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io9Trailer FrenzyNorway Becomes a Hub for Time-Displaced Refugees in HBO’s Beforeigners Trailer
Science fiction and fantasy are often used as mirrors to reflect our own modern societal problems, one of the biggest being the ongoing refugee crisis. Amazon Prime’s Carnival Row explores the theme using fairies and mythical creatures. District 9 was about aliens who’d found themselves stuck on Earth. Now, HBO has debuted Beforeigners, a Norwegian series … Continued
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io9Toys and CollectiblesHasbro Is Bringing Back Tiger Electronics’ Handheld LCD Games
Toy Fair 2020 is just a couple of days away and soon the internet will be abuzz with all the new toys arriving this year, but all the old toys as well. Continuing a trend seen at the show for the past couple of years, Hasbro today revealed it’s bringing back Tiger Electronics’ handheld video … Continued
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io9ComicsMarvelEverything You Need to Know About Morbius, and What Happened the Last Time Someone Tried to Adapt Him
Morbius the Living Vampire has had a long and peculiar history in Marvel’s comics. Initially a product of lifted censorship rules in comics, Morbius has now become not just one of Spider-Man’s most infamous foes-turned-uneasy allies, but also, thanks to Sony wanting to franchise every angle of the Spider-Verse it can, the star of his … Continued
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io9ComicsIndiesSenior Citizens Become Monster Hunters in This Exclusive Look at Ash & Thorn
I mean, you gotta have something to do between knitting and baking. Why not fight eldritch horrors? io9’s got a first look inside Ahoy Comics’ latest supernatural series, Ash & Thorn, where the savior of the day isn’t some muscle-bound superhero or a scantily-clad femme fatale but instead, a little old lady named Lottie Thorn. … Continued
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io9Sci-FiSteven Moffat Got Doctor Who‘s Big Twist Spoiled By the Master Himself
Not only deliciously ironic, but it feels very Master-y, to boot. This current season of Doctor Who kicked off on New Year’s Day with one hell of a twist: the surprise return of the Doctor’s longtime frenemy, the Master, now played by Sacha Dhawan. It was a twist no one saw coming, especially as Chris … Continued
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io9Trailer FrenzyStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Heads Home Next Month
Scooch over those eight other Blu-rays or DVDs. It’s time for the Skywalker Saga to fill up that last slot on the shelf…well, unless you buy the giant nine-film box set version instead, that is. StarWars.com has just announced that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will receive its home release next month, arriving first … Continued
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io9GamesMarvel’s Baddies Are Getting Their Own Villainous Game
The villains are entering the multiverse. io9 can exclusively reveal that Villainous, the card-based board game starring Disney’s evildoers, is heading into some other familiar territory with Marvel Villainous. This latest addition to the now-expanding franchise features some of Marvel’s standout baddies, as well as new gameplay rules that set it apart from its main … Continued
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io9MoviesFantasyMulan Will Be Disney’s First PG-13 Live-Action Remake
She’s as swift as the coursing river, with all the force (and violence) of a great typhoon. Disney’s Mulan has become the first live-action remake to receive a PG-13 rating, making it the latest film in Disney’s rarest collection. The Hollywood Reporter says the Motion Picture Association of America has given Mulan a PG-13 rating … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning SpoilersUpdates From Bill & Ted‘s Return, The Matrix 4, and More
The Falcon & The Winter Soldier adds another mysterious figure to its cast. A Game of Thrones favorite could join The Witcher’s second season. Get a look at the Bad Batch in a new clip from Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ return. Plus, new Castlevania art, and what’s to come on The Flash and Legends … Continued
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io9MoviesHorrorJason Blum Swears the New Halloween Trilogy Won’t Have a Lord of the Rings Problem
There’s a potential problem when you announce that a film will be getting two sequels to make the series a trilogy. The second movie could end up feeling insignificant because we already know the story will continue. Speaking with io9 last week, producer Jason Blum assured us that his upcoming second and third Halloween films, … Continued
