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Is Castle Rock Any Good If You Know Nothing About Stephen King’s Books?

I didn’t grow up with Stephen King. Apart from checking out the TV miniseries The Stand, and my mom once seeing him at a casino, King and his work haven’t been a part of my life. Having barely visited his stuff, I was curious whether Hulu’s Castle Rock—a series that dwells within King’s stories, intertwining…

Television Beth Elderkin

Disenchantment‘s Heroes Are All of Us in the Latest Glimpses From the Show

The thing that’s always made Matt Groening’s fantastical worlds relatable is that they’re all fundamentally similar to ours. Regardless of the universe they exist in, Groening’s characters are all drinking to escape the reality of their lives. Even though Disenchantment is perfectly able to stand on its own based solely on its premise, Netflix has…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore

Here’s Why Stranger Things Season 3 Won’t Debut Until Next Summer

Appearing at this weekend’s Television Critics’ Association press event, Netflix talked about when we should expect to see more Stranger Things, and why the wait is so long. According to Cindy Holland, Netflix’s VP of Original Content, the third season of Stranger Things, set in 1985, won’t be premiering until next summer, and for a…

Television Julie Muncy

Amazon Studios Will No Longer Let Audiences Vote on Which Pilots They Want to See Developed

Amazon is ending its policy of letting viewers vote on which TV pilot episodes they would like to become full-length series, announcing at the Television Critics Association’s press tour on Saturday that it was ending the crowdsourcing portion of its original content program. “I’d never say ‘never’ but that version is not something we’re doing,”…

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See the First Teaser for Maniac, Netflix’s Near-Future Pharmaceutical Thriller

Two people enter into a pharmaceutical trial that promises to fix everything that ails their minds. And then things get out of hand. That’s the premise behind Maniac, a surreal-seeming limited series upcoming from Netflix, directed by Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation, True Detective) and starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone, with Patrick Somerville…

Trailers Julie Muncy

Amazon Has Picked Star Trek 4 Writing Duo to Develop Its Lord of the Rings Show

The two creators previously worked on The Jungle Cruise and the upcoming Star Trek 4. At the Television Critics Association today, Amazon Studios announced that J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay had been selected to helm the platform’s upcoming Lord of the Rings television show. The announcement was made by Jennifer Salke, the studio head, The…

Television Julie Muncy

The Newest Iron Fist Teaser Gives Us Our Best Look Yet at Danny Rand’s Comics-Inspired Look

Slowly, Iron Fist is inching toward an honest-to-god costume for Danny Rand. In the most recent, still pretty brief teaser for Marvel’s second season of Iron Fist, we get menace and a little bit of fanservice: flashbacks to villainous figures that Danny refers to as “bad memories,” interspersed with a fight that looks pretty sharp,…

Trailers Julie Muncy

The First Trailer for Castlevania‘s Second Season Envisions Dracula’s Ultimate Revenge

The first season of Netflix’s Castlevania anime adaptation, led by Warren Ellis and Adi Shankar, was one of the best surprises of last year. Now, it’s gearing up to return and visit Dracula’s bloody vengeance upon the Earth. The first trailer, courtesy of Adi Shankar himself, doubles down on the menace and the stylized cool…

Trailers Julie Muncy

That Time Bandits TV Show Is Apparently Finally Happening

In the early 1980s, Terry Gilliam’s time-travel fantasy Time Bandits was considered so risky that at first, nobody wanted to fund it. Of course, it ended up being a critical and commercial hit that’s still beloved today—so much so that Apple wants to turn it into a TV series. As you may recall, Time Bandits…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Andy Serkis’ Mowgli Finds a New Home at Netflix

Warner Bros.’ Mowgli is the rare Hollywood film that has the curious misfortune of being released after another movie based on the same public domain property has already come out (in this case, Disney). After The Jungle Book, you might have forgotten that this version of the story from Andy Serkis was actually happening, but…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Anthony Mackie Is Altered Carbon‘s New Leading Man for the Newly Announced Season 2

Netflix’s Altered Carbon is a dystopian thriller that plays with the idea of identity by imagining a world where human immortality can only be achieved through the systematic swapping of consciousnesses into the bodies of other, less fortunate people. Though it seemed the show’s future was in question, the streaming service has just announced it…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore

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

You can get comprehensive lists of everything coming to streaming services anywhere. But half of those titles you don’t care about, and the other half are terrible. Where’s the good stuff? io9 is here to help. Below you’ll find what we deem to be the best sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV coming to Netflix,…

