Cheryl Eddy

Colin Robinson in season three... or is it Colin Robinson in season five?Photo: Russ Martin/FXWhat We Do in the Shadows wrapped up its fourth season last night, ending a hugely enjoyable ride that included a vampire nightclub, a wedding, the Jersey Devil, a very tricky home-renovation project, and some major character growth—including, quite literally, for Mark Proksch’s Colin Robinson. io9 jumped at the chance to speak with Proksch and series producer-showrunner-writer Paul Simms to learn more.If you haven’t watched the…

Harfoot Nori (Markella Kavenagh) sees something in the sky.Photo: Ben Rothstein/Prime VideoPop culture’s next journey into Middle-earth is almost upon us, in the form of Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. At a recent press day for the series, io9 talked to showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay and executive producer Lindsey Weber about diving back into J.R.R. Tolkien’s world—and why now was the right time to do it.Cheryl Eddy, io9: So the show deals with a period in Lord of the Rings history…

Image: Ace BooksAs the late 2023 release of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part II draws closer, there’s no better time to further immerse yourself in the sci-fi realm created by Frank Herbert. Next year, Ace Books will be releasing more volumes in its deluxe hardcore treatment of the Dune series, and io9 has a first look, as well as an interview with artist Matt Griffin.The books are the second and third in the series—Dune Messiah and Children of Dune—and according to the publisher, which already released a similarly souped-up…