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Apple is set to release its next Apple Watch Series 9 set of smartwatches, but the company is reportedly offering little to no reason for any current users to upgrade from the Series 8. Current reports suggest the best thing to do if you’re excited about the next evolution in wearables is to wait a

Go behind the scenes of Invasion season 2. Outlander teases its return for next year. House of the Dragon is casting an intriguing character for season 2. Plus, Thirteen Ghosts could be heading to television. Spoilers, away!Spoilers of the Week May 9-13Uncharted 2Producer Charles Roven told THR he’s “looking to make another” Uncharted movie at

Image: IDWThroughout the decades, there’ve plenty of video games based on or featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. While each of them have their own fans, one thing they all share in common is that they exist pretty comfortably in a space for young kids and maybe a nostalgic fan. After all, when the whole

Image: Peshkova (Shutterstock)If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here’s a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Also, don’t forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go into more detail on this same topic. Image: Ink

Image: DC StudiosSocial reactions for Blue Beetle buzz with excitement, marking an auspicious future for DC Studios’ clean cinematic start for its upcoming James Gunn and Peter Safran-led superhero slate.Harvey Guillén on the DC’s Upcoming Blue Beetle Movie | io9 InterviewFrom director Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) and starring Cobra Kai breakout Xolo Maridueña

Image: UniversalBack in 1993, Jurassic Park mined agonizing tension from the simple image of water rippling in a glass. Those heavy T-rex footsteps are going to make an even more menacing impact when Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi tale—which has been enthusiastically marking its 30th anniversary all year—hits theaters in RealD 3D.Spoilers of the Week | June

Virtual Private Networks, better known as VPNs, are services that route your traffic through a sort of encrypted tunnel, hiding your online activities from your internet service provider and anyone else who manages your network. That makes VPNs a tool you should definitely not consider using when you land at your college dorm this fall

Image: Warner Bros.After recent repeated statements from Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot that new DC film head honchos James Gunn and Peter Safran are working with her to develop the in-limbo Wonder Woman 3, a new report suggests that actually… nothing of the sort is happening.Will We See More of Uhura’s Relationship with Spock? |

Crop of cover art for Tim Pratt’s Pathfinder Tales: Reign of StarsImage: Paizo Inc.It’s not every Pathfinder Tales volume, but there still are a lot represented in Humble’s current bundle deal of Paizo ebooks inspired by the fantasy world of the Pathfinder RPG. You can build your collection, or start one from scratch, in a

Magic: The Gathering cards worth an estimated $300,000 were stolen from Pastimes, an Indiana gaming company, last week during Gen Con in Indianapolis—one of the largest gaming conventions in the world. Zack Reiter, a manager at Pastimes, confirmed via email to io9 that it was his store that was affected by the theft. WRTV, a

Update August 9 at 5:20 p.m. EST:Devastating wildfires that have been fueled by hurricane winds have killed several on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Emergency responders are overwhelmed by the devastation. Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen confirmed during a press conference today that the fires have killed at least 6 people in Maui.  Should You Flip

So… Gen Con happened. To like, all of us. The annual gaming con held in Indianapolis brought “record breaking” numbers of fans through the convention center. Also, a few awards. Yours truly lost the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming to a truly excellent and deserving game, Coyote & Crow. Additionally Free League came

Photo: LouiesWorld1 (Shutterstock)Disney is jumping on the artificial intelligence bandwagon. The conglomerate has formed a task force to determine how the technology can be strategically deployed across various parts of its vast entertainment and media empire. Reuters reports that the team is currently discussing how AI can be used to augment in-person experiences at Disney

PayPal is diving into the messy world of crypto with a new stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, aptly and uninventively named PayPal USD. The company’s entrance into the industry comes at a time of deep regulatory uncertainty as federal agencies and lawmakers continue to grapple with the fallout of multiple major crypto implosions last

The same weekend a film mentioning Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League crossed a billion dollars at the box office, a film that also relates to Snyder’s story had reason to celebrate. David Ayer, the director of 2016’s DC film Suicide Squad, said on X that he’s spoken to one of the presidents of DC

Kaiju stories often live and die not just on the monster itself, but whoever’s fighting against (or with) it. Whether it’s the military, other monsters, or giant robots, part of the fun can be seeing what’s able to go blow-for-blow with a massive beast that shoots fire out of its eyes or some such.Johnny Knoxville

Magic: The Gathering has been going hard on the brand crossovers through its “Universes Beyond” line this year with the likes of Doctor Who and Lord of the Rings. Over the next few years, that expansion is set to continue, with more big-name franchises added to the line—namely video games.Watch the Trailer for Magic: The

Photo: Mack DeGeurin/PameraBy now, just about everyone has seen the digital art and prose of generative AI models like Midjounrey and ChatGPT. In a reversal of the text-to-image format of Midjourney, a New York-based technologist and artist has released a new app that flips those concepts on their head, having AI models conjure up poems based

Image: ParamountTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a delight for many reasons: the energetic teens who voice the Turtles, its fun embrace of ‘90s culture, its unique animation style, and the way it both honors and advances TMNT lore. But the movie’s more than just a light-hearted nostalgic trip.Turtle Power with Melissa Navia |

Screenshot: Lucas Ropek/YouTube/ABC7NYA social media influencer’s event spun wildly out of control in downtown Manhattan on Friday. For some reason, thousands of people who had turned out to Union Square park to to see Youtube star and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat began rioting, obstructing traffic, and antagonizing police. The unruly crowd eventually spilled out into

When mutantkind established its own sovereign nation on Krakoa, it established three new tenants for the newly-unified species to live by: Make More Mutants, Murder No Man, and Respect This Sacred Land. For the most part, give or take a few loopholes, the Krakoan Age was defined by these tenets until last week’s shocking Hellfire

Rom-com Elemental—initially a disappointment for Pixar and Disney—has continued to rack up money at the box office, and now the sleeper hit has a new income stream in its near future: home viewers. Peter Sohn’s animated tale will soon arrive on digital, followed by a physical release, and it’s bringing tons of extras with it

When io9 interviewed Danny and Michael Philippou—the siblings behind Talk to Me, the summer’s scariest movie—they described the “mythology bible” they assembled to keep track of the story’s many creepy spirits. Now, it seems they also picked up their cameras to create additional contextual material.Spoilers of the Week March 30-April 1If you’ve seen Talk to

The ongoing feud continues: Ron DeSantis has doubled down on denying Disney’s First Amendment and constitutional rights through the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.We Rode the New Disney Coaster Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic RewindIt’s a strategy that continues to baffle even the Republican party for the precedent it sets; if a Republican governor can

Elemental is still shining at the box office.Image: Disney/PixarWhen Pixar’s Elemental opened in June to under $30 million on its first weekend, most Hollywood types considered it dead on arrival. And why wouldn’t they? Pixar hadn’t had a hit in years—largely due to the pandemic, but still—and after releasing several titles on Disney+, most assumed