Movies Germain Lussier

For the First Time Ever, Locke & Key Has Been Ordered To Series

The long, strange road for IDW’s comic book Locke & Key may finally have its conclusion. For the first time ever, the property has been picked up to series with Netflix ordering 10 hour-long episodes. Earlier this summer, Netflix acquired the rights to the property from Hulu, who passed on a version of the show…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Sorry Racist Nerds, But Starfire Is a Black Woman

Soon after the first trailer for DC Universe’s upcoming Titans series dropped during San Diego Comic-Con, actress Anna Diop—who plays DC Comics character Starfire—shut down the bulk of her Instagram account in response to a wave of racist backlash and trolling from people unhappy with her casting. It’s become all-too-common for self-proclaimed “fans” of genre…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Expanse Showrunner Talks About the Move to Amazon and What’s Coming in Season 4

There was a grim moment this spring when Syfy announced that The Expanse’s third season would be its last on the network—and the future of the beloved sci-fi series was in serious doubt. But with Amazon stepping in, The Expanse will be back, and last week at San Diego Comic-Con, we got a chance to…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Hulu’s The First Teaser Trailer Is Ridiculously Cryptic

Teaser trailers are supposed to give you just enough information about the actual thing they’re teasing to entice you to actually watch the thing when it’s released. Apparently, the folks working on Hulu’s upcoming series The First didn’t get the memo. The First is a series about a group of astronauts attempting to colonize and…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore

The First Pictures From Iron Fist Season 2 Include a Badass-Looking Daughters of the Dragon Teamup

Iron Fist came to Comic-Con talking up a big game of how Danny Rand, in the wake of The Defenders, would honor the spirit of Matt Murdock. But let’s be real—as cool as it sounds, what we’re here for is even more Colleen Wing and Misty Knight tag-team fights, and our first good look at…

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The Resistance Rises in The Man in the High Castle‘s Season 3 Trailer

After two seasons of occupation by the Reich, The Man in the High Castle’s resistance is ready to ramp up the fight for a free world. Except it’s no longer just one world they’re fighting for, but the fate of a whole multiverse’s worth of them. Amazon has dropped the first cryptic teaser for High…

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Bill Skarsgård Explains How His Castle Rock Character Is the Opposite of Pennywise

Bill Skarsgård became a horror icon thanks to his portrayal of Pennywise in last year’s horror hit It, a role he’ll reprise in the sequel next year. In between, he’s got another sinister turn in another Stephen King-inspired tale, Castle Rock. But as the actor explains, the characters couldn’t be more different. “I was reluctant…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Here’s Your First Trailer for Disenchantment, Matt Groening’s Netflix Fantasy Cartoon

Matt Groening’s much-anticipated fantasy series, Disenchantment, debuts in less than a month, and the Simpsons creator, along with much of the show’s cast, were at Comic-Con to spill all the magic beans. In the process, they dropped an extended trailer showing off the medieval misfits of Dreamland. The trailer shows the origins of Bean (Abbi…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

Is Castle Rock Any Good If You Know Nothing About Stephen King’s Books?

Disenchantment‘s Heroes Are All of Us in the Latest Glimpses From the Show

Here’s Why Stranger Things Season 3 Won’t Debut Until Next Summer

Amazon Studios Will No Longer Let Audiences Vote on Which Pilots They Want to See Developed

See the First Teaser for Maniac, Netflix’s Near-Future Pharmaceutical Thriller

Amazon Has Picked Star Trek 4 Writing Duo to Develop Its Lord of the Rings Show

The Newest Iron Fist Teaser Gives Us Our Best Look Yet at Danny Rand’s Comics-Inspired Look

The First Trailer for Castlevania‘s Second Season Envisions Dracula’s Ultimate Revenge

That Time Bandits TV Show Is Apparently Finally Happening

Andy Serkis’ Mowgli Finds a New Home at Netflix

Anthony Mackie Is Altered Carbon‘s New Leading Man for the Newly Announced Season 2

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

For the First Time Ever, Locke & Key Has Been Ordered To Series

Sorry Racist Nerds, But Starfire Is a Black Woman

The Expanse Showrunner Talks About the Move to Amazon and What’s Coming in Season 4

Hulu’s The First Teaser Trailer Is Ridiculously Cryptic

The First Pictures From Iron Fist Season 2 Include a Badass-Looking Daughters of the Dragon Teamup

The Resistance Rises in The Man in the High Castle‘s Season 3 Trailer

Bill Skarsgård Explains How His Castle Rock Character Is the Opposite of Pennywise

Here’s Your First Trailer for Disenchantment, Matt Groening’s Netflix Fantasy Cartoon

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