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Arya Stark Becomes a Jedi in This Awesome Game of Thrones-Star Wars Mash-Up Art

When it comes to popular franchises, Game of Thrones and Star Wars are definitely on the top tier. If you’ve ever wondered about a potential crossover between the two, look no further. One talented artist has illustrated a gorgeous series putting some of the biggest names on Game of Thrones into a galaxy far, far…

io9 Carly Lane

Nobody Wants to Eat Margarine Anymore

The great grudge match of bread spreads—butter vs. margarine—has a new champion. After several decades of inexplicable margarine-dominance, the trend has finally flipped in butter’s favor. The USDA took a look at the last 100 years of per-person American consumption of butter and margarine, including a graph comparing the rise and fall of both through…

Tech News Ria Misra

Teen Playing Pokémon Go Finds Dead Body Instead: Report

For the past few days Pokémon Go has been tricking us into exploring parts of our hometowns we’d never normally go. But for Riverton, Wyoming resident Shayla Wiggins her quest to catch them all resulted in stumbling across a dead guy in a river, County10 reported. Wiggins, 19, was staying with her mother for part…

Tech News Avery Ellis

The Rise and Fall of Ghostbusters 3

Ever since Ghostbusters 2 premiered in 1989, there’s been talk of a third movie.

Movies Germain Lussier

If You Bought RAM 15 Years Ago There Could Be Cash in Your Mailbox

Fifteen years ago, when many of you were sucking at the teat of your mothers the rest of us were sucking at the teat of technology, and we, being brave technological pioneers, bought our RAM and installed it ourselves. And the RAM manufacturers, being douche canoes of the highest order, collaborated to artificially inflate the…

Tech News Alex Cranz

We Played With a Perfect Replica of Deckard’s Gun in Blade Runner

Deckard’s sweet gun in Blade Runner was actually built from parts of real guns. Where a lot of prop weapons from films are just resin poured into a mold and then painted, Deckard’s gun looks and feels like a weapon; there’s a genuine heft to it, something inside clicks when you pull the trigger, and…

io9 Alex Cranz

The DC CW Universe Has a Bad Case of Barrowmania

Why? Because John Barrowman now has a deal that makes him a series regular across all of the CW’s DC shows including Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow, It’s a deal similar to the “groundbreaking contract” Wentworth Miller has that allowed him to star as Captain Cold on The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Watch the Last Scene of Every Pixar Movie

It’s almost always happily ever after. Pixar movies end with every one cheery, problems solved, relationships mended, fish found, and smiles animated. That is, they all end so damn nicely that they’re all utterly forgettable. I love most of these movies and can recall classic scenes in my head, and yet I don’t remember any…

Sploid Casey Chan

Fake Beer Is Just as Bad as You’d Expect

Non-alcoholic beer doesn’t taste all that good. This week on Happy Hour we tried three non-alcoholic beers and felt only slightly hydrated afterwards. Welcome to Gizmodo’s Happy Hour. Substance abuse for nerds. First up, we tried O’Doul’s Amber, and it was by far the best of the bunch, though still not very good. Like most…

Tech News William Turton

Dope‘s Kiersey Clemons in the Running to Co-Star in The Flash Movie

Running? The Flash? Never mind. DC’s film adaptation of The Flash has already found a new director in Rick Famuyiwa, who directed the acclaimed Dope, and now he may be pulling from the same camp in terms of rounding out the movie’s cast—specifically Kiersey Clemons, who is rumored to be the top pick for The…

io9 Carly Lane

What We Know About the Bomb Robot Used to Kill the Suspected Dallas Shooter [UPDATE]

This morning Dallas Police chief David Brown said a bomb detection robot attached with an explosive device was used to kill a suspected gunman apparently involved in the horrific fatal shootings of five police officers. [Update] The Dallas Police have released an official statement regarding the robot used to kill one of the Dallas shooters…

Tech News Darren Orf

There’s a Secret Message Written Into the Sands of Mars

NASA has spotted something strange and beautiful in the sands of Mars—a remarkable dune field that looks eerily similar to Morse code. And it has a message for us. The dunes in this photo were recently spotted by Hi-RISE, a visible light and near-IR camera that’s been snapping stunning portraits of the Red Planet’s surface…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

Did This 2010 Episode of Doctor Who Predict Brexit? Not at All, But It’s Still Fun to Imagine