Screenshot: Sony Pictures AnimationThe wait till Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse is going to be a long one, but starting August 8 you’ll be able to revisit Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse any time you want. io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was ‘All In’ on Moon KnightAvailable on digital first, the Sony Pictures Animation film will release with

Image: NetflixJust as Futurama rises anew at Hulu, another Matt Groening creation is about to bid farewell. Netflix has announced the final season of Disenchantment will drop all 10 episodes on September 1. With this news comes a teaser recapping what’s happened so far in Dreamland—and what awaits Queen Bean and company in the show’s

Fans has been leaving tokens on the Pee-wee Herman star on Hollywood Blvd.Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images)One of the most recognizable, versatile, and hilarious performers of our generation passed away this week and the loss is being felt all over the world. Paul Reubens, best known for his iconic character Pee-wee Herman, lost a battle with

Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that an unknown federal agency had breached official White House policy and used secretive methods to conduct a business deal with the NSO Group, a blacklisted spyware vendor known for selling powerful surveillance tools. The agency in question not only brazenly disobeyed the government’s official policy, but

Corporations all around the world are getting into AI, and you can now count Hasbro among them. Earlier in the week, the publisher of tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering revealed its new partnership with Xplored, the developers behind the digital board game platform Teburu. Gillian Jacobs Reacting to Her

The summer movie season is often one of the most stable periods of the year: studios show off their big tentpoles (usually about a superhero, or something close to one) whose primary goal is to be crowd pleasers and make a lot of money. Since the formula’s been around for about 20 years now, you’d

A24’s new horror flick Talk to Me revolves around an embalmed hand that when touched, gives the other person a connection between the worlds of the dead and the living. In the film, a group of high schoolers use the thing at parties and record themselves on social media—you hold the hand, say “talk to

Over the years, Seth Rogen’s made a name for himself in adapting (and sometimes providing his acting talents to) lesser known comics or properties like Invincible and The Boys. You’d think by this point, and with those he’d have jumped ship to something bigger—namely Marvel or DC, similar to what indie directors have done in

Déjà pandemic: with Hollywood experiencing a sudden shutdown of work—this time due to the ongoing actors and writers strikes—release dates are being delayed. The first studio to officially announce movies shifting on the calendar is Sony, and it affects highly anticipated releases like Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and (the slightly less anticipated) Kraven the Hunter.Spoilers

Jeff Bergman will soon be back as Bugs Bunny in Max’s Tiny Toons Looniversity. While promoting his upcoming documentary Looney Legends in Conversation, the voice actor discussed playing the Looney Tunes icon for the past few decades, including Space Jam: A New Legacy.Bugs Bunny’s Howl-O-Skreem Spooktacula Exclusive ClipBergman’s life changed when he happened upon a talk

It’s fitting that the X-Men as an idea are as similarly cyclical as one of the franchise’s most iconic figures. “Hear me, X-Men! No longer am I the woman you knew! I am Fire and Life incarnate!” cries Jean Grey, now the Phoenix, in X-Men #101, beginning a cycle of fated death and rebirth for

You’ll soon be able to raise a glass to the memory of the defunct Fantasmic dragon on the Rivers of America at Disneyland.Samsung Galaxy Fold 5: Hands-on first Impressions of Samsung’s Big-Screen Flagship FoldableGoodbye, Murphy—as the dragon, which accidentally incinerated itself in April, was nicknamed by the Disney Parks community. In case it’s not obvious

Is the government hiding alien bodies in a vault under the Pentagon? Have Americans been killed to protect our weirdest extraterrestrial secrets? Nothing was off the table at Congress’s much anticipated hearing on UFOs Wednesday, making for quite the show. The House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs convened what was at

Just when all that pre-release Barbie buzz was starting to make hot pink feel monotonous, the movie opened—and delivered that sought-after blend of critical praise, audiences of both lovers and haters (which brought even more buzz), and massive box office success. Mattel executives might not have quite understood director Greta Gerwig’s aim ahead of time, but

There are some incredible games in this week’s issue, and I’d like to point out a couple of my favorites. Likeness Machine by Pearse Anderson is about what happens when corporations take the likeness of actors and use AI to replace their performance (all proceeds go to the Entertainment Community Fund!). There’s also Hunt, with

When the covid-19 pandemic delayed the releases of major movies, there was nothing the studios could do to stop it. Genuine health risks meant theaters had to close and without theaters, there wasn’t anywhere to screen new movies. Now movie delays are starting to happen again—only this time, the studios could very easily solve it

Jason David Frank returns in the Legend of the White Dragon.Image: Falling Forward FilmsLast year’s loss of fan-favorite actor Jason David Frank was a blow to us all. His commitment to not just his star-making role on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but his love and passion for the pop culture community at large, was truly

A new report suggests that the lax content moderation policies of Mastodon and other decentralized social media platforms have led to a proliferation of child sexual abuse material. Stanford’s Internet Observatory published new research Monday that shows that such decentralized sites have serious shortcomings when it comes to “child safety infrastructure.” Unfortunately, that doesn’t make

Chuck Tingle is famously (and infamously) known for self-publishing absurdist erotica that almost always skews queer. Despite ridiculous titles like Handsome Sentient Food Pounds My Butt And Turns Me Gay: Eight Tales Of Hot Food and Not Pounded By Bi Erasure Because My Current Hetero-Presenting Relationship Does Not Invalidate My Queerness, Tingle’s work remains steadfastly

Image: IDWTMNT: The Last Ronin imagined a universe where just a single member of the Turtles was left standing, a dark future with little hope—but its final conclusion didn’t just give a jolt of hope to that alternate reality, but set the stages for a continuation that is now coming to light.Turtle Power with Melissa

After debuting in 1999, multiple Emmy winner Futurama had an on-and-off existence across Fox, the direct-to-DVD realm, and Comedy Central, with its apparent finale in 2013—until news came last year that Hulu had ordered 20 new episodes. The first 10 arrive July 24, and fans will be glad to know they were worth the 10-year

Photo: io9/GizmodoIt’s time to showcase io9’s favorite cosplays of the day at San Diego Comic-Con 2023.Here’s Day 2 of the annual pop culture event where fans celebrate their passion across fandoms. There’s a Lore Olympus Persephone, Dogs cosplaying as Marvel Funko icons, Chainsaw Man and more!Click through the gallery to see SDCC ‘23 looks inspired

After landing on an asteroid nearly three years ago to scoop up a sample from its rocky surface, the OSIRIS-REx mission is finally in the homestretch. NASA is preparing for the special delivery of the rocky sample next month and the agency just pulled off the most realistic rehearsal for the big day.Inspiration Behind Immortal

Screenshot: Prime VideoPass into the after worlds with the Good Omens cast and crew in this new featurette from Prime Video, which is one of more than a dozen “exclusive behind-the-scenes videos” which will be available via Prime Video’s X-Ray. “If season one is a comedy about the end of the world, season two is

