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April 25th 2024

Ella Purnell Breaks Down Fallout‘s Big Season Finale Twists

The star of Prime Video's hit video game adaptation also admitted "I just eat, breathe, live, shit Fallout , all the time."

Television Cheryl Eddy Apr 25

April 24th 2024

10 Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Movies to Watch After You Binge Fallout

Season 2 of Fallout won't hit Prime Video for awhile, so keep those life-after-doomsday vibes alive with these similar titles.

Movies Cheryl Eddy Apr 24

February 24th 2024

Vin Diesel’s Sticking With Fast & Furious All the Way to The End

Fast XI will be made (and probably released) amid Diesel's current lawsuit and allegations of sexual misconduct.

Movies Justin Carter Feb 24

March 9th 2023

The Last of Us Will Get a Behind-the-Scenes Special After the Finale

The HBO show will give us at least a little more Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey after season one ends.

Television Sabina Graves Mar 9

December 30th 2022

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Have Yourself a Very X-Files New Year, With a Side of Zombies

Looking back at the 1999 episode that probed Y2K fears while crossing over with Lance Henriksen's recently cancelled Millennium .

Television Cheryl Eddy Dec 30

June 7th 2022

Yes, the Duffer Brothers Realize They Need a Time Jump on Stranger Things

The duo are currently mapping out the end of an era with the Netflix franchise.

Television Sabina Graves Jun 7

April 29th 2022

Undone Season 2 Undertakes a Deeply Emotional (But Still Trippy as Hell) Journey

Amazon's rotoscope-animated series starring Rosa Salazar and Bob Odenkirk is back for more surreal travels through time and space.

Television Cheryl Eddy Apr 29

February 18th 2022

Vox Machina Levels Up in Critical Role’s Season Finale

Amazon's animated adaptation of the TTRPG series overcomes growing pains to reach a satisfying conclusion.

Television Justin Carter Feb 18

December 22nd 2021

Image: Marvel Studios, Apple TV+, Prime Video, and Netflix

The 8 Best (and 5 Worst) TV Shows of 2021

In 2021, the trend continued that TV's bigger and better than ever right now—with a year of highs and lows.

io9 James Whitbrook & Cheryl Eddy & Rob Bricken & Germain Lussier Dec 22

June 4th 2021

Sweet Tooth’s Showrunners on the Heart of the Show and Changes From the Comic

If you were just to list all the elements that make up the new Netflix show Sweet Tooth, you’d think it was just a bunch of random ideas thrown together. In fact, let’s test that theory: deer boy. Robert Downey Jr. Post-apocalypse. Animal army. DC Comics. Football star. Lord of the Rings. VR gaming. Weird,…

Television Germain Lussier Jun 4

March 2nd 2021

In This Exclusive Trailer for My True Fairytale, a Teen Superhero’s Powers Begin to Awaken

My True Fairytale, the story of a teen girl who starts exploring her burgeoning superpowers after a traumatic experience, is the passion project of writer-director D.Mitry, who drew upon his own personal tragedy while he was creating it. io9 has an exclusive look at the trailer and poster today. First up, here’s the trailer, which…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Mar 2

December 11th 2019

Image: 20th Century Fox / Image: Netflix / Image: HBO

The Fictional People and Things We Lost in 2019

This year saw some of the biggest endings in movie and television history. In Avengers: Endgame, a few brave souls sacrificed themselves to save the universe and Game of Thrones finally put someone on the Iron Throne…and a lot of people in their graves. There are a lot of characters to grieve over, and we’re here…

Television Io9 Staff Dec 11

March 7th 2014

The Cosmological Constant: not-so-constant?

Once again, the infamous cosmological constant is rearing its head. A constant of integration, this mathematical relic has some serious implications for the end of the universe. We thought we had it nailed down from the last batch of observations, but maybe we were measuring the wrong thing. First Einstein set the cosmological constant to…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Mar 7

February 4th 2014

After deafness is cured, what happens to the people who remain deaf?

