Add These Gorgeous Scifi Landscapes to Your Art Collection Right Now

As recognizable as the characters in our favorite scifi movies are, the landscapes are what completes the vision. A new poster set by artist Jordan Buckner focuses on these familiar cinematic vistas, and each one is more gorgeous than the next. Buckner’s 12-print series is called “Visions of a Past, Present and Future” and it…

Lumberjanes and Gotham Academy Are Getting the Most Delightful Comic Crossover Ever

This news is as entirely unexpected as it is great: Boom! Studios has announced that its wildly successful teen comic series Lumberjanes is going to crossover with DC Comics’ very own Gotham Academy, creating what might just be the hippest teen mystery team-up in comic book history. Announced through Village Voice, the six-part series from…

How a Brush With Death Inspired The Only Living Boy

David Gallaher and Steve Ellis’ ongoing scifi webcomic The Only Living Boy follows Erik Farrell, a 12-year-old lost on a strange alien world after he runs away from home. Writing for io9, Gallaher reveals the personal tragedy that inspired Erik’s story—and how being diagnosed with epilepsy transformed the way he wrote comics. My Winter Beard…

Good news, Supergirl fans—a second season is all but confirmed. CBS CEO Les Moonves has announced that five of the network’s new shows from this current season, including Supergirl and Limitless, will definitely be renewed for new seasons. It’s not 100 percent official yet, but it’s about as close as you can get. Contact the…

The Elektra Movie Is Somehow So Much Worse Than You Remember

When Daredevil returns for season two later this month, we’ll be treated to Élodie Yung as Elektra Natchios. The last time the Greek ninja had a live-action performance, she was portrayed by Jennifer Garner in the critically unacclaimed 2005 movie of the same name. And yet I’m here to tell you it’s infinitely more terrible…

Holy Crap, Craig Robinson Is Joining Mr. Robot

The comedian who starred in The Office and Hot Tub Time Machine will be joining USA’s hacker drama, which is supposed to get even more intense in season two. Variety reports that Craig Robinson has signed on as a recurring guest star for the next season of Mr. Robot, which started filming yesterday in New…

Your Best Look Yet at Punisher and Elektra’s Comic Costumes in Daredevil Season Two

Matt Murdock isn’t the only one getting an outfit upgrade when Daredevil season two drops next week. While we’ve seen both of DD’s new friends and foes in their civilian gear before, we finally have our first look at the Punisher with his trademark skull shirt and Elektra in her upgraded ninja outfit. The new…

Looks Like Iron Fist Could Be Appearing in Luke Cage After All

Teams Cap and Tony reveal why they chose their sides in Civil War. Ben McKenzie teases doom to come on Gotham. Gal Gadot talks the independence of Diana in Wonder Woman. Plus, Episode VIII set pictures, and a new look at next week’s Walking Dead. To me, my Spoilers! Captain America: Civil War The Russos…

33 Secrets You Probably Never Knew About the Making of Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest could have been a forgettable Star Trek spoof—but instead, it’s become a beloved science fiction comedy, which has been voted one of the best Star Trek movies of all time. How did this miracle happen? Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about the making of Galaxy Quest. For this article, we drew…

This 80s Soft Rock Music Video Is the Most Disturbing Thing I’ve Seen Today

REO Speedwagon were a staple of super-squishy soft rock in the 80s, and I guess they were among the pioneers of high-concept music videos. But yeesh. I had never fully realized how skin-crawling their video for “I Can’t Fight This Feeling” actually is. Yeeeeeesh. OK, let’s recap. So some aliens have kidnapped a baby, and…

Syfy’s Alien Conspiracy Thriller Hunters Looks Suitably Insane and Paranoid

A new recruit joins a top-secret organization devoted to taking down extraterrestrial terrorists in Hunters, Syfy’s new series based on Whitley Strieber’s novel Alien Hunter. These promos suggest plenty of scifi action, though perhaps also a bit of heavy-handedness with the whole “terrorism” metaphor. Our interest is piqued. Hunters kicks off April 11 on Syfy.…

This Mother Dragon and Her Dragon Baby Are the Cure for Monday

This is the cover art for In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan, the latest in her Lady Trent series of naturalist books about strange creatures (coming in April). And this art is helping me deal with the Monday-ness of everything. [via SFSignal on Instagram] Charlie Jane Anders is the author of All The…

Real Scientists Talk About What They Love—and Their Pet Peeves—in Science Fiction Books

Over at Reddit, there’s a terrific discussion among real scientists, talking about the books they love—and the things that drive them nuts. Peeves include fake “chaos theory” magic, “You only use 10 percent of your brain,” futures without advanced computers, and the genetics in Neal Stephenson’s Seveneves. Charlie Jane Anders is the author of All…

The CW’s Monster Drama Transylvania Has the Potential For Cheesy Goodness

We already knew that the CW was cooking up an 1880-set show called Transylvania, about “a headstrong young woman” (sigh) who travels from New York to Transylvania in search of her missing father, with the added bonus of encounters with “the most famous monsters and villains in history.” We now know who’ll be playing said…

Our First Glimpses of the Superheroic Silliness of DC’s New ‘Office With Capes’ Comedy

NBC’s DC Comics office comedy Powerless apparently has free reign to pick whatever heroes it wants from the vast DC pantheon of heroes. Turns out, what the show’s actually doing, is giving us some of the most obscure characters it can muster, starting with… Crimson Fox? Yes, the incredibly obscure French member of Justice League…

Anthony Mackie Discovered He Was an Avenger at the Age of Ultron Premiere

If you were wondering just how far Marvel’s infamous secrecy goes—well, it extends to not telling actors what their cameos even mean until the movies actually come out. That’s why Anthony Mackie learned that Falcon was becoming an Avenger in the movie theater. IGN interviewed Mackie on the set of Civil War, only a few…

The Characters of Gotham, Ranked from Most Accurate to Utterly Insane

If you’re not a hardcore Batman fan, you might not notice—but believe it or not, there are a few subtle differences between DC’s Batman comics and the proto-Bat universe of Fox’s hit show Gotham. Yes, seriously! In fact, the show’s heroes and villains can be surprisingly different from their counterparts, to varying degrees. Here are…

Kit Harington Is Not Done Trolling You About Game of Thrones Quite Yet

The saga of Jon Snow’s status in Game of Thrones season six continues. Over the past year we’ve heard denials, confirmations and more (and written an unsightly number of words about hair length) about whether or not Jon Snow is returning for season six. Now Kit Harington has chimed in to confirm he is back.…

Holy Crap, J.K. Simmons Is Playing Commissioner Gordon in the Justice League Movie

The world might have lost its greatest J. Jonah Jameson, but at least it found itself a Commissioner Gordon that can top Gary Oldman: J.K. Simmons has been cast as Jim Gordon in DC and Warner Bros.’ Justice League duology. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news, which is obviously great. Not only is J.K. Simmons…

Be Excited About These New Clips from Scifi Thriller Midnight Special

Sometimes, letting yourself get too feverishly excited about an upcoming film can backfire. But a letdown doesn’t seem imminent with Jeff Nichols’ upcoming scifi thriller Midnight Special, which has a fantastic cast (Michael Shannon, Adam Driver, Kirsten Dunst) and gives off major Spielberg-meets-Carpenter vibes. We’ve drooled over all the trailers and the poster thus far,…