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Ben Whishaw’s Paddington Is Coming to Television, Break Out the Marmalade
Still sporting a 100 percent Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes 13 months and 222 reviews later, Paddington 2 was one of the best films of 2018. Paddington 3 is currently in development and now everyone’s favorite bear is moving into yet another medium, television. Nickelodeon just announced it’s making a Paddington animated series aimed at … Continued
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The Coolest Images in the Beautiful New Han Solo Book
If you’re looking for 241-page, beautifully illustrated, expertly researched book chronicling the history of Han Solo, Star Wars Icons: Han Solo by Gina McIntyre is it. But that’s not all that makes the book so great. The book follows the character of Han Solo from beginning to end, from every angle imaginable, with insight from … Continued
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Women Will Literally Shock the World in a New Series From Amazon
Amazon audiences will soon see a world controlled by women who can shock the shit of of you. That’s because the company just ordered Naomi Alderman’s book The Power to become a 10-episode series directed by Reed Morano of The Handmaid’s Tale. First published in 2016, The Power was named one of the ten best … Continued
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Here’s What Happened the Day Before Star Wars: The Force Awakens
With BB-8 hanging out over on Star Wars Resistance, we knew a time would come when Poe Dameron would have pick him up and head off to Jakku to get the sequel trilogy started. That time is now. A new clip from Star Wars Resistance reveals that its next episode, “The Core Problem,” takes place … Continued
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Benedict Cumberbatch Is Satan (in Good Omens)
David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Frances McDormand, Jon Hamm, Nick Offerman, Michael McKean. Just when you thought the cast of Amazon’s upcoming Good Omens couldn’t get any better, it’s gone and added Doctor Strange, Sherlock Holmes, Smaug, Khan, and The Grinch, all rolled into one. We also finally know when we can watch it all. That’s … Continued
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io9Movies
A Brief How to Train Your Dragon Recap Before The Hidden World’s Release
Almost ten years have passed since movie audiences were first introduced to Hiccup and Toothless, the puny Viking and mythical dragon who became friends and changed their whole world. Five years have passed since we last saw the pair together, expanding and building their mythology. Now, finally, their story concludes. The third and final film … Continued
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As an Ocean Master Himself, James Cameron Had a Complex Reaction to Aquaman
James Cameron loves water. Not only did he make a romance about a shipwreck, his films have had multiple liquid characters, the new Avatar sequels are partially set underwater, and he’s been involved in several deep ocean documentaries. So after he saw James Wan’s Aquaman, he had a lot of thoughts. Yahoo talked to Cameron … Continued
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Watch the Trailer for Danny Boyle’s New Beatles Movie With a Sci-Fi Twist
Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle wanted to make one quick movie before directing the new James Bond film. He just had to. And though he ended up leaving the Bond film, the question was always, “What movie couldn’t wait for James Bond?” Now we know and we totally get it. The film is called Yesterday and … Continued
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Captain Marvel Is Heavily Inspired By RoboCop, But Not for the Reasons You Think
When you think of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 film RoboCop, you think robots. You think sci-fi violence. You think social commentary. You don’t think about a woman flying around space fighting bad guys. But for Captain Marvel directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, that unlikely connection was incredibly important. On the set of Captain Marvel last … Continued
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Aquaman 2 Just Caught Itself a Screenwriter
Before James Wan commits to directing a sequel to his billion dollar hit Aquaman, he’s going to have to see a script. And that script now has a writer. The Wrap is reporting that David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, who co-wrote the first Aquaman, has been tapped to write Aquaman 2. He also wrote The Conjuring 2 … Continued
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We Got a Glimpse of Shazam, and Fell in Love With Billy’s DC Fanboy Friend
Even though the upcoming DC film Shazam is called “Shazam,” that character won’t be the person you see on screen most. That honor falls to Freddy Freeman, played by It’s Jack Dylan Grazer. “He’s in the movie more than anybody,” producer Peter Safran told a group of journalists in Los Angeles last week. “He had … Continued
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Stan Lee Has a Blink-And-You’ll-Miss-It Second Cameo in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse [UPDATED]
Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee died mere weeks before the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The filmmakers knew they had to dedicate the film to him, which they did at the very last minute, but that was a fraction of Lee’s presence in the film. Lee had a large cameo in the film, as many … Continued
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The Team Behind The Lego Movie 2 Describes What Went Into Those Surprising Cameos
After the first film had Han Solo, Gandalf, Michelangelo, Abraham Lincoln, and Superman, obviously we knew The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part was going to have some surprising cameos. And it does. But one moment in particular rises above the rest. The moment comes at as part of one of the film’s biggest spoilers, … Continued
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Star Wars Resistance Just Raised an Interesting Question About the Canon Timeline
If you watched Star Wars Resistance last night, you may have been a little letdown. Not because the episode was bad or anything. Actually, it was pretty solid. It just so happens that many of us probably saw the final scene of the episode before the episode aired. A final scene that has a potentially … Continued
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The New Villains on The Walking Dead Elevate Everything Around Them
Holy crap, what have I been missing? The Walking Dead is back but, unfortunately, your regular recapper is not. Rob Bricken wasn’t able to recap this week so I’m filling in as the io9 staff member who quit The Walking Dead most recently. That being, about two seasons ago. So my apologies up front if … Continued
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An Aquaman Spinoff Is Happening Without Any of Aquaman’s Stars
James Wan’s Aquaman was such a hit, not only will it get a sequel, even its tertiary characters are getting their own movies. Just not the ones anyone expected. Writers Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald have been hired to write The Trench, a horror-themed DC movie focused on the creatures who attack Arthur (Jason Momoa) … Continued
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The Walking Dead‘s Danai Gurira Is Making Her Inevitable Exit From the Zombie Series
First Rick, now Michonne. The Hollywood Reporter just broke the news that Danai Gurira, who plays the badass, samurai sword-wielding Michonne on AMC’s The Walking Dead, has signed a deal to end her run on the show. She’ll appear in the current season, which comes back for its second half Sunday night, and then only … Continued
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Lost’s Henry Ian Cusick Explores Immortality in the Chimera Strain
Most of us know actor Henry Ian Cusick from his work on Lost or The 100, but his new role features him going over the edge for scientific discovery. io9 is excited to exclusively debut the new trailer for Chimera Strain. In Chimera Strain, a new film from filmmaker Maurice Haeems, Cusick plays a scientist … Continued
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The Child’s Play Reboot Trailer Lets Us Know What New Horror Awaits From Chucky
Chucky is back on the big screen and your first look is here. Below is the first trailer for Lars Klevberg’s Child’s Play, a “contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic” which stars Aubrey Plaza (Legion, Parks and Recreation) who gives her son a Buddi doll (not to be confused with a Good Guy doll) … Continued
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Evangeline Lilly Wanted to Play Princess Leia, But Carrie Fisher Already Had It in the Bag
Evangeline Lilly actively asked to be a part of a project one time, and one time only. It was when she found out J.J. Abrams was making a new Star Wars movie. “Several years ago, when I found out that J.J. Abrams was remaking, or rebooting, the Star Wars franchise, it was the only time … Continued