Paleontologists recently revisited a trove of fossils found in a South African quarry and found two previously unknown species of sabertooth cats in their mix.Inspiration Behind Immortal Longings | io9 InterviewThe 5.2-million-year-old cats are just the latest sabertooths known in Africa; the recent team of researchers also found two previously known species of cat in

While the rest of the world is trying to live more sustainably and find ways to reduce its trash output, LG Labs has put its resources into designing yet another pod-based instant coffee machine with a twist: it actually uses two pods to make a single cup of coffee, doubling the amount of trash generated

Google is inserting itself in newsrooms with the promotion of its new AI tool that it says will “help” journalists create articles. The company has reportedly pitched its software to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and News Corp, which owns The Wall Street Journal, saying it can effectively produce news stories.Google’s Antitrust Case

Whelp, I guess we all knew this was coming. With no formal announcement, Netflix removed its $9.99 “Basic” subscription tier for anybody trying to sign up for a new account or resubscribe in the U.S. and UK. Now your two options are to pay $5.50 more per month for the “Standard” plan, or otherwise suffer

As we said back in 2017, when the Beats Studio3 Wireless headphones debuted, Beats’ products have been getting better and better since Apple bought the company and started contributing to their design and hardware. The new Beats Studio Pro, the first new addition to the Beats Studio line in six years, bring excellent ANC performance

The GOP infighting continues to rage on as the race for the 2024 presidential bid picks up steam. A super PAC supporting Florida hopeful Ron DeSantis has unleashed a campaign ad that features an AI-generated version of Trump’s voice.The PAC, called Never Back Down, released the ad in support of Iowa governor Kim Reynolds in

Image: HasbroThat unmistakable sinister chuckle will fill your brain every time you catch a glimpse of the Hasbro Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Jabba the Hutt set—a worthy tradeoff for having such a well-appointed collectible paying tribute to the corpulent gangster Han Solo was really, really trying to avoid. Inspired by, quite obviously, Star Wars:

Sony’s gaming arm has long been fascinated by shapes. The fact that everybody else labeled their buttons with “A” or “B” meant nothing to the legacy tech brand, as the first PlayStation controller included “X” or “O” buttons instead. Now, the gaming company finally has a release date and price for one of the most

Image: Marvel StudiosKamala Khan is making her broadcast TV debut next month, as Ms. Marvel will be airing on ABC.io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was ‘All In’ on Moon KnightAccording to Laughing Place, the Marvel Studios series will come to Disney’s primetime TV network, with the first three episodes to air on August 5 during the

Image: Marvel Studios2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was an odd movie in many respects, most of them regarding the way it treated Wanda Maximoff and her character post-WandaVision. A separate part of the film that rankled audiences as its second act digression to an alternate universe home to the Illuminati, which featured

Image: DisneyWith Hollywood actors now striking, it doesn’t just mean that various big budget productions now have to cease. It also means that until the strike is actually done, actors can’t promote any of their upcoming work (those that fall under SAG-AFTRA rules) in any capacity. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future TechAs

Image: AREA15Summer in Las Vegas may be known for day clubs and nightlife on the strip for those 21 and over seeking a good time, but a new kind of fantastical destination of immersive experiences is growing out of AREA15.The entertainment district just off the beaten path adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip is flourishing

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted forward a bill that would force tech companies to report web users to the Drug Enforcement Agency if they suspected them of engaging in criminal drug activity. The controversial Cooper Davis Act, named so after a Kansas teenager who died of a fentanyl overdose in 2021, has

Image: Courtesy of Shudder/An IFC Films ReleaseAfter making its debut at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year—read io9’s review here—director and co-writer Laura Moss’ Birth/Rebirth arrives in theaters next month. It’s a sci-fi horror tale about two very different women who realize they have a particularly grim fascination in common.Alan Cumming on playing King

Image: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images)At today’s SAG-AFTRA strike announcement, the AI proposal put forth by the the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers was aired out for the first time, and it was said to include taking scans of background actors for use not only in a single project, but any project, in perpetuity.Finding

Image: Brabblemark Press, David Blandy, Connie Chang, Fainting Goat Press, Good Luck PressWe’re switching formats! As I am incapable of saying no, this is an overstuffed edition. Soon I will start saying no. Or i’ll go weekly with this. One or the other. A few announcements! I’m going to Gen Con! I’m on a ton

Getting butts into movie theater seats is an assignment Tom Cruise has taken upon himself, one cinema-revitalizing blockbuster at a time. In partnership with director-writer Chris McQuarrie, the star is hitting the screens with the latest thrilling chapter of the Mission: Impossible franchise, Dead Reckoning Part One.Finding Uhura’s Confidence in Strange New Worlds | io9

Internet drug sales have skyrocketed in recent years, allowing powerful narcotics to be peddled to American teenagers and adolescents. It’s a trend that’s led to an epidemic of overdoses and left countless young people dead. Now, a bill scheduled for a congressional vote seeks to tackle the problem, but it comes with a major catch.

Image: Disney/MarvelThus far, the big selling point for Deadpool 3 is that it’s surprisingly managed to bring back (among others) Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Jackman hung up his claws rather decisively with Logan in 2017, but the upcoming Marvel Studios flick seems to be going with a different version of the character—not the one audiences

Nathan Fillion attends the Warner Bros. premiere of The Suicide Squad on August 02, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer (Getty Images)With his Clark Kent and Lois Lane newly chosen, James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy is starting to fill in supporting roles in what will presumably be a formidable ensemble cast. We now know Isabela

The release of 2018’s Black Panther continues to make an impact on Disney’s output. You can see how the success of that movie (and its own sub-franchise) led to the creation of Shang-Chi and Ms. Marvel, and even non-MCU projects like American Born Chinese. Disney+’s Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire very much feels like part of

Photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock)If you own an iPhone, iPad, or a Mac, I’d highly recommend updating your device ASAP. Apple just released one of its new Rapid Security Response updates in an effort to patch a software vulnerability that the company says may be seeing active exploitation in the wild.How To Prep Your iPhone or

The 2000s were a turning point for movies. With franchises X-Men and Spider-Man starting up at the same time the likes of Star Wars and The Matrix were winding down, the modern Hollywood blockbuster was gradually beginning to take shape. Whether it was the emphasis on visual effects or stars (both rising and previous big

Image: Disney/PixarElemental’s box office has been sparking up since its mid-June release. According to the weekend’s box office reporting from Variety, Pixar’s romcom has now earned $251.9 million globally, something of a surprise given how it initially seemed like it would fizzle out as other films popped up over the summer. But over the last

Image: Blumhouse ProductionsWithin the last decade, Blumhouse has been a key figure in helping horror movies become a bigger part of mainstream pop culture. With classic franchises like Halloween and The Exorcist under its belt alongside its own originals such as The Purge and M3GAN, the production company continues to expand. One of its next big

Image: Disney/LucasfilmNext month’s Star Wars: Ahsoka sees the titular non-Jedi (voiced by Ashley Eckstein in animation and played in live-action by Rosario Dawson) make a return to live-action after previously showing up in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Outside of Ahsoka herself, the big draw of her show is seeing the return

