Graeme McMillan, Author at Gizmodo

Epic Mickey Is Coming Your Way Soon

Yesterday, we showed you images from a potential “Dystopian Disneyverse” videogame codenamed Epic Mickey. Anonymous sources have since let us know that the game is definitely real, and that we should expect to hear more about it on September 9th. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-this-strange-dystopian-disneyversese-5348876

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Disney/Marvel: Who Knew What, And When?

While Disney’s purchase of Marvel Entertainment surprised the world this morning, how many people really saw it coming? According to Disney executives on this morning’s investors’ conference call, the House of Mouse initially reached out to Marvel “a few months ago,” but Marvel creator reaction this morning suggests that it was kept a secret from…

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The Real Batman To Return In 2010?

Wondering when Bruce Wayne will return? Rumors have it that next year will see two new series, The Search For Bruce Wayne and The Return of Batman, answering that question. So when’s the next movie, then? [Bleeding Cool]

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The House Of Mouse Eats The House Of Ideas: Disney Buys Marvel

It might be the most unexpected, and biggest, news story of the year: Disney have bought Marvel Comics for $4 billion in stock and cash. Good news for shareholders, perhaps, but what does this mean for everyone else? News broke early this morning that the Walt Disney Co. have acquired Marvel Entertainment in a move…

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Supernatural To End This Year… Kind Of

It’s official; Supernatural will come to a conclusion at the end of its fifth season, as creator Eric Kripke has often hinted… but that doesn’t mean that the series itself will necessarily end. Confused? Kripke explains his plan. Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Kripke said, I did set out [to] tell a five-season storyline… Quite frankly,…

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V: When Is A Reboot Not A Reboot?

Is ABC arguing that their new V series is not a remake of the original 1984 series, with the same name and same concept, just to save money? That’s what a new rumor suggests. The rumor broke on V hyperfan Ilana’s “‘V’ Celebrity Site” on Saturday: One of my super reliable sources has just informed…

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Your Summer Wardrobe, Redefined Too Late

Now that summer is almost over, it’s time to discover all new t-shirts that we wish we’d worn while the sun was still out. Click through forChuck action figures, undead video game characters and the ultimate Scott Pilgrim t-shirt. Firstly, am I the only person who secretly sides with Bowser and has no problem watching…

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Jesse Alexander On Day One, Spaceships And Dungeons & Dragons

This week, Day One creator Jesse Alexander has been guest-blogging with us as part of our “TV Ate My Brain” week. Closing out the week, we talked to him about influences, the future of storytelling, and the importance of D&D. You’ve worked on Lost, Alias, Heroes and now Day One. Have you been typecast as…

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Who Doesn’t Want To Visit The Jedi Doctor In The Matrix?

Sure, a doctor advertising his services with Star Wars references may seem cool, but St. Louis doctor Alexander Kalk now describes the ad (and his follow-up Matrix one) as “abnormal” and one of the first signs of his mental illness. The Riverfront Times reports on Kalk, a St. Louis doctor who dumped the medical files…

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50-Girls-50 Launches Sexy Space Opera, New Careers

Ever thought that you could make it as a comic book artist? Frank Cho and Doug Murray are looking to give you the opportunity; they’re holding a contest to find an artist for their new good girl space opera comic. Image Comics, who’ll be publishing the Cho/Murray/potentially-you collaboration 50-Girls-50, call the new series “a science…

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Finally: Hulks Vs. Intelligensia In New Comic!

It’s the ultimate brains versus brawn contest in Marvel Comics’ just-announced World War Hulks: Alpha, as the smartest men in the Marvel Universe stop to think about the newly-formed Hulk family. Well, the smartest villains, at least. Announced at this weekend’s Fan Expo Canada convention, World War Hulks: Alpha will introduce the Intelligensia, the evil…

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Four Gets Smallvilled For Michael Bay’s Pleasure

Despite the massive success of Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen this summer, it’s looking more likely that Michael Bay is about to follow through on his robot vacation threat; he’s hired writers to script a new movie, and it’s bot-free. Variety reports that Bay and Dreamworks have brought Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Miller…

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Make Yourself Into A Zombie Vigilante

Marvel Comics are using the internet to spread the word about their upcoming Punisher storyarc “Frankencastle,” by inviting fans to turn themselves – or anyone of their choosing – into the titular reanimated crime-killer via the magic of the internet. According to Marvel, the DIY paper doll reanimatathon can be explained away like this: To…

