Beth Elderkin, Author at Gizmodo

Fake Movie Poster of the Justice League Murdering Marvel Characters Was Used for Real in China

This is not as cute as Spider-Man taking a nap with some pandas. A doctored Justice League poster portraying DC’s heroes stomping, skewering, and decapitating some of the competition has been making the rounds in China, including being used as an actual theater poster and elevator ad. Justice League fans on Chinese social media platform…

Movies Beth Elderkin Nov 21

Stranger Things Gets Its Own Sweet-as-Eggos ’80s Jam

Stranger Things has a well-cultivated soundtrack for its first two seasons, as well as a dynamic score, but it’s never gotten its own theme song. Until now. Nerdist has released an original 1980s-style jam for Stranger Things called “Strangers In My Town” by fictional band Bingo Bango. It’s a silly, fun track that features an…

Television Beth Elderkin Nov 21

Dear Once Upon a Time: Please Stop With the Magical Rape

Once Upon a Time is, for the most part, a pretty harmless show. It’s about a group of fairytale characters who are taken away from the Enchanted Forest and forced to live in our modern world, regaining the memory of who they were and struggling to balance their old lives with their new ones. Also,…

Television Beth Elderkin Nov 20

The Magicians Season Three Trailer Reveals a High Seas Quest for Magic and Hope

The first trailer and release date is out for the next season of Syfy’s The Magicians, which takes our heroes out of Brakebills and Fillory and puts them on a big fancy boat so they can bring magic back to the world. But it’s not just a quest for magic, it also looks to be…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Nov 20

Fantastic Beasts Producer Says Jude Law Was Cast as Dumbledore Because of That ‘Twinkle In His Eye’

When it was announced that Jude Law would be playing young Albus Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts sequel (now called Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Johnny Depp’s Hair), the response was largely: “That sounds fine.” It wasn’t rage-inducing, but it wasn’t cause for an ecstatic fan freakout either. It was, well, serviceable. But executive producer…

Movies Beth Elderkin Nov 20

Lord and Miller on Their Han Solo Movie Exit: ‘Sometimes People Break Up’

Disney and the combined directorial duo of Phil Lord and Chris Miller are never ever ever getting back together—at least for the Han Solo movie. Now called Solo: A Star Wars Story and helmed by Ron Howard, the project has left the filmmaking pair, who have largely refrained from commenting on being unceremoniously dumped… until…

Movies Beth Elderkin Nov 20

Working on Justice League Made Gal Gadot Vomit Repeatedly

Man, being pregnant while filming an action movie must suck almost as much as being Joker Leto. Justice League star and resident savior of the DCEU Gal Gadot is a real-life warrior, having endured a slough of filming while in the family way. And yes, her story includes a vomit bucket. During an appearance on…

Movies Beth Elderkin Nov 16

Watch a 30-Foot Wolf Pounce on a Helicopter in Rampage‘s Chaotic First Trailer

The first trailer for Dwayne Johnson’s non-Jumanji video game venture Rampage is basically what you’d get if Rise of the Planet of the Apes replaced a serum for intelligence with one that makes giant gorillas, and huge wolves run amok for seemingly no reason. Based on the classic arcade game, Rampage stars Johnson as Davis…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Nov 16

Sonequa Martin-Green Thinks Discovery‘s Burnham Will Be Captain Someday… But How?

The star of Star Trek: Discovery has come out and said that her character, disgraced first officer Michael Burnham, will eventually rise from the depths of a lifelong prison sentence and captain her own ship. We have a question or two about this. In an interview with Den of Geek, Sonequa Martin-Green was asked whether…

Television Beth Elderkin Nov 16

Debut Teaser for A Quiet Place Is Frighteningly Silent

Things are still being kept pretty hush-hush about the plot for John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s upcoming horror film A Quiet Place, but thanks to the first teaser trailer, we also know what else is hush-hush about it: everything. In this first look, we see Krasinski and Blunt chilling with their two kids in a…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Nov 16

Singapore College Enlists Doctor Strange Clone to Promote Mystical Study Habits

Studying is hard, but it’s nothing a little magic can’t fix. Kaplan Singapore released a bizarre yet educational video teaching students how to maximize their study time thanks to “Dr. Studious.” Kaplan Singapore has released a video starring Singapore YouTuber Franster Wong as Dr. Studious, a hard-working magical being who just wants people to know…

io9 Beth Elderkin Nov 16

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Son Resigns as Director of Tolkien Estate, Ending Decades of Tightly Controlled Adaptations

The news this week that Warner Bros. and Amazon are now working on a The Lord of the Rings series came as a bit of a surprise, since it’d been widely assumed that Christopher Tolkien would never give anyone the rights again. It’s now come out that Tolkien, who has safeguarded the rights of his…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin Nov 15

