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Anthony Mackie’s Existence Is Classified in the New Trailer for Outside the Wire

We’ve already seen Anthony Mackie as a soldier who becomes super with a little help from technology. Next, we’ll see technology make him a different kind of super-soldier—an android, to be precise. That’s the set up for Outside the Wire, a Netflix original out next week. Set in the near future, Mackie plays an Army…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Transformers Just Shook Up Its Lore in a Wild Way

Transformers is a franchise that from the get-go has almost been ceaselessly fascinated with its past. The long shadow of the fabled “G1” era—from its design sensibilities to its origin deep-dives—has cast a long shadow over so much of what has come since, including Netflix’s latest re-litigation of the War for Cybertron. But its newest…

io9 James Whitbrook

7 Things We Liked (and 4 We Didn’t) About Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Final Season

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is finally closing the spellbook. Part 4 of the Netflix horror series has the Fright Club battling the long-awaited Eldritch Terrors as Sabrina Spellman deals with the consequences of creating a dual identity. It’s a solid way to go, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. Part 3 ended with Sabrina (Kiernan…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Kid Cosmic‘s First Trailer Is an Adorable Look at How Hard It Is to Save the Earth

Even when you’re gifted unimaginable cosmic superpowers, turns out when you’re a kid from a quiet town saving the planet from invading aliens is still kinda tough. Netflix has just dropped the first trailer for Kid Cosmic, the next animated series from Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends’ Craig McCracken, which follows a…

Trailers James Whitbrook

Cobra Kai Season 3’s Big Spoiler Questions Answered by the Producers

The third season of Cobra Kai has now been out four days. How many times have you watched the whole thing? Six? Seven? We’re kidding of course but you’d better have finished it if you want to read what’s below. io9 did a Zoom chat with creators and executive producers of the Karate Kid show,…

io9 Germain Lussier

We Can Be Heroes‘ Robert Rodriguez Explains His Many Talents in This BTS Featurette

He’s a writer, director, cinematographer, editor, special effects wizard (I’m assuming he also handles catering or picks up the kids from school sometimes). In a new video, Robert Rodriguez takes a break from prepping the new Boba Fettshow to explain the SFX work behind Netflix’s We Can Be Heroes—including, of course, the little girl with…

Movies Beth Elderkin

The 100 Most Popular io9 Posts of 2020

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

Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month, most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision making. Welcome…

Movies Germain Lussier

Cobra Kai Season 3 Is Focused, Emotional, and Nostalgic in the Best Way

Season three of Cobra Kai is the show’s most confident, nostalgic, and entertaining season yet. The hit Netflix show based in the world of The Karate Kid once again builds on the relationships and characters we know and love from the previous seasons, as well as the movies, but this year it’s much more focused,…

Television Germain Lussier

The Heroic Tech That Helped Us Endure 2020

Humanity will survive this pandemic, but the past 10 months spent isolating, social distancing, and quarantining has been rough for us all. As bad as this year has been, it could have been a lot worse were it not for a handful of technologies that stepped up to help us all get through it. Some…

Reviews Andrew Liszewski

The Three-Body Problem Producer Lin Qi Has Died Following Alleged Poisoning by Colleague

Earlier this month, Lin Qi, the founder of Chinese gaming giant Yoozoo and co-producer of Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem, checked into a hospital reporting symptoms that led doctors and police to believe that he’d been purposefully poisoned by a colleague. As police launched an investigation into the suspect, Qi remained…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Parkers Was Actually Nikki’s Metahuman Origin Story

Long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe started delivering some of the most ambitious crossovers in Hollywood history, UPN’s Moesha and The Parkers had already laid the groundwork for one of the small screen’s most interesting assortments of interconnected television series that, depending on how you look at things, might have featured a superpowered origin story.…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Three-Body Problem Producer Lin Qi Allegedly Poisoned By a Fellow Film Film Executive

After being stuck in development hell for years, an adaptation of Cixin Liu’s popular Hugo-winning novel The Three-Body Problem had finally found a home on Netflix, with Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss attached to write and executive produce. But now the project is facing a different sort of behind-the-scenes drama. Though production’s…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Cobra Kai Season 3 Is Debuting a Week Early

