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Why Are We So Fascinated by Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Life on Tatooine?

Somehow, an old wizard stuck for years in a lonesome hut on a forgotten desert world might be the most fascinating character in the Star Wars franchise. At least, you’d be forgiven for thinking so, given the books, comics, and TV shows dedicated to examining Obi-Wan’s lengthy time on Tatooine (and even now a potential…

io9 James Whitbrook

Those 4 Other Potential Game of Thrones Prequels Are Dead, But the Fifth Is Good to Go

HBO has been hard at work figuring out how it’s going to continue the Game of Thrones legacy. This included commissioning a whopping five potential spinoffs set within the A Song of Ice and Fire universe. Now that one has been approved, it looks like the other ones have gotten the Ned Stark treatment. HBO…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The Expanse Showrunner Talks About the Move to Amazon and What’s Coming in Season 4

There was a grim moment this spring when Syfy announced that The Expanse’s third season would be its last on the network—and the future of the beloved sci-fi series was in serious doubt. But with Amazon stepping in, The Expanse will be back, and last week at San Diego Comic-Con, we got a chance to…

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Worldcon Is Redoing Its Entire Program After Widespread Backlash [Updated]

The World Science Fiction Convention, otherwise known as Worldcon, is starting over from scratch with its 2018 programming. Chair Kevin Roche has announced the convention is redoing its entire panel lineup after facing backlash over misgendering a Hugo Award finalist as well as reportedly rejecting panels from diverse creators, and denying panel spots for newer…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The Stephen King-Inspired Castle Rock Will Be Your Spooky New Streaming Addiction

So far, the marketing for Castle Rock—the J.J. Abrams-produced Hulu show that’s set in Stephen King’s sinister vision of small-town Maine—has been appropriately eerie and deliberately mysterious. The first episode had its world premiere at San Diego Comic-Con yesterday, and all we can say is: more, please. We won’t get into any spoilers here. But…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Heaven and Hell Collide in Our First Behind-the-Scenes Look at Good Omens

We’ve seen little bits here and there of Amazon and the BBC’s adaptation of the beloved Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and the dearly missed Terry Pratchett. But while Comic-Con didn’t give us a trailer, it did let us peek behind the curtain to see the novel’s fantastical mishmash of Angels and Demons come to…

Television James Whitbrook

Star Wars Ventures Back to the Prequel Era With a Bunch of New Books and Comics

The Star Wars printed universe marches on, with comics and books covering the whole timeline, including the franchise’s first major return to the prequel era since Disney restarted the canon back in 2014. But before we head back to Phantom Menace times: First off, Amy Ratcliffe is writing Women of the Galaxy, a guidebook featuring…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

The First Full Trailer for Nightflyers Is Absolutely Chilling

We’ve already had more than a few glimpses at Syfy’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s classic sci-fi horror novella Nightflyers, promising plenty of spookiness. But our latest look is definitely the biggest, and it’s legitimately haunting. The show is set aboard the titular spaceship Nightflyer, although it seems like its mission is slightly different in…

Trailers James Whitbrook

The Forces of Darkness Have Conspired to Bring Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles to Hulu

Lestat will rise again. Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles series, which has been in the works for two years, is finally coming to television on Hulu. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter and confirmed by Variety, Hulu is developing The Vampire Chronicles series, with Rice serving as an executive producer and her son, Christopher Rice,…

Television Beth Elderkin

The Dune Remake Is Looking at Call Me By Your Name’s Timothée Chalamet for Its Lead

Kyle MacLachlan, eat your spice out. Academy Award-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet is in talks to join Legendary’s Dune remake in the lead role of Paul Atreides. According to Deadline, Legendary’s new Dune film is moving right along with its first potential casting two years after buying the film and TV rights to the Frank Herbert…

Movies Beth Elderkin

The Dummy That Ruined Your Childhood Is Back in the First Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween Trailer

Even though Jack Black’s R.L. Stine was made out to be the star of 2015’s Goosebumps film, the character is conspicuously missing in the first trailer for the sequel, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. Thankfully, the true icon from the franchise, Slappy the Dummy (voiced by Jack Black) is back and terrorizing children once again. Fans…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore

A Creepy New Castle Rock Trailer Teases More About This Totally-Not-Pennywise Guy

Welcome to Castle Rock, a town embroiled in mystery, balloons and long stares. The latest trailer for Hulu’s Stephen King saga adds to the mystery and hypes Bill Skarsgård’s character, but continues to leave the plot on the cutting room floor. What exactly is going on here? In our latest look at the psychological-horror series,…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

