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Well What Do You Know, Tenet Got Pushed Back Again

It would seem that someone at Warner Bros. looked up the current state of novel coronavirus cases in the U.S. and was like “hmm, maybe not.” As many summer blockbusters have fled the next couple of months of potential release windows—even with theater chains attempting to re-open across the U.S. with new social distancing measures…

Movies James Whitbrook

Documents Leak Teasing a Cheaper Xbox Series X

Xbox Series X development docs, distributed courtesy of a leaker on Twitter, tease a long-rumored second Xbox Series X. As the Verge’s Tom Warren notes, the second console, code-named Lockhart, has been rumored for some time. This is just more fuel for the “Lockhart is real” fire. If it is indeed in development it will…

Games Alex Cranz

Dark Horse Finally Cuts Ties With Editor Scott Allie After New Sexual Abuse Claims

As the ongoing examination into gross sexual harassment across multiple corners of the entertainment industry continues, more incidents of abuse in the comics industry are coming to light. Now, a familiar name at Dark Horse Comics has had their relationship with the company severed entirely after facing a new allegation. On Wednesday, writer Shawna Gore…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

A Familiar Jurassic Park Name Returns for Dominion, With a New Face

Disney could push back Mulan’s release once more. Try to be surprised, but yes, Chiwetel Ejiofor will be back for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The Michael Bay-produced coronavirus disaster movie expands its cast. Plus, Flex Mentallo helps Rita out in new Doom Patrol pictures, and Gerard Butler runs away from asteroids for…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Marvel’s First Warhammer 40K Comic Is All About the Ultramarines

Well, about their Dad. Not their dad Dad, the Emperor, but like, their sub-Dad. sub-sub-Dad? Dads all the way down, in the grim darkness of the 41st millennium. Eight months after it was first announced that Games Workshop had cut a deal with Marvel Comics to create a new series set in the worlds of…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Even Dark Superfans Will Appreciate Netflix’s 10-Minute Catch-Up Video

Netflix is framing this Dark recap video as a useful tool for viewers who’ve decided to just go ahead and jump on into the hit show’s third and final season when it debuts on Friday. However, even the most ardent Dark fans could benefit from this crash refresher course, because Dark can be confusing as hell! Seriously,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Pokémon Sword and Shield’s New Isle of Armor Expansion Is a Breath of Fresh Air

When Nintendo first announced that Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield would be receiving two massive DLC expansions that would drastically add to the Galar region’s overall geography, it felt as if the company was preparing to address the game’s previous tendency to feel a bit “empty” at times. Hopefully, that meant by fleshing things out…

Games Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Full Brave New World Trailer Shows a Utopia Poised to Explode

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Alden Ehrenreich is highly unlikely to return to the role of Han Solo. In its place, though, we can soon watch the actor as a man from one world destined to turn another world upside down. Hey, that kind of sounds like Han anyway! Ehrenreich stars…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Star Trek‘s Starfighters, Ranked

The scale of space combat in Star Trek is so vast that the concept of attack fighters is wildly different than what you may think. In a future where even exploratory ships can carry thousands of people, who needs small-complement fighters? But that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Step aside, Wars in the Stars: here’s…

io9 James Whitbrook

Elizabeth Banks Will Will Drive the Magic School Bus in a Live-Action Movie

Ms. Frizzle, everyone’s favorite messy science teacher who lived for drama as well as education, is making her way to the silver screen in a live-action adaptation of The Magic School Bus. Given how much time kids have had to spend away from school because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the movie might actually be…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

The 100 Went in a Butthole

In 2016, The 100 went into a metaphorical butthole. In the span of a few episodes the show murdered one of its most prominent Black characters in a brutal manner and then murdered its most high profile lesbian. The audience fled in droves, the show was critically panned, a national conversation about the wanton killing…

io9 Alex Cranz

Disney’s Splash Mountain Will Be Rethemed From Song of the South to The Princess and the Frog

Disney just announced the popular log flume ride will be rethemed.

