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Dueling Terminators To Roam Comic Book Stores

Now it’s not only onscreen that the Terminator has two different futures; IDW’s announcement yesterday of a Terminator: Salvation prequel comic book (along with an adaptation of the movie itself) means that Dynamite Entertainment’s ongoing line of Terminator comics (Itself separate from Dark Horse’s Terminator: Omnibus collections) will no longer have the sole four-color future…

Movies Graeme McMillan

What To Expect From Chuck’s Sophomore Season

Saturday’s Chuck panel at Comic-Con was full of hints about what to expect as the show heads into its second season, and if you were hoping for more action, more Nerd Herd and much more Awesome, then it looks like you’re in luck when NBC’s accidental supercomputer/human hybrid returns this fall. Even though creator Josh…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Who Is The Greatest Sci Fi Writer?

According to the trailer for the comic version of The Stand premiered at Marvel’s Ultimate Universe (Yes, it has nothing to do with the Ultimate Universe, I know; I wasn’t the one who played it), Stephen King is “the greatest science fiction, fantasy and horror writer of our generation.” Now, I’m tempted to give him…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Blasphemy! Death Race 2000 Writer Shames Himself On Stage

Proving that everyone has a price, classic movie producer Roger Corman made the world’s most erroneous statement at the Comic-Con panel for the remake, Death Race. Corman got on stage and said, “Proud as I am of Death Race 2000, Death Race is a bigger and better picture.” The crowd was silent…and then there were…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Up: New Pixar Movie Has Us Completely Puzzled

With Wall-e still hot in our minds, Pixar has shown their new movie teaser at Comic-Con 08. It’s called Up and the movie plot has us completely puzzled: https://gizmodo.com/wall-e-review-one-of-the-best-sci-fi-movies-in-years-5020237 The hero of the film is a 78-year-old man named Carl Fredricksen, who walks around hunched over with a tripod cane. When he was a kid…

Movies Jesus Diaz

Kyle XY’s New Season To Be Blinded With Science

Kyle XY is back in January, and we got the goods on the next season straight from the super genius’ mouth. Where does the new season start? What about Kyle’s love life? Are we ever going to learn more about the Mada Corporation? Matt Dallas let’s io9 into Kyle’s mind, and lets us know what’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Force Is Colorful In This One

One of the most alluring booths on the floor of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con for toy geeks is Sideshow Toys’ impressive collection of Star Wars, Aliens and Hellboy collectables. Especially if you’ve ever wanted to see superdeformed remixes of everyone’s favorite Dark Lord of the Sith. These detourned versions of Sideshow’s Oversize Darth Vader…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Marvel’s Ultimate Line To Become More Heroic

Confirmed on today’s Ultimate Universe panel at San Diego, Marvel’s Ultimates line is beginning to look very like NBC’s Heroes. With the exception of Brian Michael Bendis’ Ultimate Spider-Man series, the entire line will be written by writers from NBC’s hit show; Executive producer Jeph Loeb is already writing The Ultimates, while Aron Coleite will…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Fringe Will Be Dark, and Clues About It Are Already Out There

In the panel devoted to JJ Abrams’ new spooky mytho-scientific show Fringe, Abrams revealed that there are already a lot of clues about the show floating around out there, but that he won’t reveal what they are or where you can find them (those “non-humans banned” signs, leading to a mystery URL around Comic-Con aroused…

Television Annalee Newitz

Exclusive: James Callis Reveals Baltar’s Leadership Secrets, And David Eick Discusses Caprica

Today’s Battlestar Galactica panel left us with some lingering questions about the show, including how its ending ties in with prequel series Caprica. Luckily, we had a chance to sit down with producer David Eick and some of the stars of BSG and ask a few questions. Click through for Gaius Baltar’s leadership secrets, plus…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

New Terminator 4 Trailer Shows Death, Destruction And A Sad John Connor

Terminator Salvation blasted into Comic Con with a life size T-600, and director McG. The panelists talked about how the futuristic world will be bleak, burned up and completely free of race and sex stereotypes (the revolution is multiracial and powered by ladies). But more importantly, they debuted a new trailer for T4 which showed…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Battlestar Galactica Ends With Bullets, Secrets

The one mysterious ingredient in the second half of the final season of Battlestar Galactica? Ass-kicking. In the trailer for the final ten episodes of the show shown at the start of Saturday’s BSG panel at Comic-Con, what stood out most was the artillery displayed by a surprising number of cast members as the show…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Back to the Future Hoverboard Auction Starts at $30,000

