Katharine Trendacosta, Author at Gizmodo

It’s Holiday Time, Celebrate With Your Gifs!

It’s the time of year where many of us are forced to endure awkward holiday party. Instead of one of those, have a non-awkward gif party! Or 11th. Contact the author at [email protected].

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Andy Serkis Is Going to Produce, Direct, and Star In a Rumplestilskin Movie? Okay, Sure.

Why not? At least this live-action, updated version of a fairy tale from the perspective of the villain isn’t a remake of something. Plus, there’s something distinctly Rumplestiltskin-y about Serkis. None of this is officially confirmed yet, but The Tracking Board reports that Serkis has been tapped by Fox to produce, direct, and star in…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Every Bit of Information Revealed By the X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer

The X-Men: Apocalypse trailer hit today. Along with unveiling James McAvoy in the classic Professor X look, we got a pretty decent amount of info about Apocalypse, his goals, his agents, and who will fight him and where. We’ve broken it all down. Spoilers in the form of rumor and speculation follow. The trailer starts…

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Who Could Cate Blanchett Play in Thor: Ragnarok?

Variety reports that Marvel is in talks with Cate Blanchett to be in Thor: Ragnarok. Which could be great, but which character do they have in mind? According to Variety, Blanchett is up for a new female lead but “Blanchett’s character in the superhero sequel isn’t known.” Here are two good guesses based on the…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather Is the Best Defense of Christmas There Is

The winter holidays have a developed a life of their own, separate from whatever religious basis they originally had. And while it’s easy to decry it all as shallow, the best argument in favor of Christmas comes from Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather. And it’s a secular one. Minor spoilers for Hogfather follow. Hogfather is the 20th…

Books & Comics Katharine Trendacosta

A Bug Has an Identity Crisis In This Surreal, Simply-Drawn Short

Grace Nayoon Rhee’s “Insect Bite” is drawn in a style that looks vaguely childlike, showing a bug with the power to partially transform into anything it eats. Until it bites off more than he can chew. Mildly violent, so exercise caution. [via Vimeo Staff Picks] Contact the author at [email protected].

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For the Holidays, iZombie Decided to Destroy All Hope

For its midseason finale, iZombie decided to destroy the foundations of everyone’s work. And also, somehow, deliver the best Major plot ever. Spoilers for “Cape Town” follow. This week’s murder is of one of those “real life” costumed vigilantes. His name is the Fog and he interrupted the wrong mugging. Eating his brain gets Liv,…

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Watch a Paper-Puppet Short About the Life and Work of Mary Leakey

We’ve featured videos from Flora Lichtman and Sharon Shatttuck’s Animated Life series for the New York Times before. The subject this time is paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, with a particular focus on her discovery of the Laetoli footprints, which showed how hominids walked upright 3.5 million years ago. In addition to covering the science, the video…

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The io9 Guide to The X-Files

You may have heard that The X-Files is coming back in January. If you were a fan when the show was originally on in the ‘90s—or caught it later in syndication or streaming—this is potentially great news. If you missed the whole phenomenon, we’re here for you. Once again, we venture into the io9 Guide…

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First Footage From Spielberg’s The BFG Gives Us the Barest Glimpse of the Big Giant

We also see our protagonist, Sophie (Ruby Barnhill), be afraid of him. Which is all well and good, but “BFG” stands for “Big Friendly Giant,” so we know the hand reaching to grab Sophie probably isn’t going to do her harm. Spielberg adapting a Roald Dahl novel seems like a match made in heaven, it’s…

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In The Librarians, a Classic Figure From Literature Goes Digital

This could just be me, but there was something missing from this week’s Librarians. It just didn’t seem as tightly packed and plotted as usual. The time between the team getting the assignment and figuring it all out stretched out too long. Spoilers for “And the Image of Image” follow. I will fully admit that…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Once Upon a Time Is a Show About True Love Where True Love Is, Objectively, the Worst

You know how in most Disney versions of fairy tales, true love is the cure to all ills? Once Upon a Time is the opposite of that because true love makes everyone on this show—whether they’re involved in it or not—miserable. Spoilers for “Swan Song” follow. If I were ever on the fence about love,…

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The Trailer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Is Literally Full of Beauty

