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Scott Snyder & Sean Murphy’s Post-Apocalyptic Batman Story Sounds Wild

Talking at New York Comic-Con, Scott Snyder said that Grant Morrison once advised him to give his superheroes “a birth and a death.” So for the upcoming Batman: Last Knight, Snyder is working to give his Batman an ending. And it sounds like a doozy. For the story, which has no release date as of…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

DC’s Dark Nights: Metal is Getting A Soundtrack of Heavy Metal Bangers

It’s hard to imagine a comics event like DC’s Dark Nights: Metal, which features superhero mecha, bondage Joker Batman from an alternate dimension, and a weaponized infant god, without an absolutely ostentatious soundtrack in your head to go with it. Now it’s going to get one in real life, too. The Batman-centric event comic series,…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy

Madagascar Is Fighting a Deadly Outbreak of Plague

The World Health Organization has delivered more than a million doses of antibiotics to Madagascar amid a raging epidemic of plague in which at least 33 people have died and 230 others have been infected, the BBC reported. The first confirmed death from the epidemic began on August 28th in the town of Moramanga, per…

Health Tom McKay

The Second Half of Amazon’s The Tick is Coming to the Rescue This February

If you want to be on The Tick’s good side, here’s a nice tip to remember: don’t mess with Arthur. If you do, there’s gonna be trouble. Like superheroes shooting themselves out of cannons trouble. And we don’t want that. In a new teaser, Peter Serafinowicz’s version of the Big Blue Yonder is on the…

io9 Julie Muncy

Baymax, the DuckTales Crew Have A ‘Spoopy’ Time at the Haunted Mansion in Stop-Motion Shorts

Halloween’s about two things: being scared, and being cute as heck while being scared. Okay, well, maybe that’s not quite right, but it’s what I always strive for. And these seasonal short animations definitely agree with me. Released by Disney XD, these three brief stop-motion clips take some of the stars of Disney’s cartoon lineup…

io9 Julie Muncy

If Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Goes on for Years, We Could See the Same Story Adapted Over Again

Amazon already has a Philip K. Dick show in its adaptation of Man in the High Castle, which is headed into its third season. But Amazon also has an anthology series based on Dick’s work coming up, called Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. And the executive producers feel like they could adapt the same story…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

I Wore Google’s Smart Jacket of the Mediocre Future

I sat on the subway, gently petting my denim jacket to skip songs on Spotify, wondering—is this the future? To which I say, I really hope a dongle in my jacket isn’t the future. It’s certainly not the one we were promised. But hold on, I’m getting ahead myself. You might recall that at Google…

Accessories & Wearables Melanie Ehrenkranz

Marvel Cancels Comic Crossover with Defense Giant Northrop Grumman [Updated]

Marvel has ended its comics partnership with defense contractor Northrop Grumman, having previously cancelled Saturday’s New York Comic Con announcement event, after facing criticism for seemingly promoting war profiteering. Here’s the official statement from Marvel: The activation with Northrop Grumman at New York Comic Con was meant to focus on aerospace technology and exploration in…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin

Delilah S. Dawson’s Phasma Novel Has Its Own Soundtrack, And It’s Rad

This is no surprise, because Dawson’s music of choice for accompanying the Phasma novel is a heady mix of Mad Max: Fury Road and Star Wars. What’s not to love about that? Speaking at the Lucasfilm Publishing panel at New York Comic Con today, Dawson revealed that she crafted a Spotify playlist of music to…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

A Shocking Return in the First Pages of DC’s Doomsday Clock Will Blow Your Mind

DC chief creative officer Geoff Johns and author Lev Grossman sat down this afternoon at New York Comic Con to discuss Doomsday Clock, the upcoming limited series crossover that’ll see Alan Moore’s Watchmen clash with the DC Universe. We’ve known for a while now that Doomsday Clock would center on a clash of gods—Dr. Manhattan…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The New Once Upon a Time Is Surprisingly Good… When Its Own Legacy Isn’t Holding it Back

I’ll admit, I went into the New York Comic Con premiere of Once Upon a Time’s seventh season hoping for little and expecting even less. But much to my surprise, the new story is good. It’s dynamic and interesting, with actors who are giving their all to a different twist on a familiar tale. The…

Television Beth Elderkin

Sparks Fly Between Punk Boy and Alien Girl in the New Trailer for Neil Gaiman’s How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Trippy scifi love story How to Talk to Girls at Parties—directed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and based on a short story by Neil Gaiman—doesn’t have a US release date yet, but this infectiously fun new UK trailer will make you hope it arrives sooner rather than later. If you didn’t quite…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Senate Intelligence Officials Plan to Question Treasury Department Over ‘Alarming’ Surveillance Report

