Meredith Woerner, Author at Gizmodo

Green Lantern Concept Art Shows The Origins Of The Glowing Space Cops

Click to viewIllustrator Brian Murray has shared the package he crafted with Eli Stone creator Greg Berlanti, which helped him win the right to make a Green Lantern movie. So far we’re just getting peeks at the Green Lantern space cop convention, and a few looks at the chiseled jawline of Earthbound Green Lantern Hal…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 4 '08

Are Webcasts The Future Of Television?

NBC announced that both Chuck and Knight Rider will be streaming their premiere episodes on Hulu a week before they air on the network. Fox will also be streaming Fringe and the Sarah Connor Chronicles via college internet at the same time as their television premieres (so you need to be on the schools domain).…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 3 '08

“Bayos” and “Bayhem” Rule The Transformers 2 Set

Wal-Mart has posted a behind-the-scenes video peek into the bayotic world of Transformers: Rise Of The Fallen. True to Michael Bay form, lots of things go boom, and the director even has a pair of specially made Nike kicks which he called, “Bay-os, aka chaos, cause I’m going to beat up all your asses. Because…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 3 '08

Will The City Of Ember Kids Team Up With Brendan Fraser?

The new City of Ember poster is out and I can’t help but wonder if those two crazy kids ever bumped into Fraser and company from Journey To The Center Of The Earth on their subterranean journey? Also, I did not know the little girl could walk on air. The full poster image is below.When…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 3 '08

Cleavagefield Puts J.J. Abrams’ Shaky Cam To Better Use

Click to viewIf there was one thing missing from J.J. Abrams’ monster movie Cloverfield, I would have to say it was cleavage. Forget the amazing CG parasite tunnel bugs, the crumbling buildings and aerial shots of a monster destroying New York, director Jim Wynorski uses his shaky-cam to film a group of well-endowed ladies getting…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 3 '08

Ötzi The Frozen Man’s 9 To 5 Revealed

Ötzi, the frozen remains of the Neolithic man we’ve all grown to know and love, finally has a job. According to scientists, Frozen Fritz was a herder. Besides dining on unleavened bread and meat and donning the latest in 5,000-year-old moccasin wear, Ötzi spent his time herding sheep and cattle (deduced from his dress, and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 3 '08

Movie Version Of Blindness Wrecks A Classic Novel, Say Critics

After an onslaught of splodey summer movies, we were excited for the movie version of Blindness, directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God). The adaptation Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago’s novel takes place in the near future, where cities become ravaged with a mysterious outbreak of blindness. And the government carts the “sick” off to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 3 '08

A First Look At Dragonball’s Live-Action Lord Piccolo

For months, Dragonball fans have worried over the live-action recreation of the demon Lord Piccolo. Will he be green? Will he be all CG? Will it look like a dude in a mask? Dragonball stills have leaked, answering all of your pressing Piccolo questions. And unfortunately, I’m left a little bewildered by the whole look.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 3 '08

Live Action TMNT Could Be A Shredder Origin Story

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is taking a page from all the other popular scifi flicks of today: it’s going to be another origin story. Co-creator Kevin Eastman, told Heavy Metal that this live action TMNT movie would reveal more about where Shredder came from. Eastman also mentions bringing the original live action…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 2 '08

Makers Put As Much Effort Into The Spirit Toys As Frank Miller Put Into The Movie

Images have come out of a new gaggle of toys that I’m guessing are supposed to be from Frank Miller’s movie adaptation of the comic The Spirit, but honestly if it wasn’t for the mask, I wouldn’t have known who any of these characters were. The whole Spirit gang appears in misshappen non-representational action figure…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 2 '08

Robot Girls Are Busting Out All Over

The mind of artist Mark Bryan is plagued by robots, alien baby abductions and clown slaughter. While I’m a fan of all three of these things, his skewed look into a futuristic society is the stuff nightmares are made of. Check out a full gallery of Bryan’s work, including a robot Mona Lisa, clown carnage…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 2 '08

The War Between Robots And Dragons Is Finally Over

The war between droid and beast has finally come to a bloody end. The animated webseries Robots Vs. Dragons has been following the dumb army robots, concerned only with sex and killing dragons, for months. We’ve seen the bots go through boot camp, pick up robot hookers on shore leave, and wind up in the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 2 '08

Johnny Depp Not The Riddler . . . Yet

When asked on a radio interview about casting rumors that he’d be playing the Riddler, Johnny Depp silenced the internet by stating simply, “Not that I know of . . . It seemed like it be a fun gig for a while.” Hell yeah it would be a cool gig John, so do it. Find…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 2 '08

Anne Hathaway “Consoles” Plane Crash Survivor In Passengers

According to the new scifi thriller Passengers, the reward for surviving a terrible plane crash includes gaining superpowers and getting to sleep with Anne Hathaway. Survivor Patrick Wilson gets all touchy-feely with his new grief counselor Hathaway after escaping near-death from a traumatic plane crash that leaves only 10 people alive. But one by one,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 2 '08

New Battlestar Galactica Pushed Back To April?

