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Annabelle Is on a Rampage in the Latest Trailer for Annabelle Comes Home

If you’re babysitting for a couple of paranormal investigators, maybe don’t go snooping around the protective case containing the obviously terrifying doll. Unfortunately for the characters of Annabelle Comes Home, that’s exactly what happens. Directed by Gary Dauberman, this is the third in the Annabelle franchise and latest in the ever-expanding Conjuring universe. Ed and…

Trailers Germain Lussier

The New Swamp Thing Trailer Spotlights Hero Abby Arcane

Though DC Universe’s Swamp Thing will tell the story of how Alec Holland (Andy Bean) becomes forever transformed into the series’ titular monster hero (Derek Mears), it’s also set to follow CDC researcher Abby Arcane (Crystal Reed), as she discovers that the biological world contains secrets far more complicated and dangerous than anything she’s ever…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore

Before Chris Hemsworth Fought to Keep Thor Fat in Avengers: Endgame, He Almost Played Gambit

Avengers: Endgame takes Thor to an emotional low point so dark that he sinks into an existential, alcohol-fueled depression. It causes the thunder god to go through a drastic physical transformation we don’t see until halfway through the film. When we first see Thor’s new form, it’s initially played for laughs, but as Endgame unfolds,…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

A New Jessica Jones Teaser Introduces the Final Season’s Premiere Date and Villain

Jessica Jones is the last of Marvel’s Defenders to make her exit from Netflix’s corner of the MCU, but before she leaves, there’s one last case she’s got to solve. And it’s going to push the hard-drinking hero to her limits at a time when she’s already stretched thin. In a new, brief teaser trailer…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore

Ridley Scott Offers Another Update on His Alien Prequels

Batwoman’s nemesis speaks out. Taika Waititi has a sad answer about his long-mentioned What We Do in the Shadows sequel. Mike Mignola cuts down a weird Hellboy rumor. Plus, more King of the Monsters and Spider-Man: Far From Home footage, and what’s to come on the Happy! finale. Spoilers now! Scoob According to The Wrap,…

Television Gordon Jackson

A New Sci-Fi Short Film Explores the Scarier Side of Mind Reading

Having the ability to read minds might sound tempting, but everything comes with a price. Strip, a new sci-fi short film from Maxwell Addae, explores what could happen if learning how to read minds meant uncovering something terrible in your past…or someone else entirely. Strip stars Leighton Allen as Nelson, a neural engineer who’s working…

Movies Beth Elderkin

11 Archer Episodes That Helped Make the Show a Cult Favorite

The 10th (and apparently final) season of Archer, the retro sci-fi themed Archer: 1999, kicks off this week on FXX. It’s been a long road to get the gang to outer space (or back to outer space, technically speaking), and while recent seasons haven’t seen the spy show in top form, 1999 looks likely to…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

The Apocalypse Is the Least Dramatic Thing in This Trailer for Netflix Anime 7SEEDS

Netflix’s quest to permanently seize your eyeballs advances its anime division next month with the debut of post-apocalyptic series 7SEEDS. As this new trailer reveals, it’s about a group of people who awaken sometime after doomsday, having been cryogenically frozen to ensure humankind’s survival. Too bad living in harmony appears to be at the very…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

One of Detective Pikachu‘s Grossest Moments Is Even Weirder Than You Thought

Detective Pikachu’s trailers were full of wonderfully cute (and occasionally freaky) Pokémon—but one of the biggest reactions came with the debut of Lickitung. Or rather, Licktung’s ginormous, gross tongue as it slathers Tim Goodman’s face with saliva. It turns out there’s actually a much creepier factoid behind that moment than Pokédrool. We recently had the…

Movies James Whitbrook

Guy Ritchie Answers Some of Aladdin’s Burning Musical Questions

Aladdin is about as straightforward as movies come. You don’t walk out of it really wondering what could happen in a sequel. Everyone just lives happily ever after. On the other hand, if you’re a huge fan of Aladdin and saw the new live-action version this weekend, maybe you scratched your head about one or…

Movies Germain Lussier

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Rick and Morty Learn Dungeons & Dragons, Alien Gets a Preview, and More Tabletop Gaming News

Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9’s regular column all about tabletop and roleplaying games—with a healthy yet slightly obsessive focus on sci-fi and fantasy games, of course. This time around, we’ve got some major announcements coming out of D&D 2019: The Descent, as well as new games for The Expanse and Space Invaders. Also, could…

Games Beth Elderkin

The Creators Behind Godzilla: King of the Monsters Explain How They Differentiated Ghidorah From Other Dragons

Used to be, you had to walk miles in the snow to find a good dragon, but now? They’re everywhere. But rest assured, says director Michael Dougherty and production designer Scott Chambliss of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Our dragons are different. “Ghidorah is from another planet and he’s basically the heavy in the film,”…

