Katharine Trendacosta

The Giant Tortoise Carries Its Home and Yours on Its Back

We thought they might be operating on the same principle as decorator crabs, but how does it get all of that on its back without arms that reach its back? This is “The Lost World” by Benajmin Haley, aka ElementOfOne1 on deviantART

This bodes ill: Syfy’s announced that all six episodes of its alt-history space show Ascension will air in three days. Its release date has also moved from November to December 15, 2014. With two episodes airing every day, the miniseries will be gone by December 17. Watch the trailerand tell us if this makes sense.

A Comedy Club Is Using Facial Recognition to Charge by the Laugh

Never more shall you pay full price for a sub-par comedian. A comedy club in Spain is using tablets with facial recognition software to figure out how much to charge its customers. The future is now. As with all really important advancements, this one was spurred on by taxes. The Barcelona club Teatreneu introduced this…

Robert Downey Jr.’s In Captain America 3. And It’s to Start Civil War

We may finally know what Robert Downey Jr. was talking about when he said that there he was working on a deal with Marvel to do something that wasn’t Iron Man 4. According to Variety, Downey’s in the final stages of negotiations that’ll bring Tony Stark in to Captain America 3 and begin the movies’…

Do We Already Know the Line-Up of the Suicide Squad Movie?

And there’s a surprising new rumor about the Justice League movie’s villain. Keanu Reeves reveals trippy scenes from Bill and Ted 3’s script. The X-Men live-action TV show might star Days of Future Past’s Quicksilver. And Daredevil casts a bunch of key roles. Spoilers now! Top image: Batman v. Superman Justice League/Suicide Squad Here are…

The Next Bond Film Has Its Villains, and One of Them Might Be Drax

Filming on the 24th James Bond film is set to start in early December 2014, so it’s no surprise that we’re getting some pretty solid casting rumors right now. Two key Bond archetypes have reportedly been cast: the Bond girl and the henchman. Just one guess which one Dave Bautista is supposed to be. This…

The Mortal Instruments will finish out life as a television series. The first film, based on the Cassandra Clare novel, fizzled in the box office and the sequels were cancelled. Now, Constantin Film has hired Helix showrunner Ed Decter to shepherd to project to TV. There’s no broadcaster yet. [The Hollywood Reporter]

On Resurrection: When You Just Can’t Keep Your Dick of a Brother Dead

You know when your useless bully of a brother keeps harassing you and then tries to make you eat the dinner you made him off the ground, so you shoot him a in the back? A bunch of times? And then, as you’re just getting to burying his body in the basement, he shows back…

The Just-Released Wytches Comic Book Is Becoming a Movie

That was pretty fast. After debuting at New York Comic Con, Wytches has been picked up by Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B. Keep an eye on Plan B, since they’ve picked up a fair number of genre projects since partnering with New Regency. Plan B’s producing team of Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy…

The Most Surprising Flash Easter Egg: An io9 Shout-Out

If you’ve seen the first episode of The Flash, then you know there’s a shot of a newspaper with a nod to the sister-show Arrow in it. What you did not notice was that the actual text of that article had nothing to do Oliver Queen. It was actually lifted from an io9 article. Warning,…

No, that Awful Comedian from Gotham Isn’t the Joker

The Gotham panel at New York Comic Con revealed a number of juicy tidbits to look forward to this season, but one of the bigger moments was executive producer Danny Cannon seemingly cutting down a fan theory about the Joker’s appearance in the pilot. Asked if the awful comedian we saw in Fish Mooney’s place…

Powers Is Definitely NSFW

Here’s the very first trailer for PlayStation’s very first series, Powers, the adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis’ comic book of the same name. Full warning: it’s got a lot of NSFW language. We were warned early that being on PlayStation has freed this show a lot from the normal network constraints. Bendis said the show…

The Mystery That Will Span All of Once Upon a Time‘s Season 4

Starting with its third season, Once Upon a Time has divided its seasons into two complete and different arcs — one in fall and one in spring. Season 4’s first arc is devoted to the Frozen characters joining the Storybrooke crew and the second apparently deals with Maleficent in some way. At New York Comic…

The First 10 Minutes of Birdman: It Was Fucked Up and I May Love It

At the Birdman panel at New York Comic Con on Friday, Michael Keaton said that when he was approached about the movie, he was told that they couldn’t describe the film to him. And, he said, having done it, he understands why: “Even now, I’ know m not sure what happened.” That is pretty much…

Syfy’s 12 Monkeys Immediately Distinguishes Itself from the 1995 Film

Last night, we caught an early screening of the pilot of Syfy’s new series 12 Monkeys. And while it’s clearly based on Terry Gilliam’s original film of the same name, it takes great pains to set itself apart. Here are our spoiler-free first impressions. In a way, it’s almost a shame that the show’s going…

Are Two Terminator Films Being Shot Together Because of Schwarzenegger?

A completely insane Batman v. Superman casting rumor is making the rounds. Plus even more Star Wars rumors. Karl Urban’s willing to do an animated Star Trek, and Renner talks a Hawkeye movie again. Plus, what’s in store for Arrow after the premiere’s big twist? Top image: Arrow Star Wars This latest round of rumors…

Step Inside the Mining Pods of Knowhere in This Guardians of the Galaxy

One of the things that was rightly praised so much in Guardians of the Galaxy was the lived in and used look that the universe had. And one of the most used places in the film was Knowhere, the giant alien head turned mining town. Get a better look at the mining pods in Stephan…

Legend of Korra Says Goodbye to Fans at Its Last Comic Con

It was another dramatic panel for the Korra crew, and the second in a year. At San Diego, the creators had to explain Nickelodeon’s decision to put the show on the Internet only. And yesterday in New York, the cast and crew bid the show goodbye. On hand for The Legend of Korra’s last panel…

All the Firefly Special Features You’ve Ever Wanted Will Be in a Game

The MMORPG Firefly Online, scheduled for Spring of 2015, has already announced that the whole Firefly cast would be reuniting to voice their characters for the game. At NYCC on Thursday evening, they unveiled a bunch of cast interviews about the show that will be included in the game. According to the panel, there are…

We Saw a Bunch of New Big Hero 6 Footage And Now We Love It Even More

In addition to thenew trailer shown during Big Hero 6’s New York Comic Con trailer, we saw four new clips from the film, including spending an extended period of time with the rest of the team for the first time. And its clear that, as excellent as Baymax is, they didn’t put all their eggs…