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In The Future, Brian Eno Will Squirt Crazy Juice Directly Onto Your Retinas

The Sydney Opera House finally achieves its destiny of looking like a space cruiser being eaten by the jealous gods of hyperspace, in an art installation by musical superfreak Brian Eno. The U2/Devo producer blasted some of his tie-dye-esque art onto the walls in an installation called “77 Million Paintings.” “77 Million Paintings,” of course,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

First Look At An Alien World From James Cameron’s Avatar

The first official concept art from Avatar is out, giving us a glimpse at what could be an alien species from planet Pandora — and it reminds us slightly of the Pitch Black beasties, which apparently you can ride like Falcor. Thanks to MarketSaw for finding these official, yet exotic, pictures from the book The…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Real* Reason Terminator Salvation Flopped

Forget about talk about disappointing writing and McG’s choppy direction, there’s only one reason why Terminator Salvation failed at the box office, and his name is Barack Obama. Don’t believe me? I have a chart. Look at who was President of the United States when the last Terminator movies were released (Or, for that matter,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Hulu Desktop Is a Peek at the Future of TV

Everytime somebody has said that Hulu killed TV, they were exaggerating. Until now maybe. Hulu Desktop sure looks a whole lot like the future of TV. It’s a media center type of application—like Front Row or Boxee or Netflix or Windows Media Center—that gives you full access to Hulu with an Apple Remote or Windows…

Television Matt Buchanan

Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don’t Suck

Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet impressarios Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant have signed up to publish a new anthology of young-adult steampunk stories, featuring well-known authors, comics creators and YA authors. We asked Grant why people — especially young people — are so fascinated with steampunk. Link and Grant’s STEAMPUNK!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Manga Collection Ruled “Child Pornography” By US Court

An Iowa man was convicted of possessing child pornography last week because some of the books in his vast collection of Japanese manga (comics) appeared to depict minors engaged in sexual acts. How exactly can a court determine whether a comic book character is a “minor” or not? 39-year-old Christopher Handley, an office worker, was…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Edward’s Waxed Chest Flexes For Love, Incites Worldwide Gag Reflex

Set shots from New Moon filming reveal the most important Twilight prop ever, Edward’s side abs. Embrace, my moody children in vampiric love — and then go inside, and stop wussin’ up vampires. Check out the link for the many pictures of Bella and Edward groping and pouting. [Shocktilyoudrop]

io9 Meredith Woerner

What Part Will Summer Glau Play On Dollhouse?

Joss Whedon works fast: now that Summer Glau is no longer busy with Terminator, he’s already talking to her about showing up on Dollhouse. But she won’t be playing the role you might expect. Possible spoilers below. Whedon tells EW that he pounced on Glau even before Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was officially canceled:…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Get Lost In China Miéville’s Weirdest Cityscape Yet

Nine years ago, China Miéville dazzled readers with his ferociously inventive second novel, Perdido Street Station. Now he’s turning the ideas of fantasy literature and the New Weird on their ear again, with the very original tale of The City & The City. Spoilers below! In his seminal Perdido Street Station, Miéville introduced us to…

Books & Comics Grey_Area

The Bizarre Collective Consciousness of Slime Mold

This shimmering, metallic structure isn’t a new configuration of carbon nanotubes. It’s actually a slime mold, which grows on dead plants. Not only does it look alien, but it has a very alien lifecycle. Individual slime mold cells can merge into one giant cell, up to 30 meters across. There are many types of slime…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Ridley Scott’s Alien Getting A Prequel By Commercial Director Carl Erik Rinsch

Sounds like Ridley Scott wasn’t playing around when he said he wanted to get back into the Alien-filming business. Because rumor has it, there’s already a new director in the running. https://gizmodo.com/ridley-scott-wants-to-remind-us-whos-your-alien-daddy-5232904 Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Carl Erik Rinsch is poised to take over directing the Alien origins feature that Ridley Scott, Michael Costigan…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Logan’s Still Running In Comic Books

The much-mooted movie remake seems to be lost in limbo, but there’s one place where kids are still getting killed when they turn 30; Logan’s Run is set to return as a comic later this year. The new series, Logan’s Run: Lastday, is being produced with the co-operation of Logan creator William Nolan as part…

io9 Graeme McMillan

BBC America Wins The Right To Run Doctor Who First — But Still Months Late

BBC America outbid the Syfy Channel for the right to air Doctor Who first, citing the show’s essential Britishness. The network, which already runs spin-off show Torchwood, will air last year’s Christmas special on June 27, and the Easter special airs in July. Because the months-long delay ensures total freshness.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Will A TV Star Make Bioshock Movie Cheap Enough?

