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A&E Turning Let The Right One In Into A TV Series

Now this is an interesting/terrifying/potentially exciting idea. A&E wants to turn the beloved vampire drama Let The Right One In into a TV series, with the help of the Teen Wolf writers. THR is reporting that the Teen Wolf writers (and showrunner) Jeff Davis and Brandon Boyce are currently writing a script. Based on the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

What’s The Best Alliance That Both Sides Already Know Will End Badly?

You know things are desperate when old enemies have to team up in a last-ditch effort to save the day. And sometimes, war makes strange bedfellows. But the best alliances of convenience are the ones where both sides can tell it’ll end in horrible betrayal. What’s your favorite alliance that’s doomed from the start? Please…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Map Shows How Quickly A Zombie Outbreak Would Spread From Your Town

If Patient Zero for a zombie outbreak were to turn up somewhere in the United States, how long would it take the hordes of undead to take over the country? With the interactive Zombietown, USA map, you can click on a town and watch the zombies eat their way across the nation. Zombietown, USA is…

io9 Lauren Davis

Mike Mignola Returns With A Gorgeous Comic About Frankenstein’s Monster

The legendary Mike Mignola returns to pen a new miniseries, but that’s not all this week’s latest comics have to offer. There’s time travelling shenanigans from Mark Millar, an intriguing new Image series about the fall of a space empire, and a graphic novel about the crew behind a Super Sentai robot. Comics! Dark Horse…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Live-Action Daredevil And FF Will Have Their Classic Costumes After All

Worried that Reed Richards and his pals would be stuck in those strange gray science suits all movie? Or that Matt Murdock would only fight crime in his black pajamas? Worry no more! All these Marvel heroes will don their classic superhero outfits in their first respective outints, and sooner than you think. First, here’s…

Movies Rob Bricken

2 Secrets To Writing A Story That People Can’t Tear Themselves Away From

When people talk about how to write a great story, you hear a lot about structure, and how to lay down the track so that the audience is swept along. But writer Frank Cottrell Boyce has some fantastic advice about the true secret of writing a story (or movie) that people can’t get enough of:…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

How A Terminal Illness Can Change Your Perception Of Time

Last week, Paul Kalanithi – a writer and new dad, who recently completed his residency in neurosurgery at Stanford – died from metastatic lung cancer. In this video, released last month, Kalanithi addresses the “strange relativity” that accompanied his diagnosis. The video is full of insights about how Kalanithi’s diagnosis altered his relationship with time.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

This Slow Motion Footage Of Popcorn Popping Is Utterly Hypnotic

Some researchers at GE got hold of a super slow motion camera. You know what that means. They started messing around with what was to hand — and so the rest of us get gorgeous footage that makes popping popcorn look like buds blooming into strange flowers. In the above video, things go slightly awry.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Complete History Of Marvel Superhero Movies: 1990-2008

Iron Man may have changed the game for Marvel movies, but Marvel already had a long history of movie-making before the creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here’s part two of our look back at the history of Marvel comic book movies, as we head into the 90’s and come right up to 2008. In…

Movies James Whitbrook

What It Will Really Cost to Ditch Cable for à la Carte TV

That final unwavering bastion of old media—cable TV—is crumbling. And, surprise, tech giants are the ones putting the last nail in its coffin. But what will their alternative cost us? Let’s take a look. Last night, the Wall Street Journal gave unprecedented credence to a years-long list of rumors about Apple’s TV subscription service, a…

Television Darren Orf

All Five Minutes Of Avengers: Age Of Ultron Footage Released So Far

Chomping at the bit to finally watch Avengers: Age of Ultron? Well, you’ll still have to wait until May 1st. But maybe this will help — someone’s taken the time to piece together all the footage from the upcoming movie into one single, five minutes-plus mega-trailer. The video also claims it’s all in chronological order,…

io9 Rob Bricken

How The Great French Wine Blight Changed Grapes Forever

One hundred fifty years ago, the Great French Wine Blight nearly wiped out an industry that today produces some 40 billion bottles of wine a year. The only solution was a radical fusion of species that remains essential to the success of the wine market. Here’s the story of how humanity hacked the wine grape.…