It: Chapter Two‘s First Official Look at the Adult Losers’ Club Is Here

The Losers’ Club is reuniting in Derry, and now they’re all grown up. On Twitter, Warner Bros. just released the first official photo of the new cast of It: Chapter Two, which is currently filming in Toronto. Though the actors are not in costume, the image still counts as our first look at the Losers’…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Debut Teaser For A Discovery of Witches Mixes Magic and Melodrama

It’s the sexy story of forbidden love between a vampire and… anything that’s not a vampire. Man, the undead really are a bigoted bunch, aren’t they? The first look at Sky One’s new series A Discovery of Witches is here, promising sexual tension, dramatic head turns, and Ser Alliser Thorne from Game of Thrones getting…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The Dangers of Tech’s Privacy Promises

Where do you go to tell a secret? Probably depends on the secret. What you’d feel comfortable murmuring to a friend in a private meeting is likely not what you’d say loudly to a coworker while your boss is in earshot. Online, we not only communicate, we calculate—based on who we’re speaking to, or what platform…

Privacy & Security Sidney Fussell

Netflix’s Kiss Me First Is a YA Thriller Set In a Virtual Reality

Movies like Ready Player One and The Matrix have done it, but what about TV? Well, Netflix is about to launch a new series called Kiss Me First, and it’s also partially set in a fully functional virtual world. Created by Skins co-creator Bryan Elsey, Kiss Me First is based on the YA novel of…

Trailers Germain Lussier

A Trippy ’80s Book on Life After Humans Is Now More Relevant Than Ever

Fifty million years after humanity’s extinction, the world has once more grown wild. In the forests of North America, the deer-like descendants of rabbits flee attacks by large predatory rats. Giant antelope and striding baboons more reminiscent of dinosaurs roam Africa’s savannas. This is the tangled new jungle of life Dougal Dixon’s book After Man…

Earth Science Asher Elbein

George R.R. Martin Says Three Other Game of Thrones Prequels Are in ‘Active Development’

Last week’s news of Jane Goldman’s Game of Thrones prequel pilot may not be the end of HBO’s spinoff plans. Of course, we’ve known for some time that HBO was considering five possible prequels to continue, and expand, the Game of Thrones universe—but we still have no idea just how many will pan out. Goldman’s…

io9 Germain Lussier

BBC’s His Dark Materials Saga Casts the Imposing Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter

Logan star Dafne Keen may be the star of the BBC’s upcoming His Dark Materials saga, playing the coveted role of Lyra Belacqua, but there are two adults who play a vital role in the shaping and dismantling of her world. And now we know who will play them. The BBC has announced that Ruth…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The First Game of Thrones Spinoff Is a ‘Golden Age of Heroes’ Prequel

HBO has just given a pilot order to Jane Goldman’s Game of Thrones spinoff, one of five potential follow up shows to the acclaimed series currently in the works—and with it, we have the first story details, revealing a show set well before the Westeros we’re familiar with. HBO officially revealed today that Goldman’s series…

io9 James Whitbrook

Why Are We So Fascinated by Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Life on Tatooine?

Those 4 Other Potential Game of Thrones Prequels Are Dead, But the Fifth Is Good to Go

The Expanse Showrunner Talks About the Move to Amazon and What’s Coming in Season 4

Worldcon Is Redoing Its Entire Program After Widespread Backlash [Updated]

The Stephen King-Inspired Castle Rock Will Be Your Spooky New Streaming Addiction

Heaven and Hell Collide in Our First Behind-the-Scenes Look at Good Omens

Star Wars Ventures Back to the Prequel Era With a Bunch of New Books and Comics

The First Full Trailer for Nightflyers Is Absolutely Chilling

The Forces of Darkness Have Conspired to Bring Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles to Hulu

The Dune Remake Is Looking at Call Me By Your Name’s Timothée Chalamet for Its Lead

The Dummy That Ruined Your Childhood Is Back in the First Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween Trailer

A Creepy New Castle Rock Trailer Teases More About This Totally-Not-Pennywise Guy

It: Chapter Two‘s First Official Look at the Adult Losers’ Club Is Here

The Debut Teaser For A Discovery of Witches Mixes Magic and Melodrama

The Dangers of Tech’s Privacy Promises

Netflix’s Kiss Me First Is a YA Thriller Set In a Virtual Reality

A Trippy ’80s Book on Life After Humans Is Now More Relevant Than Ever

George R.R. Martin Says Three Other Game of Thrones Prequels Are in ‘Active Development’

BBC’s His Dark Materials Saga Casts the Imposing Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter

The First Game of Thrones Spinoff Is a ‘Golden Age of Heroes’ Prequel

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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