Katharine Trendacosta

How Close Are We to a Quicksilver Film? And More Age of Ultron Details!

James Spader explains why Ultron’s humor is what attracted him to the part. Ridley Scott’s The Martian is attracting the best cast we’ve seen in a while. Adam McKay’s itching to return to the Marvel universe. Check out a FitzSimmons-heavy Agents of SHIELD clip. Plus possible details about Universal’s new Mummy film. Spoilers now! Top…

I.Q. 83, Arthur Herzog’s Ode to the Stupidity Plague, Will Be a Movie

It’s taken 20 years to finally get some steam, but Charlie Kaufman’s been hired to do an entirely new draft and the plan is for Steve Carell to star. And you have to admit: Carell can totally pull off a man becoming progressively less intelligent. Andrew Lazar first brought the project to DreamWorks 20 years…

Can You Name the Horror Movies Depicted In These Minimalist Posters?

Just in time for Halloween, here are ten beautiful minimalist posters for you to both decorate and confound your less-knowledgeable friends with. It’s a double-win! If you can’t name each poster — and, no harm, no foul if you can’t — hints and answers are available on Halloween Costumes.com, which also has computer wallpapers, phone…

Cat Commits Property Destruction to Avoid Having to Walk Around a Wall

This cat is the most determined cat ever. It’s going to keep pulling until that damn pipe isn’t in the wall anymore. There are so many reasons cats like this are scary: the determination, the use of paws like hands, the problem solving… I hope that bit of tubing really went through this structure, or…

Hold On to Your Fez, Doctor Who: AMC Is Going to Run BBC America

In the slow march to television consolidation, AMC has bought a massive stake in BBC America. The result is that they’ll be running the BBC show here in the United States. The deal has AMC investing $200 million for a 49.9% stake in BBC America. BBC America is the U.S. network owned and run by…

William Shatner Names The One Condition For His Cameo In Star Trek 3

One Justice League hero talks about his appearance in Batman v Superman. Adrianne Palicki explains how long we can expect Mockingbird to stick around Agents of SHIELD. A Supernatural spinoff is still in the works. And could James Wan direct the Shazam movie? Spoilers now! Top image: Game of Thrones Star Trek William Shatner said…

Evil Artist Builds Nightmare Typewriter In Comic Sans

Only a monster would build something that forced you to type in comic sans. I have nightmares of this. They usually end with me being run off the Internet with pitchforks. This is from horror designer Jesse England, who describes it thusly: Sincerity Machine: The Comic Sans typewriter was made after viewing a document with…

Fox Orders Frankenstein Pilot That Has Nothing to Do with Frankenstein

And they’re pretty confident in it, since they’ve made a “put pilot” commitment on it. That means they either air it or pay a lot of money. The project comes from Rand Ravish (Crisis, Life) and Howard Gordon (Homeland, Tyrant). The former is writing and executive producing and the latter is executive producing. Frankenstein is…

Brand New Isaac Asimov Essay Mulls the Origins of Creativity

In 1959 Issac Asimov wrote an essay on where new ideas come from. It wasn’t found until fifty-five years later, when Arthur Obermayer, scientist and friend of Asimov, cleaned out some of his old files. It is as illuminating now as it was then. In the introduction of the essay, published in full by the…

These Paper Masks Are Halloween Costumes Made Easy

And polygonal. While you’re considering making some of your own Halloween decorations, you can also consider getting some of these paper mask patterns from Steve Wintercroft. https://gizmodo.com/the-ultimate-collection-of-clever-halloween-decorations-1649445688 His patterns are available on etsy and his website. You can go minimalist and just leave it the color of the paper you use or you can take…

Which Famous Movie Character Is Getting Gender-Swapped On Television?

There’s yet another round of Star Wars spoilers. Sean Bean gets not one, but two new roles. Interstellar is already getting rave reviews. Could two more surprising characters meet on Game of Thrones? Plus major spoilers from the creators of Syfy’s 12 Monkeys TV show. Spoilers now! Top image: Gotham Star Wars Some more concept…

For two weeks, a channel in Germany and Austria will play nothing but Star Wars. From Dec. 1 to 14, Sky Deutschland’s Sky Hits digital channel will show all the six films, featurettes, and documentaries on a 24-hour loop. Enjoy the early Christmas gift, German-speakers. [The Hollywood Reporter]

For Its “Greatest Hits of Murder” Episode, Forever Manages … Three

Three. Three deaths. Also, raise your hand if you’re surprised that Henry was involved in the Jack the ripper case. Oh, no one? Good job establishing your tropes early, Forever. Really, it’s only two with a nod to a third: Jack the Ripper, the Black Dahlia murder, and the Boston Strangler. I’m frankly shocked that…

It Was a Disaster When First Contact Was a Fender Bender

First contact wasn’t made by some ambassador from a spacefaring species. It was just a guy out in his brand new ship, who crashed into something that shouldn’t have been there. Translated, his words are “You permission from the spaceway commission to build that. THERE ARE RULES.” “Insurance” is not a concept that’s made off…

Here’s the First Look at Gotham‘s Harvey Dent

Get a look at Nicholas D’Agosto trying his hand at some Two-Face-style coin flipping! Impressed yet? To be fair, he’s not in character in this segment from DC’s All Access, which interviews him and Ben McKenzie on the set. The only shot of D’Agosto as Harvey Dent has no sound, but we see him consulting…

Does this Shining Based Commercial Make You Want to Go to an IKEA?

Props to IKEA Singapore, this is a great looking ad. But is it asking if the prospect of late night IKEA assemblage is scarier than The Shining? Because I think we all know the answer to that. No, seriously, fuck that MALM dresser I put together last year. This is a cliched joke because it’s…

Justice League and Guardians of the Galaxy Add Secret New Characters!

And what’s going on at the Batman v. Superman red carpet? Plus, David Ayer on Suicide Squad, James Gunn on already writing Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and Melissa McCarthy ends those pesky Ghostbusters rumors. And tons of information on the Arrow and Flash crossover and their new characters. Spoilers now! Top image: The Flash…

Get Ready, Southeastern United States, the Sharknado Is Coming For You

Sharknado 3: Has This Joke Run Its Course Yet? has announced its next target and it’s, well, most of the southeastern coast of the U.S. It sounds like our leads are going to be running from a sharknado that chases them. Is this a tornado of Voodoo Sharks? Now that the major metropolitan areas of…

Who Will Be X-Men‘s Apocalypse? Plus Revealing Game of Thrones Photos!

There are a ton of new Interstellar details. Get a good look at most of the Avengers crew. New reports on Pacific Rim and How to Train Your Dragon reveal what’s being planned for those franchises. Plus a major Grimm spoiler from its star, and what’s next for the Queen siblings on Arrow. Top image:…

Peter Straub’s Shadowland is being developed as an “event series” for NBC by David S. Goyer. In addition producing the project, Goyer will also co-write it with BAFTA-winner Jack Thorne, who is currently adapting The Sandman. Shadowland follows two boys who spend a summer with a magician who may be a sorcerer. [Deadline]