Corporate Culture Germain Lussier

Onyx Equinox‘s First Trailer Teases an Epic Battle Between the Aztec Gods and Humanity

Though Izel, the young boy at the center of Crunchyroll’s new anime-inspired series Onyx Equinox, has little faith in the rest of humanity, his untimely death prompts the gods to step in and fundamentally alter the course of his life. Whether Izel likes it or not, the gods are at war, and the world’s mortals…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Read Creatures of Charm and Hunger: Chapter 24

Two years ago, io9 shared author Molly Tanzer’s Victorian fantasy novelCreatures of Will & Temper in serialized excerpts. And now we’ve got good news for fans of the author, not to mention fans of free books: We’re doing it again, with her newest title! Check out chapter twenty-four today. Here’s the link to the prologue where it…

Books & Comics io9 Staff

Big Mouth and Central Park Will Recast Black Characters Currently Being Played by White Actors

White actors voicing animated characters of color has been an issue for as long as animation has existed. It can lead to racist and stereotypical interpretations and just generally unacceptable appropriation. It’s an overdue realization that (finally) led The Simpsons to rethink the character of Apu. This week, at least two other popular animated shows…

io9 Germain Lussier

Dan Aykroyd Says Ghostbusters: Afterlife Will ‘Honorably Represent’ Harold Ramis

Lana Condor will jet off to Mars in HBO Max’s new sci-fi rom-com. Universal has plans to bring Twister back. Another day, another tease for a mysterious creature in the Avatar sequels. Plus, get a look at a sequel to a Twilight Zone classic, and Doom Patrol gets its disco on in a new clip.…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

River Song and Her Original ‘Sweetie’ Are Back Together in a New Doctor Who Audio Drama

We’re gonna need a bigger TARDIS. After over a decade apart, and several Doctors in between, Big Finish has announced that David Tennant and Alex Kingston are returning as the Tenth Doctor and River Song in a new Doctor Who audio series. In a press release, Big Finish shared that Tennant’s Doctor will be reuniting…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Scott Pilgrim May See New Life in Animation

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is about to turn 10, and we may soon see it return in a whole new way. In a new oral history of the film, director Edgar Wright mentioned there are rumblings about continuing the franchise in animation. “There [are] some plans—and there’s nothing official yet—but there are some plans…

io9 Germain Lussier

Voting for the Eisner Awards Is Being Done Over Entirely Following a Security ‘Anomaly’

Just in time for primary season, the organizers of San Diego Comic-Con’s annual Eisner Awards have made the last minute decision to toss out all of the votes after a number of people discoveredthat the online portal was rather insecure in a way that made it possible for people’s votes to be changed. In an…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Before You Risk Yourself for Tenet, Christopher Nolan Would Love It If You Watched Inception in Fortnite

Or The Prestige and Batman Begins, depending on where you are. That’s the thing about the most popular video game in the world: unlike most movie theater chains right now, it’s open everywhere across the planet. After already previously releasing a new trailer for his upcoming time-travel-but-not-apparently-time-travel mystery action movie in Epic’s Battle Royale video…

Games James Whitbrook

Well What Do You Know, Tenet Got Pushed Back Again

Documents Leak Teasing a Cheaper Xbox Series X

Dark Horse Finally Cuts Ties With Editor Scott Allie After New Sexual Abuse Claims

A Familiar Jurassic Park Name Returns for Dominion, With a New Face

Marvel’s First Warhammer 40K Comic Is All About the Ultramarines

Even Dark Superfans Will Appreciate Netflix’s 10-Minute Catch-Up Video

Pokémon Sword and Shield’s New Isle of Armor Expansion Is a Breath of Fresh Air

The Full Brave New World Trailer Shows a Utopia Poised to Explode

Star Trek‘s Starfighters, Ranked

Elizabeth Banks Will Will Drive the Magic School Bus in a Live-Action Movie

The 100 Went in a Butthole

Disney’s Splash Mountain Will Be Rethemed From Song of the South to The Princess and the Frog

Onyx Equinox‘s First Trailer Teases an Epic Battle Between the Aztec Gods and Humanity

Read Creatures of Charm and Hunger: Chapter 24

Big Mouth and Central Park Will Recast Black Characters Currently Being Played by White Actors

Dan Aykroyd Says Ghostbusters: Afterlife Will ‘Honorably Represent’ Harold Ramis

River Song and Her Original ‘Sweetie’ Are Back Together in a New Doctor Who Audio Drama

Scott Pilgrim May See New Life in Animation

Voting for the Eisner Awards Is Being Done Over Entirely Following a Security ‘Anomaly’

Before You Risk Yourself for Tenet, Christopher Nolan Would Love It If You Watched Inception in Fortnite

‘Scream 7’ Comes Home With Deleted Scenes We Hope Will Improve the Movie

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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

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