Rob Bricken, Author at Gizmodo

We’re getting a TV pilot out of comic iZombie

iZombie was a wonderful and canceled-too-soon comic from Vertigo, about a secret zombie named Gwen who has to eat brains to keep from becoming a mindless monster, but gets their memories, and ends up having to solve their murders. And The CW has just ordered a pilot. If you’ll recall, the show is being championed…

Television Rob Bricken

Han Solo completely redeems podracing in new Star Wars Lego commercial

Lego is releasing a new line of Star Wars sets called Microfighters, where characters get awesome mini-versions of ships like the Millennium Falcon and Star Destroyers to jet around in. The reason you care besides the fact that Star Wars Legos are great, is because this new commercial for them rules. Seriously, Disney. When you…

io9 Rob Bricken

Every Academy Award-Winner for Visual Effects in one glorious montage

Take a trip down special effects-laden memory lane with this collection of clips from every single winner of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, since Star Wars nabbed the first one back in 1977 — and check out who the contenders are for this year’s Oscar.

Movies Rob Bricken

The official Walking Dead obstacle course may be shambling to your town

If you weren’t at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con, then you weren’t able to test your zombie-fleeing skills in The Walking Dead Escape, an obstacle course where “survivors” try to flee from zombies But it was so popular, the event is going on a cross-country tour this summer! After successful events in New York…

io9 Rob Bricken

Guy Pierce can’t get beyond Thunderdome in post-apocalyptic Rover movie

Sorry, when you combine post-apocalyptic movies and Australian accents, all I can think of are the Mad Max movies. But Guy Pierce and Robert Pattinson look like they have far bigger troubles than Tina Turner in The Rover, director David Michôd’s follow-up to Animal Kingdom. According to the film’s official plot summary: 10 years following…

Trailers Rob Bricken

Sleepy Hollow hires John Noble full-time, because they are not stupid

Good news, Sleepy heads (Is that what Sleepy Hollow fans call each other? If they don’t, shouldn’t they?) The show has added John Noble as a full-time cast member for season two, along with Lyndie Greenwood, who plays Abby’s sister Jenny. I don’t really know why Greenwood wasn’t a full-time cast member for season one…

Television Rob Bricken

Why optimistic science fiction is dead

Greetings from the post-apocalypse, folks! I apologize if my responses are short this week, but I’m writing them on the run. A bunch of mohawked Australian assholes on motorcycles have suddenly shown up, and they want to play Road Warrior while I’m on a goddamned horse. I want to know how the hell they got…

io9 Rob Bricken

Fateful Findings is the new best worst movie you’ve ever seen

Paranormal powers. Hacking. Ghosts. And secrets. SO MANY SECRETS. Welcome to Fateful Findings, the new movie (I use that term loosely) which looks like The Room and M. Night Shyamalan had a baby, gave it a head wound, bandaged it up and then made it take a shower. The plot, according to its YouTube description:…

Trailers Rob Bricken

Captain Mal and the Serenity finally fly again in This Week’s Comics

Yes, the fan-favorite Firefly crew are finally back in action, thanks to Dark horse’s new series, while the Dredd movie gets a comic sequel as well. Plus Snowpiercer, super-Brits, Captain Jane T. Kirk (really!) and more, all in this week’s comics! New Issues Dark Horse: • Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1: Six months after…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

This is what Weird al Yankovic looks like as a My Little Pony

In a word, weird. But this is no fan art — Yankovic will guest-star on this week’s episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, as a pony named, and I am not making this up, “Cheese Sandwich.” Here’s the official synopsis of “Pinkie Pride,” which airs this Saturday at 10:30 am EST: An elated…

io9 Rob Bricken

Werewolves in the da’ club leads to murder in da’ club on Bitten

Things have officially picked up on Bitten. Some major shit went down on the third episode of Syfy’s “werewolves plus fucking” show, and with it some surprisingly real consequences. Plus, all the werewolves went to dance clubs! We left the last episode with the pack finding a werewolf-mauled little boy right on their property. The…

Television Rob Bricken

Meet X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s Sentinel of the Future

As promised, Empire kept releasing new X-Men: Days of Future Past covers until 3am EST last night; most of them were of characters we’ve seen before, but the Sentinel that will menace the X-Men in the future is definitely new. Plus, the best looks at Bishop, Sunspot, Warpath and more! And here’s the first batch…

Movies Rob Bricken

Green Lantern learns Batman’s superpower in new Justice League: War clip

I don’t know if you have any inclination to watch DC’s next direct-to-DVD feature, Justice League: War, but I can assure you this: The above video contains the absolute best scene in the movie, in which Green Lantern meets Batman, and then learns a very important lesson about DC’s superhero hierarchy. Justice League: War will…

io9 Rob Bricken

Warner Bros. wants to make a six-movie saga about King Arthur

That’s… that’s a lot of King Arthur. According to Deadline, the WB is hoping to lure Guy Ritchie into helming a new franchise on Arthur, his knights, and their circular table. It’s a plan that’s as ambitious as it is… actually, it’s just super-ambitious. Hell, even Disney doesn’t have plans to make six Star Wars…

Movies Rob Bricken

Peter Capaldi’s brand-new Doctor Who outfit revealed!