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io9HorrorThe Return of The Walking Dead Looks More Like an Ending
When last we left some of the biggest characters on The Walking Dead, they were pretty much screwed. It appears not much will have changed when the second half of season 10 picks up this weekend. In fact, things are only getting worse. AMC has released the opening scene of The Walking Dead’s season nine … Continued
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io9MoviesSci-FiMy Favorite Part of the Sonic Movie Actually Had Very Little to Do With Sonic
With the release of Sonic the Hedgehog, video game movies have turned a corner. After years of being outright awful, they’ve finally reached a tier perhaps best described as “harmlessly fine.” But now that we’ve thankfully reached a level of basic competence, it also weirdly enough gave me a delirious moment of imagining what could … Continued
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io9AnimationPocket Monsters Made Pikachu Appropriately Chonky Again
Oh, Arceus. He comin’. When Nintendo first introduced Pikachu back in the mid-‘90s, the electric type mouse Pokémon was everything you’d expect from the official mascot of a video game franchise poised to take over the world. It was cute, never let you forget its name, and it had a pretty solid sense of humor … Continued
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io9Books8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Read (or Re-Read) Before Their Adaptations Hit the Screen
Each month we share an avalanche of new books to feed your need to read. But there are also tons of older sci-fi and fantasy books worth your time, too—including those with the added interest of television or movie adaptations on the way. Here are eight titles you should add to your read (or re-read) … Continued
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io9Sci-FiThe Mandalorian Will Still Roll Out Weekly When Disney+ Comes to Europe, Which Seems Dumb
The delayed international rollout of Disney+ means that The Mandalorian’s biggest twists and turns have already been plastered all over the internet, if only so Disney can sell us on some very bad Baby Yoda merchandise while promising that the better stuff will be on the way eventually. So news that international fans will have … Continued
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io9GamesWonder Woman, Marvel Heroes, and Power Rangers Are All Stars of the Latest Tabletop News
Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9’s column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. This weekend’s Toy Fair will bring all sorts of awesome gaming news. We’ve got some exciting stuff here, and be sure to be on the lookout for some reveals and announcements on io9 in the coming days. Right now, we’ve … Continued
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io9TelevisionReviewsDevs Review: Alex Garland’s Foray Into TV Is a Messy Trip Filled With Intriguing Concepts
Alex Garland has covered a lot of ground in his career—from authoring novels to screenwriting and directing. You might have noticed that he leans toward sci-fi; his directing debut, Ex Machina, dealt with artificial intelligence, and its follow-up, Annihilation, focused on alien life. Devs, his new television miniseries, continues in this sci-fi-adjacent vein, and while it … Continued
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io9Trailer FrenzyA House Is Not a Home in Vivarium‘s Chilling New Trailer
In Lorcan Finnegan’s Vivarium, the unsettling idea that transitioning into life in suburbia is tantamount to death becomes all too real, as an unsuspecting couple pulls into an eerily pristine housing development that they’re immediately sure isn’t going to be for them. The houses, back yards, and sidewalks are all perfectly nice, but there’s something…off … Continued
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io9Toys and CollectiblesBuild-a-Bear’s Doctor Who Plushies Come With 2 Hearts, Which Melts Ours
The Doctor is in at Build-a-Bear, and not even a Cyberman could resist the overwhelming cuteness. As the current season of Doctor Who draws to a dramatic end, Build-a-Bear Workshop has announced the release of some adorable bears inspired by the show. Fans will be able to get a special bear that doesn’t just have … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning SpoilersNew Venom 2 Set Footage Gives Us Our First Tiny Look at Carnage in Action
Batman strikes in new footage from Harley Quinn’s season finale. New Black Widow art gives us our best look yet at Taskmaster. Ronald D. Moore teases the new Battlestar Galactica project’s connections to his reboot. Plus, a new look at Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. To me, my spoilers! Escape From New York In conversation … Continued