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New Mutants Made $7 Million at the Box Office, Which Is a Lot, Considering

Considering, y’know, the coronavirus. This weekend marks the first in ages where big companies decided, for some reason (money, the reason is money), that releasing major motion pictures was somehow safe and appropriate in the United States, a country still utterly ravaged by the novel coronavirus and our government’s broad failure to contain it in…

Movies Julie Muncy

Paramount Sets New Release Dates for Scream, Snake Eyes, and Others

At some point, it starts to feel like maybe setting firm release dates for movies during a global pandemic is just not a good idea. But here we are, at it again. At least these dates, released recently by Paramount, are a bit more…. realistic than some others we’ve seen. As reported by Slash Film…

Movies Julie Muncy

Lev Grossman Talks the Joy of Writing for Children in His Newest Novel, The Silver Arrow

If you’ve come to Lev Grossman from his most popular work, The Magicians series of novels, his newest is going to be something of a departure. The Silver Arrow is his first middle-grade book, a story of an 11-year-old girl named Kate and an enchanted train given to her as a gift by her eccentric…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

Let’s Celebrate That Cobra Kai Is Now on Netflix

As great as the Karate Kid sequel show Cobra Kai is—let’s face it, it got buried on YouTube. Sure, everyone watches and uses YouTube, but most of them don’t pay to watch its original content. Now the show has made the move to Netflix and it feels like a coming-out party. Audiences from all over…

io9 Germain Lussier

Ayo Edebiri Will Replace Jenny Slate as Missy on Big Mouth

Putting its money where its big mouth is, Netflix has followed through on recasting Jenny Slate in Big Mouth. A couple of months ago, as much of the animation industry reckoned with its regular tendency to cast non-Black actors to voice Black characters, Jenny Slate, who previously voiced the Black character Missy on Netflix’s Big…

io9 Julie Muncy

Nicolas Cage Will Play an Alcoholic Dragon in Hiding in Amazon’s Highfire Adaptation

If there’s anyone who can pull that off, it’s Nicolas Cage. As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, Nicolas Cage will be starring in and executive producing a drama for Amazon based on the book Highfire, by Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer. The story, based on the book published this past January, is one of a…

Movies Julie Muncy

Image: Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Frank D’Armata, Richard Starkings, and Tyler Smith/Marvel Comics

Marvel Made Fortnite Canon and I Have Lost My Entire Mind

Trying to make sense of comics continuity at the best of times requires offering up a tiny little part of your brain to be smushed to gooey smithereens in the mortar and pestle of comic book publishing tomfoolery. But friends, I fear trying to make sense of Marvel’s newest tango with the world of Fortnite…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images for STXfilms

Chadwick Boseman, Star of Black Panther, Has Passed Away at 43

The Associated Press has just revealed actor Chadwick Boseman has passed away from cancer at just 43 years old. We’ve very sad to be sharing this news with you tonight. The AP says Boseman has died “after 4-year fight with colon cancer.” He had not spoken publicly about this diagnosis. Boseman is well known in…

Movies Jill Pantozzi

Photo: Chris Moorhouse / Photo: Neilson Barnard

The Case for Giving Kate Bush a Metroid Power Suit

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Games Hudson Hongo

A New Haunted Mansion Movie Is Rising From the Grave at Disney

Since the Eddie Murphy disaster, it feels like there have been about 999 tries to adapt iconic Disney ride The Haunted Mansion into a movie. If so, maybe lucky 1,000 will be the ticket. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney has hired writer Katie Dippold to pen a new script based on the ride about the…

Movies Germain Lussier

Spiky Batmen and Crystal Babies Are the Most Angular Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of the best in plastic nonsense you can buy on the internet. Except it’s not all plastic this week: we have a suitably ludicrous crystal baby, a die-cast cyborg, and then…okay, quite a bit of the regular ol’ plastic stuff actually. Check it out! Swarovski Star Wars…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

The Force Is Strong with the Friday Gif Party

Another weekend, another lost convention. Star Wars Celebration might have been canceled this year, but the Friday gif party is here to, well, celebrate everything Star Wars. Grab your lightsaber and let’s begin! Be sure to leave your greatest “It’s Friday!” party gifs in the comments below. This week’s Bonus Points challenge is everything and…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Fox Is Developing an X-Files Animated Spinoff About the Dorkiest FBI Agents

