Katharine Trendacosta, Author at Gizmodo

Peter Capaldi Wants a Story Where the Doctor Wakes Up to Find Himself Starring in Doctor Who

There’s almost no story Doctor Who can’t tell. That the brilliance of a show with a time traveler who is a hundreds-year-old alien. But there is one story they’ve never done that Peter Capaldi would like to see. When we talked to Capaldi at New York Comic Con, he was asked what story he’s dying…

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Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders Is A Brilliant Commentary on the Dark Knight’s Identity

The animated movie, based on the 1960s Batman TV series—and featuring Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar in the roles they played on that show—is full of every joke imaginable. It’s also a meta-commentary on the darkness in Batman that is downright brilliant. No spoilers here, but Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders is…

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The First Image and Footage From the Doctor Who Christmas Special Adds Superheroes to the Whoniverse

As was just revealed at the Doctor Who panel at New York Comic Con, in addition to the Doctor and Matt Lucas’ character Nardole, the Christmas special, “Return of Doctor Mysterio,” also features Justin Chatwin (Orphan Black) as a literal superhero. Here’s the full image of Chatwin: Steven Moffat said that his inspiration for the…

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The First Class Footage Is All About Doctor Who (Updated)

At New York Comic Con, the very first teaser for the Doctor Who spinoff was shown, and it’s all about the Doctor showing up and charging the students of Coal Hill with saving the world on their own. The 40 second teaser, shown prior to a full one, has a lot of tension. But mainly…

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We’ve Seen Footage of War for the Planet of the Apes‘ Most Human Moment

Well, the most human of the apes’ moment. It’s honestly amazing what Andy Serkis and Karin Konoval can do in motion capture. At a special New York Comic Con event, writer-director Matt Reeves, producer Dylan Clark, and star Andy Serkis showed about seven minutes of unfinished footage for the third movie in the Planet of…

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New Legends of the Hidden Temple Trailer Brings Us the True Star: Olmec!

Honestly, this is what we’re here for, right? Temple guards, the shrine of the silver monkey, a blue barracudas shirt…that’s all great. But this is the person—er, giant stone head—that we all idolize. The plot of this movie has three siblings, Sadie, Noah, and Dudley Isabela Moner, Colin Critchley, and Jet Jurgensmeyer) accidentally stumbling upon…

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J.K. Rowling’s Latest Pottermore Story Is an American Wizarding Civics Lesson

Another day closer to the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, another Pottermore story about the history of American wizardry which, we presume, will be all shaken up by that movie’s protagonist, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) Today’s lesson: politics! Rowling’s written a sort of encyclopedia entry on the Magical Congress of the…

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Riverdale, the Show Based on Archie Comics, Is Getting an Archie Comic

To be fair to Riverdale, it’s not like its reimagining is actually anything like the Archie comics most people remember. Plus, the TV series starts right after a murder, so a prequel comic makes some sense. The one-shot will be a prequel, of course, but the hope is to turn it into a full series…

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Suicide Squad‘s Getting an Extended Edition, But What’s Being Added?

It’s not a huge shock that Warner Bros. would take advantage of what, according to Jared Leto, is a giant pile of his craziest material. So, following in a trend designed to get people to buy several copies of the same movie, Suicide Squad is getting an extended edition. But as we’ve seen time and…

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The TV Show Isn’t the Only American Gods Adaptation Coming in 2017

We’re all incredibly excited about Bryan Fuller’s TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods coming to Starz next year. We’re also excited about the American Gods comic book adaptation also coming in 2017, which Dark Horse announced earlier today—but we’re also kind of confused. Here’s what we know abut comic version: It will be…

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15 Questions We Have After the Westworld Premiere

After months of both hype and delays, it seemed like the Westworld TV series would have a hard time living up to the anticipation. The fact that it pulled it off is impressive, especially given how many questions the premiere raised. We may not know what’s going on yet, but we’re definitely going to keep…

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Concept Art Shows Off the Much Creepier Bad Guys Suicide Squad Could Have Had

Concept artist Stephan Martiniere put a treasure trove of Suicide Squad concept art up on his website, and what it mostly revealed is that Enchantress and her henchman could have been a lot more interesting than the designs we actually ended up seeing in the movie. While Martiniere does have one design for Katana up…

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The Team Behind Agent Carter Is Making a Show Based on Disney’s Theme Parks