io9 Levi Gadye

The Remains Of Miguel de Cervantes Have Been Found In A Convent

The 400-year old remains of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, have been recovered, Spanish researchers reported today. The search for the remains of the literary giant began in earnest last April when a 30-person research team began to use infrared cameras, 3D scanners, and ground-penetrating radar to see what lies under Madrid’s…

io9 George Dvorsky

The Things People Did To Fight Syphilis Were Utterly Horrifying

Syphilis, today, is minor and treatable. In the past, though, it was an incurable diseases that caused insanity, rotting flesh, and death. It’s understandable that nations took drastic measures to try to stop it — but their efforts resulted in a 400-year reign of terror. Syphilis hit Europe at the end of the 1400s. In…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Hollywood, Make This Alien Whale Hunting Short A Full-Length Movie ASAP

Ruairí Robinson directed the critically panned Last Days of Mars and was once attached to direct the live-action Akira movie, but he’s best known for his short films. Still, after seeing jaw-dropping this proof-of-concept teaser for The Leviathan, we want a feature-length version of Robinson’s monster-hunting film. Robinson has directed a ton of delightful shorts,…

io9 Lauren Davis

7 Ways That People Died Trying To Become Immortal

Would you risk your life if you thought it might mean extending it? Would you die now if you thought you could be revived at some point in the future? Here are cases of people who went to extremes for immortality or their very own fountains of youth — and killed themselves in the process.…

io9 Lauren Davis and Diana Biller

142 Behind-The-Scenes Photos Reveal Blade Runner‘s Miniature World

A massive gallery of behind-the-scenes Blade Runner slides has been uploaded to the internet, revealing a teeny, tiny world of space blimps and flying cars, all crafted with special care and beautiful attention to detail. Take a look at the dystopian miniatures, each tiny car hand painted with future dirt from riding clouds stuffed with…

Movies Meredith Woerner

These Humongous Transformers Are Made Out Of Scrapped Car Parts

Sure, they may be made out of of re-purposed bits of scrap metal, but I’m willing to say this Optimus Prime looks way cooler than what we got in Michael Bay’s Transformers films. The gigantic replicas of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee were made by Yu Zhilin and son, Yu Lingyun, two farmers from Hengyang County…

io9 James Whitbrook

These Color Swatches Could Help Us Find Alien Life

For the first time ever, scientists have created a detailed catalogue of color swatches that correspond to nearly 140 known microorganisms, including those that can live in the most extreme environments. Armed with this knowledge, astrobiologists can now scan the atmospheres of distant exoplanets in hopes of finding a match. “This database gives us the…

io9 George Dvorsky

What Disabled People Can Teach Us About Sex – And Why We Should Listen

The sexuality of disabled people has long been suppressed and exploited. But in recent years, people with physical and cognitive impairments have been pushing back, fighting for sexual citizenship, and upending standard notions of gender, pleasure, and sexuality. Top photo featured by kind permission of Sofie Middernacht and Maarten Alexande Millie Dollar sashays onto the…

io9 Katharine Quarmby – Mosaic

A&E Turning Let The Right One In Into A TV Series

What’s The Best Alliance That Both Sides Already Know Will End Badly?

Map Shows How Quickly A Zombie Outbreak Would Spread From Your Town

Mike Mignola Returns With A Gorgeous Comic About Frankenstein’s Monster

Live-Action Daredevil And FF Will Have Their Classic Costumes After All

2 Secrets To Writing A Story That People Can’t Tear Themselves Away From

How A Terminal Illness Can Change Your Perception Of Time

This Slow Motion Footage Of Popcorn Popping Is Utterly Hypnotic

The Complete History Of Marvel Superhero Movies: 1990-2008

What It Will Really Cost to Ditch Cable for à la Carte TV

All Five Minutes Of Avengers: Age Of Ultron Footage Released So Far

How The Great French Wine Blight Changed Grapes Forever

The Remains Of Miguel de Cervantes Have Been Found In A Convent

The Things People Did To Fight Syphilis Were Utterly Horrifying

Hollywood, Make This Alien Whale Hunting Short A Full-Length Movie ASAP

7 Ways That People Died Trying To Become Immortal

142 Behind-The-Scenes Photos Reveal Blade Runner‘s Miniature World

These Humongous Transformers Are Made Out Of Scrapped Car Parts

These Color Swatches Could Help Us Find Alien Life

What Disabled People Can Teach Us About Sex – And Why We Should Listen

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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