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Breaking Down Those First Clips of WandaVision, Loki, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Unlike Marvel’s previous live-action series whose connections to the larger MCU were tenuous at best, Disney+’s WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki are all set within the narrative orbit of Marvel’s films, making each of them an important piece of the franchise’s future as the studio plows forward with its next major…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

The First Looks at Marvel’s The Falcon and Winter Soldier, WandaVison and Loki Are Here

Marvel Studios surprised fans Super Bowl Sunday giving audiences their first look at its first three Disney+ shows, The Falcon and Winter Soldier, WandaVision and Loki. The Falcon and Winter Soldier stars Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan as the Falcon and the Winter Soldier (obviously) as well as Daniel Brühl, Emily VanCamp, all of whom…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Marvel’s Loki Show Is Gaining Owen Wilson

While the God of Mischief is usually fighting with the God of Thunder, he may soon have Lightning to deal with too. ComicBook first reported that Owen Wilson, aka Lightning McQueen from Cars, as well as the star of The Royal Tenenbaums, Wedding Crashers, Zoolander, and on and on, is joining the upcoming Disney+ show…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

This Is the Most Accurate Baby Yoda Replica You Can Buy

So far, 2020 hasn’t exactly gotten off to a great start, what with a terrifying virus quickly spreading across the planet. It’s not all doomsday news, however, this year also promises to bring us mountains of Baby Yoda merchandise, and Sideshow Collectibles is leading the charge with this life-size and staggeringly detailed replica of The…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski

Three Star Wars Resistance Ships Were in The Rise of Skywalker

The animated series Star Wars Resistance ended earlier this week with little indication of what would come next for the characters. Turns out, though, the fates of three main characters may have been revealed last month in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. “Well, one thing we do know is that among the 14,000 ships…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in February

You can get comprehensive lists of everything coming to streaming services anywhere. But half of those titles you don’t care about, and the other half are terrible. Where’s the good stuff? io9 is here to help. Below you’ll find what we deem to be the best sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV coming to Netflix,…

Movies Germain Lussier

Report: Disney’s Obi-Wan TV Show Is on Hold, for Now [Updated]

Obi-Wan Kenobi first fell on the Death Star. He may have just fallen again in a corporate boardroom. In perhaps the most disappointing behind the scenes story to come out of Lucasfilm in recent memory, Collider reports the company has put the current version of the highly anticipated Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi show on hold. It’s…

io9 Germain Lussier

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Will Get a New Comics Anthology as the Series Comes to an End

Star Wars fans are preparing to say goodbye with the seventh and final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but it won’t be the only journey into the saga. According to the Hollywood Reporter, IDW Publishing will be releasing a mini-anthology series that follows some of the heroes’ other adventures. Star Wars Adventures: The…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin

A New Toy Story Short Will Explore Bo Peep’s Wild Life Between the Movies

Yes, it’s time for Bo Peep: A Toy Story Story. Sadly that’s not the actual name of Pixar’s newest short. It’s Lamp Life, a cutesy new bit of narrative set after the events of Toy Story 4—which saw Woody give up his life with Bonnie and his fellow toys to forge his own identity alongside…

Movies James Whitbrook

The Captain Marvel Sequel’s Connection to WandaVision Could Be Growing Stronger

It was a given that Carol Danvers would return to the big screen in a sequel to last year’s Captain Marvel. But according to a new report, Marvel’s found a writer to pen the movie’s script who’s already been hard at work crafting another important part of the MCU. The Hollywood Reporter says that Marvel…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

A Stunning New Star Wars Trailer Heralds the Final End of Clone Wars

After waiting years to wonder if it would ever get the conclusion it truly deserved, we finally have a look at the beginning of the Clone Wars’ end—and no one is prepared. Well, except Palpatine, probably. Lucasfilm has just released our first look at the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, set to…

Trailers James Whitbrook

The Rise of Skywalker and The Mandalorian‘s Fascinating Approaches to Star Wars Fan Service

For better or worse, it is not unfair to describe either of Star Wars’ most recent major projects—at the box office, the climax of the saga, The Rise of Skywalker; and on streaming, the culmination of years of attempts to bring live-action Star Wars to the small screen, The Mandalorian—as stories that deeply engage in…

