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Everything Everywhere Leads the Charge

Image: A24The 95th Academy Award nominations are here, and while there aren’t any big surprises, Michelle Yeoh and Everything Everywhere All at Once continued to receive their justly deserved due.Yeoh was, of course, nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, while Everything Everywhere All at Once was announced as a potential Best Picture. Everything also picked up nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Score, and more. The equally beloved Ke Huy Quan is in contention for Best

Danai Gurira Kinda Hints at Okoye Black Panther Spin-Off Series

Screenshot: Marvel StudiosWe’ve known Black Panther and Wakanda Forever director Ryan Coogler has been interested in making a Wakanda-set TV series for a few years now. We’ve even heard rumors that Danai Gurira, who plays Okoye, the former general of the elite female soldiers known as the Dora Milaje, was signed up to star. But now, thanks to Gurira, we finally have... an incredibly vague hint that the TV series is maybe possibly happening.Gurira was on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert when the talk show host asked her

She Wants to Hit Somebody

Val talking to US Agent on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.Image: Marvel StudiosThe first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe had Nick Fury. The next three, at least, have Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine. Played by seven-time Emmy award-winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the shady character has popped up several times so far, and in her upcoming Marvel movie, Thunderbolts, the Seinfeld and Veep star wants to take things up a notch. She wants to hit somebody.“I actually pitched it,” Louis-Dreyfus told

Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, More Artworks Debuting at Epcot Fest

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

Seagate introduces special edition hard drive and SSDs inspired by Marvel, Star Wars and more

Image Source : SEAGATE Seagate Collectible Drives In today’s time, the HD images, heavy raw files and an ever-expanding gaming and other data library, there is a continuous need for a reliable and pocket-friendly storage device. Hard disk drives (HDDs) give you quick access on the go and act as a plug-and-play without depending on the internet connection. That means…

Ryan Coogler on Original Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Plans

Image: Marvel StudiosThe cast and crew of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever spent months being fairly direct about their feelings on continuing the film without original leading man Chadwick Boseman, and more vaguely about what the sequel would’ve been like had he not unexpectedly passed in 2020. Even as the film has become a pretty solid hit at the box office and seems poised to go for awards gold like the first movie did, the question of what could’ve been hovers around the final product. The 2022 film was previously said

Avatar 2, RRR, and Pinocchio Lead Genre on Oscar Shortlists

Screenshot: 20th Century StudiosThe 95th Academy Awards race is gearing up with today’s reveal of 10 Oscar shortlists that will determine the nominations for the 2023 ceremony. Among the potential contenders are James Camerson’s Avatar: The Way of Water, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once, and S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR.Some other io9 favorites like Nope, Crimes of the Future, The Batman, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever have also made the cut. The shortlist categories include the

15 Best Experiences in Theme Parks and Fan Destinations 2022

Photo: Cheryl Eddy/GizmodoMembers of a very specific, very passionate fandom niche descended upon a historic movie theater in Orinda, California in May this year for the first-ever Krofft Kon—a day honoring the works of 1970s TV legends Sid and Marty Krofft. Both brothers (who are 93 and 85) were on hand, as were performers notable for their work in the duo’s colorfully weird, puppet-filled, fantastically psychedelic children’s shows, including H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, Lidsville, and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.

Black Panther 2 End Credits Scene Discussed by Letitia Wright

Letitia Wright as the new Black Panther.Image: Marvel StudiosThe end credits scene of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is maybe Marvel’s best ever. The way it concludes the story of the film in such a touching, moving waywhile also setting the table for the future is simply a beautiful mix. And in a new interview, one of the main participants in that scene, Letitia Wright, spoke about what the scene meant to her, and what it was like preparing for it.“That post-credit scene for me is another extension of the ways in which

Why Marvel Star Tenoch Huerta Is Agua Papi to His Fans

Tenoch Huerta arrives at the world premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Photo: Richard Shotwell/Invision (AP)If you log into Twitter and search “Agua Papi Namor,” you will see account after account thirsting after Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star-antagonist Tenoch Huerta. For anyone who requires a translation, “Aqua Papi” means “Water Daddy”—which, well, let io9 show you why this nickname is so fitting.The Mexican actor, whose full name is Tenoch Huerta Mejía, plays Namor, the