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The Return of Star Wars Resistance Contained a Subtle But Heroic Moment for Kaz

After a brief hiatus, Star Wars Resistance returned Sunday night with an episode that felt largely removed from the massively consequential trailer released last week. However, one smaller moment did stand out to me as important. The episode, titled “Bibo,” was about Neeku finding a stinky, gross looking new pet who he names…Bibo. Bibo basically … Continued

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More Rumors About the Future of Fox’s Mutant Movieverse

Alexandra Shipp wants to build bridges between her Storm and Halle Berry’s take in Dark Phoenix. Godzilla: King of the Monsters toys hint at a fan-favorite form of the big G making an appearance. Final Destination is getting a reboot from the writers of Saw. Plus, great news from The Flash, and more. Spoilers now! … Continued

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Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Teaser Pits Westeros Against the Coming Night 

It’s all come down to this. HBO has debuted the first teaser for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, along with an official premiere date for the show’s long-awaited return. With Westeros standing on the brink of an abyss, it’s hard to say who’s going to emerge from the coming war alive. … Continued

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Cobie Smulders Proves You Can Talk About Marvel Movies Without Spoiling Them

Marvel Cinematic Universe press tours are somewhat notorious for letting pretty hardcore spoilers drop. Mark Ruffalo and Tom Holland, in particular, tend to, whether accidentally or not, just let things drop. Cobie Smulders, aka Agent Maria Hill, is made of stronger stuff. In this fun little appearance on The Tonight Show, Smulders manages to discuss … Continued

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Watch the Beautiful, Sweeping End Credits Sequence for Aquaman Online

Watching the end credits to a movie might seem like an odd endeavor. But most end credits sequences aren’t this incredible to look at, either. Created by VFX firm Filmograph, these credits feature a colorful, massive series of CG dioramas of Aquaman’s operatic ocean setting. This weekend, Filmograph posted the sequence on their website, with … Continued

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Watch the Trailer for Siempre Bruja, a Netflix Show About a Witch Outside of Time

Adjusting to modern life is tricky, especially if you’re a witch from the 17th century. Siempre Bruja, a Netflix Original Series, follows Carmen (Angely Gaviria), an Afro-Colombian witch that got unstuck from time when she was about to be burned at the stake. Now stuck in the modern day, she has to learn how to … Continued

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No One Told Sterling K. Brown What Accent He Would Need for Black Panther

One of the challenges of developing the cinematic world of Black Panther was dialect—deciding on the accent and inflection of Wakandan speech. Lots of hard work went into developing the language of Wakanda. Only no one told Sterling K. Brown. Brown, you recall, plays N’Jobu, a character who plays an essential role in an early … Continued

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The Dragon Prince Returns for a Second Season Next Month

Life comes at you fast. Only a scant five months after the first season of the series premiered on Netflix, season two of The Dragon Prince is coming to the streaming platform. The news comes via the show’s Twitter, which posted a banner yesterday with a date for the premiere: February 15th. We were largely … Continued

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This Bleak Star Wars Fan Film Takes Hamlet to Tatooine

The quintessential concern of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is moral paralysis. Is what I’m doing meaningful? Does my life have any meaning? In one of the most famous soliloquies of all time, Hamlet considers this question with poetic precision—to be, or not to be? “Squad Leader TD-73028 Soliloquy” combines that famous speech with the aesthetics and mood … Continued

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New York Senator Settles in by Jamming to Into the Spider-Verse Tunes

The government is run by nerds now, apparently. Earlier this week, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made headlines with a really sharp Watchmen quote, and now, a state legislator from New York is breaking in his new, fancy digs with some choice music from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. That fun detail is in a piece by the … Continued

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Pass the Weekend with the BBC’s Backlog of Doctor Who Screenplays

Did you know that the BBC shares a lot of their teleplays online? Including a lot featuring our favorite Doctor. I didn’t until today (thanks for the information, Bleeding Cool), but it turns out the BBC Writer’s Room website features an extensive backlog of screenplays for BBC shows. Their latest post is the first episode … Continued

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PSA: Stan Lee’s Last Animated Appearance Will Be Airing This Sunday

The late comics legend’s final animated cameo will be on Marvel’s Avengers: Black Panther’s Quest, airing this Sunday. When Lee passed in November, we knew that he had some cameos already recorded, and now his final one in the world of animation is preparing to air. According to Marvel.com, he’ll be playing an important but … Continued

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This Behind-the-Scenes Feature Focuses on Glass‘s Most Interesting Character

We did not love Glass, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing there to dig into. This featurette, released by Universal Pictures in promotion of the film, focuses on Sarah Paulson’s character, a rigid, brilliant psychologist who is fascinated by the three “super” people in the cast and is attempting to convince them that they are … Continued

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Heaven Is a Place on Earth in the Latest Gif Party!

Ooh baby, do you know what that’s worth? Ooh, heaven is a place in the io9 Friday gif party! We may still be recovering from the intense experience that was Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, but our hearts will always be in San Junipero. Join us in the latest gif party with your favorite party-time gifs—bonus points … Continued

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Rogue One‘s Director Krennic Gets a Beautiful Figure, and More of the Best Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of all things good and wallet-draining on the internet. This week: an insanely cool Iron Man figure, Director Krennic storms into the Hot Toys Star Wars line, and…Porg cars? Yes, porg cars. Check it out! Hot Toys Sixth-Scale Director Krennic Figure Hot Toys got most of Rogue … Continued

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The Heroes of This Week’s Best New Comics Are Complicated Dads

Whether you’re a sentient, technologically-advanced robot designed by Nikola Tesla or a street-level criminal with a knack for getting thrown in the pokey, raising children is a difficult task. And while it can be rewarding, it’s much more often an emotionally and financially draining endeavor. The heroes of this week’s best new comics are at … Continued

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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Drops Watchmen Fire in Response to Criticism

House Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) won the race for New York’s 14th congressional district by leading with her democratic socialist politics and running on a progressive platform advocating for an increased marginal tax rate on the wealthy and universal healthcare. Much to the surprise of her new colleagues on Capitol Hill, Ocasio-Cortez has not backed … Continued

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The Minecraft Movie Is Back on Track With a New Writer-Director

Warner Bros. has spent years trying to sort out a big movie adaptation of one of the biggest names in gaming: Minecraft. Last year plans were scuppered when Rob McElhenney departed the project—but now an intriguing choice has stepped up to both write and direct. Variety reports that Peter Sollett—best known for comedy dramas Raising … Continued

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Alex Kurtzman on the Fine Line Between Adding to, and Staying True to, Star Trek‘s Canon

It feels like Alex Kurtzman has been talking about Star Trek: Discovery’s approach to canon pretty much since the dawn of time (or at least, since everyone found out the show was set before the original Trek). Discovery’s already had to toe a pretty weird line when it comes to its approach to Star Trek’s … Continued

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Choose Your Own Adventure Is Suing Netflix Over Bandersnatch

You’re a Vermont book publisher who owns the rights to a well-known series of books. A new movie on Netflix uses the general concept for the books. Do you wish to sue them? Yes…or no? For Chooseco LLC, the answer is “Yes.” Variety reports the publisher, which owns the rights to the popular Choose Your … Continued