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Weezer Didn’t Write Bill & Ted 3‘s Song to Save the Universe, But the Band Wrote a Pretty Good One

I mean. When you’re up against the Wyld Stallyns, second place next to “music that literally unites the cosmos” is pretty good, no? We can’t wait for Bill & Ted Face the Music, but to while the next few weeks away, 10K Projects has released the first details of the film’s original soundtrack, which, as…

Movies James Whitbrook

Hollywood’s ‘New Normal’ Could Be Leaving U.S. Workers and Older Actors in the Dust

Nothing is “business as usual” in a world ravaged by a pandemic—especially in the United States, which is sitting at over 5 million cases and 160,000 deaths. Even though they are keeping safety in mind, several studios are rushing to get things moving again. According to two recent reports, that means moving U.S. productions overseas…

Movies Beth Elderkin

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6 Delightfully Absurd TV Shows to Help You Ignore Reality

Absurdism, as a philosophy and artistic movement, is about humanity’s inability to find meaning in our strange, chaotic universe. Instead, we seek to embrace the bizarre, finding comfort in the things that exist outside of our reality. Given the state of the world right now, is it any wonder we might need that? Here’s a…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The Batman Wants to Explore Bruce Wayne’s Tragic Soul

Jake Johnson may have to duck out of Jurassic World: Dominion. Amazon and Blumhouse are teaming up for a series of special horror films. Peacock has landed itself a mystical martial arts series based on Fonda Lee’s Green Bone saga. Plus, the CW has more comic book shows to give comic book posters to, and…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

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Get Out‘s Daniel Kaluuya Will Become a Time Traveler in Netflix’s The Upper World

He’s faced the racist horrors of suburbia in Get Out, and weathered Wakanda’s superpowered royal strife in Black Panther. Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya next expands his genre filmography with an intriguing new project for Netflix, based on a buzzed-about YA fantasy novel by debut author Femi Fadugba. The book, The Upper World, isn’t even out yet,…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Miles Morales’ Big Reveal Almost Wasn’t in Marvel’s Spider-Man

The moment Miles Morales shows up in Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man, it’s essentially a foregone conclusion that the teen will be bit by a genetically modified arachnid, giving him an array of spider-related superpowers and setting him swinging across New York City on an adventure of his own. With a Miles-focused follow-up game making its…

Games Charles Pulliam-Moore

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Robert Pattinson Could’ve Played Chris Evans’ Part in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a veritable who’s-who of amazing, successful actors. You can’t throw a pebble without hitting the stars of Avengers: Endgame, Legion, Birds of Prey, Star Trek: Picard, and so many others. But there’s an equally impressive list of actors who didn’t make it onto the roster, and one of them…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Infinity Train Book 3 Is About the Lies We Tell Ourselves

The Infinity Train runs on trauma and the process of healing from it. In the first season, the story was about a girl learning to manage her parents’ divorce. The second season explored identity and feeling like you don’t have a place in the world. But what happens when you choose to run from your…

io9 Beth Elderkin

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The Sandman Audio Drama’s an Escape From Reality Into a World of Dreams

In the world of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, which is also the world of DC’s core comics continuity, all living things in existence are in some way connected to the Endless, seven anthropomorphic beings who control various facets of reality. As Dream of the Endless is torn out of his realm by humans searching for…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

A Look Inside How Mondo’s Glorious Batman: The Animated Series Collection Came to Life

In 2018, artist Justin Erickson and Mondo’s celebration of one of the best Batman adaptations of all time wowed us with some truly stunning works. And now, you can see them, along with the process Erickson took to arrive to his final pieces, in a new artbook—and we’ve got a look inside. Batman: The Animated…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook

In Monsters of Man‘s First Trailer, Robots Engage in Some Criminal War Games

A corrupt CIA operative and a robotics company decide to test out their new animatronic army in a remote part of the jungle. But when it turns out some American doctors have seen their crimes, it becomes a race to survive so the truth can be known. io9 can exclusively reveal the first trailer for…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

Halloween Arrives Early in the Horrifying Trailer for Jujutsu Kaisen

They say the only way to stop a curse… is to become a curse yourself. Crunchyroll has debuted the first trailer for Jujutsu Kaisen, the much-hyped horror anime about a teenager who (literally) joins forces with a curse to fight the evil forces invading our world. The series—directed by Sunghoo Park for MAPPA—is based on…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

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Covid-19 Testing Center Opens on Disney World Property [Updated]

A Disney spokesperson told io9 the company has temporarily provided land for a state-run facility for the Central Florida community.

