Welcome back to the week that was in io9’s coverage of the latest, and greatest, in pop culture news. It’s been a busy week, as the highly anticipated new trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine brought with it oodles of insight and analysis on its comic book connections—but that’s not all. Check out the other big stories we explored this week that you might have missed, from Bluey’s future to a fateful Star Wars anniversary. Check it out! — James Whitbrook
If viewers felt that after the 28-minute Bluey finale “The Sign”—and its unannounced season three coda episode “Surprise,” which dropped on Disney+ last night—that there was a sense of finality to the beloved animated series, it was in a way intentional. – Sabina Graves Read More
Arguably the most important, game-changing event in the history of Star Wars storytelling happened 10 years ago today. On April 25, 2014, Lucasfilm announced that the Star Wars Expanded Universe was being pushed aside. All future storytelling would be part of the same, cohesive canon, and the EU stories fans knew and loved over the years would become disconnected “Legends.” – Germain Lussier Read More
Our first look at Deadpool & Wolverine earlier this year leaned heavily on the merc’ with a mouth’s official arrival into the Marvel Cinematic Universe—as its would-be savior. But of course, Wade’s not the only guy in the title this time, so it’s fitting that our latest look gives us a little more to sink our claws into. – James Whitbrook Read More
Fallout’s delightful fun first season dropped all eight episodes on Prime Video at once, meaning if you started watching it when it arrived, you’ve no doubt reached the end—and are longingly pining for season two’s arrival. Since that is at least a year away, and probably longer, here are 10 movies to watch now that keep those violent, dystopian, post-nuclear war, “we survived… but are we really glad about that?” vibes going. – Cheryl Eddy Read More
Deadpool & Wolverine’s new trailer yesterday didn’t really give fresh details on what the film’s going to be about, beyond the vague threat of multiversal shenanigans and Wade and Logan’s team-up. But it did give us our first really good look at one of the several villains the movie is playing with—and one of the most infamous antagonists in X-Men comics. – James Whitbrook Read More
Edit Kermit the Frog singing “Rainbow Connection” over almost anything and people are going to get emotional. But when you put it over a documentary about the man who created Kermit, with footage of them both together, then it’s a surefire shot to the tear ducts. – Germain Lussier Read More
What Made George Takei Write a Children’s Book About World War II?
Star Trek legend and author George Takei talks to io9 about his newest book. My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story is out now.
What Did Tatiana See at the End of 3 Body Problem?
io9 asks actor Marlo Kelly what she thinks her character saw through the alien VR helmet in the Netflix series 3 Body Problem.
