Katharine Trendacosta

The Heroes Reborn Teaser: Zachary Levi and Jack Coleman See Magic Aurora

We’ve got a brief new teaser from Heroes Reborin showing our old friend Horned-Rimmed Glasses observing someone with some new powers far up north. If he’s up to anything like he was back when Heroes the original flavor started, that’s not good news. Joining the returning Jack Coleman is recently announced new castmember Zachary Levi.…

Does Anyone Have Any Idea What Is Happening In The Tomorrowland Trailer?

Another short look at Brad Bird’s mysterious Tomorrowland was released today, and unlike the trailer, we got a much better look at the land that George Clooney keeps talking about. I still say that, when she sees it from the field, there’s a very Wizard of Oz-like tone to this. Even though this is shorter…

Execs: There’s A Reason We Keep Making Sequels

Variety has a bunch of short essays about the problems in Hollywood, but two executives discuss the commonly-held sentiment that there are just too many sequels coming out of Hollywood. Jim Gianopulos, chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment defends the choice to make more movies in a series, so long as they’re good: If…

A Team of Archeologists May Have Found the Body of Cervantes

Earlier this week, experts announced that they may have found the remains of Don Quixote writer Miguel de Cervantes in crypt in Madrid. The fragments of a coffin with initials “M.C.” were found under the chapel of a cloistered convent, and now forensic work will determine if one of the bodies found was actually Cervantes’.…

Four Rockets Fired Into An Aurora

In order to better understand the impact auroras have on Earth’s atmosphere, NASA launched four rockets carrying experiments were launched on January 26, 2015. This is part of a composite image of all four rockets, done in 30-second exposures. See the full image below. Image: NASA/Jamie Adkins Here’s how NASA describes the project: To help…

Kevin Spacey Will Star In Barry Sonnenfeld’s Next Movie. As a Cat.

Kevin Spacey has signed a deal to star in Barry Sonnenfeld’s Nine Lives as a workaholic businessman who ends up in the body of his family’s cat following an accident. Please let this mean that we get a cat who stares directly into the camera and opines about power and planning. Nine Lives is described…

New Rumors About Ghostbusters‘ Villain and Independence Day 2‘s Hero

Robert Downey Jr. hints at how Age of Ultron will naturally lead to Captain America 3. Margot Robbie talks about Harley Quinn’s voice in Suicide Squad. Get a description of HBO’s Westworld straight from the producers’ mouth. And hints from the finale of Agent Carter. Spoilers now! Top image: Agent Carter Ghostbusters Now that we…

Over on The Atlantic Ta-Nehisi Coates has written an essay on why he hopes to see the marriage of Mary Jane Watson and Peter Parker restored to comics. It’s an excellent personal essay about what that relationship meant to him.Go read it.

Nick Jonas Joins the Super-Eclectic Scream Queens Cast

Fox’s new horror comedy show has added another well-known name to it’s motley cast: Nick Jonas. He joins true scream queen Jaime Lee Curtis and Lea Michele, Joe Manganiello, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Emma Roberts, and Ariana Grande. This is an insane cast. Back when Michele, Palmer, and Grande were announced, we guessed that there…

The Most Deadly And Disgusting Liquors In Science Fiction And Fantasy

With fictional worlds come fictional alcohol. But not just alcohol that’s bad for you in the usual ways — bad for you in the “this will kill you if you drink it” kind of ways. These are drinks bartenders need hazmat suits to prepare and serve. These are not just the drinks that are part…

Dogs Could Love Frolicking In Snow Simply Because It’s New

One of the benefits of living where it snows, or taking a trip to snow with your dog, is watching a joyful dog frolic in it. But why does snow elicit such a response? Well, Scientific American has taken the time to ask a bunch of experts that question. Image: Mischling Jack by Maja Dumat/flickr/C.C.…

We finally know who is writing the next draft of Gareth Edwards’ standalone film: Chris Weitz, writer-director of The Golden Compass and director of Twilight: New Moon. Weitz, whose writing credits include About a Boy and this year’s live-action Cinderella, will follow Gary Whitta, who left after completing a first draft of the Star Wars…

Ten Years of Research Has Produced the Piano of the Future

How long has it been since there’s been a revolutionary new piano? The piano we’re all used to seeing became the standard in the late 1800s, and now Hungarian pianist Gergely Bogányi has designed one that looks like it could be on a spaceship. The new design, produced by Bogányi and an assortment of engineers,…

Lifetime’s Clan of the Cave Bear Has Its Star

Millie Brady, model and actress soon to be seen in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as Mary, will play the lead in Lifetime’s adaptation of Jean M. Auel’s Clan of the Cave Bear. The TV show, written by Linda Woolverton (Maleficent), is based on only the first book in the series. Brady will play Ayla,…

With the Blizzard Comes These Star-Shaped Snowflakes

The northeast of the United States is in the midst of a blizzard, which could bring a potentially historic amount of snow to New York City. But earlier today, before temperatures drop and the snow covers everything, these large, star-shaped snowflakes were spotted all over the city. Weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce explained that all of…

First Glimpse Of Fantastic Four Costumes Reveals A “Cronenberg-ian” Look

Just how different will the new Fantastic Four movie be from the versions we’ve seen before? Very different, it seems. Collider has a new interview with director Josh Trank. And this first look at this version of the Fantastic Four’s outfits. And, well… it’s bluer when you expand it to full-size and look closely? Trank…

NBC has ordered a pilot of Blindspot from Greg Berlanti (Arrow/Flash/Supergirl). Blindspot “begins with a beautiful woman, covered in a “road map” of tattoos, discovered naked in Times Square. Her mysterious ink sends the FBI on an intense journey which, ultimately, reveals her true identity.” [TV Line]

These Adorable Shorts Capture the Epic Myths Parents Tell Children

Everyone has something like this: a story their parents told them to justify something they couldn’t explain or that had an answer unsatisfying to a child. In this one, a father tells an epic tale of scientific study and ravenous bears to a child wondering why she has to be quiet. The film was written…

NBC and ABC Have Bible Shows In the Making: Is This The Hot New Trend?

I think we can officially call ourselves in the midst of a Biblical renaissance in pop culture — from Son of God (a 2014 movie made out of a 2013 miniseries called, of course, The Bible) to Noah, there’s a lot of Bible, both old and new, out there. And now ABC and NBC have…

Fancy Up Your Home With a Glowing Moon Credenza

My quest to find every possible item that could turn my home into a space oasis — provided I had a giant pile of money to that with — has now brought me to a glow-in-the-dark moon credenza. This is important to me. Now, I understand that it’s a limited edition piece and that “price…