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Tim Burton And Timur Bekmambetov To Make Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?

Rumor has it that 9 producers Burton and Bekmambetov are joining together again to film the new Abraham-Lincoln-vs.-vampires novel, making it the second genre-fied classic to become a film. Deadline Hollywood is reporting that: Burton and Bekmambetov are aboard to produce a movie adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the Seth Grahame-Smith novel that Grand…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A Brief History Of Comic Book Arcade Games

When it comes to hallowed arcade classics, comic-book games are more than represented. Hold on to your quarters, because we’re taking a trip through the bowling alleys of yesteryear to dredge up the finest four-panel games in arcade history. Superman – 1988 In this side-scrolling Taito title, Superman and his sidekick “Red Superman” team up…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Lincoln Is The New Buffy. Plus Floozy News, Robots, Steampunk Design, Megasharks, And More!

Every week, we round up the best tips that you post in io9’s tips forum. We’ve got Abraham Lincoln vs. vampires, good news for the promiscuous, genius robots, awesome decorating, megasharks, and more. If you want to post a tip, just click on the #tips link on our navigation bar, or include the word #tips…

io9 Krista Fulton

Is There Some Way To Be A Telekinetic Pinball Wizard Without Looking Demented?

The good news is, we can now control a pinball machine’s flippers with our brains, as this demo at Germany’s ceBIT Technology Fair proves. The bad news is, it’s not going to make aspiring pinball hustlers look cool in bars. The brain-controlled pinball machine is the work of the Berlin Brain-Computer Interface research consortium, and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Chuck Vs. The Sense Of Apathetic Repetition

Last night’s return of Chuck brought a couple of the season’s themes to the forefront, but not in the most believable way possible… And will Kristin Kreuk finally realize that falling for leading men is never a good idea? If nothing else, kudos to “Chuck versus The Fake Name” for the metacommentary about how boring…

Television Graeme McMillan

Physics Student Declares The Diameter of the Universe Is 1.4 Hellameters

A California physics student has petitioned the International System of Units to declare 10 to the 27th power (a trillion trillions) to be a “hella.” As in meters, kilometers, hellameters. If he prevails, the universe officially becomes hella big. Austin Sendek is studying physics at UC Davis, and felt it was time that extremely large…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Why Gorillaz Should Be Science Fiction’s Favorite Band

Forget about Gaga’s outfits or Kanye’s stage sets. Gorillaz are back with a new video, new album and new storyline to prove that they’re the most scifi musical act around – especially now that one of them is a cyborg. The impressive video for “Stylo” made its debut online yesterday, complete with surprise guest-star and…

io9 Graeme McMillan

What Will The Post-Lost, Post-Heroes Era Look Like?

Two genre TV shows really broke out of the pack and captured the popular imagination in the past half-decade: Lost and Heroes. They both showed how genre TV can rule the DVR era. What’s going to happen when they’re gone? We still don’t know, of course, if we’ve seen the last of Heroes. It could…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

“Battle Angel Alita” Plot Details Have Been Decided

Producer Jon Landau, who worked with James Cameron on Avatar, spilled new details about the duo’s next franchise, based on scifi manga Battle Angel Alita. The movie will focus on the robot warrior Alita’s early life among cyborg roller-gladiators. The movie, now called Alita, is really starting to take shape. Writer Laeta Kalogridis convinced Landau…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Terry Brooks Slated For Three New Shannara Novels

Terry Brooks has sold three new installments of his best-selling Shannara series to Del Rey Books. These new books in Brooks’ post-apocalyptic swords and sorcery series will pick up where his High Druid of Shannara trilogy left off. The most recent book in the Shannara chronology was 2005’s Straken. Brook’s series began in 1977 with…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Harrison Ford Knows The Idea Behind Indiana Jones 5

After the last Indiana Jones movie, featuring Indy and his wacky alien pals, we’re nervous when Harrison Ford says Spielberg and Lucas have a new secret idea. We’re taking guesses below: Name the next Indy movie. [BBC]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Is Caprica Season 2 Already A Go?

