Katharine Trendacosta, Author at Gizmodo

Kiera Knightley Will Be the Sugar Plum Fairy in Disney’s Live-Action Nutcracker

The Nutcracker, one of the latest films in Disney’s stable of live-action versions of classic tales, has just cast Kiera Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy. Of course, the movie is not based on the ballet. It’s based on the book the ballet is based on. The ballet is The Nutcracker. The book is The…

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The Original Plan for Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four Sounds Completely Amazing

There are a lot of reasons the 2015 version of Fantastic Four failed. But one of them might have been cutting all of the elements of the original story idea’s massive and completely bonkers battles. Screen Crush has a long post-mortem on the movie, which includes an interview with Jeremy Slater, who wrote some initial…

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The First Arrival Trailer Makes Talking to Aliens Terrifying

We got about a minute of footage last week, and now the full trailer for the movie adaptation of Ted Chiang’s “Story Of Your Life” is here. And it is tense. Whereas before, the footage ended with Amy Adams’ Dr. Banks getting her first look inside one of the weird alien monoliths that have appeared,…

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Ahh, After 10,000 Years the New Rita Repulsa Is… Trapped in Plastic Wrap?

There’s a brand new image of Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa, everyone’s favorite, campy-as-hell Power Rangers villain. Unfortunately for Rita, she’s trapped. And unfortunately for us, she’s not trapped in the traditional giant terra cotta moon pot. The new image appeared on the movie’s instagram page: And all we can say is that this makes…

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Send Up a Prayer for Finished Effects After Watching This Deleted Once Upon a Time Scene

In a deleted scene from the fifth season of Once Upon a Time, Hook confronts Regina about the whole “kill your father thing.” That’s not the best part of this deleted scene. The best part is the effects. I know that there’s no reason to finish the effects on a deleted scene. I also know…

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Ben Whishaw Is in Talks to Join That Mary Poppins Sequel

Ben Whishaw is reportedly in talks to play the grown-up version of Michael Banks, the boy from the first Mary Poppins film. I kind of need this to be happen. Mary Poppins Returns, which is set 20 years after the first film, has amassed a fairly impressive cast list so far. Emily Blunt is already…

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You’ll Get to See the Documentary About Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four This Fall

Who would have thought that Roger Corman’s unreleased Fantastic Four would leave a greater impression on the pop culture landscape than the three big-budget, major studio releases? It’s arguably more successful, too. Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four is exactly what it says on the tin—a documentary about the never-released movie. A…

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The 10 Most Overly-Specific Supervillains in Comics

The great thing about comic books is the volume: they’ve been around for a long time and there have been so many issues, reboots, and continuities that there’s never a lack of things to discover. The best thing about comic books is that all that space has allowed things to get weird. This isn’t just…

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Suicide Squad Did Not Manage to Defeat the Reviews

Even though Suicide Squad set a few box office records in its opening days, it dropped significantly over the weekend. In fact, it dropped almost as far as Batman v. Superman, the movie it was supposed to make up for. You might recall that Suicide Squad set the wonderfully specific “August domestic opening weekend box…

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Sports Are Hard Enough Without Competing Against Dinosaurs

And now, competing for Team Cretaceous, it’s Parasaurolophus! Artist Woon Jung has a series of fantastic art incorporating dinosaurs into everyday sports. In addition to being wonderfully bright and fun, the little details really make these. Look at the expressions on the humans. And the dinosaurs. More of Woon Jung’s art can be found here.

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Many Bothans Will Not Be Dying in Rogue One

The only Mon Mothma line anyone remembers in the original Star Wars trilogy is “Many Bothans died to bring us this information.” With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story being about the Rebellion stealing Death Star plans, everyone keeps making Bothan jokes. Please stop it. Because many Bothans did not die to bring us this…

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We All Deserve Good Things, So Here’s Jason Momoa Rocking Out as Aquaman

This photo might be Zack Snyder’s best work. The director shared a photo from the set of Justice League which shows Jason Momoa, in his full Aquaman get-up, playing guitar. Sometimes life is good.

