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io9Trailer Frenzy
The Final Stand Against Thanos Begins in the First Trailer for Avengers 4
We’ve had months to recover from Avengers: Infinity War’s cataclysmic outcome, as Thanos, gauntlet in hand, snapped the snap heard ‘round the world. Now, after what feels like eons of waiting, we have our first look at what the original icons of the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan on doing to avenge their fallen comrades. They … Continued
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One of Pop Culture’s Most Influential Art Shows Is Back for Its 12th Year
“Crazy 4 Cult,” an annual gallery show that helped put pop culture art on the map, is returning this weekend—and this time it’s bringing along a friend, a second awesome pop culture art show right next door. “Crazy 4 Cult 12” opens Friday, December 7 at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, California, with “Lost Days”—a three-person … Continued
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io9MoviesSci-Fi
10 Awesome New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Shorts That All Run Under 10 Minutes
Got a minute? Got 10 minutes, more like? We’ve gathered 10 recent sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and animated shorts, ranging from low-budget efforts by emerging filmmakers to more professionally polished works. Two things they all have in common: They’re all very brief, and they’re all highly entertaining. Enjoy! 1) The Lake This animated short by single-named … Continued
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Tokyo Disneyland Is Getting a Beauty and the Beast Ride With Animatronics That Look Like Living Cartoons
Disney’s Imagineers—the company’s term for the artists, designers, and engineers who create its theme park attractions—are about to revolutionize the art of turning the studio’s animated films into rides that bring visitors right into the movie. Tokyo Disneyland is in the process of building a Beauty and the Beast ride with animatronic characters that are … Continued
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io9Sci-Fi
Another Missing Doctor Who Story Is Being Revived With Animation
Ninety-seven episodes from the earliest eras of Doctor Who remain lost, after old BBC archival policies meant the original film copies were destroyed to save space. Slowly but surely, parts of that missing TV history are being recovered—and when they can’t be, the BBC is turning to animation to bring them to life. The BBC … Continued
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io9ComicsMarvel
Marvel Found a Replacement for Chuck Wendig’s Scrapped Darth Vader Comic Surprisingly Quickly
In the space of weeks, Marvel went from proudly announcing a new Darth Vader miniseries at New York Comic Con to scrapping the whole thing entirely. Now, less than a month later, they’ve already found a replacement. Marvel has announced—via the official Star Wars website—Vader: Dark Visions, a new limited miniseries that will launch in … Continued
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io9Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones‘ Final Season Video Teases a Song of Ice and Fire
Winter may have already arrived around the globe, but next year we’ll also be getting a winter the likes of which we’ve never seen. We’re a few months away from the final season of Game of Thrones, where good will take its last stand against the forces of the undead, and we’ve gotten a gorgeously … Continued
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For Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Every Cool Surprise You Can Imagine Was Considered
“Meanwhile in another universe.” Those four words at the end of Venom may have changed everything when it comes to Spider-Man movies. By shifting out of Venom’s universe and showing a scene from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the filmmakers and studio made it abundantly clear that Venom and Into the Spider-Verse are both happening in … Continued
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io9Games
The Director of Kong: Skull Island Made a Bonkers PUBG Short Film
PUBG, otherwise known as Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, is the game that started a brand new trend in video games. It turned massive multiplayer battle royales, where up to 100 people get put on the same map at the same time and try to kill each other, into big business. After PUBG came Fortnite, then Call of … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
Lois Lanes, Ranked
Next week the CW will air a three-part superhero crossover of Arrow, The Flash, and Supergirl, and besides featuring Nora Fries (Mr. Freeze’s usually Popsicle wife), and Crisis on Infinite Earth character the Monitor, it will also finally introduce us to the CW DC-verse’s version of Lois Lane. And that’s great—because you really can’t tell … Continued