US officials are denying accusations raised in an incredible BuzzFeed News report published Friday, in which a senior US Treasury official accused the intelligence arm of the Treasury Department of illegally spying on US citizens. A Senate source now tells Gizmodo that department officials may be called to brief the Senate Intelligence Committee over the…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

Cops Arrest Florida Man Over Parody Account That Allegedly Hurt Police Department’s ‘Brand’

A Florida man has been arrested for running a parody Twitter account impersonating a Miami Beach Police Department spokesperson—a story we’ve already seen play out with two similar cases over the past few years. Although it has never ended well for authorities, police officers arrested 48-year-old Ernesto Orsetti on Wednesday at his Miami Beach home, the…

Tech News Dell Cameron

Happy 50th Birthday to Star Trek‘s Mirror Universe

On October 6, 1967, Star Trek delivered an episode that remains the gold standard for parallel universes. Half a century later, “Mirror, Mirror” remains a timeless icon of scifi storytelling, and one of the best episodes of Star Trek, full stop. Because as cool as the premise is, it’s a reminder of what makes Trek’s…

Television James Whitbrook

Our Nearest Neighboring Star Might Have Been Stolen From Somewhere Else

Less than five light years away sit three stars orbiting each other. You probably remember that one of them, Proxima Centauri, has a planet orbiting in its habitable zone—which got us really excited about the possibility of life. But what if that star was stolen? That’s a real possibility, according to new evidence from a…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Jony Ive Is a Human Man With Good Taste in Shoes

NEAR AN ART GALLERY IN CHELSEA – It was an unseasonably warm October afternoon, and Jony Ive was about to go on stage with The New Yorker’s David Remnick to talk about who knows what. I got there early, chugged a ginger ale, and hustled past a buffet of expensive-looking sushi to get a seat…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

The First Trailer for Marvel’s Runaways Is All About Very Evil Parents and Their Very Upset Kids

The thing that brings Marvel’s Runaways together isn’t that they’re all kids with superpowers that make them social outcasts. Instead, each of their parents is part of a doomsday cult. If your actual family is trying to bring about the apocalypse, you’d probably cling to your friends, too. The first trailer for the upcoming Hulu…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Thrawn Sequel Is Coming Next Summer and Will Feature Special Guest Star Darth Vader

At the Lucasfilm Publishing panel at New York Comic Con, Timothy Zahn announced that the sequel to his bestselling Thrawn novel will arrive next summer and will be called Thrawn: Alliances. Also, a certain Dark Lord of the Sith will be stopping by. During the panel, Zahn asked, “Once you have done Thrawn in a book,…

Books & Comics Katharine Trendacosta

This Anime-Style Game of Thrones Opening Is Eerily Perfect

Game of Thrones’ vast popularity has lead to countless re-imaginings of the series—from ‘60s drama, to quirky sitcom, and much more. But in all honesty, deep within the heart of Game of Thrones is a really good, batshit insane three-season anime series, and this fan-made opening proves it. YouTuber Malec’s hilariously over-the-top video isn’t just…

Television James Whitbrook

Scott Snyder & Sean Murphy’s Post-Apocalyptic Batman Story Sounds Wild

DC’s Dark Nights: Metal is Getting A Soundtrack of Heavy Metal Bangers

Madagascar Is Fighting a Deadly Outbreak of Plague

The Second Half of Amazon’s The Tick is Coming to the Rescue This February

Baymax, the DuckTales Crew Have A ‘Spoopy’ Time at the Haunted Mansion in Stop-Motion Shorts

If Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Goes on for Years, We Could See the Same Story Adapted Over Again

I Wore Google’s Smart Jacket of the Mediocre Future

Marvel Cancels Comic Crossover with Defense Giant Northrop Grumman [Updated]

Delilah S. Dawson’s Phasma Novel Has Its Own Soundtrack, And It’s Rad

A Shocking Return in the First Pages of DC’s Doomsday Clock Will Blow Your Mind

The New Once Upon a Time Is Surprisingly Good… When Its Own Legacy Isn’t Holding it Back

Sparks Fly Between Punk Boy and Alien Girl in the New Trailer for Neil Gaiman’s How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Senate Intelligence Officials Plan to Question Treasury Department Over ‘Alarming’ Surveillance Report

Cops Arrest Florida Man Over Parody Account That Allegedly Hurt Police Department’s ‘Brand’

Happy 50th Birthday to Star Trek‘s Mirror Universe

Our Nearest Neighboring Star Might Have Been Stolen From Somewhere Else

Jony Ive Is a Human Man With Good Taste in Shoes

The First Trailer for Marvel’s Runaways Is All About Very Evil Parents and Their Very Upset Kids

The Thrawn Sequel Is Coming Next Summer and Will Feature Special Guest Star Darth Vader

This Anime-Style Game of Thrones Opening Is Eerily Perfect

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