Meredith Woerner, Author at Gizmodo

The Dead Come Back, But Not As Zombies In A&E’s The Returned Trailer

Get a first look at the supernatural series The Returned from Lost’s Carlton Cuse and Raelle Tucker from True Blood. Watch as the dead come back to life, and try and wiggle their way back into their past lives. The series is an adaptation of the French series Les Revenants, here’s the official synopsis: The…

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Lo, The Incredible Artwork of Exodus, Revealed In Before And After Pics

What Exodus may have lacked in script and casting, it made up for in spectacle. The plagues and ancient temples were insane. Behold the magic in these before and after wipes. Thanks to the work of Matte Shot Designer and Concept Artist Vincent Jenkins, we were able to compose these amazing visuals in which you…

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Holy Crap, David Tennant Cast As Purple Man In Jessica Jones Series

Although it seemed like Marvel’s Jessica Jones Netflix series couldn’t get any better, it just did. David Tennant has just been cast as the villainous Purple Man. That’s right, the beloved Tenth Doctor is about to turn into a total nightmare. The Wrap is reporting that Doctor Who legend David Tennant will be joining Marvel’s…

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Emma Watson Will Be Belle In Disney’s Live-Action Beauty And The Beast

Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast movie has cast their Belle, and we think it’s pretty perfect. Say “Bonjour” to your new Belle, Emma Watson. The press release was short and brief: Actress Emma Watson has been cast as Belle in Disney’s upcoming live-action interpretation of Beauty and the Beast. The film is directed by…

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George Lucas Took A Spotify Playlist And Turned It Into A Fairy Musical

Strange Magic isn’t a movie, it’s more of an epiphany George Lucas had between laps in his Scrooge McDuck vault of money. “What if I bought the rights to every pop song ever and put them all in one movie? But what about a plot? Fuck it, I’ll just make it anyway.” That is the…

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Beautiful Map To Middle-Earth Discoverd On Starbucks Cup

Someone sketched out the map of Middle-Earth onto a Starbucks cup and it’s just a nice thing. Look at this adorable little map thing someone with great talent drew. Isn’t that nice? Allegedly, a Starbucks barista found this cup and then somehow the images got posted over on Reddit via Redditor Carpe_Natem (who is also…

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Attack On Titan Theme Park Built Life-Sized Titans And They’re HUNGRY

Universal Studios in Japan has constructed an Attack on Titan experience that allows guests to enjoy the feeling of being trapped inside the massive jaws of a Titan. Amazing. The Osaka park has currently opened its doors to journalists and the images are flooding in. Crunchyroll has a collection of park photos of the massive…

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Every Single Star Trek Lens Flare, Ever

How many lens flares are there in the whole of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movies? A lot. And some crazy rounded them all up into two videos just to inform us all of the light bright insanity that is a lens flare. Way back in 2009, right after the first press screening for the first…

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The Blob Is Getting Another Remake!

The Blob is back (again). Get ready to fear this slowly moving, gelatinous villain! We cannot wait. Last we heard, Rob Zombie was looking to make a remake of this 1958 scifi/horror classic back in 2009, but that’s apparently dead because now Deadline is reporting that director Simon West (The Mechanic, Expendables 2, Con Air,…

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Your Movie Is Not The Goonies. Stop Saying It Is.

We are living in an age where everyone wants to be The Goonies. Why? Because Goonies is the best goddamn movie ever made (probably). Even if it isn’t the best movie ever made, Hollywood certainly loves referencing it, along with all the other nostalgic Amblin movies of their youth. And it’s probably time to stop.…

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Why Is Everyone Being Such A Dick To This Robot?

Story of R32 is a great little film if you want to feel like a bag of hell for the rest of the day. Spoiler warning, everyone is an insufferable prick to this robot and it makes me angry. Created and directed by Vladimir Vlasenko, who apparently hates robots.

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Watch Brad Bird Play With Mondo’s Iron Giant Figure And Try Not To Cry

We’ve got an exclusive video of The Iron Giant director Brad Bird playing with Mondo’s Iron Giant Delux Figure. And the music combined with the Giant’s face is just… eep… we… mustn’t cry… Oh dear, here we go. The Iron Giant Deluxe Figure is absolutely insane and it will finally be available for pre-order tomorrow…

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NBC Might Make A Live TV Presentation of The Wiz, We Have Thoughts

After Peter Pan Live! and The Sound of Music Live, NBC is moving onward and upward, picking up the rights to The Wiz. This is a much more complicated musical than Peter Pan, so NBC, if you’re going to do it, do it right. Cast Janelle Monáe. We totally agree with Slate’s earlier suggestion that…

