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How Netflix’s Nimona Defied the Odds to Become an Academy Award-Nominated Film
Cinema’s annual awards race comes to a close today during the Academy Awards, and there’s no other story like Nimona’s journey to becoming a nominee in the Best Animated Feature category. Producers Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary sat down with io9 to tell this remarkable tale of second chances. After Nimona’s original studio, Blue Sky,…
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Year in Review: io9 Staff Picks
There have been so many words written about the expanse of genre here at io9, and 2023 was a wildcard of a year for entertainment (including Marvel Studios, Star Wars, DC Studios, and Max), theme parks, and games. We covered a lot of ground, from union-strong solidarity during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes to creatively…
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Disney’s Jennifer Lee on World of Frozen and Co-Creating a New Heroine in Wish
It all starts with a classic “wish upon a star” in Disney’s centennial animated release Wish. io9 recently sat down with Jennifer Lee, Walt Disney Animation’s Chief Creative Officer—she’s also the writer and co-director of the Frozen films—to discuss her writing on Wish and her excitement for World of Frozen at Hong Kong Disneyland. As…
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The Stranger Things 4 Spoilers Gizmodo Roundtable
After what felt like a lifetime, the fourth season of Stranger Things is now in the books. Split into two parts, which included multiple feature-length episodes, the season saw the kids from Hawkins and beyond pushed to their limits against a terrifying new villain who, actually, isn’t that new at all.