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Netflix Conjures Up LGBTQ Graphic Novel The Witch Boy as an Animated Movie Musical

Is it “announce all the new animation” week at Netflix? Because we just learned that Kong Skull Island and the Tomb Raider games are getting anime series, and now Molly Ostertag’s best-selling YA graphic novel The Witch Boy joins these ever-growing ranks with an animated movie musical. You know…Disney style. If you haven’t read the…

Movies Rob Bricken

The Emperor’s New Groove Didn’t Have an [INSERT NOUN HERE] By the Time It Was in Theaters

Because you’re reading io9, you understand that by the time a movie makes its way to theaters or to a streaming platform, the project has gone through countless revisions at almost every step of the production process, from initial conceptualization to reshoots to the day the finished product is available to audiences. Movies don’t just…

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Nicolas Cage’s Prisoners of the Ghostland Was Only Going to Premiere in One Place

Today marks the first day of a film festival that introduced the world to filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Ryan Coogler, and Damien Chazelle, just to name a few. It’s day one of the virtual 2021 Sundance Film Festival. And while Sundance has helped make many directors household names, one who has long made…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in February

Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month, most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away—and io9 is here to help with your decision making. Welcome to…

Movies Germain Lussier

King Kong Vs. Godzilla Versus Godzilla Vs. Kong

No, it’s not a battle royale between parallel universes full of kaiju. (Although that would be awesome.) YouTuber and giant monster aficionado Long Live the King has made a side-by-side comparison between the new Godzilla Vs. Kong trailer, and footage from the original Japanese movie match-up, King Kong Vs. Godzilla. Two things you should know…

Movies Rob Bricken

Enjoy These Tiny Peeks at The Suicide Squad, Space Jam 2, and Actual Mortal Kombat Footage

HBO Max has just served up a tasty video assortment platter of new looks at the Warner Bros. movies that will be debuting this year on the streaming service, and you’ll want to have a taste. Besides amuse-bouches from The Suicide Squad and Space Jam sequels, it contains some rather succulent footage from the Mortal…

Movies Rob Bricken

Genre Movies to Chase Those Cobra Kai Highs

Science fiction is about the unbelievable. The impossible. Things most people wouldn’t equate with a show about aging karate champions and their students. And yet, that Cobra Kai not only exists, but is so freaking good, is unbelievable. It is impossible. And that, along with the mountains of nostalgia the show provides, have made us…

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Giant City Briefly Escapes Destruction as Godzilla Vs. Kong Gets Delayed a Week

Good news, residents of the giant unnamed neon metropolis seen in the Godzilla Vs. Kong trailer. You have one extra week to evacuate your citizens, make sure all your insurance is up to date, and get your affairs in order, because the titanic tussle is now taking place on March 31. Why would Warner Bros., after…

Movies Rob Bricken

The Queen of Black Magic Pays Gruesomely Loving Homage to Its Namesake Classic

It’d be hard to top any movie in which a freshly decapitated head flies through the air hellbent on biting its nearest enemy, but the right filmmaking energy can certainly do something like that justice. Indonesian horror The Queen of Black Magic, a homage to the 1981 cult classic of the same name, does its…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Read the Script for Pixar’s Soul Like You’re Some Hollywood Big Shot or Something

One of the neat things about being a member of the Writer’s Guild of America is that sometimes you get screeners of movies being submitted for the Oscars. One of the less neat things is that you also often get sent book galleys containing a movie’s script, because unless you’re judging the Best Screenplay category…

Movies Rob Bricken

Disney’s Jungle Cruise Ride Is Being Updated, But Not Because of the Movie

One of Disneyland’s original rides is getting a modern update, but not for the reasons you might think. Or, if you’re familiar with the ride, maybe it’s for exactly the reason you think. The ride in question is Jungle Cruise, on its surface a seemingly mundane boat tour past a slew of animatronic animals that’s…

Movies Germain Lussier

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Lovecraft Country‘s Misha Green Will Write and Direct the Next Tomb Raider

Lara Croft is going to Lovecraft Country. Sort of. Misha Green, the creator and main driving force behind one of 2020’s best shows, Lovecraft Country, has been hired to write and direct the next Tomb Raider movie, with Alicia Vikander reprising her starring role. Deadline broke the news of the exciting team-up, which comes just…

Movies Germain Lussier

Hulu’s Time Loop Comedy Palm Springs Gets a Commentary Track, Let the Age of Streaming Extras Begin

Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti’s Palm Springs might have been our favorite new movie of 2020. That could partially be because it didn’t have a ton of competition in that area, but also because it’s a nerdier, more adorable, and somehow less cynical Groundhog Day tale, one that was a delight to escape into while…

