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The Expanse's Latest Episode Sets Season 5's Endgame in Motion

The Expanse’s fifth season is inching closer to its finale, and this week the show narrowed its focus, spending most of its time on one especially heartbreaking storyline. Episode seven’s title, “Oyedeng,” is the Belter word for “good-bye”—and the series has rarely taken us through such a painful, powerful farewell.Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Streaming, The Expanse, James Sa Corey, TV Recap, Amazon Studios, Steven Strait, Frankie Adams, Dominique Tipper, Cas Anvar, Keon Alexander, Jasai Chase Owens, Expanse Recaps

So, A Discovery of Witches Is Now a Time-Travel Show

A Discovery of Witches—about a historian who also happens to be a powerful witch, and the ancient vampire who falls for her—is back for a second season of supernatural intrigue, spellcasting, and romance. But there’s a new element this season, as promised by that season-one cliffhanger: time travel!Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Vampires, Streaming, Witches, Time Travel, Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer, Sundance Now, Shudder, Deborah Harkness, A Discovery Of Witches, Time Travel Show, Io9 Features, Amcplus

A Dramatic New Expanse Examines the Difference Between Feeling Right and Being Right

The Expanse season five has somehow already reached episode six with “Tribes,” a somewhat calmer installment that’s still packed with action and incredible character work, especially for Cara Gee’s Drummer and Wes Chatham’s Amos. Tensions are sky-high as the season enters its second half.Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Streaming, The Expanse, Spoilers, James Sa Corey, Amazon Studios, Steven Strait, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Frankie Adams, Dominique Tipper, Cas Anvar, Nadine Nicole, Cara Gee, Keon Alexander

The Expanse's Steven Strait on Holden's Evolution as a Leader

The Expanse is a show with an ensemble cast, but if you had to pick a “main character,” it would probably be James Holden. Played by Steven Strait, who’s also a producer on the show, Holden captains the Rocinante and has a unique connection to the dangerously mysterious protomolecule. Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Interview, Streaming, The Expanse, Holden, James Sa Corey, Amazon Studios, James Holden, Steven Strait, Io9 Features

The Expanse's Cara Gee and Shohreh Aghdashloo on Playing Powerful Women in Sci-Fi

The Expanse’s Camina Drummer (Cara Gee) and Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo) may never cross paths; Drummer captains a salvage crew in the Belt, while diplomat Avasarala watches out for Earth. But the characters have some crucial traits in common, like the fact that they’re both total badasses.Read more...
Tags: Books, Politics, Science, Interview, Streaming, Sci Fi, The Expanse, James Sa Corey, Amazon Studios, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Avasarala, Cara Gee, Io9 Features, Camina Drummer Cara Gee, Chrisjen Avasarala Shohreh Aghdashloo

The Expanse's Best Season Yet Begins With a Three-Part Thrill Ride

The day is finally here: season five of The Expanse has begun. Since Amazon dropped three episodes at once—“Exodus,” “Churn,” and “Mother”—our first weekly recap is a three-parter. We tried to be succinct, but honestly, we’re excited as hell and these episodes are epic. Here comes the juice!Read more...
Tags: Amazon, Books, Science, Streaming, The Expanse, James Sa Corey, TV Recap, Amazon Studios, Steven Strait, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dominique Tipper, Cas Anvar, Cara Gee, Expanse Recaps

The Expanse Season 5 Is About Going Your Own Way to Confront the Past

The crew of the Rocinante has long been a solid unit, traveling the galaxy to save humanity from evil spores and, well, itself. But in season five of Amazon Studios’ The Expanse, these crew members are doing something they’ve avoided until now: they’re going their separate ways.Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Interview, Streaming, The Expanse, James Sa Corey, Amazon Studios, Wes Chatham, Set Visit, Dominique Tipper

The Stand Feels Both Timely and Overwhelming

It will never not be spooky that a new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand came out in 2020. Much like the year itself, the story begins with a pandemic and goes on to showcase some truly awful human behavior. CBS All Access certainly has timeliness on its side—but what about the rest?Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Stephen King, Streaming, Cbs, Whoopi Goldberg, Cbs All Access, Greg Kinnear, Amber Heard, Ezra Miller, Alexander Skarsgard, Nat Wolff, Josh Boone, Pandemic, The Stand, Jovan Adepo