Recently Larian Studios—the developers behind the beloved Divinity: Original Sin games tasked with the daunting prospect of continuing the legacy of the Baldur’s Gate series, some of the most iconic Dungeons & Dragons games ever made—made a big fuss about the scope of its game. More dialogue than Lord of the Rings! Cutscenes longer than

Screenshot: [adult swim]So I might have been a wee bit too critical with my first impression of My Shonen Adventures with Superman, as reviews—including our own—are praising the new show for its light-hearted, rom-com take on the Man of Steel. Now, you can watch Clark-kun for yourself, free on YouTube!As Clark Kent (Jack Quaid) starts his

Tardigrades. Water bears. Moss piglets. No matter their name, the microscopic invertebrates are notoriously tough, and now, a team of researchers studied the tardigrade’s ancestors to figure out how the animal evolved.Is Threads a Threat to Twitter? | Future TechThe research team studied lobopodians, a group of extinct soft-bodied worms from the Cambrian Period, and

Damn, even the poster is creepy AF.Image: Warner Bros.It’s time to get creeped the hell out all over again because The Nun is back. This September, The Conjuring Universe returns to the past with a sequel to the 2018 hit The Nun. The film is, appropriately, called The Nun II; it picks up the action four

A US federal judge handed the censorship-obsessed wing of the Republican party a major win on Tuesday by blocking Biden officials from contacting social media firms to suggest content moderation takedown requests. The preliminary injunction, delivered by way of a 155 page-ruling on Independence Day, marks the most significant policy outcome to date stemming largely

When a film’s biggest stunt is not even its most exciting, you know you’re in for a good time and that’s exactly what happens with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. It’s a film that not only sends the Mission franchise in an exciting new direction, it grounds things with a story that feels

After nearly three decades of delivering precious payloads to space—including the Webb Telescope—the Ariane 5 rocket is set for retirement, and at a time when Europe is struggling to gain access to the final frontier.What is One Change Mark Zuckerberg Should Make to His Social Platforms? | Gizmodo InterviewFrench company Arianespace will launch its heavy-lift

Photo: Koshiro K (Shutterstock)Elon Musk apparently took a break from training for his upcoming battle royale with Mark Zuckerberg to do a new, incredibly unpopular thing to Twitter this weekend. In a bout of inspired stupidity, Musk tweeted out a new edict Saturday: from now on, anybody who doesn’t pay for Twitter will only be

I’ve been covering Amazon Prime Day since it launched in 2015, and over the years I’ve seen it blow up into a huge made-up shopping holiday. But is it actually a good way to save money?Prime Day Ain’t That ‘Green’On the plus side, there are literally tens of thousands of items on sale. On the

Back to the Future: The Musical is back…to the stage.The adaptation of Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale’s 1985 sci-fi film has recently started previews for its Broadway run. Performances will play at New York’s Winter Garden Theatre from now until its official opening on August 3, and will replace the West End production that’s set

Image: Disney/LucasfilmThe month of June has been pretty crowded with one blockbuster (or more) releasing each week. Closing out June is Disney’s Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny, Harrison Ford’s first lead blockbuster role in years and his final portrayal of the role he’s inhabited since Raiders of the Lost Ark back in 1981.

The original Insidious released in 2011, and can be considered the big breakout moment for director James Wan, writer Leigh Whannell, and cast members Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne. Over the years, the franchise has gradually moved away from the Lambert family (played by Wilson, Byrne, Ty Simpkins, and Andrew Astor) to focus on other

The annual Amazon Prime Day event runs from July 11-12 in 2023, but many of the best early deals are already available, if you’re an Amazon Prime member.Uh Oh, Amazon Bought Your Favorite Robot CompanyAmazon Prime Day was created for one reason, to get people to sign up as Amazon Prime subscribers. But the mini-holiday

Nimona is now streaming on Netflix and if you’ve seen it, you know the long wait for its arrival was incredibly worth it. (If you haven’t yet watched, you’re in for a delight.) To celebrate the animated film—adapted from the graphic novel by ND Stevenson (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)—Netflix shared a featurette exploring the

It’s a good time to be a Disney foodie if you’re a Star Wars or Marvel Studios fan.io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was ‘All In’ on Moon Knightio9 recently visited Disney Parks for the media preview of Rogers: The Musical at Disney California Adventure to preview the show inspired by the scene in Disney+’s Hawkeye—we’ll have

This July, not only will Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny be playing in a theater near you, Harrison Ford will turn 81 years old. Suffice to say, when the actor who brought Indy, Han Solo, and Jack Ryan to life says this is his last time with the hat and fedora, we believe

The list of Star Wars projects that have started and never seen the light of day is very long. Heck, we even made one ourselves. However, arguably the most intriguing of those was a Boba Fett movie by director James Mangold. Mangold, the director of Logan, The Wolverine, and 3:10 to Yuma was working on

Astronomers and astrophysicists at five different pulsar timing array collaborations today announced data that strongly suggests the presence of a gravitational wave background: a constant murmur of low-frequency ripples in spacetime that emanates from some of the universe’s most exotic objects.Grace Byers on Horror and Comedy in The BlackeningThe discovery is an affirmation of previous

Update: June 29, 11:53 a.m. ET: Virgin Galactic has successfully completed its first commercial flight, with the Unity spaceplane reaching a maximum estimated altitude of 52.43 miles (84.3 kilometers). The mission ended at around 11:40 a.m. ET, with a successfully runway landing at Spaceport America, New Mexico. Are Big Consumer Facing Tech Companies Redeemable? A

Ever since ill-fated crypto exchange FTX went bankrupt last year, evidence has been building of rampant criminal activity on the part of the firm’s top executives. A new report on the company’s finances does nothing to dispel that notion, revealing instead new allegations about how the exchange misspent billions in customer funds, splurging on everything

As the battle between Disney and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to notch regular updates, anyone who hasn’t been following from the beginning might be a bit confused. Why is this Republican presidential hopeful openly fighting with his state’s biggest taxpayer? Let’s take a look.We Rode the New Disney Coaster Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic

David Zaslav, James Gunn, and Peter Safran at the premiere of The Flash. This week, they’ll help select a new Superman. Photo: Phillip Faraone (Getty Images)By the end of the week, we may have a new Superman and Lois Lane. That’s what the Hollywood Reporter is saying in a detailed update on the casting for

Photo: AirbnbPhoto: AirbnbPhoto: AirbnbFrom the listing: “Welcome to my Kendom! While Barbie is away, she has handed over the keys to her Malibu DreamHouse this summer and my room could be yours for the night. I’ve added a few touches to bring some much-needed Kenergy to the newly renovated and iconic Malibu DreamHouse. Placed perfectly

Splitting films into multiple parts is still a fairly recent phenomenon, and 2023 has multiple “Chapter One” movies playing in theaters. In addition to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the first movie in Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon saga is coming in December, Fast X was its own “Part One” back in May, and next month will

