Gizmodo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

At the start of each month , most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision making. Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. Read more.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

At the start of each month , most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision making. Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. Read more.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 30, 2021

Last week, io9 was on the ground in Las Vegas for CinemaCon 2021 , a convention for movie theater owners. Basically, it’s a week for movie studios and technology companies to get those folks excited for what’s to come , both on the screen and around it.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s almost surreal that after years and years of joking about it, the most recent Fast and Furious movie, F9 , actually sent characters to space. Seriously, io9 and the rest of the internet has been joking about the conceit forever. Then it happened. And it was hilarious, wonderful, and perfect. Now, the moment has… Read more.

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Gizmodo

JULY 21, 2021

io9 is excited to exclusively reveal two of Mondo’s upcoming Comic-Con @ Home exclusives: brand new vinyl releases of the soundtracks to Superman: The Movie and The Shining. This year at San Diego Comic-Con , you’ll believe a record can fly—and chop up a door. Read more.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 23, 2022

At a recent Moon Knight press conference attended by io9, Ethan Hawke discussed how working with Marvel has really changed his perspective on blockbuster movies. In a bold move, Disney+ and Marvel Studios snagged one of Hollywood’s most seasoned independent film leads to play the antagonist in Moon Knight. Read more.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 6, 2021

Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed an uptick in io9 posts featuring short claymation scenes recreating iconic moments from famous sci-fi movies. We shared Star Trek II and Terminator 2: Judgment Day , and now we’ve reached the grand finale.

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Gizmodo

JULY 2, 2021

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of all the latest and greatest toy news—but there’s a twist this week, as Spider-Man: No Way Home has sneakily swung onto the scene and introduced us to a first look at the movie through its action figures, Funkos, and Lego sets! But beyond that, we’ve got Batwoman ,… Read more.

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Gizmodo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

If you’re slavering in anticipation of Denis Villeneuve ’s Dune movie— and you should be —hopefully, you’ve reading Boom Studios ’ comics adaptation of the prequel, House Atreides , based on the novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. If so, you probably won’t mind another taste with io9's… Read more. Anderson, to whet your appetite.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

No matter what becomes of Marvel’s mutants in the comic books or any live-action movies Marvel Studios is undoubtedly dreaming up , the ‘90s animated series that dominated the Saturday morning TV bloc will always be one of the most definitive takes on Charles Xavier and his students. Today, io9 has an exclusive look at… Read more.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

At the start of each month , most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away—and io9 is here… Read more. Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services—Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and HBO Max—can serve as a much-needed escape.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 14, 2022

But if you’re looking for more on how Gotham was brought to life in Matt Reeves’ new DC movie , a new artbook has you covered—and io9 has an exclusive look inside. The Batman ’s noir aesthetic gave us a moody, grimy world for Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne, as well as his many friends and enemies, to play around in. Read more.

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Gizmodo

JULY 13, 2021

There are movies that under normal circumstances would come and go, and barely be remembered—but these decided to stick around a little bit longer. io9 has collected some of the strangest films to spawn full-fledged franchises. The Marvel Cinematic Universe can’t hold a candle to The Land Before Time. Read more.

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The Verge

APRIL 9, 2021

Maverick’s delay is the latest shift in this summer’s movie slate, which, like last summer’s, has been impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic. MGM delayed No Time to Die , the next James Bond movie, from April 2nd to October 8th. The Top Gun sequel’s delay has cascading effects on the rest of Paramount Pictures’ movie lineup.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We might have seen a shortage of new movies in 2020 , but one thing we still got a lot of was television shows. Here are the TV series the io9 staff felt stood out as the best and worst… Read more. This was a year of saying goodbye to many beloved series while introducing some new ones into the fold. Some sparked, others fizzled.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 4, 2022

Birthdays come every year, but since your favorite films only celebrate landmark anniversaries every so often, we like to acknowledge them here at io9. And so, just as we did last year , every few months we’re going to let you know which major sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and genre movies are marking significant… Read more.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 3, 2021

Zombie movie king George A. To learn more about The Amusement Park , io9 hopped on a video call with Suzanne Desrocher-Romero , the late filmmaker’s wife. Romero passed away in 2017, but his legacy will live on forever in his work—including, now, an early 1970s “lost” film that’s soon debuting on Shudder. Read more.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 4, 2022

Hugo winner (and io9 co-founder !) Charlie Jane Anders—author of novels All the Birds in the Sky and The City in the Middle of the Night , short story collection Even Greater Mistakes , and writing guide Never Say You Can’t Survive , as well as one of my favorite movie reviews of all time—has another much-anticipated… Read more.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 2, 2020

We saw countless movie delays , comic cons were canceled or moved online, theme parks shut down , and everything had to happen over video. In spite of the challenges, io9 still… Read more. Twenty-twenty is one of those (hopefully) once-in-a-lifetime events that impacted so much of our lives.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

io9 has confirmed a report from The Hollywood Reporter that writer and showrunner Terence Winter has left HBO Max’s The Batman spinoff series , over creative differences with movie director Matt Reeves and the show’s fellow producers. The new Batman TV universe looks to be having a bit of trouble getting off the ground. Read more.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 14, 2022

We’ve had movies to look forward to , streaming faves to plan binges around, but what’s good and on broadcast in 2022? io9's got your look ahead out of what to expect from the first few months of 2022 in sci-fi and fantasy TV—and taste of a few things we know are coming later this year. Read more.

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Gizmodo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

At the start of each month , most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision making. Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic—the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. Read more.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 28, 2021

When the first trailer for director Enrico Casarosa’s Luca dropped earlier this year, there was a small but rather vocal contingent of Pixar fans speculating whether the movie might be Disney’s first foray into feature-length storytelling focused on queer characters. io9 recently spoke to Casarosa about just that. Read more.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 2, 2020

Max Brooks is probably best known as the author of World War Z —the excellent 2006 zombie apocalypse tale that was adapted into a so-so 2013 movie. He’s back with another outstanding survival story, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre , and io9 got a chance to talk with him all about it. Read more.

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Gizmodo

MAY 17, 2021

If you’ve seen Darren Lynn Bousman’s new Saw movie , Spiral: From the Book of Saw , you might have walked away thinking the film’s surprise ending came as a reaction to some very serious real-world issues that have rightfully been getting more attention lately. But as Bousman revealed to io9 in a recent interview,… Read more.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 28, 2020

At the start of each month , most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision making. Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. Read more.

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Gizmodo

JULY 29, 2020

At the start of each month , most streaming services do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with… Read more. As huge numbers of people stay home during the global pandemic, many have turned to the plethora of services for a much-needed escape.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2023

Going into 2023, it looked like D&D had everything going for it, including an upcoming live-action movie, Honor Among Thieves, and one of the most anticipated video games of the year in Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3. Now, D&D might be about to hit a downturn, and it’s due to simple brand mismanagement.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Here’s how weird 2020 was for movies : Unless you saw something in January or February (like The Invisible Man, Birds of Prey, or Bloodshot ), there’s a good chance you didn’t see a movie in a movie theater for the entire year. A whole year without going to the movies.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 23, 2020

It was a rough year for all of us in the real world, but those fictional universes we spend so much time in didn’t get off scot-free. A lot of television shows ended their runs this year, and a lot of our favorite characters from sci-fi, fantasy, and horror took their final bows as well. Here are most of who and what… Read more.

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Gizmodo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

“Wait, are there actually going to be new movies this fall?” With the covid-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on all aspects of the world, the film industry included, one could easily assume movies are simply on hold for awhile. It’s a thought we’ve all been having for some time. However, we’re here to tell you, that’s not… Read more.

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