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New Doctor Who Clips! Green Lantern/John Carter Villain Speaks! Plus First The Thing Prequel Set Pic!

Mark Strong discusses playing Green Lantern’s Sinestro and John Carter’s Matai Shang. There’s a set pic from The Thing’s prequel, three new Doctor Who clips, and shocking Fringe set video! Also: Iron Man, Get Smart, Wolverine, Transformers, Splice and Kick-Ass. Green Lantern: It sounds like Sinestro’s portrayal in this movie will be very similar to…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Best Buy to Begin Selling Nook

Starting on April 18th, you supposedly won’t have to run to a Barnes and Noble to get a Nook because it seems that the ebook reader is starting to pop up in Best Buy‘s inventory system. [Engadget]

Books & Comics Rosa Golijan

I Can’t Tell If I’m Taking Drugs Or Watching “V”

OK, look. I love the idea of the show V. I love the actors, many of the writers, and both the current and ex-showrunners. But last night’s episode, “Pound of Flesh,” sucked us into the plotholes of doom. The math problem First of all, let’s talk math. Seriously. One of the big plot points of…

Television Annalee Newitz

Sex, Dystopia, And Telepathic Reefer In Dash Shaw’s BodyWorld

It’s 2060 AD. A strange telepathy-inducing plant has been discovered in Boney Borough, Virginia. Unfortunately, telepathy causes extreme horniness and insanity. And that’s just the beginning of Dash Shaw’s new graphic novel BodyWorld. Shaw spoke to io9 about the madness. Dash Shaw’s Eisner-nominated BodyWorld began as a webcomic in 2007 (you can peruse it at…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

iPad Wizardry: Jim Lee Sketches Wonder Woman

The blockbuster DC Comics artist — and copublisher — gives a lesson on color, composition, and awesomeness with this step-by-step tutorial on how to build an Amazon using Apple’s latest toy and your fingers If you’re not already following Jim Lee on Twitter, you should correct that oversight immediately, as he does stuff like this…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Mark Strong’s Sinestro Will Keep The Classic ‘Stache And Story

Hollywood’s new supervillain, Mark Strong, spilled a few details on what’s in store for his badass character Sinestro in Green Lantern. It sounds like they’re sticking very close to the original Sinestro look – good news for pencil-thin mustache aficionados. In an interview with USA Today, Strong leaked a few costume and plot details about…

Movies Meredith Woerner

At Last! Scientists Have Created Ununseptium, The Most Massively Heavy Element Ever

A new element has been created, and it’s so massive they call it “superheavy.” Element 117 on the periodic table is currently known as ununseptium, and was made when scientists smashed together some atoms from the elements calcium and berkelium. Above, you can see berkelium (left) and calcium (right), whose atoms form the two ingredients…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Chekov Stars In Fright Night Remake, Plus Twilight Nabs An Oscar-Winning Director

New vampire news is bleeding out all over the internet. The Fright Night remake picks up steam, a new True Blood poster hits, plus Twilight gets the Dreamgirls director to helm Breaking Dawn. Fright Night Remake Anton Yelchin has signed on to star in the Fright Night remake. While we’re happy that Hollywood is making…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Hackers Vs. Secret Nazi Cabals In “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo injects its pulpy, high-tech noir with references to Swedish/Nazi collaborators and secret societies. If you dig a well-executed suspense thriller, this movie plays like a master’s guide on how it’s done. Niels Arden Oplev’s adaptation of the first book of Stieg Larsson’s “Millenium Trilogy”, The Girl With The Dragon…

Movies Quiet Earth

How Many Millas Can You Handle?

In Resident Evil: Afterlife, you’re going to get as much Milla Jovovich as you could ever want: There will be an entire army of cloned superbeings called Alice, and according to the actress, they will all have different personalities. We caught up with Jovovich last weekend at WonderCon, where she geeked out about fight sequences…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Robert Zemeckis is Going Back to the Future

Okay, not back to Back to the Future — he’s signed on to direct a near-future underwater adventure called Dark Life. But, hey, it’s Zemeckis and scifi — everybody wins. The Oscar-winning director who’s given us Back to the Future, Death Becomes Her, Contact, and Beowulf is planning to adapt Kat Falls’ upcoming YA novel…

Movies Marc Bernardin

A New Program Teaches Ethics To Robot Soliders

We’ve all seen the commercials that say the Navy is “working every day to unman the front lines.” How do we do this while avoiding an Asimovian situation where our robots go crazy? And is that even possible? It turns out that the best way to teach machines about ethics is to copy the methods…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Why Can’t Grant Morrison Stay In Continuity?

