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io9MoviesThe Next Star Trek Movie Has a Stardate in 2023
Five years have passed since the last Star Trek film—and now it seems we’re two years away from the next one. Paramount did a big release date shuffle today and in the mix was the news that an untitled Star Trek movie is now set for June 9, 2023. In the past five years, there … Continued
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io9Star Trek: Discovery and She-Ra Win Big at GLAAD Media Awards
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation held their annual Media Awards ceremony last night (virtually, of course) to celebrate the fiction and nonfiction that best represents the LGBTQ community. While She-Ra and the Princesses of Power was probably a lock to win Outstanding Kids & Family Programming, Star Trek: Discovery also snagged the Best … Continued
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io9MoviesGodzilla vs. Kong‘s High-Speed Hollow Earth Trains Are the Dream
One of the first things that gives away how disappointing Godzilla vs. Kong’s focus on humanity will be is the way the movie seemingly foregoes any sense of internal logic, moving characters like Millie Bobby Brown’s Madison Russell from one location to another faster than a human could reasonably travel. At multiple points during Adam … Continued
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io9MoviesSpider-Man Movies Will Stream on Netflix First Thanks to New Sony Deal
For the past few months, every studio has been figuring out how to balance theatrical movies with growing streaming services. Warner Bros. has one strategy, Disney another, and Paramount yet another. Now Sony has its own strategy and it’s got the biggest name recognition possible: Netflix. After a nearly two-year auction, Netflix has secured the rights … Continued
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io9MoviesAn Ancient Aliens Movie Is Coming From the Guys Behind Cobra Kai
Sweep the leg? No. More like sweep the globe. For aliens. A movie based on the History Channel’s long-running, frequently memed TV show Ancient Aliens is now in the works and it’ll be directed by Josh Heald, one of the three creators of Netflix’sCobra Kai. His karate co-creators, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, will join … Continued
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io9Mystery Science Theater 3000 Is Coming Back—Again
In 1997, Mike Nelson and his robot friends, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot, watched a bad sci-fi film called The Thing That Couldn’t Die. We might as well rename the beloved TV series Mystery Series Theater 3000with the same title, because the fan-favorite show looks like it’s almost certainly going to be resurrected from … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsCelebrate Philip K. Dick’s Short Stories With This Stunning Folio Society Release
Today, the Folio Society released the first illustrated edition of Philip K. Dick’s The Complete Short Stories—a celebration of the influential sci-fi master that is (in keeping with the boutique publisher’s style) utterly gorgeously presented. We’ve got a look at some of the artwork, as well as the packaging itself. The project was actually the brainchild of … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThere’s Absolutely Nothing Wrong With Saving the World
There’s one phrase I’ve been using a lot, as I’ve been promoting my young adult space-opera Victories Greater Than Death: “Save all the worlds.” Because I love the idea of a group of kids who are mostly LGBTQIA+ and come from cultures all over the world get to be the ones to help “save all … Continued
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io9MoviesGodzilla vs. Kong‘s Humans Ranked (By Usefulness)
A movie like Godzilla vs. Kong isn’t about humans, it’s about giant monsters fighting each other—and yet, Godzilla vs. Kong is jam-packed with non-kaiju characters. Some of them are crucial to the plot, providing key information that makes more of those fights possible while others are, well, less crucial, as they appear with little to … Continued
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io9Kamen Rider Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary With a New Movie, Anime Series, and More
It’s been 50 long years since Takeshi Hongo put on the grasshopper-themed mask and fought the terrorist organization Shocker. Since there, that have been more than 30 TV Kamen Rider series, over 60 movies, and countless specials, videos, and more. Now, for the Japanese superhero franchise’s 50th anniversary, Kamen Rider is doing something new—or should … Continued
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io9Chicago Will Host an Official New Star Trek Convention in 2022
Break out the phasers and Vulcan ears. Star Trek is coming to Chicago and this time, it’s a whole new “Khaaaaaaannnn!” ReedPop, the company behind New York Comic-Con, C2E2, PAX, Emerald City, Star Wars Celebration, and ComplexCon, just announced a new partnership with the franchise which will begin at Star Trek: Mission Chicago, taking place … Continued
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io9Star Trek: Discovery‘s Season 4 Teaser Sees Burnham Take Command
In the season three finale of Star Trek: Discovery, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) finally received her much-deserved promotion to captain. But now that she’s in charge, she’s the one who’s going to have to keep the Discovery together…and its crew alive. Martin-Green revealed the trailer during today’s First Contact Day virtual panels, which are available … Continued
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io9Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Beams Aboard Its First Teaser
When we last left the intrepid, lower-ranked crewmembers of the USS Cerritos, Mariner’s secret had been exposed, Boimler had been promoted to Riker’s ship, Rutherford’s memory had been wiped, and Tendi had made a bad robot. Now that we’ve finally got a look at the next season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, and clearly, the … Continued
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io9MoviesGodzilla vs. Kong‘s Director Talks Spoiler Culture and Those Big Villain Leaks
Godzilla vs. Kong has been out for nearly a week at this point, but even then, you were likely enough to have already gotten glimpses of the film’s “twist” well beforehand—and not through leaks, but in either keeping up with the film’s marketingor walking down a toy aisle in Target. A surprise to be sure, … Continued
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io9Doctor Who Revives Eric Roberts’ Master in a New, Dalek-Filled Audio Drama
Not as the weird snake goop thing that was ‘90s VFX gone wild. But…y’know, just Eric Roberts going to town on a scenery buffet in the wayall great Master performances do. Roberts, who played The Master as seen in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie starring Paul McGann, has reprised his role for Big Finish … Continued
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io9Star Trek Celebrates First Contact Day Decades Early With New Panels and Marathons
April 5—42 years from now—it’s “First Contact Day” in the Star Trek universe. It’s the day that, give or take some attempted intervention by the Borg, humanity’s Zefram Cochrane meets Vulcans for the first time, catapulting humanity into a galactic standard way beyond Earth. To mark the momentous day, we can expect…some news? On Monday, … Continued
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io9HBO Max’s Station Eleven Adaptation Adds Tank Girl‘s Lori Petty and More
The real-world coronavirus is gradually starting to release its grip on our lives just as another fictional project about a devastating pandemic is ramping up production. HBO Max’s long-awaited adaptation of Emily St. John Mandel’s acclaimed novel Station Eleven has just added a ton of new cast members. Station Eleven takes place across a period … Continued
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io9MoviesThe New Transformers Film May Be Led by a Hamilton Star
Anthony Ramos is famous for not throwing away his shot, but he’s about to be shot at. A lot. The actor, best known for playing John Laurens/Philip Hamilton in Hamilton, is reportedly being eyed as the lead in a new Transformers film that’ll be directed by Creed II’s Steven Caple Jr. Collider broke the news … Continued
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io9The Mandalorian Season 2 Was Made With the Most Powerful Filmmaking Tool ILM Has Ever Created
When people think of Industrial Light and Magic, they obviously think of great visual effects, as well as the countless classic movies the company has worked on. But what you might not realize is that for many of those films, some of the effects were completely impossible until ILM specifically created the technology for them. … Continued
