Meredith Woerner, Author at Gizmodo

Drunken Pitch Master: Finding Glory

Welcome to Drunken Pitch Master, where Meredith consumes many fruity drinks, and scrawls her latest Hollywood blockbuster ideas on cocktail napkins — then later carefully transcribes them into blog posts. This week’s pitch: Finding Glory, the time-traveling scifi prequel to the Academy Award winning movie Glory. Starring Julia Roberts as the time traveler, Denzel Washington…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 4 '08

Ridley Scott To Make Brave New World?

We’ve waited almost 20 years for Ridley Scott’s third science fiction film, after the greatness of Alien and Blade Runner. And now Scott has confirmed he’s on the verge of helming another scifi flick. He said in an interview: “I waited for a book for 20 years and I have got the book. I am…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 4 '08

Five SciFi T-Shirts That Will Get You In Trouble At Airports

A Transformers fan was singled out by Heathrow airport security for wearing a t-shirt with a print of Optimus Prime wielding a gun. The fan was told that his shirt was offensive because of the gun and he couldn’t board the plane unless he changed. Wha? First of all it’s Optimus Prime, the GOOD guy:…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 4 '08

Let’s Run Away To The Big City In The Sky

The landscape work of concept artist Robert McCall invites us to explore new space cities of the future. In a movie world where we spend most of our time watching remakes and adaptations, we often lose the wonder of visiting a totally new world, so McCall’s sweeping imagination provides a great escape. McCall’s professional work…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 4 '08

New Japanese Trailer For Machine Girl Is Full Of Bloody Goodness

The sexy Asian ladies of The Machine Girl show us how to kick ninja ass with heavy weaponry and loads of screaming. The movie makes its US debut this week at the SF Indie Fest. Check out the new Japanese trailer, that sprays its wonderful gore all over the lens, including the deadly sharp drill…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 4 '08

Go On A Wild Date With Get Smart’s “Uncle Handsome”

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shares a behind the scene look into how he crafted Agent 23 for the comedy Get Smart — or, as he calls him, “Uncle Handsome.” Watch in a special clip as Agent 23 throws people against walls, staples a mans head, and gets into random bouts of silliness with Agent 86…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 4 '08

In WALL-E’s World, We’re All Shopaholics In Spandex

A new commercial for the future super-store Buy N’ Large shows how the humans of tomorrow will live in WALL-E’s world: we all get matching tight singlets. Draped head to toe in red and white spandex our future is looking pretty constricting, yet leisurely. BNL’s robots serve our every need, so their human masters can…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 4 '08

Leaked Terminator 4 Ending Is False, Says Director

That rumor we posted earlier today? About what happens to John Connor in Terminator 4? It’s totally not true, says director McG in a new entry on his production blog. “By the way, there are only three people who know the ending,” he says. And then he tries to change the subject with some info…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '08

Wicked Smart Zombies Massacre Harvard Campus

Derrida-quoting zombies will lurch around Harvard Yard washing down your brains with chardonnay, in a new undead comedy directed by American Pie producer Warren Zide. The green lawns of Cambridge will run red with student blood, as zombies invade Harvard’s campus. It’s up to all our future lawyers, doctors and New Yorker writers to stop…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '08

The Spirit Will Not Be Sin City 2

Frank Miller’s movie adaptation of Eisner’s classic comic, The Spirit won’t be a clone of his noir-gasm comic and movie Sin City, despite that black-and-white-and-red trailer we showed a while back. Miller, who’s directing the new movie, insists in a new blog entry that The Spirit “only resembles Sin City in that I am its…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '08

Every Possible Secret About the Dark Knight – Revealed!

Click to viewToo many trailers and viral marketing schemes have turned the public mind to muck when it comes to what’s what in upcoming Batman movie The Dark Knight. So we’ve made it easy for you: We’ve put together all the spoilers and secrets about this flick, and have tried to answer the most burning…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '08

Frozen Bodies and Bad Guys in Russian X-Files Trailer

The Russian trailer for the X-Files: I Want To Believe shows it’s a cold, cold assignment for Agent Mulder and Agent Scully. Most of the action involves snowy woods, where characters are either digging through the snow and ice or dragging victims over the icy tundra. The foreign trailer — where you’ll hear the Russian…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '08

Rumor: John Connor Meets An Alarming Fate In Terminator 4

Ain’t It Cool News claims to have gotten wind of the ending to robot-apocalypse film Terminator 4, which just started shooting. If it’s true, it could set up some very weird directions in the fifth and sixth movies, which Christian Bale is already signed up for. And it would make the Terminator saga even more…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '08

