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All Signs Point to Apple TV+ Getting Ads

Apple TV+ is the last major streaming service that doesn’t have an ad-supported tier, but that seems poised to change. Apple just hired a 14-year ad executive from NBCUniversal, Joseph Cady, to further beef up its growing video advertising team, according to a report from Business Insider Monday.Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of 2023The report details how Cady will join several other former TV executives who now lead Apple’s advertising unit. Cady oversaw NBCUniversal’s partnerships with several tech companies including…

10 Sci-Fi Movies to Stream Tonight on Apple TV+

Mad Max: Fury RoadImage: Warner Bros.If you subscribe to Apple TV+ for its outstanding line-up of sci-fi TV shows (For All Mankind, Foundation, Severance, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the just-announced Neuromancer), there’s a bonus waiting for you next time you sign on. While you’ll still find mostly Apple-produced projects, there’s now a category marked “Limited Time: Great Movies on Apple TV+” filled with licensed titles.While the selection isn’t huge, and it doesn’t dig very deep into the genre realm—sorry, horror

Updates From Godzilla x Kong, and More

Get a creepy first look at Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-Ho’s Parasyte adaptation. Harvey Guillen talks “voicing” Odie in the new Garfield. Plus, another new look at The First Omen, and Imaginary celebrates making it past leap day with new footage. Spoilers get!Harvey Guillén on the DC’s Upcoming Blue Beetle Movie | io9 InterviewThe Garfield MovieDespite being hired to “voice” the character, Harvey Guillen confirmed to Comic Book that Odie does not speak in The Garfield Movie. That was my first thing. ‘Excuse me.…

Deadpool & Wolverine’s Big X-Men Villain May Finally Have Been Confirmed

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’s new pictures tease familiar ghouls. David Dastmalchian is joining Apple’s Murderbot Diaries adaptation. Plus, get a look at Netflix’s latest wild Korean series, Chicken Nugget. Spoilers now!Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 PicksDeadpool & WolverineAccording to a new listing from a filing to the U.S. Copyright Office (via Comic Book), Emma Corrin is playing Cassandra Nova, the evil twin sister of Charles Xavier, in Deadpool & Wolverine.YetiAccording to Deadline, Sony Pictures and…

Neuromancer Is Finally Getting Its Long-Awaited Adaptation

These days, if you’re an epic sci-fi story looking to be told, there’s only one destination: Apple TV+. From popular novels like Foundation and Silo to originals like For All Mankind and Severance, the streamer is a haven for weird, bold sci-fi. Which is why it feels like the perfect, natural home for William Gibson’s Neuromancer.Prepping the Sandworm Scenes in Dune: Part TwoThe landmark 1984 cyberpunk novel has been on Hollywood’s wishlist for decades, with multiple filmmakers attempting to bring it to the big screen.…

Foundation’s David S. Goyer Drops Showrunner Duties Amid Season 3 Production

Image: Apple/SkydanceDavid S. Goyer wears a lot of hats for Apple TV+’s adaptation of Foundation—along with serving as its showrunner, he’s also written and directed several episodes and is on hand as executive producer. He’s behind the show in a big way, but with the upcoming third season, he’ll be stepping back from his showrunning duties. Dave Bautista Opens Up About His Relationship With Denis VilleneuvePer the Hollywood Reporter, Goyer’s semi-exit comes as production on season three is starting up again in early

Alex Garland’s New Civil War Trailer Is Still Freaking Us Out

Screenshot: A24, Paramount, Image: Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Mondo, Marvel StudiosThis weeks news brought with it a whole sandworm’s worth of Dune Part 2 coverage, from reviews to interviews, but that wasn’t all: we’ve got Cate Blanchett serving in the messy-looking Borderlands movie, a very cool X-Men figure, and a critical re-appraisal: Madame Web? Good, actually! With several asterisks. Check it out! — James Whitbrook Screenshot: A24, Paramount, Image: Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Warner

10 Ghost Movies to Stream for Frights Tonight

The Others (2001) Official Trailer 1 - Nicole Kidman MovieThe Others sometimes gets unfairly tabbed as a Sixth Sense rip-off, since it came out a few years after that 1999 hit and features a similar twist. But this moody tale—which was also a box-office smash—is definitely notable on its own, drawing on melodrama as well as horror. Set just after World War II in a lonely manor on a misty English island, it follows a tightly-wound woman (Nicole Kidman) nervously protecting her two children from their sunlight allergy,…

Updates From Alien: Romulus and More

Get to know Kung Fu Panda 4's mysterious new thief in the latest clip. Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway are setting their sites on dinosaurs for David Mitchell’s new movie. Millie Bobby Brown goes dragon-chasing in a new trailer for Netflix’s Damsel. Plus, a new look at Disney+’s afrofuturist animated series  Iwájú. Spoilers now!Exclusive Trailer for New Bruce Lee ‘Bruceploitation’ DocTitanDeadline reports Kiana Mediera (Fear Street) and Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day) will star in Titan, an “action-adventure…

10 More Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Books to Read Ahead of Their Upcoming Adaptations

Image: HeadpressOk, this isn’t a sci-fi or fantasy book, but it’s definitely in the realms of horror. In the hands of film scholar and director Kier-La Janisse—who made Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, the definitive documentary on folk horror—it’s guaranteed to be a fascinating adaptation. Severin Films announced the project earlier this week in a press release, and described the book as follows: “Documenting the intersection of ethnographic documentary, the dystopic future visions of JG Ballard, and the 1970s snuff