Dune Director Slams Warner Bros. for HBO Max Release, Warns It May Doom the Franchise

Fear might be the mind killer, but streaming could wind up killing Dune itself. Director Denis Villeneuve is speaking out against WarnerMedia’s recent decision to give all of next year’s movies simultaneous releases on HBO Max, warning that it could mean the end of the franchise before it’s even begun. Read more...
Tags: Books, Hbo, Science, Att, Streaming, Josh Brolin, Warner Bros, Jason Momoa, Legendary, Dune, Frank Herbert, Denis Villeneuve, WarnerMedia, HBO Max

The Stand Cast and Crew on Updating Stephen King's Classic and Bringing Captain Trips to Life

Production on CBS All Access’ new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand wrapped shortly before the pandemic took hold. With an eerie new context now couching its release, the series aims to update the 1978 novel, which was previously made into the 1994 miniseries and features a new ending written by King himself.Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Interview, Stephen King, Streaming, Cbs, Whoopi Goldberg, Cbs All Access, Alexander Skarsgard, The Stand, Jovan Adepo, Brad William Henke, Taylor Elmore, Benjamin Cavell

The Expanse's Thomas Jane on Bringing His Acting Experience Behind the Camera

The protomolecule entity formerly known as Joe Miller might have disappeared at the end of The Expanse season four, but actor Thomas Jane didn’t go anywhere. He ventured behind the scenes to direct an episode of season five, one that gives us some of the most emotional moments of the series so far. Luckily for The…Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Interview, Streaming, The Expanse, Exclusive, James Sa Corey, Joe Miller, Amazon Studios, Thomas Jane, Set Visit, Shohreh Aghdashloo

The Art of The Mandalorian Says ‘Peekaboo’ in This Exclusive Preview

The Mandalorian has always put its concept work front and center—from behind the scenes looks in shows like Disney Gallery, to literally every episode of the series itself, since its end credits highlight the concept work that helped bring what you just watched to life. Now, as we journey through the second season, a…Read more...
Tags: Art, Star Wars, Books, Science, Disney, Streaming, Jon Favreau, Exclusive, Lucasfilm, Preview, Concept Art, Dave Filoni, Abrams Books, Phil Szostak, The Mandalorian, Disney Plus

The Expanse's First Season 5 Clip Hints at Cosmic Trouble on the Horizon

The Expanse has just been renewed for a sixth and final season, but it’s not time to say good-bye just yet. In fact, season five arrives on Amazon in just a few short weeks. io9 is thrilled—like, James-Holden-finding-a-working-coffee-maker-in space thrilled!—to share the very first clip from the season premiere. Read more...
Tags: Amazon, Books, Science, Chad Coleman, Streaming, Horizon, The Expanse, Exclusive, James Sa Corey, Amazon Studios, James Holden, Steven Strait

Netflix's Adorable Alien Xmas Is Basically The Grinch From Outer Space

The true spirit of Christmas is something that holiday movies have long been fascinated with, and Netflix’s Alien Xmas is no exception. What is exceptional about the special is that it brings extraterrestrial flair to the holiday, courtesy of the Chiodo Brothers, who made 1988 cult classic Killer Klowns From Outer…Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Kids, Holidays, Christmas, Netflix, Animation, Streaming, Sci Fi, Aliens, Stop Motion, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Stephen Chiodo, Chiodo Brothers, Alien Xmas

The Mandalorian's Villainous New Plan Has Expanded Universe History

While Din Djarin and the Child have been running around trying to find Mandalorians and Jedi, and eating questionable amounts of pretty much anything, the latest chapter of Disney+’s The Mandalorian checked in on what Moff Gideon’s up to. The answer? Nothing good. In fact, something evil, from the days of the old…Read more...
Tags: Star Wars, Books, Science, Video Games, Disney, Explainer, Streaming, Lucasfilm, Jedi, Giancarlo Esposito, Expanded Universe, Omid Abtahi, The Mandalorian, Disney Plus, Dark Forces, Moff Gideon