The original hoverboard used by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future 2 is finally on the auction block, starting at $30,000. If you have that kind of money around, prepare more because this prop-made of wood and metal, including original stickers, textured paint job, and the hole left by the handlebar that Marty…

Movies Jesus Diaz

Marvel’s Sci-Fi Gets Regal

The effects of Marvel’s Secret Invasion will be felt far beyond the invaded Earth, according to Saturday’s Secret Invasion panel. Starting this fall is something called War of Kings, a mysterious event that will bring in plot threads from all of Marvel’s recent series set in space (Books like X-Men: Emperor Vulcan, Nova, Guardians of…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Can Science Fiction Lit Keep Up With High-Tech Changes?

Comic-Con took a break from media frenzy to have a thoughtful moment with a panel featuring some of the most interesting contemporary science fiction writers in print right now: Robert J. Sawyer (Rollback), Ann Aguirre (Grimspace), Tobias S. Buckell (Ragamuffin), Alan Dean Foster (author of more than 100 books), Charles Stross (Saturn’s Children), and John…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Dharma Initiative Steals The Show At Lost Panel

Lost season five doesn’t begin shooting for another few weeks, so there was no new footage at Comic-Con’s Lost panel. But that didn’t mean there was a shortage of theatrics. The panel was “sponsored” by the Dharma Initiative, the shadowy science cabal that is connected to many of the island’s weirdest mysteries. And the Dharma…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Heroes Goes Hyper In Season Three Premiere

The first episode of Heroes season three screened at Comic-Con, and it has as many twists and turns as any three episodes from season two. The show hits the ground running, with a spicy blend of action and theatrics, topped with a huge helping of cheese. It’s nothing but Heroes spoilers, after the jump. The…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

DC Universe Expands With Return Of Old Favorites

Longtime fans of superheroes will be very happy with two announcements made at Saturday’s DC Universe panel – Not only will J. Michael Straczynski be responsible for bringing the 1960s Archie Comics superheroes back into comics since the 1990s Impact line, but Dwayne McDuffie will also bring Static and the other Milestone characters back. The…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Enter the Dollhouse with Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, and Tamoh Penikett

One of the most eagerly-anticipated series to hit airwaves early next year will be Joss “Firefly” Whedon’s Dollhouse, starring Eliza “Buffy” Dushku and Tahmoh “BSG” Penikett. It’s the tale of “actives,” people who volunteer to have their personalities wiped and new ones implanted for clients who need special tasks done (from romantic ones to spy…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Seek The Six Viral Marketing Revealed

One of the mysterious viral messages seen around the San Diego Convention Center at this year’s con has been “Seek The Six,” which has appeared as stickers in restrooms, decoded messages on giveaways and even skywriting above the con yesterday afternoon. But what does it mean? A quick Google search seems to give the answer,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Dueling Terminators To Roam Comic Book Stores

What To Expect From Chuck’s Sophomore Season

Who Is The Greatest Sci Fi Writer?

Blasphemy! Death Race 2000 Writer Shames Himself On Stage

Up: New Pixar Movie Has Us Completely Puzzled

Kyle XY’s New Season To Be Blinded With Science

The Force Is Colorful In This One

Marvel’s Ultimate Line To Become More Heroic

Fringe Will Be Dark, and Clues About It Are Already Out There

Exclusive: James Callis Reveals Baltar’s Leadership Secrets, And David Eick Discusses Caprica

New Terminator 4 Trailer Shows Death, Destruction And A Sad John Connor

Battlestar Galactica Ends With Bullets, Secrets

Back to the Future Hoverboard Auction Starts at $30,000

Marvel’s Sci-Fi Gets Regal

Can Science Fiction Lit Keep Up With High-Tech Changes?

Dharma Initiative Steals The Show At Lost Panel

Heroes Goes Hyper In Season Three Premiere

DC Universe Expands With Return Of Old Favorites

Enter the Dollhouse with Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, and Tamoh Penikett

Seek The Six Viral Marketing Revealed

NASA Rover Finds Glowing, Ruby-Like Crystals on Mars for the First Time

Anker Prime Docking Station Hits Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Winds Down (14 Ports With 160W Output)

Google TV Streamer 4K Drops to an All-Time Low, Final Hours in Amazon Spring Sale to Turn Any TV Smart on a Budget

The New ‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer Brings Eternia to Life

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

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