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New Green Lantern Concept Art Might Not Be What You Think

Some new Green Lantern concept art is floating around on the internet, including GL’s uniform, glowing ring constructs, and more. Is it early art for the movie, starring Ryan Reynolds, a tie-in video game, or something else? See for yourself. The Movie Insider has a collection of images, which were labeled “Production Works.” While they…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Iron Man 2 Posters That Look Forged from Sheer Cool

No, these bad boys aren’t the official posters, but maybe they should be — there’s an obsessive brilliance to these that makes the real one-sheets look kinda tame. To commemorate Iron Man 2’s screening at Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse theater late last month, Tyler Stout, Mike Saputo, and Jesse Phillips created their own IM2 posters —…

Movies Marc Bernardin

Why Are All These Happy Tourists Drowning?

Why are all these vacationers at the bottom of a swimming pool? Are we looking at a holidaying civilization of merpeople? Is this a shot from the newest Clark Griswold flick? What the heck is going on here? Never fear, dear readers! This is just Argentian artist Leandro Erlich’s The Swimming Pool at The 21st…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Tommy Lee Jones Joining Captain America? Jamie Kennedy Joining Transformers 3? Plus Shatner Talks Star Trek 2!

Casting rumors include Tommy Lee Jones joining Captain America, Jamie Kennedy joining Transformers 3, and William Shatner mulling over the next Star Trek. Plus Jonah Hex, G.I. Joe, Twilight, Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Who, The Walking Dead, Lost, Supernatural and Fringe. Captain America: There’s a rumor that Tommy Lee Jones is going to be joining the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

On FlashForward, Mr. Clean Was Run Over By A Car

Demetri took a week off to celebrate being alive as Janis and her double-agent intrigue commandeered the plot. Also, “Don’t buy coffee from the man who looks like Mr. Clean!” = the funniest dire warning in recent TV history. The quality of this week’s FlashForward – “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” – is best personified by…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

Fall In Joe Dante’s Big 3-D Hole

Gremlins director, and beloved genre movie maker, Joe Dante has released the trailer of his new film titled The Hole. Plus the remember the murderous tire named Robert? He’s back and blowing up your mind this time with a trailer! The Hole The Hole is exactly what you think it is, a group of kids…

Movies Meredith Woerner

SGU Learns To Work With What It’s Got: Rancors And Gates

SGU has finally let go of that magic reset button, and we couldn’t be happier about it. This Friday’s episode, “Lost,” contained a lot of goodness, paired with plenty of potential. Now if only they could rethink their flashback hairstyles. I was generally pleased with this episode of SGU. Sure it had its flaws and…

Television Meredith Woerner

What Version Of Iron Man Are You?

Everyone wants to be Tony Stark (or at least his alternate reality doppelganger, Antonia Stark), but how do you know what Iron Man (or Maiden) you are? Take this handy-dandy quiz and find out! 1.) How would you describe your armor? (a) Like a rusty bucket. (b) Like a rusty bucket filled with moldy liverwurst.…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Nightmare On Elm Street Rakes In $32 Million, Then Drops

Nightmare on Elm Street pulled in $32.2 million thus far and will recoup its $35 million budget. The dream-slasher dropped 33% between Friday and Saturday. It’s unlikely to see an uptick with Iron Man 2 opening next weekend. [L.A. Times]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Heinlein’s The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress Goes Dismayingly Easy On Its Characters

With 1967’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, we bid a fond adieu to Robert A. Heinlein’s Hugo winners. And there’s just no getting out of it: We’re not that sorry to see him go. Much as I love Heinlein — I think I’ve made that abundantly (possibly overabundantly) clear in my previous posts —…

Books & Comics Josh Wimmer

Join The Dalek War Effort!

Francesco Francavilla was so inspired by the World War 2 Daleks in last night’s episode of Doctor Who that he made this wartime morale-boosting poster. Victory through extermination! [Francesco Francavilla via Super Punch] https://gizmodo.com/can-the-daleks-ever-really-be-awesome-again-5529015

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Police Wiretapping Jumps 26 Percent

The number of wiretaps authorized by state and federal judges in criminal investigations jumped 26 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to a report released Friday by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Courts authorized 2,376 criminal wiretap orders in 2009, with 96 percent targeting mobile phones in drug cases, according to the report.…

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Poorly Dubbed Soviet Animation Will Liquefy Your Brain

