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io9TelevisionReviews
Jessica Jones Season 3 Is a Last Call That Feels Too Familiar
Jessica Jones understands that recovering from psychological trauma is often a lifelong process, something marked by countless instances of backsliding and false starts that can make it feel like one might never be whole again. In the Netflix series’ third and final season, the MCU’s favorite nihilist detective is extremely back on her bullshit, which … Continued
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io9MoviesMarvel
Simon Kinberg Likens Dark Phoenix‘s Original Ending to Captain America: Civil War and Captain Marvel
While the cast of Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix has spoken about the similarities between the film’s original ending and the ending of another recent big superhero film—similarities that were so extensive they required the final X-Men installment to undergo extensive reshoots—everyone has been coy about what that other superhero film was, as well as how … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning Spoilers
Updates From Birds of Prey, Stranger Things, and More
The team behind To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is tackling Lauren Oliver’s clone YA adventure Replica. Famke Janssen is open to returning to Jean Grey. Kristen Bell will go behind the camera for The Good Place’s fourth season. Plus, what’s to come on iZombie, and Cary Elwes hypes up Stranger Things’ return. Spoilers … Continued
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io9MoviesSci-Fi
This Short Documentary Digs Deep Into Some of Total Recall‘s Most Memorable Visual Effects
When Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 film Total Recall was released, some of the people who worked on the film’s visual effects didn’t even get their names in the credits. That’s how little even the people making the movie knew about an industry that was still in its infancy. However, when the film went on to win … Continued
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io9MoviesFantasy
The Uncharted Movie Adaptation Actually Has a Release Date
Sony’s video game adaptation Uncharted has had such a rocky path to the big screen, the franchise’s main character Nathan Drake could probably climb it. However, things may have just smoothed out. Sony has given the film a December 18, 2020 release date, which means we’re closer than ever to finally seeing Uncharted on the … Continued
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io9Horror
Netflix Hails Lucifer for One More Season
After being saved from cancellation by Netflix after its third season on Fox—and turning in a well-received fourth season on the streaming service—the cheeky devil is officially going one more round: Lucifer is getting a fifth and final season. TV Line broke the news, and the show’s official Twitter used its platform to thank the show’s dedicated … Continued
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io9MoviesHorror
13 Truly Terrifying Female Horror Antagonists
Traditionally, villains in horror movies tend to be male, but there have been tons of vicious female characters over the years—both mortal and supernatural—who’ve terrified victims and audiences alike. With the excellently versatile Octavia Spencer currently spawning nightmares in Ma, we decided to count up our favorite scary-movie antagonists who just so happen to be … Continued
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io9MoviesHorror
Jordan Peele Says Midsommar‘s Idyllic Beauty ‘Transcends the Horror of Itself’
Beneath the vibrantly saturated facade of Ari Aster’s upcoming folk horror film Midsommar, there are some very dark secrets. Two American tourists journey to a small Swedish town for what they believe is going to be a normal vacation, but they soon realize that they’ve arrived just in time for a festival that only takes … Continued
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io9Television
AT&T’s Plan for a Netflix Killer Reportedly Gets an Overhaul, Expected to Cost Around $17 Per Month
When AT&T bought Time Warner and created WarnerMedia, it seemed poised to create yet another streaming video service designed to compete against the likes of Netflix and Hulu. But now, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, it appears WarnerMedia has abandoned its plans to create a three-tiered streaming app in favor of … Continued
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io9Fantasy
His Dark Materials Has Found Its Will Parry, and He’s Perfect
For casual Philip Pullman fans whose only exposure to his work is the 2007 film The Golden Compass, or newcomers anticipating the BBC’s His Dark Materials this fall, the name Will Parry may not ring a bell. But anyone who’s read the books knows the monumental role this character will play in the story to … Continued
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io9MoviesReviews
Even an Amazing Cast Can’t Bring The Dead Don’t Die to Life
Sadly, the idea of The Dead Don’t Die is better than the movie itself. The Dead Don’t Die is a Jim Jarmusch zombie movie starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, and Tilda Swinton among many others, which is among the most exciting genre ideas in recent memory. A great filmmaker who doesn’t regularly dabble in genre … Continued
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io9Games
Is Stadia Already Screwed?
We finally have the major details on Stadia, Google’s big push into gaming and at a glance it looks great: Crossplay with Xbox and Windows 10, a wide variety of recent and upcoming games, and the ability to play those games on any device with a solid internet connection. I’m writing this on an 200 … Continued
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io9Sci-Fi
Black Mirror Continues the Trend of Making Teenage Girls the Punchline
Black Mirror dives into teen stardom with “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too,” an overall OK episode that I’d feel stronger about if it didn’t pair its futuristic tech with an outdated vision of teenage girls. Black Mirror’s latest season features an episode where Miley Cyrus takes us behind the curtain of being a Hannah Montana-esque … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
The Swamp Thing TV Show Has Been Canceled [Updated]
DC Universe’s Swamp Thing series from executive producer James Wan has reportedly been canceled after just one episode. Deadline reports (and other trades have followed) that Swamp Thing is no more following an earlier decision to reduce the first season’s number of episodes down to 10 from 13 while the show was still in production. … Continued
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io9Trailer Frenzy
Jessica Jones Is Back for One More Round in the Final Season Trailer
The third and final season of Jessica Jones is mere weeks away and, finally, we have a trailer to dissect. We only wish it probably wasn’t the last. Netflix will release the final season of Jessica Jones on June 14 and, from the previous tease, we know someone is out to get the superpowered investigator. … Continued
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io9MoviesSci-Fi
King of the Monsters’ Director on Why Godzilla’s Cinematic Universe Was Way Ahead of Its Time
“I truly believe if you add Godzilla to any movie, it becomes a better movie,” director Michael Dougherty said during a Q&A this spring at Toho Studios. “Think about it. Take any movie in the world and 20 minutes in, Godzilla shows up. I guarantee you it’s more entertaining.” Dougherty is right. Godzilla could certainly … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning Spoilers
Tom Holland Teases an Intriguing Detail About Far From Home‘s Gigantic Villains
Jason Blum drops some cheeky hints about Halloween’s future. Sophie Turner and Jessica Chastain discuss the fluidity of Dark Phoenix’s script. The Halo TV show, like every other TV show, wants to be the next Game of Thrones. Plus, new footage from Men in Black: International, and what’s to come on The Handmaid’s Tale. Spoilers … Continued
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io9Sci-Fi
The Idea Behind Russell T Davies’ New Dystopian Drama Was Almost a Torchwood Ending
Russell T Davies’ new drama series Years and Years is based on an idea the writer has had for decades. He’d always imagined it to be its own project, but when trying to find an ending to Torchwood’s third season, the miniseries Children of Earth, there was a brief moment when his long-gestating idea almost … Continued
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io9
Runaways Season 3 Is Getting Hellishly Magical Courtesy of Elizabeth Hurley as Morgan le Fay
When Runaways’ Nico Minoru took hold of the Staff of One in the Hulu show’s first season, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was only just beginning to flirt with the idea of proper magic, and so the Staff’s strange powers were conveniently explained away as being technological in nature. But the latest bit of Runaways season … Continued
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io9BooksScience Fiction
Dive Into Speculative Fiction With the Winners of the 2019 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards
Dartmouth’s Neukom Institute for Computational Science recently announced the winners of its 2019 Literary Arts Awards for speculative fiction and playwriting, and io9 is thrilled to share excerpts from all three winning works. This year’s book awards were judged by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, while the play award was determined by a jury of theater … Continued
By Cheryl Eddy