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This Animated Princess Leia Star Wars Short Is Just Pure Joy

Though the first two Star Wars trilogies were primarily Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader’s stories, the sequel trilogy made it very clear Leia Organa is right up there with them. Oh, sure. In the original trilogy, Leia didn’t have quite the arc that her brother or father did. And the sequel trilogy is obviously Rey’s…

Movies Germain Lussier

MovieFone Sells for Just $1 Million as MoviePass Owner Liquidates Remaining Failures

Film listing service MovieFone just sold for a paltry $1 million in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings for owner Helios & Matheson, the company behind the MoviePass clusterfuck, Deadline reported on Friday. That was the best of six bids for the service, which was founded in 1989 as a phone line that users could dial into…

Movies Tom McKay

Red Dwarf Is Paying Off a Story Line After Three Decades

Thirty-two years after Red Dwarf premiered on BBC Two, the show is paying off a joke made in the pilot. At least that seems to be the plan in the trailer for a new feature-length special. Red Dwarf is kind of the prototype for shows like Futurama and Avenue 5: A sometimes dark, sometimes super…

io9 Alex Cranz

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12 Board Games and RPGs 2 People Can Play While Keeping Their Distance…Together

Social distancing isn’t necessarily a one-person experience (although if it is for you, we made a list of games that can help with that). Some of us are living with a partner, a roommate, or someone else who plays an important role in our lives. It’s important to take time to spend together—without driving each…

Games Beth Elderkin

The Mandalorian Has Picked Rosario Dawson to Play Ahsoka Tano

A potentially huge piece of Star Wars news is out there to end this terrible week which almost feels too good to be true. However, turns out it probably is. Slashfilm reported that actress Rosario Dawson has been cast in season two ofThe Mandalorian, which io9 heard from a source as well. Its story continues,…

io9 Germain Lussier

How Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This Evolves Past Its Mixed Metaphor About Queerness

Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This follows in the long tradition of comic book adaptations about people manifesting superpowers to tell coming-of-age stories about how hard it is to know yourself as your body begins to do and feel things you don’t understand. Sydney Novak (It and Sharp Objects star Sophia Lillis) is a burgeoning…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Into the Spider-Verse’s Jake Johnson Is Helping Kids Cope With Personal Messages From Spider-Man

We’ve all been facing challenges because of social distancing, but perhaps none more so than children. Being forced to stay inside during key phases of development is rough—not just for the kids, but for their parents. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse star Jake Johnson is doing his part to give them comfort by sending personal voicemails…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Harley Quinn‘s First Season 2 Trailers Introduce Catwoman and a Budding Romance

One of the most curious things about DC Universe’sHarley Quinn ended up being what was conspicuously missing from the series in its first season—like Sanaa Lathan’s Catwoman and Harley and Ivy’s romance. We all knew were going to show up sooner or later and the new season two trailers make clear that the creative team…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Flash Is Headed Toward ‘Tragic Consequences’

Freddy vs. Jason. vs. Pinhead? More film delays due to the novel coronavirus. New images from Black Widow and Westworld. Plus what’s to come on Star Trek: Picard, Legacies, and more. Spoilers away! Freddy vs Jason 2 In response to a fan on Twitter, Freddy vs Jason screenwriters Damian Shannon and Mark Swift stated they…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Ahsoka’s Return to the Clone Wars Brings Together Those the Jedi Left Behind

It feels so long since we watched Ahsoka Tano as she walked down the steps of the Jedi Temple one last time. It wasn’t the last time, of course. We have seen her grow, become a rebel, confront her fallen master, and become so much more than a mere Jedi in the years since. But…

io9 James Whitbrook

The Original Revenge of the Cybermen Is Being Turned Into an Audio Drama

There are many missing Doctor Who stories—and some have even found new life getting remakes as audio dramas or even animated episodes. But Big Finish’s latest adventure for Tom Baker’s Doctor is a peculiar one: It’s an unseen version of a story we actually got. “Revenge of the Cybermen,” first broadcast in 1975 as part…

io9 James Whitbrook

What We Do in the Shadows‘ New Season 2 Trailer Is ‘Horny For Love’

In its season one finale, each of What We Do in the Shadows’ vintage Draculas (and Guillermo, their human pet) made important realizations about themselves that are going to play important roles in their futures as they continue to try and figure out a way to function in the modern world like relatively normal people.…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Free Comic Book Day Has, Unsurprisingly, Been Postponed

