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This Is Not a Drill: John Cho Will Star in Netflix’s Live-Action Cowboy Bebop

Netflix has found a Bebop crew it can jam with. The Hollywood Reporter has word that Netflix confirmed the cast for its live-action adaptation of the beloved anime Cowboy Bebop and that the first two episodes will be directed by Alex Garcia Lopez. The ten-episode series is being showrun by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Jeff…

io9 James Whitbrook Apr 4

Everything We Know About The Twilight Zone Reboot (So Far) [Updated]

There’s a lot of great stuff coming in 2019, but few things have us as curious as The Twilight Zone reboot. On one hand, it’s an iconic franchise that could lose some of its luster by coming back. On the other hand, the more we hear about it, the better it sounds. In case you’ve…

io9 Germain Lussier Jan 14

The Twilight Zone Keeps Getting Better and Better, Adding Another Trio of A-List Talent

Honestly, getting Jordan Peele on board to host the CBS All Access reboot of The Twilight Zone was all the show needed to do for us to get excited. Stop right there, put it online, we’re watching. But The Twilight Zone has since been adding major talent to its cast list and, with each announcement, we…

io9 Germain Lussier Dec 3

An Alien Invasion Was Happening in Searching, You Just Didn’t Notice It

Most people think Searching is just a movie about John Cho looking for his missing daughter.

Movies Germain Lussier Nov 13

Searching Is a Thriller Told Completely From the Computer’s Point of View

In Searching, a teenager goes missing and her father searches for her by digging deep into her computer. Simultaneously, it’s every parent and every teenager’s worst nightmare: a missing child, and your Dad looking at your emails. The film, which stars John Cho and Debra Messing, opens August 3. And yes, it sounds a bit…

Trailers Germain Lussier May 10

Kirk and Bones Know How to Savor a Good Scotch

Last year, I was lucky enough to visit the set of Star Trek Beyond, and it was incredibly obvious just how much fun everyone was having. However, no one on set was having a better time than Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy when they treated themselves to a glass of fine scotch,…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 6

George Takei Tried to Convince the Team Behind Star Trek Beyond to Not Make Sulu Gay

While the creative team—and the man currently playing Hikaru Sulu, John Cho—of Star Trek Beyond may have decided that including a scene of Sulu with his same sex partner wasn’t a big deal, George Takei had a different response. The actor who originated the role told the Hollywood Reporter, “I’m delighted that there’s a gay…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jul 7

Sulu Is Gay in Star Trek Beyond and It’s Not a Big Deal

Or, at least, Star Trek Beyond is presenting it like it’s not a big deal and praying fans follow suit. The news comes from the Australian paper the Herald Sun, which says that the movie—rightfully—treats Sulu’s private life, in which he has a male partner and a child, as no big deal. (This daughter had…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jul 7

A Set Visit To Star Trek Beyond‘s Enterprise Reveals Some New Secrets

Entertainment Tonight visited the set of Star Trek Beyond recently, and they revealed some surprising things that we can look forward to, including one member of the crew who’s started a family. Spoilers below… Other revelations? The Enterprise is 2 years into its mission and the ship has ‘aged’ a bit, the sets are a…

io9 Andrew Liptak Jan 16

Walk Around the Enterprise in Star Trek Beyond Charity Video

Several months ago, our first look at the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a charity video by Omaze. Now, the same can be said about the third new Star Trek film, Star Trek Beyond. Major members of the cast – Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Idris Elba, John Cho,…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 14

Simon Pegg’s Star Trek Reboot Theory: Is this the “Mirror ” Crew?

Star Trek Into Darkness uses physical sets instead of greenscreen, as much as possible — they even filmed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, for a key sequence aboard the Enterprise. And when we talked to Simon Pegg and John Cho yesterday, they told us some of their Enterprise scenes were so demanding, Pegg actually threw up.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 9

Is Uhura ditching her short skirt in the new Star Trek movie?