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Even If You Did Know Jack, Here’s A Reminder

Everyone in the town of Eureka is losing their memories, and if they don’t regain them soon, Jack and Allison will be obliterated due to the ultimate spring clean! What better time for… a clip show? I’ll admit it; as soon as I realized that “You Don’t Know Jack” was less a real episode and…

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10 TV Shows That Should Never, Ever Be Made Into Movies

Hollywood may have shown lack of judgment when it comes to adapting television shows into movies – Land of The Lost, anyone? – but that doesn’t mean we’re content to stay quiet and not warn them off certain shows nonetheless. This week, we’ve been celebrating the best of science fiction television, but there’s a dark…

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A Robot Took My Job! Yay?

Worried that your job is about to be stolen by a lousy robot? According to social futurist Jamais Cascio, that might be one of the better economic futures available to us at this point. But why? Writing for Fast Company, Cascio explores what he considers to be the most likely ways in which our economic…

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Pitch Us Your Best TV Shows

All this week, we’ve been talking about the TV that ate our brains, but now we want to know about the TV that’s eating yours… Not that it exists yet. We want to know what your ideal TV show is. You can pitch us an all-new idea, a spin-off of an existing series or concept,…

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Smallville’s Ninth Season To Feature Classic Comic Clash?

What is going on over at Smallville? Yesterday, Geoff Johns – who’ll be writing an episode of the show’s ninth season – teased this pic and added “Had an amazing week at Smallville! JLA vs. JSA!!” Interesting… [Twitter]

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Eureka Gets Renewed, Goes For A Song In New Season

Eureka has been renewed for a fourth season, which brings good news/tired news for fans of the series; the new season will be its longest yet, but also feature a musical two-parter. Does every show have to sing now? In fact, Eureka plans to up the ante from where Xena, Buffy and the upcoming Batman:…

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Favreau on Avengers Movie: “It Might Be A Failure”

Even though he’s still working on Iron Man 2, director Jon Favreau can’t help but worry about Marvel Studio’s Avengers movie, and whether or not the superhero mash-up will be accepted by audiences growing sick of superheroes. Talking to Ireland Online, Favreau – one of the producers of the 2012 movie – said, ‘The Avengers’…

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Epic Mickey Is Coming Your Way Soon

Disney/Marvel: Who Knew What, And When?

The Real Batman To Return In 2010?

The House Of Mouse Eats The House Of Ideas: Disney Buys Marvel

Supernatural To End This Year… Kind Of

V: When Is A Reboot Not A Reboot?

Your Summer Wardrobe, Redefined Too Late

Jesse Alexander On Day One, Spaceships And Dungeons & Dragons

Who Doesn’t Want To Visit The Jedi Doctor In The Matrix?

50-Girls-50 Launches Sexy Space Opera, New Careers

Finally: Hulks Vs. Intelligensia In New Comic!

Four Gets Smallvilled For Michael Bay’s Pleasure

Make Yourself Into A Zombie Vigilante

Even If You Did Know Jack, Here’s A Reminder

10 TV Shows That Should Never, Ever Be Made Into Movies

A Robot Took My Job! Yay?

Pitch Us Your Best TV Shows

Smallville’s Ninth Season To Feature Classic Comic Clash?

Eureka Gets Renewed, Goes For A Song In New Season

Favreau on Avengers Movie: “It Might Be A Failure”

‘Butt Birth’-ing Rhinoceros from Ace Ventura Sequel Sold at Auction for a Whopping $60,000

The Ryan Gosling Sci-Fi Streak Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Study Challenges Popular Theory on Why Primordial Bugs Were So Darn Huge

Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway’s Mystery’s Sci-Fi Film Has Its First Trailer

Scientists Just Found the Salt Limit That Pushes Your Heart to the Breaking Point

White House Social Media Just Had Its Covfefe Moment

Roborock F25 Ultra Steam Wet Dry Vacuum Is Now at Its Lowest Price, but Only During the Spring Sale Window

This $450 Semi-Dumb Phone Is Barely Even a Phone

Startup Successfully Ignites World’s First Fusion Rocket

Shokz OpenDots One Earbuds Hit Their Lowest Price Yet Across All Color Options, Including the New Ones

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees