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3 Body Problem’s VFX Designer on Creating a Sci-Fi World
VFX supervisor Boris Schmidt explains how his team brought the surreal VR landscapes of the Netflix series – as well as that chilling Panama Canal scene – to life.
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io9’s Favorite Rewatches (and Replays and Re-Reads) of 2023
Sometimes, you need a little comfort food—and at io9, that can mean “re-watching a favorite Star Wars show” or “guzzling midnight margaritas while watching Sandra Bullock play a witch” or “picking up a book and rediscovering the joy of reading.” We love new releases, don’t get us wrong, but we also dig revisiting past favorites.…
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Wheel of Time’s Madeleine Madden on Egwene’s Powerful Journey
Season two of Prime Video’s Wheel of Time had a lot of high-stakes fantasy storylines to explore—but none so moving or haunting as the ordeal of Egwene, played in the Robert Jordan adaptation by Madeleine Madden. io9 got a chance to speak to the actor about her character’s harrowing, powerful journey. At the start of…
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Leprechaun’s Director Looks Back at 30 Years of Four-Leafed Horror
Released in 1993, horror comedy Leprechaun featured a post-Willow Warwick Davis playing against type as the title monster, and introduced the world to a pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston. It spawned an eight-film franchise—all of which are now on Hulu—and io9 was excited to chat with Mark Jones, who wrote and directed the first film and created…