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Image: LucasfilmVisions volume two expanded to incorporate global voices like Chile’s Punkrobot, which offers an emotional tribute to the indigenous experience with In the Stars, and India’s 88 Pictures entry The Bandits of Golak. Star Wars is made all the better for it, and these shorts really open up possibilities for Lucasfilm to expand in other markets, with more creators helping bring to life a galaxy where everyone is represented. Image: LucasfilmVisions volume two expanded to incorporate global voices like…

After the acclaimed debut of Star Wars: Visions volume one in 2021, a new collection of animated shorts is about to drop on Disney+. io9 recently spoke to Lucasfilm’s executive producers on the series—James Waugh, Jacqui Lopez, and Josh Rimes—about putting together the upcoming anthology Andor Episodes 1-3 ReviewSpanning the world and exploring new styles, the shorts in Star Wars: Visions volume two explore the Star Wars universe through the lens of cutting-edge animation houses like 88 Pictures, Punkrobot, Triggerfish,…

Screenshot: LucasfilmWhen Star Wars: Visions debuted in 2021, it was justly celebrated for how it allowed some of Japan’s greatest anime studios carte blanche to create their own, well, visions of how the Star Wars galaxy could look. The results were frequently stellar, but season two will be made beyond just Japan. The next series has been announced, and its nine shorts will come from around the world.Nine different international studios from nine different countries will be offering their, er, ahem, visions of Star Wars…

Black Adam - Official Trailer 2Mr. Harrigan’s Phone (October 5 on Netflix)When an elderly friend dies, a young boy finds he can still talk with her through his iPhone in this adaptation of a Stephen King story.Terrifier 2 (October 6)If you’re scared of clowns, then you probably don’t want to see Terrifier 2, which is about a reanimated killer clown hunting down a brother and sister on Halloween.Hellraiser (October 7 on Hulu)Your favorite torture-loving demons are back for a whole new generation to enjoy in this horror…

Wolfwalkers on Apple TV+, from director Tomm Moore, is the culmination of a thematic trilogy — dubbed the “Irish folklore trilogy”, it consists of the Oscar-nominated The Secret of Kells, and Song of the Sea — that stretches over a decade ago. And for the third and final chapter, Moore (along with co-director Ross Stewart, and writer Will Collins who also wrote Song of the Sea) brings in the myriad themes from his previous ventures, about parenting and man's relation to nature, and marries them with new ideas that are a…