almost hour-and-a-half long making-of documentary, immediately queues up. If you’re anything like me,…

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The First Trailer for Netflix’s In the Tall Grass Makes Even Grass Itself Petrifying

This is worse than peak hay fever season. Well, actually, if you suffer from hay fever, this trailer is probably just gonna make your chest tight in sympathy. Netflix just dropped the first trailer for In the Tall Grass, based on the novella by Stephen King and his son, Joe Hill—just one of the seemingly…

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The Man Behind Mr. Robot Is Bringing Battlestar Galactica Back [Updated]

All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again. Because literally, that’s what they’re doing, they’re rebooting Battlestar Galactica again. Deadline reports that NBC Universal has tapped Mr. Robot’s Sam Esmail to headline a reboot of the beloved sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica for its newly unveiled streaming service. Which is called…

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Another Familiar Face Confirms Their Return for Ghostbusters 2020

Danny Trejo is willing to direct Machete Kills’ spacebound sequel himself if necessary. Andy Muschietti is working on and adaptation of Stephen King’s The Jaunt. Showtime has dropped Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Kingkiller Chronicles adaptation. Plus, Jon Favreau wants to do a new Star Wars Holiday Special, and the Scooby Gang ring up Batman. Spoilers now! Ghostbusters…

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Disney’s New Bedtime Hotline for Kids Lets Yoda Creep You the Hell Out Before Sleeping

As another reminder of Disney owning a good chunk of the things we love, the company’s newly relaunched, limited time Bedtime Hotline service has added some characters from its most popular acquisitions. One of them I feel maybe has kind of the opposite effect of putting your kids to peaceful sleep, though. Last year, Disney…

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Colin Baker Regrets Not Filming His Doctor Who Regeneration

The Sixth Doctor was a controversial figure, on screen and off, by the end of his tenure on Doctor Who. At the time, Colin Baker’s exit was so tempestuous the actor did not return for the traditional hand-over of the role to his replacement, Sylvester McCoy. It led to one of the dodgiest wigs in…

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Vampironica Returns For Another Bite of Her Own Comic Adventures

Archie Horror’s literal re-vamp of Riverdale’s highest-class high schooler Veronica Lodge has already given us plenty to sink our teeth into—whether it’s in her debut miniseries or her ongoing crossover with Jughead: The Hunger. But it’s once again time for Ronnie to spread her bat wings and fly solo, and io9 has the first details…

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We Have Reached the Inevitable: Warner Bros. Is Making a Funko Pop Movie

Whether you love them or loathe them, Funko’s Pop Vinyl figurines are everywhere, their big heads and vacant stares providing a blank canvas for practically every pop culture series under the sun to be turned into an action figure. Now, they’re moving off store shelves and onto the silver screen. Deadline reports that Funko has…

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Tony Stark Could Re-Appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe a Lot Sooner Than You’d Think

Ernie Hudson finally confirms his return for Ghostbusters 2020. New Goddess of Thunder or otherwise, Chris Hemsworth is still the star of Thor: Love & Thunder, according to Taika Waititi. New novels give us our best look yet at Birds of Prey’s heroines. Plus, a look at the Killjoys finale and more Batwoman teases. Spoilers,…

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The Puppeteer Behind Dark Crystal‘s Deet Has an Adorable Story Behind Her Audition

Casting a character on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is a twofold process. Sure, we have Game of Thrones’ Nathalie Emmanuel voicing Deet, but that’s not the whole thing: there’s a puppeteer actually physically playing the character to consider as well, and Beccy Henderson has started sharing lovely stories of her time on the…

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New Survey Says People Want to See Less Trailers Before Movies

We love trailers here at io9—there are few things about movies better than, well, y’know, good entire movies. An artful teaser can inspire intrigue (and a desire to break its secrets down), dazzle the eyes, or evoke powerful tone without saying much in the way of actual information at all. But a new survey says…

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I Can’t Stop Looking at These Perfect Final Fantasy VII Figures

We live in a truly incredible time for action figures—whether you’re wanting to spend a couple hundred bucks or even just twenty, you can get well articulated, highly detailed recreations of some of your favourite characters from all sorts of shows, movies, comics, and games. But it means we also get this: amazingly intentionally old…

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Listen to the Original Voice of Ash Ketchum Congratulate Him on a Long-Awaited Pokémon League Win

He’s finally bloody done it. Ash Ketchum, star of the Pokémon anime and perennial clutcher of defeat from the jaws of victory, is finally the winner of a Regional Pokémon League. The world of Pokémon fandom is rejoicing with him, including…himself? Well, actually it’s sort of herself: in the first eight seasons of the western…

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Let’s Fancast the Wild Amount of People That Are In The Suicide Squad

Friday evening, James Gunn finally revealed the cast of his Suicide Squad quasi-sequel-reboot, the unhelpfully titled The Suicide Squad. There’s… well, there’s an awful lot of them. So why don’t we try our best and wish for who could be playing who from DC Comics’ vast roster of potential squaddies? We’ve had some previous thoughts…

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A New Hacker Hero Rises in a Look Inside the Next Comixology Original, Quarter Killer

New Titans Set Pictures Reveal Our First Glimpse of Nightwing

J.J. Abrams’ Spider-Man Comic Is Incredibly J.J. Abrams, For Better or Worse

So, What Can a Force Ghost Do?

Jamie Lee Curtis Teases Familiar Faces and Traumas for Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends

I Have No Idea What’s Going On in Lego’s Bonkers New Ad, But I Kinda Love It

8 Cool Details About Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance From Its Incredible Documentary

The First Trailer for Netflix’s In the Tall Grass Makes Even Grass Itself Petrifying

The Man Behind Mr. Robot Is Bringing Battlestar Galactica Back [Updated]

Another Familiar Face Confirms Their Return for Ghostbusters 2020

Disney’s New Bedtime Hotline for Kids Lets Yoda Creep You the Hell Out Before Sleeping

Colin Baker Regrets Not Filming His Doctor Who Regeneration

Vampironica Returns For Another Bite of Her Own Comic Adventures

We Have Reached the Inevitable: Warner Bros. Is Making a Funko Pop Movie

Tony Stark Could Re-Appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe a Lot Sooner Than You’d Think

The Puppeteer Behind Dark Crystal‘s Deet Has an Adorable Story Behind Her Audition

New Survey Says People Want to See Less Trailers Before Movies

I Can’t Stop Looking at These Perfect Final Fantasy VII Figures

Listen to the Original Voice of Ash Ketchum Congratulate Him on a Long-Awaited Pokémon League Win

Let’s Fancast the Wild Amount of People That Are In The Suicide Squad

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Scientists Found a Weird New Way to Wash Fruits and Vegetables

White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees