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Sonic 3 Confirms a Major Character Casting

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Game of Thrones Wants a Comeback—Does It Have What It Takes?

HBO's fantasy series used to be a big shot until that ending, maybe it can be again?

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The X-Men Film Franchise Nearly Mutated Jon Hamm Into Mr. Sinister

The Mad Men star was set to play the evil mad scientist, but The New Mutants got in the way.

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Warner Bros.’ MultiVersus Looks Like the IP Nightmare Lebron’s Space Jam Warned You About

MultiVersus is Warner Bros.' attempt at recreating Super Smash Bros.' magic but the company's franchises don't mesh together as well.

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The New Mutants Is a Fitting Final Act for Fox’s X-Men Franchise

The New Mutants is a curious quagmire of a film that’s been defined by “what ifs” from the moment it was announced five years ago. What if it followed Apocalypse’s example and dragged the X-Men cinematic franchise further into the gutter? What if it somehow managed to be good? What if The New Mutants actually…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

The New Mutants Is Coming to Comic-Con After All

Though Marvel Studios won’t be attending Comic-Con this year, a new member of the family is making a late-breaking appearance. Disney just announced that long-awaited Marvel film The New Mutants will have a virtual panel during the convention on Thursday, July 23. Writer-director Josh Boone will join co-stars Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga,…

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New Mutants Latest TV Spot Highlights Magik and Mayhem

New Mutants’ stripped-down, horror-focused vibe has always made it appear as if the movie might be somewhat more grounded compared to most of Marvel’s other live-action movie adaptations. But the fact that Anya Taylor-Joy’s Illyana Rasputin is set to seemingly wield the full scale of her mystical abilities in the film introduced the compelling possibility…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Breaking Down The New Mutants‘ Astonishingly Hype New Trailer

For a long while, it seemed as if Josh Boone’s The New Mutants would never actually make it into theaters to show us just what Fox was going to do with a horror story about mutants trapped in a nightmarish hospital. But then, like a distressed child trapped in limbo after accidentally teleporting themselves there,…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

The New Mutants: A Brief History of the Marvel Movie We Never Thought We’d See

On Friday the 13th of October, 2017, Fox released a trailer for a superhero movie called The New Mutants. It touted a release date of April 13, 2018. Fast forward over two years. On January 6, 2020, another trailer for the film will drop, this time touting an April 3, 2020 release date. In that…

Movies Germain Lussier

There’s a New Trailer for New Mutants Coming Next Month, Which Means New Mutants Might Still Be Released

No single film has been as emblematic of the fallout of the Disney/Fox deal as New Mutants, a semi-troubled X-Men spinoff production that went from “mostly finished” to “absolute development hell” as soon as Marvel Studios got its crossover-hungry fingers on the X-Men license. While random rumors about the movie have continued to pop up,…

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A Second Season of gen:LOCK Will Debut on HBO Max

What started on Rooster Teeth is about to go to the max. HBO Max, to be exact. gen:LOCK, the Michael B. Jordan voiced and produced anime series, has just been picked up for a second season and the episodes will premiere on the new Warner Bros. streaming service, HBO Max. The episodes will find their…

io9 Germain Lussier

Here’s What Happened at (Maybe) the Final Game of Thrones Comic-Con Panel Ever

After the polarizing, controversial final season of Game of Thrones, fans had been wondering how the creators and stars would be greeted when they took the stage at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. Would it be the heroes welcome, like Jon Snow returning to Winterfell? Or an uncomfortable scenario, like Daenerys Targaryen after burning King’s Landing…

io9 Germain Lussier

The Game of Thrones Cast Bid Their Farewells to the Series

HBO’s beloved soap opera about a bunch of angry, feuding royals living without regular access to water and indoor plumbing came to its climactic finale last night, and the Game of Thrones cast wasted no time in sharing their farewells to the series that first introduced us to so many of them. As Game of…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Maisie Williams Was Worried About How Fans Would React to the End of ‘The Long Night’

Last night, Game of Thrones fans were treated to “The Long Night,” an episode years in the making, as humanity finally fought the White Walkers head on. And like those fans, the stars of the show were equally surprised and cautious when they found out how it was all going to end. Speaking to Entertainment…

io9 Germain Lussier

New Mutants‘ Reshoots Haven’t Happened, and Its Stars Are Now Unsure About Its Release

To say that Josh Boone’s New Mutants X-Men spinoff movie has been plagued by production woes is something of an understatement. Some new information about the delayed project doesn’t help. First, the movie’s release date was delayed by a full 10 months in order to ensure it wouldn’t compete with Deadpool 2. It was then…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

In the First gen:LOCK Trailer, Humans and Epic Mechas Become One

In the futuristic world of Rooster Teeth’s upcoming animated series gen:LOCK, international conflicts are no longer fought with traditional weapons, but with sophisticated, humanoid mechas that can only be piloted by unique individuals. The series follows Vanguard pilot Julian Chase (Michael B. Jordan), who is called upon to join the latest battle to protect his…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore

Our First Good Look at Gen: Lock Is High on David Tennant, Low on Giant Robots

Rooster Teeth’s next animated series is set to take us to a far future of giant robot action. But our first real good look at the show is surprisingly mecha-free—instead, focusing on the show’s equally surprising major cast. Rooster Teeth just dropped the first full scene from Gen: Lock—which, full disclosure, includes writing from io9…

Television James Whitbrook

Meet New Recruits and New Giant Robots in the Latest Teaser for Gen:LOCK

Including a hacker played by Maisie Williams. In the new teaser for Rooster Teeth’s Gen:Lock, David Tennant’s Doc is looking for new recruits. In the war for survival, anyone who can properly synchronize with one of the doctor’s machines seems to be a candidate, which means even the lowly cooks and illegal hackers of the…

io9 Julie Muncy

Nick Park on the Joys and Challenges of Making Early Man, the Most Advanced Aardman Movie Ever

Sometimes the best thing to do is just doodle. That’s how longtime Aardman director Nick Park came up with the idea for the company’s latest stop-motion animated film, Early Man. He knew he wanted to do something about cavemen but that was as far as the idea went. Then he started drawing. “I was doodling…

Movies Germain Lussier

A Master Sword for Battling Rain, the Return of the One, and More of Our Favorite Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s weekly roundup of the best toys you might have missed, but deserve to know about. This week we should all take our red pills for the return of the One, featuring an amazing likeness of Keanu Reeves; a 10-inch version of Arya Stark that we’re almost certain is based…

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Maisie Williams

Sonic 3 Confirms a Major Character Casting

Game of Thrones Wants a Comeback—Does It Have What It Takes?

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The Game of Thrones Cast Bid Their Farewells to the Series

Maisie Williams Was Worried About How Fans Would React to the End of ‘The Long Night’

New Mutants‘ Reshoots Haven’t Happened, and Its Stars Are Now Unsure About Its Release

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Our First Good Look at Gen: Lock Is High on David Tennant, Low on Giant Robots

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