I love Grant Morrison. You love Grant Morrison. Your significant other is probably thinking lewd thoughts about Grant Morrison right now. But there’s one place where G.M. gets no love: mainstream superhero comic continuity. What’s up with that? [DISCLAIMER: I do not know the editorial politicking that goes on in the Marvel and DC offices,…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Cyborg Animals, Mega Piranhas, Eco Skyscrapers, and More!

Every week, we round up the best tips that you post in io9’s tips forum. This week, we’ve got cyborg animals, mega-piranhas, eco-skyscrapers, awesome treehouses, and much more! If you want to post a tip, just click on the #tips link on our navigation bar, or include the word #tips in any comment, on any…

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What To Do If You’re The First Human To Ever Make Contact With Aliens

Check out this exhaustive guide, covering how to behave if you’re the first human to come in contact with an alien. Handy tips include: “First things first, hold the @!&#;$ still.” This incredibly handy guide is quite similar to the Time Traveler Essentials T-shirt by Dinosaur Comics, but appear to be made by a different…

io9 Meredith Woerner

UPDATED: Harrison Ford IS Saddling Up for Cowboys and Aliens

As those old Indiana Jones posters used to say, “The Man With the Hat is Back,” and he’s taking on aliens. Well, Jon Favreau’s next scifi flick has got to be better than that Crystal Skull business Unbelievably, it’s been more than 30 years since Harrison Ford has played an actual cowboy — seriously, Hollywood,…

Movies Marc Bernardin

What If Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Were A Nintendo Game?

This absurdly fun fan video reimagines Joss Whedon’s supervillain musical as an 8-bit RPG in the vein of the original Final Fantasy. Sadly, you can’t play the game, but you can download the sweet chiptune remix of the soundtrack. Doctor Octoroc has transformed the Neil Patrick Harris lovelorn supervillain saga into a bird’s-eye view, pixelated…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Mysterious Celestial Body Might Be Supergiant Planet Or A Cool Little Star

This bizarre object, found about 450 light years away in the constellation Taurus, is slightly too awesome to be a planet but slightly too cool to be a star. What is it? There is actually quite a bit of debate about that. The object appears to have a ring of debris around it, and to…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Jane Espenson is Blogging Again and All Is Right With the World

The writer-producer who cut her teeth on Buffy and Firefly, and most recently steered the Caprica ship, is dropping science after an almost two-year absence. You should go read. For a good long while, Jane Espenson was dispensing Hollywood-writery wisdom — nuggets of truth gleaned from years working for people like Joss Whedon and Ronald…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Tron Legacy’s Writers Already Coming Back For The Sequel

First, Disney announces a Tron, television series, and now they’re already starting to work on the sequel, more than half a year before the premiere date of the first film. Disney certainly seems confident everything’s following its Master Control Program. Heat Vision announced that Tron Legacy screenwriters Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, formerly of Lost,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

New Doctor Who Clips! Green Lantern/John Carter Villain Speaks! Plus First The Thing Prequel Set Pic!

Best Buy to Begin Selling Nook

I Can’t Tell If I’m Taking Drugs Or Watching “V”

Sex, Dystopia, And Telepathic Reefer In Dash Shaw’s BodyWorld

iPad Wizardry: Jim Lee Sketches Wonder Woman

Mark Strong’s Sinestro Will Keep The Classic ‘Stache And Story

At Last! Scientists Have Created Ununseptium, The Most Massively Heavy Element Ever

Chekov Stars In Fright Night Remake, Plus Twilight Nabs An Oscar-Winning Director

Hackers Vs. Secret Nazi Cabals In “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”

How Many Millas Can You Handle?

Robert Zemeckis is Going Back to the Future

A New Program Teaches Ethics To Robot Soliders

Why Can’t Grant Morrison Stay In Continuity?

Cyborg Animals, Mega Piranhas, Eco Skyscrapers, and More!

What To Do If You’re The First Human To Ever Make Contact With Aliens

UPDATED: Harrison Ford IS Saddling Up for Cowboys and Aliens

What If Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Were A Nintendo Game?

Mysterious Celestial Body Might Be Supergiant Planet Or A Cool Little Star

Jane Espenson is Blogging Again and All Is Right With the World

Tron Legacy’s Writers Already Coming Back For The Sequel

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

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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

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