Katharine Trendacosta, Author at Gizmodo

How Doctor Strange Brought Ghost Rider to Agents of SHIELD

With the delay of Inhumans and the upcoming Doctor Strange, Agents of SHIELD has a much wider world to work in. In a press roundtable after their Comic-Con panel, we talked to executive producers Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen about what those things meant for the future of the show. Agents of SHIELD introduced the…

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Dance Reminds Zombie of Who He Used to Be in This Short Film

Does this zombie short have a fair amount of gore and violence? Yes. It also has the incredible image of a lone zombie doing some amazing dancing in the middle of all the carnage. “We Together” is from Henry Kaplan, who told Short of the Week that the whole thing came from a single image:…

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What Makes the American Dirk Gently TV Series Stand Out From the British Version

The latest stab at adapting Douglas Adams’ detective story comes to BBC America this fall, and it’s a bit more frenetic-looking than the book. In a press event, we talked to the cast, executive producer Robert Cooper, and writer Max Landis about what made them do this show. “The BBC Dirk Gently didn’t even have…

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Meet the New Ravagers of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

James Gunn has shared photos and names for the Ravagers, and one of them is named Half-Nut. And another, Scrote. Well, what else? On Saturday, Marvel showed a clip of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 which showed new Ravagers in action. To read a description of that clip, check out our coverage of the…

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Everything the Discovery Can Tell Us About the New Star Trek Show

CBS merely announced the name of the upcoming Star Trek TV series, and gave us the briefest glimpse of its titular ship, the Discovery. What could it possibly reveal about the show? Well, if you’re a Star Trek nerd like we are, it can tell you a lot—including when in the timeline the series might…

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A Manic Private Investigator Barges Into Elijah Wood’s Life in This Dirk Gently Sneak Peek

BBC America’s version of Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is the latest entry in what is becoming a genre all its own these days: Know-it-all British men barging into normal people’s lives and dragging them into adventures. In this show’s case, the man barging in is Dirk Gently (Samuel Barnett), who is investigating…

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The Legion of Doom Will Menace the Legends of Tomorrow in Season Two

Of course, it’s a Legion of Doom drawn from characters that already exist in the CW’s version of the DC universe, including Malcolm Merlyn, Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough), the Reverse-Flash, and Captain Cold. We now know why John Barrowman (Merlyn) and Wentworth Miller (Captain Cold) were given deals that allowed their characters to appear in…

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Star Trek: Discovery Officially Takes Place in the Prime Universe

In a packed panel during San Diego Comic-Con, the name of the new Star Trek series—which, in the grand tradition of Star Trek, is also the name of the ship—was revealed. In a press conference after the panel, executive producers Bryan Fuller and Heather Kadin gave just a few more details about the show. First…

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The Legends of the Hidden Temple Film Looks Like a Treasure Trove of ’90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia

A movie where the all the weird things that made Legends a fun Nickelodeon game show—and the things made me tense and nervous for the contestants—are actually real? Sign me up. Sure, it’s a very obvious plot, but the trailer makes this movie looks like so much goofy fun. Just as long as at least…

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Why Orphan Black Is Ending With Season Five

At the Orphan Black panel at Comic-Con on Friday, Orphan Black co-creator John Fawcett said the most obvious and yet the most wonderful thing about the show’s fifth and final season: “The focus of season five, obviously, is we all want answers, goddammit.” But there’s another reason for ending the series after next season— to…

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Neil Gaiman Could Not Be Happier With the American Gods TV Series

That was the pervasive sentiment of the American Gods panel at Comic-Con yesterday, summed up by Neil Gaiman himself: “As a general rule, if you loved it in the book, it is probably going to end up on your screen.” Executive producer Bryan Fuller put the adaptation another way, saying that it becomes “fan fiction,…

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Teenage Girls, Dominatrixes, and Other Brains That Will Be Eaten in iZombie‘s Third Season

One of the best parts of iZombie is the conceit that zombies take on the personalities and skills of the people whose brains they eat. Luckily, we didn’t need to eat the brains of the show’s cast and crew to learn what’s in store for season three. They just told us. Season two ended with…

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This Orphan Black Blooper Reel Shows the Mistake Tatiana Maslany Must Make All the Time

With the fourth season already over, Orphan Black decided to have a bit of fun at its Comic-Con panel. In addition to forcing the actors to ad-lib scenes as their characters, BBC America released a blooper reel which has got to be a constant problem for Tatiana Maslany,. The specific blooper features Maslany, as Cosima,…

