Meredith Woerner, Author at Gizmodo

Last Days on Mars trailer spills some blood on the red planet

From the director who brought us the beloved short “Blinky TM” comes The Last Days on Mars, a film about the first manned mission to Mars, and what goes wrong on the big, red planet. Check out the new blood-splattered trailer. https://gizmodo.com/the-full-short-for-blinky-the-bloodthirsty-pet-robot-5783831 Last Days on Mars will premiere in the UK on September (no word…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 13 '13

Watch a big chunk of footage from the new Walking Dead season!

This is probably the largest chunk of new footage from season 4 of Walking Dead that we’ve seen yet. And it looks like the gang is finally taking advantage of the prison! Check out a whole heap of new walker-stuffed footage, along with a few interviews to help set the scene. Looks like this new…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 12 '13

Disney wants you to bring your iPad to The Little Mermaid. NO.

Disney’s got a new idea to enhance the viewing experience for its classic movies: Fill the audience with iPads. Can you imagine a hell worse than a movie theater filled with children raising up their super expensive, light-polluting, noise-making, screen-obstructing toys? Hard Pass, Disney. Hard Pass. Starting September 13th special screenings of The Little Mermaid…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 12 '13

Escape from Tomorrow: a Movie Shot at Disneyland, Without Permission

We’ve been absolutely ravenous to check out any footage from Escape From Tomorrow, a surreal piece of black-and-white fantasy shot entirely at Disney theme parks. But without any approval from the Mouse House. Everything in Escape From Tomorrow was shot at either Disneyland or Disney World. In order to trick the security (which is everywhere…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 12 '13

Stare into the lifeless, CG face of the new Sabrina The Teenage Witch

It’s been a live-action series, an animated show and now Sabrina the Teenage Witch defeats mortality once again. She will be reborn as a computer-generated monster on The Hub! TVLine has the first images of the newly rebooted series which will premiere this October on the 12th. The other big change for Sabrina is that…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 12 '13

The Chronicle writer is pitching a Wonder Woman movie

Max Landis, the writer behind Chronicle, wants to pen a Wonder Woman movie for Warner Bros. Why not? We liked Chronicle and this world desperately needs a new Wonder Woman. Sure, okay. Now that Fox has passed on Landis’ take for Chronicle 2, the writer has some free time for new projects. While talking to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 12 '13

Spectacular new images from Gravity show the true horror of space

Check out a bushel of new pics from Alfonso Cuarón’s space epic Gravity. They’re simply stunning. Set in space and centered around two astronauts who get stranded after a collection of debris rips apart their space habitat, Gravity is a survival story. But no it’s not like Open Water in space. It’s way, way better.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 11 '13

All the Things We Hope Will Happen in the New TV Season

The new television season is rapidly approaching, and we can’t wait! Because we can’t live on Breaking Bad alone.But will this fall’s returning shows fill our craving for excitement and character development? Here’s our complete list of the things we’re desperately hoping and praying for from fall television. The Walking Dead Where We Left Off:…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 11 '13

Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium is real, and located in Malibu

Not all of Neill Blomkamp’s movie Elysium was green screen. Both the dystopian Earth and the beautiful space habitat Elysium were shot in physical locations. And this FX breakdown video shows where the richest of the planet live: California! Blomkamp filmed Earth in one of Mexico’s biggest landfills, while Elysium was shot in Malibu, California.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 11 '13

The Monty Python and the Holy Grail trailer recut into a serious flim

What if the Monty Python gang made a super serious Holy Grail movie? It would probably look a lot like this. Stéphane Bouley recut the 1975 Monty Python movie into something a little more grim, and it actually works. But now all we want to do is watch Monty Python movies for the rest of…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 11 '13

First glimpse of American Horror Story cast in their witchy new roles

We’ve seen spooky teaser after spooky teaser for American Horror Story Coven, but no actual footage of the new and returning cast in their new roles. Well, wait no more: Jessica Lange is back and looking fierce as all hell in flanked by Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett. Wow. The new season is set in…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 10 '13

Now this is the Thor 2 movie poster we want

After releasing a couple of resoundingly terrible posters, in which Natalie Portman is eating her hair (we assume because of stress) and Tom Hiddleston is wearing a zipper cape, the internet has responded with a much better poster for Thor 2. Found on Tumblr, this firm embrace between Loki and Thor is infinitely better than…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 10 '13

That’s Actually Perfect: Sigur Rós will cameo on Game of Thrones

One is an Icelandic band who sings in a made up language. The other is an Icelandic-filming TV series that also sometimes sings in a made-up language. Never were two creations more right for each other. The band Sigur Rós will be making an appearance on Game of Thrones. Excellent. EW broke the news that…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 10 '13