Despite worryingly low ratings so far, it looks like Syfy really is standing behind Caprica; SFX Magazine reports rumors that staff are already being locked in for the BSG spin-off’s second season, with work to start later this year. And in more cause for rejoicing, here’s a “drunk dialing” scene that we’re glad was cut…

Television Graeme McMillan

What Would Mr. Fantastic Look Like If He Ran Around Naked? [Maybe NSFW]

Frederic Fontenoy’s photo series Metamorphose depicts a nude, distended form traipsing across beaches and forests. The subject may be human, but the camera makes him alien. Is this what Reed Richards would look like if he hadn’t invented unstable molecules? Fontenoy’s slit-scan photography transforms an ordinary human into a rubber-limbed monstrosity. The folks at Acephalous…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Alzheimer’s Drug May Actually Reverse The Progress Of The Disease

A new method for detecting the levels of amyloid proteins in the brain, a key feature of Alzheimer’s Disease, lets researchers figure out if a drug is reducing their prevalence, as one new drug has done. But there’s a catch. Alzheimer’s is one of the most terrifying diseases out there, since it leaves people physically…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Fox Wins Bidding War For Futuristic Young Adult Prison Franchise

British author Catherine Fisher’s young-adult dystopian novel Incarceron has only been out a few weeks, and already the rights have spurred a studio feeding freenzy. The big winner: Fox. Get ready for a future prison-world on the big screen. The trades reported that a studio bidding war started over the next big YA book, Incarceron.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Roland Emmerich Puts Foundation On The Back Burner, Thank Goodness

Is Roland Emmerich really going to adapt Isaac Asimov’s Foundation books? Maybe, but he’s doing another movie first. And he’s making the writer rewrite the script so the movie will have “a hero” and “a bad guy.” Minor spoilers ahead. Emmerich is going ahead with his next movie project — Anonymous, which is based on…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Iron Man + Pulp Heroes + Girls = This Week’s Comics

Even more so than usual, it’s an especially movie- and Marvel Comics-centric week in terms of new comic releases, with Iron Man-related books leading the charge. But don’t forget the return of Doc Savage and the Green Hornet, too…! Before we get to the Publishing Juggernaut of Ideas, let’s quickly round-up the non-Marvel newbies of…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Looking At Stars Wars Candid Shots Is Like Looking At Your Old Prom Photos

There’s an endearingly goofy nostalgia about these vintage Star Wars pics. It’s like seeing photos of old friends and laughing about their atrocious haircuts. Check out C-3PO smoking cigs, a boneless Chewie, and a Hoth family portrait after the jump. Seeing the cast of the original trilogy goofing off on set is surreal, and the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Police Call Off Search For Nuclear Scientist Who Vanished Mysteriously

Lachlan Cranswick, an Australian nuclear scientist who worked at a research facility near his small hometown of Deep River, vanished under extremely mysterious circumstances a month ago. Now authorities have given up on the strange, tragic search for him. The last time neighbors saw Cranswick, he was taking out his garbage bins. A few days…

io9 Annalee Newitz

New Tron Legacy Still Shows The Fall of Kevin Flynn

How far has the mighty Kevin Flynn fallen? The latest picture from Tron Legacy paints a dire picture for the Flynn franchise, but at least it looks like the Space Paranoids game took off, at some point. This new still from BadTasteit, the image was shown at last year’s San Diego Comic Con, where the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Tim Burton And Timur Bekmambetov To Make Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?

A Brief History Of Comic Book Arcade Games

Lincoln Is The New Buffy. Plus Floozy News, Robots, Steampunk Design, Megasharks, And More!

Is There Some Way To Be A Telekinetic Pinball Wizard Without Looking Demented?

Chuck Vs. The Sense Of Apathetic Repetition

Physics Student Declares The Diameter of the Universe Is 1.4 Hellameters

Why Gorillaz Should Be Science Fiction’s Favorite Band

What Will The Post-Lost, Post-Heroes Era Look Like?

“Battle Angel Alita” Plot Details Have Been Decided

Terry Brooks Slated For Three New Shannara Novels

Harrison Ford Knows The Idea Behind Indiana Jones 5

Is Caprica Season 2 Already A Go?

What Would Mr. Fantastic Look Like If He Ran Around Naked? [Maybe NSFW]

Alzheimer’s Drug May Actually Reverse The Progress Of The Disease

Fox Wins Bidding War For Futuristic Young Adult Prison Franchise

Roland Emmerich Puts Foundation On The Back Burner, Thank Goodness

Iron Man + Pulp Heroes + Girls = This Week’s Comics

Looking At Stars Wars Candid Shots Is Like Looking At Your Old Prom Photos

Police Call Off Search For Nuclear Scientist Who Vanished Mysteriously

New Tron Legacy Still Shows The Fall of Kevin Flynn

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

Students Are Now Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Exams

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

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

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

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