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This week, pop culture had lots to get excited about: Steven Spielberg’s intriguing new sci-fi film; long-awaited horror comedy sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; our first glimpse of the (new) star of The Witcher; more details about Australia’s mini-theme park celebrating all things Bluey, and beyond! - Cheryl Eddy

Bluey Mini Theme Park Just Got Its First Commercial

Image: Bluey TV
Image: Bluey TV

Bluey’s World is opening later this year in the Heeler family’s neighborhood of Brisbane, Australia. Inspired by Ludo Studio’s hit animated series Bluey, this mini theme park experience is an upgrade from a traveling pop-up; it’s more of a permanent residence with attractions throughout, offering a real recreation of Bluey’s house and familiar areas seen on the show for families to explore. Set to open on November 7, it’s gearing up to be a must-visit for die-hard Bluey fans. - Sabina Graves Read More

Meet the Characters of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: New, Old, and Very Old

The Juice and his wife, Delores. - Image: Warner Bros.
The Juice and his wife, Delores. - Image: Warner Bros.

There’s a lot to be excited about when it comes to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Tim Burton finally returning to this wild world he created all those years ago. Michael Keaton hopping back into one of his most iconic characters. Finding out what’s happened in the years since with Winona Ryder’s character Lydia, especially after the traumatic experience of the original film. And did Beetlejuice ever get to the front of the line in the waiting room? - Germain Lussier Read More

Steven Spielberg’s New Movie Will Battle Avengers and Star Wars

Steven Spielberg’s next movie is coming summer 2026. - Photo: Presley Ann (Getty Images)
Steven Spielberg’s next movie is coming summer 2026. - Photo: Presley Ann (Getty Images)

Forty years to the day after Steven Spielberg sent Indiana Jones on a mine cart chase, he’s chasing his next movie, and it sounds like a biggie. The legendary director just set May 15, 2026 for the release of his new movie, which is being described as a “new original event film.” David Koepp, who penned Jurassic Park and War of the Worlds for Spielberg, is writing the script based an idea by Spielberg himself. - Germain Lussier Read More

Liam Hemsworth’s Geralt of Rivera Finally Revealed

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Image: CD Project Red

Jerry Bruckheimer teases a new course for the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. The Insidious franchise creeps forward with a sixth sequel. Plus, find out which live-action Spider-Man project is canceled at Amazon. The spoilers must flow! - Gordon Jackson Read More

Lego Star Wars Has Never Looked as Stunning as This

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If you’re a fan of Star Wars, Lego, or both, you might want to clear a few minutes right now. Photographer Hue Hughes has generously shared with io9 some of his stunning photographs of Lego Star Wars pieces and we are completely obsessed. - Germain Lussier Read More

Liam Hemsworth’s Witcher Sure Looks a Lot Like Henry Cavill’s Witcher

Liam Hemsworth as Gerald of Rivia - Screenshot: Netflix YouTube
Liam Hemsworth as Gerald of Rivia - Screenshot: Netflix YouTube

In real life, if you look at them side by side, Liam Hemsworth and Henry Cavill don’t really resemble each other. But put them in White Wolf wig and costume, and turn the brightness way down, and... man, The Witcher’s continuity problem isn’t seeming so dire now. - Cheryl Eddy Read More

Marvel’s Vision Will Return to Disney+ With a Little Help From Star Trek: Picard

Paul Bettany as a pale, angry Vision at the end of WandaVision. - Image: Marvel Studios
Paul Bettany as a pale, angry Vision at the end of WandaVision. - Image: Marvel Studios

Earlier this month, bigwigs at Marvel and Disney made it clear they’d be making a strategic decision to release fewer movies and TV shows going forward. Now we know at least one new Disney+ series that’ll be part of that scaled-down plan: a show centering Vision which will bring back Paul Bettany as the character (last seen not quite himself at the end of WandaVision) and be showrun by Star Trek: Picard’s Terry Matalas. - Cheryl Eddy Read More

Star Trek: Discovery Just Pulled Off the Heist of the Century

Photo: Michael Gibson/Paramount+
Photo: Michael Gibson/Paramount+

Star Trek: Discovery has always had a bit of a problem with the penultimate episodes of its seasons—episodes that have to come to some sort of juddering climactic halt for whatever’s happening that week, to set up the dire stakes coming in the finale episode the week after. At long last, as the series looks to its very last episode, it’s managed to at last pull it off: an episode that feels great as it is, while also effectively setting that final stage. - James Whitbrook Read More

Tackling the Legend of Zelda Film

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball on why he chose to work on the upcoming live-action adaptation of the Nintendo game.

‘It’s Visual Music’: Director George Miller on His Filmmaking Style

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Furiosa director talks to io9 about his approach to filming and editing in his movies. Furiosa is in theaters May 24.

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