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The First WandaVision Clip Is a Campy, Retro Delight

It feels like it’s been forever since we had something new from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so thank god Wanda Maximoff and the Vision are about to show up and serve us some premium ham. Appearing on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Elizabeth Olsen debuted a brief clip from the new Disney+ series. The bit…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jan 6

WandaVision‘s Sitcom Theme Song Is Just the Bee’s Knees

Though it’s likely that many of Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ streaming series are going to end up feeling like multi-hour movie epics, WandaVision’s unique in that the show very knowingly leans into the fact that its episodic mode of storytelling’s modeled after American sitcoms. That’s all well and good, but everyone knows that a good sitcom…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 4

Spider-Man’s New Costume Is Here, and It Sure Is New, a Costume

Spider-Man’s costume is one of the most recognisable pop culture iconographies of all time. While Peter and his fellow Spiders have worn variants over the years, and got updates to that classic look, that red and blue, that black webbing, those reality-defying eye pieces, they’re burned into our collective consciousness. But even without that lofty…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 30

Marvel’s The Eternals Get Introduced…by a Clothing Company

James Gunn heads a bizarre Peacemaker rumor off at the pass. Mission: Impossible 7 will resume filming after some covid-19 concerns. A small peek at Disenchantment season 3 and more. Spoilers right this way… Untitled Steven Soderbergh Project Appearing as a guest on the Happy. Sad. Confused. podcast, Steven Soderbergh revealed he’s developing a “philosophical…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Dec 29

Tom Hanks Believes Franchises Will Save Movie Theaters

Tom Hanks has been one of the biggest movie stars on the planet for as long as most of us have been alive. He’s won Oscars, grossed billions at the box office, and worked with all the best directors (he’s even directed himself). Basically, he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to movies,…

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 28

A New WandaVision Promo Welcomes You to the Weird World of Westview

This brief but intriguing teaser only makes us more impatient for the Marvel series' arrival.

Television Cheryl Eddy Dec 25

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New Marvel Sets Coming to Unmatched and Gen Con Makes 2021 Plans in the Latest Gaming News

Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9’s column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. ‘Tis the holiday season, and with it comes an exciting set of Unmatched Marvel games, a brand-new Root expansion, and some possibly good news about Gen Con 2021. Be sure to let us know in the comments what board games…

Games Beth Elderkin Dec 22

Man-Thing Is Getting His Own Horror Mini-Series in Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing

Not to be confused with Swamp Thing, as I did when I first read this story. They’re different swampy dudes. One’s a man; one’s man-like but is actually a thing. Got it? Got it. As reported by Bloody Disgusting, Man-Thing will be the premiere focus of an upcoming three-issue miniseries called Avengers: Curse of the…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy Dec 20

Yeah, This Marvel Holiday Short Is a Toy Ad, But It’s Still Pretty Good

Listen, good stop-motion is good stop-motion, even if it’s just trying to get you to buy some Hasbro toys. That’s my best pitch for “Merry Mayhem,” a short and adorable stop-motion Christmas-themed cartoon put out by Marvel HQ, starring a number of the Hasbro Marvel Bend and Flex Figures. Starring Spider-Man, Black Panther, and Venom…

Toys & Collectibles Julie Muncy Dec 19

The Pop Culture Highlights and Lowlights of 2020

In a year full of all kinds of bad real-world news, pop culture still managed to poke its head up periodically to remind us that not everything sucks. Of course, this being 2020, that same realm also managed to leave a few steaming piles for us to step in, too. Here are our picks for…

io9 Io9 Staff Dec 17

The High Republic‘s Writers on Bringing New Voices and Fresh Perspectives to the Star Wars Galaxy

The High Republic is one of the biggest gambles the publishing branch of the Star Wars galaxy has taken since Lucasfilm was sold to Disney and its entire canon was rebooted. As Star Wars begins to explore the pathways of streaming and lies waiting at the box office for a few years, it’s unequivocally a…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 16

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Our Favorite Comic Moments of 2020

While 2020 posed more than its fair share of significant challenges for virtually everyone working within the entertainment industry, comics in particular stood as an example of creative teams adapting on the fly—and doing their damndest to keep telling compelling stories at a time when people needed them the most. The comics industry might not…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore & James Whitbrook Dec 16