Corporate Culture Beth Elderkin

On Star Trek: Lower Decks, Everyone’s Just a Bunch of Adorable Nerds

Star Trek has a reputation as the “serious” sci-fi adventure series for a reason. Put away your whizzbang space-dogfights and your glowstick swords, this is the franchise where serious science happens! Diplomatic talks! Sample analysis! Everyone’s basically a bunch of geeks. That’s not a bad thing, of course—and this week’s Lower Decks leaned into that.…

io9 James Whitbrook

Star Wars Is Getting a New Holiday Special…Made Out of Lego

Sometimes a Life Day miracle really does happen. The Star Wars Holiday Special may have been such an infamous blight on George Lucas’ sensibilities for the galaxy far, far away that he attempted to strike it from our collective memories, but its bizarre legacy has lived on anyway. Turns out you can’t stop Star Wars…

io9 James Whitbrook

Updates on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Tenet, and More

Batman’s next animated adventure finds its voice cast. The New Mutants really does continue to act like it’s coming out in a few weeks this time. HBO is teaming with the Sex Education creators for a new comic-horror series. Plus, another new look at the Avatar sequels, and Stargirl teases its return next year. Spoilers…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

What Did You Think of the Agents of SHIELD Series Finale? Our Spoiler Zone Awaits!

After seven years, seven seasons, and a lot of dancing around the events of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ABC’s Agents of SHIELD came to an end tonight with a two-part episode: “The End Is at Hand” and “What We’re Fighting For.” If you tuned in, and you have feels, we want to hear from you!…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

Being John Malkovich Is Better Now Than It Was in 1999

Being John Malkovich—the brainchild of writer Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze—is still one of the great modern American films. However, what it meant to me at the time of release is not what it means to me now. And looking at it in a macro sense, it represents a lot more than just a…

Movies Germain Lussier

Padmé Is Darth Vader‘s Most Fascinating Phantom Menace

The last issue of Marvel’s Darth Vader gave us, arguably, the moment Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader—if not physically, spiritually. The Dark Lord gave into the lie the world told him and accepted that this new, villainous being killed the heroic knight of the Old Republic. But if Darth Vader is willing to let his…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

The Last of Us Head Wants to ‘Decouple’ the HBO Show From the Game Experience

There have been many attempts to turn video games into successful movies and TV shows, like Assassin’s Creed, Tomb Raider, and Super Mario Bros. Sony is still trying to make Uncharted happen. For the most part they’ve all fallen short. Craig Mazin, who’s working on HBO’s The Last of Us, shared his thoughts on the…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Weezer Didn’t Write Bill & Ted 3‘s Song to Save the Universe, But the Band Wrote a Pretty Good One

Hollywood’s ‘New Normal’ Could Be Leaving U.S. Workers and Older Actors in the Dust

6 Delightfully Absurd TV Shows to Help You Ignore Reality

The Batman Wants to Explore Bruce Wayne’s Tragic Soul

Get Out‘s Daniel Kaluuya Will Become a Time Traveler in Netflix’s The Upper World

Miles Morales’ Big Reveal Almost Wasn’t in Marvel’s Spider-Man

Robert Pattinson Could’ve Played Chris Evans’ Part in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Infinity Train Book 3 Is About the Lies We Tell Ourselves

The Sandman Audio Drama’s an Escape From Reality Into a World of Dreams

A Look Inside How Mondo’s Glorious Batman: The Animated Series Collection Came to Life

In Monsters of Man‘s First Trailer, Robots Engage in Some Criminal War Games

Halloween Arrives Early in the Horrifying Trailer for Jujutsu Kaisen

Covid-19 Testing Center Opens on Disney World Property [Updated]

On Star Trek: Lower Decks, Everyone’s Just a Bunch of Adorable Nerds

Star Wars Is Getting a New Holiday Special…Made Out of Lego

Updates on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Tenet, and More

What Did You Think of the Agents of SHIELD Series Finale? Our Spoiler Zone Awaits!

Being John Malkovich Is Better Now Than It Was in 1999

Padmé Is Darth Vader‘s Most Fascinating Phantom Menace

The Last of Us Head Wants to ‘Decouple’ the HBO Show From the Game Experience

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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