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The Walking Dead’s Maggie Makes a Welcome (and Living) Return

The Walking Dead may have had to cut its season short because of the new coronavirus pandemic.

Kevin Feige Teases Big Surprises for Black Widow‘s Origin Story

Could Russian Doll’s Natasha Lyonne have a role to play in the Doctor Strange sequel? Godzilla vs. Kong toys tease some intriguing upgrades for both monsters. The original voice cast is back for Hulu’s Animaniacs reboot. Plus, get a glimpse of Adventure Time’s HBOMax return. Spoilers now! Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Former…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Dolores’ Devious Plan Comes Together on a Wonderfully Wild Westworld

If you’ve found the first three episodes of season three to be a slow burn, good news—Dolores just tossed on some gas. Her plan kicked into high gear tonight, but we also got the long-awaited return of the Man in Black, some of the season’s big secrets were revealed, and there were even a few…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Walking Dead, That Was One Goofy-Ass Episode

With the Whisperer War about to reach its bloody zenith and everyone’s lives on the line, The Walking Dead apparently isn’t afraid to let things get weird first. And the assault rifle-toting ray of sunshine who made her debut last week was only the half of it. When I say “The Tower” was goofy, I…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

This Striking Fan-Animated Warhammer 40K Short Was Years in the Making

I am not in any way shape or form an expert on Warhammer 40K. I know, like, two things: space fascists are there, and everything looks extremely cool. But even with that light level of expertise, I can see why people enjoy this fan film. Created over the course of the past few years, “Astartes”,…

Movies Julie Muncy

Watch This Sweet Short Film About an Unemployed Special Effect

Practical effects used to be the only way of doing things. If you wanted a cool image on screen, you had to build it and figure out how to film it. Now, computers make that work, well, not easier, but different. If you were an old special effect, it would be a rough adjustment. That’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

Ant-Man 3 Has Picked Up a Rick and Morty Writer

Marvel usually goes for some humor in their movies, but few are as explicitly comedy focused as the Ant-Man series has been. Which explains why Marvel would turn to one of TV’s most effective surreal comedies to find talent. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Marvel has tapped Jeff Loveness, writer and producer on Cartoon Network’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

Cathy Yan Fought to Keep Birds of Prey‘s Most Upsetting Scene

No, not the one with the egg sandwich. Though that was tragic. No egg sandwich should ever have to go through that. Talking to the Hollywood Reporter, Cathy Yan gave a wide-ranging interview on Birds of Preyand what’s come after, reflecting on the process making the film and how she’s feeling about it after release.…

Movies Julie Muncy

This Video Essay Tries to Explain the Disaster That Is Cats

In the not-so-distant past, Cats was the most fascinating and baffling thing we’d ever seen. Tom Hoopper’s wildly unnecessary and just plain wild adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about cats pining for the sweet embrace of death is a profound, transfixing disaster. It raises a lot of questions. Namely, what? and why? Noted…

Movies Julie Muncy

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s Lightsabers Are Holding Some Incredible Design Secrets

A lightsaber is a part of a Jedi, a defining tool that reflects their personality, their goals, their needs. It turns out, this is just as true of the prop lightsabers designed by Lucasfilm as it is for their in-universe depictions. Recently, StarWars.com posted an article about the behind-the-scenes details of some of the lightsaber…

Movies Julie Muncy

A Man on Lockdown Is Beset By His Action Figures in This Delightful Horror Short

Some of us are coping with life in the age of social distancing well, bettering ourselves, learning new hobbies, generally making the rest of us feel inadequate. And some of us are going to war with our action figures. Okay, maybe we’re not doing that in real life, but in the world of Mike Mendez’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

This Steven Moffat-Penned Doctor Who Short Story Is a Sweet Introduction to the Doctor

From the perspective of the young Amy Pond, meet the Raggedy Doctor. Created for a global simulcast watch-along of the Doctor Who episode “The Eleventh Hour,” this short story, with moving illustrations by Sophie Iles, is a new glimpse at the young Amy Pond’s relationship to the Doctor, in the form of a diary entry…

io9 Julie Muncy

Shazam Gets Ready for His Lego Debut in This Trailer for Shazam! Magic and Monsters

Shazam, who, after years, I still call Captain Marvel, is an excellent fit for the wacky world of Legos.

