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Image: Iron Circus“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly,” said Robert F. Kennedy. It’s a noble sentiment, but it still means there are going to be people who never get around to the “achieving greatly” part, and that’s who Failure to Launch, an upcoming comics anthology from Iron Circus, will showcase—the people who tried to revolutionize the world... but didn’t. And we have a preview by none other than The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl’s Ryan North.North, along with illustrator Kel McDonald (who also…

The first season of Disney+ series Willow is over. If you watched, you no doubt have questions about some of the season’s final moments, and are wondering if it’s been renewed for season two yet (it has not). If you didn’t watch, maybe you’re now thinking, “They made a Willow TV show?” Both of these are completely valid points of view, and showrunner Jon Kasdan is more than happy to talk about of them.io9 spoke with the executive producer of the show via video chat this week and we really got into the weeds. We talked…

When I got an email from Gizmodo’s former editor-in-chief Joel Johnson asking if I’d be interested in writing for this site, it felt like winning the lottery. The year was 2013 and I was writing the Paleofuture blog for Smithsonian magazine while writing freelance articles on the side. According to Joel, not only would I be writing full-time for just one publication, it would be a website that provided the freedom to write bluntly, no matter the topic. After 10 years of incredible freedom, my time at Gizmodo is coming to…

Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once.Image: A24Though it’s hard to give the Golden Globes a lot of credit after its recent internal dealings and controversy almost wiped it off the map entirely, the group just made a few excellent decisions. Tuesday night, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave two of its biggest awards to io9's pick for the best film of the year, Everything Everywhere All at Once. Though it ultimately ended up losing Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) to The Banshees of Inisherin, stars…

Screenshot: Disney+By Sabina GravesFlorida’s controversial anti-LGBTQ “Don’t Say Gay” bill has passed the state senate, heading to the desk of governor Ron DeSantis, all but guaranteeing its entry into state law—and one of the state’s biggest businesses, the Walt Disney Company, has largely chosen to stay silent.Instead of turning its attention toward supporting LGBTQ youth and their families, Disney focused its efforts on a different situation making headlines in Florida: its latest luxury vacation venture aboard the…

 Burrowed Image: Angry RobotThere are two prominent themes among the new January books: YA fantasies and horror novels, with several entries in each genre. But there’s also plenty of sci-fi (including the latest from io9 co-founder Annalee Newitz!) and adult fantasy awaiting your eyeballs—so start 2023 off right, with a new book or two!Image: BerkleyBack in a Spell by Lana HarperWhen a lonely witch decides to take a chance on romance, a disastrous first date sparks an unexpectedly magical connection. (January 3)G/O Media…

Image: NetflixTV shows getting canceled are never fun, particularly when they’re at Netflix. The streamer puts out so much content that it’s hard to know what their metrics are for success—at least, until they vaguely allude to these supposed success stories—and it turns, it’s all the easier for shows to get the axe out of nowhere.Everyone has their own examples of a Netflix show that’s abruptly got canned, and now the newest show to fall is The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself, which released back towards the end of…

Image: Courtesy of Little, BrownAuthor Lauren Beukes (Broken Monsters) has been an io9 favorite for many years, and saw her profile raised earlier this year with Apple TV+’s adaptation of her time-travel thriller The Shining Girls, starring Elisabeth Moss. Next year, Beukes will release a new spec-fiction novel, Bridge, and io9 was excited to talk to her all about it.Here’s a synopsis of Bridge, followed by the full cover reveal.Bridget Kittinger has always been paralyzed by choices. It has a lot to do with growing up in…

Image: Magnet ReleasingMali Elfman’s Next Exit is a dark comedy that is deeply concerned with investigating life, death, and the veil in between—all things io9 discussed, along with the possibilities of ghosts, in a video interview with the writer-director.Ultimately, Elfman says that she wanted to make sure that this film was funny because talking about death is hard. It’s one of the most absurd things to be a part of, whether as a mourner or a witness. Humor, love, comedy, all of it is part of the ways that people cope…

Screenshot: Decal/YouTubeNot long after the unexpected death of Jennifer (Natalie Morales), her best friend and business partner, the grieving Vanessa (Jillian Bell) decides she’ll make a solo sojourn to the sprawling mansion they’d rented for a party to celebrate their career success. As we see in I’m Totally Fine, the “solo” part evaporates once Jen shows up... sort of?In this exclusive clip from the sci-fi comedy, directed by Brandon Dermer and written by Alisha Ketry, we see Vanessa’s disbelief soon after meeting…