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io9TrailersIn the Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Trailer, If Kids Work Together, Maybe They Won’t Be Devoured
Welcome to Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous—where children are not supposed to be on the menu, but alas here we are. In the latest trailer for season one of the Steven Spielberg and Colin Trevorrow-produced series, six teenagers find themselves on the vacation of their dreams…until it becomes a nightmare. Netflix’s Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous stars … Continued
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io9MoviesThe One Good Scene in: The Last Airbender
M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender is not a good movie. By all standards—but especially when compared to the animated series—it’s a waste of time. But even the worst cinematic experiences will usually have something about them that works. The Last Airbender is not only reviled by nearly everyone, but Netflix’s live-action adaptation is in … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsStep Aside Baby Yoda, Star Wars Has Young Yoda Now
We’ve had old Yoda. We’ve had slightly less old Yoda. We’ve had Baby Yoda, albeit that’s an entirely different character. Now, the time has come, for what might as well be the closest we’ll get to teen Yoda. Okay, maybe more of a middle-aged Yoda. The upcoming Star Wars publishing initiative The High Republic is … Continued
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io9The Three-Body Problem Gains Game of Thrones’ Showrunners for Its Netflix Adaptation
Liu Cixin’s Hugo-winning sci-fi story The Three-Body Problem is becoming a television show at Netflix, with Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss showrunning alongside True Blood and The Terror: Infamy’s Alexander Woo. Netflix announced in a press release that The Three-Body Problem would be the latest sci-fi series coming to the streaming platform. … Continued
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io9TelevisionJeff Goldblum Teases Prehistoric Surprises for Jurassic World: Dominion
Chris Pine still has hopes to return to Star Trek’s cinematic captain’s chair. There’s bad news for NOS4A2. Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to spy-fi. Plus, what’s to come when Wynonna Earp returns next year, and a new look at both Dune and Godzilla vs. Kong. To me, my spoilers! Jurassic World: Dominion In a recent … Continued
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io9These Horrifying Halloween Decorations Encourage Extreme Social Distancing
It’s not even September yet, but Halloween season is here. It’s been here. Who isn’t ready for spooky festivities to make the real world feel not so glum? Journey with us to Target (of all places) to find the decor that has most embraced 2020’s nightmare vibes, and might just inspire some nightmares of its … Continued
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io9Waze Drivers, Welcome to the Batmobile
Waze, Google’s driving and traffic app, is letting users drive with Kevin Conroy, the best Batman voice, as their personal navigator beginning today. According to DC Comics and Waze’s official Twitter, until October 31 drivers will be able to select the Batman: The Animated Series protagonist (Conroy) or the Batman: Arkham-era Riddler (Wally Wingert) as … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThe Adventure Zone Comic Publishers Come Under Fire for Predatory Artist Contracts [Updated]
The McElroy family host one of the biggest tabletop RPG podcasts in the world, The Adventure Zone—and in recent years their content creation empire has expanded to best-selling comic book adaptations. But those adaptations came at the expense of guest artists who were required to work under terrible contracts. Earlier today, artists Ioana Muresan and … Continued
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io9MoviesChadwick Boseman Remembered by Marvel and Ryan Coogler in Powerful New Tributes
Chadwick Boseman, one of the best actors of this generation, passed away over the weekend at age 43 due to colon cancer. He was taken too soon, too suddenly, and his loss has been felt everywhere. Though Boseman starred in dozens of shows and movies throughout his career, many tributes are, of course, highlighting his … Continued
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io9GamesThe Umbrella Academy Card Game Is Punishing
The Umbrella Academy has already jumped from the comic book panel to the small screen, with season two of Netflix’s show now streaming. Now, it’s The Umbrella Academy Game thanks to Studio 71 Games. We had a chance to test out an early version of the card game and it’s off to a promising start, but … Continued
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io9MoviesBill & Ted Face the Music Caps the Franchise Most Excellently
Take Excellent Adventure, tie in Bogus Journey, shove them through time as well as a modern lens, and you’ve got Dean Parisot’s Bill & Ted Face the Music, the very funny, very moving, very fitting third film in the saga. It is most triumphant, with only a sprinkle of heinous. The first two Bill & … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsAn Inside Look at the Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek’s first foray to the box office is a strange beast—a gorgeous, haunting exploration of the franchise’s love of the cosmos wrapped up in an overwrought, over-long plot. So it’s perhaps a good thing that a new making-of book puts the spotlight on what works about Star Trek: The Motion Picture: the art behind … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsFinally Some Good News: September Is Overflowing With New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Movies are slowly trickling back into theaters, but a far safer option is to pick up one of September’s new books instead. And it’s a ridiculously bountiful month, with witches, warriors, time travelers, ghosts, robots, aliens, monsters, and space pirates to fire up your imagination without needing to leave the house. As the Shadow Rises … Continued
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io9TrailersThe Stand‘s First Teaser Gives Us Creepy Times in the Post Apocalypse
Oh, floating Skarsgårds. That can’t be good. We’ve had a few teasing pictures, but CBS has dropped our first actual look at its adaptation of Stephen King’s iconic weirdness-in-the-post-pandemic novel, The Stand. Set in the aftermath of the accidental release of a lab-created virus that infects and kills much of humanity, The Stand follows pockets … Continued
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io9TelevisionUpdates From American Horror Story, Dune and More
Peyton Reed says that Hope and Scott will still be an equal pairing in Ant-Man 3. Karl Urban continues to have hope to return to Mega-City One. John DiMaggio discusses the progress of Disenchantment’s third season. Plus, explore the stuntwork of Mulan and what’s to come on Lovecraft Country. Spoilers away! Dune Empire Magazine has our … Continued
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io9TrailersThe Haunting of Bly Manor’s Trailer Reminds You Not to Leave Creepy Dolls Lying Around
Netflix and Mike Flanagan’s followup to the fantastically spooky The Haunting of Hill House has just released its first teaser trailer. You are welcome to step into The Haunting of Bly Manor. If you dare… This horror tale, based on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, stars Victoria Pedretti, Henry Thomas, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Kate … Continued
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io9The Table Read of The Good Place‘s Finale Will Break Your Heart All Over Again
Time to walk through the door. On the other side of the door? Lots of crying. I feel, occasionally, like I might be over The Good Place’s heartfelt finale, a long meditation on grief, companionship, and mortality at the limits of all reality. Then something happens to remind me that I’m most definitely not. This … Continued
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io9Toys & CollectiblesThis Video Shows You How to Make Brilliant Fluorescent Lightsabers for Your Star Wars Action Figures
2020 seems like a good year to take up new hobbies. Let’s take that nice, collectible action figure collection you might have. Why not make it a bit more impressive? That’s the goal of a video recently released by the people at Adam Savage’s Tested (not Adam, today, but Norman Chan does a fantastic job … Continued
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io9MoviesNew Mutants Made $7 Million at the Box Office, Which Is a Lot, Considering
Considering, y’know, the coronavirus. This weekend marks the first in ages where big companies decided, for some reason (money, the reason is money), that releasing major motion pictures was somehow safe and appropriate in the United States, a country still utterly ravaged by the novel coronavirus and our government’s broad failure to contain it in … Continued
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