We’re a few weeks removed from the UK’s decision to remove itself from the European Union, and while the country is still feeling the effects of the momentous decision, we may have reached the heat death of the “weird takes on Brexit” universe. That is, now that we have this completely absurd theory that ties…

io9 James Whitbrook

New Cancer Therapy Leaves Three Dead

Clinical trials of a promising new therapy, in which white blood cells are reprogrammed to attack cancer cells, has resulted in the deaths of three patients. In response, the US Food and Drug Administration has ordered a temporary halt to the trial. The new therapy, called JCAR015 (also known as the “ROCKET” trial), uses genetically…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Learn the True Stories Behind Schlock Masterpieces Like Re-Animator, Robot Jox, Ghoulies, and More

“We will release 2,000 films by the year 2000.” It was an ambitious statement spoken by Empire Pictures president Charles Band in 1986—perhaps even a doomed one. A new documentary sets out to reveal what contributed to this B-movie studio’s downfall, as well as celebrate its gloriously cheesy triumphs. Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland:…

io9 Carly Lane

Crazy Airplane Flies Under a Biker Doing a Backflip and a Guy Walking on a Tight Rope

Which one of these crazy people would you rather be? The person making a low pass on a stunt plane knowing if you fly any higher you’re definitely going to end up in prison? The dude doing a backflip on a motorcycle while jumping over that stunt plane? Or the totally exposed lunatic walking on…

Sploid Casey Chan

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Luke Cage Comic Is Finally Coming Out

In 2007, Marvel announced Cage!, a satirical new series for Power Man that went back to his days as a pulpy ‘70s hero by Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky. And then it got delayed, and delayed, and delayed. Many never expected it to ever come out. But now, nearly nine years later, it finally will.…

io9 James Whitbrook

Steven Spielberg’s Company Will Make the Alien Invasion Drama The Fall

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is on a tear of acquiring new content. They just released The BFG, picked up the YA series The Gates and now they’ve acquired the buzzed-about spec script, The Fall, which sounds like The Road meets War of the Worlds. We wrote about The Fall a few weeks ago as one…

io9 Germain Lussier

Facebook Stands By Technical Glitch Claim, Says Cop Didn’t Delete Philando Castile Video

Facebook stood by their claim that a technical glitch was the reason why a Facebook Live video of Philando Castile, a 32-year-old Minnesota man, bleeding after being shot by police was briefly removed. In a call with Gizmodo, the company denied a report that a police officer was responsible for the video being removed. The…

Social Media William Turton

The Most Necessary Scifi Movie Spin-Offs of All Time, According to io9 Readers

Earlier this week, in a question inspired by the upcoming Han Solo movie, we asked you which science fiction and fantasy spin-offs you think Hollywood should make next. We got some fantastic and witty suggestions (three words: I Was Groot), and have shared our favorites below. Bonus Guardians ideas: Television category: And some excellent counterpoints…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Arya Stark Becomes a Jedi in This Awesome Game of Thrones-Star Wars Mash-Up Art

Nobody Wants to Eat Margarine Anymore

Teen Playing Pokémon Go Finds Dead Body Instead: Report

The Rise and Fall of Ghostbusters 3

If You Bought RAM 15 Years Ago There Could Be Cash in Your Mailbox

We Played With a Perfect Replica of Deckard’s Gun in Blade Runner

The DC CW Universe Has a Bad Case of Barrowmania

Watch the Last Scene of Every Pixar Movie

Fake Beer Is Just as Bad as You’d Expect

Dope‘s Kiersey Clemons in the Running to Co-Star in The Flash Movie

What We Know About the Bomb Robot Used to Kill the Suspected Dallas Shooter [UPDATE]

There’s a Secret Message Written Into the Sands of Mars

Did This 2010 Episode of Doctor Who Predict Brexit? Not at All, But It’s Still Fun to Imagine

New Cancer Therapy Leaves Three Dead

Learn the True Stories Behind Schlock Masterpieces Like Re-Animator, Robot Jox, Ghoulies, and More

Crazy Airplane Flies Under a Biker Doing a Backflip and a Guy Walking on a Tight Rope

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Luke Cage Comic Is Finally Coming Out

Steven Spielberg’s Company Will Make the Alien Invasion Drama The Fall

Facebook Stands By Technical Glitch Claim, Says Cop Didn’t Delete Philando Castile Video

The Most Necessary Scifi Movie Spin-Offs of All Time, According to io9 Readers

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