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'Shelby Oaks' Drops a Freaky First Trailer The Mike Flanagan-produced horror film from Chris Stuckmann follows a woman digging into supernatural places to find her missing sister.

'Shelby Oaks' Drops a Freaky First Trailer

'Star Trek' Star Anson Mount Studied Gene Roddenberry Tapes for His 'Strange New World' Homage Last week's episode, 'A Space Adventure Hour,' transported the crew into a 1960s murder mystery behind the scenes of a familiar-looking sci-fi TV show.

'Star Trek' Star Anson Mount Studied Gene Roddenberry Tapes for His 'Strange New World' Homage

Report: Disney's Attempts to Experiment With Generative AI Have Already Hit Major Hurdles A new report from WSJ suggests that plans to use generative AI elements on the live-action 'Moana' and 'Tron: Ares' were stymied by legal ramifications... and the potential for public backlash.

Report: Disney's Attempts to Experiment With Generative AI Have Already Hit Major Hurdles

Tom Holland Gives Us a Sneaky Look at Spider-Man's New Webshooters in 'Brand New Day' Plus, Ross Duffer teases the craziest cold open yet for 'Stranger Things' season 5.

Tom Holland Gives Us a Sneaky Look at Spider-Man's New Webshooters in 'Brand New Day'

'Guilty Gear Strive' Adds 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Star Lucy This Month After making it through 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners,' Lucy's taking a vacation in 'Guilty Gear Strive' later this month.

'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Star Lucy Finally Comes to 'Guilty Gear Strive'

HBO Max Lost Two More Cartoon Network Classics This Week 'If you're a Cartoon Network show from the mid-2000s, ya can't stay here,' declares HBO Max.

HBO Max Lost Two More Cartoon Network Classics This Week

'Starfinder: Afterlight' Brings Paizo's TTRPG to Video Games The first-ever 'Starfinder' video game will have a Kickstarter campaign soon ahead of its Early Access launch on PC in 2026.

'Starfinder: Afterlight' Brings Paizo's TTRPG to Video Games

Ioan Gruffudd's Still Fond of His 'Fantastic Four' Tenure In the wake of the newest 'Fantastic Four' movie, Gruffudd looks back on his own time as Reed Richards in the mid-2000s.

Ioan Gruffudd's Still Fond of His 'Fantastic Four' Tenure

Brennan Lee Mulligan Will Lead the Fourth 'Critical Role' Campaign After 10 years and three core campaigns, 'Critical Role' gets some new-ish blood with Brennan Lee Mulligan as its Game Master for Campaign 4.

Brennan Lee Mulligan Will Lead the Fourth 'Critical Role' Campaign

'Batman' and 'Casper' Are Coming Back to Theaters 2025's re-release wave continues with the return of 'Batman,' 'Batman Returns,' and 'Casper' to the silver screen.

'Batman' and 'Casper' Are Coming Back to Theaters

'KPop Demon Hunters' and 'Expedition 33' Are Having a Moment Originality feels like it's in short supply, so it's a good thing the movie and game have taken off as well as they have.

'KPop Demon Hunters' and 'Expedition 33' Are Having a Moment

'M3GAN 2.0' Will Not Slay in Japan Blumhouse has apparently fallen so out of love with 'M3GAN 2.0' it's no longer putting it on big screens in Japan.

'M3GAN 2.0' Will Not Slay in Japan

Tom Holland Just Gave Us a Proper Look at the 'Brand New Day' Spider Suit To celebrate Spider-Man Day, Tom Holland has shown off his new suit for 2026's 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day.'

Tom Holland Just Gave Us a Proper Look at the 'Brand New Day' Spider Suit

Margot Robbie May Be Our New Attacking 50 Foot Woman The 'Barbie' star could headline Tim Burton's upcoming remake of 'Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman.'

Margot Robbie May Be Our New Attacking 50 Foot Woman

All the Biggest Theme Park News of July You May Have Missed Halloween Horror Nights line-up announcements, new 'Haunted Mansion' merch, and Netflix's 'Wednesday' prepares for season two.

All the Biggest Theme Park News of July You May Have Missed

'Foundation' Just Dropped a Huge, Terrifying Twist Demerzel, the show's secret robot, revealed something in episode four she's been keeping quiet for 300 years.

'Foundation' Just Dropped a Huge, Terrifying Twist

'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Is Bringing Back Hulk and Scorpion Mark Ruffalo and Michael Mando will reprise their previous Marvel roles in the 2026 film.

'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Is Bringing Back Hulk and Scorpion

The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in August 2025 We've picked out the best horror, sci-fi, and genre titles coming to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and beyond.

The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in August 2025

Zach Cregger Breaks Down the Year's Most Twisted, Surprising Horror Movie 'Weapons' opens August 8, and io9 spoke to its writer and director about following up his previous film, 'Barbarian.'

Zach Cregger Breaks Down the Year's Most Twisted, Surprising Horror Movie

'A Quiet Place Part III' Is Coming and John Krasinski Is Directing 'The Office' star will return to complete the horror story starring Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy.

'A Quiet Place Part III' Is Coming and John Krasinski Is Directing

80 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in August io9 co-founders Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders both have new releases coming this month.

80 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in August

Lego's Newest Collectible Minifigures Swing Into the Spider-Verse A whole line of Spider-Heroes, from cowboys to werewolves, star in Lego's newest wave of Marvel-themed minifigures.

Lego's Newest Collectible Minifigures Swing Into the Spider-Verse

The Original 'Star Wars' Will Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary in Theaters George Lucas' iconic 1977 film will return to theaters April 30, 2027, weeks ahead of 'Star Wars: Starfighter.'

The Original 'Star Wars' Will Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary in Theaters

Mamoru Hosoda's New Movie Looks Like a Fantastical Revenge Epic 'Scarlet', made in collaboration with Sony Pictures and Studio Chizu, hits theaters this December.

Mamoru Hosoda's New Movie Looks Like a Fantastical Revenge Epic

Here's Your First Incredibly Tiny Glimpse at the 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Suit What is old is new again, and what is certainly dead is a Spider-Man suit that lasts for more than one movie.

Here's Your First Incredibly Tiny Glimpse at the 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Suit

James Gunn Keeps Teasing His Next Superman Movie Plus, get a look at Neon's creepy new mockumentary, 'Shelby Oaks'.

James Gunn Keeps Teasing His Next Superman Movie

10 Best Fake Songs From Fake Movie Bands With 'KPop Demon Hunters' charting, we look at some of our faux music act favorites from genre movies of the past 30 years.

10 Best Fake Songs From Fake Movie Bands

The New Spider-Man Animated Series Comic Will Keep MJ's Return Under Wraps (for Now) 'Spider-Man '94' won't actually pick up *right* where the TV series left off, after all.

The New Spider-Man Animated Series Comic Will Keep MJ's Return Under Wraps (for Now)

New James Bond Movie Will Be Written by Creator of 'Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight, who was also recently attached to 'Star Wars,' is writing the Denis Villeneuve 007 film.

New James Bond Movie Will Be Written by Creator of 'Peaky Blinders'

Celebrating 40 Years of the Weirdest, Nerdiest Week in Movie History In 1985, the films 'Real Genius,' 'Weird Science,' and 'My Science Project' were somehow all released within seven days of each other.

Celebrating 40 Years of the Weirdest, Nerdiest Week in Movie History