Our Clan Is Finally Complete With Sideshow Collectibles' Beautiful Baby Yoda Replica

Most families looking for a distraction from all the chaos of 2020 have brought a new pet into their lives. Little did my family know that we’d be taking a different route when Sideshow Collectibles sent its new Mandalorian life-sized the Child (aka Baby Yoda) replica to join our brood. Life with a Force-wielding…Read more...
Tags: Star Wars, Toys, Science, Disney, Sideshow Collectibles, Streaming, Lucasfilm, Collectibles, Replicas, The Mandalorian, Disney Plus, Baby Yoda, Sideshow Collectibles Beautiful Baby Yoda Replica

This RC Baby Yoda Waddles Around Your House Like a 50-Year-Old Toddler

The extreme level of secrecy behind the big reveal in the first season of Star Wars: The Mandalorian meant that the public’s immediate thirst for Baby Yoda merchandise went unquenched for a long time. Disney’s not making that mistake with season two, and ahead of the series’ return, Mattel has just revealed an RC…Read more...
Tags: Star Wars, Toys, Science, Disney, Streaming, Lucasfilm, Rc, Mattel, The Mandalorian, Disney Plus, Baby Yoda

The Witches Remake Is a Silly Comedy for Kids Who Aren't Afraid of the Dark

Roald Dahl’s The Witches was terrifying as both a novel and as a high-camp ‘90s horror-comedy. It presented, quite frankly, a world full of child-hating witches whose sole purpose in life was to exterminate young people. Robert Zemeckis’ new adaptation of the story is far sillier than any of its predecessors, but it…Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Roald Dahl, Guillermo Del Toro, Streaming, Anne Hathaway, Robert Zemeckis, Chris Rock, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth, Octavia Spencer, Charles Edwards, Kenya Barris, Morgana Robinson, The Witches, HBO Max

The Stand's New Trailer Finds Hope and Plenty of Terror in Post-Plague America

As the real-life pandemic rages on, CBS All Access’ adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand will arrive to remind us just how much worse things could be. Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Stephen King, America, Streaming, Cbs, Whoopi Goldberg, Cbs All Access, Amber Heard, James Marsden, Alexander Skarsgard, New York Comic Con, The Stand, New York Comic Con 2020

The Haunting of Bly Manor Delivers Spooky Horrors With Surprising Heart

It’s been two years since Mike Flanagan and Netflix turned classic horror novel The Haunting of Hill House into a series that earned raves not just for its story, characters, and creativity, but also for scaring the bejesus out of viewers. Can lightning strike twice? The Haunting of Bly Manor is here to find out.Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Horror, Netflix, Streaming, Henry James, Hill House, Henry Thomas, Mike Flanagan, Rahul Kohli, The Haunting of Hill House, Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson Cohen, The Turn of the Screw, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Bly Manor

The Trailer for The Witches Remake Will Terrify a Whole New Generation

It looks like Halloween 2020 plans are covered. HBO Max has unveiled the first trailer for Warner Bros.’ adaptation of The Witches, starring Anne Hathaway, which will be heading to HBO Max just in time for the spookiest of holidays. Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Roald Dahl, Guillermo Del Toro, Streaming, Anne Hathaway, Warner Bros, Robert Zemeckis, Chris Rock, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth, Octavia Spencer, Kenya Barris, The Witches, HBO Max, Jahzir Kadeem Bruno

The Mandalorian’s Razor Crest Is Hasbro’s Next Magnificent Crowdfunding Toy

With a handful of successfully funded projects under its belt, including a towering X-Men Sentinel robot, Hasbro’s HasLab crowdfunding platform is returning to its Star Wars roots with another Vintage Collection spaceship: an incredibly detailed, 30-inch long replica of the Razor Crest from The Mandalorian. Now this…Read more...
Tags: Star Wars, Toys, Science, Crowdfunding, Disney, Streaming, Spaceships, Hasbro, Lucasfilm, Haslab, The Mandalorian, Disney Plus, Razor Crest, Baby Yoda

Netflix's Three-Body Problem Decried by U.S. Senators Over Liu Cixin's Muslim Commentary

