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Tessa Thompson and Thandie Newton Talk the Growth of Their Characters in Westworld Season 3

The third season of Westworld is forcing everyone to change, to grow, and to explore what power they have and how best to use it. As the outside world joins the equation, everything just gets much more complicated. That’s part of what Thandie Newton and Tessa Thompson consider in a new featurette for Westworld’s third…

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Red Dwarf Is Paying Off a Story Line After Three Decades

Thirty-two years after Red Dwarf premiered on BBC Two, the show is paying off a joke made in the pilot. At least that seems to be the plan in the trailer for a new feature-length special. Red Dwarf is kind of the prototype for shows like Futurama and Avenue 5: A sometimes dark, sometimes super…

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The Mandalorian Has Picked Rosario Dawson to Play Ahsoka Tano

A potentially huge piece of Star Wars news is out there to end this terrible week which almost feels too good to be true. However, turns out it probably is. Slashfilm reported that actress Rosario Dawson has been cast in season two ofThe Mandalorian, which io9 heard from a source as well. Its story continues,…

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Ahsoka’s Return to the Clone Wars Brings Together Those the Jedi Left Behind

It feels so long since we watched Ahsoka Tano as she walked down the steps of the Jedi Temple one last time. It wasn’t the last time, of course. We have seen her grow, become a rebel, confront her fallen master, and become so much more than a mere Jedi in the years since. But…

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20 Sci-Fi Directorial Debuts That Became Genre Classics

Years before he visited a galaxy far, far away, scruffy University of Southern California grad George Lucas made his directorial debut with 1971 dystopian tale THX 1138. In honor of that movie’s release 49 years ago this month, we’ve gathered up a list of 20 other first-time director efforts that have since become sci-fi classics.…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

For the First Time Ever, Toei Is Releasing Subtitled Classic Tokusatsu for Free Online

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. Space Sheriff Gavan. Space Wolf Juspion. They’re all icons of Tokusatsu, the Japaneseeffects-driven genre that has given us iconic, cult sci-fi superheroes for decades. And, for the most part, impossible for people outside of Japan to experience in an official capacity. That’s about to change in a huge way. After this week’s…

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Picard Enters Its Endgame With a Classic Star Trek Moral Argument

No matter how grandiose, science-fictional, or even just flat out bonkers it gets, deep down at its very core, Star Trek has always been a morality play. And so, as Picard sets up the fight to end all fights between its Romulan foes and the android paradise our titular hero has uncovered, it has become…

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The Reality of Westworld‘s Futuristic Dystopia Becomes Clear in This Behind-the-Scenes Look

Westworld’s season three premiere profoundly changed the playing field by bringing the hosts out of the park and into the larger world, where they might gain a modicum of freedom in the process of burning the human world down. But the series’ amazing vision of a futuristic society is more grounded in our present day…

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5 Things We Want From Avenue 5 Season 2

HBO’s big draw last night was the Westworld season three premiere—but fans of absurd space comedy also tuned in for the season one finale of Armando Iannucci’s Avenue 5. We already know there’s a season two on the way, so here are five things we’re hoping to see when the show returns. 1) Pick up…

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Leaving Westworld Was the Best Thing the HBO Series Could’ve Done Right Now

Westworld returned with its season three premiere last night and the question on everybody’s lips was: Where the hell is Westworld? This might be a series about a Western-style theme park filled with robots, but those key components of the series were nowhere to be found—well, except for the robots. This might seem like a…

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Westworld Returns With a Brand New World (But No West)

The thrilling, enigmatic, occasionally bananas HBO series Westworld is back, although you may not have recognized it. Much like Delores and Bernard, the season three premiere has left the troubled park and its massacre behind for the outside world, where Delores is planning her Host revolution. Unfortunately, it turns out the real world isn’t quite…

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Westworld‘s Creators Preview What to Expect in the Third Season

The third season of Westworld is nearly upon us, to offer mysteries, insights into the danger of big technology, and stuff to argue about on Reddit. In a recently released Variety video, the show’s creators, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, open up about some of what to expect from this third season and how it…

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Bloodshot’s Director Shares How He’d Adapt Star Wars: The Old Republic

Bloodshot is a surprisingly capable action flick, starring Vin Diesel as the Valiant hero with director Dave Wilson at the helm. Wilson, who counts Bloodshot as his first full-length directorial debut. But it’s no surprise that Wilson is so good at making compelling action, considering his pedigree: before directing he had a major gig at…