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Miles Morales Is the Most Relatable Person Ever in This New Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Clip
Regardless of who’s wearing the suit, one of the things that defines Spider-Man is the fact that the hero’s supposed to be a kind of an everyman. Relatable. Understandable. Exceptional, but still very much a regular person with the kinds of issues we’ve all got. Like, for instance, a huge problem with procrastination. In the latest … Continued
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io9MoviesMarvel
Fred Savage Grills Ryan Reynolds on the Reason for a PG-13 Deadpool
With Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox all but agreed upon, there have been a number of questions as to how the House of Mouse might go about incorporating all of Fox’s old Marvel IP into the larger cinematic universe—especially properties like Deadpool, which has found box office success by going for hard R-rated films. … Continued
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Meet Bumblebee’s Triple Changing Decepticons in 2 Exclusive Videos
Over the course of five live-action Michael Bay Transformers movies, fans have seen a good portion of the characters and oddities that make the franchise so popular. Hell, we’ve even seen the planet killer Unicron. But one thing we haven’t officially seen yet are triple-changers, Transformers that can change into more than two forms, and … Continued
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io9ComicsMarvel
Spider-Man and Deadpool Just Took the Piss Out of DC’s Mister Miracle in the Best Way
A series like Robbie Thompson, Jim Towe, Sean Parsons, and Brian Reber’s Spider-Man/Deadpool is exactly where you’d expect to see Marvel gently poking fun at its fellow comics houses, but it’s going to be difficult to top the jabs put on display in this week’s new issue. As tends to be the case whenever Spider-Man … Continued
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Black Panther Is the First Superhero Film Nominated for a Best Dramatic Picture Golden Globe
There may not have been a lot of genre shows or films nominated at this year’s Golden Globes, but the ones that were are making a big impact—especially in the world of superhero films. Not only has Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse been nominated for Best Animated Film, but Black Panther is making cinematic history as … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning Spoilers
Now We Know When to Expect Star Trek‘s New Picard Series
Nicolas Cage could be joining a new Lovecraftian adaptation. The Resident Evil reboot has found a director. Tony Todd reacts to the Candyman revival. Plus, Barry and Oliver play switcheroo in a new Elseworlds trailer, Kevin Smith raves about Star Wars: Episode IX, and M. Night Shyamalan hints at the Unbreakable universe’s future. Spoilers now! … Continued
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We Finally Know Which Film Franchise Is Better as 20,000 Jedi Battle 3,000 T-rexes
It hasn’t raked in as much cash as all the Star Wars films have, but with five movies in the series (and a sixth on the way), Jurassic Park stands as one of the biggest Hollywood franchises of all time. But which one is truly superior? The only way to really find out is to … Continued
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io9Toys and Collectibles
The Merch for Captain Marvel Is So Good, It May Bring a Tear to Your Eye
A big superhero movie having merchandise isn’t news. Every movie gets t-shirts and Funko pops and all that stuff. But, for Captain Marvel, Marvel’s first superhero film with a woman in the lead, the studio is going above and beyond. There’s jewelry, there’s a bicycle, there are amazing jackets, and it’s all so gorgeous, it … Continued
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io9MoviesHorror
Image Comics’ Bone-Chilling Infidel Is Coming to the Big Screen
Though Image’s Infidel is one of the publisher’s newer titles to recently hit stores, TriStar is already moving full-steam ahead with a big screen adaptation, and the studio’s just found a director to helm the film. Written by Pornsak Pichetshote with illustrations from Aaron Campbell and José Villarrubia, Infidel tells the story of Aisha, a … Continued
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io9BooksStar Wars
A New Thrawn Book Is Coming Next Summer From Timothy Zahn
When it comes to Star Wars canon, we don’t know where Grand Admiral Thrawn is during the original and sequel trilogies. Rebels saw to that. But, there’s still plenty of gaps to be filled in and his creator, Timothy Zahn, is doing that once again. The Star Wars Show announced that Zahn’s new book, Star … Continued