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io9MoviesReviews
Doctor Sleep Is a Worthy Invocation of The Shining’s Legacy
If remaking a classic movie is the worst idea, an unnecessary sequel is a close second. Sometimes it’s just better to leave well enough alone. And while that may be your first reaction when you think about Doctor Sleep, a sequel to both Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, check that sentiment right now. … Continued
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io9TelevisionReviews
You’re Not Ready for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Season 4
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’s latest story can be summed up in one word: tense. Season four throws our heroes and villains into the lion’s den, tearing friendships apart without offering easy solutions, and leaves us to figure out whether we’re okay with it. It may be hard to watch, but it’s worth it. … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning Spoilers
HBO Is Bringing Its Targaryen-Themed Game of Thrones Spinoff to Series
Nicolas Cage signs up for another bonkers movie. Colin Trevorrow believes that Jurassic World 3 really is just Jurassic Park 6. The team behind Netflix’s Castlevania is cooking up a futuristic new animated series. Plus, The Flash goes black-and-white, new footage from Terminator: Dark Fate, and what’s to come on Arrow. Spoilers, away! Wally’s Wonderland … Continued
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io9MoviesSci-Fi
Everything You Need to Know About the Terminator Universe Before Dark Fate
The best thing about Terminator: Dark Fate is you don’t need to be a Terminator expert to enjoy it. Though the franchise is best known for its first and second installments, released in 1984 and 1991 respectively, Hollywood has made three subsequent sequels/reboots as well as a television show about the characters. With Terminator: Dark … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
Green Lantern and Strange Adventures TV Shows Are Coming to HBO Max
HBO Max just put on a fancy ring and created some shows no one was expecting. The company revealed at its HBO Max event on Tuesday it’s moving forward with a Green Lantern show. Yes, the popular DC Comics hero once played by Ryan Reynolds and forever on the “maybe” list of upcoming DC movies. … Continued
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io9Sci-Fi
Breaking Down the Details and Mysteries of The Mandalorian‘s Final Trailer
Last night we got another look at The Mandalorian, Lucasfilm and Disney’s intriguing entry in the realm of live-action Star Wars TV. While it still left us with plenty of questions about what the titular mercenary will actually get up to in the series, it did give us a few sneaky connections to the wider … Continued
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io9Games
Terrorists Win
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive came out all the way back in 2012—though it still has a large player base and its tie-ins with the Steam Community marketplace have remained active long after developer Valve’s attention mostly went elsewhere. Patch notes from Monday flagged by Vice News indicate that may have become a big problem, with the … Continued
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io9Games
Go on a Star Trek, Join the Clone Wars, and Return to the Loop in the Latest Tabletop News
Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9’s regular column all about the latest in board games and tabletop roleplaying games. We’re fresh off the weekend’s Essen Spiel, which brought a bunch of new releases and surprises. In addition, we’ve got a new Star Trek Adventures campaign, a shocking story of Kickstarter fraud, and a crowdfunding campaign … Continued
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io9Game of Thrones
HBO Just Killed One of Its Game of Thrones Prequel Shows [Updated]
Like the head of Ned Stark, HBO has just chopped off a huge piece of its Game of Thrones future. Deadline reports the network has decided not to proceed with the Game of Thrones prequel series, which was written by Jane Goldman, starred Naomi Watts, and was set thousands of years before the first show … Continued
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io9Games
The Inquisition Strikes Back in the New Jedi: Fallen Order Trailer
Everything we’ve seen of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order so far has shone a spotlight on its light side protagonist, Cal Kestis—a Padawan survivor of Order 66 trying to hide who he is in the rise of the Empire. Our latest look at the game gives Cal a very good reason to be doing that. … Continued
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io9Sci-Fi
Paul Darrow’s Final Blake’s 7 Work Will Release Next Month
Paul Darrow, best known for playing the unscrupulous anti-hero of the British sci-fi cult classic Blake’s 7, Kerr Avon, passed away earlier this year, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most beloved charismatic assholes of classic sci-fi. Now, his final contribution to that legacy is about to be released. Computer hacker turned unlikely … Continued
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io9TelevisionMorning Spoilers
Sarah Paulson Is Open to Return to American Horror Story
Edgar Wright reveals a timey-wimey twist to his new horror movie. Bill Condon is making a Christmas Carol adaptation for Disney. Lucifer’s final season will come in two parts. Plus, David Leitch waxes lyrical about the chance to work on The Matrix 4, what’s to come on Black Lightning, and new Mandalorian posters. Spoilers now! … Continued
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io9MoviesStar Wars
David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Are No Longer Making Star Wars Movies
In a bit of shocking news that broke early Tuesday morning, Game of Thrones creators David Benioff & D.B. Weiss are no longer making their Star Wars movies. “We love Star Wars,” the pair said to Deadline, which broke the news. “When George Lucas built it, he built us too. Getting to talk about Star … Continued
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io9Trailer Frenzy
In the New Trailer for The Mandalorian, a Deadly Crew Comes Together
Our first look at The Mandalorian didn’t really give us much to go on beyond the very basic of what we can expect from Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni’s brand new bounty hunting live-action Star Wars show. Now, we get to see a little more about just what brings together this mysterious, motley crew of … Continued
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io9MoviesHorror
10 Werewolf Movies to Watch Before the Next Full Moon
Being a werewolf is generally messy—there’s that agonizingly painful transformation process, the total loss of self-control, and just having to deal with all that fur everywhere. Lycanthropes are full of angst, and movies—including these 10 essential picks—have always appreciated that about them. Before any Remus Lupin fans go claws-out in the comments, a quick note: … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
Supergirl Completely Screwed James Olsen
James “Jimmy” Olsen got a raw deal. The character found on Supergirl was never the character from the comic books, and often never the same character from season to season of Supergirl. He was a soft and sweet love interest who wanted to keep Kara safe, until suddenly he was a grim vigilante or a … Continued
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io9Sci-Fi
Up Close With Star Trek: Picard‘s Newest Uniform
Before Discovery launches itself into a far, far future, Star Trek: Picard will give us a glimpse of the furthest we’ve been in the main Star Trek timeline in quite a while. That doesn’t just mean old friends and changed heroes, it means some fancy new threads for Starfleet officers. And this weekend, we got … Continued
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io9MoviesSci-Fi
Terminator: Dark Fate’s ‘New Sarah Connor’ Is Ready to Lead
Natalia Reyes is the personification of the two biggest questions going into Terminator: Dark Fate. Reyes plays Dani, a young Mexican woman being hunted by a brand new Terminator. So question one is, what makes Dani so important? The second question comes from the man himself, Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger. “She’s under a lot of … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
Titans Turned ‘Family’ Into a Four-Letter Word
Titans’ second season has spent a significant amount of time in the past in order to illustrate the various reasons why the show’s heroes are such haunted people clearly living in the shadow of something devastating. First, there was the original incarnation of the Titans, a team that seemingly broke apart following Deathstroke murdering Aqualad. … Continued
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io9Comic Book Shows
Superman and Lois Lane Will Fly Again as the CW Plans a Spin-Off Series
The massive Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover is looming, but that’s apparently not the only thing fans of the CW’s DC superhero shows have to look forward to. A Supergirl spin-off about two characters you’ve probably heard of already—Superman and Lois Lane—may be coming soon from the network. TV Line reports that the in-development series, … Continued
By Cheryl Eddy