Movies Rob Bricken

Netflix Is Here With an Important Reminder that Children’s Movies Are Terrifying

It’s a wonder we didn’t all come out of childhood traumatized by the stuff they put in those movies. Coming from Netflix UK & Ireland, this video features a rundown of some of the most weirdly frightening and potentially traumatic moments in kids’ movies. From growing faces to murder birds to ravenous houses, it’s a…

Movies Julie Muncy

Paramount Has Optioned Tom Wheeler’s Latest, a Kid’s Series That’s Men in Black Meets Willy Wonka

The new book series, by the writer of, uh, Puss in Boots and the creator of Netflix’s Cursed, also seems liable to be coming to film. As shared by the Hollywood Reporter, the book series, called C.O.S.M.O.S., is, according to its sources, “an epic, mind-bending, adventure that celebrates curiosity, diversity and the power of science…

Movies Julie Muncy

A Tip From Christopher Nolan Made Donnie Darko Way Easier to Follow

It’s been twenty years since Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko, the favored movie of moody teenage boys everywhere. Which makes it a good time to learn a bit new about it. For the Ringer, Kelly participated in a big oral history on the film, with a lot of interesting information about how it came together. Here’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

Pixar’s Soul Was a Massive Streaming Hit Over the Holidays

Well, we can’t do box office numbers. So we’re doing this now. As reported by Deadline, Soul, the latest Pixar animated film, absolutely rocked the Nielsen weekly streaming charts for the last week of December. The film, about a music teacher and jazz artist separated from his body, was released on Disney Plus as a…

Movies Julie Muncy

The Exorcist II Is a Masterclass in All the Ways a Horror Sequel Can Fly Off the Rails

The Exorcist is legendary. The Exorcist III is fascinating. The dueling fourth parts of the Exorcist saga are odd enough to be interesting, and the Exorcist TV show was criminally underrated. And then somehow there’s Exorcist II: The Heretic, easily one of the most mystifying horror sequels ever made. A majestic misfire, it hasn’t earned…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

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What Superhero Movies Need to Remember While Embracing Multiversal Madness

Much as audiences might long for Hollywood to change its approach to superhero movies, studios are loathe to let go of the genre’s established hallmarks. So things like glowing MacGuffins and overstuffed’s crossovers are utilized for a variety of reasons—including the simple fact that a lot of people genuinely like them. It’s easy to dismiss these…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

The 2021 Movie Calendar Has Already Begun to Crumble [Updated]

The year isn’t even a month old and Hollywood has already begun to delay many of its 2021 releases. Hot on the heels of the White House changing over, a new covid-19 plan put into motion, and talk of a return to some kind of normalcy in the fall, several studios just delayed many of…

Movies Germain Lussier

Netflix Conjures Up LGBTQ Graphic Novel The Witch Boy as an Animated Movie Musical

The Emperor’s New Groove Didn’t Have an [INSERT NOUN HERE] By the Time It Was in Theaters

Nicolas Cage’s Prisoners of the Ghostland Was Only Going to Premiere in One Place

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in February

King Kong Vs. Godzilla Versus Godzilla Vs. Kong

Enjoy These Tiny Peeks at The Suicide Squad, Space Jam 2, and Actual Mortal Kombat Footage

Genre Movies to Chase Those Cobra Kai Highs

Giant City Briefly Escapes Destruction as Godzilla Vs. Kong Gets Delayed a Week

The Queen of Black Magic Pays Gruesomely Loving Homage to Its Namesake Classic

Read the Script for Pixar’s Soul Like You’re Some Hollywood Big Shot or Something

Disney’s Jungle Cruise Ride Is Being Updated, But Not Because of the Movie

Lovecraft Country‘s Misha Green Will Write and Direct the Next Tomb Raider

Hulu’s Time Loop Comedy Palm Springs Gets a Commentary Track, Let the Age of Streaming Extras Begin

Netflix Is Here With an Important Reminder that Children’s Movies Are Terrifying

Paramount Has Optioned Tom Wheeler’s Latest, a Kid’s Series That’s Men in Black Meets Willy Wonka

A Tip From Christopher Nolan Made Donnie Darko Way Easier to Follow

Pixar’s Soul Was a Massive Streaming Hit Over the Holidays

The Exorcist II Is a Masterclass in All the Ways a Horror Sequel Can Fly Off the Rails

What Superhero Movies Need to Remember While Embracing Multiversal Madness

The 2021 Movie Calendar Has Already Begun to Crumble [Updated]

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