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io9MoviesDeadpool 3 Finally Has Some Life
The Merc with the Mouth may finally be making his way to Disney’s Marvel Studios. Deadline reports Marvel has hired writers Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin to pen a third Deadpool movie, with Ryan Reynolds attached to reprise the role. According to the report, Reynolds has been taking meetings with writers and hearing their pitches … Continued
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io9The Mandalorian Brings Big Action and Even Bigger Mysteries
Chapter 12 of The Mandalorian saw our hero return to a familiar planet, meet some old friends, and go on an old-fashioned Star Wars adventure. Along the way, he learned some crucial information about the Child, the Empire, and reignited an old rivalry that’s sure to shape the second half of the second season. Did you … Continued
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io9Stranger Things Season 4 Adds a Horror Icon to Its Cast
So far, we don’t know too much about Stranger Things season four, other than the fact that Hopper is really, really far away from Hawkins thanks to the events of season three. But some exciting casting news announced today sheds a little more light on what to expect—and who to expect, for that matter. As … Continued
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io9Onyx Equinox Creator Sofia Alexander Opens Up About Weaving Mythology Into Reality
When the gods of Crunchyroll’s new anime-inspired series Onyx Equinox decide that the fate of humanity should be determined by an epic game, a young boy named Izel’s life takes a turn for the divine and dangerous. He’s tapped to become the one person capable of keeping the living from being sucked into the underworld. … Continued
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io9Kirby Morrow, X-Men: Evolution‘s Cyclops and So Many More, Has Died
Kirby Morrow, Stargate Atlantis’ Captain Kleinman and the voice behind some of the most iconic English anime dubs, has passed away at 47. Morrow appeared as Kleinman—the USAF Captain acting as the weapons officer aboard the Daedalus—in Atlantis and reprised the role once more in Stargate Universe. But if you grew up in the late … Continued
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io9TelevisionMs. Marvel’s First Set Pictures Are Here
The Pink Panther returns in a new movie from the mind behind the Sonic the Hedgehog film. Joe Manganiello teases Deathstroke’s return in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Katee Sackhoff discusses the Battlestar Galactica reboot. Plus, more Walking Dead casting, and a teeny new teaser for Batwoman’s return. To me, my spoilers! The Pink Panther Sonic … Continued
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io9The Mandalorian Chapter 12 Spoiler Discussion Zone Is Right Here
Is this finally the episode? Will The Mandalorian actually cross paths with the apprentice of Anakin Skywalker? At the end of last week’s episode, “The Heiress,” Bo-Katan told Din Djarin he could find a Jedi by the name of Ahsoka Tano in the city of Calodan, on the forest planet of Corvus. The episode then … Continued
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io9TrailersThe Fairy Godmother Makes a Comeback in Disney’s Godmothered
When you were growing up, every kids’ movie had some form of a fairy godmother. A magical being that teamed up with a young kid to make their dreams come true. However, some reason or another, that’s kind of stopped being a thing, which is where the new Disney movie Godmothered picks up. Directed by … Continued
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io9The Walking Dead Will Return in February, and a Terminator Is Along for the Ride
Season 10 of The Walking Dead is rising from the grave. As previously announced, the 10th season has been extended for six additional episodes and now we know those will start airing on February 28. When the episodes return, there will be a few new cast members, among them Terminator 2 star Robert Patrick as … Continued
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io9MoviesNew Superintelligence Featurette Has a Refreshingly Nihilistic View of Humanity
In director Brad Falcone’s upcoming HBO Max feature Superintelligence, Melissa McCarthy’s Carol Peters, a genuinely good-hearted woman, is tasked with proving that the human race deserves not to be annihilated by an all-seeing artificial intelligence that understandably has its doubts whether humanity’s past the point of saving. Carol is, of course, alarmed. Rather than following … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsDMZ Is Officially a Go at HBO Max, and Here’s the First Look
Wonder Woman 1984 isn’t the only DC news for HBO Max this week. The streamer has just officially greenlit its adaptation of the comic series DMZ from Roberto Patino and Ava DuVernay. It stars Rosario Dawson and Benjamin Bratt, and will be presented as a four-part limited series. News broke last year that DuVernay and … Continued
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io9The Many Looks of Ahsoka Tano
Padawan. General. Jedi. Jedi, no more. Fulcrum. Above all, a hero of Republics and Rebellions alike. Ahsoka Tano has had as many titles in her Star Wars story as she has had killer costumes. As we prepare to imagine what she may look like when Din Djarin finds her on Disney+’s The Mandalorian, let’s look … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThe Team Behind Radiant Black Talk Bringing Power Rangers Vibes to Older Heroes
The Power Rangers are teens with attitudes for a reason. Like all young superheroes, as they come into unimaginable power, their youth paints a fascinating contrast to the responsibility of growing into young adults. But what happens when someone who’s already done their growing up gets that power? That’s where Radiant Black comes in. Written … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsStar Wars Legend Alan Dean Foster Says Disney Is Withholding Book Royalties [Updated]
The man who helped start Star Wars’ literary universe as we know it is now saying Disney is failing to pay up. Alan Dean Foster is the man behind several Star Wars and Alien movie novelizations, including Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America organization is standing with him over … Continued
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io9I Can’t Believe the Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Understands the True Burden of All Masters
The new Lego Star Wars Holiday Special is earnest, silly fun. It’s a festive special, about Star Wars, made in Lego—what else would it be but a joyful, irreverent lampooning of Star Wars’ more serious side? However, its underlying message of friendship and mutual understanding (in the spirit of Life Day, of course) is built … Continued
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io9Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop Finds More Castmates to Blow This Scene With
Get everybody and the stuff together. After previously announcing most of the main crew of the Bebop quite a while back—only for the show to suffer a major setback with star John Cho’s injury—Netflix has officially confirmed a new round of casting for its live-action adaptation of the iconic Shinichiro Watanabe sci-fi anime. This time, … Continued
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io9TelevisionThe Stand Casts a Surprising Star for an Antagonist
Sharkboy and Lavagirl are back in Robert Rodriguez’s superheroic follow-up. Lauren Ridloff talks Eternals reshoots. Zack Snyder teases the zombie mayhem of Army of the Dead. Plus, Christopher Landon has high hopes for a truckload of money to make Happy Death Day 3, and what’s coming on Walking Dead: World Beyond. Spoilers, away! We Can … Continued
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io9TrailersDaisy Ridley and Tom Holland Look Like They’re in for a Wild Ride in Chaos Walking’s First Trailer
Based on Patrick Ness’ sci-fi book trilogy (he also worked on the screenplay with Christopher Ford), the Doug Limon directed Chaos Walking has been on a long road to get in front of viewers. Now, we’ve got our first trailer starring Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley, Spider-Man’s Tom Holland, and Rihanna’s bitch, Mads Mikkelson—and it was … Continued
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io9Star Trek: Discovery Is Smashing Michael Between the Future She Wants and the Past She Let Go
Poor Michael Burnham has been through a lot. In Discovery’s first season, she found herself thrust into a war of her own making, as Starfleet began to grasp with the disparate sides of its militaristic and scientific selves. In season two,her personal traumas as a child became fundamental to saving the universe. Now, she finds … Continued