I have no idea if it’s the insanely long period of time between the original movie and the long-awaited cinematic sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but this trailer looks great. But who knows if that’s any guarantee that it will be? Here’s the synopsis from the Netflix exclusive film: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword…

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Here’s How VFX Were Used to Create Jessica Jones‘ Casually Super World

Jessica Jones is notable for mostly treating powers as the everyday things they actually would be for the people who have to live with them. That doesn’t mean it was any easier for the VFX team to create them. In this video, we see what Shade did for the series in the form of the…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Revel in All the Amazing New Seconds of New Game of Thrones Footage

In HBO’s year-end “Look how awesome we were in 2015, we’ll also be awesome in 2016,” there are about four seconds of footage from season six of Game of Thrones. You can either skip to 2:15 in the video above, or see it in gif form below. Your choice. First, we have Daenerys looking smudged…

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Why Twitter’s Trying to Trademark “Subtweet”

Twitter has filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to trademark “subtweet.” A subtweet, for the mercifully uninformed, is a passive-aggressive tweet that mentions someone without using their Twitter name. Before anyone goes around screaming about how this means Twitter now owns the word, that’s not how trademark works. The…

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In His Fantasies—And In This Thor: The Dark World Deleted Scene—Loki Is Thor

As part of the marketing for the Phase 2 Box Set, Marvel released a deleted scene from Thor: The Dark World included in the set. In it, an imprisoned Loki uses his illusions to make him King of Asgard. Which means, basically, he makes himself Thor. Red cape and Mjolnir included. The thing that really…

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It Is Time to Do Battle… With Your GIFs!

It’s Friday, it’s been a long week, and now it’s time to let out all your stress and frustration with a friendly fight club—I mean GIF party. Here’s one I made earlier from the new Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. I like to think of myself as Batman and responsibilities as Superman. As…

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The Voyager Probe Gets a Stylized Tribute

Artist Dave Murray decided to use the Voyager program as his inspiration for one piece included in the Toronto-based Nuvango gallery show “Objectify.” The result is one of the most advanced pieces of technology of its time, rendered in relatively simple shapes. Contact the author at [email protected].

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A Deadly Haunting Has Terrifying Results for Three Strangers

Intruders isn’t just one short, it’s three. All interwoven as the results of a deadly haunting, but each one could stand alone. In Intruders, Santiago Menghini effectively uses a bunch of horror techniques to create different kinds of dread. “5:45” is all atmospheric, almost mundane horror. “Jacov” uses suspense to terrify the audience with an…

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It’s Holiday Time, Celebrate With Your Gifs!

Andy Serkis Is Going to Produce, Direct, and Star In a Rumplestilskin Movie? Okay, Sure.

Every Bit of Information Revealed By the X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer

Who Could Cate Blanchett Play in Thor: Ragnarok?

Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather Is the Best Defense of Christmas There Is

A Bug Has an Identity Crisis In This Surreal, Simply-Drawn Short

For the Holidays, iZombie Decided to Destroy All Hope

Watch a Paper-Puppet Short About the Life and Work of Mary Leakey

The io9 Guide to The X-Files

First Footage From Spielberg’s The BFG Gives Us the Barest Glimpse of the Big Giant

In The Librarians, a Classic Figure From Literature Goes Digital

Once Upon a Time Is a Show About True Love Where True Love Is, Objectively, the Worst

The Trailer for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Is Literally Full of Beauty

Here’s How VFX Were Used to Create Jessica Jones‘ Casually Super World

Revel in All the Amazing New Seconds of New Game of Thrones Footage

Why Twitter’s Trying to Trademark “Subtweet”

In His Fantasies—And In This Thor: The Dark World Deleted Scene—Loki Is Thor

It Is Time to Do Battle… With Your GIFs!

The Voyager Probe Gets a Stylized Tribute

A Deadly Haunting Has Terrifying Results for Three Strangers

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

How to watch UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Pyfer live this Saturday

‘Steel Ball Run’ Will Return This Year…Eventually

‘The Mummy 4’ Is Getting the Family Back Together

JD Vance Says UFOs Are Actually Demons

Breville Barista Express Espresso Machine Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, Cut Your Daily Coffee Costs at Home

Amazon Clears Out Govee LED Smart Light Bulbs (2-Pack) at a Record Low, Each Bulb Costs Just a Few Dollars

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