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World War Z Sequel Has A Surprising New Writer (And Now We’re Interested In It)

World War Z had a troubled production, but since it’s release, there have been efforts on a sequel film. Now, the movie has a new writer that gives us some hope that it might actually be good: Dennis Kelly, creator of the UK show Utopia. Earlier this year, we learned that any new movie would…

io9 Andrew Liptak Oct 31

Sam Raimi Wants One More Shot At Directing Spider-Man

While Sam Raimi has been on the publicity circuit for Ash vs Evil Dead, he dropped an interesting bit of news: he would love to come back to direct another Spiderman movie. In an interview with The Week, Raimi noted that he messed up Spider-Man 3, and that he’d be back to direct another film…

io9 Andrew Liptak Oct 31

The Walking Dead Will Return For A Seventh Season

In news that surprises absolutely nobody, The Walking Dead has been renewed for a seventh season, according to Variety. Along with The Walking Dead, a companion after-action show, The Talking Dead was also renewed for another season. A companion show, Fear The Walking Dead, was preemptively renewed for a second season back in March. “Thank…

io9 Andrew Liptak Oct 31

11 Horror Movies That Are Scary Because of What They Say About Humanity

We go to see horror movies to see terrifying monsters — but sometimes the scariest monsters in a horror film are the people. In many of the best scary movies, the real horror is how terribly the humans behave. Here are 11 of the most misanthropic horror films ever made. 1) Let The Right One…

Movies Emily Stamm Oct 31

Neil Gaiman Is Getting His Own Television Series!

One of fantasy’s biggest names is getting an anthology television series. Sky Arts will be airing Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, with production beginning at the end of November. The Guardian has reported that the series will adapt four of Gaiman’s short stories. There’s no word on exactly which stories will be adapted, or who has…

Television Andrew Liptak Oct 31

io9 Newsstand: Here’s a Great, Mind-Bending Story for Time-Travel Geeks

This week’s stories are about the perils of time travel, resisting and embracing change, and coming of age on a distant planet. And they all come from the December issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. If you remember, last week I talked about how all of the “Big Three” digest magazines have changed editors…

Books & Comics K. Tempest Bradford Oct 30

Rumor: The Solo Batman Movies May Be Centered Around a Certain Robin

We’re still several months away from meeting our newest big screen Batman, but rumors are already surfacing about what Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight may be up to in his first solo outing. The good news is that these newest rumors happen to pretty plausible. JoBlo reports that two famous Batman comic storylines will help make…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 30

I Can Sum Up Everything Wrong With Heroes Reborn in a Single Line of Dialogue

“June 13—Part One” is about Hiro taking HRG back to a year ago, the day of Claire’s death and the Unity Summit explosion, ostensibly for HRG to get some answers. As the two arrive at the Summit thanks to Hiro’s time-traveling powers, they discuss how they need to find Claire and figure out who or…

Television Rob Bricken Oct 30

Watch This Video And Develop the Fear That Your Organs Are Rocking Out Inside You

You know what your day is missing? Existential angst from the appendix. Which is what “Body of Songs: The Appendix” provides, in the form of an anthropomorphized appendix singing and dreaming about being cut out. Ben Wheele directed this installment of Body of Songs, which focuses on an organ that doesn’t really get a lot…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Oct 30

Did Everybody Miss the Twist At the End of Crimson Peak?

Some people loved Guillermo del Toro’s gothic confection Crimson Peak. Some people found it disappointing. But the overall consensus seems to be that Crimson Peak not only wasn’t scary, but didn’t have a twisty enough storyline. But maybe everybody missed the huge twist at the end of the film? Huge spoilers ahead… The basic plot…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Oct 30

The Ultimate Evil Playlist for a Sinister Weekend

We’ve done the spookiest songs before, but this year we decided to be a bit more fiendish in our Halloweening. So treat yourself to twenty-five songs sung by, for, or about villains. A few small caveats—we were limited to what was available on Spotify. Sadly, no “In the Dark of the Night” from Anastasia. And…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Oct 30

The Difference Between a Great Story and a Shitty Story Is Often Really Tiny

Hollywood people often say that it’s a miracle there are any good movies at all. Because so much can go wrong, and so many random things have to go right, for a movie to avoid being a hopeless disaster. I can believe this, because in general the difference between the good and bad versions of…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Oct 30

A Supercut of Every Single Jurassic Park Homage in Jurassic World

There were so many callbacks to the first Jurassic Park movie in this year’s sequel Jurassic World, it was practically a remake. Don’t believe me? Check out this collection of the many, many World scenes which channeled specific moments from the original Park. Surely a lot of them are coincidences—I mean, I can’t imagine the…