Next year is starting off the best way possible: we’re getting a brand new season of Cobra Kai. The hit Netflix show was set to debut season three on January 8 but today it was revealed it’ll be out a week earlier, on January 1. The perfect way to ring in the new year. Cobra…

io9 Germain Lussier

Haunting of Bly Manor Creator Has ‘No Plans’ to Continue the Anthology Series

Writer and director Mike Flanagan has been giving fellow horror creator Ryan Murphy a run for his money with Netflix’s Haunting series, which started with Haunting of Hill House and continued this year with Haunting of Bly Manor. Even though the fledgling anthology series has so many haunts to explore, Flanagan said he has “no…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The Witcher‘s Blooper Reel Declares Henry Cavill a ‘Sexy Greased Pig’

Netflix has released a blooper reel for The Witcher, centered around our beloved Geralt (Henry Cavill) trying hard to keep a straight face while greased-up on a bed, flubbing his lines, and standing by while Roach takes a shit in the background. Well, the book does say “everybody poops.” As part of its December “Witchmas”…

io9 Beth Elderkin

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8 Holiday Movies You’ve Totally Been Sleeping On

We all have our holiday staples, the movies we turn to time and time again. But before you break out Elffor the 42nd time, spend another week trying to convince people Die Hard is a holiday movie, or press your luck with NBC’s version of The Grinch musical (although I wouldn’t), maybe give some of…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Netflix Finally Gives Us an Interview With the Real Star of The Witcher

That’s right: the horse, the myth, the legend. Roach himself. Netflix is wrapping up “Witchmas,” its Advent Calendar-style celebration of all things The Witcher, and a convenient promo for the upcoming second season of the show. We’ve gotten some good content. Some monsters, some bloopers. But, finally, we’re getting to the good stuff. Finally, Roach…

io9 Julie Muncy

Locke & Key Has Been Renewed for a Third Season

If you’re a big fan of Locke & Key’s first season, get excited, because there’s even more coming than you thought. As reported by Deadline, Locke & Key, Netflix’s adaptation of the comic by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, has been renewed for a third season just as production is wrapping on the second. That means…

io9 Julie Muncy

Friday’s Gif Party Is Bursting With Seasonal Magic

The holidays are just around the corner, and it’s time to get in a festive mood! We’re breaking out our dancing shoes and greatest moves to ring in the final weeks of 2020, because what better way is there to warm a chilly night than by dancing your heart out with a gif party? Leave…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Anthony Mackie’s Existence Is Classified in the New Trailer for Outside the Wire

Transformers Just Shook Up Its Lore in a Wild Way

7 Things We Liked (and 4 We Didn’t) About Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Final Season

Kid Cosmic‘s First Trailer Is an Adorable Look at How Hard It Is to Save the Earth

Cobra Kai Season 3’s Big Spoiler Questions Answered by the Producers

We Can Be Heroes‘ Robert Rodriguez Explains His Many Talents in This BTS Featurette

The 100 Most Popular io9 Posts of 2020

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

Cobra Kai Season 3 Is Focused, Emotional, and Nostalgic in the Best Way

The Heroic Tech That Helped Us Endure 2020

The Three-Body Problem Producer Lin Qi Has Died Following Alleged Poisoning by Colleague

The Parkers Was Actually Nikki’s Metahuman Origin Story

The Three-Body Problem Producer Lin Qi Allegedly Poisoned By a Fellow Film Film Executive

Cobra Kai Season 3 Is Debuting a Week Early

Haunting of Bly Manor Creator Has ‘No Plans’ to Continue the Anthology Series

The Witcher‘s Blooper Reel Declares Henry Cavill a ‘Sexy Greased Pig’

8 Holiday Movies You’ve Totally Been Sleeping On

Netflix Finally Gives Us an Interview With the Real Star of The Witcher

Locke & Key Has Been Renewed for a Third Season

Friday’s Gif Party Is Bursting With Seasonal Magic

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