Aladdin Makes For Compelling Tragedy in This Artist's Dark Re-Imagining
Aladdin just got a whole hell of a lot darker.
Daredevil's Bullseye Was Very Nearly Captain America Instead
Wilson Bethel, the man cast as Bullseye in the third season of Daredevil, had another chance at the Marvel universe in the past. It was a big one.
Environmental Regulation Has Helped Cut Deaths From Air Pollution in Half, Study Finds
There are plenty of reasons to be worried about air quality these days, from the Environmental Protection Agency killing an expert panel on dangerous particulate matter to the Trump administration’s plan to scrap mercury regulations. But today, we got some good news to remind everyone about the value of environmental…
Jason Momoa Is Already Pitching His Ideas for Aquaman 2
Somebody sure is confident.
This Artist Turns She-Ra Into a Powerful Heroine of Color
This is a fantastic She-Ra.
Finally, Players Can Add As Many Puddles To Spider-Man As They Want
A week before Spider-Man released, some people on the internet started freaking out about the game’s apparent lack of puddles. There were a lot of puddles in an early trailer for the game, and later, not as many puddles in what appeared to be the same location, which some saw as a downgrade. Fortunately, they need be…
Disney Wouldn't Let Wreck-It Ralph 2 Joke About Kylo Ren
Wreck-it Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet traffics is an irreverent sort of film. To collide a bunch of properties together, stir them up in the wide seas of the internet, and throw them out into an animated comedy requires a willingness to not take things too seriously. But there are still some things the movie…
Saturday's Best Deals: Google Wifi, Nest Sale, Leaf Blowers, and More
Nest smart home products, a fast wireless charger, and our readers’ favorite Wi-Fi routers lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web.
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Sweet Christmas, Netflix and Marvel Just Canceled Luke Cage, Too
Just a week after it shockingly put an end to Iron Fist after a promising second season, Netflix and Marvel have pulled the plug on another of their superhero shows. The streaming service has confirmed that after two seasons, Luke Cage is canceled.
Fake Products From Movies Become Awesome Pop Culture Posters
The best kind pop culture art isn’t obvious. It’s subtle, winks its eye, and takes a certain amount of knowledge to understand. “Product Placement,” the latest art exhibit at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, is all that and then some.
Venom may be bad, but at least it didn’t cast Topher Grace in the title role
Here’s a fun mental exercise: Describe Venom to a child. I’ve tried it. It’s ridiculous.
I'm Pretty Sure This New Cats Movie Is Just a Summary of 2018
The last few weeks have seen a flurry of casting news for a new movie based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s T.S. Eliot-inspired musical about actual cats hanging out. It is both the most 2018 news to appear on the horizon and also the most 1981 news. Personally, I’m still trying to understand it!
A Very Clever Lego Pop-Up Book, and More of the Most Wonderful Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's weekly round up of all the cool toys and merch we’ve spotted on this here internet lately. This week: War Machine suits up for Figuarts’ Infinity War line, an incredibly squishy Super Mario cushion, and perhaps the most inconvenient yet still delightful way to play Ms. Pac-Man ever…
Geronimo! It's Time For Another Friday Gif Party
It’s Friday night and the mood is right. Time to have some fun, show you how it’s done, TDIF. That’s right, it’s “Thank (the) Doctor It’s Friday,” as we say “Brilliant!” to another week with Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor. Let’s celebrate everything Doctor Who the best way we know how—with a Friday gif party.
The 8-Year-Old Girl Who Pulled a Sword Out of a Lake Wrote About It
Remember the young girl in Sweden who went swimming in a lake and found a sword that was discovered to be 1,000 years old? She’s even cooler than I previously suspected, which I can confirm after reading the story of how she became the Queen of Sweden in her own words.
Shuri's New Series Is a Seamless, Promising Mix of Her Comic and Movie Selves
Over the past decade, bits and bobs of the Marvel movieverse have found their way back into the comics. Sometimes it works, sometimes it feels like an awkward mandate. But Shuri’s new comic manages to marry the best of both movie and comic worlds while making that blending a core arc for the Wakandan princess.
The Good Place Just Had a Phenomenal Payoff to a Season 1 Joke
The latest episode of The Good Place has our heroes finding their hidden strengths when faced with insurmountable odds. But it also provided fans with a really great callback to season one.
Launching Tonight: A Mission to the Best Planet (Mercury)
Mercury is the best planet, in my humble but well-researched opinion. Sure, it may be small, rocky, and lacking an atmosphere, but how it came to look the way it does absolutely baffles scientists. It might even have water and carbon hidden away from the beginning of the Solar System. Tonight, scientists from the…
Horror Icon Vincent Price's 14 Most Legendary Performances
’Tis the season to blast “Thriller” and binge-watch all your favorite scary movies. Naturally, the mind drifts to one of the greatest talents the genre ever knew: Vincent Price. The actor had a long, varied career—he was also an art expert and a cookbook author!—but here are our favorite spooky and offbeat highlights.