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The Fables Movie Isn’t Dead! A Kick-Ass Writer Comes On Board

Good news. The movie version of the badass, modern day fairytale comics we ALL want to see adapted, Fables, is NOT dead. In fact, the movie just got a pretty exciting screenwriter to take another pass at the script. Honestly, we thought the Fables movie was dead — which was a very big bummer because…

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Brian Michael Bendis’ Powers TV Series Gets A Release Date

The live-action series adaptation of the comic book Powers, created by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, finally has an air date. And the first episode will be free! As PlayStation Network’s first original series, Powers will premiere on March 10th. The pilot episode will be free for one and all, but every episode…

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The World War Z Movie Sequel Will Start With A “Clean Slate”

The World War Z film adaptation of the hit book made a lot of money, but let’s get real, it was nothing like the fantastic source material. Which is why we’re happy that the sequel is going to be a “clean slate”… or maybe we’re just cautiously optimistic. In an interview with Indie Wire, sequel…

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Stephen Mangan Will Play A Pregnant Man For TV Series Birthday

Stephen Mangan (Episodes, Dirk Gently) will star in new Sky drama/comedy Birthday. And as you can see form the picture, he’s playing a pregnant man. Inside that belly is his infant daughter. Digital Spy is reporting that Joe Penhall will be writing the script that is adapted from the Royal Court play also titled Birthday.…

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Mysterious Game Of Thrones Special Revealed

Remember that strange Game of Thrones special called “A Day In A Life” that was announced in back in December? Well, the details have finally surfaced for this surprising GOT special. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that this special video will be a half hour documentary: “It’s a half-hour documentary that covers one day of season…

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Underdogs Trailer Brings Fooseball Players To Life To Cheat In Soccer

I’m not entirely sure I understand the premise of the animated movie Underdogs. A movie about a bunch of fooseball figures that come to life to help a town cheat at a game of soccer? OK, OK, let me try again: Once upon a time a kid played a bully in fooseball? And now the…

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Scream Queens Casts A Gleek, A Pop Star And A Werewolf

Ryan Murphy’s Scream Queens series certainly is attracting a lot of interesting names. The horror comedy series has already landed the original Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis, and now it’s picked up a whole cast of surprises. According to Variety, Glee alum Lea Michele, True Blood’s werewolf Joe Manganiello, Zombieland’s tiny dancer Abigail Breslin, and…

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The Dead Come Back, But Not As Zombies In A&E’s The Returned Trailer

Lo, The Incredible Artwork of Exodus, Revealed In Before And After Pics

Holy Crap, David Tennant Cast As Purple Man In Jessica Jones Series

Emma Watson Will Be Belle In Disney’s Live-Action Beauty And The Beast

George Lucas Took A Spotify Playlist And Turned It Into A Fairy Musical

Beautiful Map To Middle-Earth Discoverd On Starbucks Cup

Attack On Titan Theme Park Built Life-Sized Titans And They’re HUNGRY

Every Single Star Trek Lens Flare, Ever

The Blob Is Getting Another Remake!

Your Movie Is Not The Goonies. Stop Saying It Is.

Why Is Everyone Being Such A Dick To This Robot?

Watch Brad Bird Play With Mondo’s Iron Giant Figure And Try Not To Cry

NBC Might Make A Live TV Presentation of The Wiz, We Have Thoughts

The Fables Movie Isn’t Dead! A Kick-Ass Writer Comes On Board

Brian Michael Bendis’ Powers TV Series Gets A Release Date

The World War Z Movie Sequel Will Start With A “Clean Slate”

Stephen Mangan Will Play A Pregnant Man For TV Series Birthday

Mysterious Game Of Thrones Special Revealed

Underdogs Trailer Brings Fooseball Players To Life To Cheat In Soccer

Scream Queens Casts A Gleek, A Pop Star And A Werewolf

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Anthropic Can’t Cover Up Its Claude Code Leak Fast Enough

Zach Cregger Recruits Second Zach for His Aunt Gladys Spinoff

Can You Run a Computer Without RAM? Surprisingly, Yes—But You’ll Be Miserable

How Adult Swim Skipped the April Fools’ Nonsense and Dropped a ‘Smiling Friends’ Claymation Horror Short Instead

Oracle Lays Off Thousands to Offset AI Spending

The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in April 2026

Chinese Startup Debuts Super-Bendy Robotic Arm for Orbital Repairs

Your Devices Are Targets. Bitdefender Shields Them All — For Less Than You Think

Of Course, ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Post Credit Scene Is Another Big Cameo

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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

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

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?