TV shows getting big to the point where they warrant a full-on movie doesn’t always happen. But when it does, it’s significant in some kind of way, even if it’s just the fact that the creators involved managed to pull it off in the first place. And in the case of the movie for CBS’

There’ve been a lot of adaptations of Marvel’s Spider-Man over the years, particularly in live-action. One that you might not know about released in 1973, and because it’s turning 50 years old in November, a new documentary is aiming to shed some light on the cult film.This Week’s Toys Are Straight From a Multiverse of

Location-wise, superheroes tend to operate in two modes. Either they’re firmly in one city, with occasional stops at other places nearby, or they’re gallivanting around basically anywhere in the world (or galaxy, in some cases). It can be dizzying sometimes, to the point that you might need a map to keep track of everyone—and fortunately

Image: A-1 Pictures/CrunchyrollBack at the start of the year, the anime series for Nier: Automata released, and its release schedule has been all over the place. Early into its run, it had to take a hiatus, reportedly due to COVID-19, that saw it off the air for nearly a few months. When it returned in

Although the first episode of Marvel’s Secret Invasion series only premiered Wednesday, people can’t stop talking about its, um, final moments. Maria Hill, who’s been played by Cobie Smulders since 2012’s The Avengers, has weighed in on what she thinks happened. The news has already pervaded most of the nerdernet, but just in case you’re

Sure, winning an Oscar is huge for an actor—but making your Marvel Cinematic Universe debut is also kind of a biggie. While we were thrilled when Olivia Colman was cast in Disney+ series Secret Invasion, we did sort of wonder why she wanted to sign on. Now we know: she’s a fan, too.Sony’s Morbius is

Image: Paramount, Universal, Walt Disney PicturesWith Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny opening this week, here’s a look back on movies and television that aimed to capture that same artifact-heist genre gold that started with Raiders of the Lost Ark. Often imitated but never replicated, the Harrison Ford-starring Lucasfilm Indiana Jones franchise set the

Image: Paramount+Now is the time to catch up on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season one in its entirety—and watch the first episode of the currently airing season two—for free on YouTube.How Has Ortegas Changed and Grown Coming into Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 | io9 InterviewThe Paramount+ exclusive Star Trek series is

A good night’s sleep might start with a happy ending, recent research suggests. The study found that people reported better sleep on nights when they had sex and experienced an orgasm.Vox Machina is a Fan Forward ProjectPrevious research has indicated that good sex helps people doze off easier. A survey of Norwegian residents published in

We’re seemingly in the age of adaptations, as studios race to lock in franchises and takes on established IP. And though there’s an increasing demand to see these projects reflect the world we live in, we’ve also seen racist culture wars stoked around blind casting. In a world where we cannot escape that, Pedro Pascal

A frantic search is underway for a submersible that disappeared while on a $250,000-per-person dive carrying five tourists to view the historic Titanic shipwreck on Sunday. The 21-foot submarine, named the Titan, which was operated with a video game controller, carried the CEO of the company in charge and four passengers when it lost contact

Although Picard’s third and final season was touted explicitly as the last hurrah of not just Patrick Stewart’s iconic tenure as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, but the whole of the Next Generation cast, ever since it ended—hell, even before that—Stewart and his colleagues have repeatedly expressed a desire for a little more. And now, the venerable

Aaron Taylor Johnson as Kraven.Image: Sony PicturesSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is still swinging in theaters and now Sony has begun to spotlight its next Spider-project. It’s Kraven the Hunter starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the latest in Sony’s stable of Spidey villain projects like Venom and Morbius before it. Spoilers of the Week Feb 21-25Unlike Venom and

The seventh Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, had its world premiere in Rome, Italy on Monday and the first reactions are here. It’s a film many, many fans have been waiting for. A film that started filming pre-pandemic and had many, many ups and downs along the way. So, after all

Transformers and G.I. Joe are two of Hasbro’s biggest properties, and the pair have crossed over numerous times over the decades. Coming off the heels of the recently released Transformers: Rise of the Beasts movie, Hasbro is going all in on mixing its two brands together, and throwing them into a shared universe.‘Boba Fett is

Warner Bros.’ The Flash has finally come to theaters, after a gestation process that was much longer and more controversial than the studio likely intended. With pre-release social media buzz hyping it up and solid, sometimes glowing reviews, it seemed like the multiversal action movie could make a big splash in theaters. And the actual reality

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman slammed subreddit moderators who continued to push back against the company’s plan to charge for access to its API, a change that would shutter beloved third-party Reddit apps like Apollo, calling them “landed gentry” and saying they weren’t considering the desires of their communities.In an interview with NBC, Huffman compared Reddit

Emily Blunt has no shortage of gigs—the star of Jungle Cruise, Mary Poppins Returns, and the first two Quiet Place movies, to name just a few, is currently doing the pre-Emmy nomination rounds for her BBC-Prime Video series The English. But there’s one project many sci-fi fans have been hoping to see: that much-teased Edge of

“Calm. Kindness, kinship. Love. I’ve given up all chance at inner peace, I’ve made my mind a sunless space. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there’s only one conclusion: I’m damned for what I do.”And so begins one of the

When a studio puts a movie on a release date, it’s a good sign. It means the company thinks the movie will be done and finished by that time. On Thursday, Sony gave dates to two new, untitled Marvel movies. One is specifically noted as “live action” and the other is not. Sony only controls

Tiana’s Palace, revealed as the dream-come-true restaurant at the end of Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, actually exists. In New Orleans, African American cuisine pioneer and community builder Leah Chase—Disney’s real-life inspiration for Tiana—ran Dooky Chase’s with her family, leaving a lasting legacy that has impacted generations.Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdDuring io9’s

He’s directed a movie with multiple Batmen in it so surely he can handle just one. That’s what Warner Bros. thinks, at least, as it just signed up Andy Muschietti, director of The Flash, to helm one of the biggest movies of its upcoming DC slate, The Brave and the Bold featuring Batman and Robin.“We

Get in on Gizmo’s early adventures with the young Sam Wing in Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. The Max and Amblin animated series from creators Tze Chun and Brendan Hay is inspired by Joe Dante’s Gremlins films, and features the work of composer Sherri Chung, whose score elevates the show’s aspects of whimsy, action, and

We’re still not over the sight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploding in a fiery flame following its first-ever liftoff, but the company is reportedly ready to see its heavy-duty launch vehicle fly once again.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewOn Tuesday, the company’s CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that Starship’s

Nothing’s marketing for its Phone (2) has been a classic shell game, full of misdirection and showmanship. Its founder and CEO Carl Pei’s guerilla campaign for his upcoming phone has consumers looking where he wants, chasing the shiny object without revealing much or anything about his upcoming flagship product. Now Nothing has revealed the Phone

