Disney Parks Is Bringing Zootopia to Shanghai
The heartwarming tale of bunny selfies, gazelle pop stars, and systemic racism is now getting a theme park land of its…
Travel to the Wonderful Worlds of Disney With These Beautiful Posters
One of the many things that make animated Disney movies so memorable are the exotic locations. Some are real, like…
Just Look at This Freakin' CGI Fur
When you look at fur, the light has taken an extended journey before hitting your eye, bouncing around lots of fur…
Gorgeous Pacific Rim Robots, and More Toys That Are Probably Too Late to Add to Your Christmas List This Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of the cool toys and merchandise we’ve been trying to furiously add to…
Unfortunately, You Can Never Buy These Incredible Disney Animation T-Shirts
There’s no shortage of cool stuff to see walking around a Disney convention. A huge percentage of the people there are…
See Summer in Zootopia Through the Eyes of the Film's Director
Last year offered several stellar animated films. But in my mind, of all the Oscar-nominated animated films in 2016,…
11 Netflix Picks You Can Watch With the Whole Family
Even if you don’t do Christmas, you still might find yourself in a holiday-season situation involving children, time…
The Best, Worst, and Most Unforgettable Movie Moments of 2016
In movies, there’s usually a moment where everything clicks. Where the image, emotion, and sound meet in perfect…
The 10 Best (and Five Worst) Genre Movies of 2016
The films the io9 team has picked as the best science fiction and genre films of 2016 are a very motley crew. This year…
This Zootopia Deleted Scene Took Things in a Really Dark Direction
Before it was the billion dollar hit it ended up being, Zootopia was a very different movie. Nick was the main character
These Hand-Cut Pop Culture Silhouettes Are Both Classy and Nerdy
Silhouettes have been a part of art for probably longer than most of us can speculate. Put on a western or period piece…
Disney's Precursor to Zootopia, Robin Hood, Gets a Colorful New Poster
This weekend, Disney’s Zootopia crossed $1 billion worldwide, once again proving the public loves talking animals.…
Watch This 45-Minute Documentary on the Making of Disney's Zootopia
The year is still relatively young, but one of the biggest surprises on the big screen has to be Zootopia. The early…
The 20 Most Bizarre and Inexplicable Buddy Comedies of All Time
Everybody knows that buddy comedies rule the universe. Just in the past couple weeks, we’ve had Zootopia, about a…
In Defense of Furries
I wrote a post about Disney’s efforts to market Zootopia to furries last week, and I really pissed off some furries by…
Zootopia Is One of the Smartest Animated Films We've Ever Seen
There’s something inherently weird about the “talking animal” genre, especially once it gets seriously anthropomorphic.…
Disney Is Marketing Zootopia to Furries, Which Is Genius
Do you know what a furry is? Disney sure does—and it’s trying to boost box office sales to its zoo-themed film, Zootopia
One Animal in Zootopia Has More Individual Hairs Than Every Character in Frozen Combined
Computer animation evolves at an alarming rate. One year, a movie like Frozen or Big Hero 6 looks like the peak of…
Walt Disney Animation is Officially as Good as Pixar Now
For several years, Pixar’s animated films made Pixar’s parent company, Disney, look good. And meanwhile, Disney’s own…
Todd McFarlane Finally Gives an Update on His Spawn Movie
Jesse Eisenberg discusses playing the villain in Batman v Superman. The next xXx loses one action star but gains…