The BBC just released this pic of the Twelfth Doctor in his official Doctor duds, and… huh! Stylish. A nice mix of classic and modern, well befitting a time traveler. It’s certainly no nonsense — I don’t see this incarnation of the Doctor going in for a fez, do you? Peter Capaldi clearly agrees, as…

Television Rob Bricken

10 Bafflingly Incompetent Evil Corporations

It’s hard to be a mega-company and not be evil. There’s just something about setting up a huge conglomerate of global reach that somehow makes a CEO want to develop viruses and weapons and evil robots, I guess. But just because a corporation is evil doesn’t mean that’s it’s good at being evil — here…

io9 Rob Bricken

Loki himself cosplays as Captain America in deleted Thor 2 scene

Anyone who’s seen Thor: The Dark World knows that Chris Evans makes a cameo as Captain America (well, as Loki pretending to be Cap, at least). But as it turns out Marvel shot another version of the scene with Tom Hiddleston in Cap’s outfit instead. Let’s watch! Here’s Hiddleston explaining why this version of the…

Movies Rob Bricken

Things go to hell for pretty much everybody in the Dracula finale

Those hoping that NBC’s Dracula miniseries would bring the excitement for the season (series?) finale, you couldn’t have been disappointed. Sure, not everything was resolved, but how upset can you be with a finale that included a great deal of murder, fucking, and the blood of Christ used as a vampire GPS? I’m serious. It’s…

Television Rob Bricken

Grimm reveals even Wesen can be horrible racists

After three strong weeks in a row, Grimm falters with “The Big Hunt.” It’s not a reversion to the Wesen-o’-the-Week formula, thank goodness, but it involves three separate plots that never come close to approaching each other, and all of which could have been condensed. Seriously, I can make this recap even quicker than last…

Television Rob Bricken

Meet the magic bra that can only be opened by “true love”

Ladies! Do you find yourself exposing your bosoms for pretty much anybody you have a small amount of affection for? Then do I have good news for you! Japanese lingerie maker Ravijour has developed a bra whose clasp will only open when its wearer is experiencing true love. How does it do this, you ask?…

io9 Rob Bricken

Rob Bricken

We’re getting a TV pilot out of comic iZombie

Han Solo completely redeems podracing in new Star Wars Lego commercial

Every Academy Award-Winner for Visual Effects in one glorious montage

The official Walking Dead obstacle course may be shambling to your town

Guy Pierce can’t get beyond Thunderdome in post-apocalyptic Rover movie

Sleepy Hollow hires John Noble full-time, because they are not stupid

Why optimistic science fiction is dead

Fateful Findings is the new best worst movie you’ve ever seen

​Captain Mal and the Serenity finally fly again in This Week’s Comics

This is what Weird al Yankovic looks like as a My Little Pony

Werewolves in the da’ club leads to murder in da’ club on Bitten

Meet X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s Sentinel of the Future

Green Lantern learns Batman’s superpower in new Justice League: War clip

Warner Bros. wants to make a six-movie saga about King Arthur

Peter Capaldi’s brand-new Doctor Who outfit revealed!

​10 Bafflingly Incompetent Evil Corporations

Loki himself cosplays as Captain America in deleted Thor 2 scene

Things go to hell for pretty much everybody in the Dracula finale

​Grimm reveals even Wesen can be horrible racists

Meet the magic bra that can only be opened by “true love”

AI Training Data Giant Mercor Is Reportedly Looking to Buy the Work You Did at Your Old Job

Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions

Here’s the Perfect Excuse to See ‘Project Hail Mary’ Again

US Airlines Are Hiking Bag Fees Amid Iran War Oil Crisis

This Ridiculously Simple Trick Might Stop Gulls From Nabbing Your Lunch

‘Starfleet Academy’ Season 3 Could Have Done the ‘Voyager’ Sequel Episode of Robert Picardo’s Dreams

Judge Kills Lawsuit Against Infamous Study That Might Have Increased Teen Suicides

Artemis 2: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

Researchers Discover How to Add Psilocybin, DMT, and Other Psychedelics to Tobacco

Fake Videos Are Already Spreading After Two US Air Force Planes Go Down Near Iran

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Captain Mal and the Serenity finally fly again in This Week’s Comics

10 Bafflingly Incompetent Evil Corporations

Grimm reveals even Wesen can be horrible racists