Earlier this month, Netflix announced that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss would partner with The Terror: Infamy’s Alexander Woo to adapt the beloved, Hugo-winning Chinese sci-fi epic The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin. But now, the company is facing calls from a cadre of Republicans…Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, China, Netflix, Streaming, Ken Liu, Weiss, Marsha Blackburn, David Benioff, Db Weiss, Uighurs, Liu Cixin, Alexander Woo, Three Body Problem

The Expanse's 9th and Final Book Is Titled Leviathan Falls

We’ve known for some time that the Expanse book series (written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, known together as James S.A. Corey) would probably be coming to an end with its ninth entry. What we haven’t known is the title of that book, or when to expect it—until today.Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Streaming, The Expanse, Authors, James Sa Corey, Amazon Studios, Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, James S A Corey, Leviathan Wakes, Leviathan Falls

The Haunting of Bly Manor's Trailer Reminds You Not to Leave Creepy Dolls Lying Around

Netflix and Mike Flanagan’s followup to the fantastically spooky The Haunting of Hill House has just released its first teaser trailer. You are welcome to step into The Haunting of Bly Manor. If you dare...Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Horror, Netflix, Streaming, Henry James, Henry Thomas, Mike Flanagan, Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli, The Haunting of Hill House, Haunting of Hill House, Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson Cohen, The Turn of the Screw, The Haunting of Bly Manor

Send Help, I Can't Stop Acquiring Babies Yoda

Hello. My name is James. I am ostensibly an adult. And, like The Mandalorian’s Din Djarin before me, I am the proud adoptive father of Baby Yoda. And Baby Yoda. And the other Baby Yoda. In fact, I have seven of them so far and have no intention of stopping.Read more...
Tags: Star Wars, Toys, Science, Disney, Collection, Streaming, Hasbro, Lucasfilm, Mattel, Funko, The Mandalorian, Disney Plus, Baby Yoda, Regrettable Life Choices, James I am, Baby Yoda And Baby Yoda

The Expanse Studio Is Investigating Cas Anvar for Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Alcon Entertainment, the studio behind The Expanse, has started an investigation into actor Cas Anvar after multiple reports of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior surfaced online last week. Anvar, who has denied the allegations, said he plans to cooperate.Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Syfy, Streaming, The Expanse, Sexual Harassment, Assassins Creed, Alcon Entertainment, James Sa Corey, Amazon Studios, Cas Anvar, Anvar

An Ancient Dark Crystal Mystic Comes to Life for the First Time in a New Book of Thra

The world of Thra is full of incredible beings and creatures, from major civilizations like the Gelfling and the Skesis, to humble landstriders and adorable (and occasionally horrifying) Nurlocs. Now, a new book wants to detail Thra’s grand bestiary—and io9 has an exclusive look inside shows.Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Netflix, Puppets, Streaming, Exclusive, Preview, Jim Henson Company, Adam Cesare, Insight Editions, The Dark Crystal, Brian Froud, Thra, The Dark Crystal Age Of Resistance, Iris Compiet

Artemis Fowl Is a Flashy Fairytale About a Magically Militarized Police Force

If you wandered through a book store’s YA section back in the early aughts, chances were good your eye would eventually be caught by one of the glittering, golden cardboard standees stocked full of Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl, a novel about a criminal boy genius with designs on carrying out the most impressive heist in…Read more...
Tags: Books, Science, Disney, Streaming, Judi Dench, Colin Farrell, Eoin Colfer, Nonso Anozie, Artemis Fowl, Ferdia Shaw, Disney Plus, Lara McDonnell, Magically Militarized Police Force

Amazon's Scrapped Dark Tower Series Sounds Intriguing as Hell

When The Dark Tower movie bombed, one could assume that it would’ve been the end of a Dark Tower television show based on Stephen King’s famous series. In reality, the failure of the film only strengthened the vision of the TV series. A series that, unfortunately, will now never see the light of day.Read more...
Tags: Amazon, Books, Podcast, Science, Matthew Mcconaughey, Stephen King, Streaming, Idris Elba, Amazon Studios, Dark Tower, The Dark Tower, Glen Mazzara, The Kingcast