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The Fantastical First 10 Minutes of Netflix’s Shadow and Bone Are Here

The much-anticipated series adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone arrives tomorrow—which is really only a few hours away at this point—but superfans can get a sneak peek at the first 10 minutes right now. Netflix just streamed a cast event that was capped with the big reveal. Don’t want to sit through all the … Continued

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In Sci-Fi Short Muse, an Android Finds Good Reason to Rebel

Kay (Taj Atwal) may be an android, but her moral compass proves stronger than the increasingly unstable artist (Paul Ready) who claims she’s his muse—even though his eerie paintings hint at something far darker lurking behind his methods. That’s the set-up for Muse, a new sci-fi short by Azhur Saleem. Saleem sent io9 his short, which was … Continued

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The Kids Are Not All Right in the Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Season 3 Trailer

Has anything ever gone right on Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous? Just when the kids think they’ve finally found a way off the island, a storm pulls them back toward the danger. Unable to leave, they’ll discover that Dr. Wu didn’t just make the Indominus Rex. He made something even worse. That’s the set-up for the … Continued

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The X-Men Are Losing Their Soul, and Nightcrawler Wants to Find It

Mutantkind has changed. No longer societal outcasts but a global, independent power of their own, the Dawn of X at Marvel Comics has seen the X-Men and other mutants rise as a new kind of society—but one among them is starting to wonder what the spiritual cost of their collective rebirth really is: Nightcrawler. The … Continued

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A New Haunted Mansion Movie Is Creeping Forward With Director Justin Simien

The possibility of a new movie based on Disney’s Haunted Mansion continues to rise from the grave. Last summer, Disney hired Katie Dippold to pen a script and now it’s in talks to bring director Justin Simien aboard the Doom Buggy. Simien is best known for the movie and show Dear White People, but was … Continued

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The Boys From County Hell Puts Its Own Bite on the Vampire Genre

The rural Irish village of Six Mile Hill is notable for one reason: a local vampire legend that supposedly inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula. But what happens when the legend… wakes up? That’s the premise for the genial yet gory The Boys From County Hell, written and directed by Chris Baugh. Like most small … Continued

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New York Comic Con Will (Carefully) Return This Fall

Looks like you won’t need to wait until San Diego Comic-Con’s spectacularly ill-timed Thanksgiving event to get your in-person con on. ReedPop has officially announced that New York Comic Con will return as a physical event this October, along with several other conventions—as well as a lot of rules in hopes of keeping everyone safe. … Continued

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The 10 Best Movies Mystery Science Theater 3000 Ever Watched

Not all bad movies are bad in the same way. Over its 30-plus-year history, Mystery Science Theater 3000 has proved that time and time again by watching movies that suck in a cornucopia of unique ways, some better than others—in fact, some so much better they could be considered fine, if not actually good. In … Continued

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WandaVision‘s Suburban Sadness Is a Reminder of Our Failures—and What Needs to Change

Watching Disney+ and Marvel’s WandaVision as someone who I would say is, at best, loosely versed in the MCU means I missed a lot of the subtext io9 has delved deep into. But as someone who regularly writes about destructive systems at Gizmodo’s other subsite, Earther, what stood out to me was not just the … Continued

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Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Adding Pen15 Co-Creator and Star Maya Erskine

Things on Tatooine are about to get a little more middle school. That’s because Maya Erskine, best known as the co-star and co-creator of the brilliant Hulu comedy Pen15, has been cast in the upcoming Obi-Wan KenobiStar Wars show on Disney+. According to Deadline, Erskine will be in “at least three episodes” of the show. … Continued

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DC’s Animated Justice League Is Getting Its Own Comic

It’s been 15 years since the last new episode of Justice League Unlimited—and thus, the last episode of the entire DC Animated Universe—aired, but the beloved series lives again. DC Comics has announced Justice League Infinity, a new, seven-issue series set in the DCAU in which the war for the throne of Apokolips engulfs Earth. … Continued

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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It‘s First Trailer Puts Satan on Trial

In 1981, Arne Johnson claimed not guilty to the count of murder by reason of demonic possession. It didn’t work, but it sure as hell looks like it’s going to work as a movie. The Devil Made Me Do It may be the eighth film in the overall Conjuring universe (the Conjurverse?) but it’s a … Continued

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Doctor Strange 2’s Elizabeth Olsen Teases ‘Horror Show’ Vibes for the Marvel Film

Dave Bautista really wants to play DC Comics’ Bane. Netflix’s new young adult vampire series finds its first director, and the streamer teams up with Alejandro Brugués for a new horror tale. Plus, what’s to come on The Nevers and Creepshow. To me, my spoilers! Bane During a recent panel at Justice Con, Dave Bautista … Continued

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Oxygen Looks Like It’ll Leave You Gasping For Air

Director Alexandre Aja is always happy to mess you up. Whether it’s basement alligators in Crawl, flesh-eating fish in Piranha 3D, or surprising serial killers in High Tension, he’s become very skilled at making audiences incredibly, deliciously uncomfortable. His new movie looks to take that to new heights. Aja’s latest film is called Oxygen and … Continued

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Muppet Man Will Bring Jim Henson’s Life Story to the Big Screen

A long-awaited project for the Jim Henson Company is finally taking a step toward production: Muppet Man, a biopic of puppeteering legend Jim Henson (The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth), has a writer aboard to pen a script about Henson’s remarkable career. This news comes from Deadline, which reports playwright and screenwriter Michael … Continued

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Game of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke Has Written a Very Peculiar Superhero Comic

The Mother of Dragons conquered Westeros; now, she’s coming for the comics industry. Actor Emilia Clarke—who just recently joined the MCU—has written a new superhero comic for Image. It’s titled M.O.M.: Mother of Madness, and it involves significantly more heroin-addicted raccoons than I would have guessed. The comic, which Clarke is co-writing with DC Bombshells’ … Continued

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This Pop Culture Artist Turned His Frames Into Extensions of His Imagination

Subjectivity is one of the best things about art, but there are a few undeniable objective facts about it too. One is that no matter how good or bad a piece of art is, the right frame will only make it better. That’s a truth the artist who goes by JoKa is bringing to his … Continued

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Spider-Man Films New and Old Will Eventually Appear on Disney Streaming Services [Updated]

It may come as no surprise but Sony just signed a deal with Disney that’ll allow its upcoming theatrical releases from 2022-2026 to appear on Disney streaming and cable services. That means, at some point, you might be able to watch the full complement of Marvel Cinematic Universe films on Disney+, as well as the … Continued

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Lego’s Giant R2-D2 Is, of Course, the Droid You’ve Been Looking For

In a few weeks, just in time for unofficial Star Wars holiday May the Fourth, everyone’s favorite R2 unit will join Lego’s line of giant, adult-targeted kits. This 12-inch droid is made up of over 2,300 bricks and has a lot more going on than just looking good. According to Lego, the set includes “a retractable … Continued

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Mortal Kombat Had a ‘Fight Plan’ to Make Sure the Action Was Balanced

One of the most impressive things about Mortal Kombat is how each fight means something. When things get cooking in the second half of the film, everything that’s happened before gives each one of the various showdowns some sort of personal stakes—that’s what makes those fights shine even beyond special effects and fight choreography. io9 … Continued