Shot in the style of a documentary, The End follows four deaf children through their lives into an imagined future, as some decide to undergo treatment for deafness while others refuse it. But as the number of deaf people dwindles, what happens to the those who gradually find themselves without a culture? Directed by Ted…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 4

December 7th 2013

Disaster interrupts an alien mission to rescue the human race

The Fiah’s Exodus mission is a noble one, to remove sentient races from their doomed planet and relocate them to a safer preserve. But Ethma and Endi’s assignment on Earth is troubled from the start, though their crew of accidental human stowaways is the least of their problems when the entire Exodus mission takes a…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Dec 7

October 29th 2013

When will the Universe end and how?

Physicist Dr. Dave Goldberg tries to give an answer to a complex scientific question on io9: When will the Universe end? And how? There are still many theories, but one timeline seems likely. Not that I care too much beyond pure curiosity—it all feels too far away compared to the certain and nearness of our…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Oct 29

April 26th 2012

A Hobbit Guest Star Confirmed. Plus Who Won’t Return in Iron Man 3 and Doctor Who season 7!

Robert Downey Jr. explains how The Avengers fits in thematically with the Iron Man solo films… and drops some Sherlock Holmes 3 hints. Chris Pine tells us what to expect from Star Trek 2, and hints he might star in a most unlikely genre film. There are huge hints for Iron Man 3 and The…

Television Michael Ann Dobbs Apr 26

November 11th 2011

It’s 11:11 11-11-11! You Know What That Means

In binary, 1111 11 11 11 means “The world is ending right now and I’m still in bed wearing my Wolverine underpants.” Good bye my friends. Update: Apparently nothing happened. Maybe it will mean that tonight at 11:11pm. STAY TUNED.

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 11

July 3rd 2011

Finally, the Monster Thunderdome we’ve been waiting for — Monster Brawl!

It’s Monster Thunderdome! In Monster Brawl, Frankenstein, Witch Bitch, and Kevin Nash enter a monster wrestling match…TO THE DEATH! And if you thought Saw was too light on the “people-doing-horrible-shit-to-each-other” action, have we got a movie for you! Movies Monster Brawl I feel like I’ve been waiting for most of my life (or at least…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Jul 3

July 15th 2009

Marvel Ends It All… Or Do They?

Marvel Comics have released a teaser ad entitled “The End” – But can we work out just whose end it is based upon our knowledge of what happens afterwards? Although it doesn’t say so anywhere on the ad itself, the image is for the final issue of Jeph Loeb’s Ultimatum series, which has gleefully been…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 15

The End

Ella Purnell Breaks Down Fallout‘s Big Season Finale Twists

10 Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Movies to Watch After You Binge Fallout

Vin Diesel’s Sticking With Fast & Furious All the Way to The End

The Last of Us Will Get a Behind-the-Scenes Special After the Finale

Have Yourself a Very X-Files New Year, With a Side of Zombies

Yes, the Duffer Brothers Realize They Need a Time Jump on Stranger Things

Undone Season 2 Undertakes a Deeply Emotional (But Still Trippy as Hell) Journey

Vox Machina Levels Up in Critical Role’s Season Finale

The 8 Best (and 5 Worst) TV Shows of 2021

Sweet Tooth’s Showrunners on the Heart of the Show and Changes From the Comic

In This Exclusive Trailer for My True Fairytale, a Teen Superhero’s Powers Begin to Awaken

The Fictional People and Things We Lost in 2019

The Cosmological Constant: not-so-constant?

After deafness is cured, what happens to the people who remain deaf?

Disaster interrupts an alien mission to rescue the human race

When will the Universe end and how?

A Hobbit Guest Star Confirmed. Plus Who Won’t Return in Iron Man 3 and Doctor Who season 7!

It’s 11:11 11-11-11! You Know What That Means

Finally, the Monster Thunderdome we’ve been waiting for — Monster Brawl!

Marvel Ends It All… Or Do They?

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