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George Romero’s Sprawling Zombie Novel The Living Dead Will Be Posthumously Released Next Month

With help from writer Daniel Kraus, Romero’s written zombie magnum opus is ready to finally see the harsh light of day. When the legendary horror creator died in 2017, George Romero was working on a novel—The Living Dead, a massive, multi-perspective epic detailing a society overrun by zombies. The book, taking a global perspective, was…

io9 Julie Muncy

The Bob’s Burgers Quarantine Short Gets Straight to the Point

Quarantine? It’s boring. Next question. Animation is one of the only mass media products that’s able to operate with some level of normalcy right now, seeing as how it doesn’t technically require anyone to be in the same room together. This means that some of our best documents about what it feels like to live…

io9 Julie Muncy

David Lynch’s New Music Video Is a Small, Potent Dose of Surrealism

David Lynch’s YouTube channel is a blessing. A place for the famed surrealist director to indulge his artistic habits in small, bite-sized slice of life updates like daily weather reports and updates on his woodworking, its emergence in 2020 has been one of the few comforting, stable things I’ve found myself returning to. But sometimes,…

io9 Julie Muncy

The Ballad of Black Tom‘s a Spellbinding Horror to Revisit Right Now

The mid-1920s New York of Victor LaValle’sThe Ballad of Black Tom is a sprawling metropolis that’s well on its way to becoming a different kind of powerful place. That’s thanks to the machinations of a select few with knowledge of the old gods that exist separate from their own. As the ‘20s roar on and…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Volleyball Decides the War for Cybertron, and More of the Weirdest Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the coolest toys and merch on the internet lately. This week: as San Diego Comic-Con draws (virtually) ever nearer, we’ve got tasty exclusives from robot volleyball to New Asgard. Plus, Lego gets artistic again, and Mario manages to make Jenga somehow even more stressful. Hasbro…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

Warrior Nun‘s Showrunner Is Praying for a More Interesting Season 2

The debut season of Netflix’s adaptation ofWarrior Nun didn’t quite seem to understand the importance of actually getting to the point of the story quickly enough to keep a viewer’s interest. Just as the series’ titular nun brawler Ava finally makes up her mind to fight the forces of evil, Warrior Nun comes to an…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

10 Cult Horror Comedies That’ll Make You Laugh Your Guts Out

Some horror films wriggle into your mind and make you seriously question ever switching off the lights. But when you just don’t wanna invite something like Hereditary into your nightmares, there are also horror movies that aim to make you shriek with laughter and fright, often with a bonus helping of gore. With well-established movies…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Whoa! Keanu Reeves Is Writing Comic Books Now, Too

He does drama. He does comedy. He does kick-ass action. He does dramatic readings. He plays guitar. Hell, we wouldn’t be surprised if he still goes surfing sometimes. And now, Keanu Reevers—movie star, cultural icon, genuinely cool dude—can add “comic book writer” to his enviable resumé. Reeves’ 12-issue series, created with co-writer Matt Kindt and…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

Funko Is Auctioning Off Ultra Rare Pops for Charity During SDCC

Without San Diego Comic-Con as a place for Funko collectors to meet this year, the company decided to do something extra special. The tiny toy favorite dug deep into its vault and came out with well over 100 super rare items, including multiple prototypes, which will be auctioned off on eBay with all proceeds going…

io9 Germain Lussier

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s Premiere Is Being Pushed Back

Like virtually every single other industry in the country, Hollywood was devastated by the novel coronavirus as the pandemic forced productions to shut down in order to prevent the virus’ spread. One of the major consequences of the pandemic has been the mass delaying of a number of projects meant to launch this summer like…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Forget the Bad Batch, Star Wars‘ OG Badass Clone Troopers Were the Muunilist 10

This week saw the surprising reveal of the next animated entry in the vast Star Wars saga: The Bad Batch, spinning out of Clone Wars’ final season to tell the story of an elite team of Clone Troopers against the backdrop of the rise of the Empire. They’re the latest in a long line of…

io9 James Whitbrook

Get a Glimpse at Cyberpunk 2077’s Gritty World in This Exclusive Art Book Preview

If you’re looking forward to the Keanu Reeves-starring Cyberpunk 2077, we have a homework assignment for you. Dark Horse and CD Projekt Red are about to release a 200-page hardcover book detailing the lore of the entire world months before the video game pops into your console, and io9 has an exclusive sneak peek. The…

io9 Germain Lussier

Keanu Reeves’ Constantine Is Hoping for a Big Screen Resurrection

Chucky is back and ready for some Syfy action in a new teaser. The Boys season two may be even more disgusting than the first. Plus Denis Villeneuve’s Dune gets some reshoots plus updates from Doom Patrol, NOS4A2, and more. Spoiler…it’s Friday! The Tiger’s Apprentice THR reports Henry Golding will voice the shapeshifting tiger Mr.…

io9 James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Microsoft Kills off Kinect (For Good This Time) With Xbox Series X