We recently posted Soviet adaptations of American scifi tales. But what happens when Americans rework Soviet toons? The English dubbing of this Russian cartoon is so damn bad your gray matter will begin oozing out your ears. https://gizmodo.com/from-the-communist-time-capsule-science-fiction-master-5526888 This 1974 cartoon Kak lvyonok i cherepakha peli pesnyu tells the story of a lion and a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Arthur C. Clarke’s “Rendezvous With Rama” Gets The Film School Treatment

Arthur C. Clarke’s giant space monolith novel Rendezvous With Rama won’t be getting a blockbuster film anytime soon, but this neat short from film students offers a tantalizing taste of what a Rama adaptation could be. https://gizmodo.com/fincher-pulls-the-plug-on-rendezvous-with-rama-5062730 This sound composition by Philip Mahoney of Vancouver Film School (with visual media provided by Aaron Ross of…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Great Moments In Alternate History: The Land Before Time

The Earth existed for four billion or so years before humans showed up and started recording history. Why limit ourselves to the what-ifs of the past few thousands years? In these alternate reality tales, continents and dinosaur empires rise and fall. 65 million years ago, some disaster – probably caused by an asteroid – wiped…

Books & Comics David Daw

Who Was Olivia Munn Originally Supposed To Play In Iron Man 2?

We now know that Olivia Munn didn’t nab Wasp or Scarlet Witch for Iron Man 2, but what role was the Attack of the Show! host initially slated to play? Director Jon Favreau has the answer. Spoilers on! https://gizmodo.com/olivia-munns-iron-man-2-role-copley-talks-district-10-5526965 Munn, who portrays überobscure reporter Chess Roberts in IM2, was originally slated to play what sounds…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Prototype 3D Sony EX3 Camcorder Could Be In Wealthy Filmmakers’ Hands Soon

Engadget has the goods on what appears to be a 3D Sony prototype camcorder called the EX3. Unlike many prototypes, they believe this one could be in consumers’ arsenals fairly soon. Start saving. You’ll see. Features are pretty much unknown at this point. Beyond the obvious ability to shoot video in 3D, the EX3 has…

Movies Jack Loftus

Can The Daleks Ever Really Be Awesome Again?

This year’s big Dalek episode of Doctor Who was a fun, colorful romp with enough silliness, and crazy enough action, to make almost anyone happy for 42 minutes. But it did make us wonder: Will the Daleks ever rock again? Oh, and there are MEGA spoilers for “Victory Of The Daleks,” and very minor spoilers…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Hank Azaria As Gargamel: Stare Into The Face Of Evil

It’s Hank Azaria as Gargamel from The Smurfs, which takes place in modern NYC thanks to some wackadoo magic portal rigmarole. This is the mug that will inspire more night terrors than Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. [Coming Soon]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

The io9 Guide To May Science Fiction Awesomeness

What’s May have in store for you? Iron Man 2, the season finales of a ton of shows (including Lost!), and more conventions than you can shake a May Pole at! You can download the May calender as a printable PDF by clicking here. And here are this month’s convention links: – No Brand Con…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

New Green Lantern Concept Art Might Not Be What You Think

Iron Man 2 Posters That Look Forged from Sheer Cool

Why Are All These Happy Tourists Drowning?

Tommy Lee Jones Joining Captain America? Jamie Kennedy Joining Transformers 3? Plus Shatner Talks Star Trek 2!

On FlashForward, Mr. Clean Was Run Over By A Car

Fall In Joe Dante’s Big 3-D Hole

SGU Learns To Work With What It’s Got: Rancors And Gates

What Version Of Iron Man Are You?

Nightmare On Elm Street Rakes In $32 Million, Then Drops

Heinlein’s The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress Goes Dismayingly Easy On Its Characters

Join The Dalek War Effort!

Police Wiretapping Jumps 26 Percent

Poorly Dubbed Soviet Animation Will Liquefy Your Brain

Arthur C. Clarke’s “Rendezvous With Rama” Gets The Film School Treatment

Great Moments In Alternate History: The Land Before Time

Who Was Olivia Munn Originally Supposed To Play In Iron Man 2?

Prototype 3D Sony EX3 Camcorder Could Be In Wealthy Filmmakers’ Hands Soon

Can The Daleks Ever Really Be Awesome Again?

Hank Azaria As Gargamel: Stare Into The Face Of Evil

The io9 Guide To May Science Fiction Awesomeness

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

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VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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