We got a teaser in May, and now Apple TV+ has released a full trailer for Foundation season two. The future of humanity looks potentially doomed in the Isaac Asimov adaptation, but it also looks rather gorgeous, confirming that intergalactic war and eye candy are not mutually exclusive. Check it out!Foundation — Season 2 Official

If you were a devoted gamer in the ‘80s, somewhere burned in your brain is the Capcom splash screen, with its descending synth chime sound that welcomed you to classic games like Street Fighter II and Mega Man—games you can now play for free in your browser if you’re already looking for a distraction from

There are quite a few films or properties hitting big birthdays in 2023: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi hit the big 40 in May, as did the (now 15-year-old) Marvel Cinematic Universe. Towards the end of the year, the BBC’s Doctor Who will be 60, and is celebrating with a series of anniversary specials

Image: Ubisoft Massive/LucasfilmThere’ve been a lot of Star Wars video games over the decades, spanning multiple genres, from racers and flight sims to shooters and dance games. In recent years, the property has largely hung around the action/adventure and shooter space thanks to EA’s Star Wars Jedi and Star Wars Battlefront titles. But with more

Ian McGinty, a comic book writer and artist, died earlier on Thursday, June 8.“We lost our son, brother, and best friend,” wrote his mother (in a post shared by a family friend). At time of writing, his mother did not disclose an official cause of his passingg, instead using her words to eulogize her son. “Ian

Making movies is a hard endeavor, and it’s very easy for things to go wrong. The last few years have proven that numerous times as various tentpole blockbusters have been delayed (sometimes more than once)—or, in the current case of the WGA strike, have had their productions halted for the foreseeable future. While this weekend’s

Image: Powerhouse Animation/NetflixNetflix has been stocking up on animated shows based on popular franchises over the last few years. Though most of them hail from video games, the steamer’s next series, Skull Island, is based on Legendary’s MonsterVerse movies, and continues the story of everyone’s favorite giant ape, King Kong. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas

From the very beginning and all the way to a multiversal web of Spider-heroes, anyone who takes on the legacy of Spider-Man’s mantle—across the comics that started it all, to the myriad film, tv, and game adaptations—has had to navigate a complex relationship with the police. Both Into and Across the Spider-Verse have been no

“Two Stand To Fall is a solo storytelling game about people who would sacrifice for each other, in the face of a world that seeks their destruction. Perhaps they live, in spite of the world. Perhaps they die, and are forever separated. But there is a chance you both will come out alive. Therefore, you

Martial arts superstar Bruce Lee was just 32 when he died in 1974; he’d only made a handful of films, but the loss of his towering popularity left a huge void. Naturally, it didn’t take long for movie studios to try and capitalize on that—as a new documentary, Enter the Clones of Bruce, explores.Could Critical

Horror has been a part of human culture since the dawn of time. We’ve always told stories of fear, mortality, morbidity, and existential struggle, perhaps as a way of dealing with their existence in our real lives. It’s easy to feel a connection to fear when you’re a caveman (caveperson?) whose entire world is out

Image: Michael M. Santiago / Staff (Getty Images)As the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers enters into negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild, SAG-AFTRA has pulled a bargaining ace out for the public to see. On Monday, the guild revealed it has a 97% mandate to authorize a strike coming from about half to 65%

A webcam image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey of the Kilauea volcano erupting on June 7, 2023.Image: U.S. Geological Survey (AP)The Kilauea volcano began erupting on Wednesday morning in Hawaii, with the early glow of its burning hot lava captured on webcam by an observatory.Iceland’s Hottest Tourist DestinationThe Hawaiian Volcano Observatory first detected a

Despite what the commercials, trailers, and posters are telling you, The Flash is not a movie about Batman or Supergirl. They’re both very much in it, sometimes more than once, and maybe after years of controversy and delays, Warner Bros. thought their inclusion would help get people into the theater. It probably will.But, as the

Reddit is in for a rude awakening, just ask some of its most popular subreddits. To protest Reddit’s recent plan to charge for access to its API, some of the platform’s biggest communities will be going dark for at least two days.In April, Reddit announced that it would be charging companies for access to its

Allstate has stopped writing new homeowner and commercial insurance policies in the state of California due to rising repair costs and wildfires. The company was the fifth largest homeowner’s insurance provider in the state, according to the Insurance Information Institute.Coastal Animals Are Thriving on Plastic Pollution Out in the Pacific Ocean | Extreme EarthThis news

Apple revealed what could be its most consequential new piece of technology in years at WWDC Monday. The Apple “Vision Pro” headset is a slimmed-down headset device meant to facilitate both virtual reality and augmented reality.Is This the End of Apple’s Lightning Cable?Oh, and it’s going to cost $3,449 out the starting gate. Apple said

Image: Amulet BooksThough Paramount is keen to continue Avatar: The Last Airbender through more shows and films, the action-fantasy series also has a number of books and comics that have helped build out its world and history. Since 2019, Amulet Books has been putting out YA novels dubbed Chronicles of the Avatar that have focused

Image: Warner Bros.Throughout all the trailers and promos released for Barbie, it’s clear that director Greta Gerwig is going for a splashier, brighter color palette than most live-action blockbusters these days. Pink is the most pervasive color in the footage shown thus far, and as it turns out, the film basically had a monopoly on

The ‘Portrait of Edmond de Bellamy’ was produced by a generative adversarial network that was fed a data set of 15,000 portraits spanning six centuries.Image: Christie’s/PicrilMaybe AI-Written Scripts are a Bad Idea?Chloe Preece, ESCP Business School and Hafize Çelik, University of BathIs computational creativity possible? The recent hype around generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such

Image: Hulu/MarvelLast week, Disney removed a little over 100 of its original programming from its streaming services such as Disney+ and Hulu around the world. That cut media, which includes the likes of Willow and Marvel’s Runaways, were axed after Disney gave a heads up about a week in advance and for seemingly for no

Image: Plush Art ClubWhen Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse hits theaters tonight, one thing is very clear from the very first scene. This is not simply a Miles Morales movie. It’s a Gwen Stacy movie too. The film starts with Gwen, gives her more context, backstory, and a heck of a lot of very difficult to

What’s better than one Optimus, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts asks? Two Optimuses. Optimii? Anyway, what’s even better than that? When one of those Optimuses/Optimii is in fact a giant transforming mechanical gorilla.Thankfully, not only are we getting that in Rise of the Beasts—as the movie franchise finally brings forth the Maximals, Terrorcons, and Predacons of

Angry readers flooded TikTok and the GoodReads page of an author’s forthcoming book with one-star reviews after the author attacked one particular reviewer for rating the novel four out of five stars. GoodReads seems to have paused reviews of the book in response, freezing the page as it was on Wednesday. The book’s publisher dropped

Photo: Buda Mendes (Getty Images)Lawyers for Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, are accusing the Federal Trade Commission of attempting to exert more power than the agency is granted by law. The agency is planning to revise its 2020 settlement with Facebook over the company’s privacy violations, which fined the company $5 billion