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Kristin Chenoweth Will Play Easter in American Gods

“I’m really excited to be reunited with my Bryan Fuller,” said Kristin Chenoweth, walking out to a rapturous applause at the American Gods panel. The big announcement made for the Starz series was that Chenoweth, who was in Bryan Fuller’s Pushing Daisies, is joining the American Gods. And what else would she be but a…

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See Danny Rand’s Horrible, Horrible Life in the First Iron Fist Footage

Marvel’s pushing its Netflix shows hard at Comic-Con today. We’ve had Luke Cage and a hint of Defenders. And now we have Danny Rand (Finn Jones) popping up as Iron Fist. This less-than-a-minute teaser does not make Danny’s life look easy. We’ve got the tragic K’un L’un expedition and, apparently, Danny strapped to a gurney…

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A Japan/Nazi Cold War Comes to The Man in the High Castle‘s Second Season

Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle took on the monumental task of adapting Philip K. Dick’s alternate history story into a television series. Its attention to detail and depth of character made it a must-watch, and, at San Diego Comic-Con, the cast and crew revealed a bit of what comes next. First things first:…

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Which Time Travel TV Show Remake Should You Watch, Time After Time or Frequency?

Neither. Both. They’re both entirely generic in completely different ways. Pick your poison with our spoiler-free first impressions of their pilots. Time After Time is an ABC show based on a 1979 movie about author H.G. Wells using a time machine he built to chase his friend, Jack the Ripper, into the present day. Frequency…

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People of Earth Is a Weird Little Comedy That You Definitely Shouldn’t Miss

Of the two comedies shown during San Diego Comic-Con’s pilot previews (this and Powerless), People of Earth is definitely the stand-out. Here’s our spoiler-free first impression of its inaugural episode. People of Earth is about journalist Ozzie Graham (Wyatt Cenac) who is doing a human interest story on a support group for people who believe…

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Riverdale Turns Archie Comics Into a Teenage Noir Soap Opera, and It’s Way Too Much Fun

The CW’s got a new comics-based show, but there’s nary a masked vigilante to be found. Instead, Riverdale feels like a series from the teen-focused CW of old. Here are our spoiler-free first impressions of the very strange, very goofy, and very fun pilot. Riverdale really wants to be Twin Peaks, but it’s not weird…

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DC Comics’ Office Comedy Powerless Isn’t Bad as Much as It’s Just Kinda There

Powerless is NBC and DC’s attempt to put a workplace comedy into the world of comic books. Based on the pilot we saw at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, it only kind of works. Here’s our spoiler-free first impression of the premiere! The problem with Powerless is that it doesn’t meld its two worlds together…

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How Doctor Strange Brought Ghost Rider to Agents of SHIELD

Dance Reminds Zombie of Who He Used to Be in This Short Film

What Makes the American Dirk Gently TV Series Stand Out From the British Version

Meet the New Ravagers of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Everything the Discovery Can Tell Us About the New Star Trek Show

A Manic Private Investigator Barges Into Elijah Wood’s Life in This Dirk Gently Sneak Peek

The Legion of Doom Will Menace the Legends of Tomorrow in Season Two

Star Trek: Discovery Officially Takes Place in the Prime Universe

The Legends of the Hidden Temple Film Looks Like a Treasure Trove of ’90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia

Why Orphan Black Is Ending With Season Five

Neil Gaiman Could Not Be Happier With the American Gods TV Series

Teenage Girls, Dominatrixes, and Other Brains That Will Be Eaten in iZombie‘s Third Season

This Orphan Black Blooper Reel Shows the Mistake Tatiana Maslany Must Make All the Time

Kristin Chenoweth Will Play Easter in American Gods

See Danny Rand’s Horrible, Horrible Life in the First Iron Fist Footage

A Japan/Nazi Cold War Comes to The Man in the High Castle‘s Second Season

Which Time Travel TV Show Remake Should You Watch, Time After Time or Frequency?

People of Earth Is a Weird Little Comedy That You Definitely Shouldn’t Miss

Riverdale Turns Archie Comics Into a Teenage Noir Soap Opera, and It’s Way Too Much Fun

DC Comics’ Office Comedy Powerless Isn’t Bad as Much as It’s Just Kinda There

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

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

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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

How to Watch the F1 Japanese GP 2026 on a Free Channel

Ranking 2016’s Superhero Debuts, 10 Years Later

Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Bans Most Social Media for Kids

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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

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