You know that dust-covered Kinect you have tucked away with a menagerie of other electronics and chords? Well, you can go on ignoring it. On Thursday Microsoft confirmed its Xbox Series X won’t support the Kinect and the console’s backward compatibility—a feature that’s been heavily hyped in the lead up to its release—won’t extend to…

Games Alyse Stanley

A Handy Guide to the Best Genre Movies Streaming for Free on Peacock

As of this week, Peacock, NBC’s foray into the streaming wars, is now available in the U.S., and unlike competitors Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, it just so happens to offer a free tier, something that immediately makes it worth considering. Along with a handful of original new series, Peacock arrives with a sizable library…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Brandon Cronenberg’s New Horror Teaser Shows the Workplace Hazards of a Brain-Invading Assassin

Possessor, the latest from writer-director Brandon Cronenberg (2012’s Antiviral; he’s also the son of horror icon David Cronenberg) stars Andrea Riseborough (Mandy) as an assassin who uses brain-implant tech to manipulate other people to take out her targets. What could go wrong? As this first teaser suggests… a lot. “As she sinks deeper into her…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

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The Rock’s Black Adam Will Have Its Atoms Smashed By Noah Centineo

There are times when casting announcements about upcoming cinematic adaptations of comic books are made that, curious as they are, don’t really tell you all that much about what to expect from the movie’s plot. And then there are times, like today, when Warner Bros. announced the newest cast member of its long-gestating Black Adam…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ Final Season Is Getting Some Incredible Action Figures

Take the Siege of Mandalore to your desk, and do so in style: Hasbro’s Star Wars Black Series action figure line is returning to the Clone Wars for a new series of action figures, and yes, they’re pretty much exactly the ones you would want. io9 can exclusively reveal the first look at four brand…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook

Richard Linklater’s Animated/Live-Action Hybrid About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Sounds Amazing

Undoubtedly, Richard Linklater is one of our most underrated filmmakers. For the past 30 years, he’s been quietly making masterpiece after masterpiece, and while only a few of those venture into sci-fi (mainly Waking Life andA Scanner Darkly), his next film sounds like it’s doing that and so much more. Linklater’s next film is called…

io9 Germain Lussier

Everyone’s a Smurfhole or a Smurfdamned Idiot on This Smurfed-Up Smurfs Episode

Although they’re usually considered jokes nowadays, the tiny Smurfs are titans of pop culture. I’m not talking about those three live-action/CG movies that came out last decade, although they made a cool billion collectively. I’m talking about the ‘80s cartoon that ran from 1981-89, had 272 episodes, and has been distributed in more than 100…

io9 Rob Bricken

George Romero’s Sprawling Zombie Novel The Living Dead Will Be Posthumously Released Next Month

The Bob’s Burgers Quarantine Short Gets Straight to the Point

David Lynch’s New Music Video Is a Small, Potent Dose of Surrealism

The Ballad of Black Tom‘s a Spellbinding Horror to Revisit Right Now

Volleyball Decides the War for Cybertron, and More of the Weirdest Toys of the Week

Warrior Nun‘s Showrunner Is Praying for a More Interesting Season 2

10 Cult Horror Comedies That’ll Make You Laugh Your Guts Out

Whoa! Keanu Reeves Is Writing Comic Books Now, Too

Funko Is Auctioning Off Ultra Rare Pops for Charity During SDCC

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s Premiere Is Being Pushed Back

Forget the Bad Batch, Star Wars‘ OG Badass Clone Troopers Were the Muunilist 10

Get a Glimpse at Cyberpunk 2077’s Gritty World in This Exclusive Art Book Preview

Keanu Reeves’ Constantine Is Hoping for a Big Screen Resurrection

Microsoft Kills off Kinect (For Good This Time) With Xbox Series X

A Handy Guide to the Best Genre Movies Streaming for Free on Peacock

Brandon Cronenberg’s New Horror Teaser Shows the Workplace Hazards of a Brain-Invading Assassin

The Rock’s Black Adam Will Have Its Atoms Smashed By Noah Centineo

Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ Final Season Is Getting Some Incredible Action Figures

Richard Linklater’s Animated/Live-Action Hybrid About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Sounds Amazing

Everyone’s a Smurfhole or a Smurfdamned Idiot on This Smurfed-Up Smurfs Episode

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

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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