Valiant’s New Archer & Armstrong Emojis Are Cute as Hell

This week, the hysterical combo of immortal drunkard Armstrong and wannabe assassin Archer make their return to Valiant’s roster of comics, and to celebrate the publisher is releasing a series of downright adorable A&A-themed emoji stickers for you to disseminate around the web as you see fit. Produced with Swyft Media, the set of 24…

Universal Studios Is Making The Walking Dead a Permanent Part of Its Theme Park

Universal Studios, which used to be Southern California’s least interesting theme park until it added The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, has just added another major draw. The park just announced that it is devoting precious space to a permanent Walking Dead attraction. Usually part of the park’s seasonal “Halloween Horror Nights,” the Walking Dead…

Shredder Looks a Hell of a Lot Better in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2

Honestly, considering the overall turgid quality of the movie, the first entry in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot did a fine job with Shredder. As you can see above, the costume design was absurdly excessive. So many superfluous blades! But hey—it looked a lot like a contemporary Shredder. The sequel, however, is going a…

J.J. Abrams Insists the Portal and Half-Life Movies Are Still Happening

Billie Lourd says she’ll be back in a bigger capacity for Star Wars: Episode VIII. A Thor supporting character may not return for Ragnarok. . Plus new details for Scream Queens’ next season, set pictures from Wonder Woman, and a ton of clips from tonight’s Supergirl. Spoilers now! Portal/Half-Life Despite not a single drop of…

Sales of Adult Coloring Books Have Skyrocketed In The Last Year

Walk into a bookstore these days, and you’ll likely see an enormous stack of them: adult coloring books. Sales of the books have skyrocketed in the last couple of years, but their success might hide some depressing news for the publishing industry. Quartz has a really intriguing look at the sudden spike in interest in…

A Mysterious Teaser For Code 8 Is All About Robot Cops Chasing Mutants 

A short, intriguing teaser for a film called Code 8 just hit the web, and it looks like the best of Chappie and Almost Human, with a dash of X-Men thrown in. The teaser tells us that 4% of the population possess ‘abnormal’ abilities’, and that that small number make up 60% of arrests, before…

Disney Takes Credit For Today’s Lost Hour In A New Alice Through The Looking Glass Trailer

Suffering through today’s shift in time? Disney’s taking the credit for it by releasing a new trailer for their upcoming sequel to 2010’s Alice In Wonderland, Alice Through The Looking Glass. Take a look: It looks as bright and zany as the last one, and it’ll be interesting to see how it stacks up against…

Long-running Star Wars podcast TheForceCast is closing down. Run by TheForce.net for a decade, the podcast has been a major touchstone of Star Wars Fandom. Behind the scenes changes and uproar over the show’s new direction brought it to a halt. Tosche Station has an in depth look. Contact the author at [email protected].

Hamilton Paired With Star Trek Works Perfectly In This Amazing Mashup Video 

If you’re like us, you’re either obsessed with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, or have some friend who’s been talking about it non-stop. Jackson Lanzing went and mashed up the musical with 2009’s Star Trek, and it’s pure gold. It’s a really fantastic retelling of the film (your milage will probably vary depending on whether you liked…

Ken Liu Tells Us How He Picked Out The Best Stories For His Epic Collection

It’s no secret that we love Ken Liu’s fiction – his novels and his short stories. Last week, Saga Press released his debut collection, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, and we decided to have a chat with him about how he went about narrowing down a decade’s worth of fiction into one volume. Liu…

Watch 11 Minutes Of Batman v Superman, Constructed From All Of The Film’s Promos

Every cinematic blockbuster is accompanied by a massive publicity campaign that carpet bombs the public with trailers, trailers for trailers, TV spots, more trailers and exclusive glimpses to make sure that it’s a huge hit on opening weekend. It’s no different for this month’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which sees its publicity campaign…

The Evolution of the TV Camera From Football Fields to Space in 40 Steps

It is a cliché that our TV watching habits are changed a lot in the past few decades. But if we look back in time, we can see how broadcasting technology has been changing continuously since the first television programs were telecasted for the first TV sets, and how broadcasters have innovated to keep us…

There’s A Life-Sized First Order TIE Fighter At SXSW This Year

If you’re anywhere near this year’s SXSW in Texas, you owe it to yourself to check out one really cool exhibit: a life-sized First Order TIE Fighter, constructed by prop building group Project X1. The group is run by Belgian 501st Legion members, who have a reputation for building insanely detailed, life sized props: since…

A Supervillain Finds True Love In Miike Snow’s Genghis Khan

I’ve literally had this track bouncing around in my head all week: it’s a catchy song, one that features a music video that’s probably the most fabulous James Bond-esque climax that has ever existed. Miike Snow is an indie band from Sweden who has recently released a new album, iii after a three year hiatus.…

Read Up On SF’s Best New Authors In The 2016 Campbell-Eligible Anthology

Looking to read some of the authors who are likely going to be the next big thing in science fiction and fantasy publishing? Are you looking for a massive tome of short fiction? Up and Coming: Stories By The 2016 Campbell-Eligible Authors is a book you should check out. This anthology contains an astounding 120…

A Comedic Summary of Whatever the Hell Happens in Dune

Be warned: if you have any intention of reading Dune (and please do read it, it’s very good) this hilarious video from exurb1a will spoil just about everything. Frank Herbert packs a lot into Dune: thousands of years of history, interplanetary politics, religious cults, sex, drugs, war, and really big worms… which makes it difficult…

The Folio Society’s Edition Of 2001: A Space Odyssey Is Absolutely Amazing 

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Folio Society’s special editions. They’ve been creating some fantastic books, particularly in the science fiction world. After tackling Frank Herbert’s Dune, Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle and Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea, they’ve set their sights on a new…

We really dig translated science fiction, and fortunately, it seems as though there’s a whole bunch of new books being translated into English for the first time this year. SF Signal has a great roundup of books coming in from Russia, Cuba, Japan and China. Contact the author at [email protected].

Even The Empire’s Elite Soldiers Fall In Love, According To Bara Heiða’s Video For ‘Stormtrooper’

In Bara Heiða’s track ‘Stormtrooper, an Imperial stormtrooper is left behind in a strange world and finds love. It’s a cute, entertaining music video. Bara Heiða is a folk/pop band that hails from Reykjavik, Iceland, and they’ve produced a bunch of great songs with some fantastic music videos. The band describes the song as a…

WTF?! Paramount Has Dropped The Little Prince A Week Before Its US Release [Updated]

The Little Prince is a French adaptation of the classic children’s novel that we’ve been looking forward to for a while now. It was supposed to be released next week, on March 18th, but yesterday, Paramount decided to pull the film without warning. IGN reported that Paramount has confirmed that they will no longer be…