Geek The Director of Child's Play Discusses the Wild Change to Chucky's Backstoryio9 - Julie Muncy In the original Child’s Play, Chucky is a serial killer possessing a doll through the power of, like, friendly neighborhood dark magicks. In the new …
Elizabeth Olsen Elizabeth Olsen Once Had a ‘Terrible’ Audition for the Role of Daenerys in Game of Thronesio9 - Julie Muncy Emilia Clarke’s Daenerys Targaryen, a name that you have trouble spelling, definitely definitely not me, is one of the central players of Game of …
Marvel Studios Marvel’s True Avengers Are Assembled in This Fantastic Endgame Set Photoio9 - Julie Muncy One of the most rousing moments of Avengers: Endgame was when all of its women grouped up for one heroic charge. Even if that moment was, in the larger …
Star Wars This Star Wars Short Turns the Battle of Hoth Into a Vader Rampage Worthy of Rogue Oneio9 - Julie Muncy Darth Vader is scarier than he used to be. While he’s always been intimidating, knowing that he was once a little kid who built C-3PO hurt his threat …
Batman Report: The Next Batman Movie Might Already Have Its Villainsio9 - Julie Muncy Alongside news of the Rescue Rangers film, the Hollywood Reporter dropped one more bombshell last night, in the form of a well-sourced rumor about the …
Geek Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers Is Getting a Movie Adaptation, With Director Akiva Schafferio9 - Julie Muncy Disney’s most heroic chipmunks are getting their own movie, and it’s going to be strange. As shared by The Hollywood Reporter, a film adaptation of …
Geek Dancing Makes The OA's Tentacle Scene Even More Beautifully Bizarre in this VFX Breakdownio9 - Charles Pulliam-Moore In its second season, The OA responded to audiences who were equally mesmerized and bemused by the series’ heavy use of interpretive dance to drive …
Disney Animation Disney Animators Are Getting Their Chance to Shine on Disney+ With New Short Filmsio9 - Beth Elderkin Last year, Disney Animation released its first virtual reality short film, Cycles, the work of animator Jeff Gipson (Frozen, Zootopia). It was part of …
Geek The Best Toys of the Week Need Guns, Lots of Gunsio9 - James Whitbrook Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of all things good and merchandisable, as seen on the internet lately. This week: some adorable …
DC Universe You Can Now Watch Doom Patrol's First Episode on YouTube for Freeio9 - Charles Pulliam-Moore While Doom Patrol is one of the better live-action comic book adaptations out recently, one of the biggest hurdles to getting into the show is the …
Pokémon Pokémon Sword and Shield's New Starters Look Great in Detective Pikachu's Styleio9 - James Whitbrook It’s a fantastic time to be a Pokémon fan, between the arrival of Detective Pikachu in theaters and the two brand new mainline games, Sword and Shield, …
Neanderthals Tooth Analysis Suggests Neanderthals and Modern Humans Split Apart Far Earlier Than We ThoughtGizmodo - George Dvorsky Dental evidence suggests Neanderthals and modern humans diverged from a common ancestor around 800,000 years ago—hundreds of thousands of years …
Captain Marvel The Most Adorable Marvel Studios End Credit Scene Is Finally Onlineio9 - Germain Lussier Marvel Studios is so prolific when it comes to end credit scenes, it’s hard to definitively give any of them a single superlative—except the scene at …
Stephen King Stephen King's Sword and Sorcery Novel, The Eyes of the Dragon, Is Being Adapted at Huluio9 - Jill Pantozzi Well, add another one to the ever-growing pile! Stephen King’s fantasy novel The Eyes of the Dragon, which has connections to The Dark Tower and The …
Back to the Future The Long Rumored Back to the Future Musical Is Finally Happeningio9 - Germain Lussier If you traveled back in time to 2012, you could read news about a musical adaptation of Back to the Future being in the works. In 2014, there were …
Geek His Dark Materials' New Teaser Is Monumentally Awesomeio9 - Germain Lussier We’ve seen bits and pieces of the show so far, but HBO just released a full trailer for the highly anticipated new series His Dark Materials, and it …
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace A Generation Looks Back at 20 Years of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menaceio9 - Germain Lussier Ask a Star Wars fan what they think about The Phantom Menace and you’re going to get a very specific answer. At Star Wars Celebration in Chicago last …
Captain Marvel Why Working on 12 Marvel Movies Only Partially Prepared ILM for Avengers: Endgameio9 - Germain Lussier Imagine if Avengers: Endgame was the first Marvel movie. Not storywise, of course. That would be silly. But think about a team-up, comic book movie on …
Geek Scientist Composes Game of Thrones-Worthy Song From Climate Change DataGizmodo - Yessenia Funes Have you ever wondered what human-caused climate change sounds like? What melodic rhythms could result from every rising degree? Well, a scientist …
Geek Sorry, It Looks Like a Researcher Didn’t Just Crack the Voynich Manuscript After AllGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum A university in the United Kingdom is backpedaling after publishing an article claiming that one of their scientists helped crack the …
Geek In This Exclusive Look at Angel #2, a Familiar Face Re-Emergesio9 - James Whitbrook One of the most intriguing thing about Boom’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics series has been watching the familiar tale of the beloved show play out …
Geek The First Details on the CW's Epic Crisis on Infinite Earths Crossoverio9 - James Whitbrook The Goon movie lives. The Tick is searching for a new home. AMC is exploring a new sci-fi anthology series about true love. Akiva Goldsman sets his …
Grumpy Cat Grumpy Cat Dies at 7 Years OldGizmodo - Matt Novak Grumpy Cat has died from complications following a urinary tract infection. She was 7 years old. Grumpy Cat, whose given name was Tardar Sauce, became …
Robert Pattinson Robert Pattinson Is Your New Batmanio9 - Germain Lussier Twilight star Robert Pattinson will play Batman for Matt Reeves in his upcoming film, The Batman.
A Song of Ice and Fire Folio Society Is Doing Special Editions for All of A Song of Ice and Fire...If It's Ever Finishedio9 - Beth Elderkin The Folio Society recently announced that it was releasing a special collector’s edition of A Game of Thrones, the first novel in George R.R. Martin’s …
James Wan James Wan Will Direct the Pilot of Mark Millar's The Magic Order for Netflixio9 - Germain Lussier With billion-dollar hits like Furious 7 and Aquaman, James Wan is a director who can do anything he wants. And while Aquaman 2 is still on the horizon, …
Geek An Avian Aficionado Watched Tuca & Bertie, Then Tried to Identify All the Birdsio9 - Ryan F. Mandelbaum I can’t think of another show in recent times that has made me laugh harder than Netflix’s Tuca & Bertie has. But, folks...we need to talk about the …
Geek A Quarter of West Antarctica's Ice Is Now Unstable, Study FindsGizmodo - Brian Kahn Stop me if you’ve heard this one before but the ice is screwed. New findings released on Thursday reveal that a quarter of the ice sheets in West …
Geek The Wandering Earth and Other Sci-Fi Gems Hiding on Netflixio9 - Cheryl Eddy Earlier this year, we learned that Netflix had snapped up the U.S. and international distribution rights to China’s first sci-fi blockbuster, The …
Riverdale The CW's Nancy Drew Looks Like Riverdale Meets The Conjuringio9 - Germain Lussier The CW sure loves its teen mysteries based on popular IP—and its latest adaptation looks like it will live up to all that and more. Inspired by …