Apparently No One Cares That Someone in Riverdale Cured Cancer

Betty’s mom is really terrible at her job. Not only is Riverdale’s resident media mogul using The Riverdale Register to service her propaganda machine against the Southside Serpents, bringing the town on the brink of civil war, but apparently she thinks a man curing cancer isn’t worth a goddamn cover story. During last week’s episode…

Television Beth Elderkin Nov 15

Galaxy Quest TV Show Dives Into Modern Fandom, Where ‘Scifi Heroes Are Rock Stars’

Fandom has changed, so any series satirizing it must change too. The writer for the upcoming Galaxy Quest TV series says the show is going to be about two generations of the NSEA Protector’s crew, as well as how much pop culture fandom has shifted from the days of Commander Nesmith to a new generation…

Television Beth Elderkin Nov 14

A London Theater Is Showing Every Episode of Game of Thrones for Binge-Watchers

The Iron Throne is being replaced by a theater seat. HBO has partnered up with the Prince Charles Cinema in London for a four-day marathon screening of all 67 episodes of Game of Thrones. It’s the first time Game of Thrones has been shown in a theater in its entirety. And the best part? It’s…

Television Beth Elderkin Nov 14

What Is Going on With This Major Star Trek: Discovery Moment?

The midseason finale of Star Trek: Discovery was the best episode of the show so far, with clever writing, gripping performances, and a genuinely exciting cliffhanger that takes us away from that cumbersome Klingon War, at least for a few episodes. Unfortunately, the way we got there looks to include a plot hole so large…

Television Beth Elderkin Nov 13

io9 Breaks Down Star Trek: Discovery‘s Gripping Mid-Finale and Lorca’s True Plans

Forget the “cool guys don’t look at explosions” trope, the coolest captains blind themselves because that’s how badly they want to watch the enemy burn. The midseason finale of Star Trek: Discovery was the best episode to date, but partially because it contradicted some of its own set-up. Has Captain Lorca actually become a true…

Television Beth Elderkin Nov 13

Gotham by Gaslight Trailer Pits the Bat and the Cat Against a Serial Killer

It’s Batman: The Steampunk Series. The first full trailer is out for Warner Bros.’ next DC animated movie, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, where the Dark Knight (in a fancy cravat) goes up against one of the most notorious serial killers in history. The Victorian alt-reality tale, drawn by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, centers around Batman…

Movies Beth Elderkin Nov 10

The Heartbreaking Detail You Might’ve Missed in Stranger Things 2

Stranger Things might be known for its Easter eggs designed for children of the 1980s, but the most interesting, significant, and impactful one of the second season has nothing to do with nostalgia, but rather its own story. Throughout the first and second seasons of Stranger Things, we see Chief Hopper donning a blue bracelet.…

Television Beth Elderkin Nov 10

5 Things Stranger Things Would Be Missing Without Eight and ‘The Lost Sister’

I stormed through the second season of Stranger Things during a nine-hour flight back from a social media-free vacation, so I wasn’t around to see how people were reacting to the latest visit to the Upside Down. When I reached the seventh episode, “The Lost Sister,” I remember thinking it was all right. Not the…

Television Beth Elderkin Nov 10

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Fake Movie Poster of the Justice League Murdering Marvel Characters Was Used for Real in China

Stranger Things Gets Its Own Sweet-as-Eggos ’80s Jam

Dear Once Upon a Time: Please Stop With the Magical Rape

The Magicians Season Three Trailer Reveals a High Seas Quest for Magic and Hope

Fantastic Beasts Producer Says Jude Law Was Cast as Dumbledore Because of That ‘Twinkle In His Eye’

Lord and Miller on Their Han Solo Movie Exit: ‘Sometimes People Break Up’

Working on Justice League Made Gal Gadot Vomit Repeatedly

Watch a 30-Foot Wolf Pounce on a Helicopter in Rampage‘s Chaotic First Trailer

Sonequa Martin-Green Thinks Discovery‘s Burnham Will Be Captain Someday… But How?

Debut Teaser for A Quiet Place Is Frighteningly Silent

Singapore College Enlists Doctor Strange Clone to Promote Mystical Study Habits

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Son Resigns as Director of Tolkien Estate, Ending Decades of Tightly Controlled Adaptations

Apparently No One Cares That Someone in Riverdale Cured Cancer

Galaxy Quest TV Show Dives Into Modern Fandom, Where ‘Scifi Heroes Are Rock Stars’

A London Theater Is Showing Every Episode of Game of Thrones for Binge-Watchers

What Is Going on With This Major Star Trek: Discovery Moment?

io9 Breaks Down Star Trek: Discovery‘s Gripping Mid-Finale and Lorca’s True Plans

Gotham by Gaslight Trailer Pits the Bat and the Cat Against a Serial Killer

The Heartbreaking Detail You Might’ve Missed in Stranger Things 2

5 Things Stranger Things Would Be Missing Without Eight and ‘The Lost Sister’

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