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First Look At Sigourney’s Blue Avatar Babe And Na’vi-Style Sunglasses

Empire Magazine has released a few new stills from James Cameron’s Na’vi world, showing new blue faces and sassy Pandora accessories. We sorted through the new pictures and couldn’t help but comment on some of the hidden gems. Thanks to Marketsaw for putting up the scans from Empire Magazine’s Avatar issue. While Sigourney’s human form…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Psychedelic Plants Lead to Alien Mind-Melding in a Small Town

In Dash Shaw‘s Body World, a drug-addicted botanist travels to a small suburb to investigate the hallucinogenic qualities of a mysterious plant. When he smokes it, he finds himself getting closer to the town’s inhabitants than he ever cared to. Professor Paulie Panther arrives in Boney Borough, a near-future Levittown constructed after an unnamed war,…

io9 Lauren Davis

Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Three: River Vs. Cameron

Yesterday’s io9 TV smackdown had a clear-cut winner — River cut Caprica Six to ribbons. But how will Firefly’s River Tam do against Cameron, the Terminator from the late lamented Sarah Connor Chronicles? Yes, we couldn’t resist the Summer Glau-on-Summer Glau ultimate smackdown. (Don’t worry, the winner won’t face that psychic girl from The 4400…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Science Fiction Sitcoms That Never Were

What do Alan Alda, Andy Kaufman, and Matthew Perry have in common? They all filmed pilots for failed science fiction sitcoms before doing the series that made them stars. We look at those, and other scifi sitcoms that never were. Stick Around: Before landing on Taxi, Andy Kaufman shot a pilot for this futuristic sitcom.…

io9 Lauren Davis

Only 10 Hours Left To Get Your “Yoda The Grouch” Tee!

For one day only, you can get this awesome “Yoda the Grouch” Star Wars/Sesame Street mashup t-shirt over at TeeFury. Just $9! Now if only Oscar would use the Force. [via TeeFury]

io9 Annalee Newitz

Qualcomm’s Personal Television Device Will Have Mobile Live TV, Multitouch Goods

The era of the PDA is gone, but what about a PTV (Personal Television Device)? Qualcomm is said to be working on an unconfirmed iPhone size-device without the streaming video restrictions; it will broadcast the company’s mobile FLO TV. FLO TV, which broadcasts live terrestrial digital TV, has become a staple on a bunch of…

Television Joanna Stern

Is This The Year Urban Fantasy Conquers Science Fiction?

Urban fantasy is swallowing up speculative fiction book sales, according to a new sales chart from Tim Holman, our new favorite chart pornographer. The Orbit Books publisher says that urban fantasy now claims nearly half the SF/F bestselller list. After having just tracked the most popular fantasy book cover art elements, Holman has turned his…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

An All IMAX Batman Could Mean One Giant Leather-Clad Catwoman

The Batman 3 rumor mill is churning yet again. This time, AICN is claiming that Christopher Nolan will shoot his next batsterpiece entirely for the IMAX screen. Which sounds somewhat plausible. The other, not so believable, rumor? The Sun claims Megan Fox is Catwoman. Which sounds like something that belongs in a litterbox.

io9 Meredith Woerner

L.A. Is A Magical Cesspit, And Sandman Slim Is Its New Champion

Richard Kadrey was at the vanguard of the noir-tinged cyberpunk back in the day, so it’s only fitting he’s helping to shape noir’s next frontier, urban fantasy. His novel Sandman Slim brings Hellspawn and trash magic to L.A. Spoilers below… Sandman Slim follows the adventures of Jimmy, aka Stark, aka Sandman Slim, who was dragged…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Scientists Create Dinosaurs By Tinkering With Chicken DNA

If dinosaurs are the ancestors of chickens, could genetic engineers turn the clock back on chicken DNA and recreate T-Rex? A Canadian researcher thinks it’s possible, and has begun experiments to do just that. According to AFP: Hans Larsson, the Canada Research Chair in Macro Evolution at Montreal’s McGill University, said he aims to develop…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Where “Douchey” Scifi Writer Ronald Chevalier Found His Character Inspiration

