The Black-and-White Cut Of Mad Max: Fury Road Could Hit Theaters Next Year

Even before Mad Max: Fury Road released (and promptly blew our socks off), Director George Miller was insistent that the film would best be viewed in black and white. After that version was sadly absent from the home release, we might be getting something even better: a chance to see the B&W version in theaters.…

Here’s What We Can Piece Together About the Plot of Star Trek Beyond From the Trailer

The Star Trek Beyond trailer is full of beam-outs, fight scenes and explosions. But what does it mean? We went through it frame by frame, trying to figure out just what kind of mess Kirk and the rest of the Enterprise crew have gotten themselves into. Here’s our detailed gif-and-screencap breakdown! Warning: Spoilers in the…

Watch the Eighth Doctor Totally Nail the Twelfth Doctor’s Epic Doctor Who Speech

The Twelfth Doctor’s barnstorming speech about the horror of war in “The Zygon Inversion” is already being hailed as the breakout moment of Peter Capaldi’s tenure on Doctor Who. But like most things Doctor Who related, it’s just as delightful, if not moreso, when the Eighth Doctor himself gets to deliver it. Paul McGann was…

Update: The driver who was found guilty of plowing into a “zombie walk” at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, causing serious injuries to a bystander, was sentenced on Friday to three years’ probation and 60 days of electronic monitoring; he also lost his license for a year.

First Look at the Next Series of Rivers of London Comics!

Rivers of London is back! After a miniseries earlier this year, Ben Aaronovitch’s magical detective series is returning to comics, and this time Peter and the Special Branch are tackling a case that leads directly into the next book in the series. Check out the first details and the covers, exclusively here on io9! https://gizmodo.com/ben-aaronovitchs-rivers-of-london-series-is-coming-to-c-1699533443…

The Last Man on Earth Just Had Its Funniest (and Most Intense) Episode Yet

The winter finale of The Last Man on Earth, “Silent Night,” might have been the funniest episode of the show to date, but it also had the most intense sequences ever on the show ending in not one but two enormous cliffhangers. Admittedly, if you remember last week’s episode, it had a few cliffhangers of…

Welcome Back to Earth: Everything We Spotted in the Independence Day 2 Trailer

There was a surprising amount packed into the first Independence Day: Resurgence trailer. There were dogfights, moon attacks, secret bases… pretty much everything you’d expect from a Roland Emmerich-directed alien invasion movie. Here’s everything we saw. One of the things about this trailer that marks a departure from the first movie is that there are…

The First Trailer For Star Trek Beyond Is Both Fast and Furious 

When Justin Lin signed on to direct the third Star Trek film, Star Trek Beyond, you knew the action was going to be bigger. But in the first trailer for the film, it really does feel like a Star Trek version of the Fast and Furious. Pumping the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage (which was also in…

Utopia Has a Dark Side in the First Trailer for High-Rise

Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s book certainly has the opulence of the upper levels down. In the first trailer for High-Rise, Tom Hiddleston’s Robert Laing narrates all the creature comforts of the building. But there’s a revolution coming. We know from the book (as well as seeing the film itself) that High-Rise is a…

Independence Day: Resurgence Has an Excuse for Its Lack of Will Smith

We’ve known for while that the next Independence Day would bring back more than a few familiar faces, and that one of those faces would not be Will Smith’s resident Earth-welcomer Steven Hiller. But thanks to a new tie-in website, there’s now an in-universe reason for his absence… and a rather permanent one at that.…

Ridley Scott Teases The Origins of The Xenomorphs in Alien: Covenant

A heap of insane Batman v Superman rumors could give away the whole movie. A new rumor teases Iron Fist casting. Could Arrow turn Felicity into a major figure from the comics? Plus, new details on the Doctor Who Christmas Special, The Flash teases a villainous turn, and James Cameron talks Avatar 2. Spoilers Get!…

Science fiction has been huge this year with books like Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson and movies like The Martian. NPR takes a look at the new crop ofscience fiction stories that shoot for realism.

Ash Makes a Huge Decision (After Some Delightful Brawling) on Ash vs Evil Dead

“Fire in the Hole” brings the gang, which now includes cop and former skeptic Amanda Fisher, face to face with a new adversary: the Michigan militia. But of course, one particularly persistent Deadite comes out to play, too. And a character we were pretty damn sure would return does exactly that. Spoilers! In need of…

An Expedition To The Moon Goes Wrong In Rocketship X-M

For this weekend’s Sunday Matinee, we’re going to the moon in 1950’s Rocketship X-M! A mission to the moon goes wrong when the expedition of four men and one woman ends up on Mars instead. Once they arrive at Mars, they discover a long-lost civilization that was destroyed by atomic warfare, and which has reverted…

We Always Knew They’d Come Back: Here’s The Trailer For Independence Day Resurgence

Jeff Goldblum spent 20 years getting the planet ready after Earth was first invaded: now, the aliens are back. The first trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence has arrived! The trailer for this looks like it’ll be quite a bit of fun, with all the beats of the original, and then some. We’re treated to the…

That Mystery Science 3000 Theater Kickstarter Just Set A New Record

After introducing a whole bunch of neat cast members such as Patton Oswalt, Jonah Ray, Felicia Day, the Mystery Science 3000 has ended, raising a record-breaking $5.76 million dollars. In addition to the Kickstarter, Joel Hodgson was able to raise $600,000 for a total of $6.3 million, which will fund an additional 14 episodes. You…

The Latest Trailer For Sherlock‘s Victorian Special Shows Off Its Abominable Bride

There’s a new trailer for Sherlock’s Victorian special out, and it shows off a whole bunch of new things, including its titular bride! This looks exciting, because there’s the potential for a supernatural tilt to this story. Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories have had a lot of fun with this, often presenting what could be…

So You Want To Join The Empire: Test Fit

Finally, after a couple of months worth of work, it’s time to finally try all of this armor on to see how it all works together. First, I’ve made some minor fixes since last week: I’ve repainted the helmet: the matte black paint I used wasn’t correct, so I’ve used some glossy black that I…

But Wait! There’s More… Star Wars: The Force Awakens TV Spots

But of course there’s new TV spots featuring a little more new footage. What else would you expect while we have just a handful of more days before The Force Awakens hits theaters? There’s a little new footage here showing off plenty of action, including some sweet new moves from the Falcon. Hit it! 5…

While out on tour for his novel Horns, Joe Hill was in trouble, believing that people were after him. In the years since, he’s gotten help and has moved on. Inthis fantastic profile on Buzzfeed, he calls bullshit on the crazy artist cliche.