Is the Sci-Fi Channel frakkin with us again? According to Galactica Sitrep, Aaron Douglas (Chief Tyrol) revealed to fans at Dragon*Con that he’s heard rumors that the new season of Battlestar Galactica won’t air until April of 2009. That means half a year until we get to rejoin our favorite warring space heroes. It also…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 2 '08

Dystopian Futures And Cowboy Aliens Invade Your Cult Cinema

Click to viewThis week, get a glimpse into a future where everybody is made the same by a collection of crazy “handicaps” from the mind of Kurt Vonnegut. Also, an adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s futuristic tales follows a young couple trying to have their own baby in a overpopulated world where the government enforces their…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 31 '08

Will Descent 2 Out-Scare The Original?

New details crawl out of the cave for The Descent: Part 2. All of the leaked plot bits have soothed my Crawler-loving soul thus far, but even though Neil Marshall gave his blessing over the the remake directed by Jon Harris, I’m still nervous. Although how can you go wrong with more Crawlers, bigger and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 31 '08

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Too busy harvesting the dead to find organic replacements for your droid limbs? Me too. Don’t worry, we’ve compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you.Is the Earth Quarantined??? Why haven’t we met aliens yet? And why aren’t we sending rockets all over the solar system? There is only one…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 29 '08

Vin Diesel Wants To Be A Supervillain Too

Vin Diesel is done playing the unlikely hero. Now he wants to be a part of the bad guy squad at Marvel. In an interview with MTV, Diesel explained, “I’m waiting to do a film where the protagonist is the villain.” Who do you think it is? Diesel drops more clues in the interview.”I’m done…

Movies Meredith Woerner Aug 29 '08

Take A Monster Self-Defense Class… Before It’s Too Late!

Scifi Scanner pulled together a video run-down of how to protect yourself from all the creepy crawlies of the scifi world. I’m at a complete loss as to why there are so many who think throwing water on a Gremlin is a good idea. I weep for the future of our society when the Gremlins…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 29 '08

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Green Lantern Concept Art Shows The Origins Of The Glowing Space Cops

Are Webcasts The Future Of Television?

“Bayos” and “Bayhem” Rule The Transformers 2 Set

Will The City Of Ember Kids Team Up With Brendan Fraser?

Cleavagefield Puts J.J. Abrams’ Shaky Cam To Better Use

Ötzi The Frozen Man’s 9 To 5 Revealed

Movie Version Of Blindness Wrecks A Classic Novel, Say Critics

A First Look At Dragonball’s Live-Action Lord Piccolo

Live Action TMNT Could Be A Shredder Origin Story

Makers Put As Much Effort Into The Spirit Toys As Frank Miller Put Into The Movie

Robot Girls Are Busting Out All Over

The War Between Robots And Dragons Is Finally Over

Johnny Depp Not The Riddler . . . Yet

Anne Hathaway “Consoles” Plane Crash Survivor In Passengers

New Battlestar Galactica Pushed Back To April?

Dystopian Futures And Cowboy Aliens Invade Your Cult Cinema

Will Descent 2 Out-Scare The Original?

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Vin Diesel Wants To Be A Supervillain Too

Take A Monster Self-Defense Class… Before It’s Too Late!

Xbox’s Big Turnaround Hedges Everything on Gamers’ Nostalgia

The First Trailer for ‘Strange New Worlds’ Season 4 Teases a Weird and Scary Galaxy

The ‘Invincible’ Game’s Story Brings Action and New Voices

‘Daemons of the Shadow Realm’ May Be Your New Shonen Fave

South Korean Man Might Get Prison Time for Posting AI Wolf Picture

Return to ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ With an Astarion Prequel Book

Palantir Debuts Chic Chore Coat So the World Knows You’re One of the Baddies

Hopeful Thought of the Day: Robots Can’t Do Human Conflict

‘Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’ Almost Led to an Insomniac Venom Game

‘Gen V’ Won’t Return for a Third Semester

Anker’s UV Printer Can Handle Almost Anything… If You Know What You’re Doing

HP’s EliteBoard Keyboard-Computer Proves We Can Stick a PC in Anything

Sleep-Tracking Earbuds Didn’t Fix Me, but They Did Open My Eyes

I’ve Tested a Lot of Bad Smart Glasses and These Are the Worst Yet

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Is the Ultimate Robot Mop—If You Don’t Have Corners or Walls

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real