Alice in Wonderland

A 58-year-old man with a rare medical condition sees faces normally on screens and paper, but in person, they take on a demonic quality. The patient has a unique case of prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), a condition that causes peoples’ faces to appear distorted, reptilian, or otherwise inhuman.The Fujifilm X100VI is the Most Fun I’ve Had With a Camera in YearsA new study published in The Lancet describes the case, which is unique in that, to the man, the faces only appear demonic when the individuals are physically present.…

Image: Nico Delort & Suzanna Collins/ScholasticSuzanne Collins’ first Hunger Games novel released in 2008, and went onto become a massive franchise. In the wake of last year’s successful prequel film, Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Scholastic is building upon that momentum by bringing the first book to life again with an illustrated edition. Inspiration Behind the Reality-TV Style for The Hunger GamesThis new version will feature over 30 pages of black-and-white illustrations by French artist Nico…

Image: Disney ParksThe International Festival of the Arts 2024 kicks off this weekend at Epcot, celebrating the rich fabric of Disney storytelling through the arts. The annual festival, a fan favorite, runs January 12 to February 19 at the Walt Disney World Resort. It features live Broadway music, art activations, creative curated foods, and prints inspired by Disney film and television.Here are some of the releases debuting this weekend that will be available at Epcot at Walt Disney World for the fest. This year’s slate…

Mulan, 101 Dalmatians, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Maleficent are all on the list.Image: DisneyDisney is a company that always looks at its past to find its future. It brings back characters, concepts, stories, and more; time and time again, it attempts to transport you back to the way you felt when you were a little kid. That’s always been Disney’s thing. But, for the last 15 years or so, it’s been going a step further and remaking its classic animated movies in live-action, which had been a very…

Although I’m now just a few screen taps away from watching nearly every Disney animated movie ever released, this new Lego set, featuring a brick-built recreation of a VHS copy of The Little Mermaid, is making me nostalgic for a time when my shelves were stacked with plastic tapes of my favorite Disney films.This Week's Toys Are Straight From a Multiverse of Marketing MadnessLego tends to always put its focus on the protagonists of its licensed properties, giving them the biggest and best sets (although it does have an…

Users and programs meet on Walt Disney World’s newest coaster Tron Lightcycle Run at Magic Kingdom. To kick off the attraction’s official opening on April 4 (heh, 404), Disney Parks invited io9 to attend their All the Disney Thrills media days to get a sneak peek at the highly anticipated ride inspired by the ‘80s sci-fi movie and it’s sequel Tron Legacy.Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning Heroesio9 caught up with original Tron cast Bruce Boxleitner (Alan/Tron) and Cindy Morgan…

Peter Pan, Captain Hook, and Wendy in the new Disney+ film.Image: DisneyThe last decade has seen Disney making live-action versions of basically every popular animated movie of its past: Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, 101 Dalmatians, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Dumbo, Lion King, the list goes on and on. Next year there’s Snow White and later this year, The Little Mermaid too. Basically, it’s a trend that will continue until there are no more films to remake, and one is coming sooner than all the rest.It’s Peter Pan…

Image: Morgan Ditta, Ryan Riller, Dylan Bonner, Fenway Fan, Rob Kaz, Ashley Taylor, Christian Waggoner, Eric TanThe Epcot International Festival of the Arts begins this week at Walt Disney World Resort. It’s the Disney fandom destination for art pieces, collectibles, and prints inspired by all the franchises under the Mouse House umbrella. Aside from creative food booths and Broadway caliber entertainment, the festival’s highlight is a huge art walk throughout the park with new art for sale, live demonstrations,and…

Image: 20th Century StudiosThe Five Nights at Freddy’s movie may have found its stars. There’s a lot of blood in Evil Dead Rise. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 writer Josh Miller teases Shadow’s villainous inspirations. Plus, a look at the Star Trek: Prodigy finale, and new pictures from Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary. Spoilers now!Five Nights at Freddy’sAccording to ComicBook, it was recently revealed by Twitch streamer Dawko that Josh Hutcherson will play protagonist Mike Schmidt in the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie opposite…

Image: DisneyYou may recall that a few years ago, Disney released a live action remake of the 1941 animated film Dumbo. Directed by Tim Burton of Beetlejuice fame (or any number of films, really), the remake wasn’t particularly well received, even by the standards of Disney’s various remakes over the decade and change.Disney and Burton have been longtime collaborators for decades—outside of Nightmare, his remake for Alice in Wonderland arguably helped start Disney’s remake obsession after it made over a billion dollars…