Movies Rob Bricken Oct 30

Holy Hell, It’s the Very First Footage From the Preacher TV Show

It’s only 13 seconds long, and it’s one of those annoying teasers for the real trailer, coming this Sunday evening during The Walking Dead. But we couldn’t pass up showing you guys the footage from the show including Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, no matter how brief it was. Tell us what you’ve spotted in…

Television Rob Bricken Oct 30

Watch Orson Welles’s Ludicrously Insincere Apology for Scaring the Crap Out of America

On this very night in 1938, Orson Welles’s production of the H. G. Wells classic, The War of the Worlds, convinced many unwary radio listeners that a Martian invasion was underway. The next day, Welles told reporters he was deeply sorry for scaring people—and you can watch his “apology” below. Welles’ radio production of The…

io9 George Dvorsky Oct 30

Watch the Trailer for a Documentary About the Star Wars Actors Whose Faces You Never Saw

There have been Star Wars documentaries on almost everything. The history, the fans, the merchandise and more. But a new one, Elstree 1976, takes a different spin. It focuses on actors who played what they thought were going to be blink-and-you-miss-it characters. Then it became Star Wars. Elstree 1976 is currently playing some festivals, but…

Trailers Germain Lussier Oct 30

Get One of The Most Acclaimed Space Books In Recent Years For Just $1.99

The self-published novel A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers got nominated for the Golden Tentacle Award for best SF debut, and got tons of praise from some of science fiction’s most respected critics. Now it’s coming out in a fancy new edition from Harper Voyager, and for today only it’s…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Oct 30

The Bones/Sleepy Hollow Crossover You Never Wanted Led to a Halloween You Kind of Did

This week, “Dead Men Tell No Tales” as Sleepy Hollow crossed over with Bones! It’s as odd as it sounds, and ran into some forensic snoozology, but it had Halloween charm and the most satisfying wrap of the season so far. For a show on ice as thin as Sleepy Hollow’s (we can still see…

io9 Genevieve Valentine Oct 30

One Of The Scariest Aliens In Film History Gets An Adorably Cute Makeover

The Xenomorph from the Alien series has got to be one of, if not the, most terrifying creatures ever in film history. Even in the bad films of the franchise, the alien looks awesome. But one author imagined, what if he wasn’t so scary? Enter Alien Next Door, a picture book by artist Joey Spiotto.…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Oct 30

B.D. Wong Joins Gotham as Dr. Hugo Strange

B.D. Wong is joining Gotham as Dr. Hugo Strange. Given that Wong played crime-fighting psychiatrist George Huang for 14 seasons of Law & Order: SVU, playing a crime-committing psychiatrist should be a breeze for him. Contact the author at [email protected].

io9 Rob Bricken Oct 30

World War Z Sequel Has A Surprising New Writer (And Now We’re Interested In It)

Sam Raimi Wants One More Shot At Directing Spider-Man

The Walking Dead Will Return For A Seventh Season

11 Horror Movies That Are Scary Because of What They Say About Humanity

Neil Gaiman Is Getting His Own Television Series!

io9 Newsstand: Here’s a Great, Mind-Bending Story for Time-Travel Geeks

Rumor: The Solo Batman Movies May Be Centered Around a Certain Robin

I Can Sum Up Everything Wrong With Heroes Reborn in a Single Line of Dialogue

Watch This Video And Develop the Fear That Your Organs Are Rocking Out Inside You

Did Everybody Miss the Twist At the End of Crimson Peak?

The Ultimate Evil Playlist for a Sinister Weekend

The Difference Between a Great Story and a Shitty Story Is Often Really Tiny

A Supercut of Every Single Jurassic Park Homage in Jurassic World

Holy Hell, It’s the Very First Footage From the Preacher TV Show

Watch Orson Welles’s Ludicrously Insincere Apology for Scaring the Crap Out of America

Watch the Trailer for a Documentary About the Star Wars Actors Whose Faces You Never Saw

Get One of The Most Acclaimed Space Books In Recent Years For Just $1.99

The Bones/Sleepy Hollow Crossover You Never Wanted Led to a Halloween You Kind of Did

One Of The Scariest Aliens In Film History Gets An Adorably Cute Makeover

B.D. Wong Joins Gotham as Dr. Hugo Strange

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

AI Training Data Giant Mercor Is Reportedly Looking to Buy the Work You Did at Your Old Job

Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions

Here’s the Perfect Excuse to See ‘Project Hail Mary’ Again

US Airlines Are Hiking Bag Fees Amid Iran War Oil Crisis

This Ridiculously Simple Trick Might Stop Gulls From Nabbing Your Lunch

‘Starfleet Academy’ Season 3 Could Have Done the ‘Voyager’ Sequel Episode of Robert Picardo’s Dreams

Judge Kills Lawsuit Against Infamous Study That Might Have Increased Teen Suicides

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