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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is far from a show with growing pains—as we’ve said many times already, its first season landed with a confidence of what it wanted to do in ways few Star Trek debuts ever have before it. But it is a show where growing is inevitable: it’s a prequel about Kirk’s Enterprise before Kirk’s on it, so we are constantly anticipating the steps towards that future. But that’s not going to stop Strange New Worlds from examining what that growth means for everyone involved.Will We See More of Uhura's…

Strange New Worlds is always going to be playing with fire when it brushes up against a legendary episode of the original Star Trek. The nature of its place in the series’ timeline, its wheelhouse in remixing spins on classic tropes, the comparisons will always be there. Last season, it proved it could play in those spaces. This season, it’s already proving it can go toe-to-toe.Strange New World's Melissa Navia Talks Flying the Enterprise | io9 InterviewIf “A Quality of Mercy” was Strange New Worlds going right into…

Although time had passed on Star Trek: Discovery before its namesake ship jetted out of the 23rd century and into the far flung futures of the 31st, the series largely had other things to dwell on than the state of paradise in the wake of a devastating war with the Klingons. As Strange New Worlds returns, Star Trek hasdecided now is the time for that dwelling—and what it finds is fascinatingly imperfect.Strange New World's Melissa Navia Talks Flying the Enterprise | io9 Interview“The Broken Circle” sees the Enterprise…

Image: ParamountWhile Strange New Worlds’ largely episodic nature meant there were plenty of threats across season one, it’s not unfair to say the big bad was largely the Gorn, who menace the Enterprise team multiple times during season one, establishing them as a serious threat to the Federation and its citizens. But while the finale also introduced us, through alt-timeline shenanigans, to Strange New World’s take on the Romulan Star Empire, another Trek classic will be making their way to season two: the legendary…

Screenshot: ParamountSad there’s not going to be more Star Trek for a little while after this week? Don’t worry: Paramount has got you covered for those post-Picard blues with our first look at the return of Strange New Worlds.Luke Macfarlane | First FandomsToday Paramount+ released the first teaser for the sophomore season of the smash-hit Trek... prequel-sequel? Confusing franchise terminology aside, one thing was clear in its inaugural season—Strange New Worlds has slid into its old-new vibe as a pre-Original Series,…

Image: ParamountYou would think if you could successfully blanket more than half the year in new weekly episodes of Star Trek, you had enough Star Trek going on at the moment. But Paramount doesn’t seem to think so—in between dropping episodes of Trek like they were two-for-one raktajinos on Deep Space Nine’s promenade, the studio announced that a long-previously-announced plan for a Starfleet Academy series was being reworked into a new Paramount+ series this year.It also confirmed time and time again that Michelle…

Nope (2022) - The Star Lasso Experience Scene | MovieclipsJordan Peele’s third theatrical film, Nope, opens on a random act of violence, a nightmare scenario in which a child watches his longtime friend and acting partner suddenly go berserk and viciously attack his TV parents, then becomes further traumatized when said friend is shot dead in front of him. That darkness haunts Jupe throughout the rest of his life, whether it’s through Saturday Night Live sketches or when you finally see the facade break as he recounts how…

io9 inhaled a lot of TV this year. We do it for work, we do it for fun, we do it when we really should be sleeping. We’ll be getting into our favorite shows of the year next week, but today we’re celebrating the individual moments that stood out: big twists, shocking reveals, notable brawls, character revelations, and…Read more... io9 inhaled a lot of TV this year. We do it for work, we do it for fun, we do it when we really should be sleeping. We’ll be getting into our favorite shows of the year next week, but today…

Screenshot: Marvel StudiosGet another look at the cocaine bear in, well, Cocaine Bear. Jenna Ortega promises more for her character in Scream 6. Plus, get a gory new look at The Last of Us, and a sneak preview of Fantasy Island’s return. Spoilers now!They ListenDeadline has word John Cho and Katherine Waterston are attached to star in They Listen, a new horror film from Chris Weitz. Details on the plot are not available at this time.Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaIn conversation with Entertainment Weekly, director…

Photo: Disney+Everything is moving into place as Andor edges closer to the heist on Aldhani. This week’s episode, “The Ax Forgets,” directed by Susanna White, delivers another tension-filled slow burn of a Star Wars story. The Dan Gilroy-written preamble to the heist really digs into the inner workings of strangers being brought together for something they have their reasons to be a part of but need to trust each other to pull off... at least somewhat.In an appropriately truly pathetic fashion, we open up on Syril Karn…