Movies Julie Muncy

Dan Harmon Is Working on Rick & Morty With a Table Full of Terrible Ideas

To be a writer you need one thing, and one thing only: Post-It notes. And Dan Harmon? He’s got a lot of Post-It notes. Taking to Instagram, Dan Harmon posted a picture from the Rick & Morty writer’s room, where the creators are hard at work on the massive slate of new episodes ordered by…

io9 Julie Muncy

Watch the Trailer for The Twilight Zone’s Season Finale, Featuring the Blurryman

Admittedly, not quite as threatening as the Invisible Man. The first season of The Twilight Zone revival produced by Jordan Peele is well on its way to wrapping up, and it’s saved a good one for last: a story of a struggling writer and a dangerous man no one can see, starring Seth Rogen, Zazie…

io9 Julie Muncy

Tom King is Launching a New Bat Book, Batman/Catwoman, With Artist Clay Mann

King’s tenure as DC’s premiere Bat-writer isn’t over just yet. Recently, news broke that Tom King, one of DC’s star writers and the planned helmer of a 100-issue arc on the mainline Batman comic, would be leaving the book fifteen issues earlier. When we reported the news, we wondered out loud what could have prompted…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

This Concept Artist Made a Danny DeVito-Inspired Detective Pikachu Design

When the Detective Pikachu movie was announced, a fan campaign emerged insisting that Pikachu was born to be voiced by Danny DeVito. Turns out, it wasn’t only the fans—the movie’s concept artists got in on the campaign, too. RJ Palmer, a concept artist at Ubisoft who got a job on the Detective Pikachu movie for…

Movies Julie Muncy

Commemorate the Moment Man Met Alien With This 40th Anniversary Lego Sculpture

When Alien hit theaters, 40 years ago today, it taught us one important lesson. If you end up on an alien world, stay away from strange eggs. To commemorate the xenomorphorific (I’m so, so, so sorry) anniversary, creator Iain Health (aka Ochre Jelly) decided to recreate, in Lego form, that moment of first contact. Crouching…

Movies Julie Muncy

Emilia Clarke Was Once Set to Appear in an Early Version of Iron Man 3

Drew Pearce is a writer and director who, among other things, co-wrote the script of Iron Man 3 with Shane Black. Recently, he dropped some trivia about his time working in Marvel’s sandbox—and who could have worked there alongside him. In an Instagram post, Pearce posted a picture of himself at a table read for…

Movies Julie Muncy

A Quiet Place Sequel Creeps Silently Toward a March 2020 Release Date

We don’t yet know the name of the sequel to A Quiet Place, but we know the silence will be falling down upon us a little earlier than expected. While initially scheduled by its distributor Paramount Pictures for a May 15th release date, Variety now reports that the film is scheduled to hit theaters on…

Movies Julie Muncy

Little Black Mirror Is a Series of Black Mirror Webisodes Coming to Netflix’s Latin American YouTube Channel

Eager for some Black Mirror, but can’t stand to wait for more Black Mirror? Netflix has something for you, and it’s called—wait for it—Little Black Mirror. Little Black Mirror, as Variety reports, is a series of three short online videos, set to debut on Netflix’s América Latina YouTube channel on May 26th, June 2nd, and…

io9 Julie Muncy

Annabelle Is on a Rampage in the Latest Trailer for Annabelle Comes Home

The New Swamp Thing Trailer Spotlights Hero Abby Arcane

Before Chris Hemsworth Fought to Keep Thor Fat in Avengers: Endgame, He Almost Played Gambit

A New Jessica Jones Teaser Introduces the Final Season’s Premiere Date and Villain

Ridley Scott Offers Another Update on His Alien Prequels

A New Sci-Fi Short Film Explores the Scarier Side of Mind Reading

11 Archer Episodes That Helped Make the Show a Cult Favorite

The Apocalypse Is the Least Dramatic Thing in This Trailer for Netflix Anime 7SEEDS

One of Detective Pikachu‘s Grossest Moments Is Even Weirder Than You Thought

Guy Ritchie Answers Some of Aladdin’s Burning Musical Questions

Rick and Morty Learn Dungeons & Dragons, Alien Gets a Preview, and More Tabletop Gaming News

The Creators Behind Godzilla: King of the Monsters Explain How They Differentiated Ghidorah From Other Dragons

Dan Harmon Is Working on Rick & Morty With a Table Full of Terrible Ideas

Watch the Trailer for The Twilight Zone’s Season Finale, Featuring the Blurryman

Tom King is Launching a New Bat Book, Batman/Catwoman, With Artist Clay Mann

This Concept Artist Made a Danny DeVito-Inspired Detective Pikachu Design

Commemorate the Moment Man Met Alien With This 40th Anniversary Lego Sculpture

Emilia Clarke Was Once Set to Appear in an Early Version of Iron Man 3

A Quiet Place Sequel Creeps Silently Toward a March 2020 Release Date

Little Black Mirror Is a Series of Black Mirror Webisodes Coming to Netflix’s Latin American YouTube Channel

Sun’s Latest Outburst Complicates Planned Launch of Artemis 2

Instagram Tests Letting You Lurk to Your Heart’s Content—for a Price

Popular Sweetener Found in Protein Bars Tied to Stroke, Blood Clot Risk

HBO’s Boss Has Yet to Be Approached About Partnering on ‘Doctor Who’

AI Agent Runs the ‘I’m Being Censored’ Playbook After Getting Banned from Wikipedia

‘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

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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