Trailers Julie Muncy

Negan Has an Awkward Conversation in This Clip From The Walking Dead‘s Season 10 Finale

Look, in the post-apocalyptic survival business, people, well, sometimes they get murdered. It’s rough going. That’s the uncomfortable truth in this clip from The Walking Dead’s tenth season finale, courtesy of Comic Book Resources and AMC. In it, Negan has an uncomfortable conversation with someone whose relative he may have, uh, killed. Look, sorry, it…

Television Julie Muncy

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10 Heartwarming Movies and TV Shows to Keep That Animal Crossing High Going

When dealing with weeks of social distancing, sometimes you have to find happiness right where you are. For many of us right now, it’s playing Animal Crossing. But the warm, fuzzy feelings of life on a quaint country island don’t have to end when the Nintendo Switch is off! Here are some movies and television…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Star Wars Traps, Babies, and Vader’s Fist Lead the Way in This Week’s Toys

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of all things good and plastic in this increasingly depressing world. Turns out that basically the only thing guaranteed in a time of global tumult is that, yes, there will still be Star Wars toys. This week the galaxy far far away dominates once more—check it…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

Meet the Almost Excruciatingly Wholesome Jedi of Star Wars‘ High Republic

When the next era of Star Wars publishing begins with the “High Republic” initiative, we’re going to an unseen period of the galaxy far, far away, to a time when the Jedi were at the apex of their power. That means we’re going to need to get to know a few new Star Wars faces…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

10 Animated Classics for a Totally Radical ’90s Bingewatch

The ‘90s were a simpler time when everything was stonewashed, most people didn’t carry cell phones, and animation was absolutely all over the place in terms of tone and style. The shows a lot of us grew up watching have managed to hold up surprisingly well—and given the fact that a lot of people are…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

A Godzilla Magic Card Is Being Removed Because of the Coronavirus

It was already weird enough this week that we got the totally-not-an-April-Fools’ reveal that the king of all Kaiju himself was making his way to Magic: The Gathering. What’s even weirder: That one of the Godzilla cards in that special set of Magic cards is about to become incredibly rare, thanks to…the novel coronavirus? Sixteen…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook

Disney Decides on New Marvel Movie Dates, Drops Artemis Fowl to Streaming

Because it’s still unclear if and when countries across the world will manage to get on top of the covid-19 pandemic, there is no way of knowing when it will once again be safe for the public to return to everyday life and pile into movie theaters. This has led to Disney pushing back the…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Walking Dead’s Maggie Makes a Welcome (and Living) Return

Kevin Feige Teases Big Surprises for Black Widow‘s Origin Story

Dolores’ Devious Plan Comes Together on a Wonderfully Wild Westworld

The Walking Dead, That Was One Goofy-Ass Episode

This Striking Fan-Animated Warhammer 40K Short Was Years in the Making

Watch This Sweet Short Film About an Unemployed Special Effect

Ant-Man 3 Has Picked Up a Rick and Morty Writer

Cathy Yan Fought to Keep Birds of Prey‘s Most Upsetting Scene

This Video Essay Tries to Explain the Disaster That Is Cats

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s Lightsabers Are Holding Some Incredible Design Secrets

A Man on Lockdown Is Beset By His Action Figures in This Delightful Horror Short

This Steven Moffat-Penned Doctor Who Short Story Is a Sweet Introduction to the Doctor

Shazam Gets Ready for His Lego Debut in This Trailer for Shazam! Magic and Monsters

Negan Has an Awkward Conversation in This Clip From The Walking Dead‘s Season 10 Finale

10 Heartwarming Movies and TV Shows to Keep That Animal Crossing High Going

Star Wars Traps, Babies, and Vader’s Fist Lead the Way in This Week’s Toys

Meet the Almost Excruciatingly Wholesome Jedi of Star Wars‘ High Republic

10 Animated Classics for a Totally Radical ’90s Bingewatch

A Godzilla Magic Card Is Being Removed Because of the Coronavirus

Disney Decides on New Marvel Movie Dates, Drops Artemis Fowl to Streaming

Apple MagSafe Duo Charger Gets 42% Off, Finally Worth It for iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch Users

Oscar Isaac Did ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ to Work With Top Tier Actors—Instead, He Got a Cooling Tent

This NordVPN Deal Caught Us By Surprise: 76% Off + 3 Months Free for Easter

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

This California Billionaire Wants to Tax AI Tokens to Create a Sovereign Wealth Fund

Artemis 2 Crew Become First Humans to Travel Beyond Earth Orbit Since the 1970s

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Labubus Might Be Labu-Bust After Pop Mart Posts Record Share Loss

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