The primary week of 2024 is over, and we celebrated by trying forward—with what to learn, what to observe, and what Lego to purchase, in fact, in addition to a celebrating simply how bizarre 2024 is in Star Trek’s timeline. There’s all that, Physician Who persevering with to journey its present excessive, and what to anticipate out of a public area Mickey Mouse. Come check out what you may need missed!—James Whitbrook
2024 Is a Hell of a Year in Star Trek History
The yr 2024 is shaping as much as be stable for Star Trek in our personal actuality—we’ve obtained the final season of Discovery, work is underway on Michelle Yeoh’s Section 31 film, and we’ve obtained the way forward for Unusual New Worlds, Prodigy, and Decrease Decks to look in the direction of (and maybe even more?). However in Star Trek itself, this yr is… properly, it’s not nice. – James Whitbrook
Doctor Who’s New Streaming Home Has Been a Huge Success
To have a good time Physician Who’s sixtieth anniversary final yr, the BBC made a huge, unprecedented move: for the primary time, almost the entirety of Physician Who, from episodes from 1963 all the best way as much as the then-airing anniversary specials, can be made accessible to stream within the UK in a single place, on the BBC’s personal streaming platform iPlayer. And it seems doing so has helped the BBC break streaming data over the festive interval. – James Whitbrook
10 Sci-Fi Movies to Stream on Netflix Instead of Hatewatching Rebel Moon
Zack Snyder’s homage-a-thon Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire came out with a bang for Netflix, however as of right now it’s barely clinging to the streamer’s high 10. Should you’ve been holding out on watching (possibly you’re ready for a binge when Half Two: The Scargiver releases April 19?), listed below are 10 different Netflix sci-fi alternatives to think about. – Cheryl Eddy
BBC Responds to Anti-Trans Doctor Who Complaints: Lol, Lmao, Etc.
Physician Who viewers are keen to just accept quite a lot of issues—fascist pepperpots, farting skinsuit aliens, children-kidnapping goblins with Christmas number one ambitions, the existence of journey in time and house on the whole. However a few of them simply couldn’t take care of a singular trans character showing in current episodes. To which, the BBC says: powerful, you’ve gotta take care of it anyway. – James Whitbrook
The Culture War Is Already Coming for Star Wars’ Rey Movie
By some means poisonous fandom has returned and on the mere point out of Star Wars and girls, no much less. Nonsensical virulent misogynistic notions abound as Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy and the director of the studios’ upcoming Rey film Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy have discovered themselves within the crosshairs of troll pundits and anti-woke platformers over girls enjoying within the Star Wars sandbox. Thoughts you, the sandbox wouldn’t nonetheless be there if not for Kennedy. – Sabina Graves
Steven Yeun Drops Out of Marvel’s Thunderbolts
What you’ve heard is true: The Strolling Useless alum Steven Yeun is now not within the forged for Marvel’s upcoming Thunderbolts film.
The un-casting was formally confirmed through the Hollywood Reporter. Although an official cause wasn’t given, it’s value declaring that Thunderbolts had been closely impacted by the Hollywood strikes from final yr, and was in truth initially meant to return out this upcoming July. Finally, issues obtained to the purpose the place production was paused indefinitely. Whereas his inclusion within the movie was by no means outright confirmed by Marvel in any official sense, it’s been identified for some time, and Invincible creator Robert Kirkman lately let it slip that Yeun can be enjoying the Sentry, a Marvel hero with an eclectic array of powers. – Justin Carter
Start 2024 Off Right With New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books
Is “learn extra books” in your listing of New Year’s resolutions? If it isn’t, you’ll absolutely be tempted to make room for it—and kind a brand new behavior that’ll final by means of 2024—when you see all the new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles hitting bookshelves in January. – Cheryl Eddy
Ring 2024 In With All the Amazing New Lego Sets Out In January
New yr, new… Lego? That’s how that saying goes, proper? After a few quiet months to spherical out 2023, Lego is beginning 2024 with a bang with tons of latest units. Marvel! Star Wars! Sonic! Jurassic Park! Bouquets and Polaroids! Really, something for everyone. – James Whitbrook
Is Netflix’s Daredevil Canon to Echo?
io9 chats with Echo government producer Richie Palmer concerning the new Marvel Studios sequence on Hulu and Disney+.
Everything You Need to Know About Mickey Mouse’s Public Domain Debut Today
Mickey Mouse is lastly within the fingers of the general public, to do no matter they need with him. Properly, partly. After Disney infamously helped delay the second, today is the day Steamboat Willie, the primary Disney animated quick to star Mickey and Minnie Mouse, turn into public area. However what does that imply? Concurrently lots and never a lot. – James Whitbrook
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