After hearing about Hollywood’s sticker shock over the Bioshock movie’s rumored $160 million dollar budget, we knew they’d be coming up with new ideas to try and lower the overall cost. But if the rumored lead actor gets the part, it’ll be kind of a steal for Universal. https://gizmodo.com/bioshocks-cost-too-high-for-studio-5227633 Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller took…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Biggest Lens Cap I’d Ever Seen Reveals an Exciting Secret

Just where did I unearth this mega lens cap? Take your best guess…because the answer reveals a feature package making its way to Gizmodo this week… Did you guess IMAX technical headquarters in Canada? No? OK, well just so you know, that’s where I went. I spent a very long and wonderful day poking at…

Movies Mark Wilson

Does Primeval’s Future Lie On Sci-Fi?

Fans of time-travel drama Primeval are waiting to find out if British network ITV will order a fourth season of the show – which may end up premiering on the British SciFi Channel, because of the cost of production. British newspaper the Guardian is reporting that, despite Primeval being one of ITV’s most successful dramas,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Optimus Prime’s New Weapon, John Connor’s Ultimate Fate And Lost’s Ending!

Spoilers illuminate our futures! Case in point: McG discusses how John Connor’s journey ends. And Iron Man 2 set photos show Tony Stark’s future. There are also new Transformers 2 and Green Lantern pics. Plus spoilers for Eureka, Lost, True Blood, Warehouse 13, Chuck and Smallville. Spoilers are clairvoyant! Iron Man 2: Another batch of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

After a Short Break, TiVo Gets Back To Losing All Its Money

First quarter results are in for TiVo, and they’re not great: revenue is down 9% from the same quarter last year, forcing the company to report a hefty loss just a few months after recording their first year of profitability, ever. https://gizmodo.com/tivo-gets-its-first-full-year-of-profitability-5163067 The loss isn’t actually as severe as they expected, and TiVo execs are…

Television John Herrman

New Pandorum Trailer Debuts White Devil Toddler From Space Hell

We’ve got the new Pandorum trailer, which is a terrifyingly confusing mix of space Crawlers, skin-peeling madness, and an evil toddler. Take a closer look into the blackened eyes of evil while Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid look for the 60,000 missing passengers. And check out some screencaps below. Creepy baby people no? Some of…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Zombie Mermaids Are The New Cyborg Unicorns

The brilliant Japanese wrestling movie Oh! My Zombie Mermaid is finally coming to the West in July, raising all kinds of intriguing questions that aren’t answered in the most bizarre way possible in the trailer. According to Nippon Cinema: Kouta (Shinya Hashimoto), the leader of a pro-wrestling organization called “Zero”, is planning an over-the-top housewarming…

io9 Annalee Newitz

In The Future, Brian Eno Will Squirt Crazy Juice Directly Onto Your Retinas

First Look At An Alien World From James Cameron’s Avatar

The Real* Reason Terminator Salvation Flopped

Hulu Desktop Is a Peek at the Future of TV

Our Love For Steampunk Is A Longing For Machines That Don’t Suck

Manga Collection Ruled “Child Pornography” By US Court

Edward’s Waxed Chest Flexes For Love, Incites Worldwide Gag Reflex

What Part Will Summer Glau Play On Dollhouse?

Get Lost In China Miéville’s Weirdest Cityscape Yet

The Bizarre Collective Consciousness of Slime Mold

Ridley Scott’s Alien Getting A Prequel By Commercial Director Carl Erik Rinsch

Logan’s Still Running In Comic Books

BBC America Wins The Right To Run Doctor Who First — But Still Months Late

Will A TV Star Make Bioshock Movie Cheap Enough?

The Biggest Lens Cap I’d Ever Seen Reveals an Exciting Secret

Does Primeval’s Future Lie On Sci-Fi?

Optimus Prime’s New Weapon, John Connor’s Ultimate Fate And Lost’s Ending!

After a Short Break, TiVo Gets Back To Losing All Its Money

New Pandorum Trailer Debuts White Devil Toddler From Space Hell

Zombie Mermaids Are The New Cyborg Unicorns

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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

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