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It’s Time to Get Up and Gif Party

It’s Friday, it’s been a crazy week for us, and now it’s time to celebrate the weekend. Give us your best gifs in the comments.

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Everything Revealed in the New Rogue One Trailer

We finally got another trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story last night, and it was packed full of new stuff—including, of course, Darth Vader. We’ve gone through it with a magnifying glass and all of our nerdery to see what secrets and details are hiding inside it. The opening shot is of this…

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Report: The Han Solo Movie Will Include a Young Lando Calrissian

If Lando is in the young Han Solo movie, does that mean we’ll get the history of the Millennium Falcon, too? The news comes from The Wrap, which reports that the film is casting the part of Lando Calrissian. And… that’s it No other details, but that does hint that it’s going to take place…

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CW President Admits That Supernatural Will Outlast Him

I have nothing against this show. I have, despite writing about genre shows and movies for a living, never seen a single episode of Supernatural. I don’t know why, it’s not on purpose, I just haven’t. But it’s going to outlive me. Supernatural heads into its twelfth season this year. In a year, Supernatural will…

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As Demanded by Common Sense, Supergirl and Flash Are Going to Have a Musical Crossover

The news came from the CW’s TCA presentation, where executive producer Greg Berlanti announced a two-part musical coming late in the season. And that’s not all the excitement in store of DC’s CW-verse next year. “Yes, there will be a musical crossover,”said Berlanti, via TV Line.“There’s going to be a musical pair of episodes in…

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Grant Morrison and Bryan Taylor Are Adapting Brave New World for Syfy

Well, this is certainly going to be a ton of work. Syfy’s announced that Bryan Taylor (Crank) and Grant Morrison (of being Grant Morrison) are adapting Aldous Huxley’s classic Brave New World for Syfy. We heard that Syfy and Amblin were working on this last year, but now we know who’s going to be writing…

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Transformers: The Last Knight‘s Megatron Is Here and He’s a Pile of Silver Bits

There’s a full-body shot of Megatron as he appears in Michael Bay’s fifth Transformers film and, well, it’s a bunch of silver pieces that makes it really hard to remember who it’s supposed to be. More than anything, the new Megatron’s head is so round that it mostly looks like the movie version of Ultron.…

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Star Trek: Discovery Will Likely Have a Female Lead [Updated]

This is a surprise to absolutely no one who has followed Bryan Fuller’s comments about Star Trek in the past, but a ton of outlets are now confirming that the new show will have a female lead. Both TV Line and Variety have sources saying that CBS is still in the process of casting the…

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Kiera Knightley Will Be the Sugar Plum Fairy in Disney’s Live-Action Nutcracker

The Original Plan for Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four Sounds Completely Amazing

The First Arrival Trailer Makes Talking to Aliens Terrifying

Ahh, After 10,000 Years the New Rita Repulsa Is… Trapped in Plastic Wrap?

Send Up a Prayer for Finished Effects After Watching This Deleted Once Upon a Time Scene

Ben Whishaw Is in Talks to Join That Mary Poppins Sequel

You’ll Get to See the Documentary About Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four This Fall

The 10 Most Overly-Specific Supervillains in Comics

Suicide Squad Did Not Manage to Defeat the Reviews

Sports Are Hard Enough Without Competing Against Dinosaurs

Many Bothans Will Not Be Dying in Rogue One

We All Deserve Good Things, So Here’s Jason Momoa Rocking Out as Aquaman

It’s Time to Get Up and Gif Party

Everything Revealed in the New Rogue One Trailer

Report: The Han Solo Movie Will Include a Young Lando Calrissian

CW President Admits That Supernatural Will Outlast Him

As Demanded by Common Sense, Supergirl and Flash Are Going to Have a Musical Crossover

Grant Morrison and Bryan Taylor Are Adapting Brave New World for Syfy

Transformers: The Last Knight‘s Megatron Is Here and He’s a Pile of Silver Bits

Star Trek: Discovery Will Likely Have a Female Lead [Updated]

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

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

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AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

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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

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

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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

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