Love and Butts Abound in the First Actual Deadpool Clip

Despite all the trailers, all the TV spots, and all the promos, today is actually the first day when we’ve finally received an actual, honest-to-Cable clip from the film. It’s a tender, romantic moment, yet one that is unbelievably crass. Enjoy! Contact the author at [email protected].

I Wrote 100 Terrible Stories That I’m Glad You’ll Never Read

Several years ago, I was getting burned out in my high-stress newspaper job, and I came across a fancy hardcover book listing science fiction publishers, agents and editors. I paged through it on my lunchbreak, until I found a part of the introduction which proclaimed: “Many writers now make a decent living just from writing…

Stupid Kylo Ren Has the Wrong Darth Vader Helmet

The Lord of the Knights of Ren got swindled. It turns out the semi-melted helmet he opens his heart to in The Force Awakens isn’t Vader’s real helmet from his pyre on Endor in Return of the Jedi—and here’s the proof. Darth Vader actor David Prowse just shared this picture of the actual helmet that…

DC’s Movies and TV Shows Still Could Crossover

A certain TV legend won’t appear in Wonder Woman. Could there be more Veronica Mars on the way? New Game of Thrones videos tease the upcoming struggles of Houses Stark, Targaryen, and Lannister. Plus, a Flash star teases a major death coming soon, and new Deadpool footage. Spoilers Now! Wonder Woman Perhaps unsurprising news, but…

Watch Mars Come to Life in This Gorgeous VFX Reel for The Martian

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to you that there was a lot of CG trickery involved in creating the red planet for Ridley Scott’s space thriller The Martian. But even though it’s obviously a very VFX-intense movie, it’s fascinating to see where the sets started, and how they ultimately ended up on screen. MPC,…

Screenwriter Clears Up Details About That So-Called Labyrinth ‘Reboot’

On Friday, we heard that the classic fantasy movie Labyrinth was slated for a reboot. Well, the writer of the next Labyrinth, Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) took to Twitter all weekend to deny that it was a reboot of any kind. The Hollywood Reporter was the first to report the story, saying that…

Erik Wernquist’s Video For OVERWERK’s Winter Is Mesmerizing

We really love Erik Wernquist’s trips out to Mars and the solar system, and when he has a new video out, we perk up. His latest, Winter, from the electronic musician OVERWERK is a beautiful music video. The music here is cool, but the visuals are even cooler: an maze leading to a strange, futuristic…

War Is Coming In The First Warcraft TV Spot

Warcraft is hitting theaters six months from now, but the first TV spot for the film has just hit the web, showing off some new footage of the anticipated Duncan Jones movie. I’m a huge fan of Duncan Jones’ two films, Moon and Source Code, and I’m really interested to see what he does with…

An Astronaut Is Shrunken When He Lands On The Phantom Planet

Released in 1961 by William Marshall, The Phantom Planet follows an astronaut who’s captured by an invisible asteroid and shrunken down to six inches by the object’s strange atmosphere. Give the film a watch, and enjoy along with your fellow io9 commenters!

Watch Adam Savage Ecstatically Unbox A Martian Space Suit

Adam Savage, of Mythbusters and Tested, is a known space suit geek, and he’s expressed his love for the design of the suits on The Martian quite a bit on social media. Now, Fox has sent him a suit to look over. Witness the sheer joy: I suspect we’ll see him in one of these…

19 Science Fiction Shows And Movies To Binge On While The Blizzard Has Trapped You Inside

Winter Storm Jonas pretty much has the East Coast stuck inside this weekend, which means that you’re probably sitting in front of your television scrolling through Netflix. Allow us to help. Here’s some of our absolute favorite science fiction shows that we can watch over and over again (and the storm is just the perfect…

Level Up Your Writing By Applying For These 3 Writer’s Workshops

If you’re a speculative fiction writer who is looking to improve their writing skills, there’s three workshops out there that are now accepting applications. These Odyssey Writing Workshop Hosted in New Hampshire, this writer’s workshop will run from June 6th through July 15th: it’s an in depth program that focuses on students’ manuscripts. This year’s…

Darth Vader Delivered A 3D Printed Arm To Boy In Need

This is awesome. Alvin Garcia Flores had been born without an arm, and the folks at Limbitless Solutions printed up and provided him with one in a presentation before his entire school. Members of the 501st Legion’s Central Garrison (which serves Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota) were on hand to present Alvin…

Sundance’s VR Films Will Break Your Brain

If this year’s Sundance Film Festival is any indication, virtual reality is about to hit the mainstream. Under a program called New Frontier, the festival is promoting eleven independently produced VR films on a smartphone app. The finalists have been chosen from hundreds of entries, and among them are some short documentaries, horrifying acid trips,…

This Video Essay Looks At How Films Tell A Story By How They Arrange Their Scenes

I’m loving this recent trend in video essays that go behind the scenes of how films are made: it’s been giving me a new appreciation for the movies that I watch, and it gives me a better understanding of just what makes a movie brilliant. Channel Criswell takes an in depth look at how directors…

XKCD has always had best takes on astronomy, and took a fun look at the news that we might actually have a 9th planet in our solar system.

Here’s Our First Look At Tom Holland On The Set Of Captain America: Civil War

We’ve been eager to catch our first glimpse of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker before he shows up in Captain America: Civil War, and Marvel co-president Louis D’Esposito gave us our first glimpse. Spoilers ahead… Okay, it’s not of Spider-Man, but of Holland’s Peter Parker, on what looks like the cockpit of one of the Avenger’s…

The Outtakes From Saturday Night Live‘s Kylo Ren Skit Are Funnier Than the Original

Adam Driver hosted Saturday Night Live last week and by far the most talked about skit was the Undercover Boss spoof featuring Driver as his Star Wars character, Kylo Ren. Now, SNL has released the skit’s flubs and outtakes, and they’re funnier than the skit itself. You can watch the original skit at this link…

Read This Before the Next Time You Get Sucked into the ‘Hard Science Fiction’ Debate

The distinction between “hard science fiction” and “soft science fiction” means many different things to different people—but that doesn’t prevent people from turning it into a status game. Which science fiction has the most real science, or the most serious scientific discussions? Depends whom you ask. Over in Tor.com, a bunch of authors weigh in…

Hang Onto Your Pea Soup—The Exorcist May Be Coming To TV

More proof that this is the Year of Satan in pop culture. The Exorcist is coming back—but not in the way you’d expect. It’s coming to TV, with a modern twist. Fox has given a pilot order to The Exorcist, which will be based on the original 1971 William Peter Blatty book. This new take,…