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Louis Leterrier finally gets green light to direct the world’s silliest disaster movie: Earth’s gravity stops working!

Yesterday, Universal Pictures announced a deal for Louis Leterrier to direct G, a science fiction “tentpole” movie. Nothing much was revealed about G, except that it’s “a scifi disaster pic with shades of The Day After Tomorrow and Taken.” And they haven’t hired a screenwriter yet. But we’re almost certain this is the same project…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Vampire Sound of Music, Brought to Us by the Creator of the Zombie Beatles

The trend of remixing classic texts with horror elements keeps getting crazier. Case in point: Alan Goldsher, author of the “zombie Beatles” novel Paul Is Dead, returns with My Favorite Fangs, a book that reinvents Sound of Music with vampires. He told us what to expect — including vampires bitchslapping Nazis. According to the book’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Listen to a hip-hop concept album based on Duncan Jones’ Moon

Max Tannone, the producer behind the Jaydiohead and Mos Dub remix albums (big fan of the latter), has now released Selene, a five-track EP that samples and was inspired by everyone’s favorite lunar Sam Rockwell flick Moon. Says Tannone of the project: I saw this movie, loved it, and thought the original soundtrack written by…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Best GIFs From the 10 Best Picture Nominees

Haven’t seen all 10 Academy Award Best Picture nominees yet? Never fear! I strongly suggest you base your Oscar pool picks purely on these exemplary GIFs. [MTV via TDW]

Movies Brian Barrett

Cell phone radiation causes brain activity

When cell phones first came out, when they started replacing land lines and oh-so-technologically-advanced car phones, a lot of rumors started spreading about their safety. Some people thought they would slowly poison people. Others thought they might eschew subtlety and just fry a brain like an egg. As cell phones became more popular, and their…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

First Battle: Los Angeles clips show a deadly alien ambush

The first ever clip for Battle: Los Angeles shows us exactly how “gritty” this feature will get. The small snippet of character dialog feels supremely authentic (for an alien invasion flick) — but can your stomach withstand the shaky-cam? These recently released Battle: LA clips really demonstrate how far director Jonathan Liebesman went to keep…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Matt Smith talks monsters and pirates on the new Doctor Who series. Plus stars respond to Superman casting rumors!

The Eleventh Doctor takes to the airwaves to explain why the latest monsters are the scariest yet…and why the upcoming pirate episode is awesome. Two actresses respond to the Superman casting rumors. Plus inside the insane Battle: LA training regimen! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Superman Reboot…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Why We Don’t Deserve Flying Cars

Sure, we all want flying cars—and may actually be closer than you think to flriving them—but honestly, first can’t we take a minute and appreciate how awesome everything is already? [xkcd] https://gizmodo.com/faa-exemption-moves-flying-car-closer-to-road-ready-5573552

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Proof That Movies Are Getting Worse

It’s not your imagination. Movies are getting worse as the years go on and someone has proof—complete with an explanation. The folks at Moki, a movie discovery website, have created an interactive graph which incorporates data points from the 20 most popular movies of each of the last 20 years. Their conclusion: Movie studios, they…

Movies Rosa Golijan

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NATURE RULES | A male cheetah cub, left, plays with a female cheetah cub after being weighed at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. (AP photo by Jacquelyn Martin). https://gizmodo.com/was-tyrannosaurus-rex-a-fearsome-predator-or-just-anoth-5767647 Was Tyrannosaurus Rex a fearsome predator or just another scavenger? When we think of T. Rex, we imagine the most frightening predator…

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Was Tyrannosaurus Rex a fearsome predator or just another scavenger?

When we think of T. Rex, we imagine the most frightening predator that ever walked the Earth, stalking through the Cretaceous in search of unsuspecting herds of plant-eating dinosaurs. But the real story might not be quite as scary…or flattering. A recent census of dinosaur skeletons in eastern Montana revealed a basic truth: there were…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Monsters: Why Real Beats FX Every Time

Award-winning horror and science fiction author Alan Dean Foster has a new e-book out today called Predators I Have Known. To celebrate its release, he offers four reasons why real-life predators are always scarier than CGI stuff. 1) The less seen, the better: While H.P. Lovecraft was perfectly capable of describing his nameless creatures from…

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Will The Hobbit kill off the BBC’s sexiest vampire?