Jemaine Clement shares his thoughts on how his scifi writer Ronald Chevalier came to be. Many of you have taken issues with the Napoleon Dynamite-esque feel to this film, but Clement’s performance alone should spark some curiosity. Movie Trailers – Movies Blog

io9 Meredith Woerner

Ian Rankin Doesn’t Like SF’s Affinity For The End Of The Alphabet

He may just have released his first horror graphic novel with last week’s Dark Entries from DC/Vertigo, but don’t expect crime writer Ian Rankin to suddenly jump genres again and start writing science fiction… He’s worried about the consonants, apparently. The Scotsman newspaper reported on Rankin’s appearances at the Edinburgh Festival, and we noted with…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Megan Fox Is An Agent of Satan With A Killer Body, Who Goes Both Ways

Still confused by the Jennifer’s Body plot? Diablo Cody and Megan Fox lay it all out on the line for you in this new featurette, including a better look at Adam Brody and his devil-worshiping band’s after-hours party antics. Jennifer’s Body is out on September 18th.

io9 Meredith Woerner

Green Lantern Movie In Trouble Already?

Is Warner Bros’ Green Lantern movie in danger because of budget concerns? I thought it was yellow that was supposed to be his magic wishing ring’s weakness, not green or gold… Production Weekly twittered yesterday that Green Lantern’s proposed Australian shoot is understood to be under threat after the rising Australian dollar has blown out…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Doctor Who’s New TARDIS Revealed!

A new Doctor means a new TARDIS, and we’ve got all the rumored design details. Better Off Ted features genetic matchmaking, and Zombieland offers more survival rules. Plus Iron Man 2, Gamer, Astro Boy, Hobbit, Smallville, and Supernatural spoilers. Doctor Who A poster at Gallifrey Base claims to have gotten a good look inside the…

io9 Lauren Davis

Mary Tyler Moore Stars In Television’s Craziest Alien Invasion Story

Attention Earthlings: You might not make it after all. Mary Tyler Moore is replaced with a walnut-eating, water-breathing alien with eyes in the back of her head. And Dick Van Dyke is the last human alive… for now. I guess Dick losing his thumbs is the first stage of becoming an alien — even though…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

TV Shows We Wish Would Swap Writing Staffs

We don’t just love television for the special effects or crackerjack acting, but for the writing. That’s where our heroes get their cool lines and defining moments. And sometimes we wonder: what’d happen if our fave shows swapped writing staffs? That’s right — it’s just like wife swappers, except it’s writer swappers! So put the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Baby-Making is Tougher in Space

Many space age dreams involve humans spreading out into the far reaches of the galaxy, but our extraterrestrial breeding program might need a little help. Scientists in Japan have found microgravity may function as a form of birth control. A paper published in this week’s Public Library of Science ONE examined the obstacles to mammalian…

io9 Lauren Davis

Just Another Day At The Office For Arnold

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Twitter: “I do still have the Conan sword, and I keep it in my office. Here’s a picture.”

io9 Meredith Woerner

Bioshock Movie Gets A New Big Daddy — Verbinski’s Out

Pirates Of The Caribbean director Gore Verbinski won’t direct a Bioshock movie. Instead, it may fall to Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later). Verbinski bailed after the film’s budget was slashed and filming moved overseas for tax reasons. [Variety]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

First Look At Sigourney’s Blue Avatar Babe And Na’vi-Style Sunglasses

Psychedelic Plants Lead to Alien Mind-Melding in a Small Town

Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Three: River Vs. Cameron

The Science Fiction Sitcoms That Never Were

Only 10 Hours Left To Get Your “Yoda The Grouch” Tee!

Qualcomm’s Personal Television Device Will Have Mobile Live TV, Multitouch Goods

Is This The Year Urban Fantasy Conquers Science Fiction?

An All IMAX Batman Could Mean One Giant Leather-Clad Catwoman

L.A. Is A Magical Cesspit, And Sandman Slim Is Its New Champion

Scientists Create Dinosaurs By Tinkering With Chicken DNA

Where “Douchey” Scifi Writer Ronald Chevalier Found His Character Inspiration

Ian Rankin Doesn’t Like SF’s Affinity For The End Of The Alphabet

Megan Fox Is An Agent of Satan With A Killer Body, Who Goes Both Ways

Green Lantern Movie In Trouble Already?

Doctor Who’s New TARDIS Revealed!

Mary Tyler Moore Stars In Television’s Craziest Alien Invasion Story

TV Shows We Wish Would Swap Writing Staffs

Baby-Making is Tougher in Space

Just Another Day At The Office For Arnold

Bioshock Movie Gets A New Big Daddy — Verbinski’s Out

‘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

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

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

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