Everyone Say Goodbye to the Life-Size Gundam Again
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A new month means a whole new news cycle—and things to watch, read, and build, of course. It also means we covered a lot in this week you might have missed, from Daisy Ridley’s Jedi hopes, to The Winter Soldier’s 10th anniversary, and yes, maybe even a few sapphic anime stars in the sky. Check it out! — James Whitbrook
Japan Has Said Goodbye to Its Life-Sized Gundam
A little over 3 years after it made its stomping debut, the mechanized, moving real-scale replica of the original legendary Gundam in Yokohama is no more. But Bandai sent out its walking, talking giant robot with a bang—and a tribute that paid homage to Gundam’s past and present. - James Whitbrook Read More
Daisy Ridley Wants the Same Thing We Do From Her Upcoming Star Wars Movie
If you know anything about Star Wars, it’s very easy to speculate about what the new movie starring Daisy Ridley will be. Ridley’s character, Rey, is going to be at the center of a New Jedi Order, so you picture new Jedi, new characters learning to use the Force, and ultimately their rising good being balanced with a rising evil. - Germain Lussier Read More
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Trapped the MCU in a Machine of Its Own Making
Back in the early Marvel Cinematic Universe days, the second movies of a sub-franchise weren’t much to write home about. Both Iron Man 2 in 2010 and 2013's Thor: The Dark World felt like unremarkable sequels compared to their predecessors, hamstrung by being fast-tracked before they were ready or just not doing much beyond offering some light spectacle. - Justin Carter Read More
Lego’s April Releases Roll for Initiative
After a couple of bumper months—and with eyes looking ahead to next month’s celebration of Star Wars day—Lego is keeping things a little more quiet in April. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some great kits... and two very big, very special ones. - James Whitbrook Read More
See How Alex Garland’s Civil War Divides the United States
Alex Garland’s Civil War isn’t shy about its premise. It’s right there in the title. It’s about a United States of America that’s no longer united, with various sections engaged in a civil war. But while many would assume it’s some kind of easy-to-understand red state, blue state thing, A24 has released an image that shows it’s anything but. - Germain Lussier Read More
A New Matrix Movie Is in the Works
Turns out that 2021's The Matrix Resurrections wasn’t the end of the Matrix saga after all: a fifth film in the highly successful sci-fi series is now in the works at Warner Bros. Franchise co-creator Lana Wachowski, who helmed Resurrections, is on board to executive produce, but this new film will be written and directed by Drew Goddard (The Martian, The Cabin in the Woods). - Cheryl Eddy Read More
The Ugly Sonic Disaster Is Still Freaking Hollywood Out
When the first trailer for the original Sonic movie came out, it’s hard to imagine that we’d be here five years later looking at a franchise preparing for its third film, a spinoff show with Idris Elba as an Echidna, and a sea of potential in its wake. Mostly because people watching couldn’t imagine anything else but the unyielding nightmare of its Sonic design. - James Whitbrook Read More
Julia Garner Will Play Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four
Marvel Studio’s latest Fantastic Four cast seemed mostly set in Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing), but now the missing piece has been slotted into place: Julia Garner as Silver Surfer. - Cheryl Eddy Read More
Giancarlo Esposito on Having His Own Action Figures
The Parish and Mandalorian star talks to io9 about his characters that have been turned into toys and other items he collects. Parish is streaming on AMC+.
Giancarlo Esposito Instantly Knew Baby Yoda was the star of The Mandalorian
The Parish star and man behind Moff Gideon talks to io9 about the Star Wars Disney+ series, as well as The Mandalorian and Grogu movie.