First-ever clip of Daniel Radcliffe in Horns

We’ve only seen pictures of Daniel Radcliffe’s bizarre role based on the protagonist of Joe Hill’s novel Horns. In it, Radcliffe plays a man who wakes up one morning with a pair of growing horns in his head which grant him superpowers — superpowers he uses to get to the bottom of his girlfriend’s brutal…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 10 '13

Almost Human’s co-showrunner quits

The most anticipated new series for the fall, Almost Human, just revealed some interesting news. They’ve lost a co-runner of the series, and this makes us nervous. Deadline just broke the news that showrunner Naren Shankar is leaving Fox’s Almost Human starring Karl Urban and Michael Ealy, leaving showrunner and show creator J.H. Wyman in…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 10 '13

J.J. Abrams’ mysterious viral trailer finally explained!

Last month this strange little black and white video, titled Stranger, was released from Bad Robot. But like the main character, its lips were stitched shut as to what this whole thing was actually about. Thankfully, the second trailer has finally revealed what the secret behind this mystery. https://gizmodo.com/what-could-this-baffling-new-trailer-from-j-j-abrams-p-1167172754 EW is reporting that this Stranger…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 9 '13

Monday is now officially “Be Excellent to Each Other” Gif Party Day

This is the niceness thread. We love you all very much. Now spread the love onto each other, with a GIF PARTY! From here on out all Mondays will “Be Excellent to Each Other Gif Party Days,” because sometimes we just want to tell you all: You’re the best. Because sometimes Mondays are hard, and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 9 '13

The 4th Wizard of Oz TV adaptation, Dorothy Must Die, is the weirdest

You guys there are TOO MANY Wizard of Oz adaptations running around. Too many. This is the fourth and it’s all about how Dorothy has decided to rule over Oz like some sort of fascist dictator, who must be killed. Huh? Deadline is reporting that The CW is working on a Oz based drama from…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 9 '13

There are college classes on The Walking Dead now

Because everything has to be timely and pop culture-centric in order to make the kids want to study, University of California, Irvine has offered up a FREE online course all about The Walking Dead. Oh, and it’s not graded, so you don’t really have to try. It’s available to all over at the UC Canvas…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 9 '13

A hundred Tim Burton cakes too creepy to eat

To celebrate the spookiest director’s 55th birthday, Cakenweenie has collaborated with 100 different culinary artists to build a giant blog of Burton Cakes. They’re crazy clever. Here are a few of our favorites! More cakes over at Cakenweenie.

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 9 '13

Meredith Woerner

Last Days on Mars trailer spills some blood on the red planet

Watch a big chunk of footage from the new Walking Dead season!

Disney wants you to bring your iPad to The Little Mermaid. NO.

Escape from Tomorrow: a Movie Shot at Disneyland, Without Permission

Stare into the lifeless, CG face of the new Sabrina The Teenage Witch

The Chronicle writer is pitching a Wonder Woman movie

Spectacular new images from Gravity show the true horror of space

All the Things We Hope Will Happen in the New TV Season

Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium is real, and located in Malibu

The Monty Python and the Holy Grail trailer recut into a serious flim

First glimpse of American Horror Story cast in their witchy new roles

Now this is the Thor 2 movie poster we want

That’s Actually Perfect: Sigur Rós will cameo on Game of Thrones

First-ever clip of Daniel Radcliffe in Horns

Almost Human’s co-showrunner quits

J.J. Abrams’ mysterious viral trailer finally explained!

Monday is now officially “Be Excellent to Each Other” Gif Party Day

The 4th Wizard of Oz TV adaptation, Dorothy Must Die, is the weirdest

There are college classes on The Walking Dead now

A hundred Tim Burton cakes too creepy to eat

Claude-Powered Agent Apparently Deletes Company Database, Debases Itself Further in Confession

The Biggest, Fanciest Astrolabe On God’s Green Earth Is Up For Sale

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Florida Murder Suspect Reportedly Asked ChatGPT What Happens If You Put Someone in a Dumpster

Canadian Police Arrest Three Men Behind SMS Blaster Scam That Allegedly Hijacked Thousands of Phones

Jury Selection Signals the Start of Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Blockbuster Court Battle

What Would You Have Done on the Season Finale of ‘Invincible’?

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Why Dan Stevens Enjoys Being a Weird Genre Guy

Steam Controller Review: Trackpads Change Everything for PC Gaming

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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