Movies Julie Muncy

New Sci-Fi Short Film Asks Who Among Us Is Secretly a Westworld-Like Robot

Undercover robots are just like Hansel: They’re so hot right now. Who Among Us, a new short film from Dust, turns the Turing Test into a reality game show, where billions of people are trying to guess which contestant is actually a machine—learning uncomfortable truths about human nature along the way. Directed by Rebecca Kahn…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Aaron Paul Shares Details on His Westworld Character and His Personal Distrust of Technology

Bring yourself back online. The third season of Westworld is around the corner, taking us out of the parks for a look at how technology has impacted the larger world. Aaron Paul’s Caleb is our gateway to this new season of Westworld, showing us how average folks have become cogs in a much bigger machine.…

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Disney Is Delaying Mulan, Antlers, and New Mutants

Just when we thought The New Mutants wouldn’t be delayed again, here comes the new coronavirus. Following suit with studios like Paramount and Universal, Walt Disney Studios has delayed the March 27 release of Mulan, the April 3 release of The New Mutants, and the April 17 release of Antlers. As of now, it seems…

Movies Germain Lussier

Westworld’s 25 Biggest ‘Holy Shit’ Moments By Episode (So Far)

The return of Westworld is nearly here—and while io9 already has a very handy guide to quickly get you up to speed so you can dive right into season three, we also wanted to look back at the most shocking, most monumentally plot-shifting, and otherwise intensely memorable moments of the show so far. These are…

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Star Trek: Picard Laid All Its Cards on the Table, and Then Flipped It Clean Over

It’s been eight weeks since Star Trek: Picard began, and it’s taken its sweet time advancing its overarching plot. Instead, it has chosen to dwell upon the lingering regrets of its heroes, and the darker, more withdrawn world they all find themselves in. So it should be good news then that it decided to advance…

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Tessa Thompson Played the Kate Winslet Role in an Eternal Sunshine Live Read, and We Were There

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a damn near perfect film. A film that has, and will, stand the test of time and should not be tinkered with or remade ever. But if—for one night only—you cast different famous actors in the roles and they read the script out loud for a live audience,…

Movies Germain Lussier

Doctor Who’s Patrick Troughton Was Nervous as Hell About Taking Over the Lead Role

When Doctor Who first went through the process of swapping out the actor for its titular hero—something that’s now weaved into the very fabric of the show’s worldbuilding as the process of regeneration—there was no precedent for the cast or crew. Could the show work without William Hartnell? Could audiences accept a new Doctor? Apparently…

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Tessa Thompson and Thandie Newton Talk the Growth of Their Characters in Westworld Season 3

Red Dwarf Is Paying Off a Story Line After Three Decades

The Mandalorian Has Picked Rosario Dawson to Play Ahsoka Tano

Ahsoka’s Return to the Clone Wars Brings Together Those the Jedi Left Behind

20 Sci-Fi Directorial Debuts That Became Genre Classics

For the First Time Ever, Toei Is Releasing Subtitled Classic Tokusatsu for Free Online

Picard Enters Its Endgame With a Classic Star Trek Moral Argument

The Reality of Westworld‘s Futuristic Dystopia Becomes Clear in This Behind-the-Scenes Look

5 Things We Want From Avenue 5 Season 2

Leaving Westworld Was the Best Thing the HBO Series Could’ve Done Right Now

Westworld Returns With a Brand New World (But No West)

Westworld‘s Creators Preview What to Expect in the Third Season

Bloodshot’s Director Shares How He’d Adapt Star Wars: The Old Republic

New Sci-Fi Short Film Asks Who Among Us Is Secretly a Westworld-Like Robot

Aaron Paul Shares Details on His Westworld Character and His Personal Distrust of Technology

Disney Is Delaying Mulan, Antlers, and New Mutants

Westworld’s 25 Biggest ‘Holy Shit’ Moments By Episode (So Far)

Star Trek: Picard Laid All Its Cards on the Table, and Then Flipped It Clean Over

Tessa Thompson Played the Kate Winslet Role in an Eternal Sunshine Live Read, and We Were There

Doctor Who’s Patrick Troughton Was Nervous as Hell About Taking Over the Lead Role

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