Last night, Critical Role played a Legend of Zelda-inspired tabletop roleplaying game, and we might never get to see it, play it, or hear about it ever again. This could change but… who knows. The point is that there is a Nintendo-approved Zelda-inspired TTRPG out there, totally playable, and nobody is handing it out or

Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images)Last October, Elon Musk closed on a deal to purchase Twitter for a whopping $44 billion. At the time, it was a price-tag that many estimated to be way too much money. Musk, himself, admitted that he and his co-investors may have overpaid for the social media platform. Nevertheless, he soldiered

There’s a lot of great new releases coming out of big studios, including an absolutely massive Magic: The Gathering set in collaboration with Lord of the Rings, but I’m really excited for the indie games that are starting to get delivered as Zine Quest rewards. Here are more indie releases for you to check out!Rainn

Barbie | Main TrailerAlright, so the last one wasn’t a redraw, but even the greatest sometimes het beaten to the punchline. From the “This Barbie” poster craze from last month to this unintentional viral fandom moment, Barbie is already taking over the internet, and I, for one, can’t wait to welcome my new plastic overlords

Image: Kate Green / Stringer (Getty Images)Deborah Chow, the director of the Disney+ show, Obi-Wan Kenobi, went on the Crew Call podcast to chat about the challenges that came alongside working on the limited series. She had just finished Mandalorian and Kenobi had gone through “numerous iterations” and passed through multiple hands before landing in

Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is set to hit theaters in a few months, and everything about it revealed so far looks and sounds like a good time. The movie has a lot of talent behind it: beyond Seth Rogen serving as an executive producer and voicing classic villain Bebop, the cast is

Image: Warner Bros.You can now add the upcoming Blade Runner 2099 TV show to the list of shows impacted by the Writers Strike.Reuniting With Diego LunaAccording to the BBC, the Prime Video series was set to start shooting at Belfast Harbour Studios in Northern Ireland. The ongoing strike by the Writers Guild of America also

The CW’s version of The Flash hung up its boots earlier this week after a nine-season run. During its time on the air, the show—and the Arrowverse at large—tackled several comic book storylines like Crisis on Infinite Earths and Worlds Finest. And naturally, the creative talent behind the show had other big stories they wanted

Earlier in the week, Sony’s PlayStation showcase featured a variety of video games that are meant to release in the coming months (if not years). Among the big triple-A games featured was Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake II, which aims to go all in on survival horror in a deeper way than the original 2010 game.

Last Friday, May 19, a group of WGA writers were able to pull off an incredible act of solidarity across generations. In front of Paramount offices, a Star Trek-themed picket convened, spread by word of mouth and utilizing invitation only channels. Over the course of the four-hour picket block, actors, crewmembers, and of course, writers

Updated 5/26/2023, 7:17 P.M. ET: The Writers Guild of America-West posted a tweet endorsing President Obama’s statements in support of the union and strike effort on Friday afternoon, following initial publication of this article.Andrew Callaghan on His Radical Approach to Interviewing Earlier: The Writers Guild of America is currently on strike against against the Alliance

“here, there, be monsters! is a rules-lite response to monster-hunting media from the monsters’ point of view. It’s both a love letter and a middle finger to stuff like Hellboy (and the BPRD), the SCP Foundation, the Men in Black, the World of Darkness games, and the Urban Fantasy genre in general. It is an

Image: Image ComicsImage Comics’ description of Tenement—“Dario Argento’s Inferno meets Rosemary’s Baby in a claustrophobic tale of terror”—should be enough to hook horror fans, even before they hear the bona fides behind this upcoming release: it’s the latest from Eisner-winning team Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Gideon Falls, Primordial, The Passageway, Ten Thousand Black Feathers).Furthermore

Fifteen years ago this month, movie history was changed forever. And we don’t say that lightly. On May 2, 2008, when Marvel Studios released Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr., not only was a brand new mega-franchise born, a new era of cinematic storytelling came with it: the shared universe.Spoilers of the Week | June

E3 may dead, but that doesn’t mean that summer game announcements have joined it. During Sony’s PlayStation Showcase livestream earlier today, the company confirmed rumors that it was working on a new handheld, but instead of being a follow-up to 2011’s PlayStation Vita, the device will be more in line with devices like the Logitech

Image: MaxLike the films, the series hero is always safe with the power of the Mogwai. Galligan likens it to how he views the franchise—“I’m never going to argue against kids watching the movies. I think they hold up very well”—and compared them to the new show. “I think they sent me the first four

Image: DC StudiosIf given the chance to bring back those you love, would you risk it all? DC hero Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) will explore the consequences of some well-intentioned time and space meddling in The Flash, which just dropped its final trailer. (Like previous looks at the film, Batmen abound.)The DC Studios film is primed to

One of the best things about Star Wars can, on occasion, also be one of the worst things. It’s the canon. The fact that all Star Wars stories released these days are happening in the same universe. So whatever happens in one story could, and should, impact the others. ‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’This

Image: ShudderInfluencer is a horror movie. You know this because it’s the latest from Kurtis David Harder, whose credits include being a producer on V/H/S/94, and because you’ll find it streaming on Shudder. Also, its opening shot reveals an isolated tropical island with a face-down body on the beach. So you have a sense of

As the Writers Strike enters its third week, support has grown more and more over time. Actors have publicly joined in on the picketing efforts as they may be on the verge of striking themselves, and people online and in real life are showing solidarity in various ways. And as it turns out, even college

Fast X just out came out over the weekend, and it’s already off to an impressive start. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park’s Returning HeroesAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, the newest mainline entry in the action series has earned a global total of $318.9 million at time of writing. Because

Image: 20th Century StudiosEven though Disney’s had access to the Alien and Predator franchises since it purchased 20th Century Fox in 2019, the corporation has only recently started to put the two licenses at work. Last year saw the release of the pretty excellent Prey, while a new Alien movie (from Don’t Breathe director Fede

Earlier in the month, Disney released a second volume of its animated anthology series, Star Wars Visions. Where Volume One focused on the sci-fi franchise through the lens of various Japanese studios, this new batch looked to ones all over the globe, and is all the better for it. Nearly all of the episodes are

Image: Lucasfilm… and I say that because while it’s just as vague, there is a very similar window of time that Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala were aboard the Halcyon together that, with enough temporal futzing, could also mean that Luke and Leia were conceived board the vessel.The Halcyon Legacy comic miniseries done to advertise

Renewable energy scored a big win this week in Massachusetts. A federal judge in the state’s district court rejected a lawsuit brought by an alleged group of Nantucket residents, which sought to stop the first major U.S. offshore wind project from moving forward.Rare Polar Bear Attack in Canada | Extreme EarthVineyard Wind, a $2.8 billion

Concept art of the Star Wars: Galactic StarcruiserImage: DisneyDisney has made the decision to close its large-scale immersive experience Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, after only a year and a half in operation. Doors will close in September. Don’t Mess With Luthen and His Fricking Lasership | Andor Review“Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is one of our