Movies James Whitbrook

Some Trump Supporters Are Using Baby Yoda (of All Things) to Promote MAGA

There’s been a disturbance in the Force. In the days immediately after Baby Yoda made his first appearance on The Mandalorian, there was a mad rush for merch and people were dismayed to see how little there was to be had. So people did what people are wont to do and began making their own.…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

This Baby Yoda Necklace Will Reach Right Into Your Heart

He is the most precious thing in the galaxy…and in our hearts. The first Baby Yoda merchandise for The Mandalorian was disappointing to say the least. And though we finally have a few things to look forward to in the toy arena, now we can say the Child is chic. RockLove has unveiled a new…

io9 Beth Elderkin

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io9’s Essential Guide to 2020’s Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Superhero TV

It turns out there is such a thing as too much good television because this preview list is simply too much. Coming on the heels of our mega-list of 2020’s movies, here’s our overwhelming compilation of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and superhero shows that you’re going to want to keep on your radar this year. Keep…

Television Beth Elderkin

Adam Pally Tells All About the Day He Punched Baby Yoda

The Mandalorian’s biggest criminal finally tells his side of the story. The first season of Baby Yoda’s Infant Adventures, aka The Mandalorian, was big on cute little cameos from comedians, in the form of Stormtroopers, bounty hunters, and occasionally the one with the bounty on their head. One of those cameos was Adam Pally, who…

io9 Julie Muncy

Disney Plus Is Rebooting Space Camp for Another Ride to the Stars

Though, if it’s anything like the last ride, it’ll be less about getting to the stars and more about getting home safely afterward. Remember Space Camp? The movie, released in 1986, featured a group of students at an astronaut camp accidentally launched into space on a space shuttle, where they’re then forced to figure out…

Movies Julie Muncy

io9’s Guide to All the Movies You Should Give a Damn About in 2020

No Star Wars? No Avengers? No problem! After the massive movie year that was 2019, one might assume 2020 would be underwhelming. To that we say…James Bond. Ghostbusters. Christopher Nolan. Godzilla vs. King Kong. Wonder Woman. Edgar Wright. Bill and Ted. Dune. Need we go on? Actually, we do because there are a lot of…

Movies Germain Lussier

ABC Wants to Make More Marvel TV Shows and Plans on Talking to Kevin Feige About It

With ABC’s Agents of SHIELD on the way out, Disney’s biggest TV network will soon be without a marquee superhero show. The network hopes to change that soon though and knows just the man to speak to about it. “We love our partners at Marvel and we’re sad to see [Agents of SHIELD] go, it’s…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Disney+ Edits Out Goofy’s Smoking Scene in Supposedly Uncut Version of Classic Movie

Disney is streaming on Disney+ an edited version of the 1942 movie Saludos Amigos that lacks a scene of Goofy smoking a cigarette despite the film being labeled as uncut. It’s not the first time that Disney has altered its old catalog, but it does raise questions about transparency on the relatively new streaming platform.…

Tech News Matt Novak

Breaking Down Those First Clips of WandaVision, Loki, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The First Looks at Marvel’s The Falcon and Winter Soldier, WandaVison and Loki Are Here

Marvel’s Loki Show Is Gaining Owen Wilson

This Is the Most Accurate Baby Yoda Replica You Can Buy

Three Star Wars Resistance Ships Were in The Rise of Skywalker

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in February

Report: Disney’s Obi-Wan TV Show Is on Hold, for Now [Updated]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Will Get a New Comics Anthology as the Series Comes to an End

A New Toy Story Short Will Explore Bo Peep’s Wild Life Between the Movies

The Captain Marvel Sequel’s Connection to WandaVision Could Be Growing Stronger

A Stunning New Star Wars Trailer Heralds the Final End of Clone Wars

The Rise of Skywalker and The Mandalorian‘s Fascinating Approaches to Star Wars Fan Service

Some Trump Supporters Are Using Baby Yoda (of All Things) to Promote MAGA

This Baby Yoda Necklace Will Reach Right Into Your Heart

io9’s Essential Guide to 2020’s Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Superhero TV

Adam Pally Tells All About the Day He Punched Baby Yoda

Disney Plus Is Rebooting Space Camp for Another Ride to the Stars

io9’s Guide to All the Movies You Should Give a Damn About in 2020

ABC Wants to Make More Marvel TV Shows and Plans on Talking to Kevin Feige About It

Disney+ Edits Out Goofy’s Smoking Scene in Supposedly Uncut Version of Classic Movie

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