New Hulk Trailer Is A Tribute To The Lonely Man

A new Incredible Hulk trailer slowly plays the Hulk goodbye song from the 1970s series, “The Lonely Man,” while voice-overing Bruce Banner’s sad story. This special trailer is one of the first times we get to see much, if not any, insight into the life of this Banner. Thanks to Edward Norton’s refusal to do…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 3 '08

Four Butt-Kicking Girls Who Should Be Generals in the War Against the Machines

Click to view Rumor has it that Bryce Dallas Howard is in “talks” to replace Charlotte Gainsbourg in the role of Christian Bale’s wife in McG’s Terminator 4. While I applaud the studio’s decision not to cast the same generic “we can punch and kick” ladies of movies past (Jessica Biel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 2 '08

Starship Troopers 3: New Weapons, New Toys

The Japanese trailer for Starship Troopers 3 is online now, debuting new robotic killing machines that might become an even cooler toy (now on sale in black, green or red). The usual fare is served up in the ST3 trailer, and it’s just how I like it: heavy on the Johnny Rico and even heavier…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 2 '08

Fans Control the Plot via Virtual World in New Sci Fi Channel Show

The Sci Fi Channel is letting the viewers take a crack at television writing. In the summer of 2010 Sci Fi will release a role playing game on the internet that will directly tie in to a new television show. And the users’ actions in the game will help to dictate the course of the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 2 '08

Grimy Viking-Monster Battle Movie Still Has No U.S. Release Date

Here’s a new still from Outlander that showcases its awesome mix of Viking regalia, space armor and dirt. This saga about vikings fighting a space monster, starring Jim Caviezel, just debuted at Cannes and has a release date in France and Russia, but the U.S. release date remains shrouded in mystery. A gallery of new…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 2 '08

The Robot Love Song Of Wall-E And EVE

Here’s an image from a Russian poster for Disney-Pixar’s cute-bot movie Wall-E which showcases the movie’s love story. There’s also a romantic new French trailer, set to the tune of “Love Is In The Air” by John Paul Young, which is cheesier than a Spock and Kirk lovers’ fan-vid. Strangely enough, the trailer works despite…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 2 '08

The Beginnings Of Agent 86 and Agent 99

Find out how bumbling super-spy Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) and his right-hand lady Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) meet in a bunch of new clips from the Get Smart movie adaptation. I was skeptical when I first heard about the remake of this classic 1960s spy comedy TV series, but watching Max and 99 bicker over…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 2 '08

Meredith Woerner

Drunken Pitch Master: Finding Glory

Ridley Scott To Make Brave New World?

Five SciFi T-Shirts That Will Get You In Trouble At Airports

Let’s Run Away To The Big City In The Sky

New Japanese Trailer For Machine Girl Is Full Of Bloody Goodness

Go On A Wild Date With Get Smart’s “Uncle Handsome”

In WALL-E’s World, We’re All Shopaholics In Spandex

Leaked Terminator 4 Ending Is False, Says Director

Wicked Smart Zombies Massacre Harvard Campus

The Spirit Will Not Be Sin City 2

Every Possible Secret About the Dark Knight – Revealed!

Frozen Bodies and Bad Guys in Russian X-Files Trailer

Rumor: John Connor Meets An Alarming Fate In Terminator 4

New Hulk Trailer Is A Tribute To The Lonely Man

Four Butt-Kicking Girls Who Should Be Generals in the War Against the Machines

Starship Troopers 3: New Weapons, New Toys

Fans Control the Plot via Virtual World in New Sci Fi Channel Show

Grimy Viking-Monster Battle Movie Still Has No U.S. Release Date

The Robot Love Song Of Wall-E And EVE

The Beginnings Of Agent 86 and Agent 99

Should We Finally Ditch Artificial Sweeteners for Good?

Brendan Fraser’s Return to ‘The Mummy’ Is Arriving Earlier Than Expected

Hyundai’s New IONIQ V Looks Kind of Like a Cybertruck for Normal People

Astrobotic’s Detonation Engine Fires 4,000 Pounds of Thrust in Wild Test

‘Final Fantasy XIV’ Wants You to Chill

Tether and Arbitrum Freeze Assets as Crypto Faces Crisis of Purpose

‘The Legend of Korra’ Didn’t Ruin the Legacy of ‘Avatar’—It Enhanced It

Yet Another ’30 Under 30′ Nominee Could Be Headed to Prison

Utah Startup Claims Its Lab-Grown Sperm Can Produce Embryos, in Potential Fertility Breakthrough

The Guy Who Started the ‘Scientology Run’ TikTok Trend Says It’s Time to Stop

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