Since its debut back in 2015, the Apple Watch has evolved to become far more than just a wearable reminder of all the unanswered emails and messages you’re ignoring. But while Apple continues to push it towards being a potential life-saving accessory, my wishes for the wearable are less ambitious: all I want is access

Customers will order online and pull up to an Instant Pickup kiosk. After checking in, a temperature controlled robot will travel through an underground tunnel to deliver food to the parking lot.Illustration: Wendy’sFresh off the heels of Wendy’s announcing it would be using AI in its drive-thrus, the fast food franchise is hoping to add

Clementine, by Tillie WaldenImage: Image Comics | Tillie WaldenThe Eisner Awards, one of the most prestigious comic awards currently awarded in the United States, has announced its 2023 nominees. Much like last year, Image and DC publishing once again netted the most nominations, but this year Image has more nods: 20 (plus six shared) and

The second private crew to the International Space Station (ISS) is getting ready to strap into a SpaceX Dragon capsule, venturing to low Earth orbit as part of Axiom Space’s follow-up mission to the orbiting lab.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewAxiom Mission 2, or Ax-2, is scheduled for liftoff aboard

Photo: Hal Beral / VWPics (AP)This bird’s name is matched only by its nickname: this species is sometimes called the “Kickboxer,” thanks to its habit of lying on its back and attacking other birds with its legs. The Hawaiian coot, or ‘alae ke‘oke‘o, is the only species of coot living on the Hawaiian islands; these

Image: Kate Green/Getty for DisneyEven though The Mandalorian season four has yet to be officially announced, apparently it’s already being delayed due to the writer’s strike. Deadline reports that production on the show was previously scheduled to begin in September but that’s now likely to be pushed back.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’This, of course

The Illinois Senate passed a bill in March to protect minors under 16 from exploitation by influencers on social media. The House is expected to consider the bill this week, and if passed, Gov. Jay Robert ‘J.B.’ Pritzker (D-IL) says he plans to sign the bill within the coming months.The First Things To Do In

When was the last time you checked in on the state of cheap desktop calculators? Apparently, they’ve evolved well past those low-cost monochromatic LCD screens and now feature full-color touchscreen displays and enough horsepower to play modern versions of Doom. How does this thing cost only $10?The First Things To Do In VR, Part 1If

Like its predecessor, the upcoming Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is set to introduce audiences to a brand new pack of Spider-heroes they otherwise might not have known about. Beyond Oscar Isaac’s Spider-Man 2099 (aka Miguel O’Hara), two of the more prominent faces are Pavitr Prabhakar, aka the Spider-Man of India in Earth-50101, and the Spider-Woman

Image: Universal PicturesNext week, Fast X comes racing into theaters after a minor delay and a director swap from Justin Lin to Louis Leterrier. Even though it might not be the actual penultimate end to the series as it initially seemed, you can definitely feel the finality on the horizon as various trailers and promos

Image: BBCNews of David Tennant’s return to Doctor Who as a new-ish version of his old self felt like a big hit at the nostalgic feels for longtime fans. As part of the BBC’s 60th anniversary of the longtime series, he and a similarly returning Catherine Tate as Donna Noble will get into some more

Netflix has opted to pull the plug on Lockwood & Co.Per Variety, the show from Attack the Block director Joe Cornish won’t be returning for a second season. Based on the popular YA series from Jonathan Stroud The series premiered back in January and starred Ruby Stokes, Ali Hadji-Heshmati, and Cameron Chapman as a trio

Some people believe that if you want something done right, you need to do it yourself. So that’s exactly what maker Mangy Dog dog did when they built a replica of a Star Trek tricorder that looks straight out of the 24th century. In a recent video, they show off even more of its wildly

It’s nearly impossible to discount the role that TikTok has played in the modern music scene, for better or for worse. From artists being forced to churn out TikTok hits to classics from the 60’s getting a breath of fresh air, TikTok isn’t leaving the music industry any time soon. Now, it would appear that

As the name suggests, this plant is originally from East Asia. It arrived in the country in the 1800s and was used for ornamental reasons, according to the National Parks Service. Its small flowers allow it to spread quickly, and its roots are pretty strong which makes it harder to remove knotweed plants. And like

Teenage Engineering’s days of churning out $50 electronic musical toys seem far behind it, but it’s hard to lament the company’s focus shift when it’s creating hardware like its new TP-7 Field Recorder, which features a spinning wheel that can be used to start, stop, and skip through recordings by simply touching it.The iPhone SE

In this latest video from Adam Savage’s Tested, the special-effects designer, former MythBusters host, and noted nerd-culture aficionado visits legendary animator Phil Tippett’s Tippett Studio in Berkeley, CA, where he talks with stop-motion master Tom “Gibby” Gibbons about a standout puppet from a standout episode of Rian Johnson’s Peacock series Poker Face.Spoilers of the Week

He’ssss backkkkkk. Tucker Carlson, once the darling of rightwing cable news, is now pivoting to his next act: rightwing social media troll. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetApproximately two weeks ago, Carlson was suddenly and unexpectedly shoved off the air at his longtime home network, Fox News. Despite having some of the highest ratings of

Days after it was revealed Andor was continuing production on season two during the writers strike, its showrunner Tony Gilroy has stopped working on the show.Andor Episodes 1-3 ReviewPer the Hollywood Reporter on late Tuesday night, the multihyphenate behind the Disney+ series has stopped all functions he’d normally do on the show, including casting and

Jet ski surfing with Jason Statham.Screenshot: Warner Bros.It was the summer of 2018. A movie starring Jason Statham and a giant shark hit theaters and those who saw it generally enjoyed it. That film, The Meg, went on to gross over $500 million worldwide, if you can believe it, and work soon began on a

Image: Ashton GallagherIn the world of pop culture art, few artists are as precise and detailed as Ashton Gallagher. His works are so gorgeous, so evocative, so effortlessly excellent, his paintings are regularly mistaken for photos. But they’re certainly not photos. Gallagher puts painstaking time into creating his paintings, and not only is he bringing

Image: Marvel StudiosIt’s been six years and a longer than expected wait, but the MCU’s group of sci-fi misfits return with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Famously, the movie was backburnered after the firing of franchise writer/director James Gunn in 2018, followed by his rehiring the following year. During that window where he was

Even though it probably didn’t feel like it before release, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is finally in theaters. The final installment in James Gunn’s sci-fi comedy series (and his last Marvel movie for the foreseeable future) has had a longer than expected wait, but that hardly seems to matter. With solid reviews

Right now, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is going on strike to secure better compensation and equity structures for TV and film writers across Hollywood. As parts of the efforts to draw attention to their cause, writers are picketing at various studio lots on both the east and west coasts. Even though it’s only

Image: LucasfilmThere comes a point in every movie franchise where new installments don’t feel quite as special as they usually do. Maybe it’s because the series has become annualized, or maybe it’s just that so many entries have diminished the magic—either way, this has happened before, and Star Wars was one of its most recent