Marvel Figured Out an Easier Way for You to Catch Up on Dozens of Movies

Want to watch WandaVision in a few weeks but it’s been a while since you’ve sat down and watched Age of Ultron, Civil War, Avengers Infinity War, and Avengers Endgame? Good news: Marvel’s cutting your comic book movie homework down to…a new streaming clip show? After deciding that casually announcing what felt like 78 new…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 15

Sci-Fi Families You Can Spend the Holidays With

A sad fact about 2020 is many of us aren’t going to spend the holidays with our families. We may have already missed out on one or two traditions and now the big December holidays like Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve are staring us right in the eyes. It’s enough to get you downright…

Television Germain Lussier Dec 14

Jaimie Alexander Is Finally Back as Sif in Thor: Love and Thunder

One knock against Thor: Ragnarok is that it was Sif-less, a lack that fans of Jaimie Alexander’s Asgardian warrior took sharp note of. Fortunately, Thor: Love and Thunder won’t be nearly so bereft. As reported by Deadline, Jaimie Alexander is expected to return to Love and Thunder, the fourth Thor movie, as Sif. Supposedly, Sif…

Movies Julie Muncy Dec 12

All the Star Wars, Marvel, and Other Disney News You Might Have Missed

Usually, investor calls are dry, numbers-heavy business meetings intended for people far richer than you or I. But because It’s Capitalism, yesterday Disney turned its 2020 Investor Day call into something that would’ve been right at home screamed from the rooftops of San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H. Here’s all the Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars…

io9 James Whitbrook Dec 11

Meet the Heroes of Disney+’s She-Hulk and Hawkeye Series

Despite whatever buzz and seeming confirmations you may hear about the casting in major Marvel projects, nothing’s really set in stone until you hear the words from Kevin Feige himself, as was the case during today’s Disney Investor Day when the presentation turned to She-Hulkand Hawkeye. After an initial bit of confusion as to whether…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 10

The First Trailer for What If? Imagines an Alternate Marvel Universe

What if Peggy Carter was the supersoldier Captain Britain?

Trailers James Whitbrook Dec 10

WandaVision‘s New Trailer Is a Nod to Scarlet Witch’s Most Twisted Storyline

After days of Marvel teasing that something WandaVision-related might be dropping sometime this week, Disney’s most-recent Investor Day delivered in the form of a brand new trailer. Unlike WandaVision’s first trailer that focused on playing up the series’ use of various kinds of sitcom aesthetics to tell a genre-bending story, the newest digs more into…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 10

Fantastic Four Finally Entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe and More Huge News

It’s official. The Fantastic Four is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Jon Watts (Spider-Man Homecoming) will direct. And that’s only the beginning. The news came at the end of a long, densely packed Marvel Studios presentation during Disney’s 2020 Investor’s Day event. Here’s a little tease. But that was just the beginning of the news.…

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 10

The First WandaVision Clip Is a Campy, Retro Delight

WandaVision‘s Sitcom Theme Song Is Just the Bee’s Knees

Spider-Man’s New Costume Is Here, and It Sure Is New, a Costume

Marvel’s The Eternals Get Introduced…by a Clothing Company

Tom Hanks Believes Franchises Will Save Movie Theaters

A New WandaVision Promo Welcomes You to the Weird World of Westview

New Marvel Sets Coming to Unmatched and Gen Con Makes 2021 Plans in the Latest Gaming News

Man-Thing Is Getting His Own Horror Mini-Series in Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing

Yeah, This Marvel Holiday Short Is a Toy Ad, But It’s Still Pretty Good

The Pop Culture Highlights and Lowlights of 2020

The High Republic‘s Writers on Bringing New Voices and Fresh Perspectives to the Star Wars Galaxy

Our Favorite Comic Moments of 2020

Marvel Figured Out an Easier Way for You to Catch Up on Dozens of Movies

Sci-Fi Families You Can Spend the Holidays With

Jaimie Alexander Is Finally Back as Sif in Thor: Love and Thunder

All the Star Wars, Marvel, and Other Disney News You Might Have Missed

Meet the Heroes of Disney+’s She-Hulk and Hawkeye Series

The First Trailer for What If? Imagines an Alternate Marvel Universe

WandaVision‘s New Trailer Is a Nod to Scarlet Witch’s Most Twisted Storyline

Fantastic Four Finally Entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe and More Huge News

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