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io9MoviesA New Haunted Mansion Movie Is Rising From the Grave at Disney
Since the Eddie Murphy disaster, it feels like there have been about 999 tries to adapt iconic Disney ride The Haunted Mansion into a movie. If so, maybe lucky 1,000 will be the ticket. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney has hired writer Katie Dippold to pen a new script based on the ride about the … Continued
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io9Toys & CollectiblesSpiky Batmen and Crystal Babies Are the Most Angular Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of the best in plastic nonsense you can buy on the internet. Except it’s not all plastic this week: we have a suitably ludicrous crystal baby, a die-cast cyborg, and then…okay, quite a bit of the regular ol’ plastic stuff actually. Check it out! Swarovski Star Wars … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Force Is Strong with the Friday Gif Party
Another weekend, another lost convention. Star Wars Celebration might have been canceled this year, but the Friday gif party is here to, well, celebrate everything Star Wars. Grab your lightsaber and let’s begin! Be sure to leave your greatest “It’s Friday!” party gifs in the comments below. This week’s Bonus Points challenge is everything and … Continued
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io9Fox Is Developing an X-Files Animated Spinoff About the Dorkiest FBI Agents
What if Star Trek: Lower Decks…but The X-Files? TV Line reports that Fox, alongside X-Files creator Chris Carter in an executive producer role, are building up an animated spin-off of the beloved supernatural investigation series. We weren’t being flippant about the Lower Decks comparison, either: the new show won’t follow Agents Mulder and Scully, but a … Continued
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io9Movies10 Totally Excellent Fictional Movie Bands
Since today marks the release of a new movie featuring a pair of dudes who just wanna rock, but also have to do things like time travel and save the world, we got to thinking about other standout bands—some heroic, some flat-out evil, and a few with zero human members—that’ve appeared in our favorite movies. … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsDungeons & Dragons & Novels: Revisiting Darkwalker on Moonshae
This first book in the Moonshae trilogy holds the great distinction of being the very first Dungeons & Dragons novel ever set in the Forgotten Realms. It also holds the distinction of having the series’ raddest, most evocative title. Unfortunately, the story itself doesn’t evoke much of anything—which, given that it’s about a supernatural beast … Continued
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io9GamesAll the Good Star Wars Game News in the Galaxy Can’t Compete With 2 Porgs in a Jedi Robe
It’s the two kids in a trenchcoat of Star Wars. And I love it. During last night’s live stream to kick off the virtual version of Gamescom 2020, we got a trio of looks at some upcoming Star Wars video games that remind us that 1) this franchise is great, 2) it’s also incredibly dumb, … Continued
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io9TrailersIn the Newest Trailer for His Dark Materials Season 2, Will’s Higher Purpose Is Unveiled
Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) might be the long-rumored “child of destiny,” but there is another who must play an equally important part. HBO has released a new teaser trailer and release month for season two of His Dark Materials, which hints at Will Parry’s (Amir Wilson) greater destiny and the dangers that await everyone who … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsBill & Ted Face the Music’s Prequel Comic Finds the Dudes Deep in Their Songwriting Struggles
Bill and Ted have taken an excellent adventure and a bogus journey, and they’re soon to face the music. But what kind of trouble did they get into in the 30 years since we saw them last? Bill and Ted Are Doomed, a new prequel series from Dark Horse, will explore that in comic form—and … Continued
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io9TrailersSupernatural’s Final Season Trailer Goes for Take 2 on an Actual Ending, for Realsies
Supernatural is coming to an end, for real this time. We were just kidding before (if by kidding you mean a global pandemic caused the final seven episodes to be delayed by several months). Now, we’ve got a new teaser for the show’s closing chapter. The CW has unveiled a new look at the final … Continued
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io9TelevisionUpdates From The New Mutants, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and More
Tony Todd is very excited for Candyman’s return. The King’s Man is moving all the way into February 2021. Star Trek: Discovery returns…to CBS. Plus, get a look at The Haunting of Bly Manor’s titular terrifying estate, what’s to come on Lovecraft Country, and Simon Kinberg and David Weil’s alien invasion series hires some familiar faces. … Continued
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io9MoviesThe New Mutants Apparently Had Some Serious Behind-the-Scenes Drama
We’ve been talking about The New Mutants for so long they’re more like “The Old Mutants” at this point. The first trailer came out way back in 2017 and ever since, rumors and speculation about its release became so abundant it truly felt like the movie would never happen. Well, it’s happening. This weekend. And … Continued
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io9Michael Crichton’s Sphere May Become a TV Show From the Team Behind Westworld
Westworld is a very successful HBO show based on an original idea by iconic author Michael Crichton. Now, the team behind that show is hoping to do it again, way down on the ocean floor. Deadline reports that Sphere, the 1987 Crichton novel—the basis for the 1998 film—is being developed as an HBO series. Denise Thé, … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsGet a Look Inside Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel’s Newly Renamed Kickstarter Hit
Ten days ago, Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel lifted the lid on Nocternal, a brand new creator-owned series they’re funding through Kickstarter that promptly smashed its base funding goal the day it went live. The campaign is still underway, but Nocternal is making a little change—for the benefit of the series and comics that … Continued
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io9MoviesBill & Ted‘s Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter on Playing Their Iconic Characters as Middle-Aged Dudes
You can be excellent to each other at any age, but as Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) find in Bill & Ted Face the Music, it’s hard to feel excellent about yourself when you feel like you’re not living up to your potential. Of course, most people weren’t told in high school that … Continued
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io9This Trio of Star Wars Animated Shorts Takes You to Galaxy’s Edge in the Cutest Way
Going to Galaxy’s Edge right now is, well…not a good idea (and don’t you dare “never tell me the odds!” us). So while you read that guidebook to pretend you’re there—before you play that VR game to pretend you’re there—why don’t you watch some animated shorts to, uh…pretend you’re there? The Star Wars Kids YouTube … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in September
Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to people staying home during the global pandemic—the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month, most services do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision … Continued
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io9TrailersThe Babysitter’s Cult Is Back in the Trailer for Babysitter: Killer Queen
If you search “Babysitter” on Netflix, two main things pop up. There’s The Babysitter’s Club, a kid-friendly adaptation of the famous Ann M. Martin novels, and then there’s The Babysitter, a 2017 horror comedy about a babysitter who leads a satanic cult and tries to murder the kid she’s watching. Now, a sequel to that … Continued
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io9MoviesStar Wars‘ Kelly Marie Tran Will Be the Star of Disney’s Next Animated Epic, Raya and the Last Dragon
From a galaxy far, far away to a magical new land, the heroine behind The Last Jedi’s Rose Tico is finding new ways to delight us. When Disney first revealed its next big animated movie, Raya and the Last Dragon, at D23 last year, it also revealed that it had cast Degrassi: The Next Generation’s … Continued