When Aidan Turner was cast as Kili the dwarf in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, fans cried out that surely Being Human’s vampire Mitchell (also played by Turner) was now marked for death. Combine that fear with the show’s recent storyline for Mitchell and we’re starting to believe the rumors. So what did the actor have…

Movies Meredith Woerner

R.I.P. Nicholas Courtney, Doctor Who’s Trustiest Companion

In many ways, Nicholas Courtney was the most essential actor in classic Doctor Who. From his first appearance in 1965 to his final outing two years ago, he was the most trustworthy friend of that mysterious time traveler from another world. Courtney died today, aged 81. His first appearance on Doctor Who was in the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Battlestar Galactica Rollercoaster: Every 33 seconds, you fall down a sheer drop

Why does Singapore get to have a Battlestar Galactica rollercoaster when we don’t? The BSG coaster just reopened, and according to Bloomberg, it’s generating tons of revenue for Genting Singapore Plc’s Universal Studios Singapore. Check out more pictures at the link. Images via Bloomberg. [Bloomberg.com]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Latest Strange Discoveries and Most Maniacal Research

Science makes the world better – and weirder. Here are some of the latest odd discoveries that will set your brain on fire with curiosity. Or just, you know, with fire. Trying to treat stress, scientists may have accidentally stumbled on a cure for baldness Your body responds to stress in many ways. It gives…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Mars Needs Moms rap video is the most terrifying thing you’ll hear all day

The new Mars Needs Mom trailer starts with such promise and great zombie banter. Until the rapping starts: “Can’t even tell, is that a boy or a girl? They look so nasty, make a robot hurl!” (Cue barfing robot.) What is happening with this movie? There are aliens, spaceships and cool looking little baby aliens,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Never pick up sexy hitchhikers; they’re probably feline body-snatchers

The other day we featured this positively perplexing Japanese monster scene, and the internet seemed to dig it. https://gizmodo.com/and-now-your-100-context-less-kaiju-clip-of-the-day-5764609 Now — thanks to the helpful tutelage of io9 commenter Erwin — we know that the monster (“The Pink/Peach Armadillo”) was from the 1970s Japanese tokusatsu show Android Kikaider (the monster apparently commits suicide at the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Amazing video shows the relative sizes of all the planets and stars

This video starts with the Moon, runs through our solar system’s rocky and gas planets, and then takes us from our regular-sized Sun to the biggest hypergiant star, all to a pulse-pounding beat. Prepare for a crash-course in cosmic scale. The video isn’t perfect – it omits the Neptune-sized Uranus and the now demoted Pluto…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Sad State of Hollywood Movies

In this month’s GQ, Mark Harris laments the death of the adult drama and the rise of the comic book-remake-prequel-sequel (pick whichever permutation applies). Here, he says, is what we have to look forward to this summer: four adaptations of comic books. One prequel to an adaptation of a comic book. One sequel to a…

Movies Kyle VanHemert

Louis Leterrier finally gets green light to direct the world’s silliest disaster movie: Earth’s gravity stops working!

The Vampire Sound of Music, Brought to Us by the Creator of the Zombie Beatles

Listen to a hip-hop concept album based on Duncan Jones’ Moon

The Best GIFs From the 10 Best Picture Nominees

Cell phone radiation causes brain activity

First Battle: Los Angeles clips show a deadly alien ambush

Matt Smith talks monsters and pirates on the new Doctor Who series. Plus stars respond to Superman casting rumors!

Why We Don’t Deserve Flying Cars

Proof That Movies Are Getting Worse

ROUNDUP

Was Tyrannosaurus Rex a fearsome predator or just another scavenger?

Monsters: Why Real Beats FX Every Time

Will The Hobbit kill off the BBC’s sexiest vampire?

R.I.P. Nicholas Courtney, Doctor Who’s Trustiest Companion

Battlestar Galactica Rollercoaster: Every 33 seconds, you fall down a sheer drop

The Latest Strange Discoveries and Most Maniacal Research

Mars Needs Moms rap video is the most terrifying thing you’ll hear all day

Never pick up sexy hitchhikers; they’re probably feline body-snatchers

Amazing video shows the relative sizes of all the planets and stars

The Sad State of Hollywood Movies

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

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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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

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