Usually, on the first Saturday in May, comic book stores across the world open their doors to fans excited to celebrate Free Comic Book Day. But with the day quickly approaching, that glorious occasion is being pushed back due to fears over covid-19. The company behind the promotion, Diamond Comic Distributors, announced today that it’s postponing…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

20 Sci-Fi Directorial Debuts That Became Genre Classics

Years before he visited a galaxy far, far away, scruffy University of Southern California grad George Lucas made his directorial debut with 1971 dystopian tale THX 1138. In honor of that movie’s release 49 years ago this month, we’ve gathered up a list of 20 other first-time director efforts that have since become sci-fi classics.…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

China Hopes Harry Potter Will Coax People Back to Theaters…Once They Reopen

In the United States, we’ve only recently started seeing movie theaters closing their doors because of the covid-19 pandemic, but in China, things have been shut down for weeks. Now that the country seems to finally be turning the corner, Chinese studios and regulators are coming together to try and bring their box office back…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Cats Is a ‘Medieval Morality Play’: 20 Highlights From Tom Hooper’s Strange Director Commentary

Cats has finally come home, and we’ve combed through the director commentary to uncover the film’s greatest secrets. It may be one of those movies that’s impossible to explain, but director Tom Hooper was determined to try. The Razzie award winner and modern cinematic classic is now out for digital home release, which means an…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Shaun of the Dead Gets a Coronavirus Update Thanks to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost

…Right. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are the latest celebrities to take to social media with a clever coronavirus-themed video, but theirs has way more going on than most of the others. If you remember, back in the pair’s 2004 film Shaun of the Dead, directed by Edgar Wright, Shaun (Pegg) and Ed (Frost) discuss…

Movies Germain Lussier

Jumanji Director Jake Kasdan on How Next Level Continued to Pay Homage to the Original

The Jumanji franchise is both surprisingly simple and subtly unique. The simple part is that its two most recent films stand together as one story. Boom. Got it. However, those two films also serve as subtle sequels to the 1995 Jumanji film that, besides the title, seems completely unrelated. So when you’re talking about Jumanji:…

Movies Germain Lussier

For the First Time Ever, Toei Is Releasing Subtitled Classic Tokusatsu for Free Online

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. Space Sheriff Gavan. Space Wolf Juspion. They’re all icons of Tokusatsu, the Japaneseeffects-driven genre that has given us iconic, cult sci-fi superheroes for decades. And, for the most part, impossible for people outside of Japan to experience in an official capacity. That’s about to change in a huge way. After this week’s…

io9 James Whitbrook

Disney+’s Loki Show Could Introduce a Very Interesting Marvel Comic Throwback

Raise a one-fingered salute to a new look at Lorcan Finnegan’s Vivarium. Shawn Levy talks shutting down Stranger Things during the covid-19 pandemic. Plus, a few more very familiar faces return in new Supernatural pictures, and Alex gets downright superheroic in a new look at Supergirl. Spoilers, away! Vivarium Bloody-Disgusting has several new images from…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

This Animated Princess Leia Star Wars Short Is Just Pure Joy

MovieFone Sells for Just $1 Million as MoviePass Owner Liquidates Remaining Failures

Red Dwarf Is Paying Off a Story Line After Three Decades

12 Board Games and RPGs 2 People Can Play While Keeping Their Distance…Together

The Mandalorian Has Picked Rosario Dawson to Play Ahsoka Tano

How Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This Evolves Past Its Mixed Metaphor About Queerness

Into the Spider-Verse’s Jake Johnson Is Helping Kids Cope With Personal Messages From Spider-Man

Harley Quinn‘s First Season 2 Trailers Introduce Catwoman and a Budding Romance

The Flash Is Headed Toward ‘Tragic Consequences’

Ahsoka’s Return to the Clone Wars Brings Together Those the Jedi Left Behind

The Original Revenge of the Cybermen Is Being Turned Into an Audio Drama

What We Do in the Shadows‘ New Season 2 Trailer Is ‘Horny For Love’

Free Comic Book Day Has, Unsurprisingly, Been Postponed

20 Sci-Fi Directorial Debuts That Became Genre Classics

China Hopes Harry Potter Will Coax People Back to Theaters…Once They Reopen

Cats Is a ‘Medieval Morality Play’: 20 Highlights From Tom Hooper’s Strange Director Commentary

Shaun of the Dead Gets a Coronavirus Update Thanks to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost

Jumanji Director Jake Kasdan on How Next Level Continued to Pay Homage to the Original

For the First Time Ever, Toei Is Releasing Subtitled Classic Tokusatsu for Free Online

Disney+’s Loki Show Could Introduce a Very Interesting Marvel Comic Throwback

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

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

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