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The Final Trailer For War for the Planet of the Apes Does Not Skimp on the War

io9 - Tue, 05/16/2017 - 08:23

Everyone’s angry at everyone else in the last War for the Planet of the Apes trailer, which makes sense, as the excellent prequel trilogy has always been building up to one final battle for the fate of human and simian kind. By the looks of it, it’s going to be one hell of a fight.

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The DCEU Could Introduce Black Adam a Lot Sooner Than We Think

io9 - Tue, 05/16/2017 - 08:00

Aquaman recruits a Power Ranger. Michael Fassbender is confirmed for another X-Men appearance. Get a first look at the familiar Predators of the Predator reboot. Plus, when to expect the return of The X-Files, tiny new snippets of Wonder Woman footage, and tons of Doctor Who pictures. To me, my Spoilers!

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Evangelion VR Puts You In The Pilot's Seat. Literally. 

io9 - Tue, 05/16/2017 - 06:45

Namco Bandai announced a new virtual reality experience called Evangelion VR: The Soul Seat. 

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Let's Hope Fox's Paranormal Comedy Ghosted Ends Up Being Funnier Than Its First Trailer

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 19:45

The first trailer for the Adam Scott-Craig Robinson paranormal comedy Ghosted is here, and despite the show’s great premise and cast, this initial glimpse of it is pretty disappointing.

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Report: New Pirates of the Caribbean Being Held for Ransom by Internet Pirates

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 18:52

It’s been a dizzying few days for news about hackers demanding ransom. It’s hard to tell which events are connected. But according to multiple reports, hackers are threatening to leak a major film owned by Disney, and sources tell Deadline that the movie is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales.

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Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa's Next Comic Brings Together a Boy and His Giant Robot

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 18:30

Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa might be best known for being the creative team that brought Marvel’s Amadeus Cho to life, but their latest collaboration is bringing another Asian-American hero into the comic book fold: a little boy named Stanford, and the giant robot he calls his best friend.

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The First Trailer for Seth MacFarlane's Star Trek Spoof The Orville Looks Perfect

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 17:25

When Star Trek Discovery is going to make it to the airwaves is anyone’s guess. Until then, though, we’ve got what looks like the next best thing: Seth MacFarlane’s spoof of the franchise, The Orville.

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We All Live On Trash Island

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 16:40

You might think you were born in Duluth, or Detroit, or some sleepy suburb on Long Island—but let me tell you, friend, you’re wrong. In a sense, we were all spawned on a tiny island full of trash, floating miserably far, far out there. Only now are we beginning to understand the horrifying gravity of what our garbage…

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The Tron: Legacy Daft Punk Soundtrack Goes Perfectly With the Trippy Effects of Star Trek: The Motion Picture

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 16:00

A soundtrack can often make or break a film. Daft Punk’s work on Tron: Legacy helped make that sequel mostly watchable, but it turns out that score works even better for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, as Patrick Collins discovered when he brilliantly mashed up both films.

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The Team Behind the New Star Trek Comic on Bringing The Next Generation (and a Buff Picard) to the Mirror Universe

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 15:30

Star Trek’s Mirror Universe is one of the most enduring storylines across the whole franchise, and will always have a sinisterly-goatee’d place in our hearts. A new IDW comic plans to bring the Next Generation crew to the Mirror Universe—but how? We spoke to the team behind Mirror Broken to learn more.

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The Mummy Unleashes the First Peek at Russell Crowe's Mr. Hyde

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 15:00

Though The Mummy stars Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella, one of the most intriguing characters is played by Russell Crowe. The Oscar winner is Dr. Jekyll, a key figure in the new Universal Monsters film universe, and this new video reveals his dark side.

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Everything the Trailer for the X-Men Show The Gifted Tells Us About Its Mutant Heroes

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 14:30

This morning we got our first good look at The Gifted, Marvel and Fox’s new TV series about a family on the run from an anti-mutant government taskforce. And while a lot of what the show has in store is being kept under wraps, the trailer has a few hints about the state of mutant-kind in this new show, and none of…

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The Purge TV Show Will Not Actually Be About the Purge

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 13:30

We’ve known since last fall about the planned TV show based on The Purge, the series of films that imagine an America that allows, encourages, and delights in one night per year of lawless anarchy and violence. We now have an even better idea of how that concept will translate to the small screen. Long story short: it…

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Once Upon a Time Gave Us a Happily Ever After, and It Should Have Ended There

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 13:00

Once Upon a Time has written the final page and closed the book. The Final Battle hinted at since the beginning of the show is over, and everyone has gotten their happy endings (including one person who totally didn’t deserve it). Then, why is the show coming back for another season?

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The Spoilery Reason Why James Gunn Almost Didn't Come Back for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 12:30

After two massive hit films, one might think coming back for a third would be a no-brainer. But that wasn’t the case with James Gunn. The writer/director of the first two Guardians of the Galaxy films recently revealed the reason why he almost didn’t come back for Vol. 3—but if you haven’t seen Vol. 2 yet, you should…

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Why SpaceX Won't Be Landing Its Rocket Tonight

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 12:00

After a streak of successful launches, SpaceX is looking damn spiffy. While the best part of watching a SpaceX launch is arguably the last leg of the trip, when the Falcon 9 first stage attempts to land softly back on Earth, tonight, SpaceX will be doing something a little more complicated than its typical launch…

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This Hand-Drawn Alien: Covenant Flipbook Is Better Than the Actual Film

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 12:00

Fans of the long-running series might want to skip Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. The director’s follow-up to Prometheus is not only disappointing, it somehow manages to make both films worse. It’s not a complete loss, though, thanks to talented stop-motion artist Serene Teh who made this amazing Alien:…

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Watch Dafne Keen Give Hugh Jackman Bruises in Her Super-Intense Logan Audition

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 11:25

Despite being Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Wolverine, the real star of Logan turned out to be Dafne Keen. Finding a very young actress to not only share a screen with Jackman, but sometimes outshine him, sounds like a nearly impossible task. But after you see this clip of Keen’s audition, you’ll realize casting her…

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The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler Are Back For a Brand New Series of Audio Adventures

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 11:00

Together again, at last! Big Finish and the BBC have just announced that David Tennant and Billie Piper will reprise their roles as The Doctor and Rose for a series of three new audio dramas, marking the first proper new outing for the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler together in nearly a decade.

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Actor Powers Boothe Has Died At 68

io9 - Mon, 05/15/2017 - 10:27

According to his publicist, actor Powers Boothe died in his sleep last night in his Los Angeles home due to natural causes at the age of 68.

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