Twin Peaks‘ Co-Creator on Laura Palmer’s Killer,The Return, and… More?

We literally had a gun to our head from the web link. As I recall, they were just going to stop sending us money if we didnt deliver this. They wanted it right off the bat at the start of the second season, Frost said. Screenshot: ABC But David always said, We should never solve the mystery this should go on forever. He thinks theres always a wrong to be righted and somebody to be saved....

April 8, 2024 · 1 min · 134 words · Martin West

WhyCivil WarAvoids Alex Garland’s Sci-Fi Tendencies

The reason I love sci-fi is because sci-fi has always permitted big ideas into it. Its not embarrassed of big ideas, Garland told io9 on video chat last week. They exist in Forbidden Planet. Kirsten Dunst in Civil War.Image: A24 They exist in Star Trek. There would be clear discussions or metaphors or literary analogies or whatever it happens to be. It was just allowed. Garland on set.Image: A24 And sci-fi audiences were kind of open-minded....

April 8, 2024 · 2 min · 227 words · Kimberly Brown

Abigail’sFirst Reactions Say It’s as Good (and Bloody) as It Looks

The spring movie season has begun, and one of its big tentpoles is Universals upcomingAbigail. Abigail comes out on April 19, and weve assembled some of the social media impressions down below. Well likely have our own thoughts on the filmor ask you for yourscloser to release. Image: Universal Pictures Such a fun@TheOverlookFestscreening! Its a blood-soaked bonkers good time. News from the future, delivered to your present.

April 7, 2024 · 1 min · 67 words · Brad Cruz

Marvel’s NewUltimatesAren’t Just a Team, They’re a Resistance

MarvelsUltimate Universealways has an Avengers, and the newly reborn one is no different. Likening them to the Partisans of WWII, Camp called them a resistance web connection in occupied territory. Their status as outlaws/terrorists means they are under constant threat. Image: Marvel Comics Team friction will be a big part of the book, especially as the ranks grow. I consider it a real responsibility, and Im doing my best to live up to it....

April 7, 2024 · 1 min · 96 words · Alison Beltran

Screw It, Let’s Just Re-Release Everything This Summer

Over the last several weeks, weve been reporting on older movies making their way back to theaters. Screams in mummy Tickets for the 25th Anniversary of The Mummy are on sale now! In theaters April 26. Image: Universal Pictures There was also the2017 reboot, which…well, it happened. BothAlienandThe Mummyhit theaters for a full week on April 26, and tickets are available now. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present....

April 7, 2024 · 1 min · 74 words · Austin Garza

The First Omen’sArkasha Stevenson Fought to Keep Its Haunted Birthing Scene

(A film getting that rating tends to kneecap its theatrical prospects.) [We have] this full frontal shot of the vagina and a hand starts to come through. It was just this…shot of the vagina that was getting flagged every single time, she toldTheWrap. Image: 20th Century Studios We have a demon phallus. […] I was like, What is going on? That just made me so upset that it gave me more fuel to keep fighting with them....

April 7, 2024 · 1 min · 160 words · John Phillips

Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Stores Get Phased Out, Trump Sues Truth Social Founders, and More

This week in tech saw people passing the buck. Here are the rest of the big tech stories of the week. News from the future, delivered to your present. Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) / Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg (Getty Images) / Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) / Photo: Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive (Getty Images) / Photo: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg (Getty Images) / Photo: Casezy idea (Shutterstock) / Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) / Photo: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg (Getty Images) / Photo: Pau Barrena / AFP (Getty Images)...

April 6, 2024 · 1 min · 97 words · Angela Dixon

Everyone Say Goodbye to the Life-Size Gundam Again

News from the future, delivered to your present. Screenshot: Bandai / Image: Lucasfilm / Image: Marvel Studios / Image: Lego / Image: A24 / Image: Warner Bros. / Image: Paramount / Photo: Amy Sussman (Getty Images)

April 6, 2024 · 1 min · 36 words · Angela Romero

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’sSurprise Star on Changing the Series’ Ghost Rules

Director Gil Kenan never explicitly said as such during their talks, and lines like I get it. Im like a hundred years old, she just assumed that translated to Melody being an old soul. Theyre cut from the same cloth and ousiders in their own ways. Image: Sony Pictures I like that we didnt define it as one thing or another. Sometimes, when people do that, it ruins it. Its too concrete and absolute, and theyre so not absolute as characters....

April 6, 2024 · 1 min · 101 words · Brooke Wilkinson

Invincible’sRobert Kirkman Dishes on Season 2 Cameos, Future Plans

As for the big spoiler… We gotta get away from this and that. Josh Keaton, who famously played Spidey in Spectacular Spider-Man, was suggested by supervising director Dan Duncan. [Keaton was] animation to animation, Kirkman explained. Image: Prime Video It seemed like something that would be a fun and surprising way to do it. (At time of writing, Amazon hasnt given a greenlight for a fourth season.) Kirkman noted how audiences were divided over this, but argued it was a necessity for the seasons production....

April 6, 2024 · 2 min · 228 words · Pamela Mason

Make Beautiful Things: The Aesthetic Drive Behind Rocket Lab’s Rise in Aerospace

Only SpaceX launches more rockets from U.S. soil each year than Rocket Lab. Firmly established as a key player in the aerospace industry, the company isnt just sitting back. To date, Electron has launched more than 160 satellites to space. Illustration: Vicky Leta Now based in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab is very good at what it does. Rocket Labs progress can be attributed in large part to its smart innovations....

April 6, 2024 · 3 min · 557 words · Christopher Miranda

Quantum Leap’sTime Runs Out as NBC Cancels Revival Series

The 2022Quantum Leapseries has been canceled by NBC after a two-season run. PerDeadline, the cancellation news comes following the shows finale back inmid-February. Your support was felt and always warmly received. Image: NBC You all have made it the ride of a lifetime. A similar farewell was written by co-leadCaitlin Bassett(Adeline Augustine): Farewell, Leapers. Thank you so much for every moment of this amazing journey. And thank you, NBC and Universal TV, for the ride of a lifetime....

April 6, 2024 · 1 min · 134 words · Jose Martinez

Ripples in Spacetime Reveal Mystery Object Colliding With a Star’s Corpse

The unique gravitational wave signal travelled 650 million light-years to get to the LIGO Livingston Observatory in Louisiana. Researchers determined the signal came from the merger of two objects. The signal is dubbed GW230529_181500, or GW230529 for short. An image of a simulation of a neutron star merger with a small black hole.Image:Ivan Markin, Tim Dietrich (University of Potsdam), Harald Paul Pfeiffer, Alessandra Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)...

April 6, 2024 · 2 min · 216 words · Kathleen Pugh