Rob Bricken

The Cast and Crew of The Walking Dead Are Lying Liars

The stars and executive producers of The Walking Dead have been doing some major damage control after the infamous season six finale, promising that it was always supposed to be a (terrible) cliffhanger and that showrunner Scott Gimple hasn’t even determined Negan’s victim yet. So, um, why does former TWD star Tyler James Williams know…

This Mockumentary Is Basically a Men’s Rights Activist’s Worst Nightmare

The faux documentary No Men Beyond This Point takes place in a world where biological males are going extinct. Because it turns out once cisgender men were no longer needed for reproduction, they were no longer needed… at all. This film combines a “historical” look at the decline of the Y chromosome with modern “interviews”…

Meet the Unknown Legion of British Actors Who Helped Make Star Wars in Elstree 1976

We haven’t heard much from Elstree 1976, the fascinating documentary about the many, many actors who had the luck of appearing in one of the most popular movies of all time… but without ever showing their face on-screen. Now, there’s finally a new trailer and a release date. Elstree 1976 will appear in theaters and…

Master of Monsters Doug Jones Will Resurrect Nosferatu

If you read io9 with any regularity, you likely know the name Doug Jones—he’s the man behind the mask of countless monsters, aliens, heroes and demons ranging from Buffy to Hellboy to Falling Skies to Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer to The Strain. Now he’s bringing his particular talents and his tall, thin…

Try to stay strong, but “Postal Apocalypse” is on a brief hiatus this week. It will return next Thursday, April 21, so go ahead and send your pop culture questions, life problems, and seemingly unsolvable nerdy mysteries to the postman here.

Orphan Black’s Donnie Promises Season 4 Will Top That Naked Twerking Scene Somehow

Orphan Black returns today—and with it returns fan-favorite Kristian Bruun, who plays Donnie Hendrix, the henpecked husband of Alison. Despite being the least threatening person on BBC America’s hit clone drama, Donnie has still managed to kill some major bad guys, start a drug empire, and do some serious twerking. Bruun talked to io9 about…

Deadpool Director Promises The Goon Movie May Still Be Happening

It’s turning out to be a very good day for films everybody assumed would never happen! Tim Miller, best known for turning a foul-mouthed superhero into an R-rated blockbuster, said that the adaptation of Eric Powell’s unbelievably great comic may actually still be made, and it’s likely thanks to Deadpool’s success. The Goon movie has…

You Know There’s Already a Good Batman-Superman Movie Out There, Right?

In all the hubbub, furor and hullabaloo about Batman v Superman, very few people seem to remember this isn’t the first movie where Batman and Superman share screentime. The actual first movie came out in 1997, was less confrontationally called The Batman/Superman Movie, and oh—it was animated. Well before the Justice League cartoon, DC animated…

Arrow Finally Revealed Who Was in the Coffin

This season of Arrow began at a grave. It was a flashforward, but it was clear Oliver was mourning the loss of one of the major characters on the show. Well, the show finally caught up, and a major character died in last night’s episode of Arrow—this time (supposedly) for good. Spoilers! With only two…

Why Is The Walking Dead‘s Cliffhanger So Much Worse Than Game of Thrones‘?

Greetings! Lots of hot topics in this week’s mailbag: The Walking Dead’s incredibly aggravating finale! Rogue One confusion! Batman v Superman possibly breaking up a potential marriage! Remember: If you have pop culture questions, need nerd life advice, or have a “what if” scenario, email your friendly post-apocalyptic fake mailman here! Dead on Arrival Mike…

Warner Bros. Is in Such Denial Over Batman v Superman

Despite the abundance of Batman v Superman’s negative reviews and the film’s swift, severe drop in box office sales since its debut a week and a half ago (even with an utter lack of competition!), Warner Bros. executives seem adamant in learning absolutely nothing from the movie’s problems. The Hollywood Repoter reports (from Hollywood) that…

HBO’s Westworld Adds New Cast Member, Also Westworld Is Still Happening

Lili Simmons (Banshee, True Detective) has joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming and highly anticipated TV remake of Westworld, which is really good news for people who want to see Westworld. The J.J. Abrams-produced show has resumed production after a hiatus late last year, meaning it’s on its way… eventually. To be fair, the hiatus…

The Flash crew will meet their first Arrow character on Earth-2 in the show’s penultimate episode. Katie Cassidy, who plays Laurel Lance/Black Canary, will guest star as her Earth-2 doppleganger who goes by the moniker Black Siren; whether she’s a hero or a villain is yet to be determined.

Man Builds Life-Size AT-ST, Is My New Best Friend

A hero by the name of Mr. Kernish has managed to assemble a full-size version of the Galactic Empire’s All-Terrain Scout Transport, or AT-ST for short, which you might have seen at the battle of Hoth or patrolling on Endor. It’s an impressive feat that gets so much more impressive when you see what it…

The Huntsman Sequel Isn’t the Only Weird-Ass Fairy Tale Movie Coming Out This Year

Thank your lucky stars, makers of The Huntsman: Winter’s War. You’re going to just barely beat your competition for a completely bizarre and highly overwrought adaptation of a Grimm fairy tale into theaters—specifically, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty, whose bonkers trailer is above. To be fair, I didn’t know The Curse of Sleeping Beauty existed…

Rey Receives an Even More Horrifying Vision in This Force Awakens Fan Video

Remember the scene in The Force Awakens when Rey picks up Luke’s old lightsaber and has a series of horrifying visions? Well, a gent by the name of David Unger just made them even more frightful. An obvious joke? Yes. Incredibly well done and worth watching anyway? Absolutely.

We May Already Know Who Died in That Annoying Walking Dead Cliffhanger

Well, that was fast. If you were irriated by the aggravating non-reveal served by The Walking Dead this past Sunday—like most of the planet—good news! A careful analysis of the audio of the death scene may reveal exactly who died. Spoilers! Maybe! So here’s the deal: someone (the YouTube vid was posted by Federico Trione,…

The Walking Dead Just Shit the Bed

When star Lauren Cohen talked toEW about filming the season six Walking Dead finale, she said that “it took a really, really long time for everybody to feel okay again.” After watching the episode, it may be a long time before I feel okay again, too—but I bet it’s for completely different reasons. Spoilers, obviously.…

HBO Is Giving Game of Thrones a Weird-Ass Aftershow

It’s running a full day after each episode of GoT airs. So the aftershow, which will be hosted by Andy Greenwald and Chris Ryan (of Grantland’s Watch the Thrones podcast), will be premiering on Monday, April 25… while Game of Thrones’ season six premieres on Sunday, April 24. It’s clear that HBO wants to save…

Is This Sony’s Dumb Title for the Next Spider-Man Movie?

Now that Marvel and Sony have joined forces to make the next Spider-Man movie, expectations for the film among fans are impossibly high. This possible title for the film should temper those expectations a bit. Sony has registered the URL Spidermanhomecomingthemovie.com (you’ll notice it redirects to Sony Pictures), which does seem to indicate that Sony…