Take a look at the above photos of John Cho and Zoe Saldana on the set of the new Star Trek sequel, via TrekMovie. Check out what they’re wearing under the regulation black Bad Robot parkas (which all castmembers wear on set, to cover up their costumes.) Looks as though Uhura and Sulu are wearing…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 20

Does FlashForward’s Premise Make Sense? We Asked The Producer And Stars

FlashForward returns March 18, and we just got a glimpse of our own television future. We talked to stars Joseph Fiennes and John Cho, and new showrunner Jessika Borsiczky, and asked some tough questions about time-visualizing and bromance. Spoilers ahead. So in case you’ve totally missed it so far, FlashForward is a show in which…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 11

Dominic Monaghan Sums Up FlashForward: “Head F—k!”

What exactly is ABC’s new show FlashForward about? Worldwide clairvoyance? Disasters? FBI agents? Kangaroos? Co-star Dominic Monaghan best described the show with two simple words. I seem to agree with the man, the whole thing seems like a total “head fuck.” The new show will follow the path laif out by Robert J. Sawyer in…

Television Caitlin Petrakovitz Jul 28

FlashForward – Twistier Plots Than A JJ Abrams Series?

We saw a time-travelly chunk of new ABC show FlashForward, where worldwide clairvoyance causes a global disaster. And Lost’s Dominic Monaghan made a surprise appearance. Spoilers ahead. During the FlashForward panel, producers David S. Goyer, Marc Guggenheim and Brannon Braga debuted the first 17 minutes of their show. Opening on a shot of Joseph Fiennes…

io9 Caitlin Petrakovitz Jul 25

Sulu and Chekov Talk Takei’s Baritone, And How To Say “Wessel”

What’s it take to pilot the shiny new Enterprise? We asked crew members John Cho and Anton Yelchin about changing their accents, mannerisms and overall tone, to portray Hikaru Sulu and Pavel Chekov. How much were you influenced by your predecessors? Cho: A great deal, though, I sort of had to get it out of…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 6

Sulu And Shakespeare Try To Find Their Missing Two Minutes

ABC’s Flash Forward certainly seems to be living up to its title in terms of casting announcements; just days after casting Pirates of the Caribbean’s Jack Davenport, news breaks that they’re adding Star Trek’s new Sulu and Shakespeare In Love’s leading man, as well. https://gizmodo.com/can-abc-do-justice-to-sawyers-mind-bending-novel-5101145 Joseph Fiennes, who played the Bard a decade ago before…

io9 Graeme McMillan Dec 6

Star Trek Aliens To Be Much Easier This Time Around

We ran into John Cho at the Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay unicorn booth at Comic-Con. After chatting about how much fun his new Harold and Kumar flick looks, we eked a few Star Trek details out of the new Hikaru Sulu. Cho confirmed that he wrote a letter to the original George…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 28

This Is Not a Drill: John Cho Will Star in Netflix’s Live-Action Cowboy Bebop

Everything We Know About The Twilight Zone Reboot (So Far) [Updated]

The Twilight Zone Keeps Getting Better and Better, Adding Another Trio of A-List Talent

An Alien Invasion Was Happening in Searching, You Just Didn’t Notice It

Searching Is a Thriller Told Completely From the Computer’s Point of View

Kirk and Bones Know How to Savor a Good Scotch

George Takei Tried to Convince the Team Behind Star Trek Beyond to Not Make Sulu Gay

Sulu Is Gay in Star Trek Beyond and It’s Not a Big Deal

A Set Visit To Star Trek Beyond‘s Enterprise Reveals Some New Secrets

Walk Around the Enterprise in Star Trek Beyond Charity Video

Simon Pegg’s Star Trek Reboot Theory: Is this the “Mirror ” Crew?

Is Uhura ditching her short skirt in the new Star Trek movie?

Does FlashForward’s Premise Make Sense? We Asked The Producer And Stars

Dominic Monaghan Sums Up FlashForward: “Head F—k!”

FlashForward – Twistier Plots Than A JJ Abrams Series?

Sulu and Chekov Talk Takei’s Baritone, And How To Say “Wessel”

Sulu And Shakespeare Try To Find Their Missing Two Minutes

Star Trek Aliens To Be Much Easier This Time Around

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