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io9Books & ComicsThis Week’s Best New Comics Are Veritable Orgies of Monsters and Mayhem
The funny thing about being an adult who’s into comics is how you become accustomed to reading stories that graze up against things like sex and real-world politics just slightly enough to convey that while the creative wants you to think about them, the publisher might not exactly be comfortably proclaiming it out loud. So, … Continued
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io9Toys & CollectiblesApropos of Nothing at All, Here’s Some Pictures of a Sweet New Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan Kenobi Figure
Not like anyone’s talking about Ewan McGregor and Obi-Wan Kenobi all of a sudden. Right? If you follow me on social media—or hell, read this very website—you’re probably aware that I like toys. Whether it’s Lego, Funko Pops, fancy high-end dolls, or more traditional action figure fare, you name it, I like it. Much to … Continued
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io9Carnival Row Is Just Dull, and All the Fairy Fornicating in the World Can’t Save It
In a world where fantasy adaptations reign…hell, in the very same world of the studio that’s putting Lord of the Rings to the screen again, Amazon’s Carnival Row is not the fantasy drama you’re looking for. Original fantasy works on TV are hard to come by these days which is a big reason why Carnival … Continued
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io9MoviesEverything We’re Excited for at This Year’s Disney Mega Convention, the D23 Expo
In the last few years, one thing has become abundantly clear in the world of entertainment. That world belongs to Disney and we’re just living in it. That becomes even more prevalent next weekend when the D23 Expo returns to Anaheim, California. Could it bring a certain Jedi Master with it? The D23 Expo, named … Continued
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io9Summer Camp Island‘s Take on Time Travel Is Charmingly Clever
Between blockbusters like Avengers: Endgame and small-screen oddballs like FX’s Legion, it’s been an interesting year for stories featuring time travel, a plot device whose potential for greatness is only overshadowed by its potential to come across as unimaginative. The key to making time travel really sing in a story, which Summer Camp Island understands, … Continued
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io9Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Is More Than Its Nostalgic Sensory Overload
Netflix’s Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus is the sort of long-awaited revival of a cult classic that makes you appreciate the unique space the original series carved out for itself on Nickelodeon. But the special also makes you reflect on what audiences in 2019 ultimately get out of a series like Invader Zim beyond a … Continued
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io9TelevisionAnother Familiar Face Will Return for Agents of SHIELD‘s Last Season
Kevin Hart is joining a superheroic comedy. Neill Blomkamp has departed the new RoboCop movie. Pennywise gets snacking in more new It Chapter Two footage. Plus, what’s to come on Fear the Walking Dead and Pennyworth, and we have a mighty need for today’s return of Invader Zim. Spoilers now! Night Wolf Kevin Hart is … Continued
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io9Report: Ewan McGregor Will Return as Obi-Wan Kenobi in His Own Disney+ Series
After years of rumors about a potential return—in movie form—it seems like Ewan McGregor will once again don his Jedi robes. But not for the big screen; instead, he’s allegedly coming to Disney’s ever growing streaming service. Earlier today, Cinelinx reported that McGregor had signed a deal with Lucasfilm to reprise his role as Obi-Wan … Continued
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io9Open Channel: Would You Bone Your Clone?
It started out innocuous enough. io9 Social Editor Autumn Kelly was thinking about the trailer for the new film Auggie, a Her-like exploration of a man’s relationship with a semi-sentient AI AR personality, and asked the staff if we would bone our clones. Not everyone was around when the topic was broached but most everyone … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThe Next Generation of Students Star in the New Magicians Comic Series
The world of Lev Grossman’s fantasy series is expanding once more—but instead of an adaptation, this newest entry will introduce the world of The Magicians to a new group of magical heroes. Announced today by Boom Studios, the five-part miniseries—simply titled The Magicians—is set well after the events of either Grossman’s trilogy or its adaptation … Continued
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io9Neil Gaiman’s Take on Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast Fantasy Trilogy Finds a Home at Showtime
Game of Thrones is over, and every network and streaming service is currently trying to replicate the success of HBO’s hit by finding their own epic fantasy breakout. Showtime, which already has Kingkiller Chronicle in development, is doubling down with another genre title: Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy. As previously reported, and as Variety reminds us … Continued
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io9GamesA Gorgeous Gallery of Persona and Catherine Art Has Come to Take Your Heart
Since 2006, Shigenori Soejima has helped shape the aesthetic of the beloved cult JRPG series Persona, giving gamers some of the most stylish and bold worlds of urban fantasy, slick teens, and demon summoning the genre has to offer. In celebration of his work, Gallery Nucleus is running an exhibition this weekend inspired by Soejima’s … Continued
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io9Joss Whedon’s HBO Fantasy The Nevers Somehow Has Room for Even More Quirky Characters
Not even two weeks ago, Joss Whedon’s HBO series about a gaggle of Victorian-era ladies with superpowers announced the addition of a dozen actors, to go along with previously announced series star Laura Donnelly. That’s a rather huge ensemble, but The Nevers wasn’t done yet! Today, the show added six more names that’ll co-star with … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsHouse of X‘s Game-Changing Reveal Is Already Presenting Intriguing Possibilities for Familiar Foes
House and Powers of X have spent the past few weeks changing everything we knew about the X-Men on a bold scale. Now, as the dust settles from those revelations, its latest chapter finds itself concerned with parallels and cycles of a different kind—ones that ask some very interesting questions about what could become of … Continued
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io9After Event Horizon, Here Are More Sci-Fi Horror Movies That Should Get TV Adaptations
Stranger Things season three, which riffed on The Thing and The Blob (among others), was the latest testament to the enduring power of sci-fi horror—until we heard that Amazon was circling a series adaptation of Event Horizon. While the iron is hot, here are four more sci-fi horror titles perfect for TV translation. Pitch Black … Continued
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io9Everything You Need to Know Before Watching The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Another world, another time, in the age of wonder. The Dark Crystal finally returns with a prequel series, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. The Jim Henson Company has been cautious about expanding the lore of ‘80s classic The Dark Crystal, only authorizing a couple of books, some graphic novels, and a canceled manga. But … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThis Collection of Marvel’s Earliest Comics Is Absolutely, Well, Marvelous
This year, Marvel Comics turns 80, and the company is already doing all sorts of things to celebrate its big anniversary. But one of the latest is a collaboration with high-end book publisher the Folio Society that’s giving us a gorgeous recreation of one of the comics that started it all. The just-revealed Marvel Comics: … Continued
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io9TelevisionPupdates From Lady and the Tramp, Hope for Swamp Thing, and More
Phoebe Waller-Bridge discusses the nightmare fantasy of James Bond. Daniel Radcliffe stars in a dystopian nightmare of his own in a new still from Guns Akimbo. Ian Ziering still has hopes that Swamp Thing could survive cancellation. Plus, a new look at the CW’s Nancy Drew show, and behind the scenes on Ad Astra. To … Continued
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io9Young Justice: Outsiders Just Destroyed Black Lightning
As Young Justice: Outsiders’ multiple teams of heroes have worked both publicly and covertly in their ongoing efforts to stop the Light and the forces of Apokolips from trafficking metahumans, the series has repeatedly forced its characters to question the moral implications of what they’re doing. Though all of the heroes are trying to do … Continued
