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Netflix's Defenders Assemble on August 18 (UPDATED)
A new viral teaser for Marvel and Netflix’s big crossover has just confirmed that we’ve got another four months until Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Danny Rand start teaming up: because The Defenders is coming August 18.
Today's Best Deals: Casio Watches, Unlocked Smartphones, Wake-Up Light, and More
Philips’ entry-level Wake-Up Light, Casio watches, and unlocked phones lead off Tuesday’s best deals.
Start or Expand Your Studio Ghibli Blu-ray Collection For $13 Each
Even if your personal Miyazaki collection is comprehensive, I bet you have some friends and family members who would appreciate his films. Several of his best are down to $13 on Blu-ray on Amazon right now, which is just about as cheap as they ever get.
New Hints at Kylo Ren's Appearance in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Arnold Schwarzenegger hints he’s not done with the Terminator franchise yet. Sigourney Weaver talks Avatar 2. Marc Guggenheim teases mortal danger in Legends of Tomorrow, and why Oliver and Felicity broke up in Arrow. Plus, a new look at Agents of SHIELD’s return, and more details on Bruce Timm’s next DC movie.…
LIGHTSPEED Presents: "Infinite Love Engine" by Joseph Allen Hill
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue, and this month’s selection is “Infinite Love Engine” by Joseph Allen Hill. You can read the story below or you can listen to the podcast.
Love Blossoms Amid a Space-Time Anomaly in Wry Scifi Short Doubles
When parallel universes begin collapsing on each other, there are suddenly multiple versions of every person on Earth. While a certain amount of panic ensues, the situation enables one man—a self-described “sad sack”—to finally get the chance to woo his office crush. Or one version of her, anyway.
Custom Women's Armor Is Practical, But Also Cool
Melissa Ng is the creator of this outfit, which is called “Sovereign Armor”, the result of a quest to “create a practical and versatile Medieval-inspired fantasy armor for a woman.”
The Original Ending of Alien Was Both Terrifying and a Huge Bummer
With the release of Alien: Covenant coming up on May 19, director Ridley Scott has been doing a lot of press discussing the future of the franchise. But there’s always room to share some fun facts about its past—or not-so-fun, as in the case of the ending he originally planned for 1979's Alien.
Bruce Wayne Is Finally Going to Start Training to Be Batman on Gotham (No, Really)
Gotham, a show ostensibly about Batman, is setting itself on the path to become Gotham, a show actually about Batman.
This New Amber Discovery Is Like the Start of Jurassic Park but With Ancient Monkeys [Updated]
A tick sucks some monkey blood. A monkey’s grooming partner picks the tick off. The tick lands in some sap. The whole thing fossilizes. Scientists discover the cells inside the tick in the amber. They turn the blood cells into monkey clones and you’ve essentially got some sort of Jurassic Park in real life.
Watch How a Real-Life UFO Sighting Became a Ridley Scott Found Footage Thriller
Did you ever see something odd in the sky and wish you could know more about it? That wish-fulfillment is at the heart of Phoenix Forgotten, a new film produced by Ridley Scott.
All the Ways the Marvel Netflix Shows Avoid Mentioning the Marvel Movies
Marvel’s cinematic universe is all connected... in theory. When it comes to the TV shows, they have to be as vague as they can when they refer to a character or event from the films—while the films ignore them wholesale. Here’s a round up of the silliest avoidances from across Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and …
Five Disturbingly Weird Things That Happen in The Boss Baby
I took my daughter to Boss Baby—an animated movie about a talking infant who wears a suit—because I like hearing her laugh. Little did I know I’d be looking upon horrors beyond imagining in the number one movie in America.
Rogue One's First Writer Got the Job in a Very Simple Way
It was a day long remembered: October 30, 2012. The day Disney announced it had bought Lucasfilm and would be releasing new Star Wars movies. Fans everywhere immediately began freaking out about the news, but one in particular saw it as an opportunity.
Consider the Hathaway
Try to imagine living in a world in which strangers regularly reminded you that a large number of people actively disliked you, and you’ll start to understand a sliver of Anne Hathaway’s life. Last week, during a press junket for her new movie Colossal, she told me that the supposed phenomenon of audiences hating her…
We'd Rather Find This Chocolate Baby Groot in Our Easter Baskets Instead of a Bunny
‘Tis the season to consume chocolate effigies of bunnies, chicks, and gigantic eggs. But given the choice, we’d much rather rifle through all that fake plastic grass in our Easter baskets to discover this incredibly detailed solid chocolate Baby Groot. Although, we’d be too impressed to devour it.
Sonequa Martin-Green's Star Trek: Discovery Character Has a Brand New Name
It feels like we’ve known forever that the central figure in Star Trek: Discovery wouldn’t be the captain. And it feels like we’ve known forever that Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) would be that character. But the character’s name has changed.
The Joker, the Riddler, and All of Batman's Villains Are Going to War With Each Other
Tom King’s got big plans for the next few months of Batman. And the ending is a big old fight between the Joker and the Riddler over who should have the right to kill Batman. It’s like Civil War, but with bad guys and hopefully no character assassination.
Catwoman Is Bringing Exploding Motorbikes to Injustice 2
She’s also bringing cats, of course—they don’t call her catwoman for nothing. But the exploding bike is a surprising touch.
There's an X-Files Children's Book Coming So Your Kids Can Fall in Love with Mulder and Scully Too
If you’re a geeky parent who wants to introduce your kids to the X-Files without fueling a year’s worth of nightmares, publisher Quirk Books will be releasing a children’s book starring kid versions of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, doing some detective work while camping in the backyard.