What if Star Trek: Lower Decks…but The X-Files? TV Line reports that Fox, alongside X-Files creator Chris Carter in an executive producer role, are building up an animated spin-off of the beloved supernatural investigation series. We weren’t being flippant about the Lower Decks comparison, either: the new show won’t follow Agents Mulder and Scully, but a…

io9 James Whitbrook

10 Totally Excellent Fictional Movie Bands

Since today marks the release of a new movie featuring a pair of dudes who just wanna rock, but also have to do things like time travel and save the world, we got to thinking about other standout bands—some heroic, some flat-out evil, and a few with zero human members—that’ve appeared in our favorite movies.…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Dungeons & Dragons & Novels: Revisiting Darkwalker on Moonshae

This first book in the Moonshae trilogy holds the great distinction of being the very first Dungeons & Dragons novel ever set in the Forgotten Realms. It also holds the distinction of having the series’ raddest, most evocative title. Unfortunately, the story itself doesn’t evoke much of anything—which, given that it’s about a supernatural beast…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

All the Good Star Wars Game News in the Galaxy Can’t Compete With 2 Porgs in a Jedi Robe

It’s the two kids in a trenchcoat of Star Wars. And I love it. During last night’s live stream to kick off the virtual version of Gamescom 2020, we got a trio of looks at some upcoming Star Wars video games that remind us that 1) this franchise is great, 2) it’s also incredibly dumb,…

Games James Whitbrook

In the Newest Trailer for His Dark Materials Season 2, Will’s Higher Purpose Is Unveiled

Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) might be the long-rumored “child of destiny,” but there is another who must play an equally important part. HBO has released a new teaser trailer and release month for season two of His Dark Materials, which hints at Will Parry’s (Amir Wilson) greater destiny and the dangers that await everyone who…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

Bill & Ted Face the Music’s Prequel Comic Finds the Dudes Deep in Their Songwriting Struggles

Bill and Ted have taken an excellent adventure and a bogus journey, and they’re soon to face the music. But what kind of trouble did they get into in the 30 years since we saw them last? Bill and Ted Are Doomed, a new prequel series from Dark Horse, will explore that in comic form—and…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

Supernatural’s Final Season Trailer Goes for Take 2 on an Actual Ending, for Realsies

Supernatural is coming to an end, for real this time. We were just kidding before (if by kidding you mean a global pandemic caused the final seven episodes to be delayed by several months). Now, we’ve got a new teaser for the show’s closing chapter. The CW has unveiled a new look at the final…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

Updates From The New Mutants, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and More

Tony Todd is very excited for Candyman’s return. The King’s Man is moving all the way into February 2021. Star Trek: Discovery returns…to CBS. Plus, get a look at The Haunting of Bly Manor’s titular terrifying estate, what’s to come on Lovecraft Country, and Simon Kinberg and David Weil’s alien invasion series hires some familiar faces.…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

New Mutants Made $7 Million at the Box Office, Which Is a Lot, Considering

Paramount Sets New Release Dates for Scream, Snake Eyes, and Others

Lev Grossman Talks the Joy of Writing for Children in His Newest Novel, The Silver Arrow

Let’s Celebrate That Cobra Kai Is Now on Netflix

Ayo Edebiri Will Replace Jenny Slate as Missy on Big Mouth

Nicolas Cage Will Play an Alcoholic Dragon in Hiding in Amazon’s Highfire Adaptation

Marvel Made Fortnite Canon and I Have Lost My Entire Mind

Chadwick Boseman, Star of Black Panther, Has Passed Away at 43

The Case for Giving Kate Bush a Metroid Power Suit

A New Haunted Mansion Movie Is Rising From the Grave at Disney

Spiky Batmen and Crystal Babies Are the Most Angular Toys of the Week

The Force Is Strong with the Friday Gif Party

Fox Is Developing an X-Files Animated Spinoff About the Dorkiest FBI Agents

10 Totally Excellent Fictional Movie Bands

Dungeons & Dragons & Novels: Revisiting Darkwalker on Moonshae

All the Good Star Wars Game News in the Galaxy Can’t Compete With 2 Porgs in a Jedi Robe

In the Newest Trailer for His Dark Materials Season 2, Will’s Higher Purpose Is Unveiled

Bill & Ted Face the Music’s Prequel Comic Finds the Dudes Deep in Their Songwriting Struggles

Supernatural’s Final Season Trailer Goes for Take 2 on an Actual Ending, for Realsies

Updates From The New Mutants, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and More

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

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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