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The Cast of Critical Role on Why They Love Roleplaying Games

Hand in hand with the meteoric resurgence of tabletop gaming in the past few years is the rise of the Actual Play show, as hundreds of thousands of fans watch or listen along to teams of hosts doing the actual gaming and storytelling for them. The biggest bang in all of that boom is perhaps … Continued

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Comics, Contracts, and Covid: Inside the Scandal at Terrific Production

The novel coronavirus pandemic has devastated the comic book industry. So it seemed too good to be true that one publisher was not only hiring en masse, it was recruiting new talent. But it could come at a price: the company would keep half of their pay until 90% of Americans were vaccinated against covid-19. … Continued

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Jurassic Park Gets a Scarily Gorgeous Collector’s Edition for Its 30th Anniversary

Open the pages, and there you are: Welcome to Jurassic Park. The Folio Society has unveiled its latest collector’s edition, this time taking us deep into the world of genetically modified dinosaurs with Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. But don’t worry, the book doesn’t bite back. Well, hopefully. The Folio Society has announced a 30th-anniversary edition … Continued

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Monster Hunter‘s First Trailer Brings the Big Monsters (and Big Swords)

Although, Milla Jovovich herself could stand to have some bigger swords. Having two swords doesn’t make up for it! After months of teases, Sony has dropped the first official trailer for Monster Hunter, Paul W.S. Anderson’s adaptation of the beloved Capcom video game franchise. Not a direct adaptation of the, well, monster-hunting game series, the … Continued

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Star Trek’s Alex Kurtzman Has Big Plans for Nearly a Decade of Space Adventures

Brightburn’s David Yarovesky is teaming with Krysten Ritter for a new horror anthology. Syfy’s Day of the Dead show finds its cast. Clive Barker wants to bring Ectokid back. Plus, Regina King is helping produce a new supernatural drama for the CW, and what’s to come on Primal. Spoilers now! Night Books Krysten Ritter will … Continued

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Nicolas Cage Sword-Fights a Space Man

Until today, I had never heard of the new film Jiu Jitsu. Now, it’s all I’ll ever think about. Directed by Dimitri Logothetis (Kickboxer: Retaliation), Jiu Jitsu is about a group of martial artists who, every six years, have to fight an alien in order to save the world. The alien, who they refer to … Continued

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Reality Has Righted Itself Just in Time for WandaVision Funko Pops

Yes, Wanda Maximoff’s chaos magics might be hurtling her into a strange world for WandaVision. But would our own world be right if there weren’t tie-in Funko Pops for the show? WandaVision is just a few months off from hitting Disney+, so the corporate stars are now aligned to get people excited with toys and … Continued

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DC’s New Rorschach Series Is Off to a Bloody, Familiar Start

When Walter Kovacs made clear that he was willing to reveal the truth behind Adrian Veidt’s plan to bring about world peace by dropping a telepathic squid on Manhattan at the end of the original Watchmen comic, Doctor Manhattan made the sensible decision to kill Kovacs in order to avert yet even larger catastrophe. DC’s … Continued

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Miles Morales Is Giving Its Hero the Sickest Spider-Man Suit of All Time and Ditching the Cops

Though Spider-Man: Miles Morales is still set in the same universe as Insomniac’s first game, it’s very much meant to be the story of how, after training under Peter Parker, Miles is ready to break free and define his own legacy as one of New York City’s protectors. A big part of how Miles does … Continued

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AMC Says Its Cash Might Run Out by the End of the Year

Theater chain AMC might be totally broke by the end of 2020 and require “additional sources of liquidity or increases in attendance levels” to survive, the company disclosed in financial filings on Tuesday. AMC wrote that it expects its cash reserves to be “largely depleted” by the end of 2020 or early 2021, given low … Continued

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I Love Han Solo (in Waffle Form), and He Knows

Star Wars fans are known for taking their obsessions to absolutely ridiculous levels. Sometimes, that means buying an unnecessary rug. Other times it’s much less practical, like buying a novelty waffle maker for no good reason whatsoever. A few weeks back, several friends brought to my attention that a Han Solo in Carbonite waffle maker … Continued

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Lovecraft Country Showrunner Misha Green Feels She ‘Failed’ the Show’s Two Spirit Character

In Lovecraft Country’s fourth episode, “A History of Violence,” Atticus, Leti, and Montrose journey to a Boston museum where, unbeknownst to most of the general public, a secret vault containing a number of Titus Braithwhite’s pages from the Book of Adam is hidden deep beneath the ground. When the intrepid trio manages to enter the … Continued

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The Fury Road Prequel Will Star Anya Taylor-Joy, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Chris Hemsworth

Anya Taylor-Joy is officially going from New Mutants to Furiosa. She’s just been cast as the lead character in the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road prequel, Furiosa, co-written and directed by George Miller. She’ll be joined by Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in unknown roles. According to reports, Warner Bros. has yet to officially … Continued

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The Exorcist Documentary Leap of Faith Takes You Inside an Iconic Director’s Mind and Process

You’ve seen The Exorcist, probably more than once; by now, even the often-repeated stories about its creation are the stuff of Hollywood legend. But there’s always room for more—especially in a new doc that goes straight to the source to dig into one of the most acclaimed horror movies ever made. Alexandre O. Philippe—whose previous … Continued

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I Imagined Halloween III: Season of the Witch Being Way Better Than the Real Thing

Until recently, I’d never seen Halloween III: Season of the Witch. I know. Blasphemy. We all have our blind spots and this was one of mine. As I finally watched it though, I realized the movie I thought it was going to be wasn’t even close to the actual movie. How did that happen? Why? … Continued

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Archer Is Finally Back to Being Archer, Thank Goodness

Archer is back—in both a literal sense, with season 11 currently underway, and in a thematic sense. The main character, whose fanciful coma dreams guided seasons eight through 10, is finally in the real world, still recovering but also being the best, most obnoxious secret agent ever. Like we said: Archer is back. The coma … Continued

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The Batman Set Photos Give Us New Looks at Selina Kyle and The Penguin

Jessica Henwick teases big things for The Matrix 4. Janelle Monáe will help celebrate the finale of Lovecraft Country. Anthony Starr teases where Homelander’s at in The Boys’ third season. Plus, a new look at the galaxy’s favorite baby in new Mandalorian posters, and Pennyworth teases its return. Spoilers, away! The Others Deadline reports Kate … Continued

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In the Trailer for Nine Days, Winston Duke Can Give You Life

The afterlife is so hot right now. From The Good Place and Upload on TV, to Pixar’s Soul at the movies, what waits beyond seems to be a topic lots of creators are working with these days. The latest addition to the genre is the film Nine Days, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film … Continued

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What Are You Thinking About as You Fall to Earth?

While there aren’t enough particles in the vacuum of space to create a proper medium through which sound can travel, that doesn’t mean that you couldn’t scream into the endless void as you fell through it, tugged by the gravitational pull of the nearest planet. You’re a person, you’re falling, and you’re screaming because that’s … Continued

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A Young Boy Dreams of Fantastical Loves in This Gorgeous Look Inside The Magic Fish

You might best know Trung Le Nguyen as Trungles, their social media pseudonym for posting gorgeous, magical art—but now the artist is making their graphic novel debut with the likewise spellbinding The Magic Fish—and io9 has a sneak peek inside. The Magic Fish, published by Penguin Random House, follows a young Vietnamese boy named Tien, … Continued