Disney is once again shuffling its properties around so that comics, movies, theme parks, and television shows share source material. But this time, showrunners Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters (Agent Carter) are involved, so we’re more optimistic than before. According to Deadline, Fazekas and Butters have sold an hourlong drama to ABC “based on the…

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Almost Everyone Who’s Ever Worked on Star Trek Is Begging You Not to Vote for Trump

In one of the least surprising turn of events in history, the people who worked on Star Trek–a show which envisions a future Earth without sexism, racism, religion, and even money–find the thought of a Trump presidency abhorrent. More surprisingly, they all want to be clear that a vote for a third party is a…

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Westworld Is Very Good, You Just Need to Be a Bit Patient

Westworld, HBO’s long-gestating adaptation of the 1973 movie of the same name, finally premieres this Sunday. In a lot of ways, the first episode already lives up to the hype—but you’re also going to have to be okay with being confused…. at least for now. Superficially, Westworld is a downright beautiful show. All the money…

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Unleash Your Best Moves in the Gif Party

It’s Friday and let’s cut loose. And by “cut loose,” of course, we mean put gifs in the comments.

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Instead of Coming Once a Year, a Purge TV Show Will Come Weekly

You know how, in the universe of The Purge movies, all laws are suspended for one day a year as some sort of insane plan to fix the country? Well, a Purge TV show is in the works that will turn this yearly event into a weekly one. Writer-director James DeMonaco was asked by Cinema…

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See Ant-Man Turn Into Giant-Man in This Captain America: Civil War Concept Art

Concept artist Andy Park is a good person to follow on Instagram, since he routinely posts wonderful concept art from the various movies he’s worked on. Today, he drew the literal transformation of Ant-Man from Civil War.

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Zack Snyder Reveals a Very Tiny Hint About Justice League‘s Deathstroke

As you would if you were him, Zack Snyder posted a photo of himself on the Justice League set and wearing a Batman gauntlet to Twitter, causing nerds everywhere to scream, “WHAT’S ON HIS TABLET?” The answer is Deathstroke. Deathstroke is on his tablet. Here’s the tweet: And here’s a blown up and reoriented look…

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The 25 Lamest Superpowers Found on the Superpower Wiki

The Superpower Wiki is a very useful place if you’re trying to remember what a certain ability is called or if you’re trying to find every hero and villain who manipulates ice, for example. It’s also a useful place to find some of the most terrible, most ineffectual, and downright baffling superpowers in the universe—15…

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Peter Capaldi Wants a Story Where the Doctor Wakes Up to Find Himself Starring in Doctor Who

Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders Is A Brilliant Commentary on the Dark Knight’s Identity

The First Image and Footage From the Doctor Who Christmas Special Adds Superheroes to the Whoniverse

The First Class Footage Is All About Doctor Who (Updated)

We’ve Seen Footage of War for the Planet of the Apes‘ Most Human Moment

New Legends of the Hidden Temple Trailer Brings Us the True Star: Olmec!

J.K. Rowling’s Latest Pottermore Story Is an American Wizarding Civics Lesson

Riverdale, the Show Based on Archie Comics, Is Getting an Archie Comic

Suicide Squad‘s Getting an Extended Edition, But What’s Being Added?

The TV Show Isn’t the Only American Gods Adaptation Coming in 2017

15 Questions We Have After the Westworld Premiere

Concept Art Shows Off the Much Creepier Bad Guys Suicide Squad Could Have Had

The Team Behind Agent Carter Is Making a Show Based on Disney’s Theme Parks

Almost Everyone Who’s Ever Worked on Star Trek Is Begging You Not to Vote for Trump

Westworld Is Very Good, You Just Need to Be a Bit Patient

Unleash Your Best Moves in the Gif Party

Instead of Coming Once a Year, a Purge TV Show Will Come Weekly

See Ant-Man Turn Into Giant-Man in This Captain America: Civil War Concept Art

Zack Snyder Reveals a Very Tiny Hint About Justice League‘s Deathstroke

The 25 Lamest Superpowers Found on the Superpower Wiki

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Ahead of the SpaceX IPO, xAI Has Now Shed All 11 of Its Non-Elon Musk Founders

Do ‘Disclosure Day